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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
1
A Bowie column mixes home life jokes, hospital build news, and a touching letter from a Japanese interpreter praising Elvin Hardison's service. The piece also mentions Ike Parks the jeweler, a GI crossing kangaroos with foxes, and a jeep ridden by Elmer Wood on his ranch.
Large crowds have been enjoying miniature golf on the Park Way course across from Meyer Park in Oklahoma. The recreation center, built by J. T. Southerland and G. Washburn, opens Monday evening and operates afternoons and until 11 p.m. daily except Sundays when it is open 1 to 5 p.m.
Dry goods and clothing shops and variety stores in Bowie will close at 5 p.m. on weekdays from June 17 to August 17 and at 9 p.m. on Saturdays. The agreement includes Federated Perkins Timberlake Wood Dry Goods The Style Shop Cady Taylor Taylors 5c to 1 Store Perrys Willetts Chapmans and Brinks Shoe Store.
Chairman Fred Hoeldtke and planning committee announce July 11 12 and 13 as dates for Bowie Lions Club Rodeo directed by Crafton Knuckles. Knuckles brings three Bowie shows last fall with new livestock and noted Texas performer quality. Proceeds fund Lions Club charity. advance ticket sales aim to ease park seating and arena arrangements.
Oil operators plan Milton No. 1 Bennett & Sorrells wildcat 11 miles east of Bowie to Ellenberger or deeper. Hole reached 7308 feet below surface with conglomerate beds spotted but no oil show yet. Workups and deeper drilling anticipated with heavier rigs, while No Enamel stacks two rigs after Burnett-Walthall and Posey-A progress nearby. Continental reports no new locations or completions this week.
Captain Robert E. Latham on terminal leave visited his mother Mrs Homer B. Latham here last weekend. He was en route from Galveston to Denver. Second son David Latham flew from Annapolis Naval Academy for a vacation trip.
Paul Donald, Dallas Presbytery commissioner to the General Assembly in Montreal, reviews actions of the churchs highest court. He notes plans to unite Protestant churches to protest to President Truman against Vatican representation, calls for reunion plans to report to the 1947 General Assembly, and cites evangelism gains and church contributions totaling 2.1 million dollars, up three million from the prior year.
Curtis D. Latham a Bowie resident and veteran has built a two story 24 by 48 foot building at 206 East Mills Street and will open a modern grocery store on Saturday June 15. The store features a drive in parking area a fluorescent interior display and plans for a meat market. It will stock high quality nationally advertised foods cold drinks and ice cream and will house Mrs Lathams Beauty Shop in an upstairs quarters.
Superintendent Walter Alexander announces contract for track enlargement and football field reconstruction at Bowie High School. The project adds nine feet to field position while widening the north side track to 18 feet and extends the track about 25 feet north on land donated by the City Council. Bermudagrass will cover the field to create an attractive gridiron ready for the Masonic Home team at season start.
H T Middleton of Bowie withdraws from the County Commissioner race in Precinct 2. He states he accepted a position with Evans Motor Company and lacks time to reach voters, thanking supporters who urged his candidacy.
Five Lone Star Gas employees received gold badges for 15 or more years of service and joined the Gold Club while blue enamel badges were awarded for five years. The pension plan, outlined by company and Southwestern Life reps, becomes available June 1 for Texas and Oklahoma staff with more than six months service. Decade-long service noted among Lubbock area workers with ceremonies in Petrolia and Fort Worth.
A list of hospital patients admitted including Gary Bryan Pampa A D Brady Bowie J L Davis Henrietta W D Curbow Bellevue I H McVicker Bowie Stanley Thurman Tyler Mrs C A Zahn Montague G D North Bowie Mrs Ed Pace Bowie C P Nabbours Montague Larry Bratcher Stoneburg Mrs Bill Hodges Bellevue Mrs I B Williams Montague Eddie son of Mrs Jesse Wilson Vashti. Dismissals include Mrs J W Horton Wanda Marlett Mrs Cecil Thomas Mrs L W Tucker Mrs L R Williamson Mrs H I Trout Mrs L F Brown Mrs W L Baker Mrs A D Brady J L Davis Stanley Thurman Mrs Ed Pace Larry Bratcher Eddie Wilson.
Mr and Mrs Paul Donald returned Wednesday from Austin after a brief visit. E G Wood is in St Louis markets this week making purchases for Wood Dry Goods.
An Austin State Health Department engineer inspected Bowie's sewage system and found the existing disposal facilities inadequate for future extensions. A consulting engineer has been hired to design a large disposal plant as demand for more connections grows from citizens and health authorities.
The Bethany College Quartet and Chaplain Mark Moore will appear at the Church of the Nazarene on Friday night June 14. Rev J W Douglass announces the service will support Nazarene College Bethany Oklahoma and invites the public to attend.
Joe Vaughn announces the 26th Anniversary Week for Babcock Bros. Stores at 9 Smythe street Bowie. Floyd Babcock, head of the firm, started in Denison Texas 26 years ago with forty dollars and Brunswick tires. The chain now includes 28 stores in Texas and Oklahoma with 102 stores dining in America.
The Bowie Lions plan a July 4 picnic at Pelham Park with proceeds for the Bowie High School Band and events including baseball. Mayor E L Anderson and Col E P Whitley discussed using park grounds for a potential A Company National Guard unit, a motorized cavalry unit with eighty one men, requiring land and a paid caretaker, while ensuring park use continues for other activities. Foster Robinson noted the Guard’s history in Bowie with over 600 trained and 60 veterans who served in the last war.
One of Bowie's oldest houses, the Walthall residence at Mason and Pecan, has been moved by Dave Sealy to Jefferson street after being sold by C. N. Dickey who bought the corner months ago. Dickey has brick on the site for a 65 by 100 foot modern business building. occupants and start date are not known.
Bowie Public Schools Superintendent Walter B. Alexander urges immediate transfers for the coming session. Children aged six to twelve may transfer until July 31. Parents may submit names to Mr. Alexander. those not transferred by August face tuition of no less than 45 dollars per child.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church revival will start Sunday, June 16, led by Rev. Ben L. Baits. A full program is planned and the public is invited. Also noted was illness in Bowie, with D.T. Wilson suffering a heart attack affecting his family.
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