Christmas goodwill across borders at Bowie's Maids and Matrons event
The Maids and Matrons club hosted Thai, Libyan, Ethiopian, Laotian, Iranian, Moroccan, Vietnamese, Dominican, and Brazilian Air Force students at Sheppard AFB who then visited Bowie homes to trim trees share customs and enjoy buffet and dessert. Local speakers note the hosts’ generous spirit and fond holiday traditions in Bowie.
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Air Force
Thailand
Libya
Ethiopia
Laos
Iran
Morocco
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Sheppara Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Bowie
Paul Boedeker
L. Griffin
E. P Harris
Ray Ratcliff
G. A. Quisenberry
America
Montague County Approves Budget and Funds Plan
Montague County Commissioners approve a 505825.57 dollar budget for the coming fiscal year with 42000 carryover funds. They keep road and bridge levies and reject a salary increase for elected officials, citing affordability while noting deficits in the general fund and rising revenues from ad valorem taxes and vehicle licenses.
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Montague County
Lut
Don Howard
Howard Middleton
Middleton
Texas
Montague
General Fund
Precinct
Bowie
Seview Adhac
Eed
Road & Bridge
Road & Bridge Maintenance Co
Doll Woman Spreads Christmas Joy Through Repaired Dolls
Mrs. Sarah Hestand of Bowie spends the year repairing dolls for needy girls. Since 1941 she has created 33 ready dolls and has given 20 little girls happiness in the last months. She collects damaged dolls, uses second hand fabrics, and keeps spare limbs and hair for restoration.
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Bowie
Sarah Hestand
Mrs. Hest
Mrs. Hestand
S. B
Andy
Bowie school bonds sold for renovation and new high school
Rawls Winston and Company of Dallas submitted the low bid of 3.61975 percent on 1.1 million dollars of Bowie Independent School District bonds. Seven bids were opened in a special board session. Proceeds fund a general renovation program and a new high school facility.
City May Purchase Trash Route Trucks
A Bowie three member committee proposes the city own and operate trash collection trucks for a universal system. They cite flexibility and keeping money local as reasons. Estimated equipment cost runs about 25 000 dollars including two trucks and a bulldozer. The council will review the plan and other ordinances at a special meeting Tuesday night.
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Bowie
Bowie Schools Close For Holidays After Christmas Concert
Bowie schools dismiss Tuesday afternoon for mid winter holidays with Christmas parties across grades. The Bowie High School band performs a 1 p.m. concert in the high school auditorium and the public is invited.
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Bowie
Bowie High School
Jack Wilbanks
Son of Bowie Couple Receives Medal in Vietnam
In OUL NHON Republic of Vietnam 1st Lt. Paul T. Hinds co piloted a helicopter into a besieged fortress to rescue about a dozen wounded Vietnamese and was awarded the Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star. His wife Charlene and Bowie Texas parents are named. The rescue occurred at An Loa 75 miles north of the province capital amid about 400 Viet Cong.
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Oul Nhon
Republic OF Vietnam
Kingsand Army
Paul T. Hinds
Charlene
Elm Drive
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Crash Injures Noconan Richard Pults
Richard Pults a 21 year old Noconan was seriously injured in a head on collision seven miles south of Bowie between a pickup and a grain truck. He received emergency care at Bowie Hospital Clinic and was transferred to St Josephs Fort Worth for head injuries a broken leg and cuts. An eyewitness said the pickup veered into the grain trucks path.
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Richard Pults
Bowie
Pults
Bowie Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Fort Worth
Pulis
Jack Mercer Well Service Company
U. S
1957 Bowie High grads plan Saturday reunion
The 1957 graduating class of Bowie High School will hold a reunion Saturday December 26 at 7 30 p m in the community room of the First National Bank. Refreshments will be served and all 1957 graduates are invited to attend.
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Bowie High School
First National Bank
Pickup and grain truck crash injuries report
Pults, the pickup driver, remains unconscious and unable to give details of the collision. Jerry Waldrip, asleep in the pickup, was treated for cuts and bruises. Harold Head of Altus Oklahoma, driver of the grain truck owned by G H Elliot of Altus, said the pickup veered into the path and could not avoid impact. The trucks overturned. Head sustained minor injuries and Waldrip was hospitalized briefly. The pickup was crushed to rubble.
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Waldrip
Bowie Hospital
Mitchell couple to mark seventieth wedding anniversary
Rev and Mrs George E Mitch ell will quietly observe their seventieth wedding anniversary on Christmas Eve due to Mrs Mitchells ill health. No celebration or open house will be held.
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George E. Mitchell
Mitchell
First National Bank Hires Franklin Wilson
Franklin Wilson has been elected senior vice-president of the First National Bank effective this week. Board announced after December 12 meeting, with Wilson delaying start to finish Bowie National Bank duties. Since arriving in Bowie in 1963 he grew deposits about 75 percent and has held top roles at two banks.
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Franklin Wilson
First National Bank
Charles Coffield
Wilson
Bowie National Bank
Bowie
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Lodge
Corsicana
Wortham
Texas A & M College
Loins Club
First Baptist Church
Frank Wilson
Coffield
Bonnie
Beckie
Barbara
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Hilda Workman
Ola Lee Fenoglio
Morrow's Cafe
Denver
Mason Street
Lara Dean Davis
Mary Poppins
Zoo
Henry” ‘O'Leary
Tieta
Nancy Drew
Tom Swift
Vickey Barr
Bert King
Rickey Brent
Frances Parkington Keys
Bowie Memorial Hospital
W. C. Wilson
Dawson Doyle
W. C. Jones
J. M. Haggar
W. Dean Stewart
Ted Daley
Ted
Bob Loerwald
Bob White
Bob Duvall
Reno Collins
Red Ramsey
Jim Townzen
Holiday
Sarah Anderson Hestand
Tarrant County
J. C. Anderson
Dorah
Lee Wiley Tucker
C. O. Garrett
George Hoeldtke
J. A. Spears
E. I. Head
Vietnam
Roy Bean
Paul Taliaferro
Dallas Kirby
Doc Brinkley
Noconan
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