Bowie News Editor Nominated for State Conservation Award
A Bowie Texas district recommends Jim Winter editor publisher of the Bowie News for a state conservation award. The district praises the May 1972 special conservation edition and notes 540 attendees at the district awards banquet in Sherman. Winter has produced seven special editions that year and received strong local merchant support.
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Bowie News
Bowie
Texas
Jim Winter
Addiiton
Winter
Sherman
Bowie City Council Sees Library Funding Cut and Land Bids
The Bowie city council reduced library funds while reviewing two land bids for about 144.5 acres near Amon Carter Lake. Henry Barlow bid $115 per acre and Roland Stewart $205. The council rejected bids, readvertised with a $275 minimum, and updated Library Board members to Shirley Porter, Merwin Turner, and H. L. Evans. Additional actions included appointing auditors Stewart Raiden and Miller, authorizing 100 books for $2 each, and daylighting Elmwood Cemetery access.
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First National Bank
Bowie National Bank
Amon Carter Lake
Henry Barlow
Denton
Roland Stewart
Griffin
Mercer
Library Board
Shirley Porter
Merwin Turner
H. L. Evans
Stewart Raiden and
Miller
Bellevue School Board Voters to Choose Two Places on Ballot
Bellevue trustees announce two vacancies on the school board with three candidates Dean Sanders T A Warner and Richard T Gardner. Gordon Gill and Billy Don Starnes exit. Polling will be at Vashti Community Center with judges Mrs Jesse Phagan and clerk Mrs Pauline Johnson. Bellevue Community Center with judge Mrs Reba Patterson and clerk Mrs Marvin Tyson. The board reemployed staff and accepted the resignation of cook Burdie Sue Johnson. Mary Lou Wells was hired to replace her. Ethel Cooley remains in charge of the cafeteria.
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Bellevue School Board
Dean Sanders
T.A. Warner
Richard T. Gardner
Gordon Gill
Billy Don Starnes
Vashti Community Center
Jesse Phagan
Pauline Johnson
Bellevue Community Center
Reba Patterson
Marvin Tyson
Burdie Sue Johnson
Mary Lou Wells
Ethel Cooley
Services Held For Earl Lee Weatherford
Earl Lee Weatherford 66 a Bowie resident died Monday at home Services were held at 4 p m Tuesday at Burgess Funeral Home with Rev Tiff Covington officiating Burial followed at Hopewell Cemetery He was born August 31 1906 in Stoneburg Texas and was a retail businessman Survivors include his wife two daughters two brothers five sisters and six grandchildren
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Earl Lee Weatherford
Bowie
Burgess Funeral Home
Tiff Covington
Buffalo Springs Baptist Church
Hopewell Cemetery
Stoneburg
Tex
James Seasley
John Woods
Hays
Kan
Mark
Jim
Wichita Falls
Lilly Bates
Mary Lawrance
Dallas
Dorothy Evans
Louise Husband
Oklahoma City
Okla
Faye Cantrell
Selfs Celebrate Golden Anniversary in Montague
The children of Mr and Mrs G W Self invite friends to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary Sunday March 18 1973 from two to five at the Farm Bureau Community Room Montague Texas. The couple have lived in Montague since 1929 and have three children six grandchildren and one great grandson.
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G. W. Self
Montague
Farm Bureau
Texas
Service Man In Germany Reforger IV Exercise Notes
Pvt. Harry D. Crum of Sunset Texas participated with about 15 000 American and allied troops in Reforger IV in Germany January 22 to 26. Airlifted units moved to the exercise area using prepositioned gear to test reception and deployment procedures after arrival.
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U.S
Army
Harry D. Crum
J.D. Campbell
Sunset
Tex
Germany
Basin-Wide Water Program Discussed At March Meeting
The Brazos River Authority will hold a public meeting March 21 in Waco at 2 00 p m to discuss a basin wide water quality management plan for the Brazos River watershed and Gulf Coast area. Colonel Walter Wells says the study aims to improve surface water quality with public input urged from citizens, groups, and agencies.
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Brazos River Authority
Waco
Brazos River
Gulf Coast Area
Walter Wells
Brazos Basin
Gulf Coast
Wells
Colonel Wells
Texas
Park Visits and Family Gatherings in Bowie and Houston
Park Springs residents and visitors share a weekend of games and family meals. Alvie Robeson and Jerry Thompson with Lyn Brown visit T. C. McKay of Bowie for a 42 game. Berry Appling of Houston visits his convalescing mother Myrtle Appling. Gerald Smith and family from Bowie visit Jasper Smith and Jasper Smith visits Jack Martins home.
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Alvie Robeson
Jerry Thompson
Lyn Brown
T.C. McKay
Bowie
Mr. Berry Appling
Houston
Mrs. Myrtle Appling
Gerald Smith
Jasper Smith
Jack Martin
El Rancho Humor and Word Wisdom Bits
A compact collection features Junoeau Hondeau's homilies on work ethic with a quip about donuts and competition, a humorous riddle about donkeys and mules, jokes on Eve and women’s lib, and a brief etymology tracing the word nice from Latin to Modern American usage.
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Hondeau
Adam
Eve
Jim Bowie Association Pa Officers and Directors Named
Jim Bowie Association Pa appoints S L Hanson E L Hargood Nancy Runnells Viola Powell Raymond Clement John Davidson Joe Stillwell Joe Evans to two year terms. Boudreaux pledges a bigger Jim Bowie Day with broader club support and calls for volunteers and coordination at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Boudreaux
S.L. Hanson
E. L. Hargood
Nancy Runnells
Viola Powell
Raymond Clement
John Davidson
Joe Stillwell
Joe Evans
Jim Bowie
Chamber of Commerce
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G.W, Self
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Mesquite
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