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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1968
Page
1
City homes in Montague County carry higher assessed values on tax rolls than rural residences with similar costs. The article notes urban properties are valued more for taxation purposes, affecting what residents pay.
Montague County Commissioners Court acting as tax equalization board says city homes carry higher resale based valuations, while rural acreage often taxed low despite high prices. The board seeks to raise $30,000 county taxes by re assessing all property after noting oil valuation losses.
In Bowie Texas local merchants urge residents to shop at home to keep dollars in town. The column rails against out of town shopping while noting community efforts in industry crops cattle prices and local finance. It also includes voter commentary on George Wallace and a feature on a reader of the week Jerry Lynn. The piece references the Board of Equalization review in Montague and asks readers to submit photos of service members. A gopher hole anecdote about a local golf tale closes the note with a sports hint about Bowie's football depth and prospects.
Bowie Chamber manager Fred Bloom invites community minded businessmen to submit suggestions for a 1969 70 work program. The aim is a noteworthy plan championed by local leaders to drive area progress.
The Junior Slicer's Golf Par Tee opens next Tuesday with a $5 entry fee for the public. Trophies for winners and runners up in each flight are supplied by the Junior Golf Association. Entrants aged 12 to 20 are urged to contact Mrs Reno Collins at 304 Hulme Street.
L Cpl Ernest Moore spends 20 days on leave with family before resuming duty at Camp Pendleton California. The Bowie High School alumnus will then depart for a tour of duty in Viet Nam as a helicopter mechanic.
Bowie High School hosts the North Texas Tennis Tournament with over 120 entrants. Entry fees are 2.50 for singles and 4.00 for doubles. The event runs Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with no spectator charge and a concession stand. Tournament supervised by Nocona Tennis Association. Harve Ratliff resigns as Bowie police watchman. no replacement yet.
Bowie city council met in two sessions to approve a one year gas purchase contract with Sinclair Refining and to annex part of Troy Woolf property on the Stoneburg Highway. The panel also considered land sales near Amon Carter Lake and the old city dump, appointed a tax board member, and enacted an emergency parking ban on SH 59 from Montague Street to the western limits.
Bowie's fiddling session is renamed the Famous Fiddler's Festival with Fort Worth champion Dale Morris and the Solomon Boys among performers. The event meets at the old cotton barn on the Second Monday grounds at 8 p.m. No entry fee or prizes, and no judging will occur.
A 16 year old Bellevue boy, Edward James Stallcup, was killed in a Bowie wrecking yard when an electric hoist shorted after he stepped in water. He was a Bellevue high school sophomore and worked at a local service station. Funeral arrangements were set by Burgess Funeral Home of Bowie.
Troop 116 sponsored by First United Methodist Church spent last week at Perkins Reservation. The camp features rank merit badges swimming camping archery and NRA approved rifle range. Before the water show and Order of the Arrow tap out the group picnicked with families. Read lists of attending scouts and adults.
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