Community Notes From Bowie News Week
Local residents share observations on a neighbor wearing a hat after 30 years as a Christmas gift. Jaycees receive Shop-Arama tickets. Santa visits the decorated business district. Rumors swirl about a county official moving to Austin. Church supper preparations for the Baptist association banquet proceed for 75 expected attendees with 206 fed. Printing staff changes occur as Bowie's News relies on help from outside. Monte Robicheaux noted in Houston Post as Army team player in Germany. pecan theft stories and a local weight of pecan losses circulate. Roy Garrett earns a trip for selling Carrier equipment. report continues on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Jess Parrish
Houston Post
Bowie
Monte Robicheaux
Seesaw
Army
Germany
8Rd Armoured
Three Winners Named in Bowie Window Decoration Contest
The Business and Professional Women's Club announced winners in Bowie for a Christmas window decoration contest. First prize went to Goodwin's, second to Patterson's Studio, third to Helen's with honorable mention. Judges from Denton praised the artistic displays and hailed the festive spirit in Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Bowie
Goodwin's
Patterson’s Studio
Helen's
Goodwin
Bible Land
Patterson Studio
Helen
Denton
B & PW
Annual Hereford Sale To Be Held Here Friday
The Montague County Hereford Association hosts its fourth annual sale in Bowie Friday with judging at 9 30 a m and the sale at 1 p m The new sale barn in Pelham park is ready seating installed and gas piping provided Auctioneer Walter S Britten from College Station will cry the sale Forty bulls and four females are offered Catalogues listing animal pedigrees were printed at the News Office Harper Knight agricultural agent Bowie First National Bank will clerk the sale Lee Wiley Tucker is president John V Wilson vice president and Jack Slayden secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Montague County Hereford Association
Pelham Park
Walter S. Britten
College Station
Harper Knight
Bowie First National Bank
Lee Wiley Tucker
John V. Wilson
Jack Slayden
Ground Observer Post to Open in Montague
An organizational meeting will form a Ground Observer Post in Montague at 7 p.m. Monday December 17 in the district courtroom. Bob Ryan will supervise the post with a sergeant from the U S Air Force explaining procedures and inviting volunteers to join. The post will operate every third Sunday and support the Dallas Filter Center as part of Civil Defense efforts nationwide since 1951.
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Montague
Bob Ryan
U. S. Air Force
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Ryan
Ground Observer Corps
Civil Defense
GOC
Air Force
Mrs Cady Visiting In Lubbock With Black Family
Mrs. R C Cady flew to Lubbock recently to visit her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Howard Black. She will remain until December 21 when she plans to return home.
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R. C. Cady
Lubbock
Mrs. Howard Black
Garden Club Home Christmas Decorations Contest Rules
Mrs E G Eggleston president of the Garden Club announces a home Christmas decorations contest with many entries. Contest forms were published in the Bowie News November 29 and may be submitted at Travel In Motel. Decorations must be lit nightly to 9 pm through Christmas and judging will occur with prizes announced December 19 in Bowie News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Eggleston
Garden Club
Bowie News
Bowie Invitational B B Tournament Opens Tonight
Eight team Bowie Invitational basketball tournament starts with Bellevue versus Paschal at 7 pm, followed by Birdville versus Graham. Other Friday matchups include Haskell vs Prairie Valley and Goldburg vs Bowie. Bowie boys teams are undefeated.
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Bowie
Bellevue
Paschal
Birdville
Graham
Haskell
Pra
Irie Valley
Gold Burg
Judge Roy Bean Court Christmas Drive Planned by Lions
Lions club plans a Judge Roy Bean court event on December 22 to fund Christmas baskets for the needy. They seek two heaters and donations of toys groceries and usable items, with Fred Bloom as general chairman and coverage by Bill Brock of the Connecting Rod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Beancourt
Lions Club
Lynn Garlington
Stanley Davlin
Roy Beaucourt
Roy Bean
Fred Bloom
Bill Brock
Connecting Rod
Service Pipeline Co
City Officials Announce Three Year Paving Plan
Bowie to pave fifty blocks in 1957 with resident funding. City will begin accepting payments by February first and start work around May first. Cost to property owners set at 1.15 dollars per front foot with curb and gutter optional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Brooks Winn
Sid Godfrey
Thomas Evans
Elvin Robbins
Greenwood
Robbins
County Historical Survey Committee Formed for Montague County
Judge Howard Mays appointed a County Historical Survey Committee with the Texas Historical Foundation to shape a state program for preserving heritage. Montague County, created 1857 and organized 1858, approaches its centennial with plans for a county-wide celebration. Members: Glen Wilson Nocona temporary chairman Mrs T Roy Coffield Bowie Willard Shackelford Montague J C Donnell Forestburg V W Redman Saint Jo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mays
Texas Historical Foundation
Montague County
Mays
Glen Wilson
Nocona
T. Roy Coffield
Bowie
Willard Shackelford
Montague J. C. Donnell
Forestburg
V. W. Redman
Saint Jo
Texas Interscholastic League Plans 1957 Football Season
Supt C D Allen and Coach R E Mattingly attended an executive committee meeting in Wichita Falls to set plans for the 1957 football season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. C. D. Allen
R. E. Mattingly
Wichita Falls
Montague County Honors Fourteen Farm Persons At Awards
A family of four and fifteen others were honored Tuesday night at the third annual Montague County Agricultural Achievement program. J C Porter praised honorees as the county’s best and urged them to improve their communities, as Regan Brown from A and M College spoke on Raising Horizons. The event featured sixteen trophies and sponsors from Bowie and Nocona chambers of commerce and local organizations.
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Montague County
J. C. Porster
Wichita Falls First National Bank
Porter
America
Wylie
Roberts
Regan Brown
Brown
Greenville
U. S
América
Jeff Henderson
Notona
Mr. Porter
Howard Middleton
The
Bowie and
Nocona
Preparation for Christmas in a Spiritual Season
Carl F Juergensen, pastor Bowie Texas, asks if readers are truly spiritually ready for Christmas. He cites John the Baptist as the forerunner who urged repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, urging personal renewal, forgiveness of sins, and living for the Christ sermon in Luke and Matthew.
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John
Christ
John the Baptist
God
Prince
Jesus
Jesus Christ
City Council Has Busy Night In Bowie
The Bowie city council met in regular session with all members and Mayor Greenwood present. They arranged investing 25,000 for a memorial to the Chicken and Bread boys in three Fort Worth Savings and Loan associations, approved a 10 percent Christmas bonus for city employees, and discussed whether Bowie must follow the state plumbing code now that the population reached five thousand. City Supt Elvin Robbins attended a plumbing inspectors course in Austin. No action was taken on the plumbing code issue while North Texas Water Association was invited to meet in Bowie in January.
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Greenwood
Bowie
Chicken and Bread Boys
Fort Worth
Elvin Robbins
Austin
North Texas Water Association
Hospital Notes Admits and Dismissals Listed
Patients admitted include Mrs W F Alexander and G W Castell from Sunset and Mrs W A Davis Able Miller and Frank Carrico of Bowie. Others from Belle Vue Fleetwood Forestburg Montague Nocona Alvord and Fleetwood are noted. Discharged patients include Mrs G P Johnson Mrs C J Dodsworth W W Hutson and several with infant children Sandra Lynn John Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Alexander
G. W. Castell
Sunset
W. A. Davis
Able Miller
Frank Carrico
Bowie
B. Duncan
T. E. Hall
A. H. Nelson
T. A. McGlasson
J. M. Browning
Bellevue
L. B. Kirby
Fleetwood
Oklo
Kenneth Reynolds
John W. Smith
Forestburg
J. J. Cox
Montagu
G. P. Johnson
C. J. Dodsworth
W. W. Hutson
Bobby Robertson
Sandra Lynn
W. B. Towles
E. F. Lane
J. L. Stockton
John Michael
W. M. Chandler
L. L
Births in Texas Families Add New Members
Mrs. T. J. Oliver of Grand Falls welcomes Donna Susan born December 3 weighing 8 pounds with brother Steven age 3. Grandparents Eldon Loveall Bowie and T. J. Oliver Sr Grand Falls. James B. Zetzsche announces Frances Elizabeth born November 8 at Fort Stockton to his daughter and son in law with Lon Johnson Fort Stockton as paternal grandfather. Frances has sisters Margaret 14 months and Luellen 3 years. Ronald Jo 6 pounds 9 ounces born December 11 at Bowie hospital to Kenneth and unnamed mother of Forestburg.
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T. J. Oliver, Jr
Grand Falls
Donna Susan
Steven
James B. Zetzsche
J.T. Johnson
Fort Stockton
Frances Elizabeth
Lon Johnson
Frances
Margaret
Luellen
Ronald Jo
Bowie Hospital
Kenneth Reynolds
Forestburg
Listing of local names in prominent notices
Coleman, H. H. Goodspeed, Mrs. I. D. Kibler, Rita Trout, Mrs. W. A. Davis, Mrs. B. Duncan, Mrs. B. A. Meyers, T. E. Hall, Mrs. A. H. Nelson, J. M. Browning and Mrs. Kenneth Reynolds and infant son Ronald Joe appears in a community notice listing residents and a newborn.
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Chis & Ghat
J. F. Rhyne
H. M. Huskey
Jaycees
Huskey
Kansas
Santa
News
H. I. Trout
Yvour
Glenn Wilson
John Morris
Morris
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Salona
Weaver
Roy Garrett
Yracuse
New York
Roy
Hereford
Joe Burns
Chuck Herring
Easy Parham
Gue Weber
J. C. Bristo
County Historical Committee
J. C. Haralson
Pat
Charlotte
Nocona High School
Carl F. Juergensen
Lutheran Church
Bowie, Texas
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