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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
1
Iris blooms appear from Mrs. Grace Adams garden while flies and mosquitoes resist die off. Fire Chief Curtis Latham seeks residents to list invalids and room locations for emergency planning. Election note corrects a vote tally for New Harp. Santa letters will be printed for three weeks with child requests.
H A Richardson purchases Stephen's Hardware and will run it on a close out basis at least until year end. Richardson previously bought Allen's Hardware and sold it to Olin Tomlinson after stock transfers. Henry Stephens, ex owner, has run the shop since 1950 and plans are unsettled. He has 35 years in business and came from Sunset to Bowie, later farming with his father.
Ronnie Hankins won the final football contest with 14 correct guesses out of 17 games. Close behind were Yvonne Elkins and Lulu B. Lee, each with 13 correct answers.
In the past week Bowie saw four automobile crashes with heavy vehicle damage but only minor injuries. Notable incidents include a Tuesday intersection crash on Wise Street near Mill Street causing about 500 dollars of damage to Marjorie Barlow and Lonnie Bert Stephens, a Sunday collision at Montague Highway and Nelson involving Hazel Welch and Marvin Reynolds with substantial damage, a Monday hit between Torrent Street and Heard's Hardware injuring no one, and a Thanksgiving Day rear-end crash that tipped Sum Lovette’s truck at Stoneburg while no injuries occurred. One Oklahoma driver’s name was not available.
The Fruitland Baptist Church announces a monthly singing this Friday night December 2 at 7 30 p m All who enjoy singing are invited to attend the church event in the evening setting.
Santa will visit Bowie Friday at 3 p.m. aboard the city fire truck, circulates the business district and hands out candy to good children at Smythe and Tarrant Streets. Bowie merchants stage a $360 Christmas drawing with 36 prizes and free theater showings at The Majestic.
Ingram, 30, shot and killed Thanksgiving at a lakeside cottage on Lake Bridgeport owned by Clay Easley. Easley, who wielded a shotgun, confessed to Sheriff Carl Ramsey and faces murder with malice charges. Ingram, a Fort Worth school custodian, was married with two children and died at the scene.
City workers braved an early winter norther to erect bowie Christmas lights. Colorful globes and tinsel gleam in the crisp night as sightseers anticipate the Yule season attraction through winter evenings.
Patrolman John Moore of Weatherford was seriously injured Wednesday when a revolver discharged in his radar car four miles south of Sunset. It is believed the gun slid from the dash and fired as he reached for it. The bullet struck his groin. he is in fair condition at Harris Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth.
A Social Security Administration representative will be at the City Auditorium on Thursday December 8 from 9 30 a m to 12 noon. People seeking information or assistance on Social Security matters are invited to meet with the representatives.
Truett E. Cavasos reports burglars entered a rural Sunset area home Friday afternoon and stole about 18 dollars. Five dollars in bills were taken from the wife’s purse, a jar held 12 to 14 in dimes and two silver dollars from a kitchen cabinet. The couple was away from 3 to 6 p.m. and the house was unlocked.
The Bowleigh School annual football banquet will be held Saturday at the high school cafe at 8 p.m. Allie White, line coach at Texas Christian University, will be the guest speaker. Parents, Quarterback Club members, the boys and their dates are invited. tickets are on sale at Bowie Drug. Carl Russell has returned from Dallas after surgery and is recovering at home.
Thieves broke into the B Feed Mill between Sunday night and Monday morning and removed valuable machines including an automatic fee pot and a typewriter. Gloves rope and two tie prodders also vanished along with a coffee pot and radio. Owner Thomas said there were no clues and insurance partly covered the loss. Mrs A O Largent’s 1950 green Chevrolet was stolen Sunday evening from the First Methodist Church driveway.
Prospects are excellent for the Bennett Brothers oil firm as they reveal the Banes Viola Field near Bowie. J B Irons No 1 and No 2 wells produce 140 barrels daily with 379 feet pay and 3090 psi bottom pressure plus 1550 psi top hole pressure. They lease 4400 acres and plan more drilling including J B Irons No 2 B. The field is a major Montague County discovery, sustaining a steady work pace and boosting Bowie’s economy through a 14 man crew and about $700,000 spent locally in the last 14 months.
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