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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
6
Cpl Robert C. Winton writes from France describing flying the Channel, Paris and its silk hose abundance, black market prices, and contrasts between rich Parisians and war affected civilians. He notes off limits areas for GIs, postwar currency quirks, and the public mood among French people.
Bowie residents Mr and Mrs J T Hahn attended a Gaines ville reunion at the Coulter home with a large group including Doyle Blodgett and Mrs J A Mus grove. The letter recounts a French school for orphans and a trip with a driver, describing memories of France and a boy’s ball game.
Plans drawn by Voelcker and Dixon Wichita Falls architects adopted by Bowie citizens for the Youth Memorial building. First floor features a 90 by 56 foot gymnasium, lobby, memorial rooms, trophy display, social and utility room, kitchen, and girls and boys lockers. Second floor has balconies seating 800 and a 23 by 32 foot museum room.
A reunion of the Martin family was held at the J. A. Martin home eight miles west of Bowie on Sunday November 19. The gathering included Mrs. M D Bryson Albert Okla Mrs J C Baker Temple Okla Mrs Emily Grimsley Mansfield Texas Doc Martin Zack Martin and family Ft Worth Delmar Martin Joan Bowie Harlow Samons family Wichita Falls and Lee Martin Mary Sue Fort Cobb Oklahoma. The day featured a bountiful noon dinner and overall enjoyment.
The War Production Board expects more low cost footwear for men women and children as quality and quota limits are relaxed. An amended order removes price line and quota restrictions on shoes priced about four dollars for men three to three fifty for women and two seventy five to three dollars for children.
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