The Bowie News Establishment and History Note
The Bowie News based at 205 Smythe Street Bowie Texas is edited by Harlow E Tibbetts and consolidated with The Montague County Times on April 1 1922. Subscription rates include one year for 3 six months for 150 within a six county Texas and Oklahoma zone and 4 per year elsewhere. The paper was established February 9 1922 and is entered as second class mail in Bowie Texas.
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Smythe Street
Bowie, Texas
Harlow E. Tibbetts
Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay, Jack
Wichita, Cooke
Denton
Texas
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Iowie
Bowie Young Lady In College Players At Decatur College
Miss Myrtle Balch daughter of J R Balch of Bowie stars in Decatur Baptist College Decatur College Players first production Sun Up to be staged December 7 in the college auditorium Balch plays Emily Todd in a drama about hardship and trial of the era.
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Bowie Young Lady
Decatur College
Myrtle Virginia Balch
J. R. Balch
Bowie
College Players
Decatur Baptist College
Decatur
Miss Balch
Emily Todd
Sunset
Sunset Baptist Church
Mountain Family Faces WWI Era Hardships in North Carolina
A North Carolina mountain family endures the early World War I era with limited resources and distant news. The piece highlights rural life, agricultural work, and community reliance as families adjust to wartime duties and economic strain.
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North Carolina
Bowie Personals Reach Odessa Visit With Family Ties
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jones and Mrs. Glena Thompson with their mother Mrs. A. S. Jameson returned from Odessa after a week with the Jones daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brumbelow and Glena Ann. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Wade S. Jameson, Hugh and Karl Beth of El Paso over the weekend.
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John C. Jones
Glena Thompson
A. S. Jameson
Odessa
Jones
A. W. Brumbelow
Glena Ann
Wade S. Jameson
Hugh
Karl Beth
el Paso
Longtime Sunset resident Minnie Hendon dies at 87
Minnie Hendon born December 1, 1868 in Giddings Texas lived in Sunset most her life. She raised a family through hard work including cotton picking and washing for others. She moved to Wichita Falls for a birthday visit and cherished staying in Sunset. She leaves two living children John Hendon and Ethel Young along with eleven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
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Minnie Hendon
John Hendon
Wichita Falls
Kendon
Giddings
Texas
J. F. Stevens
John Stillwell
Paris
James E. Hendon
Granbury
Hendon
Healdton
Okla
Ethel Young
Pentente
Calif
Visit Notes from Shamrock Weekend Road Trips
Two children visited relatives in Shamrock over the past weekend. Mrs. Leroy Andress and grandfather Ed Andress traveled to Bowie on business. Alton Chambers returned from a Colorado business trip. J. C. Daniels of Commanche Oklahoma, with son Kern Daniels of Velmer, visited Sunset. Mrs. Ed Kennedy returned to Lubbock after visiting Sunset with her parents Lon and Mrs. Jones.
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A. P. Lowrance
Sunset
Lowrance
Trenton
Tenn
Texas
Bowie
Betty Brashear
Shamrock
Leroy Andress
Ed Andress
Alton Chambers
Points
Colorado
J. C. Daniels
Commanche
Okla
Carrol Brewer
Kern Daniels
Velmer
Oklo
Ed Kennedy
Lubbock
Lon Jones
Maids and Matrons Club Hosts Open Day Event
The Maids and Matrons Club held an Open Day at the club room with about 75 guests and members in attendance. Mrs. Herman Heard welcomed attendees and introduced program chairwoman Mrs. E. W. Wright, who then presented Mrs. G. A. Quisenberry to review the program.
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Herman Heard
E. W. Wright
Wright
G. A. Quisenberry
Oklahoma Run Book Note and Club Room Decor
The passage notes the book Oklahoma Run by Alberta Wilson Constant as very interesting. It describes a club room decorated with fall flowers and a refreshment table with coffee served by Mrs. Heard. Hostesses include Mrs. E. W. Wright Mrs. D. B. Benson Mrs. Berry N. Squyres and Miss Ermyntrude McNatt.
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Oklahoma
Alberta Wilson Constant
E. W. Wright
D. B. Benson
Berry N. Squyres
Ermyntrude McNatt
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Montague County Times
Mab
Jones M. Robinson Phone Lypresenting
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
General Electric
Behuye Adomatic
Portebble Steam
Toa
Setae
Bowle
Sunset News
J. W. Lowrance
Mr. Lowrance
Mr. Lawrance
H. E. Cooper
Fort Worth
Baptist Sunday School
Sunset Personals
Dollie Brewer
Ft. Worth
J. W. Gibbart
Billy Wade
Cpl
Edward Hopkins
U. S. Marines
Bertha Hopkins
Kathrine McGaughey
Japan
Camp Pendleton
Oscar Stephens
Lawton
Harve Miller
Alton Miller
Charles Vanpool
BOB Pose Insurance Agency
N. Mason Bowia
Agee Exchange
Linsurance
East Tarrant
Chis
Mercury
KSYD
S&s Motor CO
East Wise
Fort Worth Highway
P.O. Box
Sallenger
LMDA
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