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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
8
We thank friends for kindness and offerings after the death of our beloved husband father and son. Mrs. L. B. Anderson and Mrs. C. B. Anderson and daughter express gratitude for support in this sad hour.
Bobby Jo McGregory of Olney visits Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mery and daughter this week. Bob Simpson of Uvalde returns home after two week visit with Miss Luine Bryan. Mrs. L. A. Wiggins and son Joe of Healdton, Okla visit Mrs. B. F. Tinsley. Mrs. D. C. Overfelt returns from Dallas where sister Miss Lillian Dodd has been seriously ill.
Authorized listing of candidates to be determined by the Democratic Primary on July 27 1940 with names to follow subject to primary action.
Peer District Clerk Roy Williams Chase at Emmett Cox seek re-election to represent the State one War Co. Tax Assessor-Collector E L Anderson for a second term. Commissioner Precinct 1 names T L Magee and G J Morris as nominees.
Congressman Ed Gossett argues for purging the Military Establishment of disloyal elements during wartime peril. He notes two signed enforcement bills, confirms no prior lawmaking by a 13th District member since 1923, and pledges to seek reelection with a revised 1938 platform while praising Roosevelt policies and Rayburn's commendation.
The article notes a Senate Banking and Currency committee push to stop buying foreign silver, with nine of fourteen members favoring passage. It recalls debate in the Senate and stalled House action amid war defense spending, arguing a billion saved equals a billion earned. It also mentions a vacation by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Miller and others.
Mrs. Opal Vaught and her son Clayton of Henrietta were visiting Bowie this week and returned on Thursday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Vaught's mother, Mrs. C. M. Vaught.
Mr and Mrs T B Stack have purchased the G W Shirley residence on North Mason Street as a permanent home and plan to move in around July first.
A large crowd filled Bowie streets Saturday with locals and visitors trading goods and groceries. Notable attendees included County Judge L D Eakman, Rev Sid McDonald, Luther Shockley, several couples from Denton Creek to Smyrna, and Sheriff Dick Lawrance, among many others visiting and shopping through the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Penrod from south of Forestburg were among a group of shoppers seen in Bowie on Thursday morning.
J R White of Sunset, a long time Texas resident, was in town on Wednesday morning for business matters.
In Bowie Rev. J. A. Gus Matthews of Bellevue says he will preach little this summer, perhaps conduct one revival solo and assist elsewhere. He nears eighty, yet remained faithful through five decades delivering sermons and honoring his appointments despite declining mobility. The Bowie News notes a rusty crawfish near the office after a rain shower, a curious local moment.
In town Monday afternoon Mike Hooligan spoke of a wide range in his garden mentioning stems and farm animals tied to neighbors. Rev E H Marshall announced a preaching engagement at Silver Hill Baptist Church next Sunday morning and night overcoming last week's rain paralysis that kept him from Pleasant View Baptist Church in Wise County.
J A Brandon of Bowie displays a carved wood ring three inches in diameter with two wood keys attached and able to dangle on the ring. He also has a miniature bull tongue plow and a bottle housing four windmills, plus other carved curiosities. Rev B L Smith notes active Sunset Methodist Church life with strong services and steady meetings.
Rias Russell of Huddleston feeds his flock buttermilk daily and adds red pepper to their milk feed twice weekly in winter to prevent disease and stimulate egg production. He averages 16 dollars worth of eggs monthly from about eighty hens, with feed grown on his farm and all earnings his labor.
The Sunset Baptist Church women are helping pay for re roofing by serving public dinners. Their first dinner last Saturday brought in about $40, with another public event planned to continue fundraising efforts.
The article recalls the first white settler in the Park Springs area around 1848 a Mr Allen living in a log hut by Allen Springs. It notes his friendly relations with local Indians and disappearance after surveyors arrived. It adds Alvin White owning a 137 year old Russian province copper coin kept as a keepsake.
The community notes ground is wetter than in eight to ten years with tanks full and creeks running, reducing the need to draw water for livestock. Finishing crop cultivation will occur later. last weekend’s heavy rains damaged some crops and washed terraces, fences, and roads in the northeast Sunset area, with creeks and low pastures affected.
In addition to practices that undermine parity and conservation programs, the county agent lists provisions for all AAA regions. If a tenant settles obligations by cash rent or share of crops exceeding local norms, payments to tenants or landlords may be withheld. When tenant rents for a share and the tenant’s share is 60 percent or less, only the landlord’s payments may be withheld.
A neighbor explains the budget system keeps funds balanced each night but leaves them with no time to go out. The exchange shows how budgeting affects social plans and money habits in a casual home setting.
The manager at a Canadian gas station praises a new worker Charlie as a live wire. A motorist shouted a garbled phrase, Dionne quin tuplelts, which Charlie ignores and calmly replies with a simple yes and fills five gallons.
A thrifty husband abroad gifts a million kisses by check for his wife. She replies with a postcard that the milkman cashed the birthday check this morning, highlighting the joke on his stinginess.
Mrs. A N Pace uses less than half an acre in Sunset to sustain her family with dairy eggs poultry and produce. A single cow provides milk and butter for two households while hens furnish eggs. She grows peaches pears apricots greens onions cabbage beans peas and finds room for a diverse floral display. The seven year old Douglas pear proves prolific and the garden stays productive from spring to fall.
Coy Perry was seen in Dallas on Tuesday attending business meetings. The report notes his presence and purpose while not detailing outcomes or affiliations.
A historical statement advocating ending monopolies and unfair trade, supporting progressive taxation, anti trust enforcement, and a public works program to employ the jobless. It calls for civil service expansion, abolishing the spoils system, civil service exams for academy appointments, and tightening government regulation and taxation to fund federal needs. It notes $62 million in federal funds spent in the Thirteenth District.
Mr and Mrs Coy Perry attended the sixty first annual Texas Press Association meeting held in Mineral Wells on Friday and Saturday.
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