Loved Bowie Citizen Honored On Ninety-Fifth Birthday
A tribute to Julia Cree as she turns 95 with an Open House in Bowie. Friends and relatives from Fort Worth Pampa and South Carolina join to celebrate, share flowers and gifts, and note her long life of church work and needlecraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Cree
C. Y. Cosby
Paul Donald
Paul Boedeker
Larse
Cree
Tom Pierce
Tandy Welch
G. W. Haltom
A.G. Adams
Cosby
South Carolina
Mrs. Cree
Shirsleyburg
Philadelphia
William Penn
America
Penn
Jno
Walker Cree
Pennsylvania
Texas
Kaufman
Bowie
First Baptist Church
Music School To Be Taught in Bowie
A sacred music school will be held in Bowie from May 4 to June 1 led by Ernest Rippetoe of Stephenville. The program targets all ages and offers afternoon and evening sessions at The First Baptist Church to accommodate workers and interested participants.
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Bowie
Ernest Rippetoe
Stephenville
Rippetoe
South
First Baptist Church
Ogden Clarke
Geo. Rucker
M. A. Bryan
Inez Rudy
Lions Club
Lucille Foster
Charles Miller
Lions
Caghont
Garrett & Co to Open Doors May 15 Bowie Store
Garrett and Company will open a new store at 17 Mason Street Bowie on Monday morning May 15. R. V. Garrett, manager, announces a large stock of home furnishings hardware furniture and household goods will be carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett & Company
Mason Eccet
Bowie
R. V. Garrett
Heinze Sorrelis to Drill Nine New Oil Wells
J. W. Sorrells and A Paul Heinize will start a new well on the Benton land offsetting Murdick Benton No 1 and drill nine wells on their holdings. They own 1002 acres in the area and aim to expand operations alongside the Murdick interests who now have eight holes and eight producing wells in the same vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Sorrells
A. Paul Heninze
Chicago
Benton
Hildreth
Murdick
Last Rites For Bascom B. Brown
Funeral services for Bascom Burkett Brown 62 will be held at Church of Christ Bowie at 2 30 p m Sunday May 14. The Rev W T Hamilton will conduct services with Owers Brumley Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers include G H Golden B E Watson F M Hamilton Frank Madusa Orville Hall and Sanford Owens. Brown lived near Sunset before moving to Bowie. Survived by wife a son Johnnie Fulton Brown in the Navy and a daughter Gladiola Osler. He was a Church of Christ member for 29 years.
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Church of Christ
Bowie
Bascom Burkett Brown
W. T. Hamilton
Owers - Brumley Funeral Home
G. H. Golden
B. E. Watson
F. M. Hamilton
Frank Madusa
Orville Hall
Sanford Owens
Brown
Sunset
Johnnie Fulton Brown
U. S. Navy
Gladiola — Osler
Mr. Brown
Bowie News former owner visits with friends
Pvt. Mark Campbell former Bowie News owner publisher visited Bowie with friends on Monday and Tuesday. He is stationed at Camp Carson Colorado.
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Mark Campbell
The
Bowie News
Bowie
Mark
Camp Carson
Colorado
Revival Services At Fundamental Baptist Church
Revival services draw good crowds at Fundamental Baptist Church with Rev. Ray C. Morrow of Calvary Baptist Burkburnett delivering nightly sermons at 8 30. Friday frames Prophetic Picture of America in Scriptures and Saturday features Why All This World Collision Will the Winning of the War Settle Conditions. Cpl H L Perkins former Bowie News employee visited the office Tuesday on way to Olney for a ten day visit after transfer from California to Camp Claiborne La.
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Fundamentalist Baptist Church
Ray C. Morrow
Calvary Baptist Church of
Cpl
H. L. Perkins
Eployee
The
Bowie News
Mrs. Perkins
Olney
Cpl. Perkins
California
Camp Claiborne
Parker Couple Returns to Bowie For Farrow Drilling Role
Mr and Mrs Q N Parker move back to Bowie from Fal furrias and he takes a job with Farrow Drilling Company in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. N. Parker
Bowie
Falfurrias
The
Farrow Drilling Company
Second Monday Trades Day Draws Wide Attendance in Bowie
Large crowd from up to 100 miles, plus 75 mile attendees, filled Bowie trade grounds for the Second Monday market. Milk cows 65 to 100 dollars, hogs sold from 3 dollars, demand for horses and mules eased while trading remained brisk for other livestock. Bowie merchants reported a good day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Jersey
Medal Awarded for Good Conduct to Pvt James G Thompson
The War Department reports Pvt James G Thompson has received the Good Conduct Medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J T Thompson residing at 310 North Mason Street Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie News
War Department
Pvt
James G. Thompson
J. T. Thompson
North Mason Street, Bowie
Rev Wesley V Hite To Deliver Mother's Day Sermon
District Superintendent Reverend Wesley V Hite will deliver the Mother's Day sermon at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o clock. Special music directed by Miss Martha Ann Gibson. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley V. Hite
Methodist Churches
Methodist Church
Martha Ann Gibson
Amarillo Families Visit Relatives Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Edgar Roberts and daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Floyd Smith of Amarillo were guests from Friday to Monday morning of Mrs W W Roberts and Mrs A L Cook and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Roberts
Floyd Smith
Amarillo
W. W. Roberts
A. L. Cook
Bowie High School 82 Earn Graduation in May
Eighty two Bowie High School students are candidates for graduation. Commencement is May 22 with 8 45 p m program and baccalaureate sermon May 21 at 8 30 p m. Valedictory by Miss Geraldine Zuber and salutatory by Franklin Kilcrease. Speakers include Dr James B Boren of Hardin Junior College Wichita Falls and Dr David M Gardner editor of Texas Baptist Standard.
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Bowie High School
Geraldine Zuber
Franklin Kicrease
Alexander
James B. Boren
Hardin Junior College
Wichita Falls
David M. Gardner
Dallas
Texas Baptist Standard
South
Texas
Florida
Walter Alexander
James Aston
Ralph Eugene Baker
Homer D. Bishop
Harold Brooks
Russell Harvey Cannon
Tommy Chandler
Dale Chokas
Monty Preston Clements
Clifford Collins
Moya Conner
Billy Joe Cooper
Thomas Donald Cunningham
Paul Donald, Jr
Harry Ray Elliott
Georgia Faulkner
Paul Garrett
Carl Burton George
Billy Ray Graham
William W. Green
William R. Hicks
Audie Jackson
Tip Haynes Jimerson, Jr
Harlan Ray Jones
Billy King
Edward Franklin Kilcrease
Charles H. Knightstep
Thurman
Barney Zuber
Franklin Kilcrease
Ed Kilcrease
Miss. Zuber
Kilcrease
Theatre Calendar Double Feature and More
Friday and Saturday show The Aldrich family in Henry Aldrich Boy Scout with Jimmy Lyden and Frontier Law starring Rus sell Hayden Fuzzy Knight. Sunday and Monday Olsen and Johnson in Crazy House with Count Basie Orchestra. Tuesday Sailor's Holiday with Arthur Lake Jane Lawrence and Bob Haynes. Wednesday Thursday The Gang's Here in technicolor with Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Phil Baker Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich Family
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lyden
Russell Hayden
Fuzzy Knight
Frontier Law
Olsen and Johnson
Count Basie
Five New Producers In Hildreth Oil Pool
Five new wells in the Hildreth area six miles north of Bowie boost the field. Continental reports high-output tests in Bowie area wells and new locations as J. B. Lewis and Gadberry No. 2 drill. Fields extend southwest toward Brown No. 1 with 2172 barrels in 24 hours.
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Hildreth
Bowie
Murdick
Brown No. 1
C. L. Lloyd
L. L. Cook
Miss Ida Pearl Matney
Western Golf Association
Lloyd
America
J. W. Sorrells
Continental
Bates
C. P
Clisbee
Shale
J.B. Lewis
J. B. Lewis
Middleton
Lewis No. 1
Stanfield
Caddo Bay
Funeral and Memorial Services Held Jointly For Relatives
Jake Nichols Blausius 74 died May 2 at his Terral Oklahoma home after a lingering illness. Funeral at Christian Church Thursday with Rev S S Walker officiating. A memorial for grandson Sir Curtis Wayne Turner, lost when a merchant ship was torpedoed in February in the North Atlantic, followed. Turner was son of John and Mrs Turner Ringford. Survived by widow two sons Wynne Allen and C N Nick Blausius five daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Nichols Blausius
Terral
Okla
Christian Church
S. S. Walker
First Baptist Church
Wynnewood
Blausius
Sir Curtis Wayne Turner
North Atlantic
John Turner
Ringford
Paul Merrill
Henrietta
Suc Turner
Jake N. Blausius
Wynne Allen Blausius
England
U. S. Armed Forces
North Ward P T A Holds May Picnic At Meyer Park
The North Ward P T A hosted a May 5 picnic for children at Meyer Park. Mrs. Neely photographed the group and grades while President led a brief business session. Reports from the Thirteenth District Spring Conference were given and Loretta Eakman oversaw officers installation beneath an oak. Ogden Clarke was reelected president for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ward
Meyer Park
Neely
J. W. Hutchens
Odgen Clarke
Haskell
Loretta Eakman
Ogden Clarke
Smith
C. J. Dodsworth
Clarence Newsom
Local visitors from Wichita Falls stop by Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hill and Mrs. Chas. A. Smith visited in Wichita Falls on Thursday, joining social calls and reporting on recent activities.
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C. E. Hill
Chas. A. Smith
Wichita Falls
Forty Contestants Entered In Victory Garden Contest
Mrs. Walter Coffield, general chairman, reports progress as forty contestants have entered from the East and North Wards in the Junior Victory Garden contest. Bowie Garden Club sponsors cash prizes to boost youth food production for the war effort. Captains: Mrs. N. B. Gary East Ward, Mrs. G. E. Medley North Ward, Mrs. A. I. Davise South Ward, and Mrs. Jessie Precise Grammar school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Coffield
South Ward
Bowie Garden Club
N. B. Gary
East Ward
G. E. Medley
North Ward
A. I. Davise
Jessie Precise
Community Singers Cancel Sunday Meeting
J C Price president of the Community Singers says the regular Second Sunday singing is canceled because of the memorial service at Brushy on Mother's Day. The group will meet again on Sunday June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Price
The
Community Singers
Brushy
Church Service Times Altered at Bowie Church
Announcement from First Baptist Church Bowie changes evening activities. Bible study now at 8 p m with worship service following at 8 30 p m.
Spears Family in Graham Visit Noted in Paper
Col and Mrs Geo T Spears and their grandson Phil er Jr of Graham were mentioned in the newspaper for a brief time on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo T. Spears
Little Gran Philer, Jr
Graham
Pape
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W. A
Doc) Brinkley
S. Daube & Co
Audry Wheat
FFA
Charlie King
Bowie Independent School District
Cave Major
Lake Bowie
Elmer
Oscar
Billy Wayne Hudson
George Moffitt
Congress
Ladies Aid Society
Prentiss Evans
Cicero
Prentiss
O’daniel
Roosevelt
Montague County
Montague
W. Lee O’daniel
Austin
Senate
E. R. Mangum
T. H. Yarbrough
John M. Martin
J. D. Woods
Paul Fitts
Nocona
Dave Majors
H. S. Trout
Frank Moss
Frank Dunbar
Moss
Dunbar
W. J. Stone
Jessie D. Woods
Earl C. Fitts
Joe Benton
Jesse W. Woods
Ernes Curlin
F. P. Berry
A. E
H. D. Field, Jr
St. Jo
Walter Smith
Stoneburg
William Moore
Bascom B. Brown
A. J. Quinn
Paul Inglis
T. C. Vinson
Kirk M. Beard
City Auditorium
Southern Bis Club
Junior Mi Club
Revival Fundamental Baptist Church
Senator Moffitt
Chico
Chillicothe
Moffitt
Chico Griggs
Oklo
Vernon
North Ward P. T. A
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