Local news and notes from Mon tage Bowie area
Weekend visits by a state chain to two developers mark business interest in a new center while Jaycees speak on dangerous blind corners. Community updates include a new Liquid Mol-Mix dealer, a Messiah performance, and voter registration drive totals as Bowie News teases a 1969 operation plan.
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Danny Hacker
Jaycees
R. C. Cannedy
R. C
Woody Campbell
Flynn
Glynn Griffin
Grif
Julius Ceasar
Cleopatra
George Griffin
Southside Baptist Church
South America
Montague
Bowie
Methodist Church To Present The Messiah This Sunday
The 50 voice choir of the First United Methodist Church conducts the Messiah on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. under Dee A. Tucker with organist Mrs. H. T. Ayes. Soloists include Amos Belden and Dr. James Doughty among others. Performances include Comfort Ye My People and Hallelujah Chorus with a large supporting choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
George Friedrick Handle
Dee A. Tucker
H. T. Ayes
Amos Belden
T. A. Harbin
James Doughty
Barbara Winningham
Mary Hayes
Rebecca Gary
Terry Sanders
Bowie High Hosts All-Region Band Tryouts This Saturday
Bowie High School hosts the 1969 All-Region Band Tryouts for Region II of the Texas Music Educators Association starting at 8:30 a.m. Approximately 50 area band directors and 450 top students will participate. Selected musicians advance to UT Arlington for rehearsals January 10–11 and a concert January 11 on the Arlington campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Texas Music Educator’s Association
Bowie High School
University of Texas At
Dee Tucker
Texas Music Educators Association
San Antonio
Anita Garrett
Kent Sanders
Carol Warner
Vickie Haney
Randy Hamner
Counterfeit Money and Hot Checks Target Local Businesses
County Sheriff Howard Middleton reports ongoing counterfeit activity this year with cases in Bowie Nocona and Fort Worth. Duwayne Swearingin of Nocona jailed for writing multiple checks including a forged $15 payment at Handy Food Store. A green 1965 Chevrolet pickup and a pair of counterfeit ten dollar bills with identical serials are linked to incidents in Nocona and Bowie.
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Howard Middleton
Duwayne Swearingin
Nocona
Montague County
Bowie
Wichita Falls
Henrietta
Ringgold
Handy Food
Middleton
Glory To God Christmas Cantata Presented by First Baptist Choir
The First Baptist Choir directed by C D Pruett presents Glory To God a Christmas cantata by J T Adams Sunday December 5 at seven. Mrs Charles Blanton plays organ and Mrs Joe Richardson piano with Junior Choir also performing. Adams a noted young composer is Minister of Music at First Baptist Sulphur Springs Texas. Youth Choir to sing December 22 at seven during the regular song service.
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First Baptist Choir
C.D. Pruett
J.T. Adams
Charles Blanton
Joe Richardson
Adams
First Baptist Church
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Roth Sworn In as New Councilman and City Approves Plats
Jimmy Roth took the oath to fill the late council seat in Bowie at a brief meeting led by Mayor Lee W. Tucker. The council approved a Cable TV franchise and two plats Chaparral Addition and seven one acre parcels near the gas plant with a ten foot alley requirement. Glenn Underwood raised a tower site inquiry that was tabled for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Roth
Charles Roth
Lee W. Tucker
Bowie
Glenn Underwood
Bob Posey
Chapparal
Marvin London
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Wanda Nell Penn
Bob Penn
Wanda
Kristi DeAnn Moyer
David Moyer
Kristi
Jack and Jill
Moyer
Bowie East Ward
Lee Anne Penn
Bowie Junior High
Ann Campbell
Bobbie Nell VanPool
Kristine Ann Moyer
Bonita Gail Penn
Dallas
Beverly Sue Penn
Janis Gail Garrett
Cheryl Curnutte
Jim
Methodist Church
Ginger Tindal
June Delleney
Lis Collins
Bobby van Pool
Joyce Winningham
Georgie Bloom
Mary Griffin
Opal Karsteter
Billie’. Scltt
Carol’ Warner
Ann O’neal
Betty Tindal
Bettye Henderson
Bob Boudreaux
Mollie Heinze
Caroly. Ryden
van VanPool
Elton Hill
Oliver Orton
E. A. Bland
Ben Brinkley
C. A. Randolph
Barton Robinson
Sam Roberts
Charles Crumpler
Jerry Russell
Don Ayres
Charles Runnells
Ray Carr
Jane Anne Collins
Gayla Tindal
Virginia Crumpler
Helen Harbin
Ava Younger
Donna Raborn
Ocon
Jenecah Hamilton
Kristel Sanders
Susan Laughlin
Martha Orton
Georgia Evans
Denise Meeks
Glendene Brooks
Mary Jo Cordell
Janet Henderson
Jackrabbit
Willie Brooks
Bowie News
Young Homemakers of
Fort Worth
Secret Service
Meinane
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