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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1944
Page
1
Community notes include local jokes and family news from Glenn Griffin and Ray Beal. A focus on D Day meanings, civic honors for Bowie Garden Club, and a war memorial benefit football game chaired by Lam Lovette to support building a town memorial for service members. Proceeds aid veterans’ remembrance and community unity.
National and Inter-American Music Week is marked by four events in Bowie from May 7 to May 13 1944. Church Night at First Baptist Church on May 7 features varied ministers and congregational hymn singing. Community Night May 9 at City Auditorium includes an American song program and participation by all townspeople. Home Night May 11 invites families to sing favorite home songs. School Night May 12 at the High School Auditorium showcases city school programs. Mayor J C McNatt proclaims Music Week urging broad attendance and unity through music.
Second Lt. Norman J. Hebert 25 in an army reconnaissance squadron in the South Pacific received the Air Medal in the name of the president for meritorious aerial service. His Bowie home wife and Leidecker parents sent greetings from Brigadier General Usher. Hebert entered service December 8 1941 left for overseas duty November 30 1943 born in Wray Colorado son of George and unnamed mother now in Massachusetts. Bowie Lions sponsor spring Jackrabbit Field football ticket sale May 5 proceeds aid Bowie Memorial Fund. intra squad game coached by Fate Gresham with band led by Lion George Rucker. event supports civic project.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Golden hosted a Bowie family reunion with attendees from Wichita Kansas Duncan Oklahoma Addington Oklahoma Wichita Falls Henrietta Dallas and other relatives. Several members were absent due to military service or illness.
O. B. Liedecker of Bowie attended funeral services in Bartlesville Oklahoma for his sister Miss Mary Ruth Liedecker who died at Corpus Christi the prior Saturday.
Fort Worth leader Mrs Will Lake, past president of the State Federated Garden Clubs, spoke at the Bowie Garden Club spring luncheon at the Morrow Grill. She urged practical programs, knowledge of native plants, soil study, and learning, sharing, adaptability, and charity.
Mrs Ruth Trauber of Montague has been appointed county treasurer by the county court, succeeding Mrs Henry Fenoglio who resigned to join Lt Henry Fenoglio in Virginia. Trauber, wife of the county schools superintendent, is known in the county and has served in the Tax Assessor's office.
L. H. Prater 87 longtime Montague County resident died Friday night at his son's Lindale home. Funeral services conducted at 2:30 p.m. at Church of Christ with W. T. Hamilton officiating. Interment Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include ten children and numerous relatives.
W T Hamilton minister of the Church of Christ Bowie and Jimmy Wood of Nocona will preach in a meeting at Montague starting Sunday May 7. Services are 3 00 p m Sunday and 8 30 p m weeknights.
Mr and Mrs G L Griffin welcomed a son named Glenn Ligon at Bowie Hospital on Saturday at 3 35 p m The infant weighed seven pounds three and three quarter ounces and is reported in good condition.
Friday and Saturday feature My Best Gal with Jane Withers and Hands Across the Border. Sunday and Monday present The Fighting Seabees with John Wayne and Susan Hayward along with Oklahoma Outlaws. Tuesday offers Beautiful But Broke with Joan Davis and Jane Frazee. Wednesday and Thursday show Guadalcanal Diary with Preston Foster and Lloyd Nolan.
Mrs. C. Y. Cosby hosts an open house on Wednesday May 10 from 3 to 5 afternoon and 7 to 9 evening honoring her mother Mrs. Julia FE. Cree on her ninety-fifth birthday. Cree, longtime Montague County resident since 1909, is described as the oldest local resident with Cosby as her sole close kin.
The fishing season began May 1 as rains and muddy roads hindered travel. Ed ward Mayfield caught the week’s largest fish a sixteen pound yellow cat at Lake Bowie on shad bait. Roy Sanders reported a ten and ten pound channel cat and several bass and crappie with minnows. Sanders previously caught a 64 pound cat at the lake in January.
Relatives in Bowie report Capt Eddie Miller age 22 son of Mose Miller has completed 25 missions in a B 17 over Germany and is back in New York on leave. He is expected to receive a furlough and may travel to Texas soon.
Admitted to area hospitals are W. H. Prater Bowie O W Smith Fort Worth H E Mead Nocona Mrs T J Holmes Nocona Mrs J B Revier Bowie Mrs FE W Worley Bowie Elmer Oscar Lee and Billy Wayne Hudson sons of Pvt and Mrs Oscar Hudson Bowie Rt 2 Dismissed are Mrs R W Fife Loomis Jordan Mrs W H Revier Mrs James N Kerr Mrs C R Morgan Mrs L T Barnett and infant son Jerry Thomas Mrs Louis Chancellor Mary Glenn Griffin.
Continental Oil announces new drilling sites near Bowie including Middleton A-No. 2 and Bates No. 2 while preparing for tests on Hildreth No. 4 and Paul Steed No. 1. Several fields show activity with Wells ready to drill and multiple shale prospects in the Salona and northern districts.
Three brothers Elmer Hudson 17 Oscar Lee Hudson 12 and Billy Wayne 13 were critically injured when their car hit two camels from Dailey's Circus in Bowie on Tuesday night. The camels died and the car was destroyed. They are from the Brushy community near Bowie. their father Pvt Oscar Hudson is stationed in California. The circus had recently left Gonzales and planned to perform in Henrietta Wednesday.
Bowie merchants invite readers to Second Monday Trade's Day on May 8. The piece promises a warm welcome, open shops, and social activity with theatre programs and mutual profit for locals and visitors from surrounding areas. It emphasizes a friendly, unrestricted atmosphere and the value of attending to meet friends and trade goods.
Heavy rainfall in the Bowie area totaled about two and a half inches from Friday night through Tuesday. The rain is expected to add hundreds of thousands of dollars in county crop value.
Bowie Chamber of Commerce directors met to discuss a modern hotel in Bowie and a proposed paved road linking Bowie to Jacksboro. The plan would create a long continuous highway North to South, aiding South and Southwest communities with improved farm to market routes and broader regional connectivity.
Announcement of a decoration service at Oak Hill on Sunday May 7 invites all residents. The program includes a talk by Paul Donald and multiple musical numbers and readings.
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