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»BLACKMON IMPLEMENT CO.
SELLS TO C. H. McNATT
The largest business trans-
action in Bowie in quite some-
time was negotiated last Mon-
day when C. H. McNatt pur-
chased the Blackmon Imple-
ment Company at 120 Smythe
Street from G. E. and Chas. M.
Blackmon.
The new company, to be
Jhe TINY
* TIMES
Sometimes its the little things
in life that count. Take the
common house fly. There’s as
much filth and disease on that
little buzzer as there is on a
full grown rat. They’re about
even in that they are accused
of spreading about twenty di-
seases each. Dr. Cox, state
health officer, says its hard to
eliminate them but spraying
and sanitation helps. Sanitation
is largely a personal matter. It
is a way of life expressed
in clean healthful surround-
ings.
ft ...
To Virgil Gates life must be
one big frustration. He’s a mer-
chandise salesman from Denton
and every working day he goes
about his business quietly call-
ing upon the various dry goods
merchants in his territory
which includes Bowie and No-
cona, among other towns in the
county. The merchant upon
spotting a regular customer
sometimes introduces the little
man and proudly, as an after-
thought, says, “and he’s the
father of Nancy Gates, the
movie star.” Whereupon, the
disbelieving customer replies
with something like, “yea, and
I’m wearing platinum cuff
links.” It's just one frustration
after another, to Mf. utfies .ho
really the father of the gla-
'•rnorous Nancy.
* * *
M;rs. W. R. Covey’s business
has slowed to a walk. She’s the
official greeter for the chamber
of commerce in their new fam-
ily welcoming service. Since the
oil strike Mrs. Covey states that
there are hardly any new fami-
lies coming in to Bowie. It just
goes to show that the oil in-
dustry is a very vital part of
Bowie’s progress.
* * «
Week before last was a record
breaking one for the TIMES
crew. On Thursday of that week
The Montague County Times
mailed more newspapers in
weight and number through the
Bowie Post Office than had 1
^ever been mailed here before, j
OKccording to officials of the J
^^>ost Office. This is a record we
at the TIMES are proud of and
it is our avowed intention to
fashion still a better newspaper
for one of the great counties
in this state of Texas.
* * *
The Camp Fire Girls are go-
* ing to do their part for dis-
abled veterans in Texas hospi-
tals. On Saturday, May 24 they
will sell poppies on Poppy Day
up and down the streets of
Bowie. Buy a Poppy and wear it
proudly for a worthy cause.
known as the F. & M. Motor
Company, will handle all Inter-
national Harvester equipment,
International trucks, Pontiac
automobiles and International
Harvester refrigeration.
McNatt, who has operated a
paint and body shop for 22
years in Bowie, will move that
business into his newly acquired
one. He. has been a resident of
Bowie for 43 years.
G. E. and Charles Blackmon
has started the business in the
Overfelt building sixteen years
ago and in 1943 built the pres-
ent building. McNatt is leasing
the building.
According to the new I-H
owner, all personel employed by
the company at time of pur-
chase will continue at their
jobs. W. B. Brice is employed
as parts manager.
McNatt states that there will
be extensive changes in busi-
ness operations from time to
time, and that the entire stock,
is being rearranged.
Five To Attend
Texas Boys State
Five very fortunate boys from
Bowie highschool have been
selected by local organizations
and clubs to attend the Lone
Star Boys State on June 8 to
14.
Those picked will go by train
to Austin. The boys and their
sponsoring organizations are as
follows. Jiake Bridgewater.,
VFW; Joe Wysong, Lions club;
Wayne Turner, American Le-
gion; Johnpy, Middleton, VFW;
and T*"- • Jones, Rotary club.
Boys State is sponsored na-
tionally by the American Legion
and this year marks the fiffth
time boys from Bowie have at-
tended the Texas affair.
THE MONTAGUE COUNTY
TIMES
VOL. 44, NO. 50
Published Weekly at Bowie, Texas
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1952
Tragic Accident Takes Lives
Of Prominent Bowie Couple
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Double Services
Held For Victims
Another tragic automobile
accident occured near Bowie
at 3:15 p. m., Saturday and
the lives of two more citizens
have been snuffed out, mak-
PATTERSON STUDIO
Sunset School
Faculty Named
The following teachers have
been employed as members of
the Sunset school faculty for
the 1952-53 term, reports W. K.
Andress, president of the school
board.
J. W. Gardner, superintend-
ent; Miss Ina Mae Lackey, Mrs.
Ettie J. Smith, Mrs. Marion
Bankston and Mrs. Lois Hall.
All teachers named for the
next term have been teaching
in this school through the pres-
ent term which will close short-
ly. Naming them for the next
term is only re-employment for
continuation through the
suing school year.
Here is the tragic scene which many people saw Satur-
day immediately after the three-car collision on highway 81
v-h<fh t" )k the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Winsett. The huge
Red Ball truck pinned the couple in their 1952 Mercury and
it was approximately one-half hour before the couple could
be removed.
en-
Bowie Group Attends
“Aida” in Dallas
The following Bowie women
attended the opera Aida, given
in Dallas by the Metropolitan
Opera Company, Friday May 9.
Mrs. H. T‘ Ayres, Mrs. E. W.
Wright, Mrs. H. B. Latham, Mrs.
Glena Thompson, Mrs. C. J.
Dodsworth, Mrs. M, B. Powell.
Visit Relatives Here
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bell of
Dallas visited Wednesday and
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charley King of Bowie.
Dr. Summers To
Hold Baptist Services
Dr. Ray Summers, president
of the Southwest Baptist Semi-
nary, Fort Worth, will be guest
pastor at the First Baptist
church at the morning services
in the absence of Dr. G. B.
Bradshaw who left last week to
attend the Southern Baptist
convention at Miami, Florida.
Evening services will be dis-
missed on account of the high
school baccalaureate services at
the highschool auditorium, Sun-
day evening.
Mobile Blood Unit
Coming to County
FOR KOREA
The Red Cross Blood Bank
being conducted in this region
Is directed by the regional of-
fice in Fort Worth and all the
blood collected in Bowie and
Nocona will go to Korea and
Japan to aid the soldiers who
are sick or maimed in hospitals
there. Make your appointment
for a blood donation today for
thousands of lives that may de-
pend on you.
Times Contest
Closes Today
The big Montague County
Times good-will subscription
campaign which has been in
progress for the past six weeks,
officially closes today (Friday)
at 1 p. m.
Candidates who have been
working feverishly for top prizes
will report to the Times office
to learn the results of this
most successful campaign.
Candidates are urged to bring
all their used and unused mas,,
terials connected with the con-
test with them to the final
counting.
Mrs. E. W. Wright, covaatf
chairman of the Red Craw
Blood Bank, announces a MobSo
Blood Unit will be In Bowiek
next Wednesday, May 21, antf
will be at the First Baptist
church between the hours of
9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
All able bodied persona be*»
tween the ages of 21 and 9f
who have not been blood donon
in the last six months may offer
their services. Call the Bowie
chamber of commerce office,
phone 123 for appointment. MW.
Wright says there will be no
delay when you come to give
your blood.
AT NOCONA MAY 20
The Mobile Blood Unit will be
at Nocona, Tuesday, May 20 and
will be in charge of Mrs. W. T,
Weeks, local chairman. Con-
tact the Nocona chamber ef
commerce for further informa-
tion.
wi
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Winsett
ing a total ol five persons
that have been killed in Mon-
tague county in 1952, which
is four more than at this
period in 1951, according to
the highway patrol.
In a three-way accident on
highway 81, near the Wagon-
seller fruit stand, three miles
southeast of Bowie, Mack
Winsett, 59, prominent Bowie
oil and real estate man, and
his wife, Mrs. Winsett, 49, were
killed.
Mr. Winsett was dead on ar-
rival at the Bowie Hospital and
Clinic in an Owens and Brum-
Bowie Citizen
Buys Newspaper
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Marlatt of
owie, returned Saturday from
a trip to Mr. Marlatt’s former
home at Julesburg, Colorado,
While there, he arranged for
the purchase of the Platte Val-
ley News, a weekly newspaper
published at Ovid, Colorado,
seven miles from Julesburg. He
and Mrs. Marlatt will move to
Ovid before June 1.
Mr. Marlatt, who formerly
served as foreman of the me-
chanical department of the
Montague County Times, is now
employed at the Muenster En-
terprise, at Muenster.
Mrs. Marlatt is a member of
the office force of the South-
western Bell Telephone pom-
ay of Bowie. Their many
le friends wish this fine
oung couple the best In their
Schools Plan Activities
Commencement Week
The Bowie public schools will
begin its Commencement week
on Sunday evening, May 18th,
at which time the Baccalau-
reate ^services will be held in
the highschool auditorium at
8 p. m.
Mr. Paul S. Gray, minister of
the Bowie Church of Christ will
deliver the Baccalaureate ser-
mon. Following the processional,
the invocation will be given' af-
ter which the congregation will
join in the singing of the Dox-
ology. The Bowie A Cappella
choir will sing “Faith of Our
Fathers”, Hemy, and “Bless
This House”, Brake. The scrip-
ture reading will be by Rev.
Floyd A. Boulware, pastor of
the First Methodist church.
Virginia Randolph will sing
“The Lord’s Prayer” by Malotte.
She will be accompanied
by Mrs. Will S. Young
The benediction will be pro-
nounced by Rev. Charles A.
Tucker, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church.
The Senior commencement
exercises will be held in the
highschool auditor i u m on
Thursday evening, May 22, at
8 p. m. The principal address
will be given by Ed Gossett,
former US representative from
this area, and now the general
attorney for Texas of the
Southwestern Bell telephone
company of Dallas, Texas.
The processional and reces-
sional will be played by Terry
Randolph, a member of the
Bowie highschool student body.
Charles McGannon will give the
salutatory address, and Ann On-
will deliver the valedictory
message. Don Weston and Paul
Worthen, members of the senior
class will-'render a vocal duet.
A vocal number will be given
by Glenn Cunningham of the
highschool faculty. The mantle
ceremony, a custom of the com-
mencement exercises for many
years will be observed.
Two members of the senior
class David and Anne Brad-
shaw, and two members of the
junior class, Jimmie Jones and
Mary Ann Armstrong will pre-
sent the mantle. Awards and
recognitions will be made by the
Lion’s club and Mr. Taliaferro,
the highschool principal. Supt.,
Claude H. Thompson will pre-
sent the diplomas to the candi-
dates for graduation. The ex-
ercises will close with the sing-
ing of the class song by the
senior class.
Graduation exercises for the
eighth grade will be held on
Friday evening, May 23, at 8
p. m. The graduating address
will be given by Judge Howard
W. Mays, County Judge of Mon-
tague county.
The processional “Largo” will
be played by Miss Ruth Collins,
the invocation will be given by
Coleman Raley. The junior
chorus will sing the “Day is
Over”. Virginia Foster will give
the salutatory address and An-
nette Guston will deliver the
valedictory. Elaine Petty will
render a piano selection and the
sextet will sing. Walter Ehlert
will make the awards and prin-
cipal Don Littlle will present
the certificates of graduation.
The benediction will be given
by Rev. Norman Behrmann.
SOLDIER DRIVER OF CAR
FREE ON $1,000 BOND
Following the accident
Donald R. Schrader, driver
of the Plymouth car, was
placed under arrest and ta-
ken to Montague where he
was charged with negligent
homicide in the second de-
gree in the County Court. He
was released on an appear-
ance bond in the sum of
81,000, Tuesday. If convicted
of the charge, the defendant
may receive up to three years
in jail or a fine $3,000 fine.
Welcome Service
Greets Six Families
The Welcome service of the
Bowie chamber of commerce
greeted six new families in
Bowie this week.
Mrs. W. R. Covey, represent-
ing the Welcome service, made
calls on the following families:
C. A. Bell, Cooper St., formerly
of Vashti, employed by Loveall’s
Steam Laundry; Ralph Porter,
504 E. Tarrant, formerly of No-
cona, employed by Southwest
Life Insurance company; B. L.
Bingham, 904 N, Mason, for-
merly of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
employed by Lance Cookie Co.;
G. T. Steadham, 500 N. Walnut,
formerly of Graham, employed
by J. B. Revere Drilling Co.;
Mrs. Serena Scott, 206 E. Wise,
formerly of Burlingame, Calif.,
employed by Fuller Brush Co.
Flaming Dress
Critically Burns
Child At Saint Jo
Penny Knox, 5, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Knox of
Brownfield, was critically
burned near Saint Jo Sunday
morning when her dress was
Ignited by a lighted candle.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox and their
four children were visiting at
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Henley, six miles north of Saint
Jo.
The Knox family had been
sleeping in a cabin on the farm
and the parents went to the
Henley house nearby before
breakfast Sunday morning;
leaving all four children asleep.
The youngsters located some
mathces and a candle and were
playing with them when Penny
backed into the candle and ter
ceived burns on her back.
She Is at the Medical and
Surgical hospital In Gainesville.
J. P. Roberts Joins
Holder Motor Co.
J. P. Roberts has been em-
ployed as the new car Salesman
of the Quinn Holder Motor
Company on May. 1, according
to Quinn Holder, owner of the
company.
Roberts has had many years
experience as an automobile
salesman in Montague county.
Dwight Whitaker
Receives Honor
Montague School
Exercises May 20
The Montague schools will
hold their graduation exercises
at 8 p. m„ Monday, May 20 with
Marvin London as speaker of
the evening.
The eighth grade class mem-
bers taking part on the program
are: Vivian Hoover, Carolyn
Ryan, Floydelle Richardson and
C. W. Ryan.
Camels have lopg eyelashes to
protecct their eyes against
blowing sand.
ley ambulance and Mrs. Winsett
died at the hospital at 5:30
a. m., Sunday, without regain-
ing conciousness. At this writ-
ing it has not been determined
officially who was actually at
the wheel of the Winsett car.
The tragedy occured when I
a car in which five airmen
from Sheppard Air Force
Base riding in a Plymouth
car, pulled onto the highway
from a side road from the
east and collided with the
left side of the Winsett car
traveling south causing it to
carrecn to the left side of the
highway in the path of a Red
Ball freight truck coming
from the south.
The truck which struck the
Winsett cat carried the ve-
hicle about 50-feet off the high-
way and pinned it down in a
ditch with the occupants In-
side.
J. W. Rich, 36, Dallas driver
of the truck and occupants of
the airmen’s car were unin-
jured. The truck was loaded
with government -materials for
Sheppard airforce base. Nei-
ther of the two vehicles were
damaged much, but the Win-
sett car was almost a total loss.
Airmen in the Plymouth car
included, Donald R. Schrader,
Edward G. Stewart, Carl W.
Comb and Benjamin A. Moi-
them all of Sheppard Air Force
Base. State highway patrolmen,
(Continued on page five)
m.
Hon. Earl P. Hall, Fort
Worth, Chief Justice of Civil
Appeals, Second Supreme Ju-
dicial District of Texas, was
a pleasant caller at the sanc-
tum santorium of the Mon-
tague County Times, Monday
He asked about his old friend
and fellow traveler, W. J.
Stephens, columnist and au-
thor of Billyls Budget whose
erudite writings appear in the
TIMES each week. He recalled
that he and Billy grew up to-
gether in the Sunset com-
munity way back when it was
the fashion to swap wisdom
and shell acorns among the
“wilds of that community.
Judge Hall later moved to
Henrietta after becoming an
attorney and served as dis-
trict judge of this judicial
district before becoming chief
justice of the Second Supreme
Judicial district. He is a can-
didate for re-election to the
high post.
Sunday, May 11 was a glo-
rious day in the life of Mrs.
John Webb, 223c East Mon-
tague Street. Besides enjoy-
ing the Sabbath day and
Mother’s Day, she was blessed
with having a birthday.
PATTERSON PHOTO
Dwight Whitaker, Bowie high
school senior, has been awarded
the Wilbur S. Davidson scholar-
ship for the school year 1952-53
at the University of Texas.
These scholarships are given to
students who are outstanding
in scholastic ability and char-
acter.
Dwight has attended Bowie
highschool for four years and
has taken an active part in all
school activities.
He is a member of the Na-
tional Honor Society and is
Travel club president. He is the
son of Mrs. Lila Whitaker, who
lives on the Stoneburg high-
way. Dwight was an honor stu-
dent both his junior and senior
years.*
■ ■ ~ *................. '"'ini
EDITORS PRAYER
Blessed are the merchants
who advertise, and the wo-
man who sends in a written
account of a party or a wed-
ding. Blessed are they who
do not expect the editor to
know everything but tell him
whenever an interesting
event occurs, and blessed are
they who get their copy In
early; they shall occupy a>
warm spot In the editor’s
heart. Blessed are those who
do not think they could ran
the paper better than the
editor. . . yea, thrice blessed
are these, because there are
so few of them in the
mtinity.
Woodward (la.)
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