Arts and Crafts Added to Bowie Recreation Center
Bowie Recreation Department opens an arts and crafts section under director W. B. Wilson. The program, funded by the city and school system, offers tools and materials for projects from toys to leather burning. Programs run weekdays 4 to 7 pm and invite parents to join children at Pelham Park.
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Thewie
W. B. Wilson
Pelham Park
Seation
S. L. Greenwood
Wilson
Bowie
of Bowie
Bowie School System
Summer Recreation Camp Promises Active Bowie Season
The Bowie Recreation Project will extend its summer program under director W. B. Wilson. Community nights will occur monthly with entertainment by Sum Lovette G. Doc Jackson and local talents. Awards will honor spring sports winners including Donald Langston Maudie Rich Jack Bradley Betty Lou Black and others.
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Bowie Recreation Project
W. B. Wilson
Wilson
Sum Lovette
Doc) Jackson
Lynn Garling
Bowie High Ool
Price Sets Record at Bowie High School
Price, president of the Bowie High Senior Class, holds a perfect academic record with never a miss or absence in 11 years. He has earned straight A grades in every six weeks, lettered in football basketball and track twice, captained football and basketball, plays cornet in the band and has won medals in contests. He is also in the school dramatic club and helped the district championship run this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loud. Price
Bowie High School
Ool Dramatic Club
E School
Final Action Planned for Bowie Market Shed Saturday
County Agent Arvie S. Elliott announces a Bowie Fruit and Truck Growers Association meeting at the City Auditorium Bowie to decide on building or leasing a market shed. The session will discuss a stock-selling plan and a program to expand tomato acreage for canning and export to Great Britain.
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Arvie S. Elliott
Bowie Fruit and Truck Growers Association
City Auditorium
Bowie
Montague County
Elliott
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Cemetery Working at Brushy Friday May 30
A cemetery working is scheduled at Brushy on Friday May 30. All interested are asked to bring lunch and spend the day. The regular monthly singing will be held at Brushy at 2 p.m. Sunday was also announced.
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Brushy
Final Rites For Mike Smith
Final rites were observed at the family residence on Wilbarger Street for Mike L. Smith 74 who died after six months illness. Rev J H Westbrook of the First Methodist Church delivered the funeral sermon with Owens Brumley directing. Interment was at Briar Creek Cemetery. He came to Texas from Tennessee as a youth marrying Mary B York in 1888 near Cleburne and moved to Bowie in 1914. Surviving: wife four sons J C Smith of Roswell New Mexico J C W O and G L Smith Bowie three daughters Mrs Ira Ingleburger Bowie Mrs Annie Yeates Firebough California and Mrs Edwards Roswell NM one sister Mrs G W Cheek Bowie.
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Wilbarger Street
Mike L. Smith
J. H. Westbrook
First Methodist Church
Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
Briar Creek
Texas
Tennessee
Dallas
Johnson County
Mary B. York
Cleburne
Bowie
J. C. Smith
Roswell
N. M
J. C
W. O
G. L. Smith
Ira Ingleburger
Annie Yeates
Firelough
Calif
Edwards
G. W. Cheek
Death Notice of Miss Cora Sandlin
Miss Cora Ethel Sandlin, 59, died at her home on Manson Street after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the home, with Rev. David Garlington officiating, and interment followed in Elmwood Cemetery. She was born January 8, 1882 in Baldwin, Mississippi, and survived by two brothers Jas S Sandlin and R E Sandlin of Bowie, two sisters Mrs A R Wade of Phoenix and Mrs M C McClain of Welty, plus several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Ethel Sandlin
Manson Street
David Garlington
Whitley-Bowden
Elmwood
Miss Sandlin
Baldwin
Miss
First Baptist Church
Jas. S. Sandlin
R. E. Sandlin
Bowie
A. R. Wade
Phoenix
Ariz
M. C. McClain
Welty
Okla
Growth in Bowie Area Boy Scout Troops Shows Rise
Bowie area scouts report growth with Troop No. 116 re registering under Eugene Medford and about 20 boys attending weekly meetings. New troops formed at Stoneburg Forestburg and Joy with roughly 20 seven Lone Scouts, as district leaders cite over 45 new Boy Scouts in the Bowie region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestburg
J. W. Gardner
J. B. Williams
G. D. Wylie
Ollie Coleman
Pryor McGee
Wm. J
Bowie
Northwest Texas
United States
Bowie High School
Paul Taliaferro
Bowie High School graduate list corrected for Lola Jean Trout
The News clarifies Lola Jean Trout was omitted from the Bowie High School graduation list published last week. The final submitted list does not include her name and the paper notes the correction in her interest.
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Lola Jean Trout
Bowie High School
Speakers Chosen For Bowie High Graduation Exercises
Supt Walter B Alexander announces the Bowie High School baccalaureate speaker Rev J N R Score pastor of First Methodist Fort Worth will address graduates May 25 at 8 pm The commencement speaker will be George C Kemble Fort Worth attorney and former Texas legislator May 27 Thirty nine boys and 54 girls will seek diplomas the largest class in the school history
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J. N. R. Score
First Methodist Church of
Fort Worth
Bowie
Bowie High School
Walter B. Alexander
Score
George C. Kemble
Kemble
Feee
Cit of
Softball Results Roundup From Pelham Park This Week
In Friday’s double header Jacksons Jacks beat The Bowie News 10 to 7 and the Recreation Department edged Dr Peppers 11 to 10. Tuesday results saw White & Willett defeat The Bowie News 6 to 4 and Conoco top Coca Cola 2 to 1. South Ward ladies routed Lone Star 24 to 7 in league opener. Alvord forfeited against Sunset. Upcoming games feature Dr Pepper vs Leona and Recreation Department vs Jacksons Jacks.
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Pelham Park
Jacksons Jacks
Bowie News
Recreation Department
Dr. Peppers
White & Willett
Conoco
Coca-Cola
South Ward Ladies
Lone Star
Alvord
Dr. Pepper
Leona
Jackson
Bowienee
Cocaola
Peanut Market Quotas Set for Montague County Three Years
Montague county voters backed national peanut quotas in a April referendum with 86.8 percent approval. Local tally showed 91 of 112 Montague growers favored quotas, 24 opposed, as marketing quotas become law for peanuts harvested by mechanical means.
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Montague County
H. A. Revoerdsd
AAA Committee
Gossett to Speak on National Radio Forum
Congressman Ed Gossett of Wichita Falls will be a guest on the American Forum of the Air, a nationwide program sponsored by the National Broadcasting Company. The May 18 broadcast at 6 p.m. Texas time will debate whether America should have a separate Department of Aviation.
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Ed Gossett
Wichita Falls
National Broadcasting Company
Texas
America
Department of Aviation
Brother of Bowie Lady Dies in Dallas Sunday
Guy L. Crofford 64 died Sunday at his Dallas home 216 East Eighth Street. Funeral held Monday at Bethel Temple Dallas at 4 p.m. He was native of Montague County and lived in Bowie until 1906 then moved to Dallas where he ran a motorcycle store. Surviving wife Etta Mae, son Carl F. Crofford, three sisters S. W. Heard Bowie Daisy Ray Los Angeles L. L. Wade Ryan Okla., two brothers L. H. Crofford Dallas J. M. Crofford Oklahoma City.
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Bethel Temple
Dallas
Guy L. Crofford
East Eighth St
Crofford
S. W. Heard
Bowie
Montague County
Etta Mae Crofford
Carl F. Crofford
Daisy Ray
Los Angeles
L. L. Wade
Ryan
Okla
L. H. Crofford
J. M. Crofford
Oklahoma Ity
Stovall Promoted to Captain at Camp Bowie
First Lieutenant Oran C. Stovall of the 111th Engineers in the Thirty sixth Division, Bowie, has been promoted to captain. The promotion was announced May 13 by Major General Claude V. Birkhead. Stovall, a Texas National Guard member, previously served as second lieutenant and then first lieutenant in the Bowie unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran C. Stovall
111Th Engineers
Bowie
Camp Bowie
Claude V. Birkhead
Stovall
Texas National Guard
Vernon Shaw Breaks Leg Sliding Into Home
Bowie News pitcher Vernon Shaw suffered a broken leg in a softball game against White & Willett. Both leg bones were broken and set at Bowie Clinic. He was later moved home and is reportedly recovering well.
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Vernon Shaw
Bowie News
News Team
White & Willett
Bowie
Shaw
Fort Sill Soldier Spends Mother's Day With Parents
Vernon Haggard of Fort Sill visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Haggard in Lone Star to spend Mother's Day with family.
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Vernon Haggard
Fort Sill
Mr. and
Mrs. Haggard
Lone Star
Gant to Spud in on Junia Brown Tract Near Bowie
Walter Gant will begin drilling soon in the Junia Brown tract southeast of a former well site, about six miles from Bowie. Owens and Hults were drilling at 6 720 feet in their No 1 Summers deep test offset to the Tucker discovery, with heightened lease and royalty trading near Vashti.
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Walter Gant
Junia Brown
Bowie
Owens & Hults
Tucker
Vashti
Man Injured in Wreck Here Thursday
Ed Chapman of Stoneburg sustained serious injuries in a Thursday morning car crash just outside the city. He was transported to the Bowie Clinic by ambulance from Burgess Funeral Home, with condition not yet reported pending further examination.
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Ed Chapman
Stoneburg
Bowie Clinic
Burgess Funeral Home
Committee on Premiums for Fair Finishes List
The Montague County Free Fair premiums committee met to finalize the 1941 award list. G. Dec Jackson, president of the Fair Association, said the list is ready and the catalog copy is prepared for printers.
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Montague County
Funeral Service Held at Chico For Mollie Belew
Mrs Mollie Belew 77 died at home of son Reuben Belew in Bowie after months of heart disease. Services at First Baptist Chico conducted by Rev Garlington and Rev Heathington with Owens Brumley directing. Surviving husband six children 18 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed from Chico.
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First Baptist Church
Chico
Mollie T. Belew
Reuben Belew
North
Bowie
Lena Cox
A. F. Tinney
Ambrose Coffman
Layton Bro
E. D. Hancock
Carl Lowrey
Mr. Knight
Hopewell Decoration Day Plan Sunday Program
Hopewell announces its annual Decoration and Memorial Day celebration for Sunday May 25 with Hon Paul Donald from Montague county as master of ceremonies. Graves decoration 10 11 am Congregational singing Rev Barnett sermon lunch and an afternoon program including readings songs and special numbers by local groups and individuals.
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Hopewell
Paul Donald
Montague County
Luther Ewell
Bowie
Rev. Barnett
Decatur
Marion Cross
Betty Sue
Doris Williams
Jeannine Prater
Perry O’neal, Jr
Edwards Sisters
Billy Joe Brown
Jarvis
Mary Jo Adkins
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Ecreation
North Ward
Donald Langston
Maudie Rich
East Ward
Jack Bradley
Betty Lou Black
Travis Underwood
Oman
Lena Rhinehart
South Ward
Dale Simpkins
Odessa Richards
Lawrence Mitchell
Wooman
Bonny Harper
Mere Price
Geo. C. Kemble
City of
Mike Smith
Cora Sandlin
Boy Scouts
Gossett
Gant
Babe Greenwood
Waco
Marion
Babe) Greenwood
Corey Ham
Annie Marie Free
Edna Marie Blanton
LaVerne Brown
Calarinet
David Latham
Thomas Ayres
Meredith Miller
W. T. Harlan
Oklahoma
New Mexico
J. E. Brown
U. S. S. Washington
Washington
North Carolina
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