Jamaican 4-H officials tour U.S. seeking 50 breeding goats
Bernard Webber and Milton McNichol of Jamaica's 4 H Club visit Florida Georgia Arizona and Texas on a six month quest to buy 50 ram goats for breeding to boost the nation’s meat supply. They consider Angora and rugged cross breeds as mutton sells for $1 per pound while beef brings 80 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamacian
4-H Club
Bernard Webber
Milton McNichol
Bowie
United States
Florida
Georgia
Arizona
San Angelo
Texas
Jamacca
Christmas memories from Cottonwood families long ago
The piece recalls a simpler Christmas twenty years past with family gatherings at Granny's in Cottonwood. Grandad and two mule teams haul a cedar tree, grandchildren decorate with popcorn and cotton, and Santa visits before daylight. The author laments today’s commercialized season and reflects on changing times and family joy.
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Cottonwood
Buck
Frances
Christ Child
Santa Claus
Santa
School Days Will Remain Unchanged In Bowie Area
Local officials say requests to shorten the school day for energy savings were refused. The Bowie Board of Education had adopted emergency schedules last Monday but the Governor and Texas Education Agency backed away from the plan. Schedules would have covered January through March 1974 with a six hour day on normal days and variants for severe weather, but the plan will not go forward and classes will stay as originally set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Board of Education
Texas Education Agency
Boards of Education
Bowie High Band members named to Region V All Region
Four Bowie High School Band students were selected for the Region V All Region Band Teresa Cartwright flute Tim Brinkley bassoon Thomas Belden baritone horn and Cathy Clardy french horn. They will attend a two day clinic in January at Grand Prairie High School and join about two hundred other musicians for a public concert to close the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Teresa Cartwright
Tim Brinkley
Thomas Belden
Cathy Clardy
Grand Prairie High School
Fort Worth man killed in Sunset Alvord wreck
Billy Howard Simmons, 44, of Fort Worth died Friday after his car collided with two others between Sunset and Alvord. A Wichita Falls family of three Joe Gantt 44 Peggie Gantt 42 Kent 21 were seriously hurt and moved to facilities Bowie Memorial and Bethania. Dwight Pace and wife Annette were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Howard Simmons
Fort Worth
Sunset
Alvord
Wichita Falls
Joe Gantt
Peggie Gantt
Kent
Bowie Memorial Hospital
Bethania Hospital
Dwight Ronald Pace
Annette
Raging Grass Fire Hits Heard Ranch
A grass fire in Montague County scorched about seventy acres on the Wilbur Cross Ranch and over eight hundred acres on the Heard Ranch before containment. Fire units from Saint Jo Bellevue and Bowie aided, with Ed Starnes of Bowie assisting early, and Triple A Wrecker Service aiding near Stoneburg Highway. No damage estimates released.
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Montague County
Saint Jo
Bellevue
Bowie
Wilbur Cross Ranch
Stoneburg
Stoneburg Highway
Gordon Heard
Ed Starnes
Triple A
Cross Place
Heard Ranch
Two Bowie Girls Delinquent After Burglary Arson Theft
On December 14 a juvenile delinquency hearing before District Judge Marvin London found two twelve year old Bowie girls delinquent for burglarizing a rent house on October 30 1973 arson of a vacant house on November 12 1973 and stealing a horse on November 16 1973. One girl confessed burglary at Richardson's Furniture October 10 1973 with $49.50 stolen. They were placed under Texas Youth Council supervision on probation and returned to their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin London
Bowie
Texas Youth Council
Speck Dodson
Seven Days Left in Christmas Shopping Rush
Shoppers have seven days to complete holiday purchases as downtown merchants extend hours. Bowie students begin a long break at 2 30 p m on December 20 1973 and return January 2 1974. Montague County Court House staff take December 22 to December 27 off. City employees also enjoy a near holiday break with skeleton crews on call. Bowie police and DPS keep regular shifts to manage traffic safety.
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Bowie School
Montague County Court House
Bowie
Department of Public Safety
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Jamacians
Clark Wheeler
Jamacian Government
Ron Taylor
Peggy Patterson
Kathy Ensey
Kim Beggs
Frances Barber
Cindy Howard
Kim Wagnon
Julie Heard
Billy McGowan
Tina Lee
Carol Garrett
Steven Turner
Ellen Evans
Joe Taylor
J.R. Matlock
Carole Boydston
Jennifer Black
Ann Hackler
Holly Hall
Brenda Johnson
Dana Matejcek
Cindy Brooks
Rene Brooks
Stephen Dill
Gainesville
Stephen Bradley Dill
Norris Dill
Rosston
Gayle Bradley
Young Dill
Dill
Gainesville Methodist Church
Carrol Funeral Home
Stephen
Scott
Gary
Bobby Dill
J.F. Bradley
League City
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