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ROTARY (11 B HOLD
WEEKLY MEETING
directors were elected.
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THE OFFICIAL
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CALL ISSUED FOR CITY
FEDERATION meeting
FRIDAY. NOVERBER 5
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
BELOVED BOWIE CITIZEN
HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. M. W.
diosen chairman of I
Nocona
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Welch
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Coleman
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STEWARDS ELECTED AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
NIGHT AT CONFERENCE
IT
Red Cross First I
Aid School to be
Heid at Fire Hall
agree that
< 'ommerco ■
more than 200
•me of the trie*
<wer served on thia
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RITZ
rlday and Saturday—“Borneo,”
Martin Johnson's last picture.
Sun. a.,.1 Mon.—
Tn “Artists \and
Added to Board of Directors of Bowie Clumber of Commerce
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heeler and
aintaincr.
ins returned
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FIREMEN PLANNING FOR
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BALL
TO BE HELD AT ARMORY
Under, the suiiervision of Miss
Alleene Burgess, local chairman of
the Red Cross First Aid Depart-
ment. a school for Red Cross First
Aid was organized Monday night.
The group met at the Fire Station
with the instructor, R. o. Plummer
, in
eom-
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HERSHEL STEPhENS
ELECTED AS COMMERCIAL
, TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL
BOWIE ROTARIANS VISIT
NOCONA TUESDAY NOON
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BOWIE LIONS CLUB
APPOINT COMMITTEES FOR
COMMUNITY XMAS TREE
Building Activity
Continues Unabated
Bowie Jackrabbits
Invade Nocona For
Big Game Tonight
Frank Williams, Field Instructor
for lhe Texas Fireman's Training
School, \yas the principal 8|>etikef
at-fhe regular weekly Rotary lunch-
eon lield Wednesday noon at the
Grill Room of Morrow's Coffee
Shot*.
M'r. Williams made an interest
ing talk of the methods of
present'
day tire fighting as compared to Hi
years ago. He paid a compliment*
on Bowies tire• fighting equipment,
stating it was far alsive the aver-
age for a town of its size.
Tile invocation /was given by J.
Lee Hnuehey," and a sing-song was
conducted by Barney P. Whitehead
with Miss Melba Culp, Club Sweet-
heart, at the piano.
Dr. C. J. DodsWorth presided. It
was reiKirted a 100 percent attend-
ance at the Birthday banquet. ,1.8
members attended Wednesday.
COMING EVENTS ,
FRIDAY, Nov.
| Saturday nlgnt, Oct. 30, the
rLVashti School will sponsor it Hallo-
®ve’en Carnival which will lie hel<|
“ t the Community Shed.
k Plenty of fun and excitement is
Jomisgd and the public is cordial-
s' Invited.
Bowie C-C Ends
Year with Feast
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FRIDAY, Oct. 20—South Ward P.-
T. A. Hallowe'en Carnival, City
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza-
beth Conner Givens. Othyeiir-old
resident of Itowie, were held Fri-
day afternoon nt her home.
Hey> A. J. Quinn conducted the
last rites, assisted by Dr. J. L.
Ward. President of Decutur Bap-
tist College. Two special quartet
numliers, "How Beautiful Heaven
Must Be,” and “Asleep in Jesus."
were sung by G. (Doc) Jackson,
Mrs. Erma Gardner, Ben Harris
and Henry Parks. Mrs.. L. J. Pur-
key was at the piano. Interment
was in Elmwood Cemetery by the
side of her huslmnd. Dr. ■ N. P.
Givens, who died in 1903.
Out-of-town relatives and friends
attending the funeral were; Mr.
and Mrs. Tai Lively. Dr. and Mrs.
S J. L. Ward. Mrs. E. T. Canada, all
of Decatur; Mrs. J. A. Oden of
Carlsbad, New Mexico; Mrs. Ruby
Holing of Oklahoma City; Mrs.
Roht. -Weil and daughter, Mrs.
Louis Flschei, of Ardmore, Okla.;
Mrs. W. G. Conner, Mrs. L. G. Con-
ner, both of Tulia; Mrs. Quennle
B. Koch of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Dunbar of* Mbntagiie; Dr.
and Mrs. J. A. Presley of Vernon;
Dr. and Mrs T. J. Clark of
Gainesville, and Dr. J. S. Sims of
Wichita Falls.
When the last list of was
published of all those who have
(onfributed band uniforms through
an oversight the name of the Mac-
Dowell Club was left out.
We offer our sincere apologies.
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Mrs. B. E. Watson and son.
Clovis, of Fort Worth went to
Abilene Wednesday where Mrs.
Watson^vlslted with cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. P. 8. Kendrick, while Mr.
Watson Attended to business. They
returned home Sunday.
seeim *.
the
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vertising his big Second Mor day
double feature at the Majestic. He
has had made a striking two-sheet
poster reading, “Come to Bowie
Second Monday," in large letters
across the top. He has located
them all over the Bowie trade
territory, in Clay, Montague, Jack,
and Wise counties. This is bound
to attract many extra visitors to
the monthly Trades Day. not only-
swelling attendance at the Majestic
Double Feature, but lamenting
every business in Bowie as well.
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from Slaughter to Price
pleted for thp extra point.
The line-np was:
Rowfe
Harris
Hargrove
Fox
Dixon
Harlan
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Price
Ayres
Slaughter
Rowalini
Cornelius
Nine members of the Bowie R<>
ary Club went to Nocona Tuesdnv
o attend the weekly luncheon of
the Itutury Club of that city.
.1. D. Wood, President of the No-
Cona club, introduced the follow
ng guests: Dr. c. .1. Dodsworth.
1 resident of th, Howie Club. Dr
L. » Wright, .1. Lee Hunehev,
Bb'bej Mhiteheiid. T. B. Coflield,
It !“'‘r' ,,“11 L* «»<i
Miss Melba Culp. chl|, Sweetheart
Dr. Dodsworth presided over the
Bowie program amf eklended greet
lugs from the local organization.
Miss < (lip save two whistling solos,
and 1. B. CofHeld made an inter-
esting talk on the "Inter-City Ro-
tary Spirit." Mr. Martin talked
air “School Relations It e I w e e n
Towns."
must include a home seene with
gas heating equipment and that the
photographer be an amateur and
not a professional. The cfmfest
: oy judges this week, ac- “Hoses Decemlier 18, when four
KTnnd Prizes totaling $250 eash will
be awarded the four best photo-
graphs submitted during the ten
weeks. Each week $10 cash prizes
a re-nwarded for the 10 best photos
submitted that week. A total of
$1,150 is still to t>e awarded*
Cbmplete details may be had by
watching company newsper ads and
I from the local Lone Star Gas Sys-
teu’ oMce- • Federation
TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 29, 1937
Members of the Bowie Vohmteer
Fire Dept, are busy on the Prelim-
inary plans for a bigger ami lietter
Fireman's Ball to lie held Christ-
mas night at the Armory building.
This event is held each Christ-
mas and is fast liecoming the prt"
mler holiday attraction In North
Texas.
Louie Burns and his Rhythm
Kings, have lieen secured to pin.v
for the dance. This orchestra is
considered to lie -one -of the out-
standing musical Organizations in
this section, ■ '
Elalsirate decorations will be in-
stalled at the armory and the local
llremen promise un enjoyable oc-
casion.
Metnliers of the Bowie Volunteer
Fire Dept, are: Chief A. C. Bac-
cus: 1st. Asst. Chief W. H. Lini-
casler: 2nd Asst. Chief J. •!..
Barnes; .Secretary-Treasurer <>. C.
Stovall; Drivers. D. B. Iht ikius
am' Leslie S|>elr; Karl P. Ha htel,
Roger Giles, Elvin Butler. Carl
Gregory, Barney Whitehead. J >e A.
K. Garrett, and I'h.tsLa’k “ 7^'li • *S !" T"1
Marshall. !"p. n,,d have
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HALLOWE’EN JAMBOREE
SUNDAY AT RITZ THEATRE
—
Following the custom -of many j
yenra standing, the Ritz Theatre
will hold a Hallowe'en Jamboree
™ ‘Htober 31st. next Sunday night.
Booked for this-special I
s"p.<:r.. ,hri|ler picture
Frank Bet son. J
assures us
..1 keeping vlth
Chief Frank Williams, Field In-
structor for the Texas Fireimtn's
• ““inlng School, ylsited the local
Mre Department this week and
gave the lire boys valuable Instruct
in tlle Aie lighting business.
Chief Williams was guest speaker
before an enthusiastic group Of
Rotarians at the Rotary t'lnb
luncheon Wednesday noon.
Wednesday evening the tiremen
entertained Chief Williams and a
number of visitors wit it a
barbecue at the Fire Station.
F?,llowinK ‘lie barbecue Chief
Williams took charge of the pro-
gram ami allowed motion pictures
'W the firemen at work in the drills
conducted nt the Texas Firemen's
Training School held at A. & M.
College last July. Mr. Williams
gave a briuLbut Interesting lecture
on the uw“ and value of vapor
Males, ventilation and various
other modern fire fighting methods.
For the benefit of the visitors the
local tiremen then gave an jm-
presslve demonstration with their
Booster Truck.
The tpllvwifig were present for
the barbecue and the drill: Chief
A. C. Baccus, Firemen W. H. Lan-
caster. Leslie Speir. Dee Hankins.
Earl Gregory, Roger Giles, Karl
'~x MQiiel. VVe-r-n . Brewer. O. C.
yjoid. jvall. J. L. Barnes, Elvin Butler,
M Joe Fulcher, Tom Lindsey. J. R
M Garrett, Joe Spears, and Barney
Whitehead. Guests present were:
Mayor Fred M. I’aire, Councilpien
■ S. L. Greenwood. Gordon Cadv, and
■ 1 J°e Spears: Ed Malone, I,. D. Eak-
■ l man, Elmer Jones. Cecil Allen,
WBloe Speir, Hoss B i g a r.
■ VWlncy Sanders. Tubby Wilson. T
■ t *• Kvans. Pete Malone, Fred Gard-
■ - ner. Glenn Cunningham, ('lias. Per-
■ ona, A. A. Sadler. G. C. Re^d, and
Mills Smith. Bellevue visitors w®>:
■ City Marshall L. P. Ibalge. Pete
■ Wetgel, Sid Wetsel, Fletch Lang-
■ ford and <>. Z. Wright.
■ Tire members of the Ttqwlc Fire
■ Dept, always look forward to visits
by Chief Williams, as he Is one of
best liked lln<l most capable
Hie State Association.
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■ ‘ VASHTI SCHOOL TO HOLD
■ CARNIVAL SATURDAY EVE.
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Stephens
moved Into their lovely new home
on the corner of West Tarrant nnd
Hulme streets Saturday. The house
hns four rooms, with n tamutiful
fire place. Hardwood floors are
used throughout the house.
P. B. Pollard has just completed
painting and remodeling MYs. C. C.
Edwards' home on Nortli Jeffer-
son' street. Mrft Edwards retains
one room nnd rents the other part
of the house
The.A. M. Pace home has* been
remodeled nnd the Wood partitions
of this rock home have been paint-
ed. A new liath and sleeping porch
have been added, making a modern
home of the lovely building.
-Work is expected to be completed
The Bowie Lions Club met Thurs-
day night in regular weekly ses-
sion nt the Club Rooms. Gayle
Bradley was appointed as Lion
Tamer to succeed E. T. McCauley,
who recently resigned when lie
moved to Dallas.
Plans were made for the annual
Community Christmas Tree with
the following committees appoint-
wlDale Eales, general chairman;
Boys' gifts, Bailey Taylor, chulr-
man, M. Posey, nnd Harry Drey-
fuss ; Girls’ gifts, Ogden Clarke,
chairman. Howard Brooks nnd
Wade Bond; Confectionary, Ted
Moore, chairman, G. L. Griffin and
G. (Doc) Jackson.
Names and notification. M. A.
Bryan, general chairman: Names,
Wrln Butler, chairman. Jack Syd-
diTWVoe Hamner, and Paul West,
brook; Notification. A. J. Quinn,
chairman. Gayle Bradley, T. H
Yarbrough, A. P. Widfake, and A.
O. Bacher. •* ’
Finance: R. E. Fraley, chairman,
• A. 0. Bacher, and I* D. Eakman:
W, Edd Malone, chairman. Joe
'ulehor, Robt. Cady, and Sill Blan-
Derivations, Lnr 1 '
jbrman. R. _
lUflhapleA.^hjl
_^*W.adies<
At a meeting of the School Board
Tuesday afternoon Hershel Steph-
ens was employed as an instructor
of Commercial SubjectsTn the local
High School.
Mr. Stephens had lieen substitut-
ing for the past three weeks ns an
instructor filling the vacancy left
by the resignation of Miss Sue
Barksdale, who went to thejolners-
Jrille school.
Mr. Stephens received ins degree
from N. T, S. T, C, at Denton. He
is the son of Mr and Mirs. W. H.
Stephens and a son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. E. L Andersoii,
B4w»
M.
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30 p.m. '
The) det^
teaui
asoi> ark,
tatiiil
Auditorium. 7:00 pm.
Carnival. Newport streets*/ 7:00
p.m.
Play Night at Taylor school house
Hallowe'en Program, Pleasant
Ridge school bouse. 2:30 p.m.
**^’7'1 RDAY, Oct. 30— Hallowe'en
Carnival Vashtl community Shed,
7:30 p.m.
Hallowe'en Carnival at Bonita,
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IbP. E. Irby, Jr., of Dallas ivsited
Tits brother, Dr.- A. C. Irby, and
E^vnllv last week end.
k to How.TrtT ^Brooks, local
tpany manager.
tinners are J. D. Hall, Jr.,
t Mrs. Stanley Fairly and
|ary Parks, Waco; Robert
I and M. Truman Seale,
J Falls; Emmett H. Karrer,
ff'th; Alfred B. Emrlck, J.
fon, A. C. Koenig, and
iNOW OP/ Hudspeth, Dallas.
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■a" Open Meeting of
Lions Club Thur.
At City Auditorium
— had lieen
Thursday evening, Nov. 4, the
Bowie Lions ('lull will hold an
open meeting nt the City Auditor-
ium. K. E. Soder, agricultural
agent of the Rock Island lines of
Oklahoma City will be the principal
speaker. Mr. Soder will Sfieak on,
"Grape Growing, Grape Transpor-
tation nnd Marketing."
E. C. Jameson is to contact a
representative of A.. & M. College
who will also appear on the pro-
gram. Mr. Soder will be In Bowie
all day Thursday contacting all
these interested in this particular
industry.
The Club extends a special Invi-
tation to grape growers of the eie
tire county, to' the Ro'tary Club,
the Chamber of Commerce, and
merchants and business men of the
town to attend this meeting.
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MacDOWELL CLUB
GIVES BAND UNIFORM
Miiny Bowie citizens
the annual Chamber of
banquet attended by
Tuesday night was <
ust (»••«-
occasion. The food
of It and was weU served. Mem-
liers of the GrammarHigh P-T A
of ti.e new Pr^ldent'
< rodit fn.1 ii K( ar ,y’ Jr'* de8erve
U h l. I ‘ s’lc,e*''*s °f fhe meal
of )' I,y “ember*
or tli< Home E(*<inomlcs Class of
the local lir-li School, directed by
Miss ( atnllle Smyen.
Rev. B. B. Breltenhirt gave the
Invocation. Rev. A. J. Quinn, toast-
master, In his own humorous way,
kept the ball rolling without a dull
moment. He Introduced the oyt-of-
vin'i IK'“,S,S "hlch “eluded: Jtoui
Wichita Falls, E. M. Crump, Presi-
wu /’J ,h.<’> <,hu“ber of Commerce,
r“ luge. Secretary of the
nc t’1 M Ft“llB (iha,"l’er' B* C* Be“-
bJ-r of ,*‘r °f ,he Jun,or Cham-
ber of Commerce, Oral Jones, J*
memlH‘r of the Junior C. of O., Jew-
Mrtr"ST W ,he wl<bBa Falls Poet,
M Sin<tt>‘Mrii’ v' C' Olover- “nd O.
M. Smith; I rom Olney, W. N
Bnnn, w- A. Wilson, manager of
the, of C.; From Nocona, Mr
Mri w™ v“t Si Ix‘,,lon' Mr- an<«
Alls. v. Taylor, J. P. Cllmrfnir.
Mra^'Anl'r E'ep'n CleWf' Mr* and
xrl! MH and
C .,/* <7-J, Mr<’*n* '"'<r‘‘tary of the
■ of < ., Joe Bond. MF. and Mrs
Clarence Chandler; From Monl
t'lgue, Mrs. Herman Chandler,
Montagme county sheriff,
Alyce Walker, Miss Katherine
Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E
FHXo / ",<1 Mr"' H N B’anuoi^
E C. Jameson, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
’“'■"nd. Judge and Mrs. Earl C.
Hits. J1 rom Alvord, J R. Rhyne.
V 1 < ovlugt(m, j. n Adcock. W.
Mr. and
Mrs. (has. Graham. Mr. and Mira.
R.oh v , ,m.!: Froin Doeatur, Miss
Huth Farquhar; Fort Worth, C. 8,
Edmonds of the Burlington Lines,
I. R. Lines of the C. of C., R. E.
^'rninn of the R. I. Railroad:
Gainesville. Mrs. Raymond Cass',-
day; Marshall, Mo., Mrs. Fred ’r
Doane; and from Brownwood, Dr.
1 homes H. Taylor, the honor guest.
E L. Anderson, Secretary of the
local organization, gave an out-
standing reis.rt with good roads
the main project for the past year.
He slated that through he efforts -
of tiie Chamlier of Commerce the
right of wav from Sunset to Bowie
secured; pavement com-
plet'd from Bowie to Stonebur*
and from Ringgold to the river
that the contmet had been
Paving the highway from
burg to Ringgold; two-thirds of
the right of way from Bowie to)
Montague lias been secured and!
the deeds are in escrow; efforts I
are being made to secure the right ’
of way from Bowie to Olney.
Highway 50 from Bowie to Hen-
rietta Is to lx* widened. The WPA
canning plant and sewing rooms
with a pay roll of $8,149.20 have
lieen supported by the 6, of. C. The
Co-operative Market. In charge of
Mrs. Walter Coffield, is growing,
• bus giving the women of the farm
communities a market for their
protTOee.
The Chamber of Commerce assist-
ed In bringing the cheese factory
to Bowie and this concern has pro-
duced 512,170 pounds of cheese dur-
ing the Past year which was made
from milk secured from farmers
of Montague, Clay. Jack and Wise
counties, and some parts of Okla-
homa.
Five uniforms were presented to
the Bowie Band and the CCC build- ‘
Ings have Iiecn secured for the City
for. recreational purposes.
C. W. Coffield. who has served
the Chiimlx-r of Commerce so faith-
fully as president for the past year,
being present at all meetings dur-
ing the. year, brought greetings to
the guests and paid a glowing tri-
bute to the directors who had serv-
ed with him,
T“* Bowie Quartet, composed of
G. (Doc) Jackson, Ben Harris, Ike
larks and Glenn Trout, snug “Old
rnlthful," aud “Roll Along.’.’ Miss
Mary Coe was at the piano. Miss
Melba Culp was brought back for
an encore when she whistled “MF
Cablh of Dreams." She was ac-
companied by A. A. Sadler s orch-
estra. who rendered several enter-
taining numliers during the evening.
Houobey, Dr. E. W.
W right, Wade Bond, David War-
ren. and G. (Doc) Jackson ware
elected new directors. They will
Monday, Nov. 1, with the old
directors to elect a new president.
I)r. Thomas H. Taylor. President
« Howard Payne College at Brown- '*•-
wood, and a past District Governor
of Rotary International, was the
principal, speaker. Hn made a
humorous talk but drove home thA^*“
truth to his listeners the yit»l.
if an ^“JT’rest in y3mH
Home Town." He stated thM<3^
< Immber of Commerce sho^UflMJ
the 3 (“s—
and Co operation. 11^
that wv don't
" -*'W*i ot the
--------------------J. Lee Hanchey
Rev. Finis Ciwtchfleld, Presiding
Elder of t>u> Denton District, de-
livered the evening sermon Sunday
HI lhe MeiliodlHt Church.
At the close of the service* the
fourth and last* quarterly confer-
ence wax held winding up the bus!
ness for the Church year.
An election was held of Stewards
with the following men lielng select-
ed: Dr. K. W. Wright, T. R. Pierce,
« H Stephens, J. L. Chandler, R
W. Ridinger. Dane. Martin, H. S.
Walker. F ,r Dlabn, C. N. Dickey.
Ray Ross, W. W., Williams. J. H.
Phagan, Howard Brooks, and Wade
Miss Naomi Emerson was
Hectetl recordhig xeetjetary of the
” illaday was
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By Mary Jo Watson
The Bowie Jackrabbits
tn Nocona to encounter the well
known Indians of that city In a
fooball contest tonight. Although
the fnclhm.M will (‘liter the gnhie iik
favorites to carry off the honors,
the Bowie team and roachcH are
.willing to concede nothing to them
except a hard scran.
rhe team and coaches went to
Nocona lust Friday night and wit-
nessed the Nocona-Saint Jo en
counter and so are familiar with
the task that confronts them in
Irving to sculp our nelghlmrs on
the north.
This should Ixi one of the best
games played in this half of the
district this season. Bowie has
lost one conference game this sett-
son and will be scrapping to stay
In the running for the conference
crown with n win. A loss would
eliminate the Bowie team from a
eluince at the crown hut a win
would leave* them a mathematical
ehnnee to win the championstHp.
Bowie coaches announce two
probable changes in their line-up
for this game. Martin and Worley
have lxx>n working In the backfield
all week in an effort to get stune
O. W. Watson has painted his
home on Live Oak street adding a
grent deal to the attrnctivness of
jhc place.
yirge Young’s house on West
Wise street, occupied by Mr. and*
Mrs. Jack Agee and Mr. and Mrs.
Partridge has Ixx'n fminted and re-
modeled.
Work was Imgun Thursday on a
new five room frame house for Mr,
and Mrs. Roy Arrowood, near
Charlie Jackson's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Ayres
have under construction u Ix-autifiil
seven-room and.bath brick veneer
home on the srfme location as their
old home on East Wise.
Clyde L. Hill's and Geo. S. Lee's '
homes have new roofs and Ed Wat- ,
roof on a rent ,
h rlday, Oct. 22; 8. L. Greenwood
was appointed agent of the Fort
north and Denver Rallrmid station.
oIr /1',r,<I1'VIM,d *llld *K,en temtxirar-
ily filling this position since Oct 1
when *F. C. Green retired as agent.
C A Blakeney was appointed —».
as cashier, filling Mir. Greenwood's Mrs. Hugh
former position, and L. M.- Imvell " ‘
of Sunset is acting as relief cash-
ier.
Mr. Greenwood has been associat-
ed witli the company for 28 years
coming here on Nov. 21, 1909, as
second trick operator. He was
later promoted to ensllier and now
to agent. He is general.ehiiirmaii
of the Order of Railroad Tele-
gratihoTs.
Last May lie was a delegate from
the Fort Worth and Denver, Wichi-
ta Valley Roads to the Interna-
tional convention held in New
Orleans'.
He bus attended these * conven-
tions, which meet once every three
years, as a delegate since 1921. The
next meeting will lie held in 1939
in Milwaukee.
: photographs, depict com-
1 cozy living in Texas
bed rwun and living
*• to kitchen nnd play room.
_ L's Include gas radiators, floor
naees, and radiant space heat-
i in conformity with one of the
Lcipal contest rules Hint some
TL of gas heating equipment be
nYied In the scene submitted.
Vthe ten winning photographs
A children, adults, and ani-
xViur were without any char-
sA'll types of camera equip-
inexpensive box
to more costly cameras were
in making the winning photos.
\\lest rules provide that scenes
Mrs. TV. E. Benson. President of
the City Federation has called a
meeting of tiie members of the City
for 2 o'ckx*k Frldnj
afternoon. Nov. 5, at which time
some business matters will lie trans-
acted and completed before tliree
o'clock, when Mrs. Jno. W Hamp-
ton of TV icliita Falls will review
the book, “And So Victoria ”
every intention of winning.
IIOHtilillea will liegin nt 7:30 p.
m, on Friday night Oct. 29. Bowie's
Band and Pep Squad are going to
lie on hand to lend encouragement
to the team.
Juniors Defeat Nocona
Friday night, Oct, 22. the Cot-
tontails defeated the Nocona Pir-
poOse's, 20-0.
Tiie first touchdown was made in
the first quarter when Slaughter
completed a pass from the 30 to
the 20-yard line to Rosallnl, and
Rosnllnl ran the 20 yards for the
goal, extra point was made.
Tire next touchdown was made
by a run from the 30-yard line by
Rosnllnl. . .
Tiie Anal touchdown was made
in the second quartet after Cor-
nelius made a run of 30 yards to
the ten yard line, and a completed
pass and plunge covering four
yards was made. The remaining
.vnrds were made by a puss from
A pass
was com-
at 10:45.
event is n
"Night Must Fall.”
owner of the Ritz._____
this will he a show in 1..
the occasion, well worth
Mr. Benson has luxm busy
last two weeks placing posters
Ten Winners in
$as Co. Photo Contest
k to ' —
i ~4
hvcwircJ1 w“ners °7 first week of
to A ’'■eek J1'2*5® amateur photo-
*” ■Lontest being conducted by
_ ‘Jitar Gas System were an-
?ongree«>* ‘ -
chairman,
C.
of the State Highway Dept.,
charge. Mr. Plummer recently c
pleted his instructor's course
Wichita Falls.
Tills school win be run twice
wwkly until 20 hours have lieen
completed. Those successful in
passing tiie examination at the end
of the course will lx' entitled to a
Standard Red Cross First Aid Card.*
Those who attended the meeting
Monday* night and enrolled In the
scIkkiI were as follows: From the
Bowie File Deparlment: Chief A.
('. Baccus, TV. H. Lancastdr, J. 1„
Barnes, Kail P. HaeliU'l, Warren
Brewer, Leslie Speir, Tom Lindscv.
D. B. Hankins, Earl Gregory, Bar
ney TV liitehead, Jix* Fincher and
Elvin Butler; From the Texas
Highway Dept.: B. F. Tinslev, Al
tus Lindsey. J<x- Cantwell, B. D
Woodall, Tom Williams. M. o
Robinson, Chris Neeld, E’d Weckar.
md J W. Reed ; From the Sinclair
Prairie Pipe Mne Co.: J. D. Moore,
Ed H. Riley, Kelly G. Huggins,
F. Bowling, James E. Lucas, W.
Boydston, Everett Winn. Edward
Stix'd, Roy Arrowood, Toni Cant
well and Harry Swafford. G. C.
Bowden also enrolled in tiie class.
Mr. Plummer stated that classes
would start immediately after the
books arrived and urged all the
students *to lx* here every meeting
TWclass will meet each Monday
and Thursday nights.
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Perry, Coy. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1937, newspaper, October 29, 1937; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1374839/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.