Bowie Lions Help Blind Veteran Build HAM Radio Shack
Carl Kirksey, a 24 year old blind Vietnam veteran and Minnow Ranch owner, is pursuing his HAM radio license with Lions Club support. He has operated Morse Code from his Bowie area bedroom since 1966 and will join a new radio shack funded by the club with Norman Branson aiding the project.
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Carl Kirksey
Kirksey
Minnow
Carter Lake
Bowie Lions Club
Carl
Lion Norman Branson
Branson
Viet Nam
the News
Power Failure Shuts Bowie Off From 10:10 To 10:50
The City of Bowie experienced a total blackout Wednesday morning as the power grid failed from 10 10 a m to about 10 50 a m An official cited a problem in the main power transformer though the exact cause was not disclosed Bowie Memorial Hospital switched to emergency power for about ten minutes before restoration.
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Bowie
Bowie Memorial Hospital
Reeder Leads Montague Fruit Station After Randolph
Bobby D. Reeder, Auburn graduate, now directs Texas A&M University Fruit Research Demonstration Station at Montague. He succeeds A A Randolph who retired Feb 1 after 39 years with the Texas A&M System. The station studies peaches apples and pears with plans for two new projects including a peach marketing study on 62 acres.
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Bobby D. Reeder
Auburn University
Texas A&m University
Montague
College Station
Reeder
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station System
A. A. Randolph
Randolph
Texas A&m System
Alabama
Jesse
Auburn
Alabama University
Bowie leaders cited for Intra-Site industrial data efforts
Thirteen Bowie business and civic leaders received citations from the Texas Industrial Commission and Governor Preston Smith for significant contributions to Texas industrial development. The awards marked local involvement in building the Intra-Site computerized site selection data bank, with a detailed 88 page printout and 1444 data items for Bowie.
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Bowie
Texas Industrial Commission
Preston Smith
Texas
E. H. Sheffield
Commission
Southern Industrial Development Council
Sheffield
C. J. Howard
S. E. Chandler
Howard Black
Jerry Cantwell
W. A. Brewer
E. J. Jones
Charles Coffield
E. O. Martin
David Moyer
Donald W. Stephens
S. L. Hanson
George Hoeldtke
J. A. Falsone
Jim Bowie Days Officers Elected For 1971
The first Jim Bowie Days meeting in the Gold Room of Bowie National Bank elected two year terms for officers and executive committee members. S. L. Hanson was re elected president for the fifth annual celebration to be held in Bowie on June 24 25 and 26 1971. Officers include Bob Boudreaux vice president Mrs Charles Rungells secretary Mrs M B Powell treasurer and executive committee members E L Hargood J R Matlock Mrs Bobby Read Ron Taylor and Tommy Whitecotton. A February 25 meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Gold Room invites clubs and volunteers to participate.
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Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Travel Inn
C.of C
Dan Willingham
Wade Bond
Fred Raborn, Sr
James Cantwell
Lee Hodges
Kirk Walker
C. J. Howard
Andy Miller
Don Brumfield
David Jameson
S. L. Hanson
John Middleton
Glen Jones
Warren Lambert
Bob Boudreaux
First National Bank
Bowie National Bank
White’s Magneto and Supply Co
Middleton
Dr. Shriner
Lambert’s Men
Jameson Photography
Raborn Real Estate
Lone Star Gas Co
Bowie Lumber Co
John Smith Ford
James Doughty
Chamber of Commerce
Bowie
Hanson
Charles Run
Cattle rustlers hit Hodges cattle near Nocona
Journal notes theft of two cows and two calves from Walter Hodges four miles east of Nocona during Jan 28 29. Cattle loaded on a goose neck trailer and sold to a buyer. Sheriff Middleton suspects rustlers tied to earlier thefts of 20 head at Altus and 30 head in Lubbock. Hodges places value at $2000.
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James Gang
Walter Hodges
Nocona
Howard Middleton
Altus
Lubbock
Hodges
Edgar Hays
Chamber of Commerce
Bowie
Edgar
Graham
Haggar
Howard Woolf
Jim Bowie
Pelham Park
Hollywood
Jackrabbits Down Iowa Park 83 64 in Open Gym Night
The Bowie Jackrabbits defeated Iowa Park 83 to 64 in the district I AA race spoiling the Hawks inaugural gym. Coach Gayne Shelton's team holds first place with a seventh straight district win behind 18 points from Leland Stuckey and Charles Molsbee who led scorers.
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Bowie Jackrabbits
Iowa Park Hawks
Gayne Shelton
Fighting ‘Rabbits
Rabbits
Jackrabbits
Hawks
Leland Stuckey
Charles Molsbee
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Lions Club
Veterans Hospital
Ohio
Wichita Falls
Lion Norman Branson and
Bobby Reeder
George Elmer Allan
Mason and Tarrant
George Allan Brashear
E. H. Shuffield
Chamber
Jim
Ben Barnes
Tom Creighton
Jackrabbits Bop
Iowa Park
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