Montague County Classifies Local Schools For 1938 39
The Montague County School Board met June 6 and tentatively classified county schools by grades. A list names each school with its grade count and notes which have standardization certificates for 1938 39. Several schools, including Briar Creek and Byrd Hollow, did not receive certificates as they became permanently standardized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
J. A. Fanning
Byrd Hollow
Dashier
Alamo
Sandy Mound
Gladys
Bart Point
No Prairie
Sewers
Pleasant Ridge
Illinois Bend
Corinth
Lindale
Mallard
Cottonwood
Mountain View
Hardy
Dye Mound
Lone Star
Selma
Forestburg
Valley View
New Harp
Peabody
Spencer
Salona
Fruitland
Sunset
Jones
Bonita
Rock Hill
Taylor
Denver
Mt. Tabor
Briar Creek
Lake Valley
Aurelia
Hancock
Boren
Leona
Belcherville
Huddleston
Dixie
Long Branch
Burr Oak
Prairie Hill
Farmers Creek
St. Jo
Former Bowie Boy Wins Worlds Fair Trip
Wendell Jar of Bowie now living in Dallas won a fully paid trip to the Worlds Fair by his efforts as a Dallas News circulation builder. He placed second among 630 carriers for most new subscribers and, with two colleagues, will tour Indianapolis Washington D C and the fair. They travel Buffalo to Detroit by boat then return to Dallas from Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Jar
Bas
Bowie
Dallas
Wendell
Dallas News
Competiion
Indianapolis
Washington
D. C
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
Ideal Food Store Undergoing Redecoration Plan
Ted Moore returned Sunday from Kansas City where he attended a national convention of retail grocers. Moore is owner and manager of the Ideal Food Store which specializes in fresh meats and vegetables. The interior is being repainted and redecorated. Next week a new and modern vegetable display rack will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Moore
Kansas City
Moore
Ideal Food
Colors For Motor Vehicle License Plates Approved
Julian Montgomery announces that the State Highway Commission has approved 1940 license plate colors. Plates will be manufactured by the Prison System and sold by county tax collectors starting March 1, 1940. Passenger plates will be purple on white, commercial orange on black, farm trucks black on yellow, and tractors trailers dealer motor bus motorcycles and sidecars gold on blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Montgomery
State Highway Commission
Local Youth Leaders Attend Dallas Intermediates Camp
Miss Opal Clayton and several county home demonstration youths returned from the Dallas Presbytery encampment for intermediates in Irving Texas. Rev B B Breitenhirt and son Blake drove them and stayed overnight. W B Alexander made a business trip to Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Wright
la Verne Vassar
Janine Hopper
Wanda Faye Henson
Paul Donald, Jr
Dallas
Lovette family attends Meyers funeral in Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs Lum Lovette attended the funeral services for Bill Meyers famous football coach at Paschal High School in Fort Worth. The services were held Wednesday at 5 00 pm at the First Christian church in Fort Worth. Meyers was Lovette’s cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lum Lovette
Bill Meyers
Paschal High School
Ft. Worth
First Christian Church of
Mr. Meyers
Mr. Lovette
Grape Juice Judging Highlights Texas Slide Toward Distinctive Product
Grape juices grown in Montague county were judged June 15 at the Grape Investigation Laboratory. judges from Bowie Montague and Decatur plus commercial reps from Ft Worth and Houston rated several blends as outstanding and competitive with Concord. W A Randolph oversees the Texas A and M system lab which has cultivated 25 acres then 31 acres on the Bowie Montague highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
W. H. Stephens
W. F. Robinson
Bowie
Moore
Decatur
Ft. Worth
Houston
Concord
Texas
South
Bowie To
Montague Highway
W. A. Randolph
State Experiment Station
Texas A. and M. College
Harper Knight FFA Boys Have Heavy Summer Budget
Harper Knight, vocational agriculture teacher at Bowie High School, supervises 56 boys in home projects across Texas. Activities include terrace and contour work, trench silo trips, Montague County Fair exhibits, soil conservation, FFA convention in Temple and area encampment at Lake Worth, plus state conference at A and M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Knight
Bowie High School
Texas
Montague County
Future Farmers of America
Temple
Knight
Lake Worth
A. and M. College
W M U First Baptist Church Meeting Report
The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church met on Tuesday afternoon with fifteen members present. F A R Morgan led the program. devotional by Mrs. John White referenced Matt 28. Mrs. Erma Gardner offered prayer. a talk on The Cuban Convert was given. committees reported. Mrs. Arthur Wells named Sunbeam leader. nominating committee appointed for next year. Ann Bagby circle to lead July program. Sherwin Williams paints advertised by Lyon & Matthews Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
F. A. R. Morgan
Erma Gardner
John White
Arthur Wells
Sunbeam
W. E. Benson
Geo
Unique Advertising Campaign Draws Large Sat Crowd
Bowie theaters drew record crowds for Only Angels Have Wings on Saturday night and shoppers helped swell attendance. Frank Benson promoted the film with an intensive campaign including airplane circulars and large placards on traffic posts reading Drive carefully, Only Angels Have Wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Frank Benson
Business Men's Bible Class Social Meeting at First Baptist
The Business Men's Bible class of the First Baptist church held a beef barbecue and program on Tuesday night. The blues defeated the reds in a spirited attendance contest. Glynn Trout presided, J. W. Chancellor led the program, and about eighty men attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Reds
Blues
Ernest Chandler
Walter Black
Glynn Trout
A. O. Bacher
June Ella Dumas
Adele Hogan
Adele
J. W. Chancellor
R. K. McClellan
Home Economics Girls Have Field Day at Gainesville
The Bowie High School Home Economics group held their field day on Thursday June 22 in Gainesville. Under Miss Gwendolyn Tanner the students toured the city, enjoyed a noon lunch in the park, swam, and viewed a show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Gainesville
Chamber of Commerce
John Gray
Gwendolyn Tanner
Barney Huth
Ruby Jon Ward
Juanita Perona
Imogene Swagerty
Ora Lee Holt
Glenn Jo Pirtle
Glenn Park
Kathleen Sparks
Christine King
Kathleen Chandler
Jeanne Marie Garrett
Babe Greenwood
Velda Mae Noel
Elwanda Hogan
Ida Pearl Matney
Lola Jean Trout
Iva Garlington
Mary Ruth
First Methodist Alert Class Holds Social Meet
The Alert Class of First Methodist met on the church lawn Wednesday night for its first social since Rev. J. H. Westbrook arrived in Bowie last October. Dominoes were played and ice cream served. Attendees included W. F. Robinson, Rev. J. H. Westbrook, Tom Pierce, A. T. Russ, C. N. Dickey, W. H. Stephens, Dale Eales, J. A. Spears, T. F. Wright, J. G. Phagan and Wade Bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Church Lawn
J. H. Westbrook
Bowie
W. F. Robinson
Tom Pierce
A. T. Russ
C. N. Dickey
W. H. Stephens
Dale Eales
J. A. Spears
T. F. Wright
J. G. Phagan
Wade Bond
Kilgore visitors include Lewis family and Burk kin
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lewis and family and grandmother Burk of Kilgore were guests last week of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Kilman. Horace Williams of Ft. Worth visited the Kilmans en route to Paducah to see his sister Mrs. Chas Fleming who is Mrs. Elwanda Teague and mother of a new baby daughter. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ferguson and children Tommie and Patricia and Miss Jewell Gentry returned Saturday from a three weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lewis
Burk
Kilgore
J. F. Kilman
Horace Williams
Ft. Worth
Kilmans
Paducah
Chas. Fleming
Elwanda Teague
Travels of Relatives and Local Visits Span Southwest Tour
Relatives of Mr. Ferguson attended the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco then traveled to Los Angeles to see Miss Gentry’s relatives. They visited Southern California and Old Mexico, returned via Boulder Dam Nevada and Petrified Forest Arizona, stopped in Lubbock to see Miss Gentry’s relatives, while Dr. W. Wright made a business trip to Ft. Worth and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ferguson
San Francisco
Calif
Los Angeles
Miss Gentry
Old Mexico
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Petrified Forest
Arizona
Lubbock
Local families enjoy travel and visits across Texas
Mrs M A Younger and sister Dr Gladys Cox returned from a week in South Texas. Mr and Mrs Jim Coulter and children came back from the trip. Geo L Martin Jr and wife left for Corpus Christi, Mrs Martin formerly Margaret Coffield. Wallings returned from ten days in Dallas and Athens. Fannie Mae Bail, Denton college student, visited her parents. Mrs W A Harris and daughters from Los Angeles stayed with Dr Gladys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Coulter
South
Texas
Geo. L. Martin, Jr
Corpus Christi
Wallings
Dalllas
Athens
Fannie Mae Bail
Denton
Mrs. W. W. Bail
W. A. Harris
Dorothy
Ann
Los Angeles
Calif
Social Notes Bring Together Family and Friends
Cox and grandmother Mrs M A Younger attend a family update. Mrs Harris remembered as former Miss Mary Warren Shoemaker. Mr and Mrs M A Bryan host three daughters Laine Marguerite Jeannine at Mrs Frank Hardcastle in Bridgeport. L L Hickey and son Charles Roy visit Bowie Newport Wichita Falls. Stanley Robertson and grandparents Rev Mrs J F Kilman join guests from Decatur. W Oh Stephens and Posey families travel to Wichita Falls for a Sunday outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
M. A. Younger
Harris
Mary Warren
M. A. Bryan
Laine
Marguerite
Jeannine
Frank Hardcastle
Bridgeport
L. L. Hickey
Charles Roy
Cona Texas
Bowie
Ewport
Wichita Falls
Stanley Robertson
Decatur
J. F. Kilman
W. Oh Stephens
Mrs. Posey
Bowie News and the Semi Weekly Farm News Price Note
The Bowie News and the Semi-Weekly Farm News are priced at 1.50 dollars per year, indicating a combined subscription rate for readers seeking both papers. This notice outlines the annual cost and availability.
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Bowie
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Opal Clayton
San Anno
National Convention of Home Economic Teachers
W. B. Alexander
MR. and
Mrs. Lovette
Meyers
Montague Grape
FFA Boys
W.M. U. First Baptist Church
Lyon & Matthews CO
Sherwin-Williams Paints
C.H.P Cae
Baeeorue
Tee
Hiss Pte
Thompson
Thrifts
Hershey's
Tetley's Tea
PEASE
Wdreft
Ball Marine
Jason
Risto
Coffee Parkers Pride
Phillips
Krafts
Business Men’s Bible Class
del Haven
Royal
Jell
Rks
Brown
Graham
Folger’s Coffee
Black Hawk Bacon
Chuck
Brookfield Butter
Lada
Dr. W. Wright
Joe Fincher
Alton
Lewis Simmons
J. L. Barnes
Chas. King
Roy Guston
Homer Tinsley
L. Stambaugh
Justin
Rex Younger
Jacksboro
Gladys Cox
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