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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
1
Community letters reflect on Bowie Schools funding for a track project and criticism of Warren's retirement. County officials discuss redistricting timing before the next year’s primary and potential precinct changes tied to census data. A reader questions Bowie High School grade records and a hardware store sale notes a centenarian buyer and a Bowie knife purchase.
Prospective queen candidates for the Jim Bowie contest include Phyliss Denise Meek a 16 year old Bowie High School junior and Bowie resident daughter of Mrs Gertrude Meek. She studies ballet piano and clarinet and has three years of cooking experience plus sewing and wardrobe making.
Bellevue resident Bufford O Wetsel, a World War I veteran born October 21 1895, was awarded the Purple Heart by Congressman Graham Purcell on Saturday morning June 7. Wetsel suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg October 10 1918 while serving with Company H 39th Infantry 4th Division. He has lived in or near Bellevue since 1904 with wife and two sons and a daughter. His sons and son in law also served in World War I.
The Nineteenth Century style show will be staged in front of the First National Bank on Friday morning June 27. All women and men are urged to search attics and storehouses for genuine Gay Ninety garments or borrow such clothing to wear in the show.
E C Martin Bowie School business manager told the board Monday night about the hall stampede last year when selling season tickets to the Jackrabbit football team.
The Jim Bowie Days festival progresses with judges named from Wichita Falls and Henrietta, a Bowie museum move, and a large tent for a band concert. Officials approve stadium extensions, school enrollments reach thresholds, and a $25,000 loan is sought to cover June expenses amid an anticipated August deficit.
County Judge Glenn Jones led a routine Commissioners Court session focusing on approving outstanding bills. Brief discussion touched on redistricting with Kane Freeman's plan favored by some, while a proposed balance tweak by Precinct 1 and Ed Cooksey drew mixed views. No special meetings planned as officials wait to decide.
Mrs. Lynn Garlington of Bowie, renowned dance and dramatics instructor, is named by the Miss America Pageant board as a queen judge for 1969. The pageant will be held in Atlanta in September and she has previously served as a queen judge in Texas and declined an assistant judge role in 1965.
Mrs. Alice Bullard of 410 Orchard St marked her 90th birthday on June 5 at her son J. B. Bullard’s home 701 Bennett. Attendants included son Hobart, granddaughter Mrs. Carol Franks, and great grandson David Franks, all of Dallas.
In Bowie the summer ball scene featured Little League and Pee Wee action. Cubs beat VFW 3 2 in Pee Wee play while Red Horses routed Bucks 9 to 3 in Little League action.
City council in regular session considered bids on gasoline diesel fuel and a tractor with front end loader and backhoe. Village Creek Equipment of Fort Worth bid 7922 for a John Deere while Blackmon International Harvester also bid. Action postponed until sufficient members attend.
Warren Lambert chairing the Paint up Clean up campaign says progress stays on schedule. Black captains are functioning and residential areas show improvement as downtown intersections gain marked off spaces and new parking lanes are planned.
Reports from Amon Carter indicate the lake is a top North Texas recreation site with over 1,100 people at Hudspeth Beach this week including 23 campers. Fishing has yielded bass crappie and catfish, drawing visitors mainly from Bowie area within 60 miles.
Bowie High School announces transcripts sent to universities for graduates. Charles Crumpler and Bob Evans to University of Texas and Texas Tech College Lab, Monisa Ashley and Liz Blake to Texas Tech, plus several others bound for North Texas State University Denton.
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