Montague oil finds surge in 1962 countywide
Montague County crude discoveries total 18 in 1962, up from 1961, concentrated in the southwest and west areas. Bowie Youth Center to reopen this weekend with high school and junior high nights. Ed and Pat Foster leave Travel In Motel to buy the Palms Motel in Odessa. Eggleston family to expand the Travel-In and Town and Traveler cafe renovations planned. Montague County leads in child support funds for 1962. JoAlan Spears moves to Waco as bulk agent for Colden Oil Co. Overseas secretary openings offered by the Agency for International Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Ed Foster
Palms
Odessa
Bowie
Fosters
Errol Eggleston
Billy Don
Cotton) Harris
Harrises
Egglestons
Holland
Clay County
Archer County
City Moves to Sell 319000 Sewer Revenue Bonds
Bowie city council studied preliminary plans for a new sewer system including a disposal plant in the east and new gravity-flow lines in the north. It authorized applying for a federal grant to back a bond issue of about 319000, with bonds sold as funds are needed to cut interest costs and preserve the city's tax structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
J. A. Spears
State Health Department
Elvin Robbins
Montague County 1962 Sheriff's Office Busy With Arrests
The Montague County Sheriff’s Department logged 443 arrests in 1962 with 414 civil papers served and $20,095.70 in hot checks collected. Drinking offenses topped the list with 68 drunk in public and 34 DWI filings. 24 burglaries and thefts arrests and 23 hot check misdemeanors followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Bowie's Police Force Shrinks Amid Resignations and Probe
Bowie's police department dropped to about half strength as Nolan Spivey resigned to become a marshal in Saint Jo and James Long left to work for Vernon Shaw. The council split 3 3 on firing Ruby Baccus amid friction claims, with Mayor Spears voting to break the tie and suggest probation. A special meeting to bolster the force is being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Nolan Spivey
Saint Jo
James Long
Vernon Shaw
Long
Bob Patterson
Ruby Baccus
Kenneth Cornelison
Jack Arrington
Paul Echols
Bill Myers
Vern Young
Cecil Ice
Joe Spears
Patrolman
Schools Conduct Annual Census 1963 64
Enumeration of children for the 1963 64 school census is underway. Each child who will be six on or before September 1, 1963 or under eighteen by that date should be counted. Contact Mrs LaJanta Bradfield Census Trustee Tremont 2 1154 if not yet enumerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaJanta Bradfield
Tremont
Bowie Club Rides At Fort Worth
The Bowie Roping Club accepted an invitation to ride in the grand entry of the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show on January 29, observed as Bowie Day. Donna Cansler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cansler, will represent Bowie as sweetheart of the club. She is a Bowie High sophomore and has been a roping club member for four years. The club will meet tonight to finalize trip plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Donna Cansler
Bob Cansler
Bowie High
Fire guts abandoned Bowie Ice plant in cold blaze
A spectacular blaze Saturday afternoon gutted the Bowie Ice Company plant at Clay and Cowan Streets in nine degree weather with a 20 mile per hour north wind. Firefighters kept the old brick structures from collapse and prevented damage to nearby storage tanks. Owner Ralph J. Dodson of Decatur said the loss was insured and the plant had not been in use for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Ice Company
Clay and
Cowan Streets
Ralph J. Dodson
Dice Foods Company
Decatur
Dodson
Bowie
East Wise
Reelect Directors At First Savings and Loan Meeting
Stockholders of the First Savings and Loan Association re elected the same directors at the annual meeting held last Thursday. President J. Coffield reported a modest rise in total assets and over 165000 dollars paid to stockholders and patrons in dividends for the year. Directors reelected included C. Campbell, Milton D. Carter, T. B. Coffield, W. C. Koonce, G. W. Self, O. W. Watson, and Kenneth Duke. Dividends to depositors rose from 4 to 4 percent, signaling a competitive position and potential deposit growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Savings and Loan Association
J. #. Coffield
C. E. Campbell
Milton D. Carter
T. B. Coffield
W. C. Koonce
G. W. Self
O. W. Watson
Kenneth Duke
Bowie Schools Out Friday Holiday for grading and organizing
Bowie students have a holiday Friday to allow teachers to grade papers review averages and prepare for a new semester. A special schedule has been in effect and continues today with 8:30 a.m. start and 2:30 p.m. dismissal. Bus routes operate on the adjusted times.
Cancer Crusade Plans Discussed By Local Society
The American Cancer Society County Board of Directors met in the Bank Community Room with Barry Moncure of Abilene and Mrs. Robert Duvall presiding. They discussed the upcoming Cancer Crusade Campaign and heard a dressings report. Six members met previously to knit bandages in Bowie's First Presbyterian Church basement and invite others to join bandage making each Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Bank
Barry Moncure
Abilene
Robert Duvall
John C. Jones
Cancer Society
Bowie
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Film Show And Watershed Reorganization At Montague Meeting
Public meeting at the district courtroom in Montague Thursday at 7 30 p m to view Water Bill USA a film by the Soil Conservation Service and to reorganize the Denton Creek Watershed Association. Bryson says 80 dams and lakes will protect landowners along the watershed and appeals for a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Montague
N. A. Bryson
SCS
Bryson
Denton Creek Watershed Association
Denton and Sandy Creek
Sandy Creek
Denton Creek
East Ward PTA Studies Traffic Safety at Local Schools
An East Ward PTA committee has begun a safety study for traffic and pedestrian hazards around East Ward and full-fledged safety measures may include one way streets curbside loading only and elimination of double parking. The board approved hiring Mary K. Redman as a temporary high school history teacher replacing Bob Baker who resigned to take a west Texas coaching post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Ward
PTA
Board of Trustees
Wanda Phelps
Phelps
Mary K. Redman
Texas University
Bob Baker
West Texas
Marvin Shaw
Southern Methodist University
Baylor University
Shaw
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SPWS
By Emerson Lynn Jr
Leonard Ashley
Ramon Western
Eggleston's
JoAlan Spears
Colden Oil Company
Waco
Vivienne
JoAlan
Sinclair
Agency For International Development
South Side
Posey
Department of Health
Robbins
City Water and Sewer Department
Barbara Vanbebber
Danny Williams
Nocona Boot Company
Sheriff's Office
Bowie Club
Fort Worth
Curtis Latham
Latham
Cancer Crusade
Jack Wilbanks
Houston
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