Bowie Plant hits full production in Bowie with new slacks line
Bowie Manufacturing Plant marks its first anniversary by entering full production. A fourth production line will begin after hires and machinery arrival, aiming with Haggar slacks to start February 11. Total employment rises to 200 215 women as earnings are paid in $2 bills this week to illustrate good luck for Bowie. Receipts at the Bowie post office rose 25 419 17 in 1962 over 1961. District Judge Louis Holland is named Presiding Judge of the Eighth Administrative Judicial District of Texas, while remaining judge of the 97th district, with added duties to support the 16 district courts. Community dinner fundraiser planned at the high school cafeteria Friday night by the Senior Mothers Travel Club.
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Bowie
Frank Norton
Haggar
Norton
Ernest Chandler
Louis Holland
Montague County
Eighth Administrative Judicial District
Texas
Louis
John Connally
Holland
Senior Mothers Travel Club
Jacksboro
Fight injures Bowie man at Dairy Hut Drive-In
Jackie Romine, 19, was struck on the neck with a tire tool Thursday at about 6 30 p m after an altercation with Billy Gene Seely 19 They took Romine to Bowie Clinic Hospital for treatment No charges were filed
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Jackie Romine
Dairy Hut Drive- In
Billy Gene Seely
Romine
Bowie Clinic Hospital
Burkburnett Youth Killed in Early Morning Crash
An 18 year old Burkburnett youth, Ralph Dwight Long, died on arrival at Bowie hospital after a 1 30 a m crash on West Wise. Passenger Jim my Llussa, 17, remained in serious condition at Wichita General Hospital. The group was returning from a visit with Longs sister when their car entered the path of a truck driven by Stanley Ray Nelson of Este line. Other occupants Darrell Kinnett Bill Morgan and Jimmy Bredlove escaped injuries. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Burkburnett Church of Christ with burial in Burkburnett Cemetery.
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West Wise
Burkburnett
Bowie Hospital
Ralph Dwight Long
Wichita General Hospital
Jimmy Llussa
Bowie
Kenneth Cornelison
Henry J
Long
Stanley Ray Nelson
Esteline
Nelson
Darrell Kinnett
Bill Morgan
Jimmy Bredlove
Henry Graham
Stoneburg Highway
Medera
California
Opal Tullis
M. A. Long
Lubbock
Lottie Christine Renteria
Fresno
Danny Renteria
Christine
Maxine
Arlen
Marlene
Denton Creek Flood Prevention Aims To Revive Farmland
Oscar Ray near New Harp says stopping floods on Denton Creek will revive land like the Rio Grande Valley. The project, backed by local conservation districts and the Montague Wise counties, envisions erosion reduction floodwater retarders and channel widening. Cooperation for easements permits and rights of way is ongoing, with progress made but more help needed before work starts.
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Denton Creek
Rio Grande Valley
Oscar Ray
New
Ray
Glen Lynch
Montague County
Upper Elm Red
Denton-Wise Soil Conservation Districts
Denton- Big Sandy
Bryson
Jowile
Cold snap grips Bowie after mild Tuesday
Bowie residents shivered in a four above zero morning following a 68 degree high on Tuesday. A cold front pushed temperatures down to a season low with a general warming forecast but still below freezing. Official readings came from the Montague experiment station.
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Bowie
Worther
Montague
Two Montague County Men Charged With Theft Over Fifty Dollars
Sheriff Howard Middleton and Police Chief Kenneth Cornelson arrested Charles Thompson of Montague and Jimmy Hale of Bowie after a tarpaulin and a tire were stolen from a stalled truck on a highway north of Bowie. The pair confessed and a sale record led to their arrests. They will face a grand jury on felony theft charges.
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Montague County
Howard Middleton
Kenneth Cornelson
Charles Thompson
Montague
Jimmy Hale
Bowie
Middleton
Thompson
Gainesville
Five Bowie Teens Face Juvenile Theft Charges
Five Bowie youths are charged with juvenile delinquency after stealing rejected groceries from Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company last Thursday night. Deputies Conway and Long arrested the juveniles as the stolen items were found scattered on city streets and the high school lawn. they are to appear before Juvenile Judge Louis Holland in Montague.
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Bowie
Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company
W. F. Conway
J. L. Long
Louis Holland
Montague
Break-in Probed at Kow Kow Corner Drive Cafe
Police investigate a break-in at Kow Kow Korner cafe. Chief Kenneth Cornelison says the forced entry occurred last Wednesday night or Thursday morning. A power saw and small change are missing, the cigarette machine was forced open but no cash was taken. Back door shows damage from marauders.
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Kenneth Cornelison
Eurlier
Amity Club To Conduct March of Dimes Drive
Members of the Amity Club will canvass house to house for the National Foundation March of Dimes on Thursday night January 31. The drive begins at 7 pm with a siren signaling the start of solicitation and residents are asked to leave porch lights on to welcome volunteers.
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Amity Club
National Foundation
Lovette Elected Bowie Chamber President Promotes Air Strip
Jack Lovette was chosen president of the Bowie Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. The board plans a new hospital and an airport, with talks from Texas Airport Commission officials on planning and financing options including federal aid. They urged securing land first and offered technical assistance.
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Jack Lovette
Bowie
Chamber
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
H. A. Richardson
Emerson Lynn
Olie Carriker
George Hoeldtke Lovette
Gordon Heard
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Bloom
Texas Airport Commission
A. G. Thompson
Cliff Green
State Commission
Federal Aeronautics Agency
Green
Thompson
Texas
Denton Creek Watershed groups seek flood control dams
The Denton Creek Watershed Association held a Montague County meeting to organize plans for flood control dams to protect crops, roads, and bridges. Elected as officers were Glen Lynch chairman Levi Perry man J G Reynolds B M Fowler J B Hardison Paul Donald Weldon Brashear R Richardson and L B Clements. The project would use 100 percent federal funds with maintenance guaranteed by county courts and easements secured to proceed.
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Denton Creek
Elvin C. Chandler
Upper Elm Red Soil
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Ralph Longa
Stanley Nelson
Leng
Jimmy Slussa
Burkburnett Church of Christ
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Vailey
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March OF Dimes Drive
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Chandler
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