Must Sell $15,000 E Bonds by July 6 to Meet Quota
Bond drive reports Bowie area purchases totaling 300 900 dollars surpassing the overall quota of 215 000 dollars yet the E series falls short at 136 000 dollars. General chairman Lynn Garlington says the remaining 15 000 dollars must be sold by Friday July 6 and cites a June 22 rally at City Auditorium that boosted E bond sales by over 10 000 dollars.
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Bowie
Lynn Garlington
City Auditorium
Sheppard Field
Bowie Texas War Bond Drive and Community Needs Highlight
In Bowie Texas a wartime message urges continued bond purchases and notes the impact of Okinawa casualties. The piece highlights outdoor recreation facilities as key for veterans, including a sanitary pool and a golf course, and contrasts local transport strength with Wichita Falls as a rail outlet.
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Bowie
Bowie Soldier Returns for 30 Day Leave
Flight Officer Nares K. Lawdermilk son of Mr and Mrs N A Lawdermilk arrived in Bowie June 14 for a thirty day furlough with his parents and relatives He has served nearly three years with about two months overseas He received his wings in Monroe Louisiana in November 1944 and is a Bowie High School graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nares K. Lawdermilk
N. A. Lawdermilk
Bowie
Monroe
Bowie High School
Philley Hosts Fort Worth Visitors at Sunday Call
Mr and Mrs W W Philley entertained Sunday guests S 2c W C and Mrs Stagg of Fort Worth They also visited Mrs Hattie Stagg during the day in a quiet social gathering with local acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Philley
W. C
Mrs. Stagg
Fort Worth
Hattie Stagg
Walter Moss Dies in New York News Executive at 62
Funeral services held in Yonkers for Walter E. Moss 62 New York executive and business manager of the International News Service. Moss born in Cooke County Texas spent 27 years in King Features and INS and began his career as secretary for E W Scripps. He was the brother of Frank Moss of Bowie and died after a heart attack at his residence Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Moss
New York
Frank Moss
Bowie
Yonkers
Cooke County
Texas
King Features
International News Service
INS
Press Association
America
Last Rites Held for Mrs. T. J. Williams in Bowie
Funeral services were held at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie on Friday for Mrs. T. J. Williams who died June 20 in Fort Worth. Rev. Pickering led the service at the First Christian Church. Survivors include two sons J. M. Scales of Bowie and S. E. Scales of Fort Worth and a daughter Miss Aileen Williams of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Bowie
T. J. Williams
Fort Worth
My Pickering
First Christian Church
Williams
J. M. Scales
S. E. Scales
Aileen Williams
Ft. Worth
Paving Underway Around Denver Station In Fort Worth
Work is under way to pave a large area around the Fort Worth and Denver station with rock asphalt by General Construction Company at a cost of 5000 dollars. Strips will extend up the track in both directions to keep mud off passengers. Completion is planned in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Denver
General Construction Company
E L Covey Visits Dallas on Business
E L Covey traveled to Dallas on business Tuesday, meeting with local executives and discussing upcoming projects. The trip focused on expanding regional partnerships and exploring market opportunities.
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E. L. Covey
Dallas
Lions Club Ladies Night installs new officers in Lions Hall
The Lions Club held a ladies night program and officer installation in Lions Hall on Tuesday. Alton B. Lee of Decatur gave an inspiring talk as district governor past. Harry N. Walker of Lone Star Gas becomes president, succeeding Ike Parks. Brinkley and Parks attended the state convention at Abilene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Lions Hall
Alton B. Lee
Decatur
Harry N. Walker
Lone Star Gas Company
Ike Parks
Walker
Parks
Doc Brinkley
Abilene
Major Karl Langford Home On 30 Day Leave
Major Karl Langford arrived Thursday night from Europe on a 30 day leave. He phoned Mrs. Langford that he would arrive in Bowie Thursday night after landing in the States earlier in the week.
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Karl Langford
Perkins Family Visit in Bowie Highlights Decatur Ties
Mr and Mrs John Perkins and their young son from Decatur visited Bowie on Sunday, sharing a family outing and time with local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Perkins
Little Son
Decatur
Bowie
Frederick Man To Preach In Bowie Revival
Rev James A Gray of Frederick Oklahoma will preach at the Church of the Nazarene Bowie July 1 through July 15 with Mrs Gray Also announced by Rev J W Douglas services begin Sunday at 8 30 PM outdoors on the church lot public invited
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Church of the Nazarene
Cummings and
Pecan Streets
James A. Gray
Frederick
Okla
Gray
J. W. Douglas
Food Stores Set 6 P.M. Close From July 2
Five food stores announce weekday 6 p.m. closing starting July 2 with 9 p.m. closings on Saturdays. The change, labeled out of respect to their employer, is signed by Johnson's Grocery Clover Farm Stores A & P Food Store C H Parker Food Store Free & Sanders Grocery and Market. The C S Market in A P Store endorses the same hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson's Grocery
Clover Farm Stores
A & P Food Store
C. H. Parker Food Store
Free & Sanders Grocery and Market
Bowie Man Aids In Jackpot Hit That Slays Japs
Sgt. Fred Livingston of Boyce Texas led a Bayonet style assault on a Jap cave on Mindanao. He hurled a dynamite charge from thirty feet distance as the cave exploded in a series of blasts. Five men including Privates Hatton Moyes Griffen and Winn escaped unharmed. Fifty enemy bodies were later found in the tunnel complex.
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24Th Infantry
Victory
Mindanao
Fred Livingston
Boyce
Texas
Harold H. Hatton
Jackson
Ohio
John L. Moyes
Woodland
California
Colvin C. Griffen
Flintville
Michigan
James Winn
Bowie
Taloma River
Livingston
Revival Starts at Rocky Point with Rev Walter A Mitchell
A revival meeting opened this week at Rocky Point with Rev. Walter A Mitchell of Jacksboro delivering the sermon to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Point
Walter A. Mitchell
Jacksboro
Bowie youth Cecil Ward captures German officer in war patrol
Cecil T. Ward of Bowie reports in a letter from Germany that he captured a German officer just before the Nazi surrender. He says he has been in three battles, earned two Bronze Stars, and prefers Texas despite finding Germany beautiful.
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Pfe
Cecil T. Ward
R._T. Ward
Bowie
Ward
Germany
Young Ward
Texas
Farmers May Sell More Dressed Meat Under Permit
Farmers increasingly use Permit No 3 to slaughter and sell beef mutton or pork up to 400 pounds yearly. Meat can be sold to individuals cafes or others if killed under approved conditions. Washington announced Congress may further relax livestock slaughter rules for farmers.
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Washington
Congress
House
Son of Bowie Pastor Died In Jap War Prison
Cpl. Algers C. Boyle II of Battery D 1381st Field Artillery died January 17 1943 in Thailand while a prisoner of the Japs. He was part of the Lost Battalion from Java 1942 and had earlier served with Oklahoma guards and trained at Camp Bowie. Survived by Parents Rev and Mrs R E Boyle of Petersburg and five sisters.
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Cpl
Algers C. Boyle
1381St Field Artillery
Thailand
R. E. Boyle
Petersburg
War Department
International Red Cross
Cpl. Boyle
Java
Moulmein
Burma
Olney
National Guard
Wichita Falls
Camp Bowie
Richard Boyle
Sheppard Field
Ida McCombs
Ruby Bryan
R. J. Kirtley
Albany
J. D. Donnell
Hondo
Glenda Boyle
Noted Humorist Jeff Williams to Speak at Rotary Banquet
Jeff H Williams a Chickasha Oklahoma attorney and former Rotary official will deliver the keynote address at the annual Rotary banquet and installation program Tuesday at 8 30 PM in the basement of First Methodist Church. Glynne Griffin becomes president elect and T P Evans chairs the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Williams
Rotary
First Methodist Church
Paul Boedeker
Elizabeth Latham
Henry T. Ayres
Glynne Griffin
T. P. Evans
Jeff H. Williams
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Rotary International
America
United States
H. I. Trout Jr. Returns from Tarawa Leave
H I Trout Jr Admice U S Navy with wife and daughter arrives in Alexandria La for a visit with H I Trout Sr. He is on his first leave since Tarawa invasion duty in 1943 after over twenty months in war and in studying Tarawa natives. He will report to Jacksonville Fla after a thirty day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. I. Trout, Jr
Admice
U. S. Navy
Alexandria
H. I. Trout
Tarawa
South Pacific
Jacksonville
Florida
Theatres Show Week's Crime By Night and Saddle Leather Law
Theatre calendar lists Friday and Saturday showings of Crime By Night starring Jane Wyman and Jerome Cowan and Saddle Leather Law with Carles Starrett and Dub Taylor. Sunday and Monday feature Music For Millions with Margaret O'Brien Jose Iturbi Jimmy Durante and June Allyson. Tuesday presents In The Meantime Darling with Jeanne Crain Frank Latimore Eugene Pallette. Wednesday and Thursday offer Something For The Boys starring Carmen Miranda and Michael O'Shea.
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Jane Wyman
Jerome Cowan
Carles Starrett
Dub Taylor
Saddle Leather Law
Margaret O’brien
Jose Iturbi
Jimmy Durante
June Allyson
Jeanne Crain
Frank Latimore
Eugene Pallette
Carmen Miranda
Michael O’shea
Fourth of July Observance Closes Bowie Offices
Bowie observes a national holiday with all day closures including First National Bank and post office services. Lions Club sponsors a Pelham Park Fourth of July picnic and homecoming with activities from 10 a.m. to night, featuring music, amusements, pony rides, and community tables for lunches.
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Bowie
First National Bank
City
Chamber of Commerce
H. L. Turns
Lions Club
Pelham Park
Oil progress at Davis D lease and Hildreth pool tests
Fred Sorrels reports A P Heinze et al progress on the Davis D lease in the Kinsey Survey northwest Hildreth pool drilling at about 2700 feet. Nu Enamel reports new Heard B-2 location in northwest Hildreth pool and Po sey B-1 tested at 28 barrels in six hours flowing 23 64 choke. Continental moves on J W Davis No 2 and Posey No 1 in Hildreth area. McCall No 1 and Golightly No 1 also new or starting. Landrum No 1 near Bowie at 6296 shale. Gordon No 1 at Rocky Point in shale 6209.
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Fred Sorrels
A. P. Heinze Et. al
Davis
F. M. Kinsey
Hildreth Pool
Bowie
Nu-Enamel
Heard
Heard B-2, In Northwest Hildreth Pool. Nu-Enamel Completed It’s Posey
Slim Davis Hurt in Posey Well Fire Injuries
Slim Davis suffered ankle injuries and severe burns in an oil well fire at the Posey well in the Hildreth area. He is under treatment at Bowie hospital.
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Slim Davis
Posey
Hildreth
Bowie Hospital
Glen Medlen Starts Summer School at Hardin Junior College
Glen Medlen left Monday for Wichita Falls to attend summer school at Hardin Junior College. He recently returned after nearly two years in the Hawaii Islands where he served as a naval seaplane mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Medlen
Wichita Falls
Hardin Junior College
Glen
Hawaiian Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bud Pickett
Okinawa
Walter Moss
N. Y
Frederick Man
Cecil Ward
Jap War
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