Four Thousand Plus Cast in Primary Winners Named
In the recent primary, Paul Donald of Bowie and Dick Lawrence of Montague led twenty races. Unofficial returns show 4 335 total votes, down from 5 152 in July. Donald beat Earl Fitts. Lawrence led W B Henley by 185 votes. State races saw Lattimore get 2 009 and Alexander 1 744. Culberson led Brooks 2 114 to 1 990 for Railroad Commissioner. Atwood McDonald won the Civil Appeals post with 2 495 to 1 337.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Donald
Bowie
Dick Lawrence
Montague
Riff
Donald
Earl Fitts
Nocona
Lawrence
W. B. Henley
H. S. Lattimore
Supreme Court
J. P. Alexander
Olin Culberson
Pierce Brooks
Atwood McDonald
Associate Justice Court of Civil Appeals
Irby Dunklin
Service Held for Mrs. Doughty
Funeral services for 57 year old Mrs. Margaret Doughty of Montague were conducted at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Johnnie Cox and Rev. A J Quinn officiating. Interment followed in Montague Cemetery. Pallbearers were Roy Bell Thomas Morrison Milton Morrison Vernon Clark Homer Walters and W N Dearmore. She died August 24 at her Montague home and is survived by five children a brother six sisters and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Doughty
Montague
First Baptist Church
Johnnie Cox
A. J. Quinn
Bowie
Burgess Funeral Home
Roy Bell
Thomas Morrison
Milton Morrison Vernon Clark
Homer Walters
W. N. Dearmore
Monta
Missouri
Watson Self
Anda Doughty
San Angelo
Boyd Doughty
Sunset
Loyd Doughty
J. B. Lewis
Henry J. Morrison
C. H. Patrick
Wichita Falls
Dorothy Ann Coleman to Appear in Los Angeles
Dorothy Ann Coleman, known as Ikey Coleman of Los Angeles and formerly Bowie, will make her first appearance in six weeks after a television test in Los Angeles. She is praised as a splendid dancer and trained in Bowie by Mrs. Garlington, with family roots still in Bowie with aunt Mrs. L. D. Waltman and cousins Lynn and Mrs. Garlington.
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Dorothy Ann
Ikey) Coleman
Los Angeles
Calif
Bowie
Ikey
L. D. Waltman
Lynn Garlington
How Bowie Voted in Saturday's Election
Bowie vote totals show 249 fewer ballots in the runoff than in the first election. Sheriff candidates lead with 1 208 votes, followed by the representative race. Chief Justice Alexander 603 Lattimore 18. Railroad Commissioner Fulberson 655 Brooks 497. Civil Appeals McDonald 726 Dunklin 384. Representative Donald 196 Fitts 271. Sheriff Lawrence 694 Kenley 514.
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Bowie
Mcdonald
Dunklin
Donald
Fitts
Lawrence
Kenley
Montague County Oaths Enlist in Army
Local men in Montague County take oaths to join the United States Army. Sergeant Neil J. McDevitt leads recruiting efforts on Wednesday. Watts is a son of P. W. Watts Lemmons is the son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Lemmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Army
Neil J. McDevitt
Watts
P. W. Watts Lemmons
Robert Lemmons
Bowie Dodgers to close Oil Belt season at Pelham Park
The Bowie Dodgers will play their final Oil Belt League game of the season Sunday afternoon at Pelham Park against Iowa Park. Additional games with nearby towns extend through September, with plans for a Sherman negro team game here on September 8.
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Bowie Dodgers
Pelham Park
Iowa Park
Rex Hill Passes Away Sunday
Rex Hill 33 youngest son of Mr and Mrs Dan Hill of Bowie died Sunday in Tulsa Oklahoma from complications after an appendicitis operation. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the family home with Fred Custis of Post Texas officiating. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery Burgess Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Robert Luther Robert Murphy Bert Roberts Lee Burgner Luther Hickey and Harve Ratliff. Survived by wife Thelma Hill of Tulsa and parents plus nine siblings.
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Rex Hill
Dan Hill
Bowie
Fred Custis
Church of Christ
Post
Texas
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Robert Luther
Robert Murphy
Bert Roberts
Lee Burgner
Luther Hickey
Harve Ratliff
Hill
Tulsa
Okla
Thelma Hill
Layman Hill
Sid Hill
Chico
Elzy Hill
Dallas
Coburn Hill
Winnie Nash
Opal Hill Munz
Houston
Ben Hill
Maurice Hill
Wichita Falls
Lois Hill
Recreational Project Planned for City and Bowie Schools
A plan to create a joint city and Bowie schools recreational project is in early stages. Funded largely by WPA appropriations, it would offer adult activities at Pelham Park and after school programs for local students, with details to be finalized and presented to the mayor, council, and the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
WPA
Pelham Park
Beauty shops to close for Labor Day Monday
Leading city beauty shops including Evelyn's Beauty Shoppe May's Beauty Shop Mrs Sara Seitz Beauty Shoppe and Mrs Phillip's Beauty Shop will close Monday September 2 in observance of Labor Day An advertisement in this issue carries the notice Other shops may close as well
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
May
Sara Seitz
Phillip
Jones and Case families visit Mallard relatives
W A Jones of Bowie and Mr and Mrs J C Case of Fort Worth spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends in the Mallard vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jones
Bowie
J. C. Case
Fort Worth
Mallard
Bowie High School sets Sept. 5 start for 1940-41 registration
Bowie High School will open registration for the 1940-41 term on Thursday September 5. Seniors and juniors meet at 9 a.m. to choose courses while eighth graders meet Friday at the same time. A strict sign up and class closure policy is in effect. Buses will run as last year and students should be ready to sign for desired subjects. Home teachers are asked to assist with registration on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Alexander
Bowie
Walter B. Alexander
Symank Couple Welcome Baby Boy Donald Walter
Rev and Mrs W H Symank announce the birth of a baby boy named Donald Walter on Wednesday August 28 at Bowie Clinic. Both mother and infant are reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Symank
Rev
W. H. Symank
Bowie Clinic
Donald Walter
Miss Bowie 1949 Queen Miss Marjorie Ayres
Miss Marjorie Ayres was chosen Miss Bowie 1949 in a contest by the High School Band and Band Mothers Club. She will represent Bowie at the state contest in Dallas in October. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry T Ayres and attends T W C Fort Worth. She was sponsored by S Daube Co Department Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Ayres
Bowie
Dallas
Henry T. Ayres
T. W C
Fort Worth
S. Daube & Co
Post Office to Observe Labor Day
The Post Office will be closed Monday for Labor Day observance. City delivery occurs Monday morning and the general delivery window opens from 8 to 9 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Leona Group Extends Closed Quail Season For Another Year
At Leona school house on August 21 the Leona Game Management Association voted to extend the closed season on quail and doves for another year citing a successful season with more quail in the territory. G. E. Blackmon presided. officers reelected include Lee Tucker and L T Hunter. The board was asked to seek game wardens and a government trapper, and County Agent A S Elliott was to study releasing prairie chickens and pheasants within the district surrounding Bowie Newport and nearby areas north to the Fort Worth and Denver line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona School House
Leona Game Management Association
G. E. Blackmon
L. T. Hunter
G. E. Blackman
Lee Tucker
L .T. Hunter
E. C. Lovelady
Clarence Dunn
A. S. Elliott
Bowie
Newport
Fort Worth and
Denver
Clay County
Grocery Stores to Close Labor Day in Bowie
Bowie grocers will close all day Monday in observance of Labor Day. The ad notes public requests and urges customers to shop Saturday. Participating firms include Ideal Food Store A. and P. Store G Doc Jackson Bowie Grocery Morgan and Hill and Chas Parker Grocery. Efforts continued to gather wider cooperation.
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Bowie Grocers
Ideal Food Store
G. (Doc) Jackson
Bowie Grocery
Dallas Visitor R N Beacham Sees Local Business
R N Beacham from Dallas traveled to the city on Thursday for business visits and meetings with local firms.
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R. N. Beacham of
Dallas
Truck Growers to Seek Better Prices in Meeting Here
County Agent A. S. Elliott invites truck growers and business people to a meeting at Bowie City Auditorium on Saturday August 31 at 2 30 p m to discuss securing better prices and a systematic marketing plan for truck crops. A petition from farmers asks for a movement to improve returns. Elliott notes low prices burden farmers and local merchants and urges all market growers to attend and participate.
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City Auditorium
Bowie
A. S. Elliott
Elliott
Soil Officials to Be Elected Soon in West Fork District
Landowners in the West Fork of the Trinity watershed will elect three farmers as soil conservation district supervisors. The election is Saturday August 31 with ballots at Bowie City Auditorium and Sunset W O W Hall. Voting landowners tally votes and report to the State Conservation Board in Temple. Three elected join two appointees to form a five member board guiding the district’s soil conservation program. Nominees include N C Denton Wise County Rollans Hill Jack County L T Hunter and Lee W Tucker Montgomery County. All landowners are urged to vote.
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West Fork
Trinity Watershed
Soil Conservation District
City Auditorium
Bowie
W. O. W. Hall
Sunset
State 74 Conservation Board
Temple
N. C. Denton
Wise County
Rollans Hill
Jack County
L. T. Hunter
Lee W
Storm Roars Through Nocona Area Destroying Home
A sudden thirty minute storm in the Nocona area caused heavy damage with one house burned to the ground, uprooted trees, and destroyed fruit crops after a quick deluge of rain and hail. Lightning struck John Marmaduke's residence three miles northwest of Nocona, burning the home while no one was present.
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Nocona
John Marmaduke
Nocona selects Queen for Montague County Fair
Miss Leta Jo Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F I Perry, chosen by Nocona Chamber of Commerce as Queen of the Montague County Fair for 1940. The drummer maj or of the Nocona High School band, she placed second in both talent and personality contests. Coronation set for October 3 at Pelham Park under Mrs. Lynn Garlin.
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Leta Jo Perry
F. l. Perry
Nocona
Pelham Park
Lynn Garlin
The
Fair Association
Billie Rue Coyle Newport
Babe Johnson
Doc) Jackson
Cake Walk and Fun Festival Staged by Band Parents
The Band Parents Association hosts an annual Cake Walk and Fun Festival Saturday at 7 30 p.m. Funds will aid music supplies for the band. Last year about eighty dollars was added to the band fund amid a street dance and carnival spirit. Director Rucker promises fine music and a strong program. Mayor McNatt has not yet announced the venue, but the Cake Walk will likely occur on the main streets near the First National Bank building. Citizens are urged to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Parents Association
Rucker
McNatt
Tarrant
First National Bank
FHA Official To Visit Bowie
P S Luttrell announced a Bowie meeting on September 4 at 8:00 PM at the City Auditorium to explain FHA home ownership steps. Forest W Gregory will lead the session with 36 color slides showing homes priced 1600 to 5400 built under FHA in Northwest Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Federal Housing Administration
City Auditorium
P. S. Luttrell
Dallas
Texas
Forest W. Gregory
Northwest
FHA
Luttrell
First Bale of Cotton Ginned Here This Week
The first bale of 1940 cotton was ginned Tuesday at the Thompson Gin. Grown by Bruce Summers seven miles west of Bowie in Leona, the 460 pound bale marks Summers’ fourth consecutive first bale in the area. Purchased by G E Blackmon. Chamber of Commerce premium $25 awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Gin
Bruce Summers
Bowie
Leona
Summers
G. E. Blackmon
Chamber of Commerce
Alien Registration At Local Post Office Is Not Large Task
The local Post Office has the blanks for alien registration under the 1940 law, but no aliens have appeared. Registration must occur between August 27 and December 26, with penalties of up to one year imprisonment or a $1000 fine for failure.
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Robinson
Bowie School Names Fourteen In High and Ward Faculty
The Bowie school system released its coming term faculty list. Superintendent Walter B Alexander announced the staff includes High School leaders Walter B Alexander John B Lewis and 14 others. grammar and ward schools list principals and teachers, with three new hires Mrs Dickey Mrs Ragsdale and Miss Stourt. Assistant Coach Louis Robinson has resigned with no replacement yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Walter B. Alexander
John B. Lewis
Aileen Burgess
Lucille Jackson
Leon Moore
Willie Lee Dickerman
Helen Hale
Elizabeth Noble
Thos. C. Schneider
Robert Kincaid
Eugene Medford
Hershel Stephens
Harper Knight
George Rucker
Paul Taliaferro
Jessie Precise
Elizabeth Young
Minnie Laney
Ellen Jopling
Olive Trimble
Alice McDonald
South Ward
Serena Dodd
East Ward
Ruth Workman
North Ward
Gladys _ Chandler
Gertrude Ham
Ruby Dickey
Ruth Ragsdale
Mary Lou Register
Clara Hoeldtke
Lometa McAfee
Alice McMillan
Loreta Eakman
Community Gospel Singers to Meet at Bowie Sunday
The Community Gospel Singers will hold their regular monthly meeting at First Baptist Church in Bowie on Sunday at 2 30 pm. President G Doc Jackson says a memorial service will honor the late W Stamps and one of the Stamps quartets is expected to attend. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Gospel Singers
First Baptist Church
Bowie
Doc) Jackson
W. ©. Stamps
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Dorothy Ann Coleman
Bodgers
Leona Game Group
Griffin
Griffin’s Drug Store
Montague County
James P. Alexander
Lattimore
Ene Easieninn
Olin Ciberson
Justice Court of Civil Appeals
Eneennsneenssensses
Eeese Eee
Eee
Sara Nnn E Enema
Wes Lawrence
Senate
Mlovecein Cet
Bedford
Henley _ ro Cacine
Prec. Canines
John Raymond Pacar
Cha Ae
Justice of the Peace
Henry B. Burns
D M. Painter
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