Bowie News Briefs and Local Notes from Fort Worth Road
A Bowie round of items covers a fire scare near the Fort Worth highway with a Pontiac fire and firemen called. Lions set December 28 as Judge Roy Bean Day with gift drives for the less fortunate. Fire crews install luminous markers for invalid homes. The piece corrects itself on Rep Vernon Stewart listing for the congressional race and notes his position. John B. Hunt turns 96 and passes out Juicy Fruit to kids. Rev J C Gaskill becomes Bowie Bible Baptist Church pastor. C E Campbell attends Aberdeen Angus show in Chicago. Flynn Stewart named director. George W. Graham elected president. A Bowie squirrel tale ends happily with Chief Martin’s daughters adopting the pet after a chase and home drama.
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Roy Bean
Bowie
Lions
H. D. Moore
Vernon Stewart
Wichita Falls
Frank Ikard
Stewart
Vernon
C. E. Campbell
American Aberdeen
Bowie United Fund Drive Sets 9080 Goal for 1961-62
Bowie aims to raise 9080 through a mail campaign led by President Mrs Dallas Kirby with help from the board. Funds support the Bowie Youth Center Campfire Girls Red Cross Salvation Army Boy Scouts Bowie Little League and school aid programs. The drive cites Hurricane Cara relief and seeks community gifts to meet the target.
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Bowie
United Fund
Dallas Kirby
Boy Scouts
Bowie Little League
Texas Rehabilitation Center
Warm Springs
Texas United Fund
Little League
T. M. Whitecotton
Texas
Red Cross
Savation Army
Salvation Army
Kirby
Bowie High senior class to work for city merchants gift project
Seventy four Bow ie High School seniors will work for city merchants Monday to earn money for a school gift. Past gifts include piano down payment and stage curtain. Miss Clara Hoeldtke oversees the project with merchant supervisors selecting student staff.
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Bowie High School
City Merchants
Clara Hoeldtke
Young Democrats Hear Two of Five Candidates
Five candidates for the 13th District seat vacated by Frank Ikard met the Montague County Young Democrats in Bowie. Attending were Jack Hightower and Vernon Stewart. Purcell could not attend and Horany telephoned acceptance. Stewart, a Democrat, urged a strong foreign policy despite Communist threats and hinted at possible war.
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Jack Hightower
Vernon Stewart
U. S
Frank Ikard
Montague County
Young Democrats
Bowie
Young Democrats Club
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Graham B. Purcell
Elton Winton
Four Counties Charge Posey in Cattle Thefts
Robert Posey of Bowie faces a possible life sentence under habitual criminal charges after arrest on cattle thefts. County Attorney Earl Fitt filed district court charges on December 1 for six head stolen from Montague County ranchers, with additional charges in Childress Parker and Jefferson County Oklahoma for other cattle thefts. Posey’s prior sentences include eight years in 1946 and a three year term in 1955. The arrest occurred November 21 on the Lee Wiley Tucker farm after a supposed stray heifer was identified as stolen from Childress. Official release was withheld while seized cattle were identified. Sheriff J T Lindsey Deputy Howard Middleton Texas Ranger J F Lynch and County Attorney Earl C Fitts led the investigation.
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Robert Posey
Bowie
Earl Fitt
Posey
Montague County
Childress County
Parker
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Lee Wiley Tucker
Howard Middleton
Childress
Tucker
J. T. Lindsey
Texas
J. F. Lynch
Earl C. Fitts
Nominate Slate for Bowie Chamber of Commerce Board
The Bowie Chamber of Commerce nominates ten candidates for five board seats to replace retiring directors Clifton Parker and Emerson Lynn. Ballots will be mailed to members with the top five vote-getters to be seated. The new directors will be introduced at the January banquet.
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Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Frank Woolsey
Babe Whitecotton
H. A. Richardson
Jack Lovette
Homer Bishop
Gayle Bradley
Leon Brown
J. W. Clark
Bill Zack Evans
Dallas Hutson
Clifton Parker
Emerson Lynn
Gordon Heard
Chamber
Dedicate Post Office In Montague Saturday
Montague will dedicate its new post office at 2 p.m. Saturday December 9 with Postmaster Mable Tompkins announcing. W R Gray of the Dallas postal district will represent Postmaster General J Edward Day as a band from Sheppard AFB performs and an open house with refreshments follows.
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Montague
Mable Tompkins
W. R. Gray
Dallas
J. Edward Day
Sheppard Air Force Base
Bill
Joe Carminati Jr
Post Office Department
Santa Visits Bowie for First Christmas Event of Season
Santa Claus will appear at Bowie High School auditorium today for a 2:30 p.m. showing of The Littlest Angel. The Bowie Chamber of Commerce hosts hundreds of children with candy gifts and a Christmas music duet by the High School Glee Club. Santa also plans weekend appearances on downtown Bowie streets through Christmas.
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A. J. Martin
Haggar Company
Bowie-area
Santa Claus
Bowie
Chamber of Commerce
Walt Disney
Bowie High School
Santa
Glee Club
Sheriff Lindsey in Critical Condition After Car Crash
Sheriff Tom Lindsey remained unconscious in a Nocona hospital Wednesday after a one car crash early Sunday on Montague Highway. Officials say his vehicle left the road, struck a parked car, rammed a rock fence and suffered a severe head injury, with a long coma reported. The accident occurred as he allegedly returned from a trip to Dallas, with Highway Patrol noting no witnesses.
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Tom Lindsey
Nocona
Lindsey
Montague Highway
Montag
Tom Brown
The
Highway Patrol
Dallas
Chief Re-elected as Bowie Volunteer Firemen Officers
Chief Otis Latham led an election Monday night with most state officers returning. Doyle Richardson was re-elected first assistant chief and Wallace Mills kept the secretary treasurer post. Ellis Butler became second assistant chief replacing Roy Gene Williams who serves with the 49th Division at Fort Polk Louisiana. Elbert Rhyne was appointed assistant to the fire marshal.
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Bowie
Otis Latham
Doyle Richardson
Wallace Mills
Ellis Butler
Roy Gene Williams
Fort Polk
Latham
Elbert Rhyne
Bowie Invitational Basketball Tourney Set for Dec 8–9
Bowie hosts a four team basketball tournament at Jackrabbit Gym Friday and Saturday December 8 and 9. Opening games feature Wichita Falls Coyotes vs Thomas Jefferson Dallas and Arlington Heights Fort Worth vs Bowie Jackrabbits with consolation Saturday night and a championship at 8 30. Trophies funded by local groups with a sportsmanship trophy from Wichita Construction Company and an all tournament five man team named.
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Bowie Jackrabbits
Bowie
Wichita Falls Coyotes
Thomas Jefferson
Dallas
Arlington Heights High School of
Fort Worth
Darrell Williams
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Bowie Lions Club
Bowie Rotarian Club
Wichita Construction Company
First National Bank of Bowie
Mark High
Angler Fails to Reel in Cash from Night Depository
Crime story notes a bank night depository theft attempt. A three foot cord with fish hooks was found when the box was opened, showing the thief could place items in but not retrieve them. The incident occurred Tuesday night at First National Bank.
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First National Bank
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NEWS
Emerson Lynn, Jr
A. J. Joplin
John B. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Moe
J. C. Gaskill
Bowie Bible
S. L. Greenwood
United Fund Drive
Ne Baleas Epison
Haggar Corporation
Haggar
Temple
Cecil Adkins
Lewis O. Hancock
Adkins
49Th National Guard
Camp Polk
Tompkins
A. P. Wood
Fowler. Magee
Cecil Johnson
Jackrabbits
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