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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
5
A biographer asks Bowie News readers to help locate copies of Asa Mercer’s early Bowie Texas newspaper the Bowie Cross Timbers from 1876 to 1883 and the Mobeetie Panhandle from the 1880s. He from Oregon seeks any anecdotes or surviving issues to aid his research.
A letter from Janet Ferris Koltum requests permission to borrow local newspapers to gather Mercer material. She offers to cover incidental borrowing costs and to travel to Bowie if needed, promising safe return. A self addressed stamped envelope is enclosed for replies.
Bowie residents hosted Terry Webb of Dallas, Jerry Gribble of Houston, and Vicky Gribble of Abilene at the home of Mr and Mrs T D Beach from Thursday through Sunday, expanding social connections in the area.
The Bowie 4-H Horse Show returns Saturday at Bowie Rodeo Arena. Show begins at 7 30 p.m. Halter and performance classes are judged with events including pole bending barrel race key hole race and reining.
Mr and Mrs R C Cannedy of Bowie announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter to Billy Sherwood McKinley son of Mr and Mrs T R McKinley of Bowie The wedding is planned for Saturday August 1 at the Central Baptist Church in Bowie Miss Cannedy is a 1963 Bowie High School graduate and the prospective groom also graduated from Bowie High School and will attend Navarro Junior College in Corsicana this fall.
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