Free Ride Ends for Bowie Taxpayers Charges City for Officials
Letters chide Bowie city governance over taxes and traffic changes. A resident argues two week vacation rules and higher taxes elsewhere, while praising council awareness though criticizing bypass plans. Local ad stunt by James Scruggs at Richardson Furniture sparks playful rival branding between Terry MecCarty and Goodyear dealers.
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Bowie
James Scruggs
Richardson Furniture
Scruggs
Zenith
Terry MecCarty
Terry
Philco
Goodyear
General Electric
James
Booster Club Sees Rapid Growth and Local Events
The Jackrabbit Booster Club reports over 125 members toward a 300 goal with film night set to showcase Bowie Holiday scrimmage. Bowie tennis hosts first municipal tournament September 1 2 and 3 entries due August 28 with a 1 50 fee and can of balls required. Five people jailed briefly for August 23 disturbance at Hutson's Restaurant now released after fines. Police investigate car tracks through school flower beds and a portable TV and two flags stolen at East Ward School.
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S.L. Hanson
Bowie
Bill Murray
Chamber of Commerce
Bowie News
Hutson
East Ward
D. L. Campbell
Henry Moore Leads Bowie Nine Hole Golf Project
Henry Moore and two fellow senior golfers are transforming an old sand green course on Belcherville road into a nine hole course near Bowie. They estimate completion and opening for play by next June with volunteer help and a small green fee for upkeep. Moore has invested $10,000 and is forming a foundation to ensure completion if he cannot finish the project himself.
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Henry Moore
Bowie
Belcherville Road
Moore
L.G. Rhine
Cotton Hoffman
Special News Offer Ends September First 1973 Bowie News
Every reader worldwide has five days to grab the special Bowie News subscription deal. New subscribers get Thursday and Monday editions for 5 dollars per year mailed anywhere. After September 1 the rate rises to 8 dollars county, 10 dollars outside.
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Bowie News
Two In County Receive Free Trip To Huntsville
The Montague County Jail reported two convicted offenders were sent to the State Pen in Huntsville last week. Joseph Leonard Jordan received five years in District Court for theft over fifty dollars and his probation was revoked. Virgil D. Busby was transported to the same facility after a Saint Jo School burglary conviction.
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Montague County
State Pen
Huntsville
Joseph Leonard Jordan
Cross Bar
Virgil D. Busby
Saint Jo School
First Day Of School In Bowie Brings High Enrollment
Students prepare for the 1973-74 year as Bowie schools report record enrollment fueled by a new five year old kindergarten program. Labor Day marks the first break with classes resuming after the holiday.
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Bowie
Montague secretary attends Texas Farm Bureau conference in Waco
Eva Mae Bell, Montague County Farm Bureau office secretary, joins 76 others for the four day County Farm Bureau Office Secretaries Conference in Waco August 1922. Sessions, speeches, and courses cover motivation, membership, finances, and secretary roles at the new $2.7 million TFB headquarters with J T Woodson welcoming attendees.
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Eva Mae Bell
Montague
Montague County Farm Bureau
Waco
Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau
Waco Plaza Inn
TFB
J.T
Red) Woodson
Marshall Edwards
Columbus Ave
Warren Newberry
Farm Bureau State
Blue Cross
Bill Hoover
Bureau
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Ron Taylor
Bowie Lake
U.S. 287
Rea
Bowie High School
Jeff Taylor
Red Gibbins
Merwin Turner
James Coffman
Helen Crumpler
Joe Pigg
Marion Pollard
Delbert Martin
Phil Flinn
Bob McGowan
Jake Bridgewater
George Thetford
James Case
Wayne Randolph
Leroy Hutson
Carl Fitzgerald
Elton Hill
Tim Halil
James Doughty
Jimmie Henry
Lynn Heller
Margie Campbell
Gary Nees Lumber Co
Eddie Grottie
Griffin Drug Store
Charles Gifford
Ike Parks
O.R. Tomlinson
Norman Branson
Terry Morgan
Frontier Western Wear
Warren Lambert
Henry Insurance
Joe Richardson
Terry Sanders
Troy Slade
Franklin Wilson
John Middleton
Carl Shurtleff
Bob Cornelison
Billy Browning
Jack Boydston
Ray Barber
Jack Brown
Jeff Jackson
Lyle Burnett
Willie Brooks
Henry's Golf Course
USGA
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Henry's
Texas
Billy Neeld
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Neeld
Earl L. Butz
Butz
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