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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1973
Page
1
A reader raves about a $1.15 lunch at Bill's Cafe featuring chicken fried steak cream gravy potato salad fried okra and red beans with hot rolls and corn bread plus pecan or coconut pie. The note also mentions a two week travel trailer vacation from Bowie Butane and an office memo parody about absenteeism and bizarre attendance rules.
No driver's test will be given in Bowie this week though renewals will be issued during this period. Normal operations resume Monday June 11.
Bowie Jackrabbits dominated the district 3-AA all district baseball selections with four first team picks and four honorable mentions. First team members include catcher Lee Harrington pitcher Far Husfeld center fielder Bruce Haile and right fielder Tim Pigg. Honorable mentions are Jerry Miller Duncan Hudson Tommy Robinson Ronald Rhoades. Also listed on the first team are Terry Bruce Billy Thaggard Jimmy Jackobi from Electra Coulson and Randy Seely from Whitesboro.
The Bowie Municipal Swimming Pool opens for the season with a free swim day on Tuesday June 5. Pool manager W D Barnes says normal operations begin Wednesday with admission unchanged from last year 25c for students 12 and under and 50c for older patrons. The facility will stay open two evenings weekly Thursday for students and Friday for adults with night swim costing 75c.
The May 19 Midwestern University commencement listed 545 degrees across 16 states and one country. Honors included Summa Cum Laude 2.75 to 3.0, Magna 2.50 to 2.74, Cum 2.25 to 2.49. Local area graduates named include Danny Mack Brock, Cecilia Ann Campbell, Johnny Carol Carter, Bernice Finn Gibbins, John E. Morris, Lynda P. Neeld, and Noomi Jean Shannon. Bobby Blackwell of Childress High School was valedictorian with special awards. his parents are Dr. and Mrs. Gene Blackwell.
Entries for the seventh Tiny Tot Contest must be mailed or called in by 5:00 p.m. on June 15 1973. Contest June 29 6 30 p.m. at Bowie High School cafeteria with King and Queen chosen by last year’s winners. Also notes on gunfire investigation at local landmarks.
Approximately 350 students in grades 1 through 12 are to join the city sponsored summer recreation program. The piece notes a Texas State Health Department certificate awarded to Thomas R. McDonald of Bowie for water ecology work, with emphasis on safe drinking water and wastewater treatment. The program runs five days a week, with breaks during Jim Bowie Days and July 4, involving supervised play and swimming at the city pool. Parents are asked to pick up at noon daily. adult supervisors are listed.
The American Legion Boys State will be held at The University of Texas campus from June 6 to 12, 1973 with about 850 boys expected. Tim Pigg and Keith Deaver were chosen as citizen delegates by the local post. Eligible juniors with leadership, character, integrity, and scholarship are selected to participate.
The tenth annual Top O' Lake Country Club Slicers Golf Par Tee Tournament begins Thursday June 7 with qualifying rounds for top amateur golfers. Activities include poolside events June 7–10, a luncheon and style show Friday, daily ballroom dances, and final trophy presentation Sunday at 6:00 PM.
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