Jim Bowie Days Grand festivities kick off in Bowie
North Texas gears up for Jim Bowie Days with a two day schedule including a parade at 4 30 p m, ribbon cutting for U S 287 at 2 p m, a barbecue at Pelham Park at 5 30 p m, and a rodeo at 6 p m Friday events feature frog jumping terrapin races and Tiny Tot Review. Saturday includes an open track meet horse shoe contest world champion fiddling contests kiddie parade and Miss Jim Bowie Queen contest with admission one dollar.
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North Texas
Boewie
Jim Bowie
Bowie
U.S. 287
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Masonic Lodge
Texas Highway Department
First Bridge
Pelham Park
Jim's Gems and Bowie Weekend Fest Rumors
Jim Bowie Days begin at noon in Moscow and Bowie hosts a large parade at 4 30 with ten thousand visitors. Sunday at 3 p m the new library dedication occurs after a project cost over 120000 dollars. A mystery reward offers 12 50 for information on torn street signs and 25 for a witness on stand break ins. Parking tickets on Second Sunday spark questions about enforcement and warnings.
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Moscow
Peiking
Vashti
Bowie
Carol Evans
Carol
Evans
Bill Jack
New Bowie's Library Dedication Set for Sunday at 3
The Bowie's new $100000 library dedication is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. Gerald Free directs opening ceremonies. The library evolved from a 1922 Toronto club project to a city library with a 1970 fundraising drive to match federal funds.
Mail Processing Moves To Denton
The United States Postal Service announces Area Mail Processing to be installed at the Denton Texas post office this week. Ernest Chandler Bowie Postmaster says the program speeds delivery and increases efficiency by consolidating mail at the Denton Sectional Center Facility.
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United States Postal Service
Denton, TX
Ernest Chandler
Bowie
Denton
Chandler
SCF
Judy's Sweet Shoppe Grand Opening In Bowie
Judy and Lynn Morgan invite the public to the grand opening of Judy's Sweet Shoppe at 110 Smythe Street Bowie. The event runs Saturday to Friday from 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m with free coffee and donuts all day and a registration raffle for three all occasion cakes. Continental Trailways Bus Station is now located at Judy's Sweet Shoppe.
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Judy
Bowie
Lynn Morgan
Smythe Street
Continental Trailways
Farm Bureau Sets Queen Contest in Montague County
Montague County Farm Bureau directors approve a Queen Contest to be held after the annual picnic on July 18 1972 on the courthouse lawn in Montague Texas. Contestants must be daughter or sister of a member actively farming or ranching, age 16 to 22 as of Sept 1 1972, single, never married. Eligible girls are invited to the Farm Bureau office for details and training with Mrs E C McMurray, with a Coke party and rehearsal planned before the final night.
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Montague County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Ross Littell
Court House Lawn
Montague
Texas
Relief Loans Prompted by Drought Extend to 243 Texas Counties
Congressman Omar Burleson announced that the Home Administration may offer emergency loans to eligible farmers and ranchers in 243 Texas counties including Montague County through June 30, 1973. He cited a drought that began in 1970 causing substantial losses of field and feed crops and pasture damage.
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Washington, D. C
Omar Burleson
The
Home Administration
Texas
Montague County
Highway 287 Ribbon Cutting Opens New Bowie to Wise Line
The formal opening of the Bowie to Wise County line segment of U S 287 will be marked by a ribbon cutting Thursday June 22 at 2 00 p m just east of the Decatur Street overpass on the new highway. Mr B L DeBerry will preside as official.
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Bowie
Wise County Line
Decatur St
Decatur Street
B. L. DeBerry
Blood Pressure Clinic Saturday and Bowie Days Parade
In appreciation of contributions to Bowie's campaign, Barbara Robinson of the Montague County Heart Association invites highway officials, Montague County leaders, and Texas Highway Department staff to attend the ceremony. The Fort Wolters Band will perform. Friends of the Bowie Public Library sell drinks along the Jim Bowie Days parade route with proceeds to the new library. Parade follows ceremonies.
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Bowie
Barbara Robinson
Montague County Heart Association
Austin
Texas Highway Department
Montague County
Fort Wolters
M Neral Wells
Texas
Friends of the
Tiny Tot King And Queen To Be Crowned
The Tiny Tot Contest sponsored by the Young Homemakers Club will be at 6 00 p m Friday June 23 in Bowie High School Cafeteria No admission The winners will be presented at the Rodeo Friday night George Hoeldtke will be master of ceremonies Rex Spencer of KFDX TV
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The
Young Homemakers Club
Bowie High School
George Hoeldtke
Rex Spencer
Kfdx-Tv
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Jim
Jim Winter
Gerald Free
Thursday Club
Boedeker Building
City Auditorium
East Wise Street
Health Education and Welfare Department
Library Board
City
Friends of the Library
Morgans
Farm Bureau
Ligon Griffin
Don Hendrickson
James Doughty
Lois Hall
Mickey Gibbins
Will
Tiny
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