Smythe Street Transforms Bowie Business District
In Bowie over 13 months Smythe Street saw 18 changes. New shops include Tiny Tot Shop and Miss Village Junior Shop, The Fit Shop, Wal-Wright Beauty, Adams and Price, Odell's TV Service, Bowie Cleaners, Trailways Cafe upgrades, Home Builders Supply Norge line, and Ferndale Dairy expansion. Local firms relocate or enlarge, signaling rapid modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Smythe Street
Nina Posey
Dorothy Woolf
Sara Seitz
Verlon Hudson
Miss Village
Harry Duke
Orlan and
Smith Wall
Fit Shop
H. A. Wright
W. L. Evans
Ruth Wright
Wal-Wright
Wise
Adams and Price
Junior Adams
Tom Price
Johnny Free
Roy Liggett
Liggetts
Wall Paints
Jimmy Eddins
Bowie Mattress
Wise Street
Harold Cunningham
Ray Barber
TV Central
Bill Gray
Trailways Cafe
Trailways
Home Builders Supply Company
Staff Holiday Gathering at The Bowie News
The Bowie News staff held a Christmas party at Emerson Lynn’s home last Friday night. Guests brought pantry food for a pot luck dinner, then watched colored slides before playing games like Dominos and Tripoli. Several staff members and their families attended while two guests were ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie News
Emerson Lynn
Wallace Mills
A. M., White
Stanley Bohenek
Opal Thedford
Hernan Leonard
Faye Garrison
Roland Daniel
Brent von Behren
Sandra Stockton
Carroll Trotter
Harrell Cage
Sue Cooper
Park Springs Gathering Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Effie Monroe enjoyed a Sunday with her children as visits from relatives and friends continued. Notable attendees included Mrs May Rogers from Bowie and families of Wortman and Alexander. The Upper Elm Red Soil Conservation District will host the State Soil Conservation Board and Supervisors in Sherman Texas next October, following last October’s McAllen meeting with over 700 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Monroe
May Rogers
Bowie
Avery Wortman
Junior Jones
Roy Alexander
Joe Blake
Bridgeport
Eula Susan
Oklahoma
Walter Gray
Elmer Shurbet
Bobby
James Susan
Chester Smith
Fort Worth
Jasper Smith
Gerald
Grace Myers
Chico
Ralph
W. W. Workman
Ralph Wortman
Alvin Robinson
John Hawkins
James Throckmorton
R. C. McDaniel
Willie Duck
Bridgeport Hospital
State Soil Conservation Board
Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Sherman
Texas
McAllen
Rock Springs Gather for Sunday Visits
A large group from Denton Bowie Wichita Falls Azle Fort Worth Nocona Chico Chico and Electra traveled to visit Mrs. M. B. Cable Bertha Warren and related families. Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. FE Mills H E Wilson G C Rowe Marilyn Gee Ophelia Cable and many others from area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zetta McLemore
Cassie Moore
Denton
Danny
Dale Mills
Bowie
Jimmy Mills
FE. L. Mills
H. E. Wilson
G. C. Rowe
Marylin Gee
Electra
Ophelia Cable
Wichita Falls
Letha Willmott
Azle
G. B. Willmott
Fort Worth
Richard Clark
Chico
Bessie Strickland
Minnie Fay Mills
Eula Mills
Pethania
Mrs Giaketti and Revenor Bowie Guests of Sevier Clark
Mrs. Cleo Giaketti and daughter Revenor Bowie were guests of Mrs. Sevier Clark and Susan Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Giaketti
Reven Or Bowie
Sevier Clark
Susan
Emma McMillan Dies in Kansas Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Cummins McMillan were held at Burgess Memorial Chapel Bowie. She died in Wichita Kansas on Thursday. Rev Aston Pollard officiated with interment at Elmwood Cemetery Burgess Funeral Home directed. Survivors include son Billy McMillan Wichita Kansas two grandchildren three nephews and one niece. Cornsilager frost damage note warns frost bitten sorghum silage can harm cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Cummins McMillan
Burgess Memorial Chapel
Bowie
Wichita
Kansas
W. S. Cummins
Aston Pollard
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Billy McMillan
Senior Citizens Honored At Christmas Party
The Senior Citizens Annual Christmas Party was held Friday in the First National Community Room with Ringo games as afternoon entertainment. Prizes from Bowie clubs and local organizations funded the raffle, as guests received gifts from a decorated tree. Hostesses and committee members from six clubs attended, and refreshments were served to attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Ringo
Bowie
Amity
ESA Sorority
MacDowell
Bowie Garden
Green Thumb Garden
John C Jones
Mmes
W. Koonce
Frank Massey
EF. B. Chafin
G. H Golden
C. O. Edwards
Sam Cleveland
Charles Garrett
T D. Beach Ellis Butler
Donna Cupples
Miss Lillie Huff
Mrs. Jones
Messrs
F.C. Hamilton
J. H. Inglis
M Whitecotton
Williams
Hoover
Nichols
Sallie Farmer Dies at Vashti
Mrs. Sallie Farmer aged 7 died at her home in Vashti on Saturday morning after residing there 52 years. Funeral services were held Monday at the Vashti Methodist Church, Owens-Brumley directing, with Rev. Tiff Covington and others officiating. Interment in Vashti Cemetery. grandsons pallbearers. Survived by husband Alvin Farmer, daughter Mrs Mildred Trout, sons Edward and Clarence, eleven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren, sister Mrs Richard Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Farmer
Vashti
Methodist Church
Owens-Brumley
Wome
Towie
Tiff
Covington
Budarr
Bowie
Aston Pollard
Bellevue
Alvin Farmer
Vishti
Mildred Trout
Edward
Wichita Falls
Clarence Farmer
Globe
Arizona
Richard Dodson
Amarillo
Beef Imports a Danger To U S Cattle Industry
John Guthrie of Porterville California, president of the California Cattle Feeders Association, told about 500 cattlemen at the Third Annual Southwestern Cattle Feeding Conference in Fort Worth on December 4 that US beef producers cannot compete with free trade in beef products. He urged a quota system to protect domestic producers and warned the situation will worsen without action as Australia and other exporters expand their capacity and threaten tariff policy in Geneva talks.
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U. S
John Guthrie
Porterville
Cal
California Cattle Feeders Association
Fort Worth
Geneva
Latham Class Hosts Christmas Dinner at Baptist Church
The Latham Class of The First Baptist Church held a Christmas Banquet on Tuesday night with twenty two members present and three guests. Mrs. Scott Avery delivered the Christmas story and Cindy Davis sang White Christmas before gifts were exchanged around the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latham
First Baptist Church
Sane
Scott Avery
Cindy Davis
Carrel Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ferndale Dairy
Richard Hoeldtke
Dale Milk and Other Dairy Pro
Fred Waring
The
Wichita Falls Municipal Auditorium
Park Springs
Ruby Jewell Workman
First Savings & Loan
Tommie Whitecotton
North Texas Retail Grocers Association
Mason ST. Bowie
Erra
Rock Springs
Emma McMillan
Philco
Circuit Board
Santa
Chase of This
Philco-Tv
B. H. Hight
Odie McDonald
Delia Gregory
Wilma Lawler
Addie Mae Garlington
Lonnie Wiggins
H.C. Gadberry
G. O. Chandler
GA Pence
W A. Medien
MW Shelton
Duralene
U.S
Stuation
Guthrie
Australia
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