Heat and Hopes Amid Bowie Community Week
Local Bowie residents brood over heat taxes Watergate and rising costs while the Chamber of Commerce hosts a free dinner with chicken and dressing for members. Debate swirls over football season ticket sales and a new option plan not supported by school officials.
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James Scruggs
J.C. Volkman
Wally Mills
Kansas
Bowie
Chamber OF Commerce
C of C
Bowie observes Labor Day with most services closed
Most Bowie businesses including the Post Office City and County Offices and local banks close Monday September 3 for Labor Day. Exceptions include Gibson's Discount Center service stations restaurants drive in groceries and The Bowie News. News items county correspondence and classifieds must reach by Monday noon for Thursday edition.
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Bowie
Bowie Banks
First Savings and Loan Association
Gibson’s Discount Center
Montague County Prosecutors Publish Hot Check Bulletin
The Office of the County Attorney in Montague released a nine page information bulletin on hot check laws for Montague County merchants. It defines prosecutable hot checks and outlines steps to prosecute hot check artists and protect businesses.
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Montague
Montague County
Bowie Adopts Limited Right Turn on Red Rule
Bowie city council enacts a local ban on right turns on red at signals on U S 287 while allowing them at other lights. Police dispatcher Scott Emps had to choose in a collision incident near Duncan Oklahoma after August 27 but survived with non serious injuries.
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Bowie
U. S. 287
Scott Emps
Yukon
Oklahoma
Duncan
Okla
Emos
Bowie council ponders land lease for Wilson Real Estate
City council discussed leasing a 100 by 200 foot raw land parcel near the old Bowie Depot to John Wilson and his associate Ralph Gann. Wilson seeks to place a 14 by 23 foot building for the Wilson Real Estate Company and suggested a $150 monthly rent. Mayor Terry Morgan weighed in as the dialogue continued. Advanced Clay County Pioneer Reunion tickets go on sale in Bowie with two shows set for September and bronze coins offered at The First National Bank.
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John Wilson
Bowie
Sanger
Texas
Wilson
Ralph Gann
Wilson's
U. S. 287
Wilson Real Estate Company
J. W. Cure
Clay County Pioneer
Ranch House Western Wear
First National Bank
Bowie Schools First Day Enrollment Surprises Alter Classing Plans
On Monday Bowie schools reported 1702 total enrollments with first grade turnout far below expectations. Administrators planned class leveling across wards, transferring students to balance sizes, while budgeting for 1973-74 and noting possible textbook delays.
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Bowie
Ninty
East Ward
North Ward
South Ward
Austin
Dove Crop Scattered as North Zone Dove Season Opens
Nimrods will take to the grain fields and stock tanks Saturday September 1 when the State's North Zone dove season opens at 12:00 noon. The season runs September 1 to October 14 with shooting hours from noon until sunset per Montague County Game Preserve Officer James McCash.
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Montague County
James McCash
Youth Drowns Sunday at Bowie Lake in Montague County
A 17 year old Minnesota boy, Greg Thurlow of Kelliaher, died after drowning Sunday in about 15 feet of water at the old Bowie Lake. Companions Eric McFaden and Ed Sandberg, both from Minnesota, were swimming with him. rescue efforts by volunteers and a drag operation recovered the body near the bank. Thurlow was taken to Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Bowie.
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Montlague County
Montague County
Minnesota
Vie Lake
Owens and Brumley Funeral Home
Bowie
Greg Thurlow
Bryan W. Thurlow
Kelliaher
Lake Dam
Eric McFaden
Northomne
Ed Sandberg
Houston
Oklahoma
Greg
Sandberg
U.S. 81
Wayne Jones
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