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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
1
A local column blends personal notices and town viewpoints. Grief for Neil, sympathy cards urged to relatives in Houston, plus satirical jabs at Griffin Drug Store over water holes and a mystery sign. Also airings on Congress spending, race matters, and Navy updates for Jerry Griffin aboard USS Neptune.
Jim Bowie events list includes a June 29 schedule with Fly-In Art Display Pioneer Reunion Hereford Show Parade Bar-B-Q Rodeo and Square Dance. June 30 features Fruit Field Day Pioneer Reunion Hereford Show Teen Dance Queens Lunch. July 1 lists Sidewalk Art Show and Bowie Gun Club Invitational Shoot plus an all fry note.
A. Nea Late notes humorous remarks about this year’s Jr Sr Banquet with some attendees partying before the event. The writer jokes about Red China’s nuclear test and hopes another occurs there. Expressions reveal anticipation for Jim Bowie Nights and mock optimism about solving UN disputes with a one eyed general.
The Bowie Jaycees announce a June 24 booster trip leaving Bowie High at 8:30 a.m. with a route to Jacksboro Wichita Falls Burkburnett and back to Henrietta. Cars will display Jim Bowie Days decor and handouts will promote the festivities. Clubs are urged to join. the trip will be escorted by Bowie police.
A Bowie parade set for 4 30 on June 29 features nine floats entered by local clubs. Eighteen Queen contest entrants ride on floats and 42 Tiny Tot entries compete. Eleven riding clubs join, with a Bar-B-Q at Pelham Park to close the day. Out of town riders and pioneers join free. bar-b-q costs $1 per plate.
Bowie city police reported a busy week including the arrest of a former police employee for writing a hot check and a decorated World War II hero charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. A Rush Springs deputy sheriff was jailed for drunkenness and improper language and for carrying a prohibited weapon after being found unauthorized to carry a gun. A 16 year old Dallas girl was found safe with relatives in Lawton after being reported missing while attempting to accompany a sister-in-law to marry an airman.
More than 110 peach varieties have been studied at the Fruit Research Demonstration Station since 1939. The June 30 field day features tours at eight stations, a general session at the Grape Arbor, and talks on fruit production by A. A. Randolph Ted Martin and Frank Bumpus. The Beacon grape leads the station’s juice-type varieties with 4 1/2 tons per acre for 15 years. The event is hosted near Montague with discussions on peach varieties pruning budding and other fruit culture topics.
Frank Underwood of Bowie is the new president of the Mens West Texas Golf Association after the last Midland directors meeting. The group has 71 member clubs and plans a Pampa tournament in June next year. West Texas awards a $500 scholarship to a west Texas freshman attending a Texas school, with two current scholars Richard Ellis and Jerry Smith.
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