The Bowie Booster (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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BOWIE FAIR
Oct. 34-5
(Hu* J&tttrte 53 crush'r
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1 Uur Motto: Let’sha^ Our Slogan: Boosting Consistently, for.Busy Bustling, Bully Old Bowie.
BOW IK FAIR
Oct. 3-4-5
Vol. 14
BOWIE, TEXAS, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1935.
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Kb. 29
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR BOWIE FAIR
THODIST
MEET HELD HERE
ANNUAL 3-DAY PAIR TO BE LOCAL CHURCH HOST
LARGEST IN YEARS
TO
Plans are complete for the an-
nnal Bowie and Montague county
Fair to be held here next week,
-Oct. 345
Booster trips were made- to
nearby towns Wednesday and
more will be made Friday to
complete the advertising. The
Fair will'open officially, Thurs-
day morning, Oct: 3 at 10 o’clock
with a huge parade composed', of
the city band, schoo’l children,
floats, horse back riders, horses
and varisous other entries.
Exhibits will-be on display in
the basepaent of the city auditor
iumand inthe building next to
the A & P Grocery. County
Agent, .Jameson, urges all grow
ers“to enter exhibits and com
pete for the splendid group of
prizes. Those who have not en-
tered an exhibit and, want to, get
in'touch with Frank Moss at the
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
SIXTY LADIES DEN PON
DISTRICT SEPT 19
What You “Must and “Must Not’’ ~-
Have m Order to Get Old-Age Pension
MAN WHO HELPED
BUILD BOWIE DIES
Sixty ladies attended the, an-
nul coaching day meeting of the
Denton district, which convened
last Thursday at the local First
Methodist church.
i^lrs A. A. Miller ,of Denton,
dist-rfct secretary-, presided in
the absence of Mrs. J. M. Wilfong
of Gainesville, Mrs. L. )N. Keith
lot Decatur opened ' the morning
program with the devotional I
using as tier subject ‘‘World!
Brotherhood.” Mrs Lee Morris]
I-
RABBITS BATTLE CUBS
• TD SCORELESS TIE
While^he Legislature argues
over what'is an “open saloon” and
what, isn’t an ‘‘open saloon" some
headway was made on the old-
age pension bill this week. Major
provisions were approved and a
subcommittee has offered a 3%
retail sales tax on gross receipts ’ K5BORO 4ANGLES W1 PH
•and a $2.per capita tax to pay the LOCALS FRIDAY NIGHT
old-age pension cost.
The committee -Jipjnted out
what you ‘‘roost’^and ‘‘must not
have” in order to get the pension.
They areas follows:
Pensions would be denied per-
sons with incomes of $360 a year
H. 0 HI X, 90, DIES AT THE
HOME OK HIS DAUGHTER,
MRS ARTHER WELLS
and $4,000 in
real, personal or
of Chico, offered prayer- and alsoj mix®^ Pro|»e'l-' • J he;v al
, , ,, ... .1,-so be denied where individuals
made a short talk on The World -
Outlook” which is the church
were legally liable and able to
-support an applicant.
Applicants would be required
to' show:
■ 1 Residence in Texas foij five
Study Work in , General.” Mrs
Hix of Dent,off closed the morn-
ing program with prayer.' At
and receive a cm! arranging .for| noon lunch was served in the
you exhibit. Exhibits must be basement of the church.
missionary paper. Mrs. Austin
F. Leach of Wichita Falls, cyin
ference study superintendent,
made‘the principal talk of the , , . ...
,, , , . of the past nine years and lor
morning on the subject Mission 1 . -
in place by 9 o’clock Thursday
morning, Oct.. 3
The afternoon program epen
ed with the song “The Morning
the application.
2 If married, that he or sh’e
had not deserted a spouse or
minor children wishing the past
three years.
3. No voluntary assignment of
property to qualify" l'Or;a pension.
——---——-------T-r , , . , , .... The group tentatively agreed
T«m Kiil Carnival, devotional each tel,, <«J« ^ b„ ulul„
consisting of show s, various ! lavonte Scripture verse. Mis
rides,/odeo, and plenty of enter-j Robinson, conference secretary
tainment. This carnival will be of children s work, gave a shoTt
talk on her work Mrs. Leach
again .made tire; principal -add ress
line and Bowie making one to
one year,immediately preceding Wicm>a ]G .yard Nara
-~r-" , -
The Bowie High Jack fall bits
held the powerful Wichita Falls
Coyote ”B” squad to a scoreless
tie here Thursday night, Bept.
19, in the opening game of the
1985 football season.
Outweighed by ten or more
pounds to the man, the' local
team battled from start to finish
to give their opponents a tight
for their efforts. Only tw.Q 20-
yard penetrations were made,
throughout the game, Wichita
making one to Bowie's 11 yard
Another feature .of the Fair ! Light Is . Breaking” and -as; a
here Oct. 2 and remain through
.itie Ea.ir.an Sator,dav. - ......:
a director appointed by the gov
ernor.
Pensions would be.paid per
sons-in private Institutions where
Thursday night, Oct. 3, the the theme of which
v-tttie pdrrsloner was shown tiv need
was instruct [ .. , _
,r‘** institutional treatment. Persons
Curtaid Club will oresent a play! ions on how to . teach the new, . , ,
entitled, “A ReacT^ Made Family” , year’s mission study book '‘That ,e-s>. lnpr,‘itornd> 0<nea W1
not be paid
No county residence require-
ment would Joe imposed. .
whj,ch promises.to be as good as]Other America."
former plays. ".............■■ : ! A mttnm cement was made of
Saturday night, Oct- 5, an Old the resignation of Mrs. Wilting,
Se’ttlers Fiddlers'"Contest and ] district study superitendent, CJinwr’ Af
%n Old Fashioned Square Dance j because of ill health and the ap
either team
Bowie has the making of a
good little team this year, but
are awful weak on their^ offense
Wright, who was shifted • -from
the ceriter pnstclon ~tqr~ftrtIback,
is the main cog in tile backfield
position. He made consistent
gains through the heavy Wichita
line.
Jacksboro will meet the Rab
bits on the local gridiron Friday
night in another practice game.
Game starts at 7:45, .come out
and root for your home team.
will be held in the Armory,
pointmebt of Mrs. Fred Sharp
Dallas Gets Coin
Everyone is invited to. attend of Chico. Mrs. W. IT. Johns of
! Bridgeport., conference supply
the Bowie Fair! - COME!
Dallas, Sept 21 (INS)— It was
C. I. A. Becomes Largest
U. S. Woman College
Notice of Hearing
To
Appropriate Public Waters
Of The
State of Texas
; No 1300
Notice is hereby given to.
whom concerned, that
H O Mix, 90, died Monday at j the CITY <>F BOWIE, TEXAS,
noon at the home of his daughter, , the postoffice address of which is
M rs. Artlier Wells, with -whom f Bowi(>, Texas,
he had resided since his wife’s j did on the,21s’tday of September,
death in 1925 in Wichita Falls,4 aR. 1935,
YT’S'K i'Rey were then residing; [ file ita appIicayotiin..thkflffl<:e of
He had been in failing -health for the Board of Water Engineers
several months but otlTy RefluHs-
iy ill since Thursday. Funeral
services vverft held at his daugh
ter’s home Tuesday morning at
10 ‘o’clock w-ith thrf Rev. A (.!
Turner, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church conducting the ser-
vices. Burial was held in Elm-
wood Cemetery near the grave of
his wife
■ Mr. Mix was a native Tex(an,
born Jan.- 13, 1815, at Mild
Springs in Lamar county, near
Paris 1 Jo ring the Civil war he
Np
wO I
' V. .
was stationed at Camp Ganno on
single pass, was completed on Hied river.close' to Hot Springs,
Ark His mind was very clear as
to the happenings during tint
war and he often spoke of his
experiences to friends.
f or the Sta teT'oT Tex a s4 4 n which
it applies lor a permit to appro-
priate of tlie unappropriated wa
tors of the state of Texas, from
the West Fork of M^die Bel-
knap creek, a tributary of the
Red River, in Montague County,
Texas, not to exceed 1,286 acre
feet of water per annum for city
water supply for the City of
Bowie, Texas, said water to be
pounded in a reservoir creat-
by the construction of a dam,
said dam to be located at a point
which bears 26° 84’ East 17,310
feet from the Southwest corner
of limestone County .Sphopl Land
Survey, in Montague County,
Texas on the East bank of the
West -Fork of Middle Belknap
ap-
Denton, —Enrollment ‘of
oximately 2,200
Tefas StiTfc* College lor Women
^,&ayjh|LWftEiie xeturnecFto Creep, distant in a Northwester
Lamar county and in 1868 was||y direction from Howie, Texas
married to Miss Margaret Word.--! about 8 miles.
In 1870 he moved to (peon’s j You are hereby further notified
Peak in Montague county. When | that the said City of-Bowie, Texas
thg Fort Worthand Denver rail J proposes, to construct a dam in
road went through, he along and across the bed of the West
with most of the - community j EM of Middle Belknap Qreek,
moved to Bowie. He bad to clear a tributary of J,he Red River,
ground in a corn fieid foy a home ; said dam to he of earth, having a
site- ' j height of 3D feet, length of 1,500
So many people were moving: feet, top width of 8 feet, thus
to the new town that homes could ( creating a reservoir having an
not be erected fast enough He
average width of 1,000 feet,
IS. J. N. GARRETT
j superintendent, was also present a good show, and probably the, ' ' ' ,
Mrs Dale- Bales is the president [ best of the carnival from th(!; as the argest woman s ^-college
!. ■ ■ - .... • . . .. 'in the United .states, necessttat-
SEVEN MONTHS
iof the local missionary society.
World’s Largest Steer tp be
Exhibited at The Bowie fair
The World’s largest steer
Texas Pride Tex” will be extii
FUNERAL SERVICES' HELD bited at the Bowie Fair, Oct. 3 4
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST ,5. This steer owned by Mr. Wil-
CHURCH WEDNltSDAY
Ms ot tho. Willis ranch, four
miles north of Forrestburg, is 6
standpoint of money return, even
the ad mission price was
e cents. And if any one a
doubted that aj‘‘nutlist r-olony"
'WOnTd"ttftraet a crowd the mis
givings were dispelled.
The Bluffyiew Garden club,
raising funds to bbautify one of
the attractive suburbs of Dallas,
arranged a carnival. They ad-
vertised a “nudist colony” and
last night they opened it, crowds
ed njjraadditions to the faculty
I s/faff, according to announcement,
releaqqd by Dr.^t,. tl, Hubbard,
president.
77, wife of J: N. Garrett, local is billed to appear
justice op the |teace,_ died here
feet h'igh, weighs 3000 pounds: , ,
! ,v , . ,,i ,. . ! almost stamped the ticket stand
p^.^THe show was in a large tent1 Methodist church Sunday and a
Mrs. Fannie Thomas Garrett, ;and is about lli fget long.
at the
under the tpanagetbent of Ittiett
Tuesday morning after a linger- Thomason, Mack B. Winset.t, and
ing illness of seven months. his owner. This steer will also;
Funeral services were held at be exhibited at the Texas Oen
the First Baptist church Wed- j tennial pext year
pesdaf morning at 10 o’clock, seeing the world’s largest steer
with4he Rev. A. C. Turner, pasT st his first performance.,
tor officiating. Burial was:in the
Brushy cemeteny, five miles east
of this city.
Mrs. Garrett was bo'En in 1858
in Georgia, Tho family movled in
1877 to Texab, settling in John -
seti county. In 1878 she married
Mr, Garrett and moved in 1879
hear Bowie. Since that Clm<4
with the exception of a few,
months in 1§17 when they lived
in Olney, they bad lived in or
near Bowie. •.-■■■-
Survivors, besides the hus-
band, include a sister,'Mrs. Lot-
tie Saucett of Nacogcfoclijes, and
a brother, Sftbron Thomas of
Graham. JFnere are several nie-
ces andmephews.
Girls used to blush when they
•were ashamed. Now they ar,q
ashamed when they blush.
and, the nudists,. wgre.....carefiilly iJarge crowd is expected to a»
screened by tree branches. But j terid^Jjitti^ions to- former
the figures were rfude. They [ pajj^KTrs h4ve be?»»4^xtended and
w^re figures only, borrowed: timbers together with friends
, . from the rt'idow displays of a. arH invited to attend the annual
on t ,r?lss (jepartff)ent store, llut no, une^11'1'-
was heard to kick about the five] There are only 13 former pas
^ents admission, and many as 1 •■ors now living besides the Rev.
Baptists of County Organize
Association qt Nocona Today
Members of the Missionary
Baptists chu relies of the county
ar"e meeting today at Nocona tor
the purpose of organizing an as-
sociation. This . meeting, -was
called after, the Moptague Wise
Baptist association was dissolv-
ed Aug. 28.
they emerged urged friends to
be “sure and seethe show.”
worked as a carpenter and help- Urngth ofi impounded water 5800
ed in the construction of 'tnatiy feet, and. an average depth of 9T
proximately 2,200 st udents at joI thf homes and business huus fnet having.a storage capacity of
For sometime, he ran a 1 ,^65 acre feet
(G. I. A ), ranking the institution I lan<‘R in Sterling county. ; A hearing on the application of
He is survived by one dajigh- the. .sqid
to,-, Mrs. Wallsr two sons, .I E. CITY OF BOWIE, TEXAS,-
Hix of (Jartflin and J. <>. Hi-x of Wj!| be held by the BgtfrcT of
Childress; nine granrlcbitilren; Water Engineers for. tbb State of
seven groat grandchild ron; one Texas, in the office of Ahe Board
sister, Mrs Mane Isarn of Bios at Austin, Texas njn Monday,
som, Texas;,iind .twe.brothers. October 28th. A. D ,'fl935, Begin
I) Hix of Glory, Texas, and Ham ning at ton o’clo^ AXM at which
uel Ilix of Elk City time and place allMmrties inter
" ~~ ; ~~ es’ted may .appear and be heard
Booster Kditor Out Such hearing will be-continued
Of Town This Week lrom Hmo ta time, and from
, , ______ place to place, if necessary, until
EOWn M-urphy, editor of this such determination has been
paper, whs called to Oklahoma made relative to said application
City Saturday to be at the bed-|9-s 8a'b Board of Water Engi-
side of bis brother who was-sud-J m’ers rhay deem Tight, equitable,
denly stricken with parajysis. ;an'* Pr°Per.
The remainder of the Booaterj Divert under and by virture of
force (wliaf little there Ta) j8 an order of the Board of Water
faithfully trying to publish a pa- Engineers for the State of Texas,
per like you6 have been accustom °®ce sa*r* ^oar^ .at
ed to reading in the past. So,.,Austin' Toxas- this th« 23rd day
if some'one don’t comment on °f September, AkD , 1935, .
Plans are complete;:! for an all
day .homecoming at the First
S. M. Dunna
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
TO MSTATE AIO
present'pastor.
Bids Opened Tuesday
On Highway No. 2
Dr. J. T. Lawson Natned on
A. & N College Board
. ’’ ^ --:--
Dr. J. T: Lawson of this city
was named’ a member of the
board of directors jof A. M.
College Monday by Gov. James
V. Allred. He is to suepeed
Louis J. Warlow uf Ft. Worth.
-X ‘
Bids were orpen'ed. Tuesday,
Sept. 24 on projects on highway
two of Montague cq,unty. Tjiey
Bowie Knd other schools of .t^.e were: Four-tenths mite of con
county will share in the $1,157, crete pavffment from the Wise
420 aid given by the state to nine county line to'one mile south of
pountieS of district four. This Supset; tfnd seven and eight
aid is for salaries, libraries, in- .tenths of grading and drainage
Stone burg to
dustries and trans^jortatinn. A structures from
slight increase ip salary will be Bowie.
fijom -7T''to 10 pe’r cent. Mr. | -—-
Basco, deputy state school super ' Far too many men stand u(>
intendent, was in Motifague apd talk when they should' sit
county checking classified and down and listen. , /
accredited schools, last week. j- , -;-=--
. --—-—i—- ' I Advertise in the Booster and
Subscribe for the Booster now! get results.
our efforts after us working 12
op 14 Lours a day (not counting
the uights) wer’e goingto.tjlose,-
up-sho|)and go home!
Jno, A. Norris
C. S. Clark
At H. Dunlap
Board of Water Engineers.
Attest:
,j (Signed) A. W. McDonald.
Fwsonal Mention j it. sectary.
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Miss Edna Ayr'^s of Ft. Worth; Mrs E. W.! Wright returned
spent the'we^k end visiting rela-1 Thursday ffogi Marlin where
ti-ves and friends. ] she had been for 19 days taking
Mrs, C. J. Dodsworfh spent ] the hot baths. - Friends will be
Bb-idaf in Fort Worth. 't ' " glad to know she is greatly im-
Mri, IF. Bradley of Houston proved in Health,
is vistipg her sod, Gayle BFadiey, Miss Vera Culberson -of Ham
and his family. I lin has been visitTdg Mrs. Lum
Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. Jackson Lovette, while in town. Miss,
and Mr. and Kirs.- J. D. Miller Calberson aVranged the Tiny
went dove hunting Sunday in Tot'Review held Fridajf night
,Clay County,
tbeir limit.
Both men
got at the Airdome.
■ resided here.
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She formally
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Murphy, Robert. The Bowie Booster (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1935, newspaper, September 26, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth641702/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.