Farm News Mixed With Local Notes And Animal Tales
A busy youngster named Joel Mann assists his father Don ald Mann at Perkins Timberlake with unloading new fall and winter shoes. G. A. Younger from Fairbanks Alaska reports his move home to Sunset around September 10. Bud Pickett supports the Lions Swimming Pool Project with a donation. A crossing of Johnson grass with sorghum yields a sweet grazing plant with high feed value though seed not yet available. Butch the terrier aids in the Bowie home after Mr. Morgan's hospitalization, staying by his side and visiting the hospital, then returning home to help around the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Pickett
Big Spring
Bowie
Swimming Pool Fund
Lions Swimming Pool Project
H. W. Bannett
Mississippi Experiment Station
Butch
Wilbur Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
New Business Office Opened for Phone Company in Bowie
The new business office on ground floor of the telephone building at 102 Tarrant Street Bowie is completed. R B Peterson district manager says subscribers may pay bills at that address after September 2. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 11 45 a m and 1 p m to 4 30 p m Saturdays open 9 30 a m to 11 45 a m After hours and holidays payments may be left in the slot at the door 102 Tarrant Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Tarrant Street
R. B. Peterson
Cake Walk Opens Bigger Bowie Band Season
The Bowie Band Parents Association will sponsor their annual Cake Walk on September 6 at 7 30 p m in front of Williams Cleaners on Tarrant Street. The Bowie High School 80 piece concert band will perform a short concert before the walk and provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Band Parents Association
Williams Cleaners
Tarrant Street
Bowie High School
Mr and Mrs Clifford Mahaffey Visit During Weekend
Mr and Mrs Clifford Mahaffey who are working in Wichita Falls visited here during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Mahaffey
Wichita Falls
Queen of the Montague Fair Rodeo contestants named
Photos show proposed contestants for the Queen of the Montague Fair Rodeo to be held in Bowie September 12 and 13. Communities nominate riders who will parade Friday September 12 after noon and be judged with results announced at the Rodeo that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Fruitiani
LaAnna Wagonseller
I. B. Wagonseller
Bowie to Observe Labor Day With Closed Shops
Bowie will close most offices and businesses on Monday for Labor Day. The Bank and various offices will close while the post office provides one city delivery only in the morning with no rural deliveries and all windows closed for the day. Mail will be placed in lock boxes Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Ernest Chandler
Golf awards to be presented at Bowie barbecue September 9
Bowie golf club plans a barbecue at the city course Tuesday September 9 at 7 p m to award trophies and prizes closing the season. Members may bring guests with meals priced at 1 per person. A City Championship tournament is set for Sunday September 7 drawing wide participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie’ Golf Course
Bowie
Bow ie man killed in highway crash with cauliflower wagon
A dawn collision near Bowie on the Wichita Falls Highway killed James Alton Campbell aged 67 and gravely injured W. L. Lindsey 71 from a wagon pulled by a horse. Truck driver J M Trujillo of Monte Vista Colorado escaped with minor injuries as the wreck demolished the wagon near the Campbell home. Lindsey suffered a severe skull concussion after being flung from the truck hood. The incident occurred about a mile northwest of Bowie near the Fort Worth and Denver underpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Houston
Bowie
James Alton Campbell
W. L
Bill) Lindsey
Campbell
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth & Denver
J. M. Trujillo
Monte Vista
Colo
Lindsey
Alton Campbell
Colorado
Sutherland Case Set For Trial September 22
The district court in Montague opens its fall term with civil case trials beginning next week. J A Sutherland of Bowie is scheduled for trial September 22 on a murder charge connected to a shooting in front of the Bowie Post Office that killed C E McKinney.
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District Court
Lewis Holland
Montague
J. A. Sutherland
Bowie
C. E. McKinney
Bowie Post Office
Four Injured In Car Wreck Near Ringgold
Four people were injured when a car carrying Cecil Ed dins of Pan-American Seismograph Co owner and others turned over near Ringgold after dodging cattle on the road. Injuries ranged from neck and head trauma to broken collarbone. All were hospitalized, with Eddins later taken to Wichita Falls for special care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringgold
Cecil Eddins
Pan-American Seismograph Company
Ozella Griffis
Morrow’s
Coxs return from Colorado vacation
Mr and Mrs Charles Cox came back this week after a ten day vacation in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cox
Colorado
High Entertainment Planned For Fair and Booster Trips
Montague County Fair preparations intensify with two booster trips announced by Carl Russell to rally local participation. The first trip departs September 4 visiting No cona Ringgold Terral Ryan and Waurika then returns via Ryers Henrietta and Bellevue. The second heads September 5 to Alvord Decatur Bridgeport Chico Jacksboro led by the Bowie High Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Russell
Nocona
Ringgold
Terral
Ryan
Waurika
Ryers
Henrietta
Bellevue
Alvord
Decatur
Bridgeport
Chico
Jacksboro
Bowie High Band
Nazarene Church Names L V Reazin New Pastor
Rev L V Reazin of Ropesville Texas and secretary of the Abilene District Church of the Nazarene has accepted the call to the Bowie Church of the Nazarene and will move here soon. He will succeed Rev L L Wood who will move to Floydada to become pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. L. V. Reazin
Nazarene Church
L. V. Reazin
Ropesville
Texas
Abilene
Church of the Nazarene
Bowie
Rev
L. L. Wood
Floydada
New Conoco Service Station To Open Soon
Work on a new Conoco Service Station at East Wise and Mills streets is completed. It will open for business Tuesday September 2 with a formal opening Saturday September 6 featuring prizes. Ralph Porter of Bowie will operate the station, one of the largest in North Texas, with full wash and lubrication services and Conoco products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wise and
Mills Streets
Bowie News
Ralph Porter
Bowie
North
Texas
Conoco
Bowie High School to Open Soon with New Teachers
Superintendent Claude Thompson releases the opening schedule for Bowie schools. A general faculty meeting is set for September 4 at 9 a.m. Registration for pupils follows on September 5 with time slots by grade and zone guidance for early registrants.
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Bowie High School
Claude Thompson
Bowie Schools
North Ward
Wise Street
Mason Street
Montague Highway
South Ward
East Ward
Low Primary Turnout in Montague County Second Primary
In the second Democratic primary Montague County saw only 475 votes cast. County Chairman R. L. Dunbar reports results for several offices: Congressman at large Martin Dies 436 votes. Supreme Court Place No. 1 Spurgeon Bell 197 and Frank P. Culver 278. Sheriff Tom Lindsey 448. No write-ins were recorded.
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Montague County
R. L. Dunbar
Martin Dies
Supreme Court
Spurgeon Bell
Frank P. Culver
Tom Lindsey
Twin Daughters Gayle and Doyle Golden
Six month old twins Gayle and Doyle, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Golden of Chicago, visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Golden in Bowie. Richard, born in Bowie, works for Westinghouse in Chicago during this vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Golden
Chicago
G. H. Golden
Gayle
Doyle
Richard
Bowie
Westinghouse Organization
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Joel Mann
Donald Mann
Perkins- Timberlake
G. A. Younger
Fairbanks
Alaska
Charming
Glenn Cunningham
Rodeo Arena
Dublin
Gail Wood
Sue White Bowie
Joy Combs
Prairie Valley
Mrs
Miles E. Reed
Saint Jo
Janis Ray Jackson
Sunset
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
W. A. Hise
Weinert
Sutherland
Montague County Fair
Lake Bowie
Dink Rhyne
Wizard Motor
Lone Star
Citizens of Tomorrow
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