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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
9
Mr and Mrs Samuel E Hyatt purchase a 3 bedroom modern home in Ruidoso New Mexico dubbed Home in The Pines. The 7000 foot elevation town offers cool summer nights around 38 to 40 degrees and the Hyatts plan to winterize and spend future Christmases there while the previous owners remain temporarily.
Oil development dominates the week with a promising well on the John B. Hunt land four miles east of Fruitland. Drilled by Byard Bennett of Denver, the test targets Aries-Caddo from 6010 to 6040 feet with bottom at 6127 feet on an 84 acre lease. Eight rigs were active in the county last week as five new field locations were staked.
Norvel R. Tomlinson of Bowie is promoted to cadet major in the Army ROTC unit at Texas Christian University and will serve as executive officer for the battalion. A senior, he majors in accounting and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Y. Tomlinson of Route 1, Bowie.
Mrs. Gene Durbin departed Tuesday morning for Venezuela to join her husband who is employed there with Mid Continent Supply Company. She has been employed at the First National Bank in town.
Jack Spangler a 26 year old man whose body was found near Wichita Falls on Saturday after an apparent murder was the nephew of John White of Bowie. The body was discovered in a roadside ditch near the Sheppard Access road. Theft of his automobile and robbery are thought as motives.
Mrs. A. R. Barnes was summoned to Cleburne on Saturday to be with her ill aunt in the family circle.
Honor roll lists students by ward and grade, with long lists for North Ward South Ward East Ward and Second Year Football letter recipient Tommy Smith. The compilation includes numerous named students across grades from 1st to 12th and notes Tommy Smith of Bowie earning his second football letter at North Texas State College.
Holiday matinees are held every afternoon at the Majestic theater through New Year’s Day. Shows start at two o’clock each day, according to C. E. Campbell.
Fred FE Doane died suddenly Saturday December 17 in Marshall Missouri. He had lived in Bowie for years before moving to Joplin. A prominent member of Bowie First Presbyterian Church he served on the city council and the school board. He is survived by his wife two daughters Dorothy Morgy Baltimore and Mary Cassidy Marshall and one granddaughter Jane Cassidy.
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