Montague County results and local notices compiled
The column notes Montgomery County race results with Waggoner Carr 1173 over 711 for Tom Beavley and Woodrow Wilson Bean 780 over Joe Pool 1042, Carr won attorney general and Pool congressman at large, county mirroring state results. The piece also shares local quirks and society items from Bowie and surrounding towns.
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Montague County
Waggoner Carr
Tom Beavley
Woodrow Wilson Bean
Joe Pool
Carr
Pool
Dallas firm buys Texas Dress Company building
The Fashion Realty Corporation of Dallas, operator of the Texas Dress Company, bought the company building from the Bowie Industrial Foundation for 32000 dollars under the original contract plan that allowed lease payments to apply to the purchase. The deal lets the Bowie Foundation retire stock and benefits Bowie Industrial Development Foundation by freeing funds and halting interest on stock secured loans.
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The
Fashion Realty Corporation of Dallas
Texas Dress Company
Bowie Industrial Foundation
Bowie Industrial Development Foundation
City OKs Master Plan Contract for Bowie 1987 Study
Bowie City Council approved an $11,900 master plan contract with Hasie and Green of Lubbock in cooperation with the Texas State Department of Health. The plan covers population growth, transportation, utilities, land use, school facilities, and a long range capital program through 1987, with $4,700 paid by Bowie and federal funding covering the rest.
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Bowie
Hasie and Green
Lubbock
Texas State Department of Health
State Department of Health
Cowan and
Jones Street
Rock Island Railroad
Matthews Street
Spears
Feast Wise Street
Tom Lindsey Dies and Names Middleton Sheriff for Now
Montague county sheriff Tom Lindsey died in a Wichita Falls hospital at 1 10 Friday afternoon after sustaining severe injuries in an automobile crash last December He had appointed Howard Middleton as sheriff to serve until the November general election when a new sheriff would be selected Middleton who served as chief deputy for four years had been county commissioner from precinct two 1949 to 1958 and later served as Lindsey deputy He is survived by a daughter four brothers and four sisters Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Bowie with burial at Elmwood cemetery under the direction of Burress Funeral Home Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included Middleton and state law enforcement officers
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Commissioners Court
Howard Middleton
Middleton
Lindsey
Lindsey Middleton
W. F. Conway
C. A. Kilcrease
First Baptist Church
Montague
City of
Bowie
State Law Enforcement Club
Hattie Lindsey
Elmwood Cemetery
3Urcess Funeral Home
Sylvia Lindsey
Mongue
Sam Lind
Wichita Falls
J. D. Lindsey
Fort Worth
Altice Lindsey
Louis Lindsey
Springfield
Tex
Addie Allgood
Smithville
Beulah Huskey
Doris Bennie
Henrietta First Baptist Church
Kenneth Cantrell
Hope Cemetery
Hawkins Funeral Home
Perkins
Montague County
Henrietta
North Hancock
Patricia Ann
Douglas Jay
Debra Jean
Janice Marie
Josh Perkins
Clifford Boydston
Bonham
Betty Brown
Mitchell Sawyer
Lightning Strikes Church. Gospel Mission Destroyed by Fire
During a severe electrical storm Thursday night the Gospel Mission at 223 East Montague was gutted by fire. Lightning is believed to be the cause though not yet determined. the building was uninsured. Rev. J. O. Webb, pastor since 1941, said a new structure will be built on the same site with a building committee to be named Sunday. Services will continue at the C. V. Young building on South Lindsey Street for now. The pulpit piano and some seats survived and will need only minor cleaning.
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East Montague
J. O. Webb
C. V. Young
South Lindsey Street
Webb
Texas Guard Unit Begins Demobilization At Fort Polk
The 49th Armored Division of the Texas Guard, about 16 000 Texans in 95 units from 74 cities, moves toward release from active duty with a planned August 6 7 departure and August 9 release. Final examinations for separation run through June 30 at Fort Polk Hospital with 23 forms per man and 25 existing forms updated.
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Fort Polk
Bowie
Texas
49Th Armored Division
U. S. Army Hospital
Army
Crnard
Bowie 4-H Picnic Set for Meyer Park
The Bowie 4-H Club invites members to a picnic at Meyer Park on August 16 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend.
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Bowie
Meyer Park
Ex Communist Speaks Sunday at Central Baptist Church
Kenneth Goff, an ex Communist, will speak on the Communist threat to the western world Sunday, June 17, at 10 a.m. Rev. Paul Henderson said Goff was a member of the Communist Party in America from 1936 to 1939 and testified before the Dies Committee in Washington after opposing Communism as a U S enemy.
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Kenneth Goff
Central Baptist Church
Paul Henderson
Goff
Communist Party In
America
Dies Committee
Washington
United States
Montague County 4 H Horse Club to Host First Show
The Montague County 4 H Horse Club presents its first of three summer shows Saturday June 16 at 2 00 p m in the Bowie Rodeo Arena with about 30 members. Ribbons awarded from first to fourth in halter and performance classes. participation ribbons for all exhibitors. Entry 50 cents per horse. members may enter two halter horses and two performance entries. Performance classes divided by horse type and age groups. judge is Linda Uselton of Belcherville. County agents Wyshe Roberts and Reba Stanfield invite the public to attend.
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Montague County
4-H Horse Club
Bowie Rodeo Arena
Wyshe Roberts
Reba Stanfield
Baseball Button Drive Rescheduled Weathered Sale Call
The Little League Baseball Button sale, postponed from last week due to weather, will be held Saturday. Hundreds of youngsters will canvass the town to sell the buttons. No set price will be charged. friends may give as they desire.
Four Die in Head-On Collision Near Wichita Falls
Four Clay County men were killed in a head-on crash on rain slick U S highway 287, 24 miles east of Wichita Falls. The dead were Harry Wayne Dean 21 Donald Wayne Thomas 18 Tommy Daniel Rater 24 and D J Perkins 27. Blant Edward Coker 19 of Bellevue survived with facial and head injuries. Witness Billy Joe Barker reported one car tried to pass a truck and collided with the other. Perkins Dean Rater Thomas and Coker were on their way to work or home from Bellevue and Vashti with funeral plans noted for Perkins and Dean. The article lists survivors and funeral details.
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Clay County
Wichita Falls
Harry Wayne Dean
Donald Wayne Thomas
Tommy Daniel Rater
D. J. Perkins
Wichita General Hospital
Blant Edward Coker
Bellevue
Rater
Perkins
Dean
Thomas
Bill Nobles
Jack Morton
Henrietta
Coker
Billy Joe Barker
Frederick
Okla
Barker
United Electric Co
Vashti
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Emerson Lynn, Jr
Wayne Hutson
W. N. Harnden
Hudspeth
Susan Orton
Camp Fire Girls
Saint Jo
Camp Letol
Southwest
Roy V. Garrett
Los Angeles
Rotary International
Seattle
Dallas
Chicago
Dorothy Polack
San Francisco
A. J. Martin
Clyde Croxton
Buck Griffin
Curtis Latham
McAllen
Old Mexico
Ira McNabb
Jimmy
Hallettsville
Cherry St
the McNabbs
Purchase Texas Dress Building
Oks
Tom Lindsey
John Tom Lindsey
John T. Lindsey
Gospel Mission
Kermit Webb
Patterson Studio
Texas Guard
112Th Armour
Berlin
Strategic Army Corps
III Strac Corps
STRAC
Harley B. West
Mike Whitecotton
Joe Hughes
Elden Cole
First Methodist Church
Mel Smith
Church
Mike
Tommy Whitecotton
Beam
Linda Uselton
Belcher
Ville
W E Dean
Reba Patterson
Fidton Dean
Washti
Bellevue High School
Dock Thomas
Lee Wanda Edgeman
Melvin Ray Thomas
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