Bowie High School 1959 Grads Plan Reunion and Christmas Tour
The 1959 Bowie High School graduates plan a reunion on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the First National Bank Community Room with spouses and families invited. A Christmas lights tour of Bowie follows, highlighting local homes and landmarks. A hole in one club is noted and a 1922 Cross-Timbers ad is recalled. The Southwestern Bell purchase of Nortex Telephone pending filing ends January 18. Bowie News to publish early next week with holiday sales notices.
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Bowie High School
First National Bank
Bowie
Wise
Mill and
John Heltzel
Small Street
Alfred Ragsdale
Tarrant and
Rock
Kenneth Richardson
Coffield
W. L. Eubank
Stoneburg Highway
Broadway
Central
Raymond Ratcliff
Santa
Bellmire
Session Street
Odell Thompson
Odell
Memory Lane
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nortex Telephone Company
Lancaster
Bellevue
Newport
Texas
Federal Communication Commission
Washington
Southwestern Bell
Nortex
Saturday Is Judge Bean Day in Bowie
The Judge Roy Bean Court dedicated to Paul Taliaferro will be staged in Bowie this Saturday. Funds raised fund Christmas baskets for needy families, with Pete Plaxco as general chairman aiming to surpass previous years in money, participation, and families helped. Baskets are to be packed Tuesday December 22 at the National Guard Armory, East Nelson.
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Roy Bean
Paul Taliaferro
Bowie
Taliaferro
Pete Plaxco
National Guard
East Nelson
Piaxco
Bowie Post Office Extends Hours for Christmas Deadline
Postmaster Ernest Chandler announces Bowie post office will stay open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays through December 23. Saturday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on December 19. He notes heavy Christmas mail and urges sending mail quickly, especially for distant points.
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Bowie
Ernest Chandler
Chandler
County Sets Second Budget Hearing
The County Commissioners Court will hold another budget hearing at 9 30 a m Friday in the county courtroom at Montague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners Court
Montague
Boy Scout Camp Project The Work of Many Hands
The Northwest Texas Council advances a Bowie site for a 725 acre Boy Scout Reservation to serve 1000 plus campers. Land purchase has closed after a long planning effort begun in 1963 with local leaders Fred Bloom Joe Clayton and B R Giles guiding a 13 county search and site selection.
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Fred Bloom
Joe Clayton
Bowie
Northwest Texas
Bloom
Towie
Northwest Texas Council
B. R. Giles
Ill
Russell Colp
Wichita Falls
Texas Council
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Montague
Lake Nocona
Bowie Council Approves Compulsory Trash Pick Up Plan
Bowie voters faced a choice to quit trash collection or adopt a city program. The council set a $1.50 monthly charge for outlying areas with twice weekly pickup if subscribed, and $2.25 monthly to use the city dump. First month free to adjust.
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Bowie
Lee Wiley Tucker
Bishop Heights
Trail
Howard Wheeler
Bowie City
Tucker
Bowie Students Qualify for All Region Band
Seven Bowie Band students earned spots in Region 14 All Region Band at Hirschi High School Wichita Falls on December 7. Nancy Stine and Andrea Everitt advanced to All Area in Brownwood with potential to join the 1965 Texas All State Band in Dallas under Weston Noble.
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Bowie
Hirschi High School
Wichita Falls
Nancy Stine
Andrea Everitt
Brownwood
Dallas- Fort Worth
Dallas
Weston Noble
Hirschi High Auditorum
Bowie High Band Christmas Concert Tuesday
The Bowie High School Band presents its annual Christmas Concert for students and public on Tuesday December 22 at 1 p.m. The program features American traditional music and holiday pieces from foreign lands, followed by the high school's Christmas party.
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Bowie High School
America
Bowie National Bank Elects Two Directors
Bowie National Bank elected N. B. Gary and Roger Barwood to fill vacancies on the board after a stock ownership change left two directors unqualified. Franklin Wilson would not be re-elected as president, and Bill Sell remains chief executive officer while policy decisions are debated.
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N. B. Gary
Roger Barwood
Bowie National Bank
Glynne Griffin
van Bill Davis
Franklin Wilson
Wilson
Bill Sell
Gary
Bowie
North
Texas
Barwood
Denton
Mary Hankins
Leonard
Bowie Truck Crash Kills Woman and Youth Near Walsenburg
Trucker B B Reynolds and Herbert Richardson survived a head on collision on icy roads near Walsenburg Colorado. Mitchell Manchester 19 and his mother Mrs Lorna Manchester 54 of Alamosa were killed. A sister injured but in good condition. Reynolds treated for facial cuts. Richardson suffered possible concussion. Coroner cleared Reynolds at inquest and he returned home.
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Richardson
Reynolds
Pueblo
Photogs Re elect Bob Patterson for TPMFA director
Bob Patterson has been reelected as a director of the Texas Professional Photographers Association. Patterson will continue serving on the association's leadership team and guiding member activities.
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Bob Patterson
Texas Professional Photographers Association
Wichitan Heads Scout Fund Drive for Camp, Center
John Gavin former Wichita Falls mayor named general chairman of the Boy Scout Development Fund by Phil Bolin Northwest Texas Council president. He will lead a $350 000 capital campaign to buy a Bowie area campsite improve Camp Perkins and build a permanent BSA service center for the council. Chisholm Trail District No 3 covers Clay Montague counties, precinct four of Jack County, Lurkburnett and eastern Wichita Falls.
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John Gavin
Wichita Falls
Boy Scout Development Fund
Phil Bolin
Northwest Texas Council of
Boy Scouts of America
Gavin
Bowie
Perkins
BSA
Chisholm
Clay
Montague
Jack County
Lurkburnett
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NEWS
By Emerson Lynn, Jr
BHS Grads
Dr. R. R. Loerwald
Ted Daley
Red Ramsey
Bowie News
Judge Bean
Perkins Reservation
Wichita National Bank
Childress
Baylor Lake
Ficem
Soil Conservation Service
Frank Underwood
Lake
Amon G. Carter
Ted
State Department of Health
Chamber of Commerce
Gretchen Lutz
Diana Mills
Carole Dodsworth
Jerry Russell
Marietta Williamson
University of Southern California
Clarence Sawhill
Sawhill
Patterson
Wichitan Heads
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