Armadillo trouble and local business notes in Bowie
A Bowie area report details a woman shooting a marauding armadillo with a .22 rifle at her home. It also covers plans for Roy Sanders Jr and Bob Posey inspecting a Cannonsburg glass factory furnace, Bowie's civic appointments, business openings, a dress shop changeover, city official appointments, Mobil Training School leaving Bowie, and new pin-setters at Twin Cities Bowling Lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Sanders Jr
Bob Posey
Cannonsburg
Gordon Lovelace Cady 55 Dies by Self-Inflicted Poisoning
Gordon Lovelace Cady 55 died Monday from self-administered carbon monoxide poisoning at his Bowie home. He was found in a garage tool room by a friend after wiring a car exhaust to a drain. artificial respiration failed. Cady was a Bowie First National Bank director and ex store owner with deep local ties, survived by his widow Ireta and several relatives. Funeral held at First Methodist Church Bowie with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Lovelace Cady
Bowie
A. J. Martin
Cady
Martin
Bowie First National Bank
Cady’s Men’s
Dallas
R. C
Anna May Cady
R. C. Cady
Matthews, Heard and
Cady Hardware Store
Bowie High School
John Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Ireta Gardner
Moran
Texas
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
American Red Cross
First Methodist Church
Floyd Boulware
Carroll Copeland
Elmwood
Owens-Brumley Funeral Home
Ireta Cady
Robert C. Cady
Fort Worth
Virginia Black
Lubbock
Margaret Martin
Bill Brewer
Mark High
Speck Dodson
Wincey Sanders
Frank Underwood
Herman Reddy
Gaines
First Savings Elects O W Watson Director
O W Watson retired Bowie business veteran elected to fill the board vacancy at First Savings and Loan Association after Mose Johnson's death. Watson, lifelong Montague County resident, started in cold drink and grocery trades, then Security National Bank, ran a sand and gravel business until 195? sold in 26% years, served as mayor 1927 1931 and led local civic groups. He and his wife completed a new Bowie home recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Watson
First Savings and Loan Association
Mose Johnson
Watson
North
Texas
First Savings
Bowie
Fred L. Rayburn
Montague County
Security National Bank
Jimmy Sadler
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Bowie Declares Clean Up Day Friday June 10
City crews will pick up trash all day without cost to households on the south side in the morning and the north side in the afternoon. Pick up runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Trash should be placed in containers for easy handling. Signed by Mayor J. A. Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
North Side
Five Bowie Girls Attend Bluebonnet Girls State in Austin
Five Bowie High School juniors were chosen to attend Bluebonnet Girls State at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin, with sponsors from Rotary Lions and American Legion Auxiliary. The program teaches citizenship through a full simulated state government, with a Capitol visit and scheduled activities under constant chaperone supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Bluebonnet Girls
Texas School For the Blind
Austin
Carol Dethloff
Sandra Tucker
Rotary Club
Marjorie Gray
Linda Compton
Lions Club
Judy Chandler
American Legion Auxiliary
Bluebonnet Girls State
State Capitol
Senior Mothers Meet At Meyer Park
The Senior Mothers club met Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Meyer Park with Mrs Jack Hall presiding. Committee reports were given and the group voted to hold a Bake Sale on June 18 and plan a large rummage sale on Monday June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Park
Jack Hall
Dr Jessie Givens Marks Fifty Years Of Bowie Medical Practice
Dr Jessie Givens celebrates 50 years of medical practice in Bowie with an open house from 2 to 6 p m on Sunday at her home. A Bowie resident since 1890 she recalls early town life road conditions and the opera house dances of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Givens
Bowie
Givens
Boonville
Missouri
South Ward
Newton Givens
Medical College
Chicago
Mitchell
Dr. Givens
High Center
Ringgold
Sper
Fin Rus
Russell
Opera House
Masons Elect 1960 Officers in Bowie Lodge
Bowie Masonic Lodge No. 578 AF and AM elected officers for the 1960 year Tuesday night with Allen Guthrie named Worshipful Master. Other officers include B. B. Southward senior warden David Moyer junior warden Ernest Chandler treasurer Royce Moore secretary and H H Wagner tiler. Installation set for June 29 and District Deputy Grand Master Carl Russell visited. Ray Ross received a life membership certificate for 32 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
Allen
Pete) Guthrie
B. B. Southward
David Moyer
Ernest Chandler
Royce Moore
H. H. Wagner
Carl Russell
Grand Lodge of Texas
Ray Ross
D.B. Benson
New Pastor Fills Methodist Pulpit in Bowie
Rev Eldon Cole elected as new pastor at First Methodist Bowie to succeed Rev Carroll Copeland who moves to Burkburnett. Cole comes from Ireland Hills Dallas with past service in Iowa Park and Archer City congregations. He and his wife have three children. eldest is married and in college. Daughters will attend local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Cole
Dallas
Bowie
R Carroll Copeland
First Medist Church
Burkburnett
Cole
Ireland Hills Methodist Church
Iowa Park
Archer City
First Aid Classes Start Next Monday in Bowie
Bowie Civil Defense Unit sponsors two hour evening first aid courses in the fire hall meeting room daily next week. David Gregory announces 17 30 start times with Highway Patrolman Kenneth Foglesong directing. Red Cross certificates awarded on completion. register through Gregory or C O Edwards at Edwards Motor Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Civil Defense Unit
David Gregory
Kenneth Foglesong
Henrietta
Gregory
C. O. Edwards
Edwards Motor Company
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NEWS
By Emerson Lynn, Jr
Bowie Gardens
T. W. Nichols
James Henderson
Houston
Jimmy
Monument Builders of the Southwest, Inc
Godfred Gebhardt
Bismark
N. D
Ralph
Bowie Machine Works
Leon Brown
Denton
Brown
Frances Petty
Posey
Smythe Street
Hattie Woodall
Joe Nance
Tom Lee
Nance
Lee
Sam Coach
D. M. Shelton
Cecil Ice
Shelton
W. A. Ragsdale
Abilene
Ragsdale
Mobil
Twin Cities
Barton Massey
Massey
Norman Branson
George Wiedmans
West Virginia
O.W. Watson
J. A. Spears
Patterson
Masons
Pete
Guthrie
Sam Hodges
Frank Phillips
Ena Phillips
Janella Cold
Los Angeles
Ivan Johnson
Albert Cash
el Reno
Oxla
L. E. Powell
Hubert Cash
Donald Johnson
Anda
Jimmie Bright
Jody
de Ann
Duncan
Okla
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