Bowie Woman Competed In Miss Beauty Salon contest
Gail White won the Unit 23 contest in Wichita Falls defeating entrants from North Texas and Bowie entrants from Modern Beauty Salon. The article notes Bowie entrants Gail, Mrs. Stanley Arrington, and Mrs. Terry Morgan, and praises Gail's prior pageant and modeling achievements while previewing the statewide competition in Dallas on January 19, 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. White
Dallas
Gail
Wichita Falls
Texas
Bowie
Berniece Covey
Stanley Arrington
Terry Morgan
Big City
University of Arkansas
Neiman Marcus
Janet
Wichita
Lions Present Plaque To Honor Taliaferro
A copper engraved plaque bearing the Declaration of Independence was presented to Bowie High School by the Lions Club in memory of the late Paul Taliaferro, longtime Bowie Lions Club member and 22-year principal of Bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Taliaferro
Bowie High School
Lions Club
Taliaferro
Bowie Lions Club
Bow
Ie High School
T.A. Harbin
Bob Posey
Mark High
Raymond Garrett
Stanley Bohenek
Burglar Steals 430 From Handy Grocery Including Silver Dollars
A Thursday night burglary at Handy Grocery 603 East Wise netted about 430 in cash and silver dollars from a desk drawer and cash register. Sheriff Middleton noted the intruder appeared to know the coin sack location while other drawers and papers remained undisturbed. No arrests yet. clues inconclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handy Grocery
Howard Middleton
East Wise
Paul White
Middleton
White
Bowie Faces Holiday Spike in Car Crashes and Patrols
Bowie police report 18 accidents in the past month with several injuries and heavy damage. An intersection crash at Wise and Smythe injured Mrs. Spell. another on West Wise damaged both cars with Mrs. Sue Taylor hurt and Mr. Albert Sigman cited. Chief Cornelison warns drivers to be careful during holidays as officers work seven days weekly. a new officer Otis Moody joins after Dallas service via the U S Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Kenneth Cornelison
Wise and
Smythe Street
Robert E. Spell
Spell
Sam Stuckey
Stuckey
Sue Taylor
Albert Sigman
Sigman
Taylor
Cornelison
Otis V. Moody
Dallas
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Air Police
Industrial Commission Director to Speak in Bowie Dinner
Harry Clark director of the Texas Industrial Commission will address Bowie Chamber of Commerce members on attracting industry. Tickets for the dinner are limited to 50, available at the chamber office, and issued on a first come basis for Morrow's Cafe banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Belve Wood
N. R. Johnson
Harry Clark
Texas Industrial Commission
Bowie
Chamber of Commerce
Morrow
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Bowie Stores Stay Open Late for Christmas Shopping
Twenty Bowie retail stores will keep open until 9 p m on Thursday nights for three weeks, and until 8 p m on Monday December 23, with Christmas Eve hours as shoppers remain busy. Many shops extend to 6 p m for the season, and residents are urged to visit the Bowie business district for convenient last minute gifts. The list includes Bobbi's Shoe Store Carroll's Department Store Lipscomb's Fashions and Fabrics The Fabric Shop Brown Furniture H Brooks Furniture Bowie Furniture Company Bowie Hardware Helen's Dress Shop Noeld's Men Store Perry Brother Walker's Variety Slaughter Drug Style Shop Tiny Tot Shop Miss Village Junior Tomlinson's Gift Shop White's Auto Store Handy Grocery and Heard's Hardware and Furniture Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Bobbi's Shoe
Carroll's Department
Lipscomb’s Fashions and Fabrics
the Fabric Shop
Brown Furniture
H . Brooks Furniture
Bowie Furniture Company
Bowie Hardware
Helen's Dress Shop
Noeld’s Men
Perry Brother
Walker’ Variety
Slaughter Drug
Style Shop
Tiny Tot
Miss Village
Tomlinson’s
White’s Auto Store
Handy Grocery
Heard’s Hardware and Furniture Company
Bowie Volunteer Fire Department Elects Richardson Chief
The Bowie unit held a barbecue and business session Monday night electing Doyle Richardson as chief and Dink Rhyne as first assistant. Ernest Vanbebber becomes second assistant and Ray Gene Williams secretary. Kenneth Corneilson and A. J. Martin win fire marshal roles. The chief urged more active members and invites new applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Volunteer Fire Department
Ernest Vanbebber
Dink Rhyne
Doyle Richardson
Bowie
Bowie Council Awards Major Sewer Contracts
Bowie city council awarded contracts for a new disposal plant and about 18 770 feet of sewer lines. Hester Construction of Lubbock will build the disposal plant for 128 895 dollars and Steed Construction of Fort Worth will construct the sewer line for 112 658 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Hester Construction Company of
Lubbock
Steed Construction Company of
Fort Worth
State Department of Health
Matthews Street
Montague Grand Jury Indicts 20 in Fraud and Other Cases
Twenty indictments return by Montague county grand jury presented by County Attorney Earl Fitts. Twelve indictments allege defrauding by worthless checks naming Noble Lemons James Henry B R Lemons Adrienne Kennedy Luke Reed Ken Escobar Larry Lewis Douglas Jones Leo Finch William P Williams Clifford West and James R Weatherly. Other charges include fraudulent removal of mortgaged property against Charles Holder driving while intoxicated against Austin Cooper forgery against Emma Nell Durham Curtis Don Durham burglary by breaking against Kenneth Gerald Cornelison Warren Vidrine Farl Arrington Alvin L Romine and others. Members listed include L H Campbell George Rucker Werd Stine Paul Brand Mrs John Lindsay Charley Dodd Mrs William A Sell Fred Williams W B Calhoun Alonzo R Lawson Floyd Huddleston and J H Pigbie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Montague
Earl Fitts
Noble Lemons
James Henry
B. R. Lemons
Adrienne Kennedy
Luke Reed
Ken Escobar
Larry Lewis
Douglas Jones
Leo Finch
William P Williams
Clifford West
James R. Weatherly
Charles Holder
Austin Cooper
Emma Nell Durham
Curtis Don Durham
Kenneth Gerald Cornelison
Warren Vidrine
Farl Arrington
Alvin L. Romine
L. H. Campbell
George Rucker
Werd Stine
Paul Brand
John Lindsay
Charley Dodd
William A. Sell
Fred Williams
W. B. Calhoun
Alonzo R. Lawson
Floyd Huddleston
J. H. Pigbie
Dinner Honors Montague County 4-H Youths At Gold Star Banquet
Mary Campbell and Raymond Abbott received certificates of recognition from Texas A&M System Board members at the 11th annual Gold Star Banquet for District 4. The Bowie Community 4-H Club youths were honored for 1963 achievements in Extension 4-H work alongside their parents, Brooks Smith, and Reba Stanfield on Arlington State College campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Texas A&m University System Board of
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Arlington State College
Arlington
Montage County
Brooks Smith
Reba Stanfield
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Jacksboro
Lady Bulova
Jerry
Yule
T. A. Harbin
Harbin
Dutch Snyder
Gainesville
West Wise Street
Santa
S. Claus
Fred Bloom
Tarrant and
Smythe Streets
A. J. Martin
Roy Gene Williams
Richardson
Council
Imhof
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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