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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
1
Rambunctious East Ward children wore patches in the new playground during its first year. Volunteers led by A F Roberts donated top soil and used city and county equipment for the repair. Reporter Mrs J K Brite notes community effort and thanks Bowie locals.
Bowie residents vote Tuesday on financing the first phase of a 25 year master plan to improve and expand the sewer system. The plan calls for a new disposal plant in the northeast, financed as a revenue bond supported by utility profits, with no tax increase.
Bowie Public Library hosts a summer reading drive with 200 books from the Texas State Library. The Amity Club funds and organizes the program, offering recognitions for seven, fifteen, and twenty books and certificates issued by teachers next fall. The library operates Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 to 5 pm.
Montague County Hereford Association schedules an all day tour June 13. The group departs from Meyer Park Bowie at 8 30 am visiting Norman Heath Wilburn Cross Ward Stine and Mayfield Hereford Ranch for lunch near Henrietta. Afternoon stops include Charles King ranch near Jermyn and Tuck Hereford Farms south of Bow.
The Carter Lake regatta features a bathing beauty contest with Miss Hydro-Queen of 1963 to be named. Contestants aged 15 to 25 register at the Chamber of Commerce or city offices, with entries due by June 12. Each winner keeps her swimsuit, paid for by sponsoring merchants, and a photo fee supports a printed program.
A Bowie man Floyd Hendrix 60 and his wife Lucille 50 died following a morning shooting at 307 Gray Street. Floyd died of a left temple gunshot wound. Lucille was found dead Wednesday morning in Wichita Falls State Hospital from hanging after a court ordered 30 days observation. No witnesses, no charges filed. Lucille claimed self defense under God and said her husband had beaten her. Funeral arrangements for both are listed with Owens-Brumley Chapel.
Mike Mayfield, 12, of Midland, displayed a 7 pound 4 ounce bass caught at Bowie Lake Sunday. He used a 6 pound test line and a spinning reel while visiting the Curtis Lathams.
City Council met Monday night to discuss a 300000 revenue bond issue to revamp the sewer system. They approved purchasing a new police car after a wreck during a burglar alarm call at Bowie Manufacturing. Mayor authorized to negotiate water purchase from Progress Petroleum Production and to upgrade city offices for tax forms.
Bowie native Robert L. White has been named manager of Bowie Manufacturing Company, succeeding Frank Norton. A Rice basketball alumnus and Texas Christian University graduate in industrial psychology, White is married to Gail Wood of Bowie. they have a daughter Lynn. He previously worked at Greenville Peat Manufacturing and Texas Instruments in Dallas.
James Thompson former Bowie Jackrabbits star and 1959 Bowie graduate receives the L Lank Majors Award for outstanding basketball player of 1963 at SMU in Dallas presented by the Mustang Club. He earned a business management degree from SMU in May. son of Mrs Bertha Thompson of Wichita Falls.
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