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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
1
A Bowie area request seeks a partner to supply large quantities of char coal. The piece notes local radio promotion with Elbert Hailing from KRLD Fort Worth, community efforts including a planned Youth Center, park improvements, a public swimming pool talk, and local generosity tied to fishing memories and community pride.
A Bowie committee launches a Bond drive to raise about 75000 for a War Memorial Youth Center on the High School campus. The center will serve youth with health recreation and memorial rooms for Midd County service members. Contacts are T Roy Coffield Lester Miller and Faul Taliaferro at the bank.
J. N. Chadwick, 64, longtime Park Springs resident, was found dead in a wooded pasture north of Park Springs. A justice of the peace ruled natural causes, with relatives suspecting brain hemorrhage or heart attack. The body was found by neighbor W. L. Whatley after his wife asked for help. He left home to cut wood, dying near his ax. no signs of accident and no prior illness. Burial details pending at Burgess Funeral Home Bowie. funeral arrangements incomplete. Surviving are his widow, a daughter Miss Snell Chadwick, and three sons K. W., Carnet, and W. J.
Extensive improvements are underway on the Doc Jackson Grocery building and the neighboring Allen Hardware Co. property. John Black is handling the interior and exterior repainting in different color schemes.
Friday and Saturday present Dorothy Lamour Richard Denning in Beyond the Blue Horizon and Bill Elliott Bobby Blake in San Antonio Kid. Sunday and Monday show Jack Carson and Jane Wyman in The Doughgirls. Tuesday features Joel McCrea Gail Russell in The Unseen. Wednesday and Thursday bring Judy Garland and Margaret OBrien in Meet Me In St Louis.
Bob White closes on a lot at West Wise Street measuring 7614 feet front by 140 feet depth to house a new 50 by 80 feet brick and tile building for a modern service station and ice dock. He and J. D. Overstreet form White and Overstreet Motor Company and will be Bowie agents for G M C trucks Beechcraft airplanes and Oldmobile cars pending permits.
Oil activity surges as Humble starts 3500 acre block eleven miles east of Bowie with two rigs moving in and 12 families seeking quarters. Continental drills at Davis and Hildreth pools while Nu Enamel expands Bowie offices and staff. SinclairCo hiring living quarters for newcomers as O C Whitaker Construction handles pipeline work.
Rev A C Harper, a Bowie Baptist minister, will conduct a revival meeting starting Sunday June 3 at Lone Star. He will preach Monday night. Reverend Tuve ner will also preach Sunday for his regular appointment.
Interest grows in the Soft ball League to be formed. A double-header is set for Friday at Bowie High School field at p m with Continental vs Walsh Construction Co and the Lions Club vs Inman Construction. On Tuesday Continental meets Inman and Lions face Walsh. Coach L F Gresham invites other groups to join.
Frank Edwards owner of Edwards Motor Company buys a 90 by 100 foot corner plot from D C Overfelt extending from his current site to Wise and Lindsey streets. He will build a large modern building when conditions permit. the site currently houses only a service station and the purchase price was not disclosed.
An American Legion Speake-Meyer Post service was held at the High School auditorium Sunday afternoon led by Post Commander Lon Roberson. Dr. T. C. Vinson read scripture, Jimmy Pickering led prayer, with Rev. F. M. Talbot and others also participating. Sgt Wayne Waginseller spoke on World War II veterans aims and the World Security conference, noting his wounds from Europe.
Cordell Oklahoma native C M Long is named the new manager of Lyon and Matthews Lumber Company in Bowie. He brings nine years in lumber and previously worked with Antrim Lumber Company at Cordell. Active in church and Kiwanis, he will relocate his family soon. Frank Yale will stay on as acting manager.
Joe C. Vaughn of Ballinger Texas will manage a new Babcock Brothers Auto Supply Store in Bowie. The store aims to open in about 60 days once a building is rebuilt and stocked. Vaughn and his family plan to move to Bowie. the firm HQs in Oklahoma City and serves as a major U S supplier. Vaughn, a Baptist, Mason and civic participant, previously worked for Humble Oil and noted Humble’s recent activity in Montague county.
The wholesale fruit market in Bowie opened this week led by Early Wheeler peaches, berries, and plums with green beans coming next week. Expected county crops total about half a million dollars for fruit and a large vegetable output. Prices listed include $2.00 per bushel for peaches and 50 cents per gallon for berries. Local stands Cash Banes and Moss & Worthy opened on West Wise Street offering wholesale and retail fruits and vegetables.
Glen E Medlen son of Mr and Mrs Will A Medlen of Bowie returns home after two years in the Pacific area. He worked as foreman of inspection and rebuilding of airplanes at a large base in Hawaii and met leaders including Admiral Nimitz. He may enter college this fall or take a job with a major aircraft firm in Indiana. He played basketball in Graham and Bowie and has several brothers and brothers-in-law in the armed forces and air service.
Mrs Claude Ryan and Mrs Elmer Lee visited in Wichita Falls on Thursday, sharing time with local friends and taking note of community events and happenings.
R L Burgess of Bowie owner of Burgess Funeral Home has been reappointed by Governor Coke Stevenson for a six year term on the State Board of Embalming. He has twelve years on the board with eight as president and the board regulates the funeral profession in Texas. Other trustees include C B Cook Austin George W Loudermilk Dallas Glenn Massie McKinney Clyde Branon Lamesa and Jo Denton Bonham.
Billy Jimerson, 16, bowing Bowie High School graduate, will enter Texas A and M College to study engineering. He works at Stallings Tailor Shop in summer and saves for college. Officials describe him as an exceptional student and avid reader with strong reading choices.
Twin sons born to Mr and Mrs W R Roach Sunday morning at Dr Cordes Clinic. Billy Gene weighs five pounds and Bobbie Dean four pounds twelve ounces. Both babies strong and normal. They and mother moved to the family home on Wilbarger street. Mr Roach employed by an oil company. They have two other children.
An all day homecoming event is slated for Smyrna on Sunday June 3 with activities planned throughout. Organizers invite residents and alumni to join in the programs and festivities.
G. A. Quisenberry says engineers arrived Thursday to map plans for a Bowie Locker plant to be erected after priority applications are approved. Shannon & Murray of Wichita Falls will build it. the facility will have 500 lockers, a one year guarantee, quick freezing processing and smoking, curing, chicken picking and lard rendering capabilities.
Substantial additions push Bowie's bond total past 115000 as "E" bonds near 75000 and other series around 40750. The planned Saturday rally with Sheppard Field entertainers is postponed due to soldiers being moved from the camp. Bond drive chair Lynn Garlington urges continued purchases, especially in the difficult to reach "E" series.
Dr A J Quinn accepts call to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dalhart Texas and plans to move June 15 after resigning from the local church. He has led the church through growth and a new building program as Rotary Club president elect. Mrs Quinn has been active in town church affairs.
Rev A E Whitworth of Arscher City has been elected to succeed Rev Ted Vassar as pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Bowie. Vassar and his wife plan a farewell service Sunday June 3 before returning to India where he will head a large school and orphanage.
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