Chapman heads Nocona bank
Charlton Chapman, former Bowie banker, elected president and chief executive officer of the Peoples' National Bank of Nocona at the annual stockholders meeting. Two new directors, Bill McHarg and Marvin Shaw, joined the board along with existing directors Jim Huff and Marvin Shaw. It was also reported Chapman purchased a substantial interest in the bank.
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Charlton Chapman
Bowie
Peoples’ National Bank of
Nocona
Bill McHarg
Marvin Shaw
Chapman
Jim Huff
The Raucous Ramblings and Political Sparks
A collage of humorous notes on boxing gloves and color knobs ends as a tale of unpaid commissions with DuWayne Brooks. The piece shifts to local politics, touting possible 13th district candidates Crowley and Hightower, with Crowley’s GOP stance and background. The column closes with shop news on Victor adding machines and a moral about measuring success by a son’s description.
Duke Navy Medic Wounded in Vietnam Returns Home on Leave
Edward C. Duke 22, wounded September 4, 1967 near Da Nang, is home on a 30 day leave from Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas. He has been in Brooks General Hospital since returning to the states three days after his injury and will resume treatment after leave ends. Dukes parents Mr and Mrs E M Duke of 501 Green Street Bowie say he will be in and out of the hospital for about a year or more. He is a 1963 Bowie High School graduate and has served in the Navy about two years.
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Edward C. Duke
Milt Morin
Cleveland Browns
Nancy Henry
Brooks General Hospital
Duke
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Edward C
Pete) Duke
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
da Nang
E. M. Duke
Green Street
Bowie
Wichita Falls
Bowie High School
Navy
Montague County March of Dimes Chairmen Named
Franklin Wilson of Bowie announces the county drive chairs. Nocona items are led 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, and Stoneburg by Mrs. Sherrill Roland.
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Montague County
Franklin Wilson
Bowie
Nocona
Marvin Frank Nocona
Montague
Carolyn Guilliams
Jolena Mc
Tables Turn on Chicken Eating Bobcat in Park Springs
C. B. Ragan trapped and killed a bobcat that attacked his prize barred rock hen from Oklahoma. He fed the cleaned carcass to his flock to protect the rest. Neighbors praise the action and hope to trap a second cat roaming the area.
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Park Springs
Ragan
Oklahoma
Raga
Bowie unit reshaped as Battery A 2nd Battalion 131st Artillery
The Texas National Guard reorganizes the Bowie based guard unit from Troop A 2nd Squadron 2nd Battalion 124th Cavalry to Battery A 2nd Battalion 131st Artillery 72nd Mechan. The transition marks the unit’s transition out of its previous cavalry designation into an artillery role within the 72nd Mechan.
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124Th Cavalry Regiment
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Bowie
124Th Cavalry
Russell
Lee Wylie
Henderson
James Cantrell
Sps Powell
James Scruggs
Jerry Clement
Bowie News
Bowie militia unit reshapes to new cavalry role
A changeover ceremony at Bowie National Guard Armory relocated Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 124th Calvary to Troop E, 49th Mechanized Calvary Recon Squadron, linking to World War II campaigns in India Burma. Bowie school board restored cafeteria workers’ salaries and studied finances while delaying tax changes.
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Bowie National Guard
James Cantwell
124Th Calvary
49Th Mechanized Calvary Recon
124Th Calvary Regiment
India-Burma
Central Burma
Parody Lines Compare Elephants and Packers in Office Funk
The piece jests that paratrooping elephants into jungles is hard and humorously likens aging players to money stacks. It juxtaposes army action with old Packers, suggesting a name change to reflect financial piling rather than mortality.
Two Men Charged in Bowie and St Jo Burglaries
Two men face burglary counts in Bowie Texas and St. Jo involving the Texas Company warehouse and Magnolia Warehouse. Jimmie Lee Stone 29 and Charles Eugene Watwood 30 each charged with three burglaries and theft of 50 dollars from 62 automobile tires. Stone jailed at Montague County jail. Watwood at large with sheriff expecting capture soon.
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Texas Company
Bowie
Magnolia
St. Jo
Jimmie Lee Stone
Charles Eugene Watwood
Stone
Montague County
Watwood
Howard Middleton
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Cox
Jim
Jim Winter
Bertha Volkman
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J.C
Bob Duncan
Bertha
DuWayne Brooks
Mexico City
DuWayne
Old Mexico
Ruby
Congressional
Donnybrook
Graham Purcell
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Frank Crowley
Richardson
Crowley
Republican
Republican Party
America
Dallas County Commissioners Court
Bruce Alger
Dallas
Notre Dame University
Southern Methodist University
Victor
Nikan
Pete
Viet Nam
Duke Wings
C. S. Ragan
Bobcat
S Weather Report
Robert M. Sills
Sills
Salona
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