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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
9
The article details a redesigned Ford lineup with a wider lounge interior, six to eight inch seat gains, hydra coil suspension, Hotchkiss drive, floating engine mounts, and a new intake manifold. Gas mileage improves up to 10 percent for six and V-8 engines, with overdrive offering up to 25 percent more economy.
A candidate event featuring Jack and Clay County speakers is scheduled for Friday night June 11. Music and entertainment will be provided by the Elembury family of Jacksboro and the cemetery association asks each member to bring a pie.
Announcements list candidates subject to action of the Democratic Primary on July 24, 1948. State Representative Wayne Wagnoseller. County Judge L. D. Earman. Sheriff Buck Jameson seeking reelect. County Attorney Marvin London second term. County Clerk Glenn Pribble. District Clerk True Barbee.
Tax Assessor-Collector BERT SLEDGE and County Commissioners BAILY JACKSON HOWARD WHEELER JOHNIE HOGUE HOWARD T. MIDDLETON JESS H. WHATLEY J. P. ROBERTS HARVEY A. RICHARDSON are listed with precinct positions. Constable 4 J C SHORTY HENDRIX and E C ED RAINES also appear. Miss Rexine Hogan travels to Tulsa to visit her sister.
Claude Birch died June 4 at 79 and was honored with final rites Friday at 4 00 p m from Burgess Funeral Chapel with Rev G B Bradshaw, burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survived by six children, one sister, fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Elmer Covey left Monday for Dumas where he will be employed for the summer. Mrs. Lula Cross is vacationing in Fort Worth for a week.
More than 350 attended the Field Day at the government soil conservation project near Alvord last Friday. Delegations came from Montague Wise Denton Tarrant Young Parker Palo Pinto Comanche and Cook counties. L. T. Hunter attended from Bowie.
Mrs George T Black and her grandson from Longview visited Bowie for the Homecoming singing convention at Crafton on Sunday. Mrs Ila Kibler and daughter Lela Hargis joined them, with Wilmer Price from Lamesa also present.
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