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EOWIE, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940
VOLUME XIX
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
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NUMBER 23
Lions Club Has
Kangaroo Court
To The Voters Of
Montague County
Route 1,
Route 4,
I, Nocona,
t Tarrant
City Band Concert
Again Postponed
Funds for Rural
Rehabilitation
Loans Available
Harry Lee Sullenger Wins 3rd Award
In American Youth Forum Contest
Baptist Revival
Well Attended
4 - H Club Boys
To Meet at Park
Bowie Dodgers to
Play Burkburnett
Sunday Afternoon
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Bowie Trying to
Get Grape Juice
and Canning Plant
‘ Revival Closes At
Lone Star Sunday Nite
Revival to Begin At
Montague Baptist
Church Tonight
STOCKHOLDERS OF BOWIE
AND SAINT JO NATIONAL
FARN LOAN ASS N TO MEET
Bowie Band to Head
Montague Pioneer
Parade August 26
♦
Many New Homes
i Now in Bowie
Being Built
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1, Bowie.
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ague Star
number
election I
delegates for the State Conven-
tion which meets at Laredo Aug-
fewport.
1, New-
girls are sponsored by the dif- of the Bowie and Saint Jb Nation-
ferent mechants of Bowie and al Farm Loan Associations to be
- -the wintier receives a trip, ail ex- •■held at Pelham Camp Park Wed-
’penses paid, to Dallas in October' nesday, August 14.
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THE NEWS IS TH]
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SERVICE OF BOWB
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American Legion
Installs New
Officers ^Friday
ews Lumber Co., sold the ma-
terial.
Thera are probably other---
ones that are being built.
eral homes In Bowie, and sur-
was broke and Irr class No. 4
We are pleased to note
I of new
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It will.-be
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4, Bowie.
Montague:
Route 3,
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Bowie.
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tions and such other entertain-
ment as the Chamber of Com-
merce and other organizations of
the town may arrange and time ...
will permit. The principal speak-
er will be A. P. Graves, vice-presi-
dent of the Federal Land Bank,
and others will be the County
Agent, the Home Demonstration
Agent, and others for the other
lending agencies will speak and
we are expecting a speaker from
some of the oil corporations who
are spending so much in this vic-
inity in trying to develop their in.
dustry here. All 4-H Club boys
and girls that will be recognized
by the County Agent and the
Home Demonstration Agent are
invited to attend this meeting and
all farmers that have Commis-
sioner’s type of loans are also in-
vited to attend. It is expected
that the program will close about ;
4 o’clock p.m. with refreshments.
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The local Chamber of Com-
merce is trying to secure a grape
juice and canning
Bowie and surrounding communi-
ties. Letters have been written
to several interested companies
and- their - decision should be
known in two or three weeks.
The possibilities for this are great
since Montague County produces
a number of varieties of grapes
as well as other fruits and vege-
tables.
y vice-president, A. S. Elliott, pre-
\ y • siding. Following the sing-song
led by Ike Parks with the club
sweetheart, Miss Marion Henning
at the piano, the minutes of the
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Pictured above are the officers of Speake-Myer Post 252 of the American Legion, which were elect-
ed Friday evening at a meeting held at Pelham Park. Reading from left to right, standing: H. F. McDaniel,
commander; Lbn D. Roberson, adjutant; Dick Lawrence, first, vice-commander; Lawrence Foster, fourth
vice-commander; E. L- Cloer, second vice commander. Bottom row, Cecil Allen, finance officer; Elvin
'to—-7————--—i-l ust 17, 18. 19- and 20.
The 4-H Club boys from Bel-
cherville. Taylor,, Lindale Mon-
tague, Mallard and Lone Star
are to attend a business meeting |
at Pelham Park Saturday after-
noon. August 10, at 2:30 o’clock, 1
according to A. S. Elliott county
agent. ' '
After the meeting delicious ice
cold watermelon will • be served I
and pins will be awarded to the j
boys who completed their work
last year. 1
MISS JOYCE ARNOLD so^are'invit.’d 'io'attend"* SIX>n' :
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senting a loving Lord and Saviour
to those who are in sin. On Fri-
day night he will speak op “The
Greatest Remedy In the World;”
Saturday night, “An Uncondition,
al Demand for Salvation,” while
on Sunday morning it is confid-
ently expected that the largest
crowd seen in the First Baptist
Church in some time will hear
Dr. McKenzie speak on “A False
Report.” Sunday night he will
speak on “A Changless Message
for A Changing World,”
Services are being held each
day at 9:30 in the morning in the
church auditorium and each eve-
ning qt 8:00 o’clock on the spac-
ious well lighted lawn of the
church."
Marked interest is being shown
in the prayer services^meeting
a. Z.ZZ —C ; .
been an increase of more than a
hundred per cent in these prayer
services and the attendance con-
tinues to increase. ...
The public is cordially invited
to come and hear this man of God
continuing each day through Sun-
day, August 18.
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J. B. Green Transferred
To Wichita Falls
Griffin’s Drug Co., installed a
large Air-Conditioning system in
their store this week. This makes
the store very cool and comfort-
able and an ideal place to meet
your friends. An invitation is ex-
tended to everyone to come in and
enjoy relief from these warm
summer days.
3owie-
Route -1,
-third vice-commander; sergeant
at arms. Bill Wgbb; finance of- n(
ficer, Cecil Allen: historian. W. F
Robinson. service officer. W. F.
Sorrells, and cHaplajn, -Felix Tay-
Idr. - ’ "
Delegates voted to attend the
State Convention at Laredo . on
H,F. McDaniel, chairman; Everett
Cloer, Cecil Daniels and Lon Rob-
erson. —
The fifty-six members present
voted 100 per ctnt favoring selec-
tive draft of men as a means of
defense for our country and to
send a copy of the resolution to
the National Legislators.
Rev. J. E. Cox. pastor of the
Montague Baptist Church, closed
a week’s revival Sunday night at
Lone Star, about, half way be-
tween Bowie and Montague. The
series of services were well at-
tended by citizens of Lone Star
and surrounding communities.
The meeting resulted in two pro-
Tjc "Ootui c
Y6ur County Paper
ft.i '< ".jB
Bowie has been invited to
participate' in the annual Pion-
eers’ Parade and celebration
which is to be held at Montague
August 26. The Bowie Band will
lead the parade. Prof. George
Rucker, director of the band, stat-
ed that the band would contain,
sixty persons in uniform.
This is expected to' be a big
... —------ -----affair and many are looking for-
at 7:30 each evening. There has ward to it with anticipation.
Further announcements will be
carried in this paper at a later
date.
Nocona: Mrs. J. P. Jaueway,
Dr. N. W. Crain, J6e Janeway,
J. T. Thompson, J. D. Woods,
Frank Berry, Claude Howard and
M. E. Leath.
Bowie: C. E. Blackmon, J, A.
Southerlan, Hugh Overstreet, E.
D =. IR. Mangum, Harry Stout, G.
lur first sergeant has the'repu- (Doc) Jackson, June Donald. Mrs.
.... t^arl i George Lee, Mrs. D. C. Overfelt,
' the J Mrs. F. J. Dixon and Mrs. A. O.
Hurdt:
Montague: R. L. Dunbar; Watt
Self and H. N. Dearmore;
Ringgold: J. E. Rushing:
Saint Jo: P. E. Redmon.
Dowd and S. C, Pettigrew.
Dye Mound: C. E. Dunn;
—SunoeU: W. F. Roberson;-------
Forestburg: G. A. Willis, Neb
Dunn and Pryor Magee;
Belcherville: W. B. Rich;
Stoneburg: Henry Turner.
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"Miss Bowie For
1940" To Be
Chosen August 23
8 Pages
OF LIVE LOCAL NEWS,
RURAL NEWS. EDIT-
ORIALS AND FEA-
TURES IN THIS ISSUE.
to the State contest there.
All contests are to be judged
by teachers from Texas Wesleyan
College at Fort Worth.
Admission will be 19 and 25c.
This program is being backed
by the National Beauty and. Tal-
ent Pageants of Birmingham. Ala.
in their search for movie talents.
Miss Roberta Harding is local di-
rector.
the
American Legion met Friday eve-
I ning at Pelham Park for the pur- . , _ _
pose of electing new officers and loaning money to farmers at the
c‘-'- lowest interest rate and on the
best terms in the history of this
country. - We have the AAA pro-
gram and the paridy checks all
calculated to increase the income
of the farmer and after all has
: been said and done comes the
startling announcement for the U.
■ S. Secretary of Agriculture, Henry
i A. Wallace, that 65 per cent of the
Farm Loan Associations in the
United States are broke and in de-
fei-Fed classification ‘and cannot
make loans. We have the infor-
mation from a well informed
source that at one time every
Bowie National Guard Wallow In
Mud in Louisana National Forest
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Company “B” 111th Engineers
I of the National Guard left Bowie
I Saturday afternoon for three
weeks training at Cravens, La.,
t ^Mnder command of Captain A. A.
I (i ler, 1st Lt. W. Foster Robinson
2nd Lt. Oran G. Stovall.
The following letter was receiv-
ed at The Bowie News office Wed.
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I take this means of thanking
you for the splendid vote given
me on July 27 for the office of
County Treasure.
It will be my constant endeavor
. : I’ll try to make
you as good a County Treasurer
as you ever had, and trust you
will never have cause to regret
the vote given me in the last
Primary. Yours truly,
The revival meeting now in
progress at the First Baptist
Church is attracting large crowds | nouncements,
and unusual interest is being -1” ’ -*
shown. Dr. W. H. McKenzie,
pastor of University Baptist
Church of Austin, is bringing
messages that Sre inspiring and
helpful to those of our church
and community. On^ Thursday
A program sponsored by the M
Bowie High School Band and the S
Band Mothers' Club will be pre-
sented August 23. at 8:15 o'clock MMA'.
at the City Auditorium. The
program will consist of three
parts.,
First, a kiddie parade for chil-
dren from ages 1-10. Two; chil-
dren will be chosen and they are
to t><- Mr. and Miss Bowie and
be given silver. The
to in
costumes.
TTconiE a talenT show. Tho '
winner of this will receive a trip
to Dallas and will be given a test
there. ,
Third, a personality contest. | A. P. Graves. Executive Vice-
“Miss Bowie for 1940“ is to be i President of the Federal Land
selected from a group of girls be- ■ Bank of Houston, will speak at
tween the ages of 14-28 These r the anntial stockholders’ meeting
Many beautiful neW homes of
different types, styles and con-
~ struction are" being erected In
Bowie at the present.
, ’ Bob White is building a new
frame home on Tarrant St. Roy
Campbell is contractor and the
material was sold by Gary-Nees
' Lumber Co.
N. B. Gary of the Gary-Nees
; Lumber Co., is building a new
—-- — — r-.-r-r - , , home. E. M. Black is doing the
the big war wtuch is Uptake place carpenter work.----J*-----;—-—
—-Rn-E.-Miller is building a new
home. J. N. Hamilton is contrac-
tor and the material was bought
from Gary-Nees Lumber Co.
Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins is build-
ing a duplex on Orchard St. T.
Lacey is the contractor and the
material was sold by Gary-Nees
Lun|>er Co.
Frank Biggers has recently re-
modeled his home. .
Harper Knight, Vocational Ag-
riculture teacher- in the -Bowie
school, is building a "new. hbme
of which J. W. King is contractor.
Gary-Nees Lumber Co., sold the
material.
Lum Lovette has just complet-
ed a new home and is construct-
ing a building next to Cotton’s
Cafe.
W. M. Branson is building a
new home. It is to have five
rooms and a bath.. W. D. Proctor
is contractor and Gary-Nees sold
the material. .
Tom Phillips is building a new
rent house. Mr. Halcomb is doing
the carpenter work and Gary-
Nees sold the material.
Joe Gariington is building a
garage apartment. George Ken-
dall is-contractor and Gary-Nees
sold the material.
Mrs. Mildred Trotter is build-
ing a new home. It has four
rooips and a bath. J. N. Hamil-
ton is doing the carpenter work
and Lyon and Matthews Lumber
Co., sold the material.
Jewel Garrett is building a new
feccinn*; of rnlicion and a revival and community. On inursoay -in directing tne services ano ne
o”ious intorestsa In th^ ci^--ghl he spoke. on.“The Ugliest will be assisted with the preach-
rnnnitv Word m the Dictionary. He is mg by Rev. B. F. Dearmore of
y' „ calling upon the Christian peo- Buffalo Springs. All of the citi-
ple for- godly living and is pre- zens of Montague and surround-
— — _u T -J ««*« C • •* I*, w o miTiTnn tr\
Griffin Drug Co.
Installs Air-
Conditioning Unit
ing communities are invited to
attend each of-the series of serv-
ices.
The FSA is now ready to take
loan applications for the fiscal
year of 1940 and 1941. Such loans
are being made at an interest rate
of 5 per cent and from one to
five years for repayment. These
I Joans can be made for anything
: that is practicable in the way of
! livestock, equipment and other
expenses which- are incurred
along with farm operations.
■ If you are interested- in secuy-
ing an FSA loan call at the Bowie
I office which is located in the
i ~.,...iltl B|iilding aiiv day during-
. the week "and on Saturday morn-
ings. at Tvhiich time there will be
I someone in the office to take your
application, and give you any in-
formation which you may desire
in regard to-th?_loan program.
’Vernon B. Pyle. R. S. Montague
and Clay Counties.
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Amid the crashing of nations
and the overrunning of their soil,
with teeming millions of roaming,
homeless refugees abroad and
with millions of homeless, unepi-
ployed citizens, of our fair country
the greatest problem that con-
fronts human intelligence the
world oyas today is the proper dis-
tribution and conserving of the
soil from . which all live. The
backbone and sinew., of this gov-
ernment of ours is the well man-
ccrt-night be changed from Sator aged farm homes of Ulis eounWy
and in.Artjder that, they may lie.
preserved our Government is urgC
ing ever means in its power arup
spending countless millions' er
dollars to assist the farmers in.
carrying on their Work in an et- .
ficient and approved manner.
W t ‘ Il i Vi* oill 1 1 IU Lil t LI J 1 COl
leges, our numerous great fairs?
our County Agents, our Home
Demonstration Agents and num-
- erous otheF-ageneies which are all
of an educational naturb and we
have the different kinds of loans
to help finance the farmers so that
they can manage their affairs effi.
ciehtly. We have the feed and
seed loan, The P. C. A. loan, The
Federal Land Bank loan, the Land
Bank Commissioner’s loan and the
F. S. A. loan, all of which are
The following officers were
elected: Commander, H. F. Mc-
Daniel: Adjutant, Lon D. Rob-
erson; first vice-commander, Dick
Lawrence; second vice-comman-
der. Everett Cloer: third vice-
commander, W. M. Huskey; fourth
vice-commander, Lawrence Fos-
ter: sergeant at arms. Bill Webb;
finance officer, Cecil Allen; his-
torian, Foster Robinson; service
officer. Elvin Butler; chaplain,
Homer Walters. . .
Retiring officers are: H. F. Me-1 farm Loan Association in Missis-
Daniel. commander; L. D. Rober- sippi was broke and Irf class No. 4
son, adjutant; C. E. Cox, first vice, save and except one and it was in
commander; E. L. Cloer, second'.No. 3. We are pleased to note
vice-commander; W. M. Huskejl, | that this bad state of affairs with
.u:_j --------1„— tjje farm Loan Associations does
not as a. whole exist in Texas.
The Bowie and Saint Jo N. F. L.
Ass’n., are at this time in Classifi-
cation No. 1 and in position to
make loans to worthy and eligible
farmers who can meet the re-
quirements. The two-associations
' will hold ihi'it sluckliuldera an- ;
nual meetings jointly at Bowie,
August 14 at which time directors
will be elected to manage the af-
fairs of the associations for the
ensuing year, to make annual re-
ports and to ..attend , to any other
business tha’t .may properly come
before the meeting and every
stockholder in both associations is
urged to attend this meeting. The "
entertaining feature of the pro-
gram will begin promptly at 10
O'clock a.m. at the Ritz Theatre in
Bowie on August 14 and be highly
interesting and entertaining and
along the farmers line of work
and close with a comedy to pre-
pare them for luncheon hour to
------------ ... ,~ . - --- .---- follow immediately at the Bowie
• a two-week revival !fajr grounds in a basket picnic,
will begin at the Montague Bap-1 after which the regular program
tist Church on Friday night of; wiu follow The program wflj
this week. The services will be consist of speaking and the regu-
helij morning and evening during lar business affairs of the associa-
te revival. The local pastor. I tions and such other entertain-
Rev. J. E. Cox, will have charge
in directing the services and he
According to previous an.
Harry Lee Sullenger, 17-year-
old freshman, last year of the
Bowie High School, won third
award out of 442,000 entries in
the American Youth Forum
Competition—a contest put on by
The American Magazine each
year. Harry Lee's picture ap-
pears in the September issue of
The American Magazine. He was
sponsored by Harper Knight, Vo-
cational Agriculture teacher of
the Bowie High School.
The subjects used in this com-
petition were "Today’s Challenge
ior naw I to American. Youth,” and “How
Sev^ Tfftich Security is Enough?”
Articles from 442,000 re;
students of American J
Fargueritte Crocket of J. B. Green, Jr^, who has been vou’
" ’ employed in the Old Age Assist-
ance office here, was transferred vrtu as ffnod
this week to the Wichita Falls
office. .
regular late Harry Garhngton and Mra. C. E. Taylor will have charge
High Harry Gsrlington. Harry Lee » of the local office till someone is
• • ---transferred here.
The Bowie Dodgers will play
Burkburnett Sunday afternoon,
August 11, at .Electra ac-»
cording to information received
from Barney Whitehead, Dodger
manager. This is the second time
this seasop that these teams have
met Bowie winning before 11-5.
The next home game will be
with Tipton, Okla., Sunday after-
noon, August 18, at Pelham Park.
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34 Democratic
State Convention
Delegates Named
The Montague County Demo-
cratic Convention was held Satur-
, ’ . ‘ ! in the Court
is rolling hills covered with pine j House with Frank Moss presiding
The pine trees are all in the absence of the county
‘ . I chairman. .R I. Tlnnhar Mrs.
secre-
Cravens, La.
August 6, 1940.
Thg Bowie News
Bowie, Texas
Company “B” 111th Engineers
arrived—in—-Kisatehie—National
Forest, Cravens, La., at noon Sun-
day, August 4, 1940. We unloaded
the train five miles from camp.
It was very muddy uporf our ar-
rival here. —4
The truck detachment, under,
the command of Lt. Bellmay had
already arrived and had - camp
laid out. Supplies were having
a hard time getting to camp sites.
The rjain previous to our arrival +
had made what few roads there i
were into regular mud holes.
Trucks were stuck fri most of I
these mud holes.-. I
The Kisatehie National Forest . day at Montague
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trees. The pine trees are all in the absence of the
young trees for forest fires de- ' chairman, . R. L. Dunbar,
stroyed al Ithe old trees about ten i J. P. .Janeway served ~"
The-tallest pines are tary.
" ‘ ’ Montague County will be allow-
_ ed ten votes at th estate Demo-
The bath house is two miles from u^j^i^’nYention^which will be vlce.commanaer; t. l.. vioer, secona vice commanaer. n
.camp. and th.e wai' we have of I held in Mineral Wells Tuesday, „ ,,, . ? , . .
getting to it Is to walk“ThTrT|’Sepfeml5er^TOr-”riie'-mmireTnor'^t^r- ;^4c^-o4fieerr and B11F Webb, sergeant-of-Mmi^
Once again the weekly concerts
that are played by the Bowie,
City Band during the summer,
months are to be postponed an-
other two weeks due to the re-
vivals that are in progress. This
action has been requested.
Due to a request that the con-
day night, the merchants and
business men were asked to se-
lect a night, and over 90 per cent
designated Thursday night. The
next concert-will be Thursday,
night, August 26.
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The Lions Club met Thursday
...'..g at the Club Room of the
iity Auditorium with the first
HUl-lll, t - —
Following the sing-song
by Ike Parks with the club
sweetheart, Miss Marion Henning
at the piano, the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
approved.
The meeting was then turned
over to J. B. Green, M. A. Bryan
and Alton Bowling, the honorable
judges of the Kangaroo Court in
which the tail-twister, G. (Doc)
Jackson and Harry Dreyfuss were
tried before a jury of six Lions.
The accused were billed on
charges of premediated fraud and
misdeamenor. The defendants
were found guilty and assessed a
fine of 25c each. Through the de-
cision of the court, tail-twister
Jackson will be called Lion tail- ----------------------- ------
twister JaCquel during the month 6-room home. Lyon and Matth-
of August ’ ’ "" '-’J
The club voted that the fourth
Thursday evening in each month
be designated as Ladies Night.
A delicious plate lunch and iced
bV the TyffRh*
went committee.
were entered in the 1939-1940
American Youth Forum Competi-
tion. The third award carries
with it a cash prize of $100.00.
The board of judges for this
contest were Mrs. Hortense Ad-
lum, nationally known business
woman, Dr. Frank P. Graham.
President iot North Carolina Uni-
versity and Sumner Blossom, The
Editor of The American Magazine.
Harry Lee Sullenger_is the son
of Mrs. M«„
the Taylor community. He is a
nephew of The Bowie News cor-
respondent Miss Lille Belle Gar-
lington and the grand-son of the
late Harry Garlingf
Schools and preparatory schools outstanding in F. F. A. work.
years ago.
about ninety feet high.
All the water is hauled to
.camp, and, the way we have
are a few creeks in which the votes allowed for the county was
boys bathe. There are no electric determined by the number of
lights,-and we are using gasoline j votes cast in the election held
lanterns. | July 27. - - ■
The natives tell us that MondayThe delegates elected at the
was. the fifth day out of the last! meeting Saturday to attend the
forty that it has not rained ini State Convention ^aro^ as^ follows:,
this country. There are no mos- ’ “
quitoes here either.
Som£ of our work Monday was
policing the cotnpany area. Serg.
eant Robert Griffin was in charge
of a road building detail. Corpor.
als Cloer and Dickinson were in
. charge of a garbage pit de.tail.
-▼F’iion of finding more details than I
any other, first sergeant in .'..^.
regiment. Sergeant Howard Wil-
liams believes in getting plenty of
bunk fatigue. Private A. L. Kin-
cer is our prize bugler. Lt. Rob-
inson found it rather hard to get
his bunk fatigu ebecause the Col--
onel kept patroling the camp.
We all Slept ^ufi-ly last night for
Lt. Bellmay was officer of the
day and.Sergeant John Reasoner
was sergeant of the . guard.
So far we are getting plenty to
’ eat. We are gating meals made
out by the regular -army. The
—rations are handgd out to each
company in daily amounts.
The menu for Tuesday is as
follow/** __________________'
Breatfast: Hominy ..grits, fried
ham, ham gravy, fried potatoes,
bread, butter, and coffee.
Dinner: baked beans, bacon,
pickles, sliced tomatoes, apple
sauce, bread; butter, coffee, and
** for’ .12.
ned-pineapples, bread, butter and
'tea.
Our cooks are Burton “Nuts"
Wade, Virgil Earp, Verrol Stam-
baugh, and Woodrow Wilson.
The company is taking a five
mile hike this morning. These
hikes are to be lengthened^each
day so as to prepare the men for
the last week we are_hfil£. -
Lynn Boyd, first battalion ser-
geant major and an old resident
. of Bowie now living in Fort
' Worth, is staying with us.
L Corporal Jones M. Robinson,
F Company “B” 111th Engineers.
A. P. O. No. 36 Alexandria, La.
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Perry, Coy. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1940, newspaper, August 9, 1940; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1363766/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.