Oil Progress Week Highlighting Bowie Montague County
This week's focus covers oil industry activity in Bowie and Montague County including depletion allowances imports and rising costs. It notes 170 million barrels produced since 19M with 6.642 million barrels in 1964 and a mineral value exceeding 20 million dollars. The piece previews a full report on Union Texas Petroleum Co facilities at the gaseline plant north of Bowie.
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Bowie
Montague County
Montague
Texas
Ozona
Union Texas Petroleum Co
Allied Chemical
Gaseline
Pribble Seeks Re election for Montague County Clerk
Montague County Clerk Glen Pribble authorized The News to add his name to the political announcement list for re election. He will issue a formal statement at a later date regarding his campaign for County Clerk.
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Montague
Glen Pribble
Pribble
Nonsense and resolves span a quirky year in notes
The piece mixes cheeky lines about space mischief and Cary Grant fatherhood at 60 with New Year resolutions. It references Kaye Giles and Coach Blanton optimistic for 1966 after 1965, plus reflections on aging and lingering fatigue.
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Cary Grant
March of Dimes Drives Launch in Bowie Area
The 1966 March of Dimes campaign begins in Bowie with a city proclamation designating January as March of Dimes Month. County chairwoman Mrs Stanley Bohenek announces community directors for Bowie and nearby towns, plus teenage and mother’s march organizers. Fundraising includes coffee days at local cafes and coin drop containers placed in businesses.
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Bowie
Lee Wiley Tucker
Stanley Bohenek
Herman Heard
Forestburg
D. R. Cook
Daile Michel
Saint Jo
A . Tompkins
Montague
Heard
Sunset
Stone
Amity Club
Warne Randolph
Frank Massey
Texas Expands Highway Beautification Phase in Texas
Texas moves into the second phase of the Petera Highway Beautification Act program with field teams counting billboards and junk yards along over 3 000 miles of Interstate and 14 500 miles of primary highways. Inventories target May 15 1966 completion as studies determine zoning and legislation.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Greer
Highway Department
Texas Highway Commission
Two Bowie Teachers Resign From School Posts
The Bowie School board accepted the resignations of two faculty members at a special meeting. Toby Wood, hired last fall to teach at East Warren School, left to become head football coach at Archer City High. James Brittain, freshman coach, resigned for a private industry position in Dallas. no replacements are yet secured.
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Bowie School
Toby Wood
Bowie
East Wara School
Archer City High School
James Brittain
Dallas
Bowie News Classifieds Prompt Quick Results
Want to buy sell or rent use Bowie News classifieds read by over ten thousand weekly readers. Call TR 2-2247 or TR 2-2248 for friendly helpful service on any item.
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Bowie News
John Wilson Named C of C President
John Wilson was elected president of the Bowie Chamber of Commerce at the Monday meeting. He succeeds Terry Morgan who served the past year. New officers include John Smith as first vice president Norman Branson as second vice president Franklin Wilson as treasurer. New directors named are Smith Franklin Wilson N A James Henderson and Jimmy Sadler.
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John Wilson
Bowie
Wilson
Terry Morgan
John Smith
Sute Dealer
Norman Branson
Rural Mail Rer
Franklin Wilson
First National Bank
Smith
N. A. James Henderson
Jimmy Sadler
Montague County Leads In 1965 Oil Discoveries
In 1965 Montague County saw six new oil discoveries with five operators active and a dual discovery by Bennett Oil Co. H. M. Stanfield No. 1. Fields include Queens Peak South Bowie and Bowie Missisippi, plus Alma West Strawn, Gronow Hildreth, and Stoneburg South at Field. District 9 gained 71 new fields. Jack and Clay counties also added wells.
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Montague County
Bennett Oil Co
H. M. Stanfield No
Jack County
Queens Peak South
VIOLA
Longhorn Production Co
Evans
Bowie, P. Curling
Bowie
Caddo
Bennett O21 Co
H. M. Stanheld
Mississippi
Stoneburg
A. V. Corpening Jr
S. M. Prater
Limestone Csl
Alma
Strawn
McCommons Oil Co
J. L. Rice
Bonita
B. J. Evans
Gronow Hildreth
Midwestern Drilling Co
Mary Gronow
Montague
L. F. Fish Survey
Clay County
W E. Dalton
G. D. Anderson
Vashti
Te&l
L. T. Burns
H. M. Stanfield
Junior Haney Drilling Company
Bennett
Accidental Partnership Spawns Bowie Machine Growth
In 1951 Owen Meyer and Sig Andreason bought Bowie Machine Works Inc. A Bowie Rotary Pump and a Hydro Mulcher emerged from listening to truckers and field tests. The rotary pump, for transferring fluids from tanks, gained nationwide distribution while the Mulcher began market trials across the United States.
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Bowie
Meyer
California
Bowie Machine Works
Andreason
Florida
Middle West
Farm Tax Meeting January 10 at Montague
An Income Tax Management and Social Security Tax meeting for farmers and ranchers is set for Monday January 10 1966 at 7 00 p m in the Farm Bureau Building Montague Texas. Speakers include Jack Jenkins Area Farm Management Specialist and J B Foyce Social Security Representative.
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Farm Bureau
Montague
Jack Jenkins
Texas Agricultural Extension 8
J. B. Foyce
Wichita Falls
Minight
Bureau
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Jim
Jim Winter
Eunice
Louisiana
Wisconsin Times
The
Arcola Herald
Develoy
Regina Commonwealth
Sequoyah County
Country Club
A. Non
Blanton
Dimes Drive
Congress
DD. C. Greer
Houston
C of C
Morgan George Hoeldtke
Owen Meyer
Joe Richardson
Don Crow
Ray Ross
John Bermett
Robert White
Leon Brown
Bill Sell
Ray Barber
B. R. Giles, II
Leon Partridge
Branson
Longhorn Reduction Company
McCommons Oil Company
Midwestern Oil Company
Plaxco
Ellenburger
George Mitchell & Associates Inc
G. F. Plaxco
Bellevue
T&no
Burns Beacon Missippi
LT. Burns Estate
Burns Beacon
Grayson Csl Survey
and Reason
Denmark
Copenhagen
Bowie Machine
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