The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1955 Page: 1 of 14
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By HARLOW E. TIBBETTS
TWO SECTIONS ’
"Your Home Town and County Newspaper"
VOLUME XXXIV,
NUMBER 40
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If you have anything to aelL
advertising in the Bowie Newa
is money profitably Invested.
Bowie Is Featured
In Area Brochure
Passes Three
Bogus Checks
For $57.91 Each
Typewriters can be purchased
for $1 per week at News Office.
Rainfall, sleet and a little snow-
measured .71 of an Inch up to
noon today.
COLLECT MONEY
FOR BOY SCOUTS
Thos. Evans, chairman of the
city charter commission, told of
the work being done by the com-
mission, stating that they had al-
ready decided upon a number of
sections of the charter.
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BOWIE. TEXAS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1955
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Monday—at Fort Worth.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday—
Invitational Tournament here.
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Invitational Tourney for Girls Here Next Thursday
Girls Play in Tourney Finals Tonight;
Next Home Game lor Boys Tuesday
Bowie Breaks
S-D Record
Ai 9:45 Today
• Bowie got out of the "no
cident on S-D day” class at 9:45
this morning when two cars col-
lided at the hospital intersection.
Jack Hensley driving a Dowell
Inc., car reported $350 damage to
the car and Floyd B. Holder, local
plumber, was the driver of the
other car which received damage
of about a hundred dollars. No
one was injured. Constable Hen-
drix, who investigated the acci-
dent. reports that it can be blam-
ed partly on wet pavement.
No other accidents had been
reported in this county, Sheriff
Thos. Lindsey reported at noon
today.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
' BOYS
Saturday—at Graham.
Tuesday — Arlington Heights
here.
Large selection of Christmas
cards for the imprinting of your
name.—Bowie News Office.
3:00 P.M. Melvin Ulbig’s, near
Montague.
Wednesday, December 7
9:00 A M. J. K. Brite’s, near
Bowie.
10:30 A M. at Clarence Chand-
ler’s, Ringgold.
$531.50 has been collected in
the Boy Scout drive up to this
time, according to Lester Miller,
treasurer for the drive.
Dr. B. H. Roberts, chairman,
that several workers
City Councilman George Ruck-
er told of investigations he has
made as to the cost and ways to
clear trees on several hundred
acres in the new city' lake bed
near the dam. Mayor Mark High
asked that action on the matter
be delayed until next meeting
night when he hopes to have a
statement of the complete'cost of
the new water system. He stated
that the engineering firm of
Freese and Nichols had not fur-
decision nished data to the city as they
had promised.
The Bowie national guard unjt
i is entitled to congratulations. Of-
ficial inspection was held recent-
ly by National Guard big shots
< and the local unit was rated
’■Superior.”
Fast work in oil fields: Rife Drill-
| ing Co., moved a rig this week
without even killing the drilling
t motors. It was a 990 ft. skid job
by J. H. Thetford, trucking con-
tractor.
uvv iiimipi <uiu tt.u.Simmons’Buy
Mercury Agency from Burns-Brown
Lee Sullenger and W. E. Sim-
mons have purchased the Burns-
Brown Motor Co., local Mercury
dealers, and are now in posses-
sion. Both men are living in
Bellevue but plan to move to
Bowie.
Lee Sullenger has been sales-
man-.for th< Burns-Brown firm.
He has had 2« years sales ex- | engaged as bookkeeper,
perience with Ford and Chevro- ' A ”..... 1
let dealers. The Sullengers have
three daughters and one son. Mr.
Sullenger will be in charge of
sales.
W. E. Simmons has been with
the Edwards Chevrolet service
department here and has had 23
City Supt. Robbins was asked to
report'the cost of running a six
inch water line to the addition to
serve a fire plug.
CITY MEETING NOTES
The auditing firm that made
the audit of the city’s books the
last time wsi# employed to make
the annual audit. A ceiling price
of $750 was placed on the cost
of the audit with the company
indicating that the, price would
be lower than that figure because
of changes made in the city book-
keeping system. They will keep
time on the job and charge
whichever is the lower, the time
cost or $750.
Santa Claus has sent word to
the Chamber of Commerce mer-
cnnnt's committee to tell the chil-
dren of the Bowie area that he
will arrive in Bowie by helicop-
ter on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m.
Santa's, pilot has advised him
that they will land on Tarrant
street where the band cakewalk
is held each year. Santa Claus
will distribute candy to the chil-
dren while he is in Bowie.
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer an-
j nounced this week the arrival
of a granddaughter, Lorilee Far-
mer, 7 lbs. 10 ozs., bom Nov. 15th
to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Farmer
at the Mercy hospital in Willi-
ston, North Dakota. This is the
first grandchild and the first girl
in the family as the Farmers are
the parents of five sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chancel-
lor of Dallas are the parents of
a daughter born Friday, Nov.
25th, in the Chester Clivice hos-
pital. She weighed 6 lbs. 14 ozs.
and has been named Kathy Di-
ann. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Chancellor of Smith-
field and Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Thompson of Bowie. The mother
is the former Helen Thompson of
Bowie.
The young man who cashed
three bad checks at grocery
stores here yesterday followed
the same pattern at all stores ex-
cept that he asked for a different
brand of cigarettes each time.
Clarence Newsome probably
doesn't feel bad that Parkers
were not “called” upon.
SOIL, WATER MEETING
A soil and water conservation
meeting will be held tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon starting at
1:30 on the farm of Cash Reed
four miles south of Belcherville.
Speakers will tell how a soil con-
servation program is p 1 a n n e d.
The public is invited.
FIRES
On Novembr fire truck
was called out to extinguish a
grass fire at the Paul Baccus
home on N. Jefferson, but there
was no damage caused by the
fire.
The truck was called Monday
at noon to extinguish a large
trash fire on the Donald property
A bad check artist bilked three
Bowie grocery stores out of
$173.73 Wednesday.
signed "G. W. Dorsey”
for $57.91. were presented at the
grocery stores at noon when
stores were short halided. In each
case the man purchased a carton
of cigarettes.
He told the came stot'y in each
store, that he had been working
for Bowie Butane Co. and had
been laid off and the cheek was
his final pay. T.hc check was a
personal check but a check pro-
tector had been used to make
it appear like a business check.
Mr. Dorsey, whose name was
used, is one of the partners in
the Bowie Butane Co.
The checks were cashed at
Bowie Grocery, Carter & White-
cotton' Market and A&P market.
The forgeries were discovered
as snort as
the cheeks.
The man signed the name Lee
Baker and Lee Parker. He is de-
scribed as being five feet eight
inches in height, about 22 years
of age and dark hair. He was
driving a '52 Dodge coupe with
dark green over light green
paint.
Aaron Burns and Jack Brown,
who purchased the Mercury
agency from Joe Overstreet in
January of this year, have re-
tained the Mercury agency at
Henrietta where they both live.
Basket ball season is now in
full swing for Bowie high with
the boys teams winning their
games and the girls winning in
tourn imOit play. A girls tourna-
ment to start here at five or six
o'clock next Thursday afternoon
is the feature of next weeks play.
The basketball "A” and “B”
teams both won gt Springtown
Friday night. The “A” team won
by a score of 66-30 and the “B"
team won by a score of 63-36.
Scores for the individual boys
were: Jimmy Higgs, 11: Billy
Gerron, 6; Benny Carver. 11;
Ronnie Robicheaux, 4; Wade
Dyer. 4: Lynn Cox, 11; Max La-
tham. 7; Ronnie Hankins, 4;
James Thompson. 4; Kenneth
Winn, 4: Bobby Gardner. 0. All
these boys played last year with
the exception of Bobby Gard-
ner. who is a senior, and James
Thompson, who is a freshman.
In the “B” game, Carl Raleigh
made 35 of the 63 points. The
other individual scorers were:
Bob Davis 7, Richard Stephens
6, Don Roland 8, John McShan
5, Billy Godfrey 2.
Win Tuesday Night
Both “A” and “B” teams won
their games with Springtown
here on Tuesday night. The “A”
game score was 41-17, and the
score for the “B" game was 49-32 '
Scores for the individual boys
on the "A” team were: Higgs 4;
Gerron 6; Carver 8; Robicheaux
6; Dyer 4; Cox 0; Latham 7;
Gardner 2; Thompson 2; Hankins
2; Winn 0.
In the “B” game, the individ-
ual scores were: Raleigh 15;
Davis 4; Stephens 4; Roland 4;
Green 8; McShan 2: Clement 4;
D. Willard 4; Joe Pat Latham 2;
Roy Cornelison 2.
Play at Graham Saturday
The game with Gainesville that
was scheduled for Friday night
has been called off because of a
Cattle news: Marvin Shaw
paid $1400 for the highest priced
bull and the top bull in the show
lhat preceded the sale of the
Texas and Oklahoma Hereford
Assoc, at Wichita Palls Saturday.
A bull consigned to the sale by
.Benson Bros, placed second in
its class. It was purchased by
Dr. Collins of Wichita Falls. . . .
Harry and Danny Deaver recent-
ly purchased a number of Char-
Joisse heifers and a registered
bull to get a start in this breed.
Their ranch is near Alvord. . . .
’ ... Montague County Hereford
Assoc, is preparing for its annual
sale to be held at Pglham park
on Dec. 14th. Those in charge of
the sale are happy over the high
Quality of the consignments. Cat-
alogues for the sale have been
completed by the News office.
Eighteen females and 29 bulls
have been consigned to the sale.
Jack Turner of Ft. Worth, former
•cretary of the national Here-
association has consigned
animals. Turner's picture
was hung in Saddle and Sirloin
club rooms at Chicago this week
for his contribution to the cattle
industry.
Say ‘No’ to Telephone Rate Request;
City Urges General Clean-up Action
A general clean-up in Bowie
urged by Mayor Mark High
No rate increase was the unani-
mous decision the Bowie- city
council handed representatives of
the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Co., When the city council
sat as a rate making body Mon-
day night. The application for a
rate increase was filed in May
of this year and numerous hear-
ings Ijad been heard by both the
committee and the entire council.
In making their . decision, the
council asked telephone repre-
sentatives not to take up their
time with - requests for higher
rates, at least until dial phones
are installed, but telephone rep-
resentatives said that “this does
t not solve our problem of not
enough revenue from the Bowie
telephone operations.” They went
’ on to say that whether a rate
raise is approved or disapproved
has nothing to do with when a
dial system will be, installed in
‘ Bowie. They have indicated that
such a system is on the calendar
’ for 1957.
After the council's <’
Wayne Palmer, district telephone
’ executive, mentioned “going to
the court house” to get what he
termed "needed rate raises” but
he did not indicate that any such
. action is planned for the iinmed-
. iate future.
The Bowie Dress Factory needs
many additional workers. “We
\would like to double our force
within the next two months,"
Mrs. Richard Werner, .manager,
states. “We need to hire workers
in December in order to get into
full production in January," she
adds. While Mrs. Werner would
like to hire experienced workers,
fche has a number of sewing ma-
chines on which women can
practice and receive training.
To Present 17 Agricultural Awards
Al Annual Program Wednesday Night
Awards ^yill be given as fol-
lows:
Outstanding Beef Cattleman—
Charlie Dodd, Rt. 1, Nocona.
Outstanding Range or Pasture
Improvement Farmer—Leo New-
land, Nocona.
Outstanding Farm Woman—
Mrs. Jack Crownover, Rt. 1, No-
cona.
Outstanding Orchard or Vine-
yard Farmer—W. S. Franklin, Rt.
2, Forestburg.
Outstanding Swine Farmer—N.
E. Heath, Bowie.
Outstanding Conservationist—
Ben Perryman, Rt. 2, Forestburg.
Best Wildlife Conservationist—
J. E. Cook, Fruitland.
Most Progressive Farm Girl—
BOWIE WEATHER
High Low p.m. Prec.
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was urged by Mayor Mark High
at Monday night's council meet-
ing. He said the city should start
with their own work as trash and
garbage haulers ahd urged citi-
zens of the town to join them in
working for a cleaner, more at-
tractive city and one safer from
fire hazards.
The council decided to have
the fire department or city work-
men stand-by for any Iqt owners
who wish to burn off lots. To
get this service call the city
hall, phone 54.
Mayor High read two letters
concerning the recent fire hazard
inspection. One letter was from
the insurance organization mak-
ing the inspection, thanking the
city for its fine co-operation. The
other was from the State Fire
Commissioner asking the city to
take action to see that the Bowie
fire marshal ordinance provisions the c((openitivc pro„,
are enforced concerning wning Rev G.„,.lson wjfl
and housekeeping hazards in a
Bowie business building. They
asked that the owner and tenant
be asked to comply with the
changes noted on the red tags
left the day of the inspection.
The letter staled that Bowie
had been given a three cent in-
surance rate deduction for pass-
ing the fire marshal ordinance
but that this would be taken off
if the ordinance is not enforced.
City Supt. Robbins was author-
ized to fix the street in front of
the city hall as a start in the
city clean-up and improvement
campaign.
Six Couniy-Wide Demonstrations
To Be Held on Rat Control Program
Meetings to demonstrate the
use of poison in the county-wide
rat control campaign will be held
at six farms and ranches over
the county on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday of next week. Those wish-
ing to get bait must be present
at one of the demonstrations to
place their order. The bait will
be delivered later.
The Rodent Control Service is
cooperating with County Agent
Wylie Roberts in the campaign.
H. D. Ellard will be present at
each of the meetings to demon-
strate the use of the dry “Pival”
bait as well as a water soluble
“Pival." The water soluble bait
seems to do an even better job
than the dry bait, especially on
mice.
Demonstrations will be held as
follows:
Tuesday, December 6
9:00 A M. at Sandy Willis, For-
estburg. <•
10:30 A M. at Homer Hutson's.
Caps Corner.
1:30 P.M. at John Crownover’s
Spanish Fort.
championship football game that
Gainesville is playing, but games
for both teams have been sched-
uled for Saturday night with
Graham.
Jimmy Allred
To Speak Al
Football Banquet
Judge James V. Allred, Federal
Jud.it of the southern district of
Texits, former governor of Texas
and former Bowie resident, will
make an address tonight (Thurs-
day) when the Quarterback Club
entertains the Jackrabbits, both
"A” and “B” football teams, in
the East Ward cafeteria, starting
at seven o’clock.
Paul Taliaferro, high school
principal, will be the master of
ceremonies, and Claude Thomp-
son, superintendent, will make a
talk. Coach Mattingly will intro-
duce the boys, and a resume of
the past season and the prospects
for next year will be given by
Coach Fite. Charles Gifford will
give the invocation, and Billy
Henson will give the benediction.
Each member of the Quarterback
Club will have an opportunity to
make a brief talk, also.
The parents of all the boys are
invited to the banquet this year.
The committee in charge of
making arrangements for the
banquet arc R. I. Cantwell, Bob
Windham, R. E. Mattingly, and
F. L. Fite.
Seventeen Agriculturalists will
be honored at the annual Mon-
tague County Agricultural
Achievement program to be held
on Wednesday night of next week
at Singers Hall in Montague.
This program was started last
year when the award program
drew a large crowd.
Scoring for the awards was
done by .members of the Agri-
cultural Workers council. Speak-
er will be an outstanding agri-
cultural speaker.
The program is sponsored by
Bowie Chamber of Commerce,
Nocona Chamber of Commerce,
Saint Jo Men’s Luncheon club,
Commissioner's Court, County
Community.
Lloyd Garrison
Takes Pastorate
I In State of Oregon
Rev. Lloyd Garrison resigned
the pastorate of the Southside
Baptist church last Sunday to
accept the call to the Emmanuel
Baptist church, The Dalles, Ore-
gon. This is a pioneer church,
having been established only two
years, and Southern Baptists
having been in this section some
five or six years. The Dalles is
a town of 20.01)0 population with
only line Southern Baptist
church.
Rev. Gairison has been with
the Southside Baptist church for
three and one half years. During
this period there have been 233
additions to the church, 87 by
baptism and 146 by letter. Dur-
ing this time a three bedroom
parsonage has been built, as well
as a new church auditorium.
The organization of the Sunday
Schoo] has likewise shown con-
siderable growth, growing from a
class to a fully graded depart-
mental Sunday School, and has
made a 50'1 increase in gifts to
'ram.
I preach his
farewell message on December
11. and will begin his new work
in Oregon on January 1.
and Southern
Development
which the Bowie Chamber
Commerce belongs.
“These brochures present
fine advertisement for this f
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________ .... _____ sec-
tion and make fine mailing pieces
to be sent to any business inter-
ested in coming to this section or
to be sent to individuals who
would like to know about this
section,” Roy Slaughter, presi-
dent of the Bowie Chamber of
Commerce says. “We have 300
of these books at the Chamber
office which will be furnishedI
to local persons at cost — 31>1>
cents,” Mr. Slaughter announces.
The slogan on the front of the
brochure along with a map is
"Oh, Remember The Red River
Valley.”
A page in .the brochure is de-
voted to each town belonging to
the Association. On the Bowie
page are pictures of the Bowie
Gasoline Plant, night air view
of the Johnson Poultry Ranch,
Bowie garment factory and a
large drilling rig. General infor-
mation about Bowie is given on
this page.
years experience in servicing 1 •——
cars. He will be in charge of that —•
department for the partnership.
The Simmons have one son and
twe daughters.
The new firm announces that
J. P. Scruggs and Roy Brown
will remain with the new own-
ers. Mrs. Mary Privitt has been
Patients Admitted:
>Mis. R. D. Waldrum, Mrs. Rob-
ert L. Boyd. Mrs Allred Klcin-
hans, Mrs. Mona White, Lester
O. Samples, Gary, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. ('. Myrick, Linford Roth,
O. K. Willett, Mrs. R. L. Howie.
Mrs. C. A. Newby, Miss Gail
King, Mrs. J. W. Corpening, Mrs.
Bessie Wiginton, Mrs. A. B. Cov-
ey all of Boowie.
Mrs. Clara Moore of Postoak.
Miss Vivian Hoover of Mon-
tague.
Mrs. Sam Boren of Ringgold.
James Roy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Sanders of Henrietta.
Margie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Nipper, Micheal, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rice both
of Alvord.
Mrs. Edd Ashcraft of Tulsa,
Okla.
J. W. Melear of Sherman.
T. C. Richmond, Mrs. Sid
Reaves, Mrs. G. S Hill of Sun-
set.
Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. McLeland of Newport.
Mrs. Belle Jackson of Belle-
vue.
Patients Dismissed:
Mrs. S. A. Alsabrook, M. D.
McCartney, Mrs. L. J. Brown
Mrs. Newton Whitehead, P. W.
Watts, Mrs. J. B. Fuller and in-
fant daughter, Virginia Ann,
Mrs. T. A. Miller, Mrs. Nonas
Dill and infant son, Scott Mich-
ael. Mrs. Odice Johnson, Will J.
Rice, R. M. Hunter, Mrs. A. A.
Hall, H. D. Ford. Bobby Smith,
Miss Linnie Faucett, Mrs. R. D.
Waldrum and infant son, Ernie
Jefferson, Mrs. Clara Moore, Miss
Vivian Hoover, Mrs. Robert L.
Boyd and infant daughter. Jack-
ie Lorine, Mrs. Mona White,
James Roy Sanders. Margie Nip-
per, Gary Myrick, Mrs. Edd Ash-
craft, Linford Roth and Daniel
McLeland.
Give a portable typewriter as
a Christmas gift. All the leading
makes at Bowie News Office.
Payments as low as $1 per week.
Errol Eggleston has an inven-
tion to take the thumping noise
out of water pipes that he will
share, with others. For a Long
time an annoying noise has been
heard at the Travel-In Motel
‘ <jvery time someone in one of the
rooms turned on the water. With
travelers arriving late many
nights this meant guests might
be awakened by the noise. Mr.
Eggleston spent considerable time
and money in trying to eliminate
the noise, even buying several
Contraptions guaranteed to do
away with the noise. But all the
contraptions and even the chang-
ing of water meters did no good.
Finally he decided that the
noise followed along the water
pipe from the water meter so he
|!ot a two foot length of car radi-
ator hose and attached it be-
tween his water meter and the
water pipe. This did the trick.
Bowie is one of the towns fea-
tured in a very attractive bro-
chure issued by the Nopth Texas
Area
to
of
Rena Brawner. Rt. 1, Saint Jo.
Most Progressive Farm Boy—
Tie of Kenneth Hutson, Rt. 1,
Saint Jo and David Preuingcr, Rt.
4, Bowie.
Outstanding Cotton Farmer_
PeeWce Tucker, Rt. 3, Nocona.
Outstanding Corn Farmer—
Bunk Reed, Nocona.
Outstanding Peanut Farmer-
Raymond Fenoglio, Rt. 2, No-
cona.
Most Diversified Farmer—W.
M.rf’reuninger, Rt. 4, Bowie.
Most Progressive Farm Fam-
ily—Doyle Ice, Rt. 1, Saint Jo.
Outstanding Dairyman — Fred
Preuninger, Rt. 4, Bowie.
Outstanding Poultryman—Pete
Uselton, Rt. 3, Nocona.
Lake News: Dry weather has
. favored work at the new lake
and much progress has been
.made. Excavation for the 18 inch
"service outlet has been complet-
ed and work started Wednesday
laying the pipe. This outlet is
through the dain at ground level.
.... The tower for the pump
house is completed and' ready
for the pump house. Two <pf the
.fpans from the pump house to
the nearby bluff are in place. . .
Work was started on excavation
for the emergency spillways.
■ This dirt is being used for fill in
' on the dam. The emergency spill-
. way has eight foot pipe . . . Bad
weather starting Wednesday has
lield; up work.
Ernie Jefferson, a son weight
6 lbs. was born on Nov. 23 at the
Bowie hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Waldrum of Bowie.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Boyd of
Bowie are the parents of a daugh-
ter, born at the Bowie hospital
on Nov. 24th. She has been
named Jackie Lorine and
weighed 9 lbs. 9 ozs.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Reaves of
Sunset are the parents of a son,
born at the Bowie hospital on
Nov. 29th. He has been named
Jackie Floyd and weighed 8 Ibe.
and 4 ozs.
While tlu? Flower Show to be
staged by the Bowie Garden
| club-will not be until May 11
and 12th, the club is urging
flower lovers to plan for the
’ show now. They urge that bulbs
and pansies be planted now and
perennials be put to bed for the
winter. They also add that it is
still time to plant iris, shrubs,
roses, etc.
/( Bob Posey was pictured \yith
thirty insurance agents in the'
November issue of the Farmers
Insurance Group magazine for
“. the thirty men W'iirr hat e coft-
tributed the most'—in that their
total fire insurance premium in
force leads the entire field.” Ad-
> dresses of the other agents in the
picture are such states as Cali-
fornia, Texas, Colorado, Okla-
homa, Kansas, Oregon and New
Mexico.. •
School Board Buys Tract of Land
On North Mill for Future Expansion
Eight acres of land on Nortl
Mill street has been purchased
by the Bowie school district for
future expansion.
Supt. Claude Thompson an-
nounces that the Bowie Inde-
pendent Schood District has pur-
chased the old McNatt property
on N. Mills street from O. D.
McDaniel. The tract consists of
approximately eight acres and
was bought for $16,000.
newly acquired school
about 2Yx blocks
north of the present high school
grounds, across the street from
the Curtis Latham home. The
land lies in the form of an “L”,
as long as the school does not
purchase the McDaniel house.
The motive for buying thd
property is for using it as a pros-
pective school site, anticipating
future needs for the growth of
the school system and its facil-
ties. At the present time, no def-
inite plans are in process for a
building program, but the prop-
erty is near enough to the high
school, gymnasium, band hall,
shop and agriculture buildings to
correlate certain phases of tho
school work that might be de-
sired. This location is accessible
to all parts of town, also. »
The school board did not buy
the house and the lot that it
is on, but they'have an option
on it so they can buy it at a
later date, if they |so desire. This
site has ample space, not only
for a school building, but also
playground facilities.
Game Here Tuesday
On Tuesday night the boys
teams will play Arlington Heights
of Fort Worth in the Bowie gym
at 7 and 8:30 p in.
Girls Playing At Denton
The Bowie basketball girls
beat Ponder with a score of 4M
to 25 in their first game in the
invitation tournament at Denton
Wednesday afternoon. The indi-
vidual scores were: Betty An-
dreason 18, Sue Jackson 15, Lin-
da Campbell 9, and Linda Kay
Bradfield 1.
The girls play Northwest to-
night at 7 p. m. in the men’s
gym at North Texas State Col-
lege in their semi-final game.
Girls to Fort Worth
The girls basketball teams will
play Brewer of Fort Worth in
Fort Worth next Monday even-
ing, both “A” and “B” teams.
Girls Tourney Here
On Dec. 8, 9 and 10, the girls
will have an invitation tourna-
ment in the Bowie gymnasium.
The games will .start about 5
or 6 p. m. Thursday and Friday
afternoons, according to Miss
Edwards, and some games will
probably be played on Saturday
morning in the tournament here,
but a definite schedule will not
be available ’until next week.
The matter of a fire plug some-
where in the new Sansom addi-
tion was discussed with the fact
mentioned that the nearest fire
,plug is on Greenwood street, a
. number of blocks away. No fire
I plugs have been installed in this
Iaddition since it was developed.
reports that several
have not turned in their reports
and collections, but he hopes
to complete the drive soon. .
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Tibbetts, Harlow E. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1955, newspaper, December 1, 1955; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1367934/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.