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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
10
Editorial urges resolution of month long clash between Bowie Mayor and City Council over garbage ordinance and administrative powers. It outlines proposed changes to committee system staffing and authority, notes council and mayor remain at odds, and warns continued conflict harms city progress.
Governor Connally red penciled 2.6 million of non essential items from the 1966 67 budget. He cut 1.1 million for Angelo State College and 300 000 from a Washington State museum project while praising overall legislative spending as prudent. He urged reforms in districting and court funding reforms for several Texas counties.
Miss Opal Wood new director of girls recreational work in the Lions Summer Recreation Program notes enthusiastic response and large attendance in art and craft classes and play activities. Raborn Motor moves to 8 Wise as Dodge and Plymouth agency. Water pump failure disrupts Bowie water supply prompting emergency warning. One-page items: property evaluation board members named. Miss Marion Ellis Henning wed James Edward French. Lone Star School District annexed to Bowie bringing about $7,500 more taxes. Public invited to open house at Burgess Funeral Home after remodeling. County plans 65 water conservation dams under federal program with maintenance by county. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Stanley Webb and others.
The Bowie News is described with editor Emerson Lynn Jr and publisher details. It lists address 205 Smythe street Bowie Texas and publication cadence Thursdays. It notes establishment February 9 1922 and postal classifications. Subscription prices are given as four dollars per year or two dollars twenty five cents for six months.
Sunday mentions Mrs Ernest Smith and Cindy of Marshall plus Mr and Mrs Jerry Roberts of Richardson as guests of J J Reynolds. Several families from Bowie Forestburg Gainesville Denton and Pasadena visit relatives in DeweY area across a week with reunions and errands.
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