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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1973
Page
1
Bowie trustees wrestle with five year old program amid overcrowding and a late governor sign in Texas. They reject using current buildings and explore non school sites. Portable options are deemed unlikely due to time. The board schedules a rare Wednesday meeting as they weigh emergency options.
City council met to review street repairs by the Street Department led by Kenneth Polk noting completed paving on Strong Clay and Royal Crest. Mayor Terry Morgan urged overtime cuts across departments while Police Chief Bryan Wasson requested a sergeant promotion and raise, plus a new softball diamond site was sought for Bowie teams.
The Tiny Tot Contest hosted by the Young Homemakers Club takes place at 6 30 p m Friday June 29 in the Bowie High School Cafeteria with free admission. Winners receive rodeo night presentation. Door prizes go to one boy and one girl. boys prize from Kids Duds Nocona and girls prize from Tomlinsons Bowie. Rev Merwin Turner of the First United Methodist Church Bowie will MC with three judges.
Final standings for PEEWEE, PONY, MINOR, and LITTLE LEAGUE are listed with win loss records. The Bowie News reported post season recognition for sponsors managers and post office changes, plus awards from Texas Press Association and West Texas groups. Houston hosted the summer Texas Press Association meeting.
Local column notes Jim Bowie Days festival in Bowie Texas running through Saturday with community involvement and celebrations. A humorous frog jumping contest anecdote and notes on local residents plus planning for the 1976 Bicentennial. Also commentary on Watergate hearings and rising costs.
Bowie Independent School District patrons receive a notice imposing a 21.00 value per cow and a 4 percent levy on personal property items. The district says the token tax is to raise revenue, with one cow per 40 acres. The equalization board meets July 5 at 9:00 a.m. at the school tax office 800 North Mill. taxpayers urged to attend.
Downtown Bowie hosts the 7th annual Jim Bowie Day celebration with a 4:30 p.m. parade led by State Rep. Joe C. Hanna. A 2:30 p.m. band concert precedes the parade, featuring the Trinity River Washouts Braniff Pilots and Fort Walters bands.
Local girls softball rankings show mixed records after limited games. Minorette League leads with First Savings and Loan Tellers at 1 0, Rotary Club Chicks and Swint Chevrolet Singers at 1 1, Winn's Feed Store Kittens 0 1, Littlette League Lions Club Wildcats 2 0, First National Bank Cardinals 1 0, Etter's Texaco Capey Dolls 0 1, Campbell's Barber Shop Demons 0 2. Ponyette League delayed then resumed with Caswell Oil Co Rangers beating Bowie National Bank Bombers 18 . Hutson's Restaurant Angels beat Kiwanis Club Devils 11 3. Play paused until after Jim Bowie Days and will resume July 2.
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