Bowleigh High honors 21 with football jackets
Bowleigh High School rewards 21 members of the 1940 football squad with jackets at chapel. Coach Dutch Schneider and Dees present coats to players led by Captains Wright and Ayres, with several seniors expected back for 1941 and 1942 seasons as the team prepares for next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Schneider
Bowleigh School
Schneider
Deese
Alexander
Pat Wright
Mike Wright
Bobby Woodal
Paul White
Roy Covington
Herbert Arledge
Horace Bridgewater
Glennown
Chris Chambers
Abele
Jack Dort
Raby
Herbert Sell
Elmer Menasco
H. Swann
Oliver Scroggins
South Minmie Williams
Bill Wilhite
Funeral services held for Landers Baxter at Shannon Baptist
Funeral services were held at Shannon Baptist Church for Landers Baxter 78 a pioneer resident of Prospect community. Rev J Kilman of Bowie and Rev T Hickman of Ranger led the ceremony with burial at Shannon cemetery. The Moore Funeral service of Henrietta directed the rites. Baxter born August 16 186? married Sallie Worsham December 24 1887. Surviving include daughters Mrs I B McClure Mrs Ben Blaine Mrs Virgil Davis Mrs Walter Inkler and three sons H Sr J O Shannon A D Baxter et al along with 18 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Six and daughters attended the service and many relatives were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon Baptist Church
Landers Baxter
Prospect
Shannon
J.kilman
Bowie
T. Hickman
Ranger
Moore
Henrietta
Baxter
Fam
Prost
J. M. Horn
Simons
O. Whitsett
Budkin
Jeff Shaw
Jep Fry
J. Baxter
Sallie Worsham
Dober
Halfy
Shaw
Rs. Baxter
I. B. McClurelaisville
Ben Blaine
Virgil Davis
Lake Iles
Candidates enter race for Time District trustee seats
Feathilf owner of the cafe announces candidacy for the school board. D T Wilson also files to run as three vacancies await election, with time district trustees to be chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Feathilf
Mad
D. T. Wilson
Bowie Farm Marketing Shed Plans For Texas Round Up
The 1941 streamlined version of Gus Foster's Texas Round-Up will be staged at Bowie City Auditorium on Saturday night March 8. Lions Club sponsors feature 12 performers with 8 pm start and 10 pm end, 9:30 to 10 for the final segment, broadcast from KRLD Dallas. The cast includes Shybuck Cecile South Callahan Bros Billie Walker Hank Huggins Verne Morgan Honey Gal Cleo Huckyleberry. The Texas Round-Up is presented daily over KRLD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Foster
Texas
City Auditorium
Bowie
Lions Club
KRLD
Dallas
Shybuck
America
Cecile South
Callahan Bros
Bill and Joe
Miss Lady
Billie Walker
Tennessee
Hank Huggins
Verne Morgan
Honey Gal
Belle
Cleo
Huckyleberry
Singing to Be Held At Church of Christ
The Church of Christ will host a singing at the Bowie Church of Christ Sunday afternoon from 2 30 to 4 30 p m Singers from throughout the section are urged to attend The entire singing class at Belcherville and others are expected to be present Public attendance is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Bowie Church of Christ
Belcherville
Masons to Confer Third Degree Saturday Night
The Bowie Lodge No. 578 A. F. & A. M. will confer the third degree Saturday night March 8 at 7 30 p.m. All Masons are invited to be present. Marvin Precise W M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Lodge
A. F
A. M
Marvin
Final Rites Held For R. D. Dunham
R D Dunham age 54 died at his Bowie home after months of illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev A J Quinn officiating and burial in Elmwood Cemetery under Burgess Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Hattie three sons and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
R. D. Dunham
A. J. Quinn
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Harve Ratliff
O. W. Watson
Jess Swagerty
Bert Roberts
Wade Bond
Mr. Anderson
Dunham
Texas
Fannin County
Bowie
Hattie Bell Shaw
Hattie Dunham
Jim Dunham
Frank Wiggins
Kellerville
Carlton Smith
Glenna
Martta Dunham
Joe Dunham
Houston
Yollie Dunham
Corpus Fornia
Bill Dunham
Corpus Christi
George Dunham
Harris Sprouls
Wichita Falls
Hershel Tice
California
Meeting set for March 15 on marketing shed plan
Farmers invited to Bowie City Auditorium on March 15 at 2 15 PM to hear C E Bowles discuss a proposed 60 by 130 foot marketing shed and cooperative marketing association. County Agent Elliott says the project is vital as new truck load limits boost marketing needs. plans outline a 3 000 cost with a West Wise Street site and public subscription funding, backed by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
Bowie
C. E. Bowles
A. & M. College
Co-Operative Marketing Association
Arvie S. Elliott
West Wise Street
Mrs. Mary Clark Buried Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Franklin Clark 83 of Houston were held Friday February 28 at 2 30 p m at First Methodist Church Montague with Rev R L Patterson and Rev Ples Warren officiating Interment followed at Montague Cemetery Burgess Funeral Home supervised the arrangements Survivors include daughter Mrs Fred T Smith of Houston three sons Ennis Iredell and Arthur Clark neighbors listed as pallbearers were Willard Shackelford Dr E E Johnson Bill Minor Andrew Fenoglio Roscoe Covey and Hugh Walker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Franklin Clark
Houston
First Methodist
Montague
R. L. Patterson
Ples Warren
Burgess Funeral Home
Bill Minor
Andrew Fenoglio
Roscoe Covey
Hugh Walker
Bowie
Fred T. Smith
Ennis
Iredell
Shreveport
Arthur Clark
Lawton
Williamson Buys Martin Service Station
Q. O. Williamson has purchased the Martin Service Station on West Wise Street and assumed management March 1. He invites the public to pay his station a visit. We will continue to carry Gulf products and are prepared to furnish complete station service. Tourist cabins are available at the station and modern equipment assures the customer of efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. O. Williamson
Martin
West Wise Street
County Schools Receive State Salary Aid Draft
Sept J A Fanning announced a draft for the supplemental aid requested for Montague County rural schools totaling about $20 000 This plus a scholastic apportionment payment will cover all back salaries due to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Fanning
Montague County
WPA Recreation Plans High School Nite in Bowie
The Bowie WPA Recreation Department under Ralph G. Hester will launch a Friday High School Nite for Bowie High School juniors and seniors beginning March 7 with mothers as chaperones. The event features free play, dancing instruction, stunts, and skits and may become a permanent program if successful. A spring program of outdoor and court games is planned to start mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Wpa Recreation Department
Bowie High School
Ralph G. Hester
Hester
Draft Claims 21 For March Quota
Twenty-one selectees will be Montague County s quota for March as revealed by Frank Moss, clerk of the local draft board. Ten depart for Dallas on Monday March 10, carrying Allen Ivan McKee Saint Jo Doyle D Reid Bonita Lonnie Loyd Farquhar Nocona Ben H Jones Forestburg Jerry Jones Jackson Saint Jo Son Edward Meedman Bowie Herbert Collins Rankin Ringgold Joseph Ewell Cook Saint Jo Richard Kyle Willett Sunset. Eleven more will go March 17. Eighty selectees underwent physical examinations in Montague on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Frank Moss
Dallas
Allen Ivan McKee
Saint Jo
Doyle D. Reid
Bonita
Lonnie Loyd Farquhar
Nocona
Ben H. Jones
Forestburg
Jerry Jones Jackson
Edward Meedman
Bowie
Herbert Collins Rankin
Ringgold
Joseph Ewell Cook
Richard Kyle Willett
Montague
Mary Ann Green Passes Away
Funeral services for Mary Ann Green seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Green were held at 2 p m Friday February 28 at Salona with Rev H P Shaw officiating. Interment was in Salona Cemetery. Mary Ann died February 27 after a short illness and is survived by her parents grandparents and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Green
A. H. Green
Salona
Rev
H. P. Shaw
Burgess Funeral Home
Mary Ann
W. W. Green
E. S. Cornelison
Noted Authority On Sacred Music To Speak At Local Church
Dr. I E Reynolds head of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will lecture at First Baptist Church on Tuesday night March 11 at 8 o clock. His topic is Choirs and Church Music. Admission is free. Many Bowie residents are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Reynolds
School of Sacred Music
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
First Baptist Church
Fort Worth
A. J. Quinn
Reynolds
Bowie
Automobile License May Be Bought Here
Due to a special arrangement Bowie residents and nearby areas need not travel to Montague to register autos this year. Mrs. Edison Reddy, appointed by Tax Assessor Collector E. L. Anderson, says 1941 license plates may be placed on cars and must be arranged before April 1. Proof of ownership is required, such as the old license receipt or a bill of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Montague
Edison Reddy
E. L. Anderson
Reddy
Pople
Hrighten
Mrs O M Reynolds Visits Sweeny Texas Friends
Mrs. O M Reynolds traveled to Sweeny Texas on Wednesday to visit Mr and Mrs Wilson Dowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Reynolds
Sweeny, Texas
Wilson Dowell
Garden Club Leads Bowie Clean Up Drive Progresses
City of Bowie backs the spring cleanup led by the local Garden Club. Mayor McNatt says city trucks will remove rubbish, hedge the light plant lot, and add awnings at the city office as residents report ongoing efforts and ward tallies show East Ward leading gains this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Jnc. C. McNatt
W. M. Galladay
Bowie Garden Club
Bowie High School Elects to Membership in Southern Association
Supt Walter B Alexander announces Bowie High School has been elected to membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools with no adverse criticism. J W O Banion reports the achievement and notes library facilities and materials have been updated to meet requirements. The Bowie school is praised as among the best in North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Alexander
Bowie
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
J. W. O’banion
Alexander
Bowie High School
O’banion
North
Texas
Plans to Use Cotton Mill Site Explored by Bowie
A Texas Chemurgic Association representative visited Bowie on Wednesday to assess using the old cotton mill building and equipment for a manufacturing industry. The idea was discussed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting with the current property holder. President Ted Daley said a plan may be developed to attract a business valuable to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Chemurgic Association
Bowie
Rgular
Chamber of Commerce
Ted Daley
Morgan Will Buy Blackeyed Peas Again This Year
Wilbur Morgan of the Clover Farm Store says he will buy green blackeyed peas for canning purposes again this year. The industry brought a large sum to local farmers last year and more are expected to be interested. Morgan invites interested growers to see him at once to meet market requirements and secure good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Morgan
Clover Farm
Morgan
Morrow Called Out On Emergency Job In Old Mexico
M L Morrow of Fairbanks Morse Company engineering staff was summoned Saturday for an emergency repair job in Mexico. He flew Dallas to Mexico City, then Vera Cruz, traveling at high altitude to reach a plant 10 miles from Vera Cruz, with a two hour train ride. He is expected to return Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Morrow
Fairbanks Morse Company
Dallas
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Braniff
Brownsville
Pan American
Wise Street Improvement Discussed by State Engineer
J. M. Isbell, State Highway Engineer of Wichita Falls, visited Bowie on Wednesday to discuss the proposed Wise Street improvement project that has been under consideration for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Isbell
Wichita Falls
Bowie
Wise Street
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Loyd Price
Thomas Ayres
D. Covington
Axie Chandler
Aul Gray
Oyd Griffin
Ames Dittorl Hargrove
T. Harlan
Oburn Hillmer Jackson
Rold Rhyne
David Roberson
Leon Randell
Hubert Vassar
Charles Ward
Melvin Simpson
Mer
Garlen Scroggins
Mgr
Jack Bradley
Mascot
W. L. White
Georgia
J. A. White
R. L. White
Robert Lynn White
Bowie Farm
Lions
Foster
W. M
Hitler
Mrs. Mary Clark
Williamson
WPA Recreation Department
Southern Association of Schools
Garden Club
Morrow
Old Mexico
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