Bowie News Roundup Mixed Local Notes and Events
The Bowie area reports a broken garbage truck due to wire and debris in containers. The Saint Jo Riding Club announces a three day rodeo starting Friday with parades and performances. Bowie introduces a 35 mph downtown speed limit with strict enforcement. Journal entries include fishing anecdote in Galveston, traffic safety tips, a prayer excerpt credited to Bishop Brent, and upcoming Father’s Day bake sale by the 1960 61 Senior Mothers.
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Saint Jo Riding Club
Bowie
Kersey
Gary-Nees Lumber Co. Marks 25th Year Here
The Gary-Nees Lumber Company celebrates a 25th anniversary in Bowie with a yard-wide sale on standard building items. The firm has helped build hundreds of homes and business buildings in Bowie and Montague County and operates yards in Gainesville, Bridgeport, Decatur, Graham, and Iowa Park. N. B. Gary is president and Gordon Nees, Sr. is vice-president. Ray Ross has managed the Bowie yard for 25 years, and Gary’s son Jake recently joined the firm after Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary-Nees Lumber Co
Gary-Nees Lumber Company
Bowie
Bowie-area
Gary Nees
Montague County
Montague
Gainesville
Bridgeport
Decatur
Graham
Iowa Park
N. B. Gary
Gordon Nees, Sr
Gary
Houston
Whitesboro
Bowie Company
Jack Slayden
Sinclair
Lumber Company
Cummins
Ray Ross
Bowie Yard
Mr. Gary
Jake
Navy
Texas Farm Bureau Plans Trip to Mexico
Montague County Farm Bureau members may join an 11 day Texas Farm Bureau Tour to Mexico July 14 to 24. The trip includes visits to agricultural sites in Mexico City and stops at Taxco Cuernavaca and Morelia with tours by auto or air conditioned coach. An official invitation came from Mexico’s Minister of Mexico Julian Rodrigguez Adame through J H West. Travelers depart Texas by air and return July 24.
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Farm Bureau
Montague County
Texas Farm Bureau
Mexico
A. N. Arveson
Texas
Julian Rodrigguez Adame
J. H. West
Texas Farm
Bureau
Mexico City
San Jose Pirua
Pacific
Acapulco
Taxco
Cuernavaca
Morella
Dr Bob Younger Dies in Amarillo Home
Amarillo dentist Dr. Bob Younger died at his home last Friday June 10 after a long illness. He was the son of the late Mrs M A Younger of Bowie and was raised here, graduating from Bowie High School. He was brother of Dr Gladys Cox of Grand Lake Colorado who practiced as a dentist in Bowie for many years.
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Bob Younger
Amarillo
M. A. Younger
Bowie
Bowie High School
Gladys Cox
Grand Lake
Colo
Five Bowie Boys Attend Boys State
Five Bowie youths David Dansby Billy Watts Joe Vasser Buddy Branson and Jerry Hayes participated in Boys State. They traveled June 5 and returned to Bowie on Saturday as part of programs sponsored by the Rotary Club Lions Club Chamber of Commerce VFW and The American Legion.
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David Dansby
Billy Watts
Joe Vasser
Buddy Branson
Jerry Hayes
Bowie
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
VFW
American Legion
Patterson
Allen Hardware One Of Oldest Business Firms In Bowie
Mr and Mrs Cecil Allen own one of Bowies oldest business concerns. The business began about 70 years ago on Smythe Street, later moving to 208 Mason Street. Early trade included buggies wagons harnesses and barb wire for farmers and cattlemen. For 15 years Mr Allen was the county s sole plumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Allen
Bowie
Mr. Allen
Columbia
Tennessee
A. J. Allen
Mason Street
Allen
Montiague County
Bowie Business District
Golfers Meet Jacksboro Team Here Sunday
Bowie golfers host Jacksboro Sunday in the Texas Oil Belt Association return. Jacksboro beat Bowie earlier this season at Jacksboro. Admission is free. Three Bowie players competed in the Texas Amateur Golf Tour at Wichita Falls, with Jack Hall winning third flight consolation and Joe Pat Richey claiming third flight overall.
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Bowie
Jacksboro
Texas Oil Belt Association
Wichita Falls Country Club
Jack Hall
Bob Duvall
Joe Pat Richey
Bob
Richey
Bob White
Porter Elected to Angus Association Membership
W. W. Porter of Bowie has been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri announced by secretary Frank Richards. Porter was among 19 Texas breeders of purebred Aberdeen Angus who gained membership in the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Porter
Bowie
Lakeside City Enforces Lake Amon G Carter Sanitation Rules
City officials announce a property by property survey around Lake Amon G Carter to ensure toilets meet Texas State Board of Health standards. Toilets within 75 feet of the lake edge when full are forbidden. cess-pool types allowed closest. Open pits must be farther away. Council vows no exceptions and seeks bids for auditorium back-wall plastering and fire-wall repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Amon G. Carter
Texas State Board of Health
Lake Carter
Lem
Henderson Takes Over Association Reins
Jimmy Henderson, partner manager of the Henderson Monument Company, was installed as president of the Monument Builders of the Southwest at their three day convention in Galveston. About 200 monument plant representatives and families attended from Texas and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Monument Builders Association
Jimmy Henderson
Bettye
Jimmy
Henderson Monument Company
Bowie
Mrs. Henderson
Monument Builders of the Southwest
Henderson
Galvez
Monument Plant
Texas
New Mexico
Bowie Men Enter Service Five Named for Induction
Five Bowie men have been ordered to report for induction into the Armed Forces on June 28 by Local Board No 93 Bowie. The registrants are Robert Morgan Woodruff Weldon Lee Walker Donald Verelynn Brown George Wesley Berry and John Henry Richardson. Local Board No 93 also ordered Armed Forces physical and mental examinations for June 28 for Beauford Ernest Carson Alfred Lee Williams Donald Edward Hoenstein George Cooper James Edward Allen Lynn William Cox Charles Curtis Eason and Raymond Lee Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacal Board No. 93
Bowie
Robert Morgan Woodruff
Weldon Lee Walker
Donald Verelynn Brown
George Wesley Berry
John Henry Richardson
Local Board No. 93
Beauford Ernest Carson
Alfred Lee Williams
Donald Edward Hoenstein
George Cooper
James Edward Allen
Lynn William Cox
Charles Curtis Eason
Raymond Lee Meadows
Dorothy Garrett Honored by USAF Recruiting Service
Dorothy Garrett Selective Service Clerk, Board 93, received a certificate of appreciation from the U S Air Force Recruiting Service in Dallas. Captain Thomas O Jowers presented the award noting she is among about 98 clerks nationwide honored by the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Garrett
Montague County
USAF
Alain Thomas O. Jowers
Dallas
Jowers
Garrett
U. S. Air Force
Ice
Twin Cities Lanes Bowls Open to Public Saturday
The Twin Cities Bowling Lanes will celebrate a grand opening this Saturday owner-manager Ray Whittington announces. The 12 alley center three miles north of Bowie on the Montague highway features AMF automatic pinsetters lighted scoreboards deluxe seating snack bar and indirect lobby lighting.
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Twin Cities
Ray Whittington
Bowie
Montague Highway
Whittington
Ray Harlow
Nocona
Montague
Jim Marshall
Graham
Bob Williams
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Jess Whatley
Bowie News Department
Brent
Garlington School of the Dance
Bowie Rotary Club
Lynn Garlington
Allen Hardware
Angus Association
Lakeside
Cemetery Association
Selma Park
Gulic
Association
Twin City
Morton Allen
Waco
Stanford Engineering Company
Texas City
Breckenridge
W. R. Harlow
Harlow
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