Salute to Montague County 4-H Achievements
Editorial lauds 4-H work in Montague County highlighting financial record keeping parliamentary procedure and respect for agriculture. It praises county agents Reba Stanfield and Wiley Roberts and notes two national champions along with frequent blue ribbons in district and state contests.
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Ber
Montague County
Reba Stanfield
Wiley Roberts
4-H
Montague County 4-Hers
Wiley
Reba
Kerr of Oklahoma and the Senate's vanished power
The piece reflects on Robert Kerr of Oklahoma as the Senate's dominant figure, shaping policy and process. It questions democracy when one man’s death shifts the chamber’s balance, noting Kerr’s pragmatism, ties to Kennedy, opposition to Medicare, and the push for reforms to term limits and seniority rules.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Robert Samuel Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Lyndon Johnson
Paul Douglas
Ghengis Kahn
U.S. Senate
The Amazing American Acknowledges Paradoxes of Patriotism
The passage contrasts the American with contradictions in behavior and values. It notes fast driving, dieting, waste, and consumer excess alongside civic pride and charitable acts. It ends by affirming that despite flaws, the American remains a essentially good person worthy of praise.
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America
Connally picks seven for key positions in Texas
Governor elect John Connally announced seven appointees to his incoming administration led by Crawford Martin as Secretary of State. Youngest is 27 year old Larry Temple as administrative assistant. other appointees include Bill Fowler Frank Miskell Scott Savers and Howard Rose. Two carryovers from the Daniel administration, Martin and Cobb, are noted for prior service in the legislature and budget office.
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Austin
Tex
John Connally
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Larry Temple
Temple
Bill Fowler
Dallas
Frank Miskell
Scott P. Savers
Fort Worth
Howard Rose
Midland
Connally
Bill Cobb
Cobb
Legislative Budget Board
Texas Industrial Commission
Fowler, Miskell
Sayers
Jesse James
Carr
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Albert Jones
University of Texas
Attorney General’s Office
Jones
American College of Trial Lawyers
Texas State Bar
January 1953 Bowie's new county officials sworn in
In Bowie's 1953 Year start Tom Lindsey becomes Sheriff and Ed Cooksey of Saint Jo is Commissioner for Precinct 4, with Tom Lindsey also taking the role of Justice of Peace for Precinct 4. Buck Jameson shifts to cattle and business interests.
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Tom Lindsey
Ed Cooksey
Saint Jo
Buck Jameson
Bowie News subscription rates and history
The Bowie News lists 1962 subscription prices: one year for 3 in a Texas area including Montague Wise Clay Jack Wichita Cooke and Denton counties and Jefferson county Oklahoma. elsewhere 4 per year. The paper began February 9 1922 and is entered at Bowie post office. It consolidated with The Montague County Times on April 1 158.
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Bowie
Lake Bowie
Major
Montague County
C. A. Tucker
William F. McWilliams
Ruth Workman
Fort Worth
Frantrude McNatt
Shamburger Lumber Company
Adkins and
Matthews Street
First National Bank
John B. Hunt
Hunt
Hershel Stephens
Bowie News
Montague, Wise, Clay, Jack
Wichita, Cooke
Denton
Texas
Jefferson County
Oklahoma
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Kennedy
Medicare
Robert Kerr
Gov.-Elect
Price Daniel
Milton Potts
Livingston
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
Texas Water Development Board
Marvin Shurbet
Petersburg
Daniel
Dan Melton
Lufkin
Neches
Jack Douthit
Sterling City
Dale Leddy
San Angelo
L. T. Youngblood
Bronte
Upper Colorado River Authority
J. W. Mullins
Coleman
Isaac S. Pate
Voss
Central Colorado River Authority
O. L. Cheaney
Santa Anna
James P. Hart
W. R. Beaumier
Vann M. Kennedy
Corpus Christi
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Turman
James A. Turman
Texas Woman’s University
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Treasury
State Board of Education
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wims
Byron Tunnell
Tyler
House
New York Stock Exchange
Southwest
Charlie Scruggs
Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation
Nouncement
Swahrf
Scruggs
U. S
AG Texas
Courts
Will Wilson
East Texas
Billie Lo Estes
Vern Sanford
Ernest Chandler
Bowie High School
Stanley Hayes
Germany
Frances Kelsey
Johanna Hines
North Texas
Ringgold
Crowell
Pecan
Elba
Stephens Furniture
Chicago
Ann Orr
Clark Wheeler
Lewis Orr
Charles W. Gant
James L. Lyons
Genera Dwight Eisenhower
Francis Whitfield
F. W. Geurin
Nocona
Roy W. Slaughter
Slaughter Drug Store
K. R. Dort
Edwards Motor Company
Edwards
Chevrolet
Paul Donald
Daube Foundation
Meyer Park
W. C. Myers
Tandy Welch
Montague Boy's
Che Bois Neus
Fe Press
Taye
Smythe Street
Bowie, Texas
Emerson Lynn, JR
The
Monague County Times
Frigidaire
Bowie Hardware
Smythe
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