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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
7
AAROON WHITE .Alone Baccus Lucille Ridinger Mary Jo Watson and John Dixon elected. Rae Turner Ann Culp Wilson James Harris noted. The group finished the season without defeat or tie.
The article touches on the sixth week in the term and how grades affect half credits, urging effort and study. It compares attitudes toward report cards with reflections on home life, religious virtue, and the Christmas season, ending with a note about lettermen and a coach announcing Roland as honorary captain.
The Bobcats routed Bowie 33-0 in a Thanksgiving clash at Newcastle. Johnston shone with a 55 yard kickoff and a standout backfield, Ledbetter connected on a pass for a second TD, and Precise, Anthony, and others starred on both lines. Lettermen announced during chapel exercises include Precise, MeckNatt, Nail, and Wilson among others.
Bow ie Rotary Club hosted a banquet for the Bowie High School football team and coaches Hill and Westbrooke last Wednesday at the Home Economics Department. Dr C J Dodsworth presided as Miss Smyers and Home Economics students prepared and served the meal. The players thanked the Rotarians, and the menu included mint cocktail roast turkey dressing giblet gravy buttered beets fruit salad hot rolls mince pie salted nuts coffee.
The volley ball team meets Alvord in their first game Friday night just before the basketball matchup. About 40 girls report to practice, many former players from other towns. They sport maroon Jockey satin suits with white satin blouses and belts. Support for the team is urged.
Basketball practice began Tuesday under Mr Reynolds. A large squad is expected and five players from last year return. The first game is Friday night against Alvord, preceded by a volleyball match. The team seeks strong student and fan support.
Debate Club presents Dont Tell Mother a three act comedy Friday night at 7 15 at Bowie High School Auditorium. Cast includes Mr Briggs Mrs Briggs Helen and Paul DeHaven with Pollack and Carnation Queen as added attractions. Tickets 15c and 25c.
Home Economics Classes have been developing a play house project focusing on being a satisfactory friend to children. They studied child development common diseases first aid and preschool problems and then created dolls elephants dogs cats zebras Raggedy Ann's and Aunt Gemima's as toys for the season.
The column stresses that experience comes hard and cannot be bought on easy terms. It urges perseverance, humility, and discipline, noting that a smile is free but valuable and that success comes to those who work for their goals. It cautions against easy work and bragging.
At the Thanksgiving game Bowie High was observed with many freshmen and seniors present. A fragment mentions test questions remaining unknown this week and a confusing Delta flag cry linked to Queen Mary Jo.
The text captures crowd reactions during a school photo session. Crown and seniors respond to Tuesday night plans and the pressure of looking presentable for portraits. A student trips over a waste basket, prompting exclamations about cost and robbing moments.
Freshman boy with brown hair and blue eyes stands five five and a half, a promising football player. Sophomore girl with blonde hair and blue eyes five five and a half likes Jack Stambaugh. Junior boy with brown hair and grey eyes five six plays drums in the band. Senior girl with brown hair and brown eyes five six drives a grey Ford.
Local notes record visits among area residents from New Orleans and Crowell to Saint Jo and Henrietta. Obituary notes add Amanda Justice of this place dying in Memphis Texas with burial planned here. Thanksgiving visitors include R T Buck and Bailey Buck with families from Saint Jo and Wichita Falls.
Local Selma items report a Thanksgiving program at the school and visits by residents including Mr and Mrs Melvin Sanders and others. Social notes mention trips to West Texas for picking cotton, relatives visiting in Ryan Oklahoma and Harrold, and a 4 B Demonstration Club meeting with officers elected and a talk on making Christmas toys for children.
Rocky Point notes a series of Thanksgiving visits and local events. Families from Newport Decatur Bowie Lindale Saint Jo and Jacksboro shared holidays and traveled for gatherings. A baseball accident injured Vera Parish but she recovered to attend school. a birth announced Gret Ann to G W A Phillips. A Thanksgiving program and a planned Sock Supper at the school house are mentioned with community support.
A rural exchange shows Ephraim accusing a parent about a slow learner. Ezekial explains the child travels two miles to school and back, learning only after reaching halfway home, reflecting a humorous cadence typical of regional speech.
A vintage advertisement claims Cardus helps nourish poorly nourished women and relieve nervous fatigue and poor digestion. It asserts mothers recommended Cardus for over fifty years and invites readers to consult a physician if no benefit.
Sunset residents and families visited kin during Thanksgiving with trips to Jackshboro Fort Worth Chilacothe Stoneburg Charlie and Wichita Falls. The Sunset High basketball team prepared for a Friday game with Forestburg and the Independent teams held practice sessions.
The Belknap area enjoyed fine weather for cotton picking season end and moving chores. Mr McNatt of Bowie spent Thanksgiving with son Jack and family. The Millers hosted visiting relatives and savored their first venison meal. Many households report moving plans with several families relocating across Bellevue and Vashti.
Mrs. Grace Pickins of Wichita Falls attended Thanksgiving with local kin and the State Teachers convention in Houston. Multiple Denton and Wichita Falls residents, including Elma Vinson and Raymond Fox, visited family here over the holiday. Several officials and teachers, such as Earnest Whittaker and Warner Rascoe, visited Newport schools. The 4-H Club planned a Christmas party at Mrs. Kistler’s home with guest invitations.
A roster of attendees for a Christmas tree event lists names such as Rankig Morris Erma Jean Shook Norma Dean Shook Joe Anna Swaggerty Billie Clark and others. Newport man W H Elenburg injured when shoved against a wall breaking three ribs while tending cows. A play Six Wives on a Ram page to be staged by Mankins people on December 4 at the school, proceeds split between PT A and Cemetery Association, admission 10 and 15 cents.
Lone Star reported dinners and visits with families from Comanche Oklahoma and Tage. Mrs. Mattie Vanbebber hosted friends and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Jake Vanbebber and children, while Doyle Snow and Jack Tinney dined with Mrs. O G Hardison. Vella Faye Roberts visited cousin Evelyn Harden and Marjorie Roberts from Bowie spent time with grandparents. Lois Hardison played with Evelyn Harden as social notes list Bowie shoppers and cotton deliveries.
Tage and Bill Green with son Bill Wayne and Doyle Snow plus Bill Gar ven visited Bowie Saturday. The Hardisons and relatives listened to Grand Old Opera from Nashville in Lone Star. Coffman of Prairie Point spent time with Lois Junita Hardison. A large crowd gathered for Sunday singing and neighbors visited each other over the weekend.
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