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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
1
A collage of small items notes gas rates in England and allowed monthly gas, a Fort Worth basketball tourney accolade for Robert White of TCU, and Bowie telephone number changes to prefix TR with a TEN digit map. Local snippets cover Christmas decorations, a moonlit golf tale, a Duvall County series, and wedding license help after hours.
Eight o clock start for the Shop-Arama drawing with thirty prizes at the Overstreet garage building. In bad weather the event moves to the city auditorium. Tickets available Friday afternoon from local business houses. prize recipients need not be present. Prizes include a deep freeze, outboard motor, console TV, washer, bedroom suite, movie camera, electric blankets, gift certificates, and a mystery item. Odell Quante chairs the Jaycees event.
Work has begun to remodel and modernize the north half of Irene Wood’s business building at Wise and Smythe streets. Earl and wife will move their beauty shop to the space in February. The exterior finish matches the rest of the block housing Morrow’s Coffee Shop and an insurance office. A stairway to the second floor will open on Smythe street. Hobart Nored, local contractor, leads the project.
The Bowie Garden Club sponsored a season contest with four awards. First prize $10 went to Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Garlington, second $5 to the Roger Giles home, third $2.50 to Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Clarke, fourth $2.50 to Mr. and Mrs. G A Quisenberry. Honorable mentions were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. T A Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. W L Eubanks, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans.
Bowie post office reports December 1 to 18 mailings totaling 101 398 pieces up from 94 757 last year. About 75 000 Christmas cards estimated to have been mailed locally. Office closures set for noon Saturday and all day Tuesday Christmas day.
Crushed rock is being laid on several blocks of North Mill street this week by city workers. Mayor Greenwood said this will be one of the first streets paved under the new plan. The work aims to prepare for paving expected to begin next spring.
Miss Reba Burright Montague county extension agent and H. M. Stanfield Bowie were married the last of the week. They left immediately on a honeymoon to West Texas. A detailed write up will appear next week.
Western Kansas experiences continued dry weather affecting farming conditions. The John Ben Shepperd family album features yearly photos from 1948 onward, chronicling domestic life through decades.
The article presents a Christmas sermon urging renewal of faith hope and love through the Nativity story. It emphasizes Bethlehem as a source of time and salvation and calls on readers to choose life in Christ. Included are biblical passages and a pastor’s note from Bowie Texas.
Mrs. James E. Cook who was seriously injured in a car wreck Friday night was released from the hospital Tuesday. She was formerly Miss Frances Barker. Mr. Cook also was injured but released after four hours. The Cook car crashed with a pickup as they passed another car on Highway 59 near Bowie. The pickup was driven by Mr. Green of Sunset and he was slightly injured.
The Gary-Nees Lumber Company office was burglarized Tuesday night. Cash totaling 19.97 and checks totaling 67800 were taken but no merchandise was missed. Payment on the checks was stopped by order at the bank. No entry method is known. Doors and windows were locked when opened Wednesday morning. A young man was questioned with no arrests by afternoon.
Miss Lara Dean Davis visited Dallas last week to purchase the Bowie City Library’s latest adult, boys and girls, and children’s titles. The books will be ready for circulation to the public during the Christmas holidays.
Glenn Cunningham directed Bowie high school band members as they sang Christmas carols in Bowie stores on Wednesday afternoon.
R I English of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urged Montague county workers to join Texas’ mass vaccination push. Dr C J Dodsworth noted only about one fourth of those eligible have three shots and outlined needs for funding, outreach, and long term care for polio patients.
Strong sentiment across Montague County favors appointing attorney Marvin F. London as County Judge to succeed the expected resignation of Judge Howard Mays. London has broad backing from local lawyers, with two of the remaining practitioners undecided, potentially endorsing him. Endorsements reflect bar preference for a credentialed judge over a layman.
Almost three inches of rain fell Wednesday and pushed Bowie's Carter Lake to its highest water level on record. Sandy Creek and Briar Creek fed the lake, adding to stock water reserves and benefiting small grain crops and grazing lands in the region.
Mr and Mrs David West are building a two bedroom house on Stoneburg highway with a living room den kitchen and bath. G L Wortham is erecting a three bedroom home in Easley addition on Belcherville highway with living room dining room utility room den one and a half baths kitchen and double carport.
Montague County farmers backed both cotton and peanut quotas in line with state results. Fifty-four voters approved cotton quotas, while fifty-two supported marketing quotas. Peanut quotas drew twenty-five votes for and two against.
Nenny Bowie stores announce extended hours remaining open nights until Christmas to accommodate Christmas shoppers.
Mr and Mrs J W Inman will travel to Fort Worth to spend Sunday with his sister and family Mr and Mrs F F Gill. The visit highlights family ties and a weekend gathering in a Texas city.
A hospital column records numerous admissions from Bowie and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. Bob Patterson and J. F. Williams among many others, with multiple repetitions for some patients. Additional entries list residents from Bellevue Sunset Forestburg Electra Alvord Nocona Postoak and more.
Two boys aged 16 have been arrested by Constable J C Hendrix and confessed to several vandalism acts in Brushy. A third youth, 17, is sought on a complaint warrant related to the same vandalism, including tampering with a county maintainer and obstructing roads with logs and brush.
Sp 3 and Mrs Robert Willett of Warrenton Va welcomed a daughter Robbie Ann born at Fort Belvoir Army hospital on November 28. Grandparents are A R Willett Sunset and Dick Chandler Bowie. Mrs C C Culp notes a granddaughter Melinda Jane born October 23 to Mr and Mrs Joe Goodwin Beaumont weighing 7 pounds. A daughter born December 1 to Mr and Mrs Lester Page Fort Worth weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are A R Page Park Springs.
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