Bowie Chicken and Bread Town Legend Persists in Local Lore
A Bowie menu story recounts the rise of the chicken and bread sandwiches offered to railway passengers, boosting Bowie’s fame as the chicken and bread town. The piece notes Morrow’s Coffee Shop prominence and nearby poultry ventures like John son’s Poultry Ranch and W F Robinson Farm, underscoring poultry as a key local industry.
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Morrow’s
Bowie
Ats
Morrow
Johnson’s Poultry Ranch
W. F. Robinson
Robinson Poultry Farm
Singers Plan Big Brushy Sunday Gospel Session
Officials and leaders of the Southwest Montague County singing convention arrange an all day event near Brushy three miles southeast of Bowie featuring gospel singing by class leaders quartets and musicians from Montague Wise Clay and Jack counties. A business meeting will elect officers for next year with G A Brashear as president Homer Ward as vice president and M H McKee as secretary.
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Montague County
Bowie
Montague
Wise Clay
Jack
G. A. Brashear
Homer Ward
M. H. McKee
Brushy
Mrs Lula B Lee Spends Weekend at Bowie Home
Mrs Lula B Lee a Forestburg school teacher spent the week end at her Bowie home.
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Lula B. Lee
Forestburg
Bowie
Mattress Program Begins with 1939 Income Data
The mattress program requires application blanks showing gross family income for 1939, with 1940 income used after January 1. Blank forms are available at mattress making centers, AAA committees, schools, or the Home Demonstration Agents’ office. Complete every question and designate the most convenient mattress making center.
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AAA
South Ward P T A Holds December Meeting
The South Ward P T A Study Club met at Mrs. Dave Worley's home on December 2 at 7 15 PM. Members shared an inspiring program and a general discussion followed by a salad course for Mrs. Fred Gardner Mrs. Chas King Mrs. Joe McGregory Mrs. Gertrude Ham Miss Sarah Dodd Miss Mary Lou Regester Miss Clara Hoeldtke and the hostess.
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South Ward
P.T. A
Dave Worley
Fred Gardner
Chas. King
Joe McGregory
Gertrude Ham
Sarah Dodd
Mary Lou Regester
Clara Hoeldtke
Morrow's Place Growth of an Idea and Expansion
Mrs. M. L. Morrow transformed the Meridian Cafe in 1933 into Morrow's Coffee Shop in Bowie. She built a reputation with chicken dinners sold 365 days a year using carefully sourced, battery raised birds and a standardized recipe. A multi thousand dollar renovation now enhances the setting matching the restaurant’s growing prestige.
Morrow's Coffee Shop Credits Its People to Success
Mrs. M. L. Morrow leads a energetic team at Morrow's Coffee Shop praising staff for customer service and firm reputation. She cites the workers who meet customers as key to high standards and overall success.
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Morrow
M. L. Morrow
Morrow's Ranks Among Best Dining Places in North Texas
Morrow's Coffee Shop recently remodeled and expanded between Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. The new layout includes restaurant grill and fireside room with sand coral and chestnut decor, air conditioning, and a colonial fireside dining area with bleached elm furniture. Paintings by Mrs. Paul Donald will be sold for the organ fund of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Morrow’s
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Paul Donald
First Presbyterian Church
I M Johnson Honored At 77th Birthday Dinner
I M Johnson was honored on his 77th birthday with a dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs F C Patton on the Newport road. Attendees included relatives and friends from Antelope Park Springs Springtown Fort Worth Shannon and Dallas among others.
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I. M. Johnson
F. C. Patton
Newport Road
G. C. Rounsaville
Ralph Dodson
F. L. Able
Carolyn
Cecil Quisenberry
Lucy Barrick
Antelope
Sebe Musgrove
Edna Martin
Park Springs
L. E. Barrick
L. E. Jr
Springtown
C. L. Downing
Bill Courtney
Fort Worth
Clyde Barrick
Ardyce Barrick
John
Shannon
Lurlene Patton
Dallas
Fred Patton
Pension Official Added at Nocona
The State Department of Public Welfare opens an Old Age Assistance office in Nocona to serve northern Montague County with Grace Bryson in charge and plans Bowie office coverage by Clyde E. Taylor. The Bowie office will hold on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month for Bowie Sunset Forestburg and Fruitland residents. Bryson will serve Nocona Montague Ringgold Saint Jo Stoneburg Spanish Fort Illinois Bend and Belcherville residents. Joe B. Owen and Abbie T. Willis visited Montague County to arrange the Nocona office opening.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Nocona
Montague County
Grace Bryson
Fort Worth
Bowie
City Hall
Clyde E. Taylor
Taylor
Sunset
Forestburg
Fruitland
Montague
Ringgold
Saint Jo
Stoneburg
Spanish Fort
Illinois Bend
Belcherville
Bryson
Joe B. Owen
Abbie T. Willis
Park Springs Man Visits Bowie Shopping Saturday
Carl Adams of Park Springs was a shopping visitor in Bowie Saturday evening. Miss Edith Phemister returned Sunday afternoon from spending a few weeks in Dallas.
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Carl Adams
Park Springs
Bowie
Edith Phemister
Dallas
Ella Frances Golden Honored With Shower
Miss Ella Frances Golden, fiancé C H Bennett Jr of Montague, is celebrated at a shower hosted by Miss Thelma Pigg and Mrs. Gene Walker at Mrs. B E Watsons home. Prizes, songs by Glenadean Branson, and a refreshment plate accompany gifts from numerous guests and donors.
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Thelma Pigg
Gene Walker
Ella Frances Golden
B. E. Watson
Glenadean Branson
Miss Branson
J. E. Phillips
Miss Golden
C. H. Bennett, Jr
Montague
E. C. Lovelady
F. J. Moore
O.E. Blair
Jesse Griggs
G. H. Golden
J. C. McNatt
O. M. Reynolds
Emmitt Thorne
George Jeffries
J. W. Wallace
Laura Ellis
Sara Bellah
Elizabeth Bellah
Una V. Wallace
Jane Branson
Bertha R. Stambaugh
Hattie Porter
Morrow's Coffee Shop Reopens After Complete Remodel
Morrow's Coffee Shop held an open house Saturday from 5 to 9 30 PM to celebrate its completely remodeled interior and new equipment. Mrs. M L Morrow invited friends and patrons from Bowie and Wichita Falls and nearby towns to view the updated dining service and enjoy the hospitality the shop is known for.
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Morrow's
M. L. Morrow
Morrow’s
Morrow
Bowie
Wichita Falls
Secret Behind Morrow's Famous Chicken Dinners
The article explains the Morrow Coffee Shop uses baby chicks from Lester Bell of Decatur via a Dublin Texas hatchery. Chicks are raised in ground-free coops with special feed to ensure tender meat, then delivered to the Morrow kitchen for cooking.
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Morrow
Lester Bell
Decatur
Dublin
Texas
University of Texas Singers to Perform Elijah in Dec
In Austin Texas on December 15 the University of Texas Singers with the University Symphony Orchestra present Elijah by Mendelssohn under Archie N Jones. Mary Jo Watson of Bowie is among the singers in the program this Sunday afternoon performance.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Singers
University Symphony Orchestra
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Archie N. Jones
Mary Jo Watson
Bowie
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