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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
4
The War Department announced the positive identification of 353 American soldiers who died in the Philippine Islands during Japanese occupation and were buried as unknown. Private Ollie T. Lanave of Bowie was one of the former unknowns now identified.
About 1600 identified servicemen buried at Camp O’Donnell were disinterred after hostilities ended in the Philippine Islands and reburied in the United States Armed Forces cemetery Manila No. 2.
Park Springs reveals visits and moves among residents: Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Duck moved into the J. B. Smith house. Matt Allen visited Virgel Earp on May 29. Families connected with Huckabee and Wartman are noted visiting. Betty Lee Smith attends Decatur school. Mrs. E. Smith and her son Paul visited Ray Chambers.
The Bowie Garden club will meet Monday afternoon June 16 at 3 p m in the home of Mrs. G L Griffin. All members are urged to attend. It pays to advertise in the News.
Mrs. Carrie Snow McDonald of Wichita Falls visited Bowie with old friends to reminisce about Newport pioneer days and its early settlers. She recalled families and individuals from the area, noting recent travel to Forestburg to oversee remodeling on her farm.
George Roland 66 of Ringling Oklahoma formerly of Stoneburg died at home Monday June 9 after a long illness. Interment was in Hope Well cemetery Tuesday at 1 30 p m. Rev W W Baker of Bowie officiated services in Ringling. He is survived by his widow four children J B Roland Roy Roland of Corpus Christi Mrs Buddy Morris Mrs Dana Jackson of Ringling five grandchildren three brothers and two sisters
The Southwest Vashti Group in the Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District reports farmers completing conservation plans with Soil Conservation Service help in Bowie Texas. They will plant winter cover crops and soil building species, with many embracing Weeping Lovegrass and Hairy Vetch and overseeding Bermuda Grass with Burr Clover to extend grazing and improve soil. Roy D. Sanders has planted multiple grasses and applied 200 pounds of superphosphate on a prepared seed bed. Charles Privitt planted 14 acres of Weeping Lovegrass and 15 acres of Korean Lespedeza, planning overseeding with Burr Clover. L. T. Hunter has plowed Lovegrass twice since early April as it grows toward seed heads.
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