The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1964 Page: 1 of 16
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NUMBER 22
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964
43rd YEAR
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Two YoufAis Die Sunday
TRUTH IS OUR BLADE
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Record Junior High Class
Graduates Into High School
County's First
Wheat In
Memorial Day To Be
Observed Here
Box 8066-
Dalian, Toxae
to Junior* by th* graduating class. Her*,
gradual** Janyth Kunkel Clark and Mar-
cua Dunn paaa on the mantle to Iren*
Hollowell and Ronni* Nation* who will
be sanior* thia fall. Patterson Photo
in Elm
urns
A wide-scale enlargement and
modernization program at Bowie
Hardware Company has been an-
The largest eighth grade class) ed by E. C. Lemons, high school
Principal
j R. Mattock presented the class
for graduation
A group of . graduating eighth
graders sang. ‘‘You’ll Never Walk
*Xfone”, accompanied by Miss Peg-
gy Patterson, who also played th’
proc e » s i o rf a I and recessional
marches.
Just behind Hoard's Hardware and across
th* *tr**t from th* clinic, th* atcr* will
also feature a driv*-ln window for those
who pr*f*r, or inaid* **rvic*.
(New* Photo.)
THE MANTLE CEREMONY, a tradition
at Bowl* high school, waa part of com-
m*nc*m*nt *x*rci*** Monday night. In th*
rit*. th* privileges a* well a* th* r**pon-
■ibiliti** of th* **nlor class ar* passed on
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OF
The First National Bank, the
Bowie National Bank, and the
First Saving* and Ixian Associa-
tion will remain .closed for th*
day.
Mas
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in* pave* —
Mrs E. W. Wright, widow of the
late Dr. E W. Wright, said two
expensive urns were stolen from
Dr. Wright’s grsve and told in
that other thefts had occured she
knew of.
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FORMAL OPENING of th* N*w Slaugh-
ter Drug Stor* will b* observed Saturday.
Th* on*-day calibration will feature •
drawing for several door prise*. Located
L
man we
Washing
Saturday to Memorial Day
and the day will be observed by
the closing of several business.
Normal Sunday schedule will
be observed by the post office,
with no rural or city delivery
scheduled. Windows at the of-
ice will remain closed.
Date
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 25
May 26
Min.
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work
stealing
and other decorations and defac-
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At Bellevue RR Crossing
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every
who holds
record of
Al
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Evans; and Jack Lovette, repre-
senting the VFW. presented t h e
awards for Good Manners to Hel-
en Moore and Harold McMillion.
Seniors Janyth Kunkel Clark
and Marcus Dunn presented the
traditional mantle of the class to
the ui
sented
• The organized District !T1 Lions
Beauty contest, Which has become
one of the highlights of the annual
conventions.
He was the principal organizer
and charter director of the Chil-
dress Jaycees
In District 2T1 of Lions Interna
tional. Dub was zone chairman,
deputy district governor, 'and in
1955-56, served as district govern-
or.
A* district governor, he earned
the-400 per cent governor’* award
and received the coveted Interna-
tional President's award for out-
standing service, along with the
title of International counsellor.
Outgoing president of the Bowie
Club is Pete Plaxco, who urged a
large turnout to greet Nelson on
his visit here.
The installation banquet, which
will also be ladies’ night, will be
held at Codon's Cafe and will be-
gin at 7 p.m
Prec. for Week
TFpAGEs” 10c PER COPY
ic played by Gary Evans on the
piano. Gary also played Moonlight
Sonata during the service* and
Kill Hodges played "Cradle Song’’
as members of the 1968 Bowie
High School class, Mary Linda's
classmates, stood.
Charles Gill of Bellevue, read
the Scriptural passages, and Gary
Myrick served a* an usher to
guide students to the special sec-
tion reserved for them.
Mary Linda was a graduate of
the Bowie School system and had
just comp I e t e d her Freshman
year at North Texas State College
in Denton.
She ts survived by her parents
and several aunts and uncles
Lif* to eternal; and lov* to Im- •
mortal; and d*ath la only a hortoon;
and a hortoon to nothing mt* th*
Hmlt of our eight.
—Roeaitor Raymond
and instruments, feminine hygiene,
first aid. surgical and hospital sup-
plies. elastic hosiery,
supports foot needs and
Cosmetics.
It - is conveniently ,locate^ just
behind Heard's hardware and just
ecross the street from the Bowie
Clinic and Hospital.
Plenty of free parking is avail-
able. Or, if they prefer, custom-
ers may use the convenient drive-
in window tor prescription serv-
ice.
The drive-in facility will be ap
predated by those who care not to
dress up. Comfortable seating Is
offered inside while prescriptions
are quickly and accurately com-
pounded. Free citywide delivery
service is offered.
The building is owned by Gordon
Heard, and was built ^according to
S o u t hwestern Drug Company's
'Stylized' drug store plans
Slaughter, now in his 12th year
of service in Bowie, came here
from Wichita Falls, where he man-
aged a large downtown drug store
He began his career in pharmacy
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a service to your fellow man "
Coffield promised the 1964 grad
uates that they would win a place
for themselves in the hearts of
their fellow citizens here in Bow-
ie if they would make their homes
and join in the effort to build this
community into an ever better
place to live.
Cbmmencement excises for
the 68th class- to leave Bowie High
were held in the auditorium *f the
school before a capacity crowd.
BUI Hodges played the proces-
sional and resession al marches on
the piano to open the services.
The invocation was given by Dav-
id Youngblood, the salutatory ad-
dress. "Let the Torch of Freedom
be Eternal”' was given by Gary
Evans and the valedictory ad-
dress, ‘What Will Tomorrow Be”,
by Bobby McDonald.
Ellis Plaxco, Jr., representing
the Lions Club, presented Citizen
ship awards to Bennie Walker and
Judy Messenger; Emerson Lynn
Jr., representing the Rotary Club,
presented scholarship awards to
Bobby McDonald and Gary
One of the more active Lions in
the state of Texas will serve as in-
stalling officer for the Bowie Lions
Club Thursday night, May 28.
H* is W T. 'Dubi Nelson, who
has served in practically
office in Lionism, and
* perfect attendence
nineteen yeais.
Nesson, of Dallas, is
It does no good to lecture here
on behavior as outrageous as this:
those who would steal decorations
from a grave would be immune
to any appeal to decency.
But it might be worth remark
ini that this is an annual outrage
Every year at Decoration time,
we get reports of vandalism and
thefts from our burial places.
Perhaps a special patrol could
be etablished each year for the
two weeks before Decoration Day
to prevent it from happening in
the years to come. A night in jail
might prove more effective as a
persuader against the sort who
ar* guilty of such crass behavior.
Officers
in the history of the school system 1 principal. Junior High
graduated Tuesday night in exer-
cises held at the high school audi-
torium.
John Bohenek, valedictorian of
the class, urged his fellow student
to he loyal to their God. their na
tion and to themselves as they
went into high school and began
preparation for college and career
His talk stress?;! the responsi
bility the younger generation has
to prepare itself well to meet the
challenges which lie ahead.
James Bohenek. twin brother
of John, gave the salutatory ad-
dress welcoming those who came
to witness the exercises and thank-
ing the audience for it thoughtfuil-
ness in attending.
John and James, who are sons
of Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Bohenek,
were presented awards for their
outs tan ding scholastic achieve-
ment by the Bowie Rotary CTub.
represented at the ceremony by
Emerson Lynn, Jr.
Bryan Reynolds opened the ex-
ercises with an’ invocation and
Don Pettigrew gave the benedic-
tion after diplomas were present-
Vandals are at
wood Cemetery,
Fruitland USA
Meets Monday
A special called meeting of-the
stockholders and interested fruit
tnd vegetable farmers has been
announced by T. C Newsom, di-
rector of Fruitland USA.
The meeting will take place in
the Montague County Court house
Monday. June 1 at 8 p m. The pur-
pose of the meeting will be to dis-
cuss market agreements and oth-
er vital matters of the association
Newsom also said that the build-
ing (icing constructed for the asso-
ciation should be complete by
June 1.
Junior High Principal J. R. Mat-
lock drew th* largest round of ap
plauae for the evening at the Jun-
ior High graduation services Tues-
day night when he stepped to the
mike and asked how many votes
he would t*t for a bigger auditori-
um which was air-eondkioned
Parents were standing in t h e
halls and lined the stairways to
the balconies trying to sneak I
peak a* their yeu*g*tar* trooped
across the stage for their dipt*
mas They, however, were as com-
fortable as were those in the audi-
ence, who sweltered iq the humid
beat.
Pallbearer* were Evetts Eak-
man, Edward Duke, Butch Swift
son. Gar)' Moore. Jackie Ramsey
and Dick Flournoy,
Funeral services for the Gam-
blin youth are set for 4 pin
Thursday <today) at the First Bap-
ttet - C h u r c h in Bellevue. Rev.
Baird will be in charge of the
aervices and intermeat will be in
the Hopewell cemetery.
Gamblin had graduated from
Bellevue High School Friday night
He is survived by his parents and
by a brother. James Ray, of t b e
home The family has -lived in
Bellevue since 1948. moving h*r«>
from Olympia, Washington, where
Glenn was born on the 19th of Oct
ober, 1845. His maternal grand-
parents Mr. and Mrs. P. D, jten .
arty. 'BVe in Bellevue. '
Funeral services for both young-
sters were arranged by Owens and <
Bruinley Funeral Home.
Poppy Sale
Successful
The American Legion Auxiliary
reported that the Poppy Sale held
lest Saturday amounted to $109 80
from the sale of 434 poppies
Mrs. R - Heins, secretary, re
ported that part of the money
would go to the bedfast veterans
in hospitals who made the poppies
and the remainder would stay in
Bowie for child welfare.
Auxiliary m e mbers expresses
appreciation for the Bowie resi-
dents help in the campaign.
By Emerson Lynn. Jt.
Congressman Graham Puree!)
visited Bowie Wednesday and <i
rained a great, big beautiful rain
This to fust the kind of
need representing us in
ton.
Mary Linda Davis,* 19, and Glenn k
Norman Gumblin, 18, were killed I
ut Bellevue Sunday aftern o o n I
when the car in which they were g
riding was hit broadside by « ”
speeding Fort Worth and Denver rg
southbound passenger train.
Miss Davis wa* the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Van Bill Davis of '
Bellevue Mrs. Davis i* a teacher
in the Bowie school system and
Mr. Davis Is a director of the '1
Bowie National Bank.
Glenn was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald M. Gamblin of Bell-
evue Mr. Gamblin is due in Bell-
evue from North Africa, where he
has been working for an oil comp-
any, Wednesday or Thursday.
Mary Linda was at the wheel of
the 1984 Oldsmobile en route to
the Gamblin'! rural home when
the accident occured at a crossing
of the track near the train station
opposite the business section of
Bellevue. __
Justice of the Peace Joe Peden
of Henrietta pronounced both of
the youngsters dead at the scene.
Authorities said the train was
traveling about 70 miles per hour
when it struck the car broadside,
tore the engine from the vehicle
and scattered the wreckage over
half a mile before the train could
be stopped The bodies were found
75 feet from the vehicle.
The grade crossing i* marked
by signs but not by warning sig-
nals.
Funeral services were held for
Mary Linda Tuesday afternoon at
the First Baptist Cliureh in Belle-
vue with the Rev.' Leonard Baird,
pastor, officiating.
Services were opened with mus-
i.
Make Bowie Your Home
Coffield Urges Graduates
after you
make
Char-
in charge
oi merchandising and public rela-
tion* for Morton’s Foods Comp-
any of Dallas, in the seven-state
area in which they operate.
Officers of the Bowie Club to be
installed are J. C. Jone* as presi
dent; Raymond Garrett, Billy
Neeld and Don Crow as first, sec-
ond and third vice-presidents; and
Stanley Davlin as secretary-trgBs-
urer.
Norman Branson will be tail
twister, and Stanley Bohenek, lion
tamer
E. A. Hill will serve as song
leader
One-year directors to be install-
ed are Don Ashley, H. B.« Clark
agd Bob Posey -.
Directors for two years will be
Rick Rodrigs and Ray Ross.
Nelson, who will also deliver the
main address, is a native of Chil-
dress, where he was Morton Food
Distributor for. 19 years. He h a s
been with the Dallas office of the
firm for -the past seven years.
He served the Childress Club in
every office except secretary-
treasurer.
He was chosen Lion of the Year
in 1964, and has obtained 97 n e w
pounced by owner H. A. Richard-
son, Jr.
The project will include expand-
ing the floor display space by 2500
square feet, installation of large
plate glass display windows on the
Tarrant Street side of the store,
and new doorways and entrances.
First phase of the construction
project, relocation of the televi-
sion repair department has al-
ready been completed.
A wall is being removed this
week, and part of former storage
space will be converted to selling
space.
New personnel at the store have
been announced.
Opal McGee, long-time Bowie
merchant and retailer, has been
appointed manager and Mrs. Bet
ty Reynolds, a life-king resident of
the area, has been added a* sales-
lady.
Joe Richardson, who has been
manager for the past two years,
is constructing a building on t h e
Montague Highway and will spe-
cialize in repairing two-way radio
communication equipment and
waterweli drilling He will remain
with Bowie Hardware for the time
being to familiaris* the new em-
ployee*. __
Bowie Hardware i* authorized
dealer for Frigidaire appliances
Frederich air conditioners. Tap-
pan kitchen ranges, Maytag wash-
ers and Homelite power saws.
The firm ha* been in operation
in Bowie for 13 year*.
‘‘Come back to Bo*
finish your education
this your permanent home,
les Coffield suggested to members
of the Bowe High School graduat-
ing class Monday night
"You might make more money
in Houston or elsewhere.” he said,
“but you will find a greater op-
portunity to be of service to your-
self and to your fellowman right
here at home.”
Coffield who is president of the
First National Bank, told the sen-
iors to get all of the education
they could before settling down to
their lives' work.
"You have been told many times.
I'm sure, how much money educa-
tion can mean to you over a life-
time of earning But you will be
making a big mistake if you go
after an education which will give
you nothing but earning power.
“Education will also give you
the understanding you need to
lead a filler, richer life and
should instill in you a desire to be
o
Summer vacation may Just be
starting for the kiddies, but your
school officials already have next
year’* schedule prepared.
According to the school calen
dar complied by Superintendent
T. A. Harbin, the first general
faculty meeting of the school year
will be he'd on Friday. August 38,
at 8:30 a.m.
The building staff meeting will
be at 2 p m the same day. Regi-
rtrations and the first day of
school will be on Monday August
31.
Labor Day will be a schnol hol-
iday. with Thanksgiving holiday
beginning on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 25.
Don’t say we didn’t warn ya.
f Grand Opening
This Saturday
The formal opening of the new
and modern Slaughter Drug Store
will be held Saturday with an open
house, five door prizes and gift*
for all visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy .Slaughter,
owners of the store here for the
past 11% years, have invited the
public to view their new store and
to inspect the merchandise on dis-
play.
Door prizes to be offered are a
$29.95 General Electric shoe cad
dy. an 8-transisitor radio, and
three one-pound boxes of Norriss
Chocolates and confections.
Roy says the new store will fea-
ture the same courtesy and serv-,
ice for which it has been known,
and that the same popular prices
will prevail in all departments
The store will be open from 7:30
am. to 6:30 p.m. daily, and will
also be open one Sunday out of
each four. -
Heart of the new store will be
the prescription department which
will be fully stocked with the lat-
est and freshest pharmaceuticals.
One departments of interest will
be a baby needs department, pat _________
ent remedies, veterinary vaccines I in Dallas in 1925.
We’re all for an air-conditioning
in every room In the new school
we build. In this section of the
country, all public buildings
should be air-conditioned so they
can be used to best effect through-
out the year.
In the meantime, we’d like- to
make the radical suggestion that
graduation be held in the football
field before the bleachers so that
everyone could attend who wish-
ed to attend and be comfortable
in the process.
coming senior class, repre-
by Irene Hollowell and Ron-
nie Nations.
Bennie Walker sang a vocal solo
following the invocation and the
dass as a whole sang. "The Halls, j
of Ivy” after diplomas were pre-
sented by Superintendent ut
Schools T. A. Harbin
Principal of the High School E.
C. Lemons presented the candi-
dates to Supt. Harbin and declar-
ed they had completed the requir-
ed work for graduation.
Members of the National Honor
Society in the graduation class
were: Sue Ann Davis, Marcus
Dunn. Gary Evans. Marlene
Green, Janyth Kunkel Clark. Bob-
by McDonald. Harold . McMillion,
Judy Messenger, Helen Moore,
Jerrie Lee Paine. Bennie Walker
and David Ywngblood.
Pro m i nent Nocona business-
man. J. D. Stine, brother of Ward
Stine of Bowie, died of a heart at-
tack shortly after midnight Friday
in his home in NocOna.
He was president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce in Nocona and
cashier and director of the Farm-
ers and Merchants National Bank
there. He had lived in Nocona
since 1957. He headed the housing
authority in Nocona and was ac-
tive in numerous civic projects. ■
He was borrt In Ringgold Sept-
ember 9. 1917 and was married to
Polly Edgar of Ringgold in Aug-
ust of 1939 He was a member of
the First Christian Church in No-
cona.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter, Paula, a student at Nor-
th Texas State University, a son.
Dell, of the home and Ward of
Bowie
Funeral services were held at 4
pm. Saturday at the Central
Christian Church in Nocona with
church pastor. Rev. Roy Sanders
officiating Interment was in the
Nocona Cemetery.
ski a
It’s vacation time again, and
Woody Campbell has resumed the
daily matinees at the Majestic.
Show time will be 2 p.m. week
day*, with *ne complete showing, i
Continous showings will be on Sun-
day and Saturday.
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Dear Mr. Lynn:
Sunday, May 24th, is "Home-
coming and Decoration Day" in
the little town of Newport, where
I was bom and grew up, which 1
have attended each year for
quite some time It so happens
that I will be unable to be there 1
this year, and I'm inviting you
to go there and take my p'ace at
the food laden table that will be
net folio wing the morning pro-
gram. In th* Church on the snot
(Continued *n Psg* Thr**J >
This idea has been rejected
twice because the seniors wanted
graduation to “be as it always
has been." - *
Traditions are great, kids, but
look at it this way: the senior
class of 1965 could go dqwn in his-
tory as the one which started the
tradition of holding commence-
ment service* in the football
field!
Being a pioneer is an opportun-
ity most of us never have I
RINGGOLD, (SpD — The
load of 19^*wheat s^y*s delivered
the Uhited Industries Company
elevator in Ringgold by Fenix T.
(Sonny) Fenoglio.
Fenoglio, n Ringgold farmer,
was presented with a $25 Stetson
hat by company officials.
The load contained 281 bushels
with a moisture content of 13.84.
The wheat harvested from Feno-
glio’s farm northwest of Ringgold
showed an average ot 25 bushels
per acre.
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