Jim S Gems and a Moral Tale on Promotions and Color
A humorous column recounts a boxing glove plea to Bertha Volk man for J C while he fiddles with TV color knobs. It folds into a parable about a store arrangement with DuWayne Brooks and a wary payment of commissions, ending with a carnival tone about the race for the 13th con.
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Bertha Volkman
J. C
Bob Duncan
Bertha
DuWayne Brooks
Mexico City
DuWayne
Old Mexico
Ruby
Nocona Bank Chooses Chapman as President CEO
Charlton Chapman, former Bowie banker, elected president and chief executive officer of Peoples National Bank of Nocona at the stockholders meeting. Two new directors Bill McHarg and Marvin Shaw join the board, with existing directors including Jim Huff and Marvin Shaw. Chapman also reports purchasing a substantial bank stake.
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Charlton Chapman
Bowie
Peoples’ National Bank of
Nocona
Bill McHarg
Marvin Shaw
Chapman
Jim Huff
Montague County March of Dimes Drive Chairmen Named
Franklin Wilson of Bowie announces county and town coordinators for the Montague County March of Dimes Drive. Nocona will be guided by Marvin Frank. Montague by Carolyn Guilliams. Sunset by Jolena McDonald. Forestburg by Mrs. O R Cook. Saint Jo by Mary Catherine Goff. Bowie by Mrs. Stanley Bohenek with John Bohenek as teen chairman. Stoneburg by Mrs. Sherrill Roland.
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Montague County
Franklin Wilson
Bowie
Nocona
Marvin Frank Nocona
Montague
Carolyn Guilliams
Jolena Mc
Tables Are Turned on Chicken-Eating Bobcat
A bobcat near Park Springs was turned away to protect the rest of the flock as a local farmer named Ragan set a trap. Authorities reported the capture and relocation or removal of the predator following incidents with hens.
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Ragan
Duke Duke's Navy Aviation Cadet Faces Long Hospital Stay
The text notes Duke Duke, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Duke of Bowie, is a 1963 Bowie High School graduate from Fort Sam Houston area. He will return there after leave for further treatment and may be in and out of the hospital about a year or more. He has served in the Navy for about two years.
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Ft. Sampton
Duke
E. M. Duke
Mn Street
Bowie
Ichita Falls
Ft. Sam Houston
Ve High School
Navy
Parachute troubles mocked by jungle elephant gag
A satirical quip contrasts Army parachuting elephants with political stockpiling as Old Packers joke about bankers or investors stacking wealth. a wry jab at spending and the old team’s fate.
Bowie unit reorganizes alias forming new cavalry squadron
In the Bowie area a Sunday changeover at the National Guard Armory reorganized roop A into a new battalion with Iain James Cantwell remaining as unit commander. The 49th Mechanized Cavalry Recon Squadron is federally recognized and continues the lineage of the 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment with ties to the India Burma World War II campaigns. The Bowie school board also addressed two outdated warrants from Salona School District and raised cafeteria workers’ salaries effective February 1.
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Bowie National Rd
Iain James Cantwell
Imandler
Calvary
124Th Calvary Regiment
India-Burma
Central Burma
Bowie
Rot M. Sills
Hey
Sills
Salona
Jing
Notal
Ting
Exere
Two Men Charged in Bowie and St Jo Burglaries
Jimmie Lee Stone 29 and Charles Eugene Watwood 30 face three burglary charges each in crimes at the Texas Company warehouse Bowie and Magnolia Warehouse St Jo. They’re also charged with theft of 50 from 62 tires. Stone is jailed in Montague County. Watwood remains at large, with sheriff Howard Melton expecting soon to arrest him.
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Montague County
Bowie News
Texas Company
Bowie
Magnolia
St. Jo
Jimmie Lee Stone
Charles Eugene Watwood
Stone
Watwood
Howard Middleton
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Milt Morin
Cleveland Browns
Nancy Henry
Brooks General Hospital
Vietnam
U. S. Army
By A. Now
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Yrome
United States
Dallas, Texas
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