Gardening and community spirit brighten Bowie’s streets
Feature notes the value of flowers and gardens in Bowie, praising Mrs. J. T. Lawson and Mrs. Charlie Morgan for their yards on West Tarrant street and hospital stay, while urging orderly property upkeep to boost home values and civic pride. It also mentions county fair catalogs and exhibitions as incentives to showcase local products and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
J. T. Lawson
West Tarrant Street
Charlie Morgan
Gospeliers Singers to Perform at Rock Church
The Gospeliers of Free Will Bible College in Nashville will present a sacred music program at the Rock Church in Buffalo Springs on Thursday June 23 at 8 p m The church is also known as Pleasant Mound Free Will Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gospeliers of
Free Will Bible College
Nashville
Tennessee
Rock Church
Buffalo Springs
Pleasant Mound
Free Will Baptist Church
Son born to Mr and Mrs Orlan Edwards
Mr and Mrs O Norlan Edwards announce the birth of a son at Bowie Clinic Hospital on June 9. The newborn weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and has been named Charles Frank. The couple already has a son born nearly three years ago. Mr Edwards works for Poser Motor Company, where his father Frank Edwards is manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’norlan Edwards
Bowie Clinic Hospital
Charles Frank
Lightning Strike Sets 35000 Barrel Oil Tank Ablaze Near Bowie
A 35000 barrel Sinclair oil storage tank southwest of Bowie was struck by lightning Tuesday morning causing about 30000 dollars in damage. The blaze, seen within a 190 mile radius, halted highway and rail traffic while crews tried to drain the tank and prevent further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Sinclair
L. D. Falls
V.F.W. Hall
Fort Worth
Dallas
Sinclair Company
Chancellor Studio
Dash Raines Pioneer Son Buried in Elmwood Cemetery
Dallas Dash Raines aged 68, son of area pioneers and son of ex sheriff J. W. Raines, was buried Wednesday in Elmwood Cemetery after dying Monday in Wichita Falls. Survived by wife, Maurice Raines, three daughters, one brother and ten grandchildren. Funeral at Burgess Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. C. Mann officiating. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dash) Raines
Elmwood
Wichita Falls
Raines
Bowie
J. W. Raines
Montague County
Burgess Funeral Home
J. C. Mann
First Methodist Church
Maurice Raines
Fort Worth
John D. Anderson
E. H. Pace
Longview
J. W. Mayes
Amarillo
Ed Raines
Ike Parks
Ike Chandler
Claude Martin Sr
Joe Garlington
Elmer Wood
Burt Lancaster
Farmers Hear Insect Control Discussed
F. L. Baker entomologist of the Red Star Fertilizer Company of Sulphur Springs spoke Friday night at Montague to farmers and ranchers from this and Wise Counties. He discussed pests affecting crops and new insecticides to aid in pest control, with emphasis on grasshoppers cattle pests and mosquitoes.
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F. L. Baker
Red Star Fertilizer Company
Sulphur Springs
Montague
This
Wise Counties
Baker
Mrs Graves Martin and Family Visit Quisenberrys
Mrs Graves Martin and her children of Bealumont are visiting Mr and Mrs G A Quisenberry this week.
Towns Named To Send Duchesses To Grape Festival
Twenty one towns invited to sponsor a duchess for the Grape Festival on July 25 at the Fruit Experiment Station near Montague. Nine Montague County towns listed plus out of county towns. Nocona and Bowie bands chosen to provide music. Committees named for publicity finance program concessions and coronation director sought.
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Montague
Grape Festival Committee
Montague County
Ringgold
Nocona
Prairie Valley
Saint Jo
Forestburg
Stoneburg
Bowie
Sunset
Bellevue
Alvord
Decatur
Muenster
Henrietta
Waurika
Bridgeport
Chico
Jacksboro
Gainesville
Terral
Ryan
Bowie Day Queen June White Named Fiesta Cade Ruler
June White daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob White is chosen by Bowie women to represent Bowie as queen of Bowie Day at Fort Worth Centennial on July 19. She is a Bowie High School graduate who studied at Texas Tech and attended TCU where she was a drum major. The event features a 2000 cast Fiesta Cade with 400 chorus and 10 000 in attendance, with a Bowie Band concert and special plans for her and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June White
Bob White
Bowie
Fort Worth
Miss White
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas Christian University
Bowie High
George Rucker
Improvements at Gary-Nees Lumber Co Warehouse
A wall 160 feet long by 12 feet high covered with asbestos siding is being completed as part of the improvements and enlargement of the Gary-Nees Lumber Company warehouse.
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Gary-Nees Lumber Company
Bowie Guardsmen Leave Saturday For Training
Funeral services for Sgt. Roy Edger Patterson 21 will be Sunday at 5 p.m. at the First Methodist Church of Bowie with burial in Elmwood Cemetery and full military honors. Patterson an Archer City High School honor graduate died on a mission over Pomerian Bay, Germany in 1944 earning the Purple Heart. Survivors include his parents and brother. Bowie's Texas National Guard Company A 49th Reconnaissance Battalion will depart Saturday for a two week summer camp at North Camp Hood near Gatesville Texas under Lt. Harold R. Thompson with about forty men using unit vehicles.
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Roy Edger Patterson
First Methodist Church of
Bowie
Elmwood
American Legion of
Set. Patterson
Archer City High School
Army Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Florida
Colorado
Nebraska
Stone
England
Pomerian Bay
Germany
F. M. Talbot
Dallas
J. C. Mann
Legion Post
Roy E., Patterson Sr
Bob
Texas National Guard
49Th Reconnaissance Battalion
49Th Armored Division
North Camp Hood
Gatesville
Texas
Harold R. Thompson
Bowie Group
Bo Baker Leads Baptist Youth Revival at First Church
Baptist evangelist Bo Baker will lead a Youth Revival at the First Baptist Church from June 19 to 26 with Rev W G Burton Sr directing songs. Attendance is expected to be strong with potential outdoor services and enthusiastic singing. Baker’s youth outreach draws local interest as camps offer athletics swimming golfing movies and a dance for service members and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Baker
First Baptist Church
W. G. Burton Sr
Conservation Field Day to Be Held Tuesday
The Denton-Wise County Soil Conservation District sponsors a Field Day for farmers on the government land-use project northeast of Alvord. Interested persons meet at Alvord 10 a.m. Tuesday to join a Decatur group and study grasses and reclamation of worn-out farms used for soil conservation demonstrations.
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Denton-Wise County
Contractor Begins Work on Bowie Reservoir Foundation
Bert Cassel, local contractor, started work this week on the foundation for the new 250,000 gallon water reservoir for Bowie Rain. The foundation will be heavy concrete and located on a city pur chased lot near the old reservoir in north Bowie.
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Bert Cassel
Bowie
Public Invited to Cosby Home Tonight
Mrs. Mary Cree Cosby, Bowie's noted artist, will be honored tonight from 7 to 10 at her Pecan Street home and studio with a Bowie Art League tea and display of 182 Baptistry paintings in 17 states. The event invites the public to view her Jordan River scenes. her work includes pieces in First Baptist Bowie, Buckner Orphans Home, Dallas, and churches in Texas, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, the District of Columbia, China, Fairbanks Alaska, and Brazil.
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Mary Cree Cosby
Bowie
Pecan Street
Bowie Art League
The
Art League
Cosby
First Baptist Church of
Julia Cree
First Christian Church of
E. L. Kersey
Buckner Orphans Home
Dallas
Inez Rudy
First Baptist Church
Mrs. Cora Heath Dies in Fort Worth
Cora Heath 83 widow of a Bowie stockman and farmer died in a Fort Worth hospital Saturday afternoon. She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery Fort Worth and survived by two sons Norman Bowie and Orville Fort Worth, five daughters and many grandchildren. Sgt Dorothy Nichols on 15 day furlough visiting Bowie.
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Cora Bee Haeth
Bowie
Fort Worth
Greenwood Cemetery
Norman E. Heath
Heath
Logan
W. Va
Texas
Montague County
The
Baptist Church
Norman
Orville
W. H. Hahn
Imperial
Calif
Nora B. Reddy
Wichita Falls
Fred Davis
Carrizo Springs
W. W. Crow
Waurika
Okla
Darwin Grayson
Nora Cope
Dorothy Nichols
San Francisco
Lone Star Sets Cooking School For June 21 22
Lone Star Gas Company hosts a cooking school at 11 Tarrant Street at 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday to celebrate its re opening. The South Ward PTA sponsors with Mrs Arvila Patson presenting demonstrations and offering food planning and gas appliance tips.
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Lone Star
Lone Star Gas Company
Offic
Tarrant Street
Te Company
South Ward
Parent-Teachers Association
Arvila Patson
Lone Star Home Economist
Revival to Begin June 26 at Local Church of Christ
Horace W. Busby will start a two week revival on June 26 at the local Church of Christ and continue through July 6. Widely known statewide, Busby is expected to draw ministers from nearby counties and possibly move outdoors if crowds exceed indoor capacity. Ross Dye returns from vacation to assist in meeting planning.
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Horace W. Busby
Church of Christ
Busby
Churches of Christ
Ross Dye
West Virginia
Bowie
Bowie Firemen Attend 73rd Texas Convention in Galveston
Four Bowie Fire Department members and their wives registered early for the 73rd annual convention of the Firemen and Fire Marshals Association of Texas in Galveston. The Bowie delegation included Fire Chief A. C. Baccus and Mrs, Fire Marshal Tandy Welch and Mrs, Charles King and Mr and Mrs J A Spears and daughter Betty. They stayed until the convention ended Thursday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
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Montague County Fair
Great Field Museum
Chicago
Wincey Sanders
Jackson
Wincey
Gospeliers
AN Orlan Edwards
A.m
Dash’ Raines, Pioneers Son
Ernest Halley
H. L Trout
F. L. Perry
T. L. Birdwell
W. E. Nunley
Charley Howard
Kelsey Dort
Clarence Chandler
W. W. Redman
Bowie High School
Gary-Nees Lumber CO
Bowie National Guardsmen
Roy Patterson
Baptist Youth Revival
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cora Heath
Church of Christ Meeting
Galveston
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