The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952 Page: 4 of 12
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Retired Bonita
Farmer Dies
Brakeman Killed
Near Chico
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Davld Jones 75, a retired far-
mer, died at Bonita Friday fol-
lowing a heart attack at the
Wagonseller store.
A member of the Church of
<Xu-Ut, Jones had been a rest-;
dent of Montague county for
TJ years, making his home in
tbe Bonita community.
Jones was educated in the
Sine Mound school and In Oc-
tober of 1914 he was married to
Sertha Trydon.
Funeral services were held a*
9 p. m. 8unday from the Scott|
Bm. Funeral Home chapel al
Saint Jo. John Raymond, min-
Sater of the Church of Christ,
Officiated. Internment was In
Strand Park cemetery.
fiurrlvors Include one daugh-
ter. Mrs. Virginia Wigley and a
Odlus Wayne Ewing, 25, of
Fbrt Worth, a Rock Island
brakeman, was killed Monday
when he slipped under the
wheels of an empty railroad
car on a Rock Island switch.
The accident occured about a
mile south of Chico on a spur
of the Southwest Stone com-
pany. Ewing was on the back of
one of the cars which were be-
ing shutled by a switch engine.
He stepped off the car and fell
on the track. He was dragged
200 yards.
Ewing had been employed by
the railroad since January. He
was a veteran of World War II
and had lived in Fort Worth
three years.
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We are happy to report
Grandmother Gunter is im-
proving. She is in the hospital
at Waurika. Several of her chil-
dren were with her on Mothers
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Six, and
Henry Burrow were In Dallas on
business last week. _
Rev. and Mrs. Keen were in
Comanche Thursday attending
a fellowship meeting. Luncheon
was served at the noon hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard An-
drews and Shirley spent Friday
and Mrs. J. T. Scott Jr., enroute
to College Station for the par-
night in Fort Worth with Mr.
ents day program at A & M
college. They were met by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Williams and
Vonette for the program and
drills. Bob Andrews, a student
of A&M Is an officer of H.
Flight, a company of the Air
Force and winner of the covet-
ed General Moore Copper
award. This is the second year
this flight has won the award
in sucession.
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Leavelle
and son and Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
dore McCalip of Oklahoma City
were Sunday guests of their
parents Mr. and Mrs. McCalip.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis
and daughter of Savoy, Texas,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Jackson
and sons, were guest of their
parents, M)r. and Mrs. W. C.
Jackson Sunday.
Lula Seeds and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Schwarz had several guest
over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Seeds of Fort Worth and
Rounder Seeds of Fort Hood,
sons of Mrs. Lula Seeds, also
Joan Same of Union Valley and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richard-
son of Duncan.
Dick Bonds of Arlington, Tex.,
visited his mother, Mrs. M. E.
Hickman.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Phelps
of Wichita Falls were Sunday
guests in the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Johnnie Roberts
and family.
Rev. Leroy Fergurson, Youth
Director for Wichita Falls sec-
tion, led the discussion at the
youth rally for the Lawton sec-
tion at Mlnco Monday night.
Several from Terral attended
the rally. Rev. Keen, pastor of
the Assembly of God church, is
Youth Director of Lawton area.
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Molsbee
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brooks and
Mrs. Abe Molsbee of Nocona and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Burns
and daughter and Marjorie
Molsbee of Wichita Falls were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Molsbee and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stewart
were guests of their mother,
Mrs. J. H. Walling and Johnny.
Maude Stewart and Mr. and
Hollis Mundy, who underwent
major surgery in the Wichita
clinic last week is reported to
be improving.
Madonna Alsup was returned
to her home Sunday morning
from the Nocona hospital. She
is doing very well after having
more skin grafted upon her
body.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Martin
and children are visiting her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Cameron of the Union Valley
community.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wray sr./
attended the graduation exer-
cises at Union Valley last
Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Hill,
and children, of Seminole, Tex.,
are spending a two week vaca-
tion In Terral visiting his sister,
Mrs. Jewel Groves and family.
EASTERN STAR HAS
UNUSUAL MEETING
The OES had a very unusual
meeting last Tuesday night. At
a previous meeting the mem-
bers brought a bundle of old
clothing and sold them to an-
other member for 50 cents, and
on last Tuesday night they all
came dressed in the old clothes
,and such a sight you have
nevef seen. The beauty of the
style show was Mrs. Marie
Hie-. | lan dressed in clothing
she had purchased from Char-
lotte Thomas. Shoes were a
thing of the past, because most
of the shoes purchased were the
wrong size, so all present were
barefoot.
Hostesses for the evening
were Effie Wilcoxson, Faith
Palmer and Rena Burrow.
THE MONTAGUE COUNTY TIMES BOWIE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1952
Waurika Coach
To Nocona
Burl L. Thompson, veteran
member of the Waurika, Okla.,
highschool faculty, has been
elected football coach of Nocona
highschool, it was announced
following a meeting of the
board of education.
Thompson has been con-
nected with the Waurika school
six years and has been a math-
ematics and science teacher for
14 years. He received his mas-
ters degree at the University of
Oklahoma.
Thompson’s acceptance had
not been received there Monday
morning.
Mrs. Thompson also is a tea-
cher and has been with the
Waurika schools five years.
Paul
Bowie
Mount
where
Taliaferro, principal of
highschool went to
Pleasant, Mother's Day
he visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taliaferro.
Mrs. Taliaferro was guest of her
mother, Mrs. J. A. Burgess, 305
Wise Street.
ally clean dotfi
.“for dependability^
Mr. and Mrs. Sharp of Wolf
City, Texas, are spending the
week with their son, Cecil and
family.
Our Sunday school report is
as follows: Assembly of God,
126; Baptist, 99; Church of
Christ, 56; Methodist, 43. We are
encouraged with this good re-
port but let us think of the
question, “What do I owe God?”
Answer it with your presence
in the Sunday school of your
choice next Sunday.
The infant baby of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Bryant died late
Monday night.
An amatuer program was
sponsored at the school house
Monday night by the freshman
claas.
Charles Pealor departed Sun-
rea. His wife and mother ac-
day afternoon for duty in Ko-
companied by Mrs. Ruby Lang-
ford and Agnes Virginia Pealor
drove him to Oklahoma City
to catch a plane.
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Wagonseller’s
Fruit Farm
LB.t Marion
On Fort Worth Highway
Service Guild
Met Monday
Dr. D. E. Whitehead
Chiropractor
311 W. Wise Bowie, Texa
With over 5 million Maytags
sold, there are far more in
use than any other make of; j
washer. And for good rea-
sons. Come in and see for
yourself
J. E. BROWN APPLIANCE
BOWIE, TEXAS
The Wesleyan service Guild
of the First Methodist church
met Monday night in the
church. The meeting opened
with the group singing “True
Hearted, Whole Hearted”, and
a prayer by Mrs. P. J. Scott.
Lucille Deaver gave a book re-
view on “The Road to Beth-
ania”. Miss Ruth Collins enter-
tained with some special organ
music. The program was closed
by group singing of “Blest Be
the Ties That Bind”.
Refreshments of frozen punch
and cookies were served in the
church parlor from a lace cov-
ered table. A maypole and flow-
ers decorated the table.
Hostesses for the occasion
were, Mrs. Helen Stephens, Mrs.
Ruby Dickey, Mrs. Idell Camp-
bell, Mrs. Pearl Tarver, M!rs.
Lurlene Carver, Mrs. Harold
Cunningham and Miss Thelma
FMtler. There were about 35
guests present.
The Residential Type Funeral Home
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Bowie, Texas
W. T. (Bill) McWilliams
Manager
Phone 77
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The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth644914/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bowie Public Library.