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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1941
Page
3
Indications point to a fruit crop in the Sunset section at least equal to last year with berries and grapes especially strong. Garden crops are fair and frequent rains earlier in the season delayed vegetable cultivation but production remains satisfactory.
Mrs. Ettie J. Smith reports Taylor School honor roll for six weeks across grades one through seven, with students named for high scores and diplomas. Top scorer Paul Smith achieved 114 of 116 on the standardized test. Dorthy Dean Heath and Norma Jean Heath among diploma recipients. seventh grade grads listed. Mrs. Smith also notes a 4-H trip to Bowie Lake with treats served afterward.
Robinson Wayne Whetsell and Richard Robinson attended the graduation exercises at Decatur Baptist College on Monday night where 27 students graduated. Dr. Fred Eastham delivered the address. Miss Climmie Wester of Mineral Wells earned high honors and a Baylor University scholarship, while Irene Volkman and Zoe Deaton tied for the Mary Hardin scholarship. Snell Chadwick of Wichita Falls visited her parents over the weekend.
Mrs L B Hardison and granddaughter Lois visit Mrs Audie Hardison on Sunday. Miss Lewil Rene Walker stayed overnight at the Richardson home. Dorothy Nored working at Jessies Cafe Bowie visited homefolk. Curtis Webb ill recently improving. Wanda Mitchell on sick list. Mrs Claud Adkins home after short Bowie hospital illness.
Mrs J Irons of Frederick Oklahoma visited in Decatur and attended Bowie High School commencement where her son Coburn Hill graduates. Howard Brooks of Community Natural Gas Company browsed Decatur on business. Jim Clardy of a highway project contractor went to Commerce for a new job start. Mrs Walter Hoover of Saint Jo visited her sister Mrs Billie Collier in town. Mrs Fred Meador of Saint Jo visited her daughter Frieda Meador at Sara Seitz Beauty Shop and again with Billie Collier. Mrs Harry Karlsberg returned from an extended visit with relatives.
A school note lists students and families hosting a Lake outing for four H club members and names many local supporters. It celebrates student success in Interscholastic League events and standardized tests, praises Taylor school aims to be good listeners thinkers and doers, and thanks those offering sympathy and gifts.
F J Atterbury of Tage six miles east of Bowie reports a 1949 sweet potato crop on three quarters of an acre yielding 214 marketable bushels plus 20 small ones, totaling 234 bushels. Soil is dark sandy creek bottom loam, ideal for quality potatoes. He plans a 1950 crop, weather permitting, with standard cultivation and spacing.
The passage notes the root system developing beneath as vines extend outward. The observation highlights plant growth and network expansion in the surrounding soil.
Local attendees joined the homecoming and Decoration service at Montague on Sunday. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Hope Mills of Illinois with Mrs. Mills. E. L. Mills and family hosted and were seen with extended relatives from nearby towns. Loyd Whitecotton suffered a severe mumps attack.
The Park Springs seniors completed their yearly outing visiting Huntsville prison, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Corpus Christi. A large crowd attended Sunday School and church at the Baptist Church led by Rev. Wrick. Homecoming at Sunset Sunday featured an interesting program.
In Little Rock Arkansas she was met in Dallas by Leslie Levy. Mr and Mrs Coy Perry visited in Mexia Mart and Waco this weekend. They were guests of Mrs Perry s parents in Mexia and Mr Perry s mother in Mart. Pete Miller manager of March man s was a visitor in Fort Worth Sunday.
Mrs Tom Dutton and her son Tom mie left Monday to spend several days in Dallas visiting friends and enjoying time away from home.
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