WTCC’s 1951 budget set at 101800 in Abilene meeting
New WTCC head B P Bludworth announced a tentative 1951 budget of 101800 and a departmentized work plan covering industrial agricultural publicity tour ist promotion and more. Two staff positions were approved and consultants to be used. J S Bridwell of Wichita Falls and Jerry Debenport of Odessa named directors at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
West Texas
WTCC
J. S. Bridwell
Wichita Falls
Jerry Debenport
Odessa
Oil drill tests in Bowie area show gas and oil flows
R. R. Commission test on 12 hours produced 155 barrels of oil with a % inch choke and no water. Anna Hoeldtke No 1 gassed in 12 minutes and flowed 22 minutes with 3150 pounds bottom pressure and 2850 pounds flowing pressure. A later test yielded 26 barrels from a half inch choke, indicating strong production potential in the Caddo sand and near 5200 feet. Nearby activity includes L. D. Zetzsche tests, new drilling by Frank Woods associates on Young offset, and new entrants like British American Oil Producing Company and Bay Petroleum in the Bowie area, plus other tests in Montague and Salona fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
R. R. Commission
Texas Company
Anna Hoeldtke
Zetzsche
Frank Woods & Associates
L. D. Zetzsche
Texas Co. No. 1 Young
Brushy Road
Bowie
British American Oil Producing Company
Bay Petroleum Corporation
Frank Woods Associates
S. A
Block 80
Titus County
Salona
Continental Oil No
Trio Die In Highway Crash Near Bowie Oklahoma
Three men riding in a car collided with a passing truck and burned. Lawrence Coker 33 of Altus survived initial injuries but died after being extracted. Nowell and Lindsey were later buried in Oklahoma, while driver Alfred Laukhuf of Wichita Falls was unhurt. Ambulances and Bowie volunteers aided at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Coker
Altus
Bowie Hospital
Dallas
Frederick
Coker
Bowie
Owens- Brumley
Lindsey
Oklahoma City
Sunny Lawn
Nowell
Willow
Okla
Jester
Alfred Laukhuf
Wichita Falls
Car Crash Injures E C Morgan Near Red River Oklahoma
E C Morgan of Barber Tire Shop sustained serious chest injuries when his car left the road and struck a bridge abutment a few miles from Red River in Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon. Passenger T E Welch and an unnamed man escaped injury. Morgan was moved from Bowie Hospital to a Wichita Falls hospital this week and is expected to recover.
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E. C. Morgan
Barber Tire
Oklahoma
Red River
T. E. Welch
Welch
Bowie
Wichita Falls
Morgan
Rhyne Anniversary Dinner Noted by Eakmans
Mrs L D Eakman hosted a dinner at 309 Live Oak Monday night November 26 honoring Mr and Mrs J W Rhyne on their 40th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Eakman
Live Oak
J. W. Rhyne
Cheese plant may reopen as dairy growth rises in Bowie
Local leader Mr. Daley praised for community service and the cheese plant role in town’s industry. Bowie's rise of Grade A dairy plants from a few to about twenty five in four years pressured the cheese plant into closure but may spur a spring reopening with a big payroll as milk production and pasture feed expand. The plant’s farm to town milk pickup service benefits farmers of all sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daley
Bowie
Bowie Couples See Big Dallas Ballet Performance
Dr and Mrs J T Gilmore Mr and Mrs L J Lann and Mr and Mrs Lynn Garlington traveled to Dallas Sunday evening to attend the Sadler Wells Ballet show in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOWIE
Dallas Ballet
J. T. Gilmore
L. J. Lann
Lynn Garlington
Dallas
Sadler- Wells Ballet
Local Family Visits and Holiday Gatherings Mentioned
Electra residents host extended family visits during holidays as Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Rowe entertain others. S B Cable family, including Bobby, visit Gainesville to see Mr. and Mrs. Bill Doose. Jerry White family spends time with Jessie Whitecotton. A R Cable visits Electra relatives. Mac Aust visits S B Cable on Sunday night.
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Electra
G. C. Rowe
S. B. Cable
Bobby
Gainesville
Bill Doose
Jerry Whitecotton
Jessie Whitecotton
A. R. Cable
Mac Aust
Gillett Anniversary Sale Names 19 Contestants
A Wednesday release lists 19 women in Gillett's Anniversary Sale contest with standings from 1 to 19 and notes the contest ends December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillett
Virgie Durham
Maude Oliver
C. L. Wells
Charlie Noble
Virginia Harris
Lucille Roach
R. A. Richardson
Norma Jean McDaniel
Harvey Cox
W. H. Cornelison
Mildred Rhone
Dorothy Whiteley
Odessa Studebaker
T. G. Streety
R. P. Armstrong
Josephine Capps
J. C. Grimsley
E. W. Frazier
Earnest Varnel
John W. Reasor Buried in Bowie Age 64
John W. Reasor a former Fruitland resident died Sunday in Davidson Oklahoma at age 64. Born in 1884 in Collin County he moved to Montague County as a child and later lived in Fruitland where his family ran a large store. Funeral services were at First Methodist Church Bowie with Rev. Thomas officiating and burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include his widow two daughters a brother and other relatives.
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Collin County
Montague County
Pleasant Ridge
Fruitland
Reasor
Tezzie Willis
First Methodist Church
Bowie
Thomas
Comanche
Okla
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Ruby Jameson
Irene Carr
Davidson
Paul Reasor
Fort Worth
Claude L. Martin
T. R. Pierce
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Chickasha
Thanksgiving Visits Span Towns in North Texas
Marva Lynn and Weathly Ann McLaughlin of Electra spent Thanksgiving with relatives including A. R. Cable and the Whites in Lone Star and with Loyd Whitecotton. Mrs. Roy Dunbar and son Larry of Montague joined G. C. Rowe and Bill Gee of Electra and M. B. Cable visiting Sevier Clark family. Walton Dennis of Muenster visited Mac Aust. Clark family spent weekend with T. B. Hodges in New London and Charlie Wise in Tyler. Bobby Crawford visited from Muleshoe while Mary Lou Whitecotton and Peggy Clark joined Thanksgiving activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marva Lynn
Weathly Ann McLaughflin
Electra
A. R. Cable
Jerry Whitecotton
Herman Whitecotton
Lone Star
Jessie Whitecotton
Loyd Whitecotton
Roy Dunbar
Larry
Montague
G. C. Rowe
Sevier Clark
New London
T. B. Hodges
Charlie Wise
Tyler
S. B. Cable
Bobby
Muleshoe
Crawford
Mary Lou Whitecotton
Peggy Clark
Presbyterian Subject Announced for Sunday Service
Rev. C. A. Tucker of First Presbyterian announces his Sunday morning sermon titled A Light and a Guide. Regular Sunday night service now at 7 p.m. and the young people's meeting at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Tucker
First Presbyterian
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Tim Laird
Upper Montague Road
Jersey
Joe Gilmore
Fred McGregory
McGregory Hotel
Jefferson Or Phone
Oden
O. A. Gray
Anderson
J. B. Summers
Rt. 1
Lloyd Butler
W. Pecan St
Drive-Inn Drug
C.S. Henderson
E. Nelson St
John Sanders
N. Mason St
Ringgold Highway
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott In
Pittsburgh
Vera Vague, Phil ‘Brito
Katy
Dorothy McGuire
William Lundigan
Humphrey Bogart
Eleanor Parker
Warner Bros
Dakota
Lil
George Montgomery
Rod Cameron
Wildcat
Montague Farmers Co-Op
Purina and
Martin-Lane
Tarrant Street
John W. Reasor
Davidson, Ohlo
Rock Springs
W. H. Stephens Hardware
Golden - Surber
Cady—Taylor
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