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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
9
Increasing number of veterans contact the Veterans Administration for information as inquiries show many have not filed claims yet. Returns home reveal injuries including gunshot wounds and diseases such as malaria, prompting questions about eligibility and benefits.
The article explains who can file for Veterans Administration benefits after discharge, detailing eligibility despite non Medical discharges, and lists bars such as dishonorable discharge or mutiny. It notes retroactive payments if filed within one year and provides contact for aid, Robert H. Thompson, Bowie office hours.
National Safety Council warns Fourth of July weekend could bring the deadliest highway period in U.S. history with over 20 million vehicles and more than four billion miles. A 150 organizations campaign backs the Be Alive on the Fifth slogan urging public and official cooperation to prevent accidents. Nad Dearborn cautions holiday optimism must not eclipse safety due to worn tires fatigue and risky driving.
Miss Patty Morrow stayed with her sister Mrs. Ernest Fenoglio and family. Mrs. Edd Mills and children returned from Wilson Ohio. Mrs. P Quinn of Henrietta is ill at home with her parents. Mrs. P Fuller of Ryan Oklahoma visits son Joe and wife. Mrs. S P Middleton and Betty Lou visited Wichita Falls. Mr and Mrs Preston White and Naomi returned from a three week visit in Oakland California. Mr and Mrs R L Brown hosted weekend guest Marshall Stepp.
The family expresses deep gratitude for illness and death notices, flowers, and kindness shown after the passing of J. W. Heifner. Special thanks are given to Dr. R. E. Cordes the Hoeldtke and Boone families Mr. W. T. Hamilton Church of Christ Minister Mr. G. H. Golden and the choir Mason Lodge service led by Orie Garrett and to Mrs. J. E. Heifner and others named Mrs. Ben S. Harris George Heifner Mrs. Gladys Barks Mrs. Helen Hill and Mrs. Dorothy Roering.
Mrs Stepp and her son Rickey from Fort Worth visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Edd Wells and family spent Sunday in Ryan Oklahoma. David Middleton returned to Wichita Falls after two weeks with kin. Mr and Mrs S F Middleton and Betty Lou attended the funeral of Mrs J J Hamilton in Bowie Friday afternoon.
Mrs Glenn W Garrett of Oklahoma City Oklahoma died June 12 in an Oklahoma City hospital. Services were held Saturday in Ada Oklahoma. She is survived by husband Katheryn Zimmerman four other relations plus several Garrett family members attended the service in Ada and in Oklahoma City.
Clifton Eugene Parker Billy Joe Cooper and Grady Weldon Avants have been honorably discharged at the Naval Personnel Separation Center in Norman Oklahoma. Parker served fifteen months overseas in European and Pacific Theaters while stationed at Charleston South Carolina. Cooper spent twelve months in the Pacific Theater and Avants spent nineteen months in the Pacific as a crew member of the U S S Ranger.
County Home Demonstration Agent Eva Sue Merritt endorses culling older hens to conserve grain and notes their meat and flavor suit canning. Canned chicken works in pie, salad, and chicken a la king, with recommended bone removal. Steam pressure canner is the safe method. includes directions in publication B-88. copies via county agent.
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