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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
1
Bowie boosts holiday display as shops brighten windows with tinsel lights and trees. Streets glow with colored streams and Wise Street lights. merchants expect strong Christmas trade despite shortages from national programs. Local churches plan programs as the town anticipates a serious, united holiday.
An all day cleanup at Sunset Cemetery will be held on Tuesday December 9. Volunteers are invited to attend and bring lunch. If weather prevents the event participants are urged to come on the next favorable day.
Admissions include B P Doughty Sunset Mrs G L Harlan Postoak Buck Gilkey Pico Calif John N Wiest Montague Mrs C A Shaver Bowie Mrs L C Part of Bowie Mrs C O Young Jr Ringgold Mrs H C Reed Stoneburg Births announce a son Ronald Philip to C E Bush Bowie and a daughter to W L Carlisle Bowie Rt 2 Dismissals list M L Bryan Sunset Eldon Dean Bellevue Mrs W S Deaver Bowie J B Wilson Dallas Buck Gilkey Pico Calif Mrs C E Bush and son Ronald Philip.
A morning blaze at the Walthall Estate Building at Wise and Smythe Street gutted the structure. The Lions Club occupied the second floor. Phillips Tailor Shopper and Eunice's Cafe on the lower floor were damaged or destroyed. Origin undetermined. cafe insured, per Mrs. Phillips.
The Clay Montague Wise Medical Association gathered at Morrows Grill for a turkey dinner and two papers by Dr. R P O Bannion and Dr Theron H Funk of Fort Worth. Officers elected include Carman, Johnson, Inabnett, Crook and Lawson with outgoing leaders listed. Twenty members attended, eight from Fort Worth with Dr Tyler of Ringgold to lead next meeting.
The annual Red Cross roll call started in Bowie yesterday and, by afternoon, showed good progress. Sam Lovette chairs the effort, Bowie’s quota is 600 dollars, doubled from prior years. Mrs. Marvin Willett and helpers canvass residential districts, with Mrs. Fred Gardner and others targeting the business district. Anyone wishing to contribute may contact these workers.
A free presentation by Griffin Drug Store screens a program on sleeping sickness in horses and mules with prevention and treatment tips. The event also covers poultry disease prevention. It starts at 8 p.m. on the second Monday at the City Auditorium.
The Rotary Club met with 24 members and three guests John Robinson Jewell Garrett and Howard Brooks. Judge J W Chancellor spoke on perseverance noting two geologists who quit three feet from gold and urged belief in America as God’s chosen country as the nation faces trying times and the need to dig deeper.
Drill reports from the Bowie area describe a test at the Borden ranch where the Continental No. 1 Winder and Mueller sites show movement and limited production attempts. At Borden the conglomerate core at 6,583 feet yielded spotted saturation and odor. The Bruce Sullivan No. 1 Johnson near Montague drilled after a 6,000-foot core that recovered salt water.
The school cafeteria now feeds about 250 pupils daily with officials praising progress. A statement signed by M Posey president and Sam Lovette secretary expresses hope for continued success and thanks the City for financial and other support. Over 230 pupils eat daily at the lunch room.
Dr Thomas Taylor of Howard Payne College Brownwood will speak at the First Baptist Church at 11 00 a m Sunday. Taylor is a noted speaker and well known across the state.
Alberta Nelson spent last weekend with Rosemary Terrell, sharing time at a local event and visiting nearby spots in their community.
The paper-sack bandit who robbed the First National Bank of Bowie on August 19 and fled with 1802.44 was captured in Wichita Falls Sunday morning by Detective Gene Brown. Beard, 19, was shot in the arm during the arrest after a pursuit that followed a 10 month crime wave across Texas and beyond. He had 599 in his pockets and over 1000 in cash plus three guns in his car. He later confessed to the sequence of robberies after six hours of questioning.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Stroud former Bowie resident who died Friday after a short illness were held in Electra Saturday afternoon. She was born in Newburg Arkansas and survived by her husband two sons Buster Hugo Okla and W H Canyon and three daughters Mrs Dennis Murphy Midland Mrs W V Powell Duke and Mrs J P Hamilton Electra along with 26 grandchildren.
Miss Lucille Ridinger daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Ridinger of Denton formerly of Bowie has been pledged to the NTSTC chapter of Alpha Chi national honor society. She was initiated Thursday and will graduate in August next year.
The Lions Club Minstrel directed by Mrs. Lynn Garlington played to a large enthusiastic audience at Bowie City Auditorium on Tuesday night. It featured two short plays A Mystery Minstrel and Oh Doctor with a wide cast list and special musical numbers by many local residents.
Bowie Lions Club seeks names of children 12 and under for the Community Christmas Tree to be held December 23. Provide parent name and address, child age, and gender to committee members LaGrande Henderson G L Griffin Thurman Parker or M A Bryan at listed locations.
Babe Greenwood a University of Texas student spent last weekend in Bowie visiting friends and exploring local sights.
The Bowie News reports Comanche will bring a 300-strong group by special train to Bowie for the bi district football showdown with Bowie High School Jackrabbits. Kickoff 7 30 pm at Bowie High School field with bands pep squad and fans arriving from Rock Island depot.
Buck Gilkey of Pico, California, riding as a guest of Rock Island lines, was found injured south of Bowie after reportedly sleeping on top of a moving freight car. He suffered a broken leg, multiple broken ribs, and numerous cuts, and was taken to Bowie Hospital.
W B Alexander’s luck faltered when he forgot his dime but a found old quarter saved the day as Bowie defeated Comanche at Bowie High School Athletic Field in a bi district game. The Comanche guests included W Z Compton and trustees with a travel stipend and gate split plans.unnar
The Bowie Independent School District board voted to begin compulsory attendance on December 8, 1941 for children ages six to fourteen in grades one through six. Parents failing to send their children to school will face daily fines, with county attorney notified of the action.
Mr and Mrs W C Gill of Nocona spent Thanksgiving with her sister He Slaughter and her father J M Thompson.
H M Moore was reelected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for 1942. All records moved to the H M Moore Insurance Agency to improve efficiency. The highway committee will meet the Texas State Highway Commission in Austin on December 22 to discuss the Jacksboro Bowie highway. Members named: J C McNatt chairman, W E Benson, R L Burgess, W D Compere.
Clyde Taylor who suffered a slight stroke last week is reported much improved and well on his way to recovery at his home.
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