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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1840
1940
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THE BOWIE NEWS
PAGE SEVMI
Pioneer Resident of Montague
LOCAL NEWS
Our Washington Letter
By Special Correspondent
County Celebrates 90th. Birthday
brother, Henry, in the
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4 ACTION RELIEF
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the many
:er and
Bowie
daughter, Mrs. Lewis
Houston this week.
Dinner and Plate Lunches give you your choice of ’
Bar-B-Q Beef, Ham or Spare Ribs.
Featuring:
\ Hot Pit Bar-B - Q.
Dinners,
Home Service
Sandwiches and
Plate Lunches
Stock, Poultry, Dairy Feeds—Alljthe feesL
. Let Us Grind Your Feed
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Homburg o£
Fort Worth spent Wednesday and
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Scott and Scotty.
> • You Pay Only 99c . . .
For All FOUR Articles ,
And This Advertisement
YOU READ THE. ADS. As you
read, visions come, and a desire for
better things.
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Phone 101
Bowie, Texas
CHAMBERLAIN'S
SENSATIONAL OFFER
$2.00 Value
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Notice of Opening
Bar-B-Q Cafe
2/17 West Wise St. ” ‘ ’
Saturday, August 31
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2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, August 31st.
$1.00 Per Year
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Some people say that all enthusi-
asm should be taken out of adver-
tising. In books and speeches they
crusade for bleak HitUe ads that
give nothing but thread counts,
strength and chemical tests, dimen-
sions and prices. What a pity if
they had their way!
99'
Wedding
Miss Opal Graves became
bride of J. D. Chaney of Graford
Saturday evening, August 23, in
Graham. The couple will make
their home at Graford. We wish
them a life' of happiness
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lindsay of
Vashti spent Sunday in the home
of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Staats and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Castleman
John Ford of Olney visited a few
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Ford and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peevber and
Mr.s. Roscoe of Bowie visited Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Page and family visited
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Mrs. D. L^Baccus is visiting her
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Business League
Germany that ”he knew^and MOHtcigUC GlVCS
a talk with confidpntiallv Fnr
Anunal Report
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Williams of
Dallas and V. P. Williams of Lub.
bock spent the , week-end with
their mother, Mrs.' W. W. Wil-
liams.
By Gwendolyn Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hancock
or Archer City visited this week-
end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Hancock. ■
Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Hancock
visited Sunday night with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Han-
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Washington, August ’29.—There
seems.little ground for doubt that
politics is playing ducks and
drakes with the national defense
legislative program. President
Roosevelt's sharp reminder of the
urgent need for compulsory train-
ing checked a filibuster on Capitol
Hill. Turmoil prevailing in the
Senate and House these days is
largely the outcropping of propa-
ganda from various sources with-
out much distinction for strictly
partisan boundaries. The ques.
tion of compulsory registration
was grimly high-lighted yester-
day when Uncle Sam started the
task of tagging 3,600,000 aliens in
7,300 registration centers as part
of the national defense plan.
The controversy over the sing-
ing «p of young men between the
ages of 21 and 31 has taken many
turns. The latest and most alarm-
ing 16' all parties is sentiment in
the Senate for drafting of wealth
and government operation of pri-
vate industry. The situation has
assumed a sinsister trend which
provokes concern among those
responsible for defense measures
and industrial leaders. It is re-
liably reported that attempts to
make business the scape-goat of
the bitter conscription issue have
not been sufficiently beguiling to
take the public's mind off Con-
gressional antics. The debate on
the excess profits tax jn the House
gives the legislators plenty of
lime to ventilate their opinions
on drafting men and uWinfey.
Many lawmakers are trying to
play hookey from their jobs over
the holiday. Labor Day celebra-
tions offer candidates for re-elec-
tion ready audiences for their
oratorical wares. House Majority
Leader Rayburn has sounded a
warning to those who skip, classes
that they should stay within easy
traveling distance of their official
posts. Under the lash- of the
White House an unwilling House
may dispose of the draft and pre-
paredness tax bill on short order.
The Senate has indicated its de-
sire to kick the tax bill around
for a spell as part of the function-
ing of the self-styled “most’dcli-
berative body in the world." The
solons arc, in the meantime,
keeping close watch on the speeoh
making tours of canidates Roose-
velt and Willkie to determine the
drift of political sentiment which
may affect their own careers.
Evidence is cropping out which
indicates much of the criticism
A .1 A Flofoncn
Do you see dresses? You picture
yourself of a summer evening in
this drifting white chiffon, sqftly
printed with delicate blossoms.
Hats? Your mind’s eye frames
your face with a pastel shaded halo.
Foods? A cool, jolly dinner, with
exciting news of the family’s day.
Sporting goods? A slashing tennis
game. A well-hit drive from the
tee. A hard-hooked fish and a
screa'miltg reel.
it may be. to any civic organiza-
tion in Montague County, for the
betterment of our county.”
E. E. JOHNSON.
President.
H. N. DEARMORE.
Secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Crockett
and daughter, Kay of Wichita
Falls, and Sherjff Ray Phagan
and family of Henrietta visited
in the home of Mrs,, W. W. Wil-
liams, Sunday.
Mrs. Mamie Winn had as her
gueste the past week, Mrs. Hat-
ton Saunders Shliehe of Califor-
nia. Before returning to Cali-
fornia Mrs. Saunders Shliehe
will visit relatives in San Antonio.
Young will leave
Frank Cecil returned Sunday
from a three week’s visit with his
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Mayo and
family at Houston. Mrs. Cecil re-
mained for a longer visit.-
Iver the
Mr. and
hildren,
per, Mr.
[ White-
led chil-
Ivie Sat.
Brother, Henry, in the Gaines-
ville section of Codkg county. For
many months every person he
met was a stranger and because
he knew only German language,
he was able to talk with very few
of them. His brother was the
first — ' ' ’
ing ( „„
could talk with confidentially. For
him things had taken a turn for
the better and he was ready to
set out with greater courage for
the accomplishment of things
worth while. He was a very
strong man then and he didn’t re-
fuse to do any kind of hard work
that became necessary for him to
do.
He said the first word of Eng-
lish he learned in this country
was “dam” and he thought he was
getting somewhere with his learn-
ing, but when he told it to his
brother Uv was informed that he
had learned a ewae ward and one
that wasn’t considered, by the
best people, as being the best
language. But he kept on and
after a while he had learned
enough to enable him to speak
some English which better pre-
pared him for better enjoying
the association of his acquain-
tances.'
Henry Barjenbruch moved from
Cooke county Over into Montague
county and located at the place
where. Adolph now lives, three
miles east ot Sunset, and shortly
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Flanagan
and children, Nell and John of
Lubbock, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Hogue McDonald and family this
week-
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Miss Alta Jean Prince is visit-
ing friends in Sherman this week.
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First Quality Pure
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You Pay Only
Return this certificate and 99c and receive one 50c size box of
Chamberlain’s New Fact Powder, one bottle of Gardenia Per-
fume, and 2 pairs ladies first quality hose FREE. Remember,
you receive two pairs of puhe crepe Silk Chiffon Hose. Limit.
Two Sets to a Customer. Do not confuse’ these hose with the
cheap inferior hose that have been offered.
If you cannot come at the
.Hine stated below, -send
someone to our store be-
fore the sale, leave 99c
and your set will be laid
aside. ... ' .
THE BIGGEST BARGAIN EVER OFFERED
We invite you to our Store to examine this merchandise
of the Advisory National Defense I long-range programs for public
commission has its origin in sec-| school^buildingr -'■"u -»
tionalism. . --1x • ' . .,
in the Congressional Record show ity. One major purpose of the
the patronage handmark. r"—- ',' J
localities having factories, which tional training from the cities to
have been shut down or running *■“-----’----- — i—>
on part time for years, see a
defense orders. When-their bids trained students in essential war
are rejected It usually—starts a work. .
backfire directed at the authori-
ties! handing procurement. Some
civic bodies anxious to develop
factory sites’in, their area to facil-
itate community growth turn the
heat on Congress. In the end,
the hard-pressed lawmakers gjve
voice to. hostility which has been
provoked by disappointment. A
few days ago, a legislator placed
an analysis in the Congressional
Record purporting to show that
in the placement of defense con-
tracts “New England and the
Middle Atlantic get the lion’s
share.” It matter^ not, of course,
that plants selected by the De-
fense officials were particularly
qualified for rush orders. The
point is that other regions were-
ignored! Hence, the steady bar-
rage of fault-finding on Capitol
Hill.
Ordinarily, Federal, state and
local agencies protest whenever
the. WPA takes over projects in
their bailiwicks. The objection Thursday’’for Troy’ Ohio’ where
is not so much leveled at employ- he will attend a Welding school,
ment of reliefers as it is a ques-
tion of cost and -time. WPA pro-,
jects are notoriously slow and ex-[
pensive. The defense program I
proved a godsend for this alpha-
betical group for at least they |
could put their hands to some I
useful project. More than 17 mil- I
lion dollars in WPA construction
work at Army.and Navy posts has |
been authorized. The majority Of i
the projects call Tor the construe- j
tion or improvement of buildings,
ranges and airplane landing fir’d-, I
utility svstems, roadways, rifle1
in line with the rapid expansion 1
of training facilities for the na- |
tion’s'armed forces. Not obliged ■
to keep a eheek on purse-strings I
in an emergency, the Army and!
Navy are waiving their usual de- |
mands for private contracts to
undertake the work to save funds
and .time.
Emphasis on the need for young
men trained in mechanical work
in the defense program’ has in-
tensified interest of educational
authorities in vocational training.
Senator Mead, of New York, in-
troduced a bill a few days ago to
provide for Federal assistance to
the states in making surveys,
the planning,„ location, and en-
studis, and recommendatians for
largement of vocational schools
Which will provide adequately
for vocational training for de-
Tehse. It is proposed to develop
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StafementsC'appearing , ficiently serve this special activ-
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Some Mead measure is to extend voca-
the rujal areas. Existing school
on pan wn.c z facilities are already over-taxed
chance for’ staging a comeback in to meet the^demands for specially
rejected ft usually starts a work, . .
Junior: Tjie harmonica you
gaveYne- was. the best present I
ever got?
Uncle! I'm glail to livai' that.
. Junior: Yeali, mother gives me
! a quarter a week not to play it.
Advertising is one of the welcome
voices that directs our eyes up-
ward. It has worked wonders in
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raising our standard of living.
Let’s encourage it to continue on
its inspiring way.
About fifty relatives and friends
delightfully enjoyed a birthday
celebration and dinner which
were given in honor of Adolph
Barjenbruch at his home, three
miles east of Sunset, on his 90th
birthday, Monday, August 12. The
celebration ' entertainment con-
sisted mostly of sacred singing,
some instrumental music and con-
versational chatting. -This was
all in keeping with the wishes of
‘■Uncle Adolph,” who never de-
sired nor advocated formalities,
too much merriment or show on
any occasion. He always was in-
terested in entertainment of the
more quiet order.
. ' On the dining table from which
the dinner was served to the
’ jarge number of guests there was
, ^fiarge birthday cake and instead
k candles on top of the cake
V"' '"®Kiere appeared the name and age
Mr-. Barjenbruch in fancy let-
ters and figures.
“Uncle Adoph” was feeling well
enough to enjoy the celebration
and the dinner. He enjoyed the
association of the number of rela-
tives and- friends who were in-
terested in attending the celebra-
tion. And he appreciated the gifts
that were presented on the oc-
casion. Some of the attendants
asked how a person felt at the age
of ninety years and he replied
that he felt all right.
Addlph Barjenbruch was born
at Hanover, Germany, August 12, ,
.1850,’ and came to the United, after his move Adolph, came to
States in 1868, and has resided in ’ this vicinity. This was sixty years
HIM HUIIIIIIIIlity mtnln hn nmir "g" "nd b-r since continually re-
lives for about sixty, years. [ sided in the same community. He
He slipped away from his na-, arrived in this section several
tive country to escape military | months prior to the beginning of
training and war service. He, the town of Sunset. It was then
didn't consider waring of people ’ a pioneer section and-but a com-
I or nations as being right, or a . paratively small acreage of land
. matter to be indulged in by any-1 had been cleared for cultivation
body, and he made’' an effort to anywhere in the southern section
I' get away from it. Compulsory
military training was’ then in or-
I ' der jn Germany for all young
I men on becoming 18 years of age.
And Mr. Barjenbruchy left there
just before jiis 18th birthday.
An effort to get a passport
away from that country would
have- meant his being sent direct-
| jy to a training camp rather than
allowed to leave out, so it was up
to him. to run the risk of getting
’ away as a,*StoWaway on some ship
• . And he managed to-gSl'on.a ship
and hide without being detected
by officers. Luckily, he- boarded
one of the fast’er ships' of those-
years and made the trip from
Germany to this country in 14
days. Several others were in hid-
ing-as stowaways on the same
r ship. They had provided food
enough to last thej "
^^four < .
^Avhile hidden. -----
^Klays after the ship had left thg
foreign port they came out df
hiding and let themselves be
known to the ship's officials, and
made it across all right.
When Mr. Barjenbruch arrived
at New York he. set out to locate
his brother, Henry Barjenbruch,
who had come to. th is country sev-
cral previously to escape
German military training, but ne
had a difficult time finding his
brother. He and Henry had lost
direct communication with.each
other and Adolph didn't know just
what section' of the .nation Henry
was in. He didn’t know a word
~ of English language when he ar-.
rived here. He was just a
stranger . in a strange - country
looking for his brother -whose ex-
act whereabouts he did not know.
But he was strong in determina-
tion and he refused to let discour1
agerhent get the best of him.
In his search he went over into
WiscnnSm and-stopped.nl a-411ac.e„ eyery ngeessarv
where Henry Barjenbruch had
been previous to leaving for the
South. He secured employment
there and while working on that
job he received a letter from
Henry, who, by that time, had
arrived in Cooke county, Texas.
Then he left that state on his
way to Texas. But as. ways of
—- transportation were far toore
srnrre and much less convenient
70 years ago than they are today
- he experienced many difficulties
in making the long trip to Texas
from Wisconsin. And owing to
his -being without money when
he arrived in the U. S. A. he was
compelled to stop frequently and
work a few days to get expense
money. He took a turn at differ-
ent kinds of jobs as he worked
his way to'Texas- -j
Finally, to his great relief and
joy, he arrived at the home of his
OBISMA-REX
Mr: and Mrs. Lon Umlm "Bod of
the Wichita Falls vicinity were
here during’ the week-end
guests in the home of Mr. ana |
Mrs. J. A. Underwood. Lon and
J. A. Underwood are brothers. I
X I. Richardson of the Sandy.
Creek valley, south of Sunset,
was in Bowie on business Satur-
day afternoon.
J. E. Davis of Wichita Falls was
a Saturday afternoon business
visitor in Bowie. ■ . -
Mr. Jnd Mrs N.
and son of the Cottonwood vicin-
ity, near Bonita, were among the
visiting ^hoppers in Bowie Satur-
day afternoon,
C. E. Litchfield of Wchita Falls
was a business visitor in Bowie
Saturday afternodh.
offer our assistance though weak Mr.' and Mrs.. Allan,
■ Nocona were among t!
' shopping visitors in Bowie Satur-
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jackson of
the Denton Creek valley were
■ here shopping Saturday after-
noon.
Mr and Mrs. John Lee of Lake
Valley were among the many who
"were th Bowie "Saturday -aLteFx.
naon. ___
Bob Davis of Wichita Falls was
among those who were m Bowie
on business Saturday afternoon.
Lee Foster of Dewey commun-
i ity was a Saturdev afternoon
business visitor in Bowie.
Rev. and Mri. A C. Harner of
the’ Lake Valiev visited here Saturday
in the home of their daughter,
Mrs. Clarance Newsom and famr
ilv.
Mrs. George Cobb and daugh-
ter. Gretchen of Decatur visited
Mrs. W. H. Denson and Miss
Martha Ann Gibson Monday.
Charles Knightstep of Clovis,
.... x.xx=. „„v—usauo.. N. M., visited Mrs. Charles
and son, Lonnia of Iowa Park and Knightstep during the week-end.
- ’ - ’ • - - Miss Marjorie \ Jennines of
Wichita Falls visited Miss Martha
Ann Gibson during the week-end.
Mrs. J. S. Lillard of Fort Worth
ellvd friends here last week.
Sunday. ' ~ | Miss Oneita Denton returned
------o------- home Sunday from a two week s
Visitor: Do ye papa eva preach visit with friends and relatives at
de same sermon twice? ’ ’ ” "
Preacher’s Son: Sure, he does.
But nobody notices it because he
'hollers in different places.
hardships and discouragements
along the way, but he is one who
has looked forward confidentially
and always dealt fairly with his
fellow-creatures.
Mr. Barjenbruch’s wife died
about three years ago; and his
brother, Henry, died several
years ago.
at all
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did' but1 h<Tk«-psimaje possible by James O’Conher
He chops a little
friends bere last week.
I MISS unena wc.xv.. .v—
home Sunday from a two week s
Wichita Falls.
Albert Huth transacted busi-
ness in Wichita Falls Wednesday.
The Montague Business League
will soon celebrate the second an-
niversary of its founding and the
progress made in these the first
two years of its existence is re-
flected in the report made by- E.
E. Johnson, president of the or-
ganization and H. N. De^more,
secretary.
The report is as follows:
‘The Montagae Business
League was Orgarrized on Septem.
ber 16, 1938, at which time E. E.
Johnson was elected president
and W. R. Covey, vice-president,
and H. N. Dearmore, secretary-
treasurer which officers were re-
elected at the last,xannual election.
“There were various commit-
tees appointed and the League has
been very active since its organi-
zation in matters of general im-
provement for the community. It
now has a membership of ap-
proximately 150 members. _
“The Highway committee has
done excellent work and is com-
posed of Willard Shackelford, M.
S. Trough ber, andC; D. Ben nett,
many others have rendered as-
sistance to this committee and
many things have been accomp-
lished:
“The pavement of the Square
around the Court House; pave-
ment of sidewalks on either side
of Rusk street which is Highway'
No, 175 passing through the town
north and south, and with the
co-operation of the Chamber of
Commerce of both Nocona and
the Bowie State Highway No. 175 Mas
been greatly improved.
“The League has encouraged
the property owners of the com-
munity in making improvements
of their property and as a result
there has been a great number
of new houses built and old
houses repaired arid others paint-.. Solons
ed which has added much to the
appearance of our town.. * :
“Both Abstract companies have
built beautiful buildings. The
League does not claim credit for
them, but we are proud to have
such nice buildings which adds
much to the appearance of oUr
town.
‘‘Through the efforts of the
League a flag pole is now being
erected on the Court House
Square, from which “Old Glory"
will wave in the breeze a* =■”
proper times.- The flag pole
.of the O'Conner Drilling- ‘Corn*
nany, who donated the pole, and
by L. M. Slade of the Slade
Trucking Company, who had the
pnto nlaced on the ground, and
Anthony Fenoglio, the IKVll'laiy
of the Chamber of Commerce of
Nocona, who assisted the League
committee, D. T. Holland and W
T. Minor, in securing the pole and
its transportation to Montague.
The League voted its thanks to all
who had in any way contributed
to securing and raising the flag
P«le- , .
“The League has sponsored a
Pioneer parade each year since its
Organization and has had splendid
eo-operation from every part of
the county, The third annual
Pioneer parade will be had next
Monday. August .26.. at 2 o'clock.
in which the city band of Bowie
and Nocona will take part and we
understand that the business peo-
ple of . the county in general will
be represented in the parade.
• “It is the purpose of the League
to work for the good of Montague
county as a whole, and in .particu-
lar for the good of the town of
Monfaff'ie and we here and now
had been cleared for cultivation
I of Montague county.
Adolph bought a tract of land
and at once, began clearing it for
cultivation. ’ In the fall and Win-
ter he worked at clearing and
fencing lanji . and’ through
spring and summer he worked at
breaking it out arid cultivating it.
year after year until he finally
had the whole place in. tillable
condition. He wasn’t content
with just clearing the timber and
brush-from it-but dug out a great
deal of the stumps and Toots With
a mattock. At first he fenced his
place with rails whictr he made
from native timber that he cut on
the place, later fencing it with
wire, when fencing wife came
into use in this- country. He did
a great deal of hard work while
putting his place all in tillable
gh to last them for three or condition, and didn’t take out and
days and theMfared all right ouit when he had completed that
e hidden. And about three task. He continued working
right on through the years and
has never given up. H,is working
habit has remained - with him
through the years. Of course, he
can’t go out into the field and
work as he once <----
at something day after day as far ■
as he is able. He chops a little
fire wood almost every day. helps
with feeding and looking after the
livestock and helps With other -
things about the place. At the
age of ninety years he is still de-
termined to keep pushing, for-
ward and helping with the work
about the place just as long as
he mav be able to'get about.
His 'policy through the years
has been truth, honesty and fair
dealing, and because of his. con-
stant practice of this policy he is
greatly esteemed by all of his ac-
quaintances. He never makes a
promise unless he first feels sure
that he can fulfill it. and when
he makes one he then makes
..... ,! effort to fulfill it
in due time. He never indulges
in critical gossip about any per-
son. Instead of looking on the
dark side for something of a
critical sort, he tries to find a
cause for saying something good
about his neighbors and acquain-
tances. Many years ago he was
converted and joined a Baptist
church and from that time on he
tigion: Because of the daily prac.
tice of the higher principles in
which he sincerely believes, he
has the sincere confidence of his
neighbors and many acquaintan-
ces. And besides that his faith-
fulness now serves as an inspira-
tion to many others who know
him’.’
In principle and determinatioin
he is a great person. He is one of
the pioneers of Montag’ue county,
one who has encountered many
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