Local tournament opens with Wichita Falls officials and golf leaders
Link Action starts today with the Wichita Falls Chamber and regional figures present. Officials include President of Southwest National Bank and Whites Auto Stores. Notable names include Ted Daley Dean Stewart and local favorite John Smith with dark horse Bob Duvall among entrants.
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Wichita Falls
Southwest National Bank and Whites Auto Stores, Inc
Frank
Glenn
Travis
Stan
Dick Evans
Oklahoma
Joe Wysong
Beaumont
Ted Daley
John Smith
Bob Duvall
Dean Stewart
New Industry to Employ 40 Workers in Bowie Area
Ground has been cleared and Mesco Metal Buildings will start a 50 by 100 foot building with a second similar structure planned within twelve months. The owner of ley and Frank's son Gregg, from Bowie, will be involved, along with Danny Deaver a renowned Charolais cattle breeder. Final tournament rounds Sunday decide the 1972 champion, with public invitation extended. A firm, unnamed, expects to employ 35 to 40 Bowie men by year end 1972, as the foundry will be an aluminum and brass operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesco Metal
Community notes praise officials and new Bow ie industry
Jim's Gems highlights city improvements with flowered traffic islands and a nascent Little League park. It credits Chamber Manager Bob Boudreaux for attracting new industry to Bowie and shares a human interest about Wanda Flippin's daily letters to her mother and the mother's loving replies. It also mentions Doc Clark returning to Sunset and offering horse related services, plus golf course hole difficulty data for an upcoming Partee.
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East Tarrant
Mill
Montague Highway
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Boudreaux
Bowie
Bob
Bowie News
Wanda Flippin
Smiley
Amarillo
G.C. Hodges
East Pecan
Hodges
King County
Munday
Doc
West
Texas
Haggar Scholarships Aid Camer on College Son of Texa s Plant Worker
Haggar Co. offers the J. M. Haggar Scholarship to the son or daughter of an employee at Texas or Oklahoma Haggar slack plants. Army S/Sgt Earl D. Willard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kinnard D. Willard of Bowie Texas, recently received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam.
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J.M. Haggar
Cameron College
Texas
Oklahoma
Joe Haggar Jr
Haggar Co
Cameron
Earl D. Willard
Kinnard D. Willard
Bowie
Tex
23Rd Infantry
Duc Pho
Vietnam
Sgt
Willard
20Th Infantry
Cataula
Georgia
Olney
Lawton
Temple
Duncan
Oklo
Pan American College
Edinburg
Robstown
North Texas State University
Denton
Dallas
McKinney
Greenville
Corsicana
Waxahachie
Ellis Ivey Named Chairman at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Dr Ellis Ivey II longtime Gold Burg Independent School District superintendent is appointed Chairman of the Department of Education and Associate Professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon WV. He has served as Gold Burg superintendent for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Burg Independent School District
Ellis Ivey II
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
West Virginia
Ivey
Gold- Burg
Bowie Classro om Teachers Install Officers
Seventy five members and guests attended a covered dish supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Clemends for the Bowie Classroom Teachers Association final meeting of the year. Retiring Bowie Schools superintendent T A Harbin was honored. Officers for next year were installed: Floyd Bynum president Ruth Ragsdale vice president Lou Geer secretary Mary Swinney treasurer Lometa Brinkley reporter. The group voted to award their annual scholarship to graduating senior Marsha Roth for her high school achievements.
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Bowie Classroom Teachers Association
Raymond Clemends
T.A. Harbin
Bowie
Faye Guthrie
Floyd Bynum
Ruth Ragsdale
Lou Geer
Mary Swinney
Lometa Brinkley
Marsha Roth
Final Countdown For Celebration In Bowie
Jim Bowie Days preparations escalate as civic groups finalize events for the three day celebration from June 24 to 26. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will serve as parade marshal and guest speaker with a public reception and horseback procession. Rewards are offered for top parade floats with $75 for first, $50 for second, and $25 for third.
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Jim Bowie
Bowie
S.L. Hansa
Ben Barnes
Lions
Kiwanis
Gold Room
Bowie National Bank
Terry Morgan
Barnes
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Bowie Man Guilty On Counterfeit Charge In Dallas Jury
Dallas federal jury convicts Bobby Frank Stevens of possessing 51 440 in counterfeit twenty and hundred dollar bills. Indicted companion John Medford Rogers faces similar charges. Trailed via taped conversations, prosecutors say 100 000 counterfeit notes were ready for entry with 19 000 real dollars. Arrests occurred in Dallas. trial led by U S District Judge Joe E Estes. An overdraft of counterfeit money reported to have stopped in Bowie Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. Army Private Larry W Webb recently completed basic training at Fort Knox with wife Pamela Webb of Bowie Texas. Ringgold Baptist Church to hold revival June 13 to 20 led by Pastor Joe Jones.
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Bobby Frank Stevens
Bowie
Dallas
Stevens
U.S
John Medford Rogers
Baton Rouge
Joe E. Estes
Asst
Andrew Barr
Army
Larry W. Webb
John W. Webb
Rock St
Tex
U.S. Army Training Center
Armor
Ft. Knox
Webb
Pamela
Jefferson St
Texas
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Steve Hanson
S.L. Hanson
Papa
Jim
Jim Winter
Sgt. Willard
Bronze Star
Ellis Ivey
Virginia
Dr. Ellis Ivey
Secretary of Agriculture
Burleson
Washington, D.C
Omar Burleson
Rogers
Barr
Fort Worth
Ringgold
Ringgold Baptist Church
Joe Jones
Lee W. Tucker
Alex Griffin
Aubry Horn
The
Redhorses
Bulldogs
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