Local notes from Bowie area readers and donors
Readers share personal tidbits and thanks. Mrs Earl Sansom receives a raised salary after a promotion mix up. A brother interrupts a wedding with cheers. A Bowie man contemplates marriage. Scout 117 collects broken toys for underprivileged children at First Baptist Church. Turnip donations praise from Orth Yowtell J D Hawkins and C H Huth with record sizes and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Santee
Scout Troop
First Baptist Church
Orth Yowtell
Stoneburg
J. D. Hawkins
Bowie
C. H. Huth
Rte 3
Presbyterian Women Host Unique Christmas Program
A Christmas party hosted by the Presbyterian Ladies at Mrs. R. Slaughter’s home featured the theme Ser Since Bethlehem led by Mrs. Faul Donald with music by Mrs. Harry Karlsberg. A social hour and covered dish luncheon followed with many attendees and a free will offering of 2250 for the Aged Ministers Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Slaughter
Presbyterian
Bethlehem
Faul Donald
James
T C. Vinson
O. D. Liedecker
R. E. Cordes
Harry Karsberg
Mmes
K. R. Dort
J. D. Moore
J. F. Cone
Harry E. Lyman
M. M. Ward
Eliza Chandler
S. W. Heard
Roy Long
E. L. Anderson
W. H. Carter
W. W. Philley
Paul Donald
W. W. Wright
Harry Karlsberg
O. B. Liedecker
Edd A. McGannon
T. C. Vinson
Margaret Moore
Jac. B. Hunt
Harry Swafford
J. W. Reddy
M. A. Bryan
Geo. Slaughter
Donna Marie Moore
Miss E. Bellah
Jnc. B. Hunt
Knight Family Visits Friends in Bowie
Mr and Mrs Harper Knight and their daughter Jane from Watonga Oklahoma visited friends in Bowie over the week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Knight
Jane
Watonga
Oklahoma
Bowie
Galveston Man Reaches Home After Bowie Visit
B G Winton of Galveston returned home Monday after visiting relatives in Bowie for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Winton
Galveston
Bowie
Fort Worth Woman Visits Sister Over Weekend
Miss Mabel Karsteter of Fort Worth visited her sister Mrs. Garrett and family over the week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Karsteter
Fort Worth
Mrs. Garrett
Bowie Rally Pushes War Bond Sales Toward Goal
Bowie's drive to raise 200000 in Sixth War Loan Bonds shows about 60000 remaining as of Thursday night. At the Bowie High School rally 250 students were on the program to help reach the goal with an 80000 pledge target for purchases, while district data show Montague County at 82 percent of its goal and 69 percent of its E series target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Bowie High School
Walter Alexander
T. P. Evans
T. Roy Coffield
Montague County
Bond Boost Day Spurs Gifts At Bowie Majestic Theatre
On December 7 Frank Benson at the Bowie Majestic Theatre organized a war bond sales drive that sold over $9,000 in bonds and provided buyers with passes. The effort aimed to push Bowie toward a $200,000 target by December 14. Benson also distributed $459 in war bonds as Christmas gifts to theatre employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Benson
Bowie Majestic Theatre
Benson
Bowie
Safety Meeting In Bowie Gas Company Office
A safety meeting was held in the Bowie office of Lone Star Gas Company on December 8. Attendees from out of town included W A Allred Claribel Thompson of Dallas T L Tucker J C Dunaway of Decatur and Theo Adore Precise of Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
The
Lone Star Gas Company
W. A. Allred
Claribel Thompson
Dallas
T. L. Tucker
J. C. Dunaway
Decatu
Theoadore Precise
Bridgeport
B T U Banquet A Colorful Christmas Social
The Baptist Training Union members and 35 guests held their annual Christmas social and banquet at Morrows Grill Tuesday night. Centerpieces featured large horn formations with gifts, pine cones on programs, and lighted red tapers at place cards. Rev A J Quinn gave the invocation by candle light and a program followed. Miss Christine Scruggs and Miss Helen Barker co hosted the evening with a Santa Claus gift presentation and a Christmas tree display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
Morrow’s Grill
A. J. Quinn
Christine Scruggs
Helen Barker
Hospital Admits and Dismisses In Bowie
Admitted patients include C C Privitt Serena Dodd Dee Cunningham Dan B Cornelius G B May and Dr J T Lawson with Perrin Harris son of Dr and Mrs E P Harris. Dismissals cover I H McVicker Alton G Jones and infant Janis Faye Beverly Sue Janet Sullenger Biddle Brooks Cunningham Dodd and Perrin Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Privitt
Bowie
Serena Dodd
Dee Cunningham
Dan B. Cornelius
G. B. May
J. T. Lawson
Perrin
E. P. Harris
I. H. McVicker
Alton G. Jones
Janis Faye
Lee Sullenger
Beverly Sue
I. R. Biddle
Glenn Brooks
Perrin Harris
Five Bowie Soldiers Earn Home Furlough After Asiatic-Pacific Service
Five soldiers from Bowie and nearby towns receive rotation furlough after 29 months overseas with the Engineers in the Asiatic-Pacific. They will report to Fort Belvoir, with visits planned to family and friends in Bowie Sunset Montague and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Service Command
Dallas
Texas
Engineers
Bowie
Eighth Service Command
Fort Belvoir
Sherman A. D. Hachtel
Karl Hachtel
Calbert Carter
East Elba Street
Harbin A. Cleveland
A. Cleveland
David C. Gregory, Jr
Montague
D. C. Gregory
Charley W. Cross
J. A. Quisenberry
Hachtel
Carter
Cleveland
Crass
Edward Pierce Dies in Gainesville After Stroke
Edward Pierce aged 51 died in Gainesville after a stroke at his work in the Gainesville Daily Register plant. He had worked ten years as a linotype operator and was a World War I veteran. Surviving are his widow daughter Elizabeth Clive Pierce mother Mrs. T. R. Pierce of Dallas four sisters and one brother. Funeral Sunday at First Methodist with Rev. Orbin Turner officiating. Interment in Fairview cemetery Gainesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Pierce
Mary Best
Gainesville
Dallas
First Methodist Church
Orbin Turner
Fairview Cemetery
Patch Kennedy Home Lost in Oil Stove Fire
Mr and Mrs Patch Kennedy of Stoneburg lost their home to a fire Thursday morning at daybreak. It started from an oil stove and only some bedclothes and family wearing apparel were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patch Kennedy
Stoneburg
Pvt Bernie Arnold Visits Parents En Route to Camp Lee
Pvt. Bernie L. Arnold visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harlan last week before heading to Camp Lee Virginia for Quartermaster School. She has been stationed at Love Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Bernie L. Arnold
J. M. Harlan
Camp Lee
Virginia
Love Field
Miss Dorothy Scott Visits Fort Worth Friends
Miss Dorothy Scott visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Scott over the weekend. She was accompanied by Miss Robbie Williams of Quanah. Both girls attend school at T. W. C. in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Scott
P. J. Scott
Robbie Williams
Quanah
Fort Worth
Local Couple Welcome Baby Laura Jo in Bowie
Miss Mary Jo Atkins returns from Austin visit with sister Mrs Stewart Grant. The Grants announce the birth of a baby daughter named Laura Jo. The former Miss Sara Atkins of Bowie is the sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Atkins
Austin
Stewart Grant
Sara Atkins
Bowie
Mrs. Grant
Laura Jo
Simonses Welcome Mildred Willow In Beaumont
Mr and Mrs Herschel Simons of Beaumont announce the arrival of a seven pound baby girl born Sunday November 26 at a Beaumont hospital named Mildred Willow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Simons
Beaumont
Bowie
Beaumont Hospital
Mildred Owillow
Pigg Family Visits Spur Texas City Relative News
Mr and Mrs Dewey Pigg of Wichita Falls and Mr and Mrs R W Wiley of Texas City visited Mrs Johnnie Pigg and Miss Thelma Pigg last week in a local social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Pigg
Wichita Falls
R. W. Wiley
Texas City
Johnnie Pigg
Thelma Pigg
Lawdermilk Home Visit With Parents After Louisiana Duty
Nares K. Lawdermilk, recently stationed in Louisiana, spent the past week at home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Lawdermilk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nares K. Lawdermilk
Louisiana
Mrs
N. A. Lawdermilk
Phillips Brings In Wadsworth No 1 in Hildreth pool
Phillips Petroleum reports its second good producer in the Hildreth pool. The Wadsworth No 1 on Estate lands was completed this week as a high gravity oil prospect perforated 6060 to 6062 feet. Henry No 1 remains one of the field’s best producers with 250 barrels in six hours through restricted tubing. Continental Company pursues additional producers in J B Lewis No 3 and Roy A-1 and moves on Nabors No 1 while also erecting derricks in Mallard pool Hufdley A-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Company
Hildreth Pool
Wadsworth
Continental Company
Continental
Nabors No. 1
Hildreth Field
Mallard Pool
Federal Officials Guests of Benson Brothers Ranch
Several prominent federal officials were guests of the Benson Brothers at their Bowie ranch on Monday. The visitors included Federal District Judge and former Lt. Governor T. Whitt Davidson of Dallas, J. S. Marshal Red Wright of Fort Worth, Clyde Eastus Federal District Attorney, and Frank Taylor and Mark McGee of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Brothers
Bowie
T. Whitt Davidson
Dallas
J. S. Marshal Red Wright
Fort Worth
Clyde Eastus
Frank Taylor
Mark McGee
Cooper Receives German Gift Package From War Front Son
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Cooper report a package from their son Marion H. Cooper fighting on the German front. The parcel included a rare German watch a fine gold chain and many coins amid the interesting items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Cooper
Marion H. Cooper
Marine Corps Corporal Returns to Norman Hospital
Cpl. Melvin G. Barlow of the Marine Corps returns to the Naval Hospital in Norman Oklahoma after a 45 day leave visiting his parents Mr and Mrs M R Barlow. He has served 28 months with eight months in the South Pacific and was wounded on Saipan earning the Purple Heart and the Presidential Citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Melvin G. Barlow
Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Norman
Oklahoma
M. R. Barlow
Barlow
South Pacific
Saipan
Wrights and daughter Barbara visit Corsicana relatives
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Wright and their daughter Barbara spent the week end in Corsicana to visit relatives and enjoy time with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Wright
Barbara
Corsicana
Bowie Nurse Lt Vand Kibler At Front In France
Lieutenant Vand Kibler from Bowie joins the nurses corps in France with the fighting forces. She writes that she landed in Normandy and that her camp tent has only ground for a floor with mud from incessant rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vand Kibler
Bowie
France
Vand L. Kibler
I. B. Kibler
Nurses Corps
Normandy
Dearmore Named Superintendent and Bible Institute Leader
Rev. B F Dearmore now serves as superintendent of Extension of the Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute in Fort Worth and pastors the Fundamentalist Church in Bowie. He has just returned from Athens Texas where he led an extension Bible school and also taught in Decatur. He plans to travel to San Antonio early next year for another Bible school and has multiple invitations to conduct schools and revivals across the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Dearmore
Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute
Fort Worth
Bowie
Athens
Texas
Decatur
San Antonio
Southwest
Ed Noble Dies in Dallas After Long Bowie Residence
Mr and Mrs C Noble traveled to Dallas last week due to the death of Ed Noble, brother of Mr Noble who had lived in Bowie for years and then Dallas for eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. Noble
Dallas
Mr. Noble
Ed Noble
Mr.Noble
Bowie
Pvt James R Trout Home On 10 Day Furlough
Pvt James R Trout visits his parents Mr and Mrs Thorne Trout and relatives on a 10 day furlough. He trained at Fort Bliss and heads to Camp Maxey Paris Texas for S A R T C training after enlisting June 23, 1944. He graduated Bowie High School in May and worked for Austin Bridge Co Dallas before joining the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Trout
Thorne Trout
Fort Bliss
Camp Maxey
Paris
Texas
Trout
Armed Service
Bowie High School
Austin Bridge Co
Dallas
Duncan Coffee employees get 10 percent Xmas bonus in service drive
A Houston based War Bond drive preceded a 10 percent Xmas bonus for about 400 Duncan Coffee plant and clerical workers. Lt. Paul E Taft addressed the rally urging bonds, noting recall of employees in the armed forces and a 1944 sales effort to aid ex employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Duncan Coffee
Paul E. Taft
USN
Pacific
Mediterranean
Duncan
Taft
Coke Stevenson
Appeal Seeks Musical Instruments For Wounded Soldiers
More instruments are needed for wounded soldiers at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple. Guitars trumpets and alto or tenor saxophones are especially desired. Anyone with instruments to donate may notify Miss Inez Rudy in Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Inez Rudy
Bowie
Last Rites Held For John Pirile Bowie City Official
John Calvin Pirile, 57, longtime Bowie resident and city official, died Friday at Dallas Veterans Hospital. Funeral at First Methodist Church Bowie Sunday 3 PM, Rev F M Talbot officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Owens Brumley Funeral Home arranged. Survived by widow two daughters Mrs Blanche Smith Freeport Texas Mrs Louis Chandler Bowie and a son Clovis Bowie. World War I veteran, former Montague County teacher, later Bowie postal service employee retired 1940. Church member 45 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin Pirile
Bowie
Veterans Hspital
Dallas
First Methodist Church
F. M. Talbot
Methodist Church
Montague County
Blanche Smith
Freeport
Texas
Louis Chandler
Clovis
D. T. Wilson Named City Secretary
At a city council meeting D. T. Wilson was appointed City Secretary succeeding John Pirtle who died Friday in Dallas Veterans Hospital. Wilson is a longtime Bowie civic leader and former manager of the City Sewer System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Wilson
John Pirtle
Veterans Hospital
Dallas
Wilson
Bowie
Garden Club Christmas Meeting at M Johnson Home
The Garden Club will meet Monday December 18 at Mrs Mose Johnson's home with Mrs Harry Karlsberg presenting a Christmas program after the business session. The annual Christmas tree will close the program and members will exchange small gifts. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Johnson
Harry Karlsberg
Last Rites Held For Miss Leona Mason 18
Miss Leona Mae Mason 18 died Saturday in a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral rites were held Monday at 2 p m in First Baptist Church Bowie with interment in Elmwood Cemetery under Owens Brumley Funeral Home direction. Survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. M W Mason and four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Mae Mason
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
Bowie
Elmwood Cemetery
Owens- Brumley Funeral Home
Miss Mason
M. W. Mason
Ft. Worth
Arthur P. Mason
Aransas Pass
Stacy
Navy
M. W. Jr
Seymour trio visits Mrs. Overstreet family gathering
Mrs. Bud Bledsoe and son Joe Thomas along with her sister Mrs. J. W. Foy and son Jimmie, all of Seymour, were guests of their mother and relative Mrs. G. E. Overstreet recently for a family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Bledsoe
Joe Thomas
J. W. Foy
Jimmie
Seymour
G. E. Overstreet
Sgt Jack T Hall Visits Wife Over Weekend
Mr Sgt. Jack T. Hall visited his wife Rozelle Campiche the former miss over the weekend reported in local correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Jack T. Hall
Miss Rozelle Campiche
Death of Child Smothered in Bed in Montague
Three month old Bobbie Jean Reed died after being found limp at 8 a.m. Saturday while sleeping with parents Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Reed in Montague. Doctors in Bowie pronounced death. funeral held at First Methodist Church Montague. Survived by parents four brothers and grandparents from Farmersville and Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Jean Reed
Elmo Reed
Montague
Bowie
Owens-Brumley Funeral Home
First Methodist
J. O. Little
David Garlington
Melton
Lée
Buddie
Gerald Wayne
A. Thomas
Farmersville
M. B. Reed
Bowie Football Squad and Band Guests at Theatre Event
Members of the Bowie football squad and coaches, Bowie High School Band, and cheerleaders will attend a Bowie Majestic Theatre showing of The Great Moment on Monday night December 18 by invitation from theatre owner Frank Benson. The event honors their hard work fine record and exemplary conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Benson
Bowie
Bowie High School
Bowie Majestic Theatre
Joel McCrea
Betty Field
Benson
High School Choral Singers to Present Christmas Program
The First Methodist Church hosts a Christmas program Sunday night December 17 at 7 30 featuring the High School Choral singers under Mrs Will S Young. The event includes vocal and piano numbers with many students performing. Morning services feature special music led by Miss Martha Ann Gibson with Mrs Young accompanying and a sermon by Rev F M Talbot on The Meaning of Christmas in Time of War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Will S. Young
Martha Ann Gibson
Young
F. M. Talbot
Big crowd eyed for Brushy Sunday singing in Brushy church
Plans are set for the Southwest Montague Singing Convention at Brushy church Sunday December 17. A large turnout is anticipated as interest grows for one of the year’s biggest crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushy Church
Theatre Calendar features two double bills this weekend
Friday and Saturday present Joan Davis in Kansas City Kitty with Bob Crosby Jane Frazee Erik Rolf plus Russell Hayden Dub Taylor in Wyoming Hurricane. Sunday and Monday show The Great Moment with Joel McCrea Betty Field by Preston Sturges. TuesdayGas Light stars Boyer Bergman Cotten. WednesdayThursday Christmas Holiday with Durbin Kelly Whorf Havens George Bruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Davis
Kansas City
Bob Crosby
Jane Frazee
Erik Rolf
Russell Hayden
Dub Taylor
Wyoming
Joel McCrea
Betty Field
Preston Sturges
Charles Boyer
Ingrid Bergman
Joseph Cotten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Sansom
Chamber of Commerce
Willie
Louise
Edward Pierce
Phillips
Son
Germany
Or Bible Institute
Herschel
Charles Duncan
John Pirile
Bowie City
New City
Leona Mason
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