Forestburg Centenary events mark 1857 roots and art show
This week end Forestburg celebrates its centennial with exhibits including oil paintings by Mrs Earl Goodwin at the schoolhouse. The town traces back to W D Hagler store opened in 1857, a grandfather of Bowie leather goods shop owner Bill Hagler. The Bowie News sells a centennial history book for 50 cents.
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Bowie
Forestburg
W. D
Dave) Hagler
Bill Hagler
Hagler
Georgge Fanning
Earl Goodwin
Goodwin
The
Bowie News
Porestburg
Bowie Starts Street Paving and Curb Program
City begins paving in Bowies first year plan with curb and gutter in front of own properties. Work already on North Mill street near filtration plant, with next targets including the high school and Eastward schools and Pecan street filtration plant area. Homeowners may sign up. cost is 2.40 per front foot for paving and curb gutter. Mayor Greenwood on vacation will solicit residents. Fogging insect spray also planned citywide.
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Bowie
North Mill Street
Pecan Street
S. L. Greenwood
Masonic Lodge Elects Officers
David Gregory named Worshipful Master and Joe Bruton to Senior Warden after a Tuesday meeting. H H Waggner elected Junior Warden with W C Beverly as Secretary and S E Chandler re elected Treasurer. Installations set for the evening of June 25.
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Masonic Lodge
David Gregory
Joe Bruton
H. H. Waggner
W. C. Beverly
S. E. Chandler
Bowie Golfers Travel to Decatur Sunday
Bowie golfers travel to Decatur for a league match after a rainout last Sunday. They have tied one and lost one in the North Texas Oil Belt League standings.
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Bowie
Decatur
Free Will Baptist minister to fill Bowie pulpit June 9
The Rev Bill Jones a young graduate of the Free Will Baptist college in Nashville Tennessee will occupy the Bowie Free Will Baptist church pulpit for both Sunday morning and Sunday night June 9. The public is invited to attend services.
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Bill Jones
Free Will Baptist College
Nashville, Tenn
Bowie Free Will Baptist Church
Hospital Notes Bowie Admits and Dismisses List
A hospital notes section lists patients admitted from Bowie including Eddie Lee Smith son of J S Smith and others from Bowie and surrounding towns. It also records dismissals of multiple patients including Eddie Lee Smith Charles Dale Boswell Patty Stephens Kenneth Hopkins and several others with infant names and spouse references.
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Eddie Lee
J. S. Smith
Charles Dale
L. A. Boswell
Patty
B. H. Stephens
O. L. Clayton
C. J. King
B. W. Polk
B. G. Head
A. J. Nichols
Park Shaw
B. J. Rosinbaum
O. W. Adkins
Todd Fryar
Emmitt Deweber
Jimmy Hamilton
Bowie
Keith
Henry Bellah
Nocona
Cecil Boggess
W. W. Davis
Saint Jo
Charles Dale Boswell
Patty Stephens
Keith Bellah
L. Clayton
Kenneth Hopkins
P. C. Helvey
Jewel Hise
Michael Ray
Ronald Shoemaker
Jaycees Plan July Street Carnival At High School Grounds
Jaycees plan a three day street carnival July 18 19 and 20 at the high school grounds to raise funds for civic needs. They will build booths operate concessions run bingo and hire rides on a percentage basis with wives assisting and will manage the Montague County fair carnival in September. A recent meeting reported a weiner roast at Meyer Park with active Jaycee families.
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Wichita Falls
Montague County Fair
Meyer Park
A. E. Chitwood
O'Dell Quante
Dean Heape
Charles Pewitt
H. M. Huskey
Ways and Means
Mickey Wayland
Bob Patterson
George Hoeld
Pete Guthrie
Kenneth Shoemaker
Bill Jack Evans
Bill Neeld
Art Lynch
Norman Edwards
Elmer Covey
Gene Pollard
Jack Abbott
B. H. Roberts
Gordon Heard
Jack Lovette
Ray Guvoodwin
Don Crow
Chamber of Commerce Directors Seek City Action on Local Issues
The Chamber of Commerce directors plan to urge the city council to convert the open city dump into a sanitary fill and to close an open sewer in a town area. They call for city representation at an Arlington exhibit on June 12 sponsored by the State Health Department, and discuss selling water from the old city lake for irrigation if demand exists.
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Chamber of Commerce
Arlington
State Department of Health
Old City
Flash Flood Damages Forestburg Bridge
A flash flood last Friday afternoon washed out steel piling under a bridge on Farm-to-Market road 677 across Clear Creek between Forestburg and Saint Jo. The State Highway Dept repaired the bridge piling after over four inches of rain fell in Dye Mound in thirty minutes.
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Clear Creek
Forestburg
Saint Jo
State Highway Dept
Dye Mound
Tommy Smith Graduates From NTSC in Denton
Tommy Smith son of Mr and Mrs Roy Smith and son in law of Mr and Mrs L O Gandy of Bowie earned a physical education degree at North Texas State College Denton. He will work the summer months for Continental Oil Company here.
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Tommy Smith
Roy Smith
L. O. Gandy
Bowie
North Texas State College
Denton
Continental Oil Company
Local Birth Announcements from Bowie's Area Families
Mr and Mrs James Ellis of Grand Prairie welcomed daughter Pamela Renee weighing 7 pounds Grandparents Judge and Mrs W B Ellis Blooming Grove and Mr and Mrs S W Rosinbaum formerly of Bowie Mr and Mrs Buck Graham of Borger parented a son Vance Lynn 5 pounds 6 ounces Maternal Coy Wadsworth Bowie Paternal Nora Graham of Vashti Great grandmothers Pearl Barrow Annie Wadsworth Washti He has brothers Robert and Donald Mrs Bill Cantwell Fort Worth welcomed Kimberley Ann 8 pounds 7 ounces Grandparents J C Gregory Flora Cantwell Bowie George Lester 5 pounds 6 ounces born Bowie hospital May 9 to Raymond Tipton Vernon and B J Rosinbaum Bowie parents of a son Michael Ray 7 pounds 2 1 2 ounces born June 3
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James Ellis
Grand Prairie
Pamela Renee
W. B. Ellis
Blooming Grove
S. W. Rosinbaum
Bowie
Buck Graham
Borger
North Plains Hospital
Vance Lynn
Coy Wadsworth
Nora Graham
Vashti
Pearl Barrow
Annie Wadsworth
Washti
Robert
Donald
Bill Cantwell
Fort Worth
Kimberley Ann
J. C. Gregory
Flora Cantwell
George Lester
Bowie Hospital
Raymond Tipton
Vernon
B. J. Rosinbaum
Michael Ray
Bible School Set At Pentecostal Church This June
Bible School will begin at the Pentecostal Church of Faith on Monday night, June 10. Rev. Davis of Nocona will conduct the sessions. Rev. Denium of Nocona serves as assistant pastor each Sunday at the Bowie Pentecostal Church of Faith.
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Pentecostal Church of Faith
Davis
Nocona
Denium
Bowie
Revival Begins at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday
A two week revival starts Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Pete Griffin will conduct services. Fellowship Day includes a noon dinner. All are invited bringing a basket lunch. Willie Lindsey leads the choir and Linda Nations plays piano.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Pete Griffin
Willie Lindsey
Linda Nations
Methodist Pastor Dr Patton Finds Home In Bowie
Dr Earl J Patton and his wife Mrs Patton moved to Bowie to lead the First Methodist church He was raised in Jack county and recalls trading at Sam Daube store in Bowie He graduated Southwestern University in 1923 received honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1945 and once served the Sherman district driving 120000 miles The Gainesville Daily Register praised his growth in Gainesville during 1955 and noted Mrs Patton’s tireless work with her husband
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Earl J. Patton
Bowie
Patton
First Methodist Church
Dr. Patton
Antelope
Jack County
Sam Daube
Saint Jo
Percy Stallings
Mr. Stallings
Southwestern University
Sherman
Gainesville
Bert Cassle awarded Gainesville telephone building contract
Bert Cassle has been awarded a contract to erect an auxiliary telephone dial building in Gainesville. He set the stakes for the Gainesville project on Monday and will construct the new dial exchange facility beside the existing main building.
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Bert Cassle
Gainesville
Gassle
Bowie honor roll list spans six grades in 1960s page
The Bowie schools honor roll for the last six weeks lists students across 1st through 5th grades. Names are grouped by grade and section, including many repeat family entries such as Deweber, Woolf, and Rhyne, with multiple Creeklike spellings and possible typographical errors.
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Bowie
Forestburg Centennial Progrium Planned for Three Days
Forestburg Texas hosts a three day Centennial celebration from Friday to Sunday June 7 8 and 9 1957 featuring rodeos parades contests square dancing and a memorial service A history of Forestburg and a log cabin exhibit highlight the event with descendants of pioneers attending and a Centennial committee named.
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Forestburg
Queens
Centennial Committee
Forestburg School House
Casey Jones
J W. Lanier
Barney Brogdon
Rex Anderson
Jerry Orrell
Howard ¥. Sledge
Billy Moore
J. M. Dunn
Web Reynolds
Brothers of the Brush
W. P. Orrel
D. E. White
Draftees In Bowie Ordered To Report June 18
Local Board No. 93 Bowie lists eight registrants ordered to report for induction on June 18. Names include Earl P. Hopson Worley D Wiseman Billy A Askey William E Provence B L Starnes Jr James A Bentley Jimmy C Wright and Billy D Woods.
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Bowie
Armed Forces
Earl P. Hopson
Worley D. Wiseman
Billy A. Askey
William E. Provence
B. L. Starnes, Jr
James A. Bentley
Jimmy C. Wright
Billy D. Woods
Lions Club Sponsors Pony League Team for Summer Baseball
At the regular Lions Club meeting the group voted to sponsor the Lions Pony League team for summer play. John Heltzel will manage the team and equipment such as balls bats and helmets will be purchased. The club selected two boys and one girl to attend Camp Kerrville with Ruby Robinson leaving June 16 and Edward Bullard and Tommy Oliver scheduled later.
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Lions Club
Lions
John Heltzel
Kerrville
Ruby Robinson
Edward Bullard
Tommy Oliver
Death of Newport farmer Louie Baker at 69
Louie Baker age 69 a retired farmer of Newport died in the local hospital after a 10 day illness. Funeral services will be held at Newport Union Church Saturday at 3:00 p.m. with interment at Trace cemetery. Survivors include his widow two sons two daughters a brother and numerous grandchildren.
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Louie Baker
Newport
Newport Union Church
Trace
Jacksboro
Paul Thompson
Nocona
M. D. Wall
Bible Baptist Church
Bowie
Mr. Baker
Cook County
Abe
Mandy Ford Baker
Jack County
Susie Baker
Elston
Dewey
Clovis
Calif
L. B. Ainsworth
Bryson
R. V. Long
Fort Worth
J. C. Baker
Owens- Brumley Funeral Home
City Health Officer Sets Drowning Prevention Rules
Dr. Berry Squyres warns that about 7000 Americans may die from accidental drowning in 1957 unless trends improve. He notes over half occur June through August and urges stronger safety measures to save lives.
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Berry Squyres
Injured Bowie Native Glenn McNatt Struck in Austin
Glenn McNatt former Bowie resident and Texas Employment Commission worker in Austin was hit by a car while crossing an Austin street. He remains in critical condition though slightly improved. his father T H McNatt of Fort Worth and brother Clark McNatt of Bowie are at his side.
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Glenn McNatt
Bowie
Austin
McNatt
Texas Employment Commission
Clark McNatt
T. H. MecNatt
Fort Worth
Test Near Sunset Indicates a Producer
Bennett Oil Co. of Bowie reports No. 1 J. J. Mill in the Aries Field Montague County flowed 162.3 barrels of 42 gravity crude in a 12 hour test. Flow through a 16/64 inch choke from perforations at 002 24 feet with 245 pounds pressure on tubing. Hole bottomed at 6078 feet. Gas oil ratio 350 to 1. Pay section treated with 500 gallons mud acid. Three miles north of Sunset in block 72 Panola CSL survey.
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Bennett Oil Co
Bowie
J. J
Aries
Caddo
Montague County
Sunset
Panola Csl Survey
Resuscitation Method and Water Safety Rules Highlight Swim Education
An article emphasizes drowning prevention through education. It cites 90 million yearly swimmers with 10 percent proficient and notes most drownings occur near shore. Hogler Nielsen artificial respiration steps and general water safety rules are outlined for all ages except infants.
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Hogler Nielson
Fire damages Grace Repair Building on Wichita Falls Highway
A fire of undetermined origin damaged the Grace Desking Co building on the Wichita Falls highway early Saturday. The sheet iron structure stored LeRoy Diesel engines for pulling well rigs. one engine suffered heavy damage and others minor damage along with a small amount of building damage.
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Grace Desking Co
Wichita Falls
LeRoy
Stanley Arrington Named Co-Captain at NTSC 1957-58
Stanley Arrington son of Mr and Mrs Jack Arrington of Bowie is elected by teammates as co-captain of the 1957 58 basketball team at North Texas State College Denton He earned his first letter as a sophomore forward this year.
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Stanley Arrington
Jack Arrington
Bowie
North Texas State College
Denton
Stanley
Two New Culverts Planned Below Lake Amon G. Carter
Two 10 by 10 culverts will be added to the road below the dam at Lake Amon G. Carter. The existing 7 by 7 culvert has been washed out by the service spillway flow. The road contractor will install the two larger culverts when weather allows completing the project.
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Lake
Amon
Denton Scientist Talks at Rotary Meeting
Dr. Robert Higgins head of the chemistry department at TSCW Denton spoke on the United States need for scientists. Col. Oran Stovall arranged the program with guests Rev. Thomas Doss and Rev. Karl Patton. Miss Jan Criffin played piano.
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Rotary
Robert Higgins
TSCW
Denton
Oran Stovall
Thomas Doss
Karl Patton
Jan Criffin
Will Young
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