Bowie News publication details and history note
The Bowie News editor is Harlow E Tibbetts. Subscription prices are 3 dollars per year, 1.50 for six months, with zone coverage in six Texas counties and Jefferson county Oklahoma. The paper consolidated with The Montague County Times on April 1 1953 and was established February 9 1922.
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Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay, Jack
Wichita, Cooke
Denton
Texas
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Montague County Times
Family from Forestburg and Saint Attending Event
The message lists Mr. and Mrs. Meb Dunn of Forestburg and Mr. and Mrs. E Steadham of Saint as part of the attendees from nearby places.
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Meb Dunn
Forestburg
E. Steadham
Saint
District Court filings list divorces and habeas corpus actions
In Montague County Court House records district court docket shows Oscar Thomas Reeves vs Ear line Reeves for divorce. Writs of habeas corpus include Burl A. Allen vs Beatrice Carson et al. and cases listing numerous local residents with vehicles and brokers noted.
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Montague County Court House
Oscar Thomas Reeves
Earline Reeves
Burl A. Allen
Beatrice Carson
Car registration applications listed in Bowie and nearby towns
The office of Eva Giles records numerous vehicle registrations including owners O L Clayton Bowie Plymouth Savoy 4-D1 Bentonite Sales and Service Bowie Chevrolet 4 Dr Bel Air Ardis Martin Nocona Ford Victoria Coupe H B Williams Bowie Chevrolet 2 Dr Deluxe A M Lee Bowie Ford Fordor Wichita Construction Bowie Ford Fordor Charles Fef Perry Bowie Ford Custom Ranch Wagon P C Hudspeth Bowie Plymouth Belvedere Sp Cpe E L McDonald Bowie Chevrolet C Coupe Roy D Williams Bowie Ford Fair Two Sedan Clay W Turnbow Bowie Chevrolet 4 Dr Bel Air Joe Threadgill Bellevue Ford Custom 4 Dr Gene Roberts Bowie Chevrolet Conv.
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Roscoe Edwards
Ringgold
Bonnie O. Mitchell Jr
Eva Giles
O. L. Clayton
Bowie
Bel-Air
Ardis Martin
H. B. Williams
A. M. Lee
Wichita Construction Company
Ford Fordor
Perry
P. C. Hudspeth
Cpe
E. L. McDonald
Roy D. Williams
Clay W. Turnbow
Joe Threadgill
Bellevue
Gene Roberts
Real Estate Transfers and Property Parcels Listed
M. D. Wallet ux to Lowell R. Kuykendall lot 7 and part of lot 6 block 6 Lamb and Hulme Bowie. Anna Hoeldtke et al to Richard Hoeldtke SW% of lots 8 9 10 block C Bowie original townsite and improvements. Property conveyed to George F. Hoeldtke by E Kestenbaum et ux dated Feb 29 1912 and all equipment furniture pickups used by Ferndale Milk Co. Minnie Ruth Priddy et ux to Ruth F. Priddy Bess L. Griffith
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M. D
Lowell R. Kuykendall
Lamb and Hulme
Bowie
Anna Hoeldtke
Richard Hoeldtke
George F. Hoeldtke
Kestenbaum
Property transfers flood Montague and Bowie counties in week notes
Grace P Jourde and Jean Wilkinson convey interests in oil gas and minerals on three tracts in Montague County including parts of William Ainsworth survey and John H Belcher subdivision. Ada Ann Mitchell and others transfer multiple parcels in Montague including Broderick Clark Royal and Bell surveys. Additional deeds cover W H Admire and Vera Howard properties in Montague and Hill Counties. James L Biggerstaff and Donnie visit Fort Worth area relatives.
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Grace P. Jourde
Jean Wilkinson
John H. Belcher
William Ainsworth
Ada Ann Mitchell
J. B. Hogan
Montague Cty
D. Broderick
R. F. Clark
A. C. Royal Survey
F. E. Bell
E. L. Roach
J. L. Winters
Holman
Bowie
H. J. Marcum
W. H. Admire
J. B. Admire
William Wallace
Montague
R. V. Jones
Isaac McAllister
Vera Howard
Bonita
Montague County
T. H. Wheeler
Clark Wheeler
T. H
Texas Emigration and Land Co
Texas Emigration and Land Co. Survey
Community Notes from Vashti and Surrounding Areas
Farmer's Union meets with 32 members in Vashti as John Lyday of Oklahoma City speaks on organization. Revival services led by Rev Alderson and Rev Copeland draw good attendance. 4-H leader Leland Gill heads to Houston to support livestock bound for Korea. Family visits and church school activities frame a busy week with birthdays, parades, and parishes in June.
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Comer Tuck
Farmer's Union
John Lyday
Oklahoma City
F. U
Vashti Community Center
St. Mark's Church
Dallas
Methodist Church
Alderson
Baptist
Methodist
Kemp Denson
Carol Copeland
Leland Gill
Houston
Korea
Leland
P. E. Miller
Wichita Falls
Doris
Delores Kerr
Mena
Ark
Wava
Milburn Liggett
Kerr
Brother Phipps
Lonella Denson
Nora Graham
Baptist Church
Clyde Gill
Pleasant Ridge Social News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Doyle Drury of Hawkins spent the weekend with his parents C S Drury. Mrs Viola Chandler returns to Vernon after a two week visit. Vacation Bible school at Sunset drew Mae Hill, Robert Willett, Joe Hill and children. James Ditto and family from Van Horn visit his parents. George Nunley from Pampa visits grandparents. Recent visitors include J M Morris of Fort Worth Weldon Day of Mesquite Bob Ross Wichita Falls Nell Day Dallas and Ruby Knouse Wichita Falls. Viola Chandler of Vernon visits G B Studebaker. Wilson Austin family from Oklahoma City visit. Gene McLendon of Bowie visits his parents.
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Dick Chandler
Doyle Drury
Hawkins
C. S. Drury
Viola Chandler
Vernon
Mae Hill
Robert Willett
Joe Hill
Sunset
James Ditto
Stevie
Sammy
van Horn
Tom Ditto
George Nunley
Pampa
J. M. Morris
Fort Worth
Weldon Day
Mesquite
Bob Ross
Wichita Falls
Nell Day
Dallas
Ruby Knouse
G. B. Studebaker
Wilson Austin
Vicki and
Valancy
Oklahoma City
Gene McLendon
Bowie
HD Council Elects Delegates to State Meet
The Home Demonstration Council of Montague County met in Montague on Friday June 17 and elected delegates to attend the Texas Home Demonstration Women's Association state meeting in Fort Worth at the Texas Hotel August 3 5. Delegates are Isla Jo Martin J K Siebold of St Jo and Homer Ward of Bowie with alternates Roy Jones Nocona Bessie Walker Montague and Grady Perkins St Jo. Plans for the annual Home Demonstration camp at Forestburg July 29 were also discussed with the recreation committee led by Cleo Lanier Forestburg B H Roberts Bowie James Fenoglio Nocona Alonzo Lawson St Jo and Lonnie Durham Bonita.
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Home Demonstration Council
Montague County
Montague
Texas Home Demonstration Women's Association
Fort Worth
Texas Hotel
Isla Jo Martin
J. K. Siebold
St. Jo
Homer Ward
Bowie
Roy Jones
Nocona
Bessie Walker
Grady Perkins
Forestburg
Cleo Lanier
B. H. Roberts
James Fenoglio
Alonzo Lawson
Lonnie Durham
Bonita
Mary Miller Family Reunion Reflects Mallard’s Lost Town Life
The Mrs Mary Miller family reunion gathered June 12 recall Mallard Texas history once a bustling village with a post office store gin blacksmith shop two churches and a school now vanished except for one church. Attendees came from Lubbock Dallas Bowie Healdton Rush Springs Friona Fort Worth Grand Prairie and other Texas Oklahoma places sharing memories of the old community.
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Mary Miller
Mallard
Hamp Garrett
Texas
Oklahoma
Miller
John Miller
R. Adamson
Lubbock
Pearl Nicholson
Dallas
Jess Richardson
Bowie
Bob Miller
Healdton
Okla
O. S. Yarbrough
Rush Springs
Oran Steadham
A. M. Jorden
Bailey Perryman
Minnie Parsons
Wichita Falls
Ernest Miller
Friona
Jack Roads
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Harlow E. Tibbetts
Tommy Clay Estes
Peggy Ann McReynolds
Charles Alfred Wolfe
Martha Louise Cox
Elvin Ray Lemons
Donna Sue Powell
Joe Edward Johnson
Marjory Luella Smith
Rudy V. Lopez
Buick Tudor
Carl Morgan
Charles Junior Deal
Wichita
Garrett & Company
Ike Mitchell
Radio Shop
Television Service
Dickey Mattress Factory
Shorty Shytles
James L. Biggerstaff
Donnie
J. W. Biggerstaff
Vashti
John McLendon
George
Cecil Studebaker
Jim Cummings
San Angelo
Bud Cummings
Millard Ward
Floyd Myers
Elvin Drury
Chevrolet
L.C.F
America
Edwards Motor Co
Pleasant Ridge
North
Remington Rand Typewriter Agency
Denton, Texas
Ntsc College
HD Council
Hagler Boot & Shoe Repair
Burgess Funeral Home
Walnut Bowie, Texas
Edwards Garage
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Bowie’s Volunteer Firemen
Nocona Boots
Lewis
LEE
Bradford
Stetson
ACME
Cady’s
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