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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
3
Mrs. C. C. Denton and Mrs. Levi Busby accompanied by a day trip to Oklahoma City during a relatives visit. They spent Thursday in Wichita Falls before continuing their journey.
Lt. Ernest E. Koons son of Mrs. Pearl Willis Koons of Bowie Texas received the Air Medal for meritorious aerial service as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot. He with the 86th Squadron 79th Fighter Group has flown over 30 combat missions aiding Eighth Army Russian troops and Allied Par tisans in Italy Austria and Yugoslavia during 31 months overseas.
Master Sergeant William E. Tucker, son of Mr and Mrs W M Tucker, received an honorable discharge from the Army. He has returned from Hawaii and gone to work in Marlin for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the same organization he was with before entering service.
The Texas Highway Department unveiled a 60 million dollar postwar program to surface and maintain 7205 miles of farm to market roads over three years with no county funds. State and federal share cover 58 05 miles, aiding agricultural areas and shifting costs from counties to state.
Sir Wilson K. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lewis of Sunset, returns home on leave after fifteen months in service overseas twelve months. He visits family and friends in Sunset and Bowie during his leave.
Eva Sue Merritt reports US Department of Agriculture guidance on sugar ration cuts for canning. Key tips include a 15 pounds per person sugar limit to sweeten about 60 quarts of fruit, a 1 pound sugar per 4 quarts finished fruit ratio, options to can without sugar, and cautions on substituting corn syrup or molasses while preserving color and preventing spoilage.
Richard W. Carminati 21 of Montague Texas a radio operator on a 7th AAF Liberator bomber is promoted to Sergeant. He supports his squadron’s raids against bases in the Philippines and northern Palau attends ground school and wears the Asiatic Pacific ribbon. His parents live in Montague. He graduated Montague High School in 1940 and attended North Texas Agricultural College.
Iretta Sue Thomas left Monday to visit relatives Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Roberts in Fort Worth.
Master Sgt. James P. Waller Jr of Montague Texas served as signal non commissioned officer with the 57th Bomb Wing in the Mediterranean Theater through three Italian campaigns. The wing under Brig Gen Robert D Kemp flew B 25 Mitchell bombers in 1980 missions from January 2 1944 to May 1 1945 as German power waned.
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