Bowie Readies for Second Jim Bowie Days Parade
More than 10 000 visitors expected for Bowie parade signaling the start of Jim Bowie Days. The 4 p m procession will wind through downtown with contests, rodeo, aerial show and a barbecue. Stanley Arrington of Kiwanis sponsors say 12 riding clubs and six floats will participate as city streets close to Wise and Smythe streets.
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First Baptist Church
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Smythe
Pecan
San Antonio HemisFair highlights and Bowie week clashes
Readers recount HemisFair impressions in San Antonio including the revolving restaurant and long lines. They note missing the Pepsi Cola pavilion and a 30 minute US life film, while praising the food and recommending the trip. City events in Bowie feature Jim Bohenek versus Jerry Houser in a Hula Hoop Championship of the News media and preview gun control debate passions.
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HemisFair
Texas Press Associaton
W Amad
United States
Bowie
Texas
U.S.A
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Stanley Bohenek
Jerry Lynn Houser
Jerry
Ollie Carriker
Bohenek
Los Angeles
Chicago
Congressman Purcell
Tower
Yarborough
Charles Finnell
Austin
Liquor Control Board
Actiivites
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Viet Nam
LEJ
Nocona artist Billie Lunn exhibit in Bowie
Nocona Texas artist Billie Lunn will display about 100 religious oil on velvet paintings in the Gold Room of the Bowie National Bank in Bowie. The show, held during the three day Jim Bowie Days Sidewalk Art Show on Saturday June 29, 1968, is the event’s added attraction.
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Bowie National Bank
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Tribble Named Bowie Police Chief at Age 23
L C Tribble, a two year Bowie Police Force veteran, was appointed acting chief by the Bowie city council on Monday night to serve six months following Dixon Latham’s resignation. Tribble, 23, is a Breckenridge native and Hennessy Oklahoma High School graduate with 160 hours in police supervision, traffic and criminal law at Texas A&M University.
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L. C. Tribble
Bowie
Tribble
Dixon Latham
Breckenridge
Hennessy
Eggers Visits Bowie in Campaign Stop
Republican governor hopeful Paul Eggers made a brief stop at the Bowie News office on Tuesday. He spoke with residents, critiqued tax and liquor proposals, and outlined plans to campaign statewide aiming to send 30 Republicans to Austin while calling for tax streamlining and governance changes.
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Senator Tower
George Bush
U. S. Senate
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Austin
Liquor Control Board
Connally
Houston
Pioneer Reunion and Queen Selection Events
Community events schedule for Bowie and Pelham including a pioneer reunion and queen selection at First National Bank room, street parade downtown, barbecue at Pelham Park, rodeo, teen and cowboy dances, sidewalk art show, and concessions in downtown Bowie.
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First National Bank
Bowie
Pelham Park
National Guard Armory
VFW Hall
Hereford Show and Historic Events Schedule
Friday events list a morning Hereford show at Pelham Park from 9 a.m. to noon, tours of the Fruit Experiment Station departing from First National Bank at 9 a.m., a Nineteenth Century Style Show on Tarrant Street at 10:30, beard judging at 1 p.m., a 1:30 Hula Hoop Contest, a 2:00 Frog Jumping Contest on Tarrant Street, a rodeo at Pelham Park Arena at 8 p.m., and a square dance at the National Guard Armory starting 10:00 p.m.
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Charles Coffield
Old Smokey Row
Smythe Street
Hereford
Pelham Park
First National Bank
Tarrant St
Pelham Park Arena
National Guard Armory
VFW
Bowie Event Schedule Highlights for Saturday
A busy Saturday schedule includes a morning Fly in and Display at Bowie Airport from 9 to noon, the Jim Bowie Trap Shoot at Gun Club Range at 10, an Aerial Show at 1, a Kiddie Pet Parade downtown at 5, the Queen's Contest at 6 30 in Junior Hi Auditorium, a Rodeo at Pelham Park Arena at 8, a Rodeo Dance at the National Guard Armory at 10, plus a Flower Show at Tomlinsons Gift Shop, Smokey Row Shootouts downtown Bowie.
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Downtown
Bowie
Junior Hi
Pelham Park Arena
National Guard Armory
Bowie News Achieves Top Honors at Texas Press Meet
The Bowie News earned one first and two second places at the Texas Press Association convention in San Antonio, over 170 newspapers competed. It won News Pictures and a bronze plaque from General Telephone Co of San Angelo, with second in overall appearance and column writing. Jim's Gems finished behind Lamb County News, which also topped Bowie News in appearance.
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Lamb County News
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