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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
1
Bowie's Patsy Richardson and Edward Ellis Plaxco plan a late summer wedding. The News explains delays in publishing Patsy’s engagement photo and notes a public hearing on Bowie’s master growth plan upcoming with Hasie and Green engineers.
Forestburg hosts the Bone Chamber of Commerce second community visit of the year with a dinner and auction at Forestburg High School to aid the Forestburg Volunteer Fire Department. Bowie merchants donate merchandise and auctioneers Dan Dimock and Elmer Covey provide services. Chamber members without merchandise are urged to attend and contribute. The evening includes entertainment by Bowie youth and twirlers, with boosters meeting at 6 15 p m in front of city hall to caravan to Forestburg led by Deputy Sheriff William Conway.
Pioneer banker and church leader John B. Hunt 97 longtime Bowie resident died Thursday afternoon after a heart attack. He helped organize the National Bank in Bowie in 1906 served as its president and was a long time elder and Sunday School superintendent at First Presbyterian Church. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery with funeral services at the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his widow three sons a daughter two sisters six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Memorials are asked for the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
The Bowie Rodeo Arena hosts the second Montague 4-H Horse Club Show on Saturday at 7 30 PM with no admission. Open to the public, the event features halter and performance classes including barrel racing figure eight pole bending and keyhole. Participants must be 4-H members owning a horse or having a family owned horse. Patricia Hanson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hanson, won three blue ribbons at the Saint Jo show in June.
Stoneburg Baptist Church plans the ordination of W. N. Sonny Hanson to the ministry Sunday at 3 pm. Dr Otis Strickland president of Decatur Baptist College will preach the sermon Dr Joe Boles pastor of First Baptist Decatur will be the interrogator Fred Meeks of Dallas will provide special music The ordination council will include Montague County Baptist Association pastors.
Linda White and Nancy Stine won three trophies and five medals at the National Contest in Dallas ending the Baton Twirling Clinic. Linda earned Miss Majorette and both became drum majors for next year. They advance as members of the Who's Who in Twirling and will perform Friday at Forestburg Community Visit sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Bowie Board of Education awarded two contracts Monday night for the science building at Bowie High School. Wichita Construction Company won the concrete slab floor bid at 1875 dollars and Bowie Plumbing Company the plumbing work at 1693 dollars. Other bids ranged higher for concrete and plumbing. A prefab metal building for two laboratories and a lecture room is being sourced, with bids to be opened in about ten days for heating and air conditioning bids to follow. The board aims to finish the project in time for September classes.
A Social Security Administration representative will be at the Community Room First National Bank in Bowie on Monday July 22 1963 from 9 30 a m until noon to help file claims or provide information and assistance regarding social security.
The City Library summer program reaches halfway with 187 participating children and 36 on the Honor Roll. New weekly add ons include Jane t Chokas Larry Mann Sharon West Steve Fenoglio Mike Fenoglio Mary Joyce Herring Susan Lynn Emerson Lynn Wanda Sue Herring Janet Brown Mary Prater Stanley Bohenek Bobby Heard Jerry McManus Karen McManus Melinda Guthrie Patricia Canning Lynn Covey Sallie Heinz Donna Neela Kristel Sanders Nancy Adams and David Heard. Cathy Fenoglio has read twenty books and earns a Readers Certificate. she will receive it in the fall.
Mrs Pearl Clark a delegate of the Business and Professional Women's convention in Dallas July 14 18 introduced the national president at the formal opening. Bowie High School girls quartet Sandra McCracken Sarah McCracken Sandra Shaw Margaret Shaw and Janyth Kunkel Judy Griffin performed in a dance number with the Adolphus Hotel as convention HQ.
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