Bowlie Events Highlight Tennis Races Festivals In Bowie
Bowies busy weekend featured North Texas tennis with 62 players from 11 towns praising local courts. Bowie's Pathfinders hosted a dirt track motorcycle race for practice ahead of an AMA sanctioned meet on August 18 attracting about 500 spectators. Junior Golf Slicers Pal Tee finals at Lake Country Club drew over five dozen young players. The Famous Fiddler's Festival at the old cotton barn drew a large crowd with a new trailer stage and extra hay seating. Next week six states send horsemen for the regional Pony of the Americas show and sale. David Gregory predicts strong attendance.
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Bowie
Bowie Pathfinders Club
Hulme Street
Joe Pat McCracken
the Lake Country Club
Arnies
Old Cotton Barn
Marvin Brasher
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Arkansas
David Gregory
Prospective Bowie High football players set first workout
Workouts for Bowie High School football hopefuls begin August 19 with coach Willie Brooks stating letters were sent to all known players. New movers and interested players are invited to report to the fieldhouse on opening day.
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Bowie High School
Willie Brooks
Bowie ISD sets August 28 start for secondary classes
The district announces the first full day of classes for secondary grades is August 28. Elementary schedule pending. Bus routes and cafeteria service will run. Estimated total enrollment is 1,500 with about 439 students expected to enroll at Bowie High School.
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Bowie Independent School
Bowie High School
Regional Mid-America POA Show Heads to Bowie August
Exhibitors from Texas Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and Colorado prepare for the Annual Regional Mid-America POA Show and sale in Bowie August 9 and 10. Notables include Keith Jefferies and Dr. Jean Jansen with Happy Talk's Mr. President along with Cindy Suttle leading Ciay's Fury in a strong national showing.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Bowie
Keith Jefferies
Jean Jansen
Crewe Cover
Happy Talk
Cindy Suttle
Duncan
Cindy
Ciay
Fury
United States
PCA
Milford Lammers
Paxton
Nebraska
Bowie Bombshell
Bruce Sanders
David Gregory
Mid-America
Czechs and Russians clash in tongue in cheek report
Jim Winters jokes about the Pony Show and P O A meaning Plenty of Advertising. Dee Miller quips about not having ponies to enter, calling it an old nag. Anon adds a playful aside.
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Russia
Listerine
Jim Winters
P.O.A
Dee Miller
Anon
Stations Comment On Traffic Increase This Summer
The onset of summer brought a 50 percent rise in highway traffic with local stations noting more out of state travelers. Attendants at Allen Miller Texaco and Selden’s Fina reported stronger business from June to July, aided by HemisFair visitors and campers. West Wise Mobil cited heavy California Florida and Oklahoma traffic through Bowie. Rhyne and Greenwood Enco linked their summer gains to the HemisFair.
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Wichita Falls
West Wise Mobil Service Center
California
Florida
Oklahoma
Bowie
Hemisfair
Selden
Fina
Rhyne
Greenwood Enco
San Antonio
Whitaker Gulf Station
East Wise
Colorado
Hemis- Fair. Co. & J. Sinclair
West Coast
Duke
Enco
New Mexico
Wyoming
Duke’s
Six Flags
Pierce Serves In Vietnam in 1960s Texas hometown note
PFC Kenneth J. Pierce son of Mr and Mrs Frank Pierce and grandson of Mr and Mrs J C Thompson of Sunset serves with the 2nd Battalion 77th Artillery in Vietnam. He is a 1965 Alvord High School graduate with a BA from Cooke County Junior College and studied at North Texas University. He completed basic training at Fort Polk and ALT at Fort Sill before leaving Fort Lewis for Vietnam July 16. He is now at the 2nd Battalion 77th Artillery headquarters in Tay Ninh.
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Frank Pierce
Sunset
J. C. Thompson
77Th Artillery
Vietnam
Alvord High School
Pierce
Cooke County Junior College
North Texas University
Denton
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Fort Lewis
Washington
Traveling comedian survives car crash in transit through town
Gerald W. Gray a traveling comedian and his wife escaped serious injury after a one car collision at 3 00 a m when the 1967 Ford skid struck a light pole about 50 feet away. They were taken to Memorial Hospital and the car damage is pegged at 800 dollars. Gray and spouse were en route from Biloxi Mississippi through Bowie to Pueblo Colorado. Officer Lee Adams investigated at Wise and Mill.
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Gerald W. Gray
Gray
Memorial Hospital
Biloxi
Mississippi
Bowie
Pueblo
Colorado
Lee Adams
Wise and Mill
Graham Purcell to Visit Bowie for Q and A Session
Bowie's Congressman from Wichita Falls will drop by The Travel Inn Monday at 3 45 p m for an informal visit with the public. An invitation from Graham Purcell's office invites residents to attend and submit questions for discussion and answers.
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Bowie
Wichita Falls
Graham Purcell
Keystone Cops style horse theft claim misattributed to Bellevue
Wire service report from New Orleans described two men fleeing with a horse and buggy in a chase that recalled Keystone Cops. Arrested on horse theft and criminal damage charges were Vernon Fewell 36 of Bellevue Texas and W F Minchen 38 of Houston, though Bellevue residents say no such people exist and the incident likely occurred in Bellaire near Houston.
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Bellevue
New Orleans
Keystone Cops
Vernon Fewell
Texas
W. F. Minchen
Houston
Cooler July Temperatures Shave Peak Heat From Bowie
Weather recorder Col. Oran Stovall reports the past week was cooler than 1967 with only one 100 degree day, July 23. Daily highs from July 25 to 30 ranged 93 to 100, versus 98 to 108 last year. Water and electricity use in Bowie fell year over year, reflecting the cooler spell.
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Col
Oran Stovall
Official
Bowie
Junior golf nears finals in Bowie tournament
The Bowie Junior Golf Slicers Par Tee heads to finals after Tuesday qualifying. Lower flight play begins at 8 30 a m today while the championship and first flights tee off at 1 30 p m. Finals and trophy presentation occur Friday in the activity room around 5 30 to 6 00 p m.
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Bowie
Infant dies in Fort Worth from heart condition
Jerry Bob Laughlin an 11 day old infant died in a Fort Worth Hospital from a congenital heart defect. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Don Laughlin of Bowie born July 20 at Saint Jo Hospital. Services are pending at Burgess Funeral Home.
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Jerry Bob Laughlin
Fort Worth
Jerry Don Laughlin
Bowie
Saint Jo Hospital
Burgess Funeral Home
Saint Jo Rodeo Promises Three Evening Spectacles
Saint Jo Riding Club announces the annual rodeo set for August 1 to 3 at the club arena east of Saint Jo on Highway 82. Performances start at 8:30 p.m. with events including saddle bronc bareback calf roping barrel racing and bull riding plus a kiddie calf scramble. Entry books open July 30 at Stonewall Saloon.
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Saint Jo
Stonewall Saloon
Saddle Club
June Robinson
Marietta
Oxfa
Rex Tilden
Ardmore
Billy Joe Hancock
Nocona
O. K. Williams
Norbert Flusche
Sage Ware
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