Bowie News notes Swan move and Jim Bowie Days preview
The Bowie News reports Paul Swan, a cartoonist known for Swan's Songs, will move with his family to Bowie Texas, aiming to set up headquarters on a lakefront home. The piece also previews Jim Bowie Days with a large parade and Top O The Lake Slicers Par Tee. The column warns picnickers about rattlesnakes and covers local golf and Texas political chatter.
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Paul Swan
Bowie
Paul
Swan
Newsweek Magazine
Bowie News
Texas
Jim Bowie
Bob Boudreaux
Kent Deaver
Midland
Kent
Austin
Gus Mutscher
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Ben Barnes
Joe Kilgore
Kilgore
Democratic Party
Ralph Yarborough
Barnes
Splash Day Opens Bowie Pool Next Tuesday
Bowie pool to begin summer with free swimming 1:30 to 6:30 p.m on June 8 under supervisors W D Barnes and Hubert Bower. Regular hours continue daily with tiered admission and season tickets offered at the pool office. An unidentified Dallas man was treated after a copperhead bite at Amon Carter Lake and released from Bowie Memorial Hospital.
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Bowie Municipal Swimming Pool
W.D. Barnes
Hubert Bower
Dallas
Bowie Memorial Hospital
Amon Carter Lake
Nocona Youths Die in Mini Bike Accident
Funeral services were held for Gregory Richardson 15 and a second Nocona youth killed last Monday in a mini bike crash on FM 2634 near Lake Nocona. Cont'd on page nine.
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Nocona
Lake Nocona
Gregory Richardson
Adult Farmers Welding Course Set
A farm welding short course for adult farmers will be held June 14 under the sponsorship of Bowie High School Vocational Agriculture Department. Officials include T A Harbin superintendent and Kenneth Shackelford teacher. Joel R Barton of the Texas Education Agency and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University contribute. Cont'd on page nine.
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Bowie High School Vocational Agriculture Department
T.A. Harbin
Kenneth Shackelford
Joel R. Barton
Vocational Agriculture Division
Texas Education Agency
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&m University
Ronnie Hawkins
Bowie Floral Cats
A.J. Martin
Hargood
Variety Store Broncos
Earnest Vanbebber
Rotary Club Cardinals
Jerry Miller
Lions
Wayne Randolph
Honey Oilers
C.L. Case
Cox’s
Western Wear Tigers
Forestburg
Bowie High Names Two for 1971 Texas Boys State
Commander Boyd Griffin announced Bowie High School will send Mark Sadler and Rickey Mills to the 1971 Texas American Legion Boys State. The session runs June 5 to June 12 at the University of Texas in Austin.
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Bowie
Texas American Legion
Boyd Griffin
Speake-Meyer
American Legion
Mark Sadler
Rickey Mills
University of Texas, Austin
Texas
Rain Delivers May Moisture Across Bowie Area
The Bowie area received significant rainfall last week totaling more than an inch. May rainfall reached 2.69 inches, with .7 on May 27, .12 on May 30, and .35 on May 31, below the monthly average.
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Bowie
the Sur’ ii
Arex
Arnold H Nelson Given Five Year Sentence
District Judge Marvin London sentenced Arnold Henry Nelson aged 55 to five years after a jury convicted him of assault with intent to murder in Montague County. Nelson had been jailed since January 1971 following the stabbing of his ex wife, with capture by state and local officers after a Bowie tip. Water levels at Bowie Lake and Ammon Carter Lake were low despite rain, while Bowie’s water supply remained in fair condition. Farmers in Sunset area received over three inches of rain.
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Marvin London
Arnold Henry Nelson
Montague
Nelson
Howard Middleton
Bowie
DPS
Roy Williams
Tim King
Donald McDonald
Bowie Lake
Amon Carter Lake
Sunset
Mrs Bradfield Improves After Kidney Transplant
Gloria Bradfield continues to improve after a delicate kidney transplant at Parkland Hospital. Her husband reports she is doing fine and could be home by month’s end.
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Terry
Gloria) Bradfield
Gloria
Parkland Hospital
Burglars Hit Warehouse of BNJ Printing Company
Thieves broke into the BNJ Printing Company warehouse Monday night and scattered several newsprint rolls weighing over 900 pounds. one roll was damaged. Police investigate. In the same area burglars entered R and R Peanut Drying Co but caused no damage.
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BNJ Printing Company
R&r Peanut Drying Co
Phone Calls Disrupt Corpening's TV Routine
Mrs Arthur Corpening appeals for phone calls from friends and relatives but asks that they avoid her favorite TV program. The column notes telephone calls often trigger a disruption during viewing and hints at broader annoyance.
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Arthur Corpening
Pete
Fourth Annual Queen Contest Seeks Miss Jim Bowie Days
Applications open for girls 16 and older who live within 35 miles of Bowie and have never married. Entries due by June 15, with judging on appearance poise and personality. The queen will be crowned June 26 by Miss Beckie Wilson.
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Jim Bowie
Bowie
Beckie Wilson
First Savings and Loan Association
Bowie Public Library Summer Reading Program Opens
The Bowie Public Library invites children ages 6 through 16 to join the summer reading program running June 1 to August 30. Participants may pick up reading logs, earn a Texas State Reading Club certificate after twelve approved books, with new books arriving weekly. The library is open every afternoon and all day Saturday.
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Bowie Public Library
Texas State Reading Club
Austin
Money raising plans for Bowie Depot preservation
Bowie Historical Society directors convened Tuesday to fundraise five thousand dollars to move repair and relocate the Bowie Depot. pledges include Amity Club 150 dollars B and PW Club 150 dollars and VFW Auxiliary 100 dollars. the lowest bid so far for moving and reestablishing the depot on a new foundation is 1500 dollars. a separate note asks for return of a stolen flags from Mrs Lara Dean Davis's home.
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The
Bowie Historical Society
Bowie
Amity Club
B & PW Club
VFW
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Middleton
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Corpening
Bowie Senior High School
Jackrabbit
Kathy Beane
Miss Beane
Christina Evans
Teresa Vanlandingham
Rita Noble
Melinda Guthrie
Sallie Heinze
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Debra McLendon
Sherry Cure
Janis Garrett
Becky Wagenseller
Little League Action
Forestburg Plans
Lara Dean Davis
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