Bowie Volunteers Gather Behind Modern Equipment
Bowie's Volunteer Fire Department gathers for a group photo around its modern equipment. Front row from left: Joe A. Spears, Chief Alvin Baccus, Oran Stovall, Earl Gregory, Mayor Fred M. Patre, J. H W. Garrett, Roger Giles, Leslie Speir, driver. Back row: Charles Jackson city marshal and fire marshal, Dee Hawkins driver, Warren Brewer, Tom Lindsay, Karl Hachtel driver, Assistant Chief W. H. Lancas ter, Elvin Butler, Joe Fulcher, Jess Barnes, Barney Whitehead, Joe Fincher.
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Bowie
Volunteer Fire Department
Joe A
Christmas visitors and family gatherings across area
Local families from Duncan, Bowie, Salona, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Healdton spent Christmas with relatives. Several households hosted all their children, and others received guests from Oklahoma and Texas. Elex Griffin left Dec 24 to be with his pneumonia stricken father G A Griffin. Singing Sunday night Jan 2 invites all.
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Cecil Gibson
Duncan
Okla
W. W. Vaught
Mr. Vaught
Deshong
Washington
Dd Cozart
W. H. Wright
Frankie Faulkenberry
Claude Johnson
E. Yarbrough
Hi. B. Faulkenberry
Salona
Elton Hill
Bowie
G. G. Gregory
Robert Walker
Ramond Holt
Longview
J. R. Schockley
Elex Griffin
Tolar
Texas
G. A. Griffin
Richardson
Lubbock
Griffin
Gail Richie
Wichita Falls
John Prater
Healdton
Bill Sullivan
J. L
J. D. Sullivan
C. Noble
T. Sullivan
Brodie
Lillian Jones
Fort Worth
Rube Prater
Cox
Harlen Woods
Joe Gallia
Edd Gallia
Zelma Prater
Firemen Hold Annual Xmas Ball at the Armory
Christmas night gathering draws many visitors as 175 couples dance to Louieris Rhythm Kings. The hall is richly decorated with green ropes and festive decor, marking a social success for the Fire Department’s annual ball.
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Armory
Rhythm Kings
Det
History of Bowie Volunteer Fire Department Established
A 35 year old account recounts the formation of the Bowie Volunteer Fire Department in Bowie Texas. It notes early meetings led by H Boedeker and leadership by Chief W McDaniel and Assistant Chief Weill, motorization in 1917, equipment upgrades including a Mack Pumper in 1928, and the current roster of 18 with Chief Alvin Baccus guiding the force.
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Citizens of
Texas
Ty Hall
H. Boedeker
Bowie
Voluntere
Formen
C. ©. Hutchinson
A. A. Gard
Cliff Jones
Sam Thompson
J. Martin
Clyde Stallings
Leonter
R. W. McDaniel
A. D. Robi
Weil
Cliff Foreman
Sinclair
Glen Embry
Budite
Harry McMullan
George R
W. T. Lunn
A. R. Th
W. McDaniel
Bowie Fire Company
Weill
Bowie Volunteer Fire Department
C. H. Boedeker
Fire Department
Boedeker
C. C. Hutchinson
A. C. Baccus
Bowie Fire Department
la France
Minute Man
Alvin ©. Baccus
Local families visit kin across cities during holidays
Montague's Mr. and Mrs. H N Dearmore and Paducah guests Mr. and Mrs. Van Turbow with children Elwanda Teague Dorothy Jo Willie Lou and Betty Sue spent holidays with Rev J F Kilman. Dallas couple L H Crawford and son Jimmie visited Heard and Miller households. Fort Worth guests Miss Mary Lou Tucker and Peyton Tucker visited Lubbock friends until after New Years. Francis Bellah and Oramae Dickey joined Seymour trip with Mrs C N Dickey.
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H. N. Dearmore
Montague
van Turbow
Elwanda
Teague
Dorothy Jo
Willie Lou
Betty Sue
Paducah
J. F. Kilman
L. H. Crawford
Jimmie
Dallas
8. W. Heard
Mary Lou ,Tucker
Peyton Tucker
Lubbock
Newport Christmas Guests Share Holiday Gatherings
Newport families welcomed numerous relatives and friends for Christmas visits. Hosts Mr. and Mrs. Jim Farmer hosted a group from Archer City Wichita Falls Graham Roberts Prairie and Newport with many relatives attending from Jacksboro Denton Amarillo Fort Worth and Kilgore. The community also noted a holiday football outing at the Cotton Bowl and visits from Rev Felix Kindel and Farl Elmore among others.
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Newport
Jim Farmer
Clay Farmer
Archer City
Pat Simon
Wichita Falls
Cecil Pickett
Roberts Prairie
Lucy Walden
Leona Cox
Ruth Lewis
Graham
Lavern Pickett
Pete Pickett
Farmer
Perry Pickett
Delbert Pickett
Jacksboro
Oran Pickett
la Vera
Lois Fay
Mrs. Pickett
Z. Z. Miller
Aubray Miller
Crafton
Floyd Miller
Virgil Miller
Olan Miller
Kilgore
Arnold Miller
Tom McManus
Emmett Hancock
Bryson
Chester McManus
Joe Hancock
Charlie McMahon
Fort Worth
Elvie Smith
Chris Hancock
E. E. Williams
W. A. Kistler
Sammie Williams
Samme Jean
W. P. Vinson
Elma Vinson
Denton
Lois Taylor
Amarillo
Will Morris
W. S
Perrin
W. H. Elenburg
Howard Elenburg
Austin Wells
Vashti
Wells
Elenburg
Agnes Dunn
Francis Forrister
Arthur Sparkman
Vernon Reeves
Wink
Texas
Dallas
Earlene Morris
Spanish Fort
Jim Morris
Grace Pickens
J. H. Coyle
Pickens
Mineral Wells
J. N. Langston, Jr
John Langston
F. B. Wall
Wall
Clarence Johnson
Chillicothe
Chillicothe Were Also Guests of Mrs. Wall
Johnson
Versal Wall
Smith Wall
Cleburne
Orlan Wall
Naomi Shires
Henrietta
Miss Shires
Newport School
N. A.howry
Weatherford
Christmas Visit Notes From Local Families
Christmas Day and holiday visitors fill local towns as families hosted kin from Wichita Falls Bowie Duncan Perryton and Canyon. Residents like Mrs C C Wade A R Page and J A Huskey welcomed relatives while others gathered for dinners and a Christmas tree event across Burton Springs Newport and surrounding communities.
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C. C. Wade
Cundiff
A. R. Page
L. E. Cagle
Fae Elkins
Harmon
Wichita Falls
W. C. Duncan
Perrin
B. T. Miles
R. J. Dove
Walter
A. C. Brown
Jacksboro
FE. C. Baker
Arminta Brown
la Verne
la Rue Zuber
Odis Ogle
Elston Baker
Nels Benson
Bobby
Tony Benson
Raymond Price
Roy Price
Bowie
Cecil Gibson
Duncan
Oklahoma
Roy Huskey
Charles
Fort Worth
J. A. Huskey
L. E. Catlin
L. E. Jr
Huskey
J. Zuber
Leonard Zuber
Jewel Faye
Burton Springs
Christmas Program Delights School Children at Holiday Event
The school building held a Friday afternoon Christmas program attended by many. Old Santa arrived to unload gifts from the tree while girls admired dolls and boys looked forward to cars and guns. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Sills and family spent the holidays with Mrs. Sills’ mother in Sanger Texas. Mr. Cheves left Friday afternoon.
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Santa
Elbert Sills
Sanger
Texas
Cheves
Cardus Lauded By Women For Monthly Comfort Gain
Many women report relief from monthly discomfort after using Cardus a medicine for women. They say it improves appetite digestion and strengthens the system restoring regularity and vigor. Thousands praise Cardus for better digestion and stronger health through the monthly cycle.
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Cardus
Cotton ginnings in Montague show rise from 1986 to 1937
Census data from the Department of Commerce reports 5 548 bales ginned in Montague county from the 1937 crop before December 18 versus 3 340 bales ginned by December 18 for 1986. Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs W S Harber and son Durwood of Dallas and Stella Rhoades and son Wayne with C C Harber of Wichita Falls. Billie Fern Willis A Willis and Ray Koons visited Wichita Falls on Monday.
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Vineyard
Arminta Brown
Reda Baker
Billy Ray Benson
Wichita Falls
Ava Jean Brown
Gwendoly Brazeal
Post Oak
Mavis Delois Schultz
Fred Shultz
Dallas
Alton Page
Cundiff
Lester Page
Department of Commerce
Montague County
Billie Fern Willis
A. Willis
Ray Koons
Sunday visitors from Wichita Falls and Henrietta call on Ed wards
Mr and Mrs Jeff Jaggers and daughter Jeannette of Wichita Falls and Miss Bernice Buckett of Henrietta were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs F C Edwards.
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Jeff Jaggers
Jeannette
Wichita Falls
Bernice Buckett
Henrietta
F. C. Edwards
Bowie Visitor Zerrill Cone of Houston
Zerrill Cone of Houston visited Bowie on Friday. Cone formerly resided here.
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Zerrill Cone
Houston
Bowie
Mr. Cone
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Carl Elmore
Leona
Felix R. Kindel
Princeton
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Farl Elmore
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Will Elmore
New Near
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R. H. Zuber
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