Free barbecue draw and districting debate in Bowie region
Local notes cover an August 12 Second Monday Diamond Jubilee barbecue for seniors, county and state tax board hearings on potential increases, and redistricting talks sparked by the one man one vote ruling. Also highlights from Linton Campbell shop news, bank training, and Jim Bowie Saddle Club parade success.
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Marvin Brashear
Marvin
Board of Equalization
Holdiing Court
Bowie
Commissioners Court
Montague County
For Sale Two Speed 4000 CFM Portable Air Conditioner
For sale a portable air conditioner with two speeds and 4000 CFM in the original carton. Priced at 99 95 at Terry's Furniture. Help wanted male cook high pay for right man see Mrs Eggleston at Travel In.
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Terry’s Furniture
Adv
Bowie Dog Befriends Bullsnake in Yard Visit
Lady, a sociable dog owned by Mrs. Norwista Williams of West Wise, played with a bullsnake that wandered into their fenced yard. The snake shared the morning with Lady and Butch, the brother’s dog, before vanishing amid hedges and flowers.
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Lady
Norwista Williams
West Wise
Williams
Rankin Named Gold-Burg Principal in Texas
Dan F Rankin Sr of Corpus Christi named high school principal at Gold-Burg High School replacing Euell Spruiell. Rankin, born in Jacksonville TX, holds BA from Louisiana College and MA from North Texas State University with extended study at several universities. He has taught and coached in Agua Dulce San Antonio Corpus Christi and engaged in civic work with wife Gertrude and five children.
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Dan F. Rankin Sr
Corpus Christi
Gold-Burg High School
Ellis Iveys
Rankin
Jacksonville
Texas
Louisiana
Louisiana College
Pineville
North Texas State University
University of Texas
University of Arkansas
Texas A&i University
Arkansas State Teachers College
Rankins
Agua Dulce
San Antonio
del Mar College
Gertrude
Baptist Church
Baseball tournament planned for July weekend
Summer baseball nears end as plans firm for a July 22 23 25 26 tournament featuring two all star teams per division. Pee Wee has Elks and Colts with listed players. Wolves Cats in Adv division. Wrens Giants Rebels Turks in Minor Pony divisions. Schedule begins Monday with Bowie Colts vs Byers and Bowie Wrens vs Henrietta, with further games through Tuesday night.
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Elks
Carrol Wynn
Colts
Bob Taylor
The
Kenny Hawkins
Robby Hughes
Chuck Wallace
Monty Yowell
Clay Bridges
Steve Summers
John Taylor
Mike Winter
Ricky Hanson
Steve Hanson
Shannon Hill
Ronny Reed
David Barnett
Jody Butler
Jim Stewart
Randy Sutton
Ricky Coates
David Richardson
Brent Spray
Jerry Whatley
Kevin Harville
W. R. Reynolds
Andy Roberts
Mike Taylor
Wolves
O. L. Case
Cats
Danny Miller
Earl Hadsfield
Tommy Canon
Tim Pig
Lee Harrington
Corky Canon
Jerry Miller
Kent Hanson
Darwin McKinley
Danny Kaufman
Larry Hutson
Ben Martin
Dennis Burkhart
Steve Gibbs
Charles Hoover
Lee Massey
Doyle Allen
Riley Harville
Ronnie Miller
Jimmy Hill
Kevin Webb
Mike Cunningham
Bobby Brashear
Ken
Steve Hill
James Cornelison
John McDonald
Mike Matlock
Gary Williams
David Kaufman
Jimmy Hatchell
Cliff Goodrum
Ken Rhone
Arlie McClintock
Thomas Robinson
James Case
Bowie Colts
Bowie Wrens
Henrietta
Bowie Rebels
Byers
Jacksboro
Giants
Turks
Post Office Receipts Rise in Bowie
Bowie Postmaster Ernest Chandler notes a $13,096.96 increase in 1968 receipts over 1967. He cites postal rate hikes, plus population and business growth in Bowie, as contributing factors.
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Ernest Chandler
Bowie
Chandler
Red Ball closes Bowie and Decatur depots
Red Ball Motor Freight Lines discontinue depots at Bowie and Decatur. Customer service will shift to direct track pickups in those cities. Merchants Freight Lines previously offered similar service and still serves Bowie. Merchants was asked to open a depot here to ease street congestion from delivery trucks.
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Red Ball Motor Freight Lines
Bowie
Decatur
Merchants Freight Lines
Merchants
Wreck Injures Bowie Woman
Carolyn Welch Walker 24 is hospitalized at Bowie Memorial after a two car crash on Mountague Highway at 7 05 am. Her Volkswagen was struck by a 1965 Chevrolet driven by Robert Alan Hilborn of Bowie.
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Carolyn Welch Walker
Bowie Memorial Hospital
Montague Highway
Robert Alan Hilborn
Bowie
Bowie CAP members aid in search for downed plane
Four Bowie Civil Air Patrol members led a search from Bowie Municipal Airport at 4 AM toward San Antonio to locate a downed aircraft missing since July 4. Using a Cherokee 180 and a Cessna 172, about twenty five planes scoured thousands of square miles of rugged terrain with shifts signed to two zones the team covered until nightfall and resumed at dawn. The four returned to Bowie at 6 PM after a long weekend of operation and expect the mission to continue for at least a week with other CAP volunteers joining.
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Bowie
Civil Air Patrol
Municipal
San Antonio
CAP Wing
Robert Duckworth
Harry Sampsell
Betty Allison
Rex Anderson
Forestburg
CAP Leason
CAP
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Linton Campbell
Charles Garrett
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Phil Shaw
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Jim Bowie
Snake
D.F. Rankin
Euell L. Spruiell
Megargel Independent School District
Megargel
Wheeler Real Estate
Ady
Dan Rankin Sr
Vaughnda Adams
Hollis Blevins
Blevins
Bowie National Bank
Southwest
East Wise
Rebels
Richard Tucker
Junior Barnes
Ricky Lovelady
Tony Fox
Roy Smith
David Brickey
Bruce Hail
Richard Mills
Billy Burr
Randy Hamner
William Sandford
Phillip Thomas
Bowie Furniture
Tarrant
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S&h Green
David Jameson
Lee
Ray Fenoglio
Ray
Karen Sanders
Red Ball
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