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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940
THE BOWIE NEWS
PAGE TWO
THANKS!
OUR DEFENSE
The Men Who Used to Fight on Foot*
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Auto Supplies and Accessories
Bicycles
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We are back in our old stand ready to grind your
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Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hamilton at-
tended church at Sunset Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ragsdale and
son of Bowie visited Sunday with
Mrs. Ragsdale’s parents, Mr. and
.Mrs. F. M. Hamilton.
Mrs. M. E. Hill
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Vernon are spending
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Jeannette and Winnie B. Lewis. -Don't be silly> darling.
Miss Margaret Jane Middleton recipe calls for three whole eggs
beaten up fine, enough.”
of Jacksboro
day afternoon tts
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S. G. Norris, M.D.
BOWIE, TEXAS
Rectal Diseases and Varicose
Veins a Specialty. E. Tarrant.
Phone 192. If no answer call 101
Mrs. S. B Hodges,
' who have
been attending summer school at
.light armor plate to meet require-
ments. j
Ammunition Needs
That more or less settles
weapons that the infantry has
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"Acid Stomach Upset
My Whole System"
Says E. Hentges: “I tried a $1.25
bottle of Adla Tablets under your
guarantee. Now pains ate gone
and I eat anything.” Try Adla
for excess stomach acidity. At
your Drug Store.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation for
- tjie confidence imposed in my by the voters of
Montague County in giving me such a substantial
vote for Representative. I feel deeply the obligation
resting upon me as your servant in this important
office and shall give my best efforts to serve you
acceptably. '
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for quite a numbw of workmen
during the building period.
Good Farm Crops Producd
In This Area This Year
Most of the varieties of farm
crops have made better in produc-
- made aFthe local school building,: tbe crops of the same varieties
MEMBER
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TYPEWR ITER S
By Maurice Benham
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barnes,
.and daughter. Shirley of Little
Rock. Ark., visited in the E. P. and
A. A. Harding home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lyons re-
turned Saturday from Oklahoma
City, where Mr. Lyons was called
due to serious illness of his broth-
er.
Mrs. Arthur McRory of Chicago.
Ill., visited last week with Mr. and :
Mrs. A. A. Harding.
Mrs. Pete Landers of Bowie.
Mrs. McDonald of Stoneburg.
Mrs. Dixon of Alabama. Mr. and
Mrs Lacy Coleman of Fort Worth
visited in the McClendon“TfOHTer '
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nicholas
and Lacy Coleman of Fort Worth
visited over the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watkins.
Durward Benham left Wednes-
day for Crowell where he will
work for a while.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Andress
and children of Huddleston visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Benham.
Sunday.
Miss Betty Lancaster spent
I Sunday with Glenn Aldridge of
' Alvord.
Floyd A. McKeel and Floyd
I Kiser of Fort Sill visited Miss
Maurice Benham and Miss Dren-
nan Harding Saturday and Sun-
day. *
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Mears and
There is the .30 caliber automatic
rifle or light machine gun, enough
like a rifle for a man to puck up
and walk away with it. There will
be about twenty 81 mm. motars.
and 60 mm. m«tars for each divi-
sion, A molar . can lob a shell
weighing several pounds right to
where the enemy, is hiding behind
a building. There will be a sup-
pdy of eighteen .50 caliber ma1
I She was accompanied by Mr. Holt
I and Mrs. E. E. Carminatti.
; Miss Jewel Dean Goodjoin is
'spending the week visiting in
Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson
and family of Henrietta visited
Mrs. Johnson’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Goodjoin Monday.
Mrs. Jim Dunham and children
of Bowie spent Monday visiting
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Harrison,
Janice Martin spent several
days last week visiting Mrs. Her-
bert Jackson of B.owie.
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daughter. Patricia'of Vernrtn. Mrs!
Nell Cox and son. Charles of
Meunster. Mr. and Mrs. Wade
London of Montague. Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. McBride of County Line.
• l_mi.iv.:..mlr. and
Mrs. Charlie M,cBride of Waurika.
Okla..Mrs. Lee Bryant of Wichita
Falls. Morris London of Mon-
tague. Mrs. Emma LoU Fowler, of
Vernon and Miss Willie Jean
Rodger? of Rosebud.
Personals —
By Winnie B. Lewis
Esta Arterberry of Tage com- “What's wrong with this cake,
munity spent Tuesday with Jo dear? It tastes kind of gritty.” ’
Jeannette and Winnie B. Lewis. ‘‘Don’t be silly, darling. The
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. M. andT guess I didn’t get thesheUs
Stanfield of Electra. ■ >. - • ••
—~Frances Belew—spent Friday
night with Winnie B. Lewis.
Mrs. Kate Russ c.‘
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tinney
this week-end.
Mrs. Bruce. Hymapp and daugh.
ter of Electra visited Mr. andjtlrs.
J? E. Griffin, Monday.
v Mr. and Mrs,- Lee Tinney and
with i her family of Wheeler, Texas and.W.
—-— Ilf Tinney of Colorado Citv. Texas
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tinney |
I nnrl Cunzlmr
Ray Covington, ftiul Coffman
and J. D. Covington visited Clif- L
imun-
. ... . . „ a few ■
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Smith and days-in. Rock Hill community;
Mr. and Mrs. Millard. Roberts
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Vegetable Laxative
With Proved Feature
The punctual, gentle relief, from
constipation which is generally en-
joyed when BLACK-DRAUGHT is
used by directions is due to a com-
bination of vegetable ingredients.
Chief of these is an "intestinal
tonie-laxative” which helps tone
lazy bowel muscles. Next time, re-1
' member spicy, aromatic, time-
tested BLACK-DRAUGHT! It is
economical, too: 25-40 dos^flKc.1
By Lillie Belle Garlington
Birthday Party Given for
Thomas Denman
The eighth birthday of Harry
Thomas Denman of Wichita Falls
was the inspiration for a party
given Friday afternoon by his
grand;.mother, Mrs. Harry T.
Garlington.
Many delightful lawn games
furnished amusement for the chil-
dren, who remembered Thomas
with gifts. -
The birthday- -cake with eight
lighted candles centered the din-
marched and made birthday wish.
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C. L. Craft <
a few days home. After the crowd had gath-1 Post.
““ -'***" cred an entrance examinatibn was < Mr. and .
given and all making 50 or above ' Montague teachers,
was allowed to pass. . Dividing I
H ttrr group cqually-many-contests N. T s t C. at Denton are now
and games-Were played; arousing ’ ** ‘ —
much fun and laughter. The
young people came dressed as
kids and prizes were given to the
most typical school girl and boy.
I Glenna Jo Sparks and J. D. Rob-
erts received the prizes.
Ice cream cones were served
tot’Misses Nell Cox, Juvene Hedg.
peth. Willie Jeane Rodgers of
Rosebud. Lavell Laird. Gloria
June Grbnow, Dorothy Faye'Gwl.
Hams, Isleta Cox, Glenna Jo
Sparks. Gloria May Bepk, JuKnice
Self, Della Faye Boyd. Danella
Fenoglio, of Byers and Ethel Raye
Adams of Vernon/Ernest Guil-
liams, Bobby Edgar. of Ringgold.
V- O. Young Jr., of Ringgold,
Lucian Young of Ringgold. Elmo
Bennett, Jack Snow, Watt Self. Jr.
Paul r ‘ - - - -
Roberts. Edsel Owens.
Cox, ’ ’ -
Hedgpeth,
Mrs. C. M. Sterling Honored On
74ih Birthday -
A family reunion was held Sun-
day, August 25, at Mrs. C. M,
Sterling’s home in honor of her
74th birthday. Many gifts were ,
presented to her and a delicious I
dinner was served. A beautiful j
cake, topped with candles,'was
presented. .
Three daughters, Mrs. Wade
London, Mts. Lee Bryant, Mrs.
E. D. McBride and one son. Hugh
Sterling, were present besides
I many grand-children and friend?.
Those attending were: Mr. and
(Mrs. M. S. Traughber af Mon-
j tague, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Mc-
i Bride and Bobbie, of Duncan,
Okla.. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lon-
don of Montague, Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Sterling and Don of Mon-
tague, L. E. London of Nocona,
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Rich and
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Blaylock
were among those who were in
in Montague. ,
W. R. Covey'attended the fu-
neral of Dr. C. J. Sherrill, broth-
er of Mrs. Covey, this week at
Henrietta. Dr. Sherrill was buried
in the cemetery, at Bellevue.
Miss Susie Loyd who has been
attending sumpier school af Com-
merce, has returned home.
Miss Inez Satterfield and Miss |
lOdelia Mggee are at home now:
, aftef spending the summer at-
. tending N. T. S. T. C.. at Denton.
i Mr. and Mrs. U A Randolph
, and daughter. Virginia Lee, are
4spending their vacation visiting
relatives and friends in South
’ Texas
i Mrs. S. A. Vanpelt and baby of >
e», onuw, v.. Byers visited Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
Martin. June Roberts. J. D. i Carminati this week ,
rts. Edsel Owens. Charles ? Miss Danella Fenoglio of Byers
lox, Weldon. Carminati, Seamon spent this week here visiting Mr.
Hedgepth, Bill Young, and Jack and Mrs. Joe Rotta.
— • Mrs. Ernest Fenoglio has re-
1 turned to her home in Vernon
after spending several days visit-
ing her sister. Mrs. Jim Giaketti.
Mrs. Nora Driver has gone to
Tennessee to visit her father.
Mrs. Dan Holt' was taken to
Dallas Wednesday for treatments.
Mrs. Ida Orr was among the
isl" number who were in Bowie from
ftnis ■vicinity' shopping Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Craft were
in Weatherforcl and Fort Worth
last Sunday visiting relatfi’eS’ and
friends.
A welcome awaits ydu for at-
tendance of Sunday School serv-
ices at the local Baptist- Church
next Sunday morning ..at
o’clock. Services will be
charge of Superintendent W. N
Streetman.
Mrs. Mack Winn was- among
the number who Were in Bowie
shopping Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Mobley were
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SUBSCRIPTION ’ RATES
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the battalions that make up the j
regiments, the - companies that
indicate to our recruit, John
Smith, what is necessary.
Weapons for the Infantry
The 13,000 John Smiths in the
new streamlined divisions will
find an attractive array of wea-
pons to choose from-. In the first
pldce there will Be 4,500'new Ml
rifles for one of these streamlined
divisions of infantry. These new
perni-automatic rifles, weighing
only nine pounds, will pump out
two..to. three times as many shots
One of the prime jobs facing the
Army, and in turn the National -
Defense Advisory Commission, is
where and how to turn-out rifles
tro.ops. And-that problem is be-
ing worked out day by day.
THE BOWIE NEWS
Published Each Friday by Coy Perry, 8 Smythe Street, Bowie, Texas
Coy Perry —— — - - Publisher and Manager
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Dorthy McDonald, Reporter. Sam Duncan, Shop Foreman. L. A.
Baines, Linotype Operator. Luther Alexander, Pressman.
gntered at the postoffice in Bowie, Texas, as second class mail under
• the Act of March 3> 1879
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: Any erroneous reflection upon the
x Aaracter, standing or j-eputatioin of any person, firm or corporation
which may appear in the columns of this paper will be gladly correct-
ad upon the notice of same being given to the editor. , (
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130 shots in five minutes, A ma-
chine gun can loose ab'oilt 2,509 -----------—
„ . . . shots in the direction of the enemy Stoneburg •attended. Sunday itj\ bynaayi
There are other new weapons; in-the same time. So it is evident School at Taylor, Sunday.. Fov T pu,i
that there will have to be consid-] n- °—:
erable expansion of the nation’s ;
•ammunition facilities in. a hurry. >-7 =
And, this >n turn, will call for day for Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
more powder plants, and step-1 Chambers, who are .twins. The
ping up of production of brass | dinner was given by Mrs; Ray
shell cases, and steel-jacket bul- ---1----
lets. ' Alt this has to be done
without creating bottl«?-necks.
without.waste motion. And that’s
the way it’s being done.
According to a previous an!
'nouncement, Rav. and Mrs. J. F.
; Kilman of Bowie win begin a two
visited last week revival meeting at the Pros-
week with her son,. O. Z. Hill and pect, Clay county, Baptist Church
family of Bowie and daughter, Friday night of this week. Fred
Mrs. Carl Shoemaker and family I Wall of Bowie, will be in charge
of Vashti. I of the singing during the meet-
Miss Evelyn J-aquey entertain-1 ing. The services will be held
ed Saturday night with a party. I twice daily, beginning at 10:30
v.—-----a nice time j each morning and 7:30 each eve-'
i ning. A cordial invitation is ex-
I tended for the attendance and co-
I operation of all the citizens of
Prospect and- -surrounding com-
munities during the revival..
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Wichita Typewriter Exchange
913% Indiana Avenue Wichita Falls, Texas
- We have a reorganized and re- ■ chine guns That can stop anything
juvenated Army these days. It is up to and including light tanks,
made up of smaltErr* harder- and another eighteen 37 mm. anti-
punching units from the squad to tank guns whose 1 >i-inch-shell
the regiment, then on up to the will ruin almost any tank that
division through the corps, to the ever clanked. In addition, the
field army. e. , | infantry must be supplied swith
Where the old army division j4-’ caliber service pistols, and- a
(the division is the smallest com- large number of hand grenades to
plete unit which includes ail pr£?ent. nearby enemies,
kinds of weapons under one com- ■ The job facing the nation to-
niand) of 20.000 men rushed to day is to provide adequate manu-
battle at the speed of twelve miles factUrmg facilities to supply those
a day. the new division can snap I weapons for the existing divisions
toward the efejny at more than!®8 rapidly aS possible, and to de-
forty miles, a day whenever motor i llv®r ^em to the new divisions as
transportation is made available., J®8* as ^ey ar? ready for them.
And the soldiers won’t have Gat ThaLcaHs for specia! steeis for the
feet when they get there, because S^n barrels. It calls for machines
they ride to work in trucks. ,hat ean co"v5r* tha.t1 8‘eel tnto
_. A weapons. And it calls for men
,.T*’?re wl . be Jew'er men I® ® who can operate those machines,
division, only about 13.000, bu Th A ^nows its needs. It is I
*** *•« wwpons these man will the job thp National Defense:
be able to si ng more pounds of Adv'sory Commission to find out
assorted steel at the enemy m without crowdine and confusion i
less time than the old divisions , u ?’ ing table around which the guests
less lime man me oia aivisiuns But'that list .above is only what a : ] ° . . . . :_u
C°Td m t"***" .infantry regim.®nt , es for the honoree? Refreshments
In the new division th<& Com-'more or less carry over its shoul- ( -------j 4_.
mander has, as his direct aides, der jn the way of weapons.
an infantry general , and an ar-, There also fast modern
tillery general. Through these. tanks which carry
men the orders will be transmit- nrmnr machine
There are also
armor and
preparauoijs are unoer Mr. ana Mrs. nen Mquonaia
increase production of | and Mrs. Bud Taylor spent from
of the Prirpitive Bap-
held at Pelham Park
of ice cream, cake was served to:
Marjorie Scroggins, Billie Jo Mor-
substantial St^b^Grady^ Scroggin^ * ErmS !^very°ne'rePortc^
. . j . icamiui anu iiiauiimc guns. We Mae Morgan, Mrs. T. D. Dehman,
ted down through the regiments, wj]] bave sman ones capable of Mrs. H. T. Garlington and Thom-
.,n th.. galIoping over good rOads at 35 as Denman.
miles an hour, and moving over , Personals
-rough ground at a-good clip. And Dorthy Dean and Norma Jean
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slugging it out with anything their gra"nd-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
that comes along. Under new b, t. Keene of Salona.
contracts, these steel turtles are j Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huth were
being turned out in the middle ! visiting his brother, Fred Huth of
west. *4?he steel industry has al- the Byrd Hollow community, Sun-
ready told the Advisory Cornmis-■ day.
sion that preparations are under ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ben McDonald
way to increase production of and Mrs. Bird Taylor spent from
Thursday through- Sunday at the
ASSOciatlqn “ o
tist Church
in Bo.wie.
Mr. and Mrs. T. "D. Denman
Jnd sdn. Thomas, returned to
Falls Thursday after
spending two weeks i
tion in a short time. For example. | Mr. and Mrs. Norman Heath
the trigger end can fire over'visited Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Keene
cKr-ic minotoc A Salona. Sunday.
Miss / ’
handy. But these modern, agile, | Wichita
marhinw can dispose of a spcr.dir.j, ..._ ■ -
surprising quantity of amrnuni-‘ mothet, Mrs. H. T. Gailinglun.—
tion in a short time. For example, I I,L. ..
the Ml rifle, with a good man land Miss Lillie Belle Garlington and. family Sunday.
it- i t: f.»<•.„ b T Rav Covfneton. 1
a Sunday. and J. D. Covington visited
Alva Jo McDonald of ton Arterberry. of Tage com:
Roy: Lewi? is spending
wherE he is employed.
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and family and Mrs. A. F. Cook
spent Monday with Mr. apd Mrs.
M. C. Roberts of Montague.
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Telegram to frien^i: “Washout
on- line, cannot come."
Reply: “Come anyway,
borrow aj shirt.”
I son, Paul, enjoyed a birthday
hurry, j dinner given at Stoneburg Sun-
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powder plants, and step- Chambers, who are .twins.
Chambers;
Ray Walls is spending the week
with Harry Sullenger.
. Orvin 'Bradley left Mondaj- for
Rodgers, “N. M., where he wjjl .be
employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Parsons of
Fruitland were visiting her par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Stubbs.
Sunday.
Ulis Hunt, suffered with an in-
fected hand last week, but is im-
■■rr*vi«g -ypi'Hly at thh; time.
Mrs. P. L. Baggs and son. Frank
moved from the Norman Heath
place to the Hutchison.^place
Tuesday. '
Remember to come to Sunday
School Sunday.
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PLEASANT RIDGE
crops have done fairly well, hay
crops have made good, and stock
/ , been good
through the Season. Farmers
and stockmen will put up consid-
erably more of the varieties of
feeds and hay this season than
they had the privilege of harvest-
ing in a period of four or five
years previously. ..
Smyrna Religious Services
Continue Interestingly
It is reported that religious ser-
vices at Smyrna continue with
good interest. Sunday School is
_____ ipening exercises will be I held each Sunday nxorning at 10
rendered that morning. All of the o’clock, under tiw superintend-
petrons of the school and citizens lency of T. F. •Mobley,. Prayer
-----«f the district -ar., ihvitnd tn be siTVices are held yach Wednesday
present tor the program. And-all | night; .and. preaching services are
W the pupils of the entire district | conducted every Saturday night,
are requested to be ready for en- i Sunday morning and night. Most
lolling the first day for,attend-! of the preaching in these regular
ance through the whole r!“A " J---u” 'r v
month term. j Mobley.
, Faculty pf teachers employed , Smyrna
Sills,' co-operate in all of these meet-
ings. ‘
Regular Services .to Be Held
At the Baptist Church
Next Sunday morning and nighty
will be time for the regular
monthly services at the local Bap.
tist Church. Pastor KU.' Mar-
shall will be in charge of conduct.
ing >tha. preaching. An invitation
for attendance is extended to the
general public.
Huddleston Sunday School Is
Gaining in Attendance
The Huddleston community-
'Sunday School continues With
excellent interest ♦nd/evdry citi-
Z.i-n of tin* comniimity is urged to
continue in the spirit of co-opera-
tion in upholding the high stand-
ard of this Sunday School and
assist in advancing its interests.
The average attendance of this
four-teacher school is fifty per-
sons. Sam Jackson has-lbeen.
mipcrintendent during the on-
tire seven years since this school
was first ‘organized.
'Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lassiter
were among the number who
were in Bowie from this vicinity
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rias Russell and
chjjdrrti were in Bowie shopping
in Bowie shopping Saturday aft-
ernoon.
B. F. Huddleston is having a
new rock cistern constructed at
his residence in the southeast part
of town. Clyde Uratt is employed
in doing the work for him.
C. E; Litchfield of Wichita Falls
spent the w’eek-end at his farm
home two miles south of Sunset.
Leaders at the local Church of
Christ Sunday School welcome
your attendance there at 10
o’clock each Sunday morning.,, Eiimieft -Cox is at home ,now
Amos Bvrd was in Bowie Satur- after undergoing an operation for
‘ ' i a business Visi- appendicitis. He is: on the road
I to recovery.
I Miss Neva Jean 'Williams has
been confined to her bed due
Montague News t0 ,
J < i Mrs.-Alma Dill spent several
-----Mw Rill Yming . days^ vtolting in Fort Worth this
Back to School Party i Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fanning at-
Mrs. Seaman Hedgpeth and tended the graduation of their
Mrs. Bill Young entertained with son. Foy from A. C. C.-at Abilene,
a “Back to School Party51 Thurs- August 22. They spent several
of day. August 22. at Mrs. Hedgpeth s ! days visiting in Lubbock and
here .jjisiting in the home of Mr.
rs. G. -A. Brashear, par-
Cecil Crim was irFWichita FaTI's
on business one day this week;*
The revival services at the Sun-
substantial wood strut-1 set Methodist Church are report*
le cost ranges from ed as progressing interestingly.
about $2,000, 1
■minting in filling stations, bdi..
•ess houses and residences.
This building movement
started last year about the time
of thp opening of the new high-
way through Sunset and most of
fte new buildings constructed
fairing the period have gone up
■ear the new highway, especially
■lose for use of filling, stations
’ - and garages. More new resi-
■enccs were constructed in the
east part of town than in any
<Kher single section of town. A
few of these new buildings are
zock veneered.
The work on the various new
Buildings and the repairing of old
•oes has furnished employment
By W. J. Stephens
Repairs Under Way at the Local
School ...
Necessary repairs -are being .tion utis year in this area than did
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preparatory to the opening of the 'during any of the past three years.
1940-41 term of school -here. In Early corn on good land made
addition to the other work, the especially good this season, feed
gymnasium is being re-floored - • • •• •
with new flooring material. The o...
-play grounds have been. Bleared pasture crops h;ive
af the weeds and grass which • ■ ■■
grew up during the summer and
all set in order for the children to
Begin their games on. AnJ every,
■ling about,the place will he in
complete readiness in due time
for ttie beginning of school.
School io Open Here Monday,
September 9
The 1940-41 term of the Sunset
school will be. opened Mohday,
morning, September 9, and a pro-
gram pt opening exercises will be
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patrons of the school and citizens I ency of T F. •Mobley.■
the dirtrici —..invited tn be services ctl “
present tor the program. And- all I nigh '
ti. the pupils of the entire district I cond
are requested to be ready for en- Sunday morning and night. Most
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ance through the whole nine- services is done by Mrs. T. F
All of the -citizens of fast enough to equip these new
„ ..... and surrounding com-' ’’
for this term are: J. L Caswell jmunitics are invited to attend and
superintendent; Weldon SIU.,,----—-
principal; grade teachers, Mrs. J.
L Caswell, Mrs. Mildred Barjen-
bruch, Miss Ora Admire, and Miss
Grace Horn
The board of trustees.js com-
posed of J. C. Campbell, presi-
dent; J. K. Willett, secretary; W.
F. Robertson, A. J. (Jack) Matth-
ews, Robert Swaim. W. H. Mc-
Connell and Hirafti Reid
The Sunset Junior High School
Bas ten units of affiliation. The
district has -approximately 180
scholastics More than 95 per
eent of these scholastics were in
. regular attendance during the en-
Bre past term, and it is expected
foe attendance ol this lend WIT1
equal that of the past term. Pros-
poets are good for educational in-
terests to be at least as good dur-
ing the coming term as those of
any term ever taught in Sunset.
And all citizens in^tho district are
” SBked to co-operate with The'
teachers and tiuslevs -in—upheld—
mg the high . standard of the
school nn<j, adyanchig its educa*
tfonal interests to the very high-
est possible degree of attainment
during the lerm.
Much Building Done in Sunset
the List Year
Very likely mure constructive
work-in the line of newliuildings
, and repairing bT old ones, h;Ss
Been done , in Sunset, during the „ ,
past year than had been done in I Bowie from here Saturday aftcr-
any equal period of time during
She past 35 or 40 years. A consid.
etable number of new buildings,
some residences and - some for
Business, have been constructed,
a number of old ones have been
— , WHipletely—rebuilt.—rmd—others
given necessary repairs'*- None of
foe new buildings could be con-
sidered costly ones but most of
them are i '
fores. The
around $309 • to
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Perry, Coy. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1363769/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.