Bowie welcomes new era with community praise and school reunion
Local column highlights Bowie's friendly image and acts of kindness toward out-of-town visitors, notes about Bugscuffle school’s historic nickname, and upcoming Bugscuffle reunion at Bowie National Bank Gold Room. Also mentions presidential chatter, mail service quirks, and summer reading certificates for Bowie Public Library participants.
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Bowie Public Library
Carla Lynnette Bateman
Julie DeLynn Campbell
Sue Ann Cartwright
Brenda Jane Collier
Cheryl Dempsery
Denise Dempsery
Philip Flinn
Risa Ford
Kimerly Grottie
Stacey Chantell Hawkins
Barbara Ellen Hicks
Debbie Jones
Susie Jones
Jayna Miller
Kristi Moyer
Necole Neeld
Andy Neely
Jamie Neely
Nancy O'Neal
Philip L. Pirtle
Bowie Council weighs North Loop plan and wall removal
Bowie City Council weighs a North Loop around the city limits to secure right of way for a proposed loop and discusses updating the City Master Plan. A wall built on City property facing Central Avenue must be removed after misattribution. Local business Ranch House Western Wear plans a grand opening with a prize drawing.
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Bowie
L.C. Bridges
Central Avenue
Bridges
Leon Partridge
City Planning Commission
Partridge
N.B. Gary, Jr
Ranch House Western Wear
Bowie Independent School District approves 1972 73 budget
The Bowie ISD held a budget session in the high school cafeteria with only board members and a Bowie News representative present. The proposed 1972 73 budget is 1 370 792 dollars with a tax rate of 1 70, split 1 49 for maintenance and .21 for bonded indebtedness.
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Bowie Independent School
Bowie News
Student enrollment shows age-based shifts in Bowie schools
First day counts total 1623 students, up slightly from 1616 last August. High school enrollment rose to 490 from 460 while first grade fell to 110 from 130, prompting a first grade section cut and a larger third grade class at North Ward to relieve overload.
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Bowie
North Ward
Survey Shows Demand for Real Estate Training Courses
A community survey indicates over 20 residents want real estate training with typing, electrical and plumbing also popular. The Cooke County Junior College says a class needs about 15 students, and a local machine shop owner notes a metalworker shortage. The survey continues one more week with mail or in-person submissions urged.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bowie News
Cooke County Junior College
the News
Bowie Labor Day Closures Noting Gibson’s Discount Center
Most Bowie businesses will close Monday for Labor Day with Gibson's Discount Center as an exception. News items and ads should reach the News Office by Saturday noon. The Bowie News will operate until noon on Monday.
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Bowie
Gibson’s Discount Center
Hospital Auxiliary Set Fall Meeting in Bowie Bank Gold Room
The first fall meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary is scheduled for Tuesday September 5 at 10 00 A M in the Gold Room of the Bowie National Bank. President Mrs Virginia Black urges all members to attend and notes the district convention in Bowie on September 29 with everyone needed to assist. Dove hunters in Montague County may expect a field day as open shooting hours begin at 12 noon Friday. The dove season runs September 1 to October 14 then closes until January 6 reopening January 21. Hunting hours are noon to sundown with a limit of 10 birds daily and 20 in possession. guns must be plugged for three shells.
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Floy Etter
Carl Fitzgerald
Jack McKee
Bowie
William Turnipseed
Alabama
Jim Gladson
AOK
Lyndon Johnson
George McGovern
Lyndon
McGovern
Johnson
Henrietta
Grandma
Bugscuffle
Frogholler
Newport
Crafton
Trace
Prairiie Branch
Rockypoint
Leona
Montague County
Hancock School
Montague
Clay
Jack Counties
Bowie National Bank
Virginia Black
Russell Scott Appears on Nation Wide TV News
Russell Scott, engineer with North American Honeywell, toured with Secretary Laird to inspect the B 1 cockpit mock up. The visit aimed to identify necessary design changes before production parts for the Bell aircraft move forward.
Bowie Jackrabbits booster club membership jumps
The Bowie Jackrabbit Booster Club reports membership rising to 158, about half the goal set two weeks ago. President Merwin Turner notes continued efforts to reach full participation and support for athletic programs.
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Bowie Jackrabbit Booster Club
Booster Club
Merwin Turner
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