Bowie High School Class of 1938 Banquet Planned for Christmas Night
The 1938 Bowie High School graduating class plans its annual banquet and reunion on December 25. Thurman Parker announces committees for arrangements and invitations and lists class members and residents from Bowie and other cities, noting three years of informal gatherings and strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Thurman Parker
Parker
Charles Coffield
Rrangements
Mary Jo Henderson
Marjorie Ayres
Maurice Bowden
Jerry Butler
Elaine Pirtle
Jane Wright
Charles W. Coffield
Darlene Trout Reeder
Houston
Lewis Lane
Basier City
Mary Jo Watson
Dan Lee Martin
Bennie Love Greenwood
McCaleb
Austin
Bruce Sadler
Brownwood
Wanda Underwood Rudd
Mary Blackmon
Roberta Harding
Roby Smith
Dana Sue Benson
Laura Grace Philley Stagg
Sam Morris
Flora Lee Pettigrew
Willie Nelson
Fort Worth
John George Shipp
Edra_ DeShane Benson
Lottie Mae Oliver Boland
Billie Marie Lanier
Wichita Falls
Beulah Mae Cleveland
Patoak
Rural Carrier Exam for Bellevue Texas Post Office
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a rural carrier examination to fill positions at Bellevue Texas with the test in Bowie. Applications close December 16 1941. exam about 15 days after. Salary 1800 dollars per year plus 20 dollars per mile over 30 on standard 30 mile routes. allowances for equipment. Open to residents of the local post office territory for six months. men and women may apply but sex may be specified in certification. forms 1977 obtainable from vacancy office or U S Civil Service Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Bellevue
Texas
Bowie
Washington, D. C
Commission at Washington D C Close of Business Notice
A fragment notes the commission at Washington D C must act prior to the close of business on the specified date, indicating a required deadline for official action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. C
Park Springs Terms Park Springs Odell Whetsell Senior Tourney
The upcoming Park Springs senior boys basketball tournament runs Friday night through Saturday night December 4 and 5 with several good teams invited and spectators welcome. Preaching by Rev. Harper of Lake Valley at the Baptist church Sunday drew attendees. Park Springs girls volleyball played in the Perrin tournament last weekend, losing but showing strong effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Springs
The
Baptist Church
Harper
Lake Valley
Perrin
Doris Robinson
Odell Whetsell
Dick Robinson
W. E. Whetsell
Dottie Lou Duck
Decatur
C. L. Hickey
Fruitland
F. M. McGee
Recreation Center schedule adjusted for Wednesday nights
City WPA Recreation Dept announces Wednesday evenings closed after 6 pm to serve church and civic groups. Center hours remain 8 am to 9:30 pm daily except Sunday. A basketball court was added at South Ward school with court use by Bowie Boys' Club Fridays when weather allows. Free Christmas program and Pre-School fair planned at City Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Ward
Bowie
Mallard social notes recount numerous Thanksgiving visits
The column lists numerous relatives and friends visiting across Bowie Nocona Gainesville Wichita Falls and Bridgeport including the Gardners Parrs Hogans Wood Hollands and Abbotts with travel and weekend hosting details among family homes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gardner
Bowie
Chico Gardiner
Georgia Mae Parr
Nocona
Ola Fae Holland
Gainesville
Leane Hogan
Wichita Falls
J. S. Hogan
Loyd Wood
Opal Wood
Selma
N. A. Wood
J. H. Holland
L. B. Clemet
Eugenia Abbott
Ralph Abbott
Bill Hendley
Marvin Parr
G. L. Parr
Homer Parr
John Hogan
Myra
Byran Upshaw
Bridgeport
Patsy Gardner
Gretta Gardner
Inez Williams
Denton
W. C. Williams
John Cook
Near Forestburg
Barlow and Son Return From Mason County Hunt
M R Barlow and son Melvin of Bowie returned from a Mason county hunting trip with six point bucks for each and a 16 pound turkey. They described the hunt as enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Marlow
Melvin
Bowie
Mason County
No substitute for newspaper advertising noted
A brief remark emphasizes the irreplaceable value of newspaper advertising for reaching local audiences and building visibility for products and services. It highlights trustworthiness, reach, and timeliness as key advantages of print ads.
Griffin's Drug Store Promotes Water Additive Claim
Chickens and turkeys thrive with the regular use of the drinking water additive as directed. It is advertised to prevent germs and worms, lice, mites, and fleas, promising healthier egg-laying fowls and strong chicks with a money-back guarantee.
Bowie Boys Club Elects Captains and Sponsors
Citizens urged to cooperate as the Bowie Boys Club calls at doors for old and broken toys to aid other groups in repairing and distributing them at Christmas. New members Norman Aaron We Red Leon Reed Willie Lee Aaron Troy Chambers Paul Richard joined. An open golf croquet game may be played at the vacant lot by obtaining free equipment at the Recreation Center in the City Auditorium basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Boys’ Club
Bill Jack Evans
Henry Moore
Death
Jack Bradley
Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt
Golden Eagle
Fat Thyne
Pete Mershon
Skull
Charles King
Karl Hatcher
Norman Aaron
W E Red
Leon Reed
Willie Lee Aaron
Troy Chambers
Paul Richard
City Auditorium
Recreation Center
Defense Savings Bonds guidance for war workers
A machinist asks about layoff risk after the war and is advised to regularly buy Defense Savings Bonds to build a reserve for readjustment. The government targets middle and lower income Americans for extensive Bond and Stamp purchases to reduce national purchasing power.
Defense Bonds and Stamps Promote Defense and Stability
The program aids the defense effort and helps keep living costs down. Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps at post offices banks savings and loan associations or by writing to the Treasurer of the United States. Stamps are now sold at retail stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Bowie Majestic to Screen Texas AandM Football Feature
Frank Benson the Bowie Majestic Theatre manager announces a special extra for Sundays and Second Mondays a full ten minute reel of the University of Texas Texas A M football game. The picture is made for news reel theaters in larger cities and offered to Bowie patrons free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Benson
Bowie
Bowie City to Levy Street Improvement Assessments
Notice to property owners along Wise Street Bowie Texas of planned improvements excavating grading paving curbs and sidewalks funded by city state and WPA with assessments not exceeding total costs and two thirds of remaining costs hearing set December 19 1941 at 7 00 PM city council room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Street
Bowie
Texas
State Highway Department
WPA Department
WPA
Cummings Street
Cooper Street
City of
State of Texas
J. C. McNatt
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Arthur Roy Slaughter
Wandpa Rae Minor
Jerideen Dudley
Montague
W. T. Hamilton
Cleta Russ Frye
la Verne Lanier
Dallas
Bequita Blakeney Patterson
Orange
Williams Caswell
Welton Stephens
Inez Owens
Sunset
Lula Belle Morris
Edwin Patterson
Lacy Patterson
Bill Miller
Seminole
Okla
Odelle Roden
Madeline Gossett Hickman
Lewis Hancock
Newport
Charles Gray
Fargo
N. D
Kenneth Kraner
Tyler
Walter Mitchell
U. S. Avy
Roland Hatcher
Denison
Joy Jean Webb
Addington
Grace Griffin Dane
Levelland
Doris Newby Thomas
Oklahoma City
LaRue Gipson Elrod
Alvord
Rozzie Lee Dunnaway
Roswell
N. M
Ivy Jewell Forman
Mary Jo Fontaine Henderson
Gwendolyn Brown
Maurine Bowden Barry
Mildred Archer
Richard Hoeldtke
Estelle Cattlin Donald
Curtis Garrett
Ruth Bowling Moyer
Weldon Brashear
E. W. Bullard
Oleta Webb Shirley
Lois Mayfield Ashton
Dan Baker Corneilous
Cather DeShane
Jewell Briggs
Frances Gibson Walling
Hollis Nored
Fred Smith
Weldon Whitecotton
Edna Belle Taylor
Louise _Huskey
Mack Hill
Bill Dunn
W. T. Dyer
Dorothy Husfield
Norman Husfield
Otis Summers
Dorothy Mae Wiggins
DeLois Tidwell
Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Germany
Crete
League Island
R. S. Barnaby
Doris Mae Stevens
Baltimore
Raymond K. Dean
Liverpool
Arcadia
Fla
Doris
Florida
Dean
Carlstrom Field
CITY
WPA Recreation Dept News
W. B. Wilson
Pole Eh Vetil Ony
Hamilton
Leta
Bradley
Patricia
Beatrice
Cambridge
M. R. Barlow
C. H. Parker
Texas Marsh
Parkers Pride Coffee
Cc. H. Parker Bread
Scot Tissue Soda
Stanley Waffle Syrup
Griffin's ‘Drug Store
Bowie Majestic
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