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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
5
Largest display in North Texas of fine monuments offered by Henderson Monument Co with credit terms. Locations listed in Bowie Wich ita Falls and Abilene with box contact in Bowie Texas and phone TR 2 3271. Monument price designed for every family.
Mrs Charles Kennedy along with Sharon and Sandra of Bangley Colorado are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C E Shorty Ryan.
Sunday morning services at 11 o clock with Sunday school at 9 30 for pupils up to age twenty. Wednesday evening services at 8 00. All are welcome to attend these services at the American Legion Hall on West Wise Street.
John Wesley King of Chickasha Oklahoma died Friday morning June 6 about three miles north of Stoneburg while returning to Chickasha after a Fort Worth visit He stopped for water for his overheated car and did not return Mrs King alerted a truck driver who found him dead Justice of the Peace Howard Williams ruled death from a heart attack The body was taken to Chickasha for funeral services King a retired postal employee
The Bowie FFA chapter met Monday June 9 at 8 p.m. in the vocational agriculture building with President Louie Jackson presiding. Plans for a summer trip to Yellowstone National Park were discussed and a follow up meeting for trip participants was set for Tuesday June 17 at 8 p.m. Officers elected for the coming year include Freddy Howard president Dale Faulkner vice president Darrel Stockard second vice president Leon Clement secretary Monroe Scruggs treasurer Dave Jackson sentinel Junior Emmett reporter Francis Rogers parliamentarian Jerry Cantwell song leaders Billy Jones and Thomas Whitecotton. The meeting closed with the closing ceremony.
Harriet Morrow spoke at the Bowie Rotary on economic history with Rev. D L Payne arranging. Guests included Pat Winfrey Rev. Carrol Copeland and H S Trout. President Charles Coffield announced an officer installation banquet for June 26 at 7 30 PM in the Methodist church parlor with a Centennial theme and costumes by the Ann’s group.
An older drug-store ad promotes T-4-L liquid as a keratolytic to slough off infected skin and expose the infection to treatment, claiming fast relief. It advertises T-4-L Foot Powder for antiseptic film protection and notes sale at Wilson Drug Store.
Fred C. Young of Austin stopped in Bowie for a short time Tuesday afternoon while traveling by plane on a business trip to Wichita Kansas. He said his father Fred A. Young a former Bowie druggist now living in Austin plans to leave soon for a trip to Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Parks and Mrs. Georgia Overstreet traveled to Archer City Friday to visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bledsoe and family and to attend the wedding of Mr. Parks niece Mrs. Jean Parks. Mrs. Overstreet extended her stay for a longer visit.
A list of county expenditures includes insurance payments, diesel fuel, jail laundry, office supplies, cleaning products, tolls, legal forms, ribbons, recording forms, bond notices, reporting, vital statistics, inquest costs, travel, vehicle repairs, and parts. Multiple vendors list names and amounts, showing a wide range of routine administrative and public safety costs.
A compiled list of local purchases and services including parts and repairs from Darr Equipment Co and Gaston Garage, welding by Thomas Welding Shop and Earl Richardson, oil and gas from Cramp Service Station and Magnolia Petroleum, tools from Shaw Equipment and National Supply, tire work from Frank's Motor Sales and Texaco Service, barn utilities from Saint Jo Telephone Co, gravel from N N Cunningham, and other maintenance entries totaling several hundred dollars. It records vendors from Saint Jo Nocona Bowie and nearby towns with items such as gravel, welding, tires, and barn lighting.
Bowie residents report guests from Houston and Albuquerque visiting local families. The Cook home in Fruitland hosted Earline Dillard and Kay, Horace Barksdale, S H Cook, Ruby Swanson, L L Waller, Charles Hubbard, and Charlie Jeffers with ties to Fort Worth.
Mrs Dillard daughter of the Cooks Kay and Horace the Cooks grandchildren. Miss Jan Wood spent Friday night with Mrs Norris Dill at Rosston. Mrs Dill and Scott and Gary and Miss Wood visited Bowie over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Gayle Bradley. Mrs Claudie Burke of Dallas visiting in town with Mr and Mrs John White. Mr and Mrs Charlie McDonald with Mr and Mrs Clyde Dyer Sunset. Mrs Scott Whaley and family depart Monday for a west coast trip visiting Col and Mrs Nicolaus Gaynes in Santa Maria California. They will visit Mrs Scott's mother Mrs W A Bohlen and Mr and Mrs A D Marley in Fresno. Mr and Mrs Joe Monroe and sons Fort Worth and Mrs Lucille Coleman and family Arlington spent the weekend with Mrs Winnie Belle Robertson and Kenny and Mr and Mrs W F Lancaster and Fred Fuller family vacationing at Ouachita Lake Arkansas then elsewhere in Oklahoma and Kansas.
In fifty years since tobacco promotions offered free matches with purchases, consumers now receive free matches in over 40 percent of U.S. transactions. The shift shows how marketing brands extended incentives affect everyday buying.
The text argues indoor drying on cold windy days reduces wear from line flapping and weather, claiming fabrics last longer when not exposed to freezing wind. It emphasizes indoor drying as a better method during harsh conditions.
James Bennett has resigned from his full time role with the city fire department. No replacement has been appointed yet to fill the vacancy.
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