Army Training Camp Set for Fort Hood July 8 22
Headquarters of the 49th Armored Division in Dallas announced annual summer field training will run July 8 to 22 at Fort Hood Texas. Bowie's Company A 49th Reconnaissance Battalion under Capt Leiland Jett will join for the encampment with range firing and tactical training. The division parade and awards will occur Saturday July 14 and field work continues July 16 through July 19.
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49Th Armored Division
Dallas
Fort Hood
Texas
Bowie
49Th Reconnaissance Battalion
Leiland Jett
Montague County 4-H Delegates Attending State Camp
Eight 4 Hers and two agents attend the District Four-H Camp in Trinidad this week aided by County Extension Agents Reba Burright and Wylie Roberts. The four day camp includesMozelle Gaston Glen Maxwell Jan Howard Sherda Ann Bell Donald Shrum Margaret Hudspeth Margaret Giles Francis Rogers and other names. They will participate in crafts 4 H records recreation safety mind your manners and leadership and will direct the Montague County 4 H Camp to be held at Bowie in July.
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Montague County
Trinidad
Reba Burright
Wylie Roberts
Morrow's Coffee Shop To Reopen With New Equipment
Morrow's Coffee Shop opens Saturday after a March fire with a rebuilt interior and updated equipment. Irene Wood rebuilt the lower floor while the barber shop area is becoming insurance offices. The downstairs dining room expands capacity to 90 with half the old staff returning and hours set from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Irene Wood
Blogett
New Nocona Center Provides County Storm Alert System
Nocona joins Bowie and Montague counties in a government tornado warning network with a new center at Nocona city hall. The device forecasts storms within 30 miles and triggers alarms via the county radio system after coordinating with the Wichita Falls weather bureau. The system links sheriff and police radios in the area and connects to other regional centers in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Bowie
Montague County
Nocona
Wichita Falls
St. Jo
Henrietta
Decatur
Gainesville
Waurika
Ardmore
Duncan
Randlett
Oklahoma
Engage Miss Schaffné to Succeed Miss Sands as Homemaking Teacher
Miss Waunita Schaffner of Byers has been elected by the Bowie school board to join the Homemaking department for the 1956 57 term, filling the vacancy left by Miss Henryetta Sands. She holds B S and M A degrees from T S C W Denton in Home Making and Home Economics. Schaffner taught six years at Prairie Valley and two years at Byers.
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Waunita Schaffner of
Byers
Bowie High School
Henryetta Sands
Miss Schaffner
Denton
Prairie Valley
Vacation Bible School Closes at Bowie Church of Christ
The Bowie Church of Christ wrapped up its Vacation Bible School last Saturday morning with 150 in attendance. Readings and displays highlighted Creation, the Brazen Serpent, John the Baptist, and Christ, as 156 certificates were awarded to participants.
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Vacation Bible School
Church of Christ
Bowie Church
J. B. Lamb
L. C. Williams
Clarence Neal
W. A. Cure
Alton Weston
S. B. Bruner
W. C. Yandell
R. B. Monroe
Methodist Pastors Named for Bowie Area Churches
Pastors assigned to Methodist churches in the Bowie area at the conference Sunday include Sunset Bobby Cole Alvord J N Snow Boyd Billy Triggs Bridgeport Terry Atkinson Chico H W Longfellow Forestburg Rosston Jim Yarbrough Nocona W D Craig Ringgold Montague Herschel Homer Saint Jo Richard Perry Spanish Fort Jack Callaway
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Bowie
Sunset
Bobby Cole
Alvord
J. N. Snow
Boyd
Billy Triggs
Bridgeport
Terry Atkinson
Chico
H. W. Longfellow
Forestburg-Rosston
Jim Yarbrough
Nocona
W. D. Craig
Ringgold-Montague
Herschel Homer
Saint Jo
Richard Perry
Spanish Fort
Jack Callaway
Negroes Sentenced to Two Years in Box Car Assault Case
J. W. and Amos Taylor, aged 20 and 22, were convicted of assault with intent to murder after a Rock Island line box car incident north of Ringgold on May 13. Judge Louis T. Holland imposed two concurrent two year terms in the penitentiary on each of two charges.
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J. W
Amos Taylor
Louis T. Holland
Rock Island Line
Ringgold
Hunts and Turners Take Trip to New Mexico
Mr and Mrs John B Hunt and Mr and Mrs Tan Turner completed a 1200 mile trip to New Mexico. They fished at Trout Haven Camp on the Pecos River near Pecos and visited La Fonda hotel San Miguel Church and Governor's Palace Museum in Santa Fe. They also toured Glorieta Baptist Assembly Grounds and noted good all weather roads and the Holy Ghost Canyon linked to the Death of the Archbishop book.
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Santa Fe
Governor’s Palace
Glorieta
New Mexico
Baptist Assembly
Baptists
Texas
Oklahoma
Pecos
Turners and Hunts
Holy Ghost Canyon
Donated Books Enrich Bowie City Library Collection
Sixty three new books were added to Bowie City Library as donations from Dr. and Mrs. Prentice Crumpler. The gift enhances local access to literature and community resources.
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City Library
Bowie City
Prentice Crumpler
Oil Activity Holds Firm in County with Three New Completions
In Montague county for the week ending June 1 two new locations were staked by Shell Oil and J C Mann Jr while three field producers completed wells. No. 5 J T Langford tested at 4100 feet and No. 1 Mary Luch Perryman at 7000 feet with notable outputs including 95.09 barrels per day and 51 barrels per day respectively. Local rigs total ten. one field lies in Nocona and another near Saint Jo with notable gravity oil and high gas oil ratios.
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Montague County
Shell Oil
J. T. Langford
C. R. Jacques
Saint Joan
J. C. Mann, Jr
A. G. Perryman Survey
Mallard
Johnny Clingingsmith
Paul Magee
OWPB
Magee Strawn
Montague
C. A
L. M. Harville
Marble Falls
Saint Jo
Calhoun County
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National Capitol
Washington, D. C
Rayburn
Capitol
Frank Ikard
Paul Taliaferro
Haggar
Haggar Shanghai
Sarasota
Cady’s Men
Mason
Segqiyon
Bowie News
Don Little
Frederick, Okla
J. W. Reddy
Pat Reddy
Austin
Reddy
James Reddy
Texas University
Ike Mitchell
Radio Shop
Expert Radio and Television Service
A W. Tarrant
Miss Schaffné
Miss Sands
E. Tarrant
Owens - Brumley
Bowie, Texas
HUNTS
John B. Hunt
Tan Turner
Clarence Keen & Sons Commission Company
Clarence Keen & Sons Commission NO
Livestock Exchange
C. L. Keen Jr
Clarence Keen Cedar
Fort Worth
A. M
Lonnie
Kow Kow
Korner Milk
Garrett & Company
Bowle
the Bible Baptist Church
Williams
Old Mexico
Melvin Hill
Nan Cozart
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