Bowie Second Monday Promises Community Trade and News
A long standing Bowie tradition invites residents from within 75 miles to meet trade goods and share gossip at the Second Monday gathering. The feature shows the Bowie Majestic offering an entertainment program and local shops ready with fall merchandise. The piece also notes local school official Walter Alexander’s Rotary attendance and honors two soldiers, Sgt. Wayne W. and Sgt. I. B., recently highlighted by U S headquarters in Europe.
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Bowie
Bowie Majestic
Post War Planning Underway in Montague County Agriculture Meeting
County Agriculture Committee convened August 29 to form postwar planning subcommittees. They will list farms for sale or rent, assess soils and climate, study markets and roads, and explore credit facilities to aid veterans returning from service. Advisory groups will help veterans buy or lease farms, with efforts backed by Texas A&M Extension Service programs.
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Nick R
Herbert Copeland
Buel Rae
A. P. Coston
A. A. Randolph
Melvin Dansby
James B. Zetzsche
Charles Howard
J. M. Dun
J. B. Zetzsche
Jack Lesh
Derman Leonard
Herbert Copland
A. D. Wheat
J. E. Rushing
Bull Range
H. C. Fox
Dad McCall
G. E. Blackmon
Vanice Redman
Jewell Daughtery
Texas
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
J. D. Prewit
Prewit
Armed Forces
Pentecostal Church Plans Remodel
At a church business meeting a remodeling plan for the Pentecostal Church was discussed. A building committee was elected and work is hoped to begin soon.
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Pentecostal Church
Pp T A to Meet The Grammer High PTA
The Grammer High PTA will meet Wednesday September 13 at 2 30 p m in the high school auditorium Every patron is urged to be present at this first meeting.
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Grammer-High P. T. A
Dallas Visitor Leah Westbrook Here To See Mrs. Kersey
Miss Leah Westbrook of Dallas is spending her vacation visiting Mrs. E. L. Kersey during her stay.
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Eli Clemments
Lamesa
R. D. Dunham
Ma* Feiinnam
Leah Westbrook
Dallas
E. L. Kersey
Clarence Southerland Visits Dallas Parents Weekend
Mr. Clarence Southerland of Dallas spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Jerry Southerland.
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Clarence Southerland
Dallas
Mrs
Jerry Southerland
Moss Named Comptroller Audit Division Official
Frank Moss of Bowie accepts a post in the audit division of the State Comptroller's Office. He will operate from Fort Worth district headquarters and cover a wide area while maintaining Bowie as his home. Moss formerly managed S Daube & Co and is Montague County Democratic Chairman.
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Frank Moss
Bowie
State Comptroller’s Office
Moss
Fort Worth
S. Daube & Co
Montague County
Gas powered air conditioner promised after war
Dallas gas utilization engineer Chester C. Young told Bowi e Rotary Club the new gas powered air conditioner will provide healthful comfort year round by cooling and heating every room with a single unit. Costs vary by fit and home type, with initial estimates from 7500 dollars. production is planned after war with Servel, Inc. and aims for next January pending War Production Board approval, creating thousands of jobs nationwide.
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Chester C. Young
Dallas
Lone Star Gas Company
Bowie Rotary Club
Morrow’s Grill
Young
Cooperaton of Servel, Inc
Bruce Cunningham
Editor of Blue Blaze Visits Bowie
Mrs Claribel Thompson of Dallas editor of the Blue Blaze publication for Lone Star Gas Company was in Bowie Monday visiting the News office. The paper covers human interest and business developments in Lone Star areas highlighting employee related stories.
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Claribel Thompson
Dallas
Blue Blaze
Lone Star Gas Company
Bowie
Lone Star Company
Legion Installs New Officers And Boosts Paper Drive
An American Legion Post in Bowie installs new officers led by Commander L. D. Roberson and vice commander Charles W. Hester. The group also promotes a waste paper drive coordinated with the salvage division of the Government and expects broad participation.
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Legion
American Legion
Bowie
Tillotson
Wichita Falls
L. D. Roberson
Charles W. Hester
F. B. Cantrell
H. F. McDaniel
Dick Lawrence
J. J. Cunningham
Elmer Butler
Legionarres
Legion Post
Last Rites for Judge Bryan in Bowie Sunday
Funeral services for County Judge M A Bryan were held Sunday at 4 p m in the Bowie City Auditorium. Dying suddenly of a heart attack at 2 45 a m Tuesday his death prompted a large turnout. Devoted citizen civic leader and churchman Bryan served the community for 25 years with many floral tributes and a church choir sing in his honor.
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Bowie
M. A. Bryan
Jesus
New Arrivals at Bowie Hospital
The Bowie Hospital reports several new births. Artie Sue Lane born Aug 28 to Mr. and Mrs. W I Lane, 7 lbs. Billy Dean Holloway born Aug 23 to Mr. and Mrs. W 3 Holloway, 8 lbs 3 oz. Billie Rae Keen born Aug 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Newt Keen, 7 lbs 14 oz. Robert Charles Walker born Aug 25 to Mr. and Mrs. W R Walker, 7 lbs 6% oz. Dorothy Dee Spears born Sept 3 to Major and Mrs. JoAlan Spears, 7 lbs 8 oz.
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Bowie Hospital
W. I. Lane
Artie Sue
W. 3. Holloway
Billy Dean
Billie Rae
Newt Keen
Robert Charles
W. R. Walker
S. M. Fuller
Dorothy Dee Spears
Major
JoAlan Spears
Jack Lynn to Meet Scout Leaders Tuesday
District Commissioner Jack Linn of Wichita Falls will be in Bowie for a District Scout meeting at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 12 in the City Auditorium to help plan further scout work in the area. G Doc Jackson urges all district committee chairmen and interested citizens to be present.
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Jack Linn
Wichita Falls
Bowie
City Auditorium
G. Doc Jackson
Double feature cinema lineup with classic stars this week
Theatre Calendar lists Friday and Saturday showings of Navy Way with Robert Lowery and Jean Parker then Beneath Western Skies with Bob Livingston Smiley Burnette. Sunday and Monday feature Hitler Gang with Robert Watson Victor Varconi and Law Men with Johnny Mack Brown. Tuesday offers Gangway for Tomorrow with Margo Ryan. Thursday and Friday present Andy Hardys Blonde Trouble starring Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Sara Haden and Fay Holden.
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Navy Way
Robert Lowery
Jean Parker
Bob Livingston
Smiley Burnette
Robert Watson
Victor Varconi
Johnny Mack Brown
Margo Ryan
Andy Hardy
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Sara Haden
Fay Holden
Pfe. Chuck Benett Visits Wife and Baby This Weekend
Pfe Chuck Benett of Camp Fan Jin visited his wife and baby here this weekend, staying briefly as part of family travel.
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Pfe
Chuck Benett
Fan- Jin
Teachers In Bowie Schools For The New Session
Bowie students and staff start a new session with listed teachers across wards Briar Creek Grammar and High School. Names include Serena Dodd Ruth Ragsdale Venus Hickey Hazel Williams Inez Williams Elizabeth Young Alice McDonald Helen Henley Frances Walker Hazel Johansen Ruby Dickey Diana Gresham L F Gresham W T Barker Jessie Precise Willie Mae Dickerman Clara Hoeldtke Arminta Wright Oleta Curlee Melvin Dansbey Paul Taliaferro George Rucker W Alexander plus Margie Robinson and others.
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Bowie
South Ward
Serena Dodd
Merle Hancock
Stella Wilson
Vida Lewis
Fast Ward
Ruth Ragsdale
Merle Langford
Madeana Stout
Edna Varnell
Gertrude Ham
North Ward
Venus Hickey
Dana Sue Benson
Mary Best
Briar Creek
Frank Hawkins
Hazel Williams
Inez Williams
Elizabeth Young
Alice McDonald
Pearl Clark
Ireta Cady
Ellen Jopling
Helen Henley
Frances Walker
Hazel Johansen
Oleta Curlee
Melvin Dansbey
Paul Taliaferro
Texas History
Geo. Rucker
W. B. Alexander
Margie Robinson
All-Day Singing Planned for Denver Fourth Sunday
Homer Ward announces an all-day singing convention at Denver on the Fourth Sunday with activities the preceding Sunday night for practice and planning.
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Denver
Homer Ward
Ward
Real estate office opens as Jimerson reports strong Bowie demand
Jimerson, newly based in Bowie after moving from his farm, operates a real estate office on North Mason Street near the bank. He says demand is good and reports deals totaling nearly 20000 dollars in the past week, covering farm lands and residential property in Bowie.
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Tip Jimerson
North Mason Street
Bowie
War Bond Presented for First Bass Cotton Bale in Bowie
The Bowie Chamber of Commerce business men presented a war bond to Kemp Denson of Queen's Peak for producing the season's first bale of cotton ginned in Bowie.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Bowie
Kemp Denson
Queen’s Peak
New oil formation found south Bowie
A new oil field may form around Continental's McNutt land wildcat two and a half miles south of Bowie. Viola lime shows at 6744 feet with pay from 4744 to 55 feet and 300 feet of oil, 50 gravity, plus 600,000 cubic feet gas and 3200 bottom-hole pressure. Continental, No-Enamel, Stanolind and Venimex ARC report ongoing drills in Hildreth and surrounding blocks with multiple tests aiming for deeper production.
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Bowie
McNutt Land
Viola
Hildreth
McNutt
Continental Company
Hundley al
Mallard
Hundley No. 1
M. Johnson
Hildreth Pool
C. H. Murdick
W. V. Coffee
Mills Tract
Walthall
Stanolind
W. F. Gossett
Venimex Oil Company of Texas and
ARC Equipment Corp
ETRR
Henley Brother in Rome Hospital After MIA Loss
Tech. Sgt. William Henley, brother of Bowie High School faculty member Miss Helen Henley, is listed in a Rome hospital after a forced landing in Yugoslavia and capture by partisans. His crew was rescued by American Army Air Corps personnel. he is the son of Mrs. Bedford Henley, Montague County sheriff.
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Tech
William Henley
Helen Henley
Bowie High School
Rome
Yugoslavia
American Army Air Corps
Bedford Henley
Montague County
Holland for Montague County Judge Seeks Unexpired Term
Sgt Louis T Holland former County Attorney and ex County Judge is expected to be sworn in to fill the unexpired term after Judge Bryan's death He was chosen by the Democratic Executive Committee to be on the November ticket and has been serving in the Army intelligence unit in San Diego California He is 38 on September 25 and had been stationed overseas before his release.
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Louis T. Holland
Montague County
M. A. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Executve Committee
Holland
San Diego
California
Intelligence Department of
Army
Beig
Armed Services
County Commissioners Court
Sgt Holland
John Raymond Killed In Battle In Pacific War
War Department message confirms John Raymond Jr. killed in action in the Southwest Pacific. He had been overseas since April and wrote letters as late as July. Born and raised near Bowie Dye Mound community, he belonged to the Church of Christ and leaves wife Frances Rotto and son John L. III of St. Jo, sister Pearl, and brother Cpl. Roscoe Jaymon in France.
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Pie
John Raymond, Jr
J. L. Raymond
Bowie
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Dye Mound
Church of Christ
Frances Rotto
John L, III
Pearl
St. Jo
Cpl
Roscoe Jaymon
France
David Warren Named Director of Independent Petroleum Association
David Warren elected director of The Independent Petroleum Association of America. He is with the First National Bank and has played a major role in developing Bowie area oil fields, earning wide regard among leading oil companies.
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David Warren
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Warren
First National Bank
Bowie
Bowie Servicemen Return Home for Week End Visits
Bowie residents welcome returning service members and relatives on leave from military bases. Kenneth Shockley, an honor Bowie High School graduate from 1943, completed gunnery training in Harlingen Texas and will move to Massachusetts after Army Air Corps training in Berry College Georgia Denver and Harlingen. W T Harlan, Navy Air Base Corpus Christi flight cadet and 1941 graduate, is home on leave. John Edwards, Navy veteran with five invasion tours including Anzio and Salerno, also home on leave after 40 trips to Anzio beachhead and 1943 graduate. Weekend visitors include H L Swann from Camp Wolters and Charles Nichols from Camp Hood, with Charlie Winters visiting Leona from San Diego after fifteen months in the army.
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Bowie
Kenneth Shockley
Harlingen
Texas
Bowie High School
Army Air Corps
Berry College
Georgia
Denver
Colorado
Massachusetts
W. T. Harlan
Navy Air Base
Corpus Christi
John Edwards
Navy
John
Casablanca
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Corsica
H. L. Swann
Camp Wolters
Charles Nichols
Camp Hood
Charlie Winters
Leona
San Diego
California
Army
Mrs Joe Garlington Hosts Sister and Family Guest
Mrs Joe Garlington has as her guest her sister Mrs Schleigh and her children visiting from an unspecified location, with the note indicating a family social visit.
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Joe Garlington
Schleigh
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Walter Alexander
Rotary Club
Sweetie
Perkins-Timberlake
Donald Mann
New York
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Perkin
Timberlake
Howdy
A. W. Wagonseller
Fruitland
News
Wagonseller
Wayne W
U. S
Europe
Wayne
Ninth Army
Brady
Belgium
Sgt. I. B
Patton
Berlin
Normandy
Paris
T. A
Department of State
Comptroller
Jack Lynn
St. Malo
St. Malo Fell
Melvin Barlow
Saipan
Melvin
Raymond Garrett
Italy
John Raymond
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