League Half Over In Local Baseball Play Reopens June 26
League play resumes Monday June 26 after Jim Bowie Days break. In Minor League the Brahmas and Lions sit 4-1, while Roadrunners and Red Horses also 4-1 in Little League. Pee Wee leads Kats by half game over Hornets and Pony League has Bears a half game ahead of Eagles.
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Lions
Roadrunners
Red Horses
Kats
Hornets
Bears
Eagles
Panthers
Tigers
RED Sox
Cardinals
BUCKS
Oilers
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CUBS
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VFW
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Rainy start to Jim Bowie Days subdues parade worries
Weather data shows Bowie had 1.00 inch of rain on Wednesday and 0.48 inches on Thursday morning. The month totals reach 1.96 inches with 11.40 inches for the year, remaining below June and year averages and behind last year’s first six months.
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Jim Bowie
Oran Stovall
Bowie
Bowie Student Elected Officer
Sallie Heinze of Bowie High School, a participant in Bluebonnet Girls State in Seguin Texas, was elected Nice County Judge in tonight’s election. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Reinhart Heinze and was sponsored to Girls State by American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 252.
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Sallie Heinze
Bowie High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Bluebonnet
Seguin
Texas Lutheran College
Nice County
Reinhart Heinze
Ribbon Cut Opens U S 287 South Of Bowie
Thursday ceremony marks the opening of U S 287 south of Bowie with about 200 attendees. Assistant State Highway Engineer BL DeBerry notes high traffic on the old route and anticipates 13 800 vehicles per day on the new road by 1980.
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BL. DeBerry
U.S. 287
Bowie
Wise County
DeBerry
US. 287
Clay County
Fort Walters
Ted Poindexter
Church of Christ
Dale Terry
Texas Highway Department District 3
Safety Council
Robert H. Schleider, Jr
Wichita Falls
Chico Resident Killed Friday in Highway 114 Crash
Finis Marvin Long a Chico heavy equipment operator died at the scene of a one car crash on State Highway 114 in Park Springs about 5:00 a.m. Friday June 23. Injured were Carl David Shawn and John Wayne Bailey both from Bridgeport. Shawn was hospitalized with a broken leg and possible broken ribs. Bailey was treated and released. Funeral services for Long were pending.
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Finis Marvin Long
Chico
Park Springs
Carl David Shawn
John Wayne Bailey
Bridgeport
DPS
Suzczepinski
Decatur
Long
Shawn
Bailey
Bowie Memorial
Bethania Hospital
Wichita Falls
Hawkins and Son Funeral Home
Mail Delivery Time Changes in Bowie Area
Due to schedule re arrangements rural and city carriers will leave the Bowie post office thirty minutes later starting Wednesday June 28. Postal customers in the Bowie delivery area will receive their mail about thirty minutes later each day.
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Bowie
Tucker Completes Basic Training at Ft Polk
Army private Robert L. Tucker Sr. has completed eight weeks of basic training at the U S Army Training Center Infantry Ft Polk Louisiana. He trained in drill weapons map reading combat tactics military courtesy military justice first aid and army history and traditions with company 8 1st battalion 1st.
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Robert L. Tucker
Charles Ef, Tucker
Senatobia
Miss
U.S. Army Training Center
Infantry
Ft. Polk
Tucker
1St Brivate
Laura
Sunset
Texas
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Enger
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Wise Co
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Montague Co
Marvin London
Montague
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Mgr
Nocona Chamber of Commerce
Roy P. McDaniel
Henrietta Chamber of Commerce
Mett Deweber
Jack Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom Corp
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Worth Coffey
Vernon
Henry Grace
Wbap-Tv
Fort Worth
Kfdx TV
Ch. II
Bowie News
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