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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1973
Page
1
Reader letters describe postal delays from Ryan Oklahoma and suggest mailing news a week early. A Bowie rancher recounts cattle lost to mud, aided by AAA Wrecker Service. Town reflections touch on unemployment, car culture, and aging with light humor.
City Council of Bowie meets at 7 30 p m in City Auditorium to review and act on the city budget set to take effect April 15. The public is invited and encouraged to attend as the budget hearing proceeds.
Antique lovers can bid on seven rooms of furniture and miscellaneous items in Saint Jo at 10:00 a.m. on April 2. The sale features items scarcely seen today such as a Cheese Keg, Camel back trunk, Two round wood heater, Hall tree, Crock churn, a Go Devil, and a Model A Ford car. A complete listing appears in today's classified section.
A reader asks why the dirt road off Stoneburg Highway to Old Towie Lake isn’t paved while the state handles paving decisions. The column notes rising costs limit county paving and mentions state cooperation. It confirms Bowie's dog control ordinance and outlines how to handle divorce or case privacy requests with court records. It invites questions for future issues.
Bowie High School announces five students Timothy Pigg Randy Landers Cindy C Davis Nancy Richardson Earl H Husfeld named Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1973. Local winners compete for state regional and national honors and scholarships totaling 7000 with nationals of 1000 each and regional 500 awards.
Editor notes sixth installment on early Montague County settlers focuses on Rev James M Small born 1818 in Harper's Ferry Virginia. The piece outlines his family, Masonry ties, travel across Ohio and Illinois, education in Tennessee, and early call to gospel ministry after a spiritual conversion.
The North Ward PTA will meet on Monday March 6 at 2:00. A special act titled How I see America will be presented with entertainment by North Ward 4th grade students.
Paul R. Galloway offers a 500 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who broke into the J. A. Cantwell Well No. 2, about three miles west of Bowie, Texas. The entry occurred between 5:00 p.m. March 22 and 7:00 a.m. March 23. Call 915-675-3021 or 692-7222 with tips.
District 27 girls may enter the Queen's Contest to be held at the Nocona Rodeo Arena on Sunday in April. Bowie has often produced the district queen. eligibility requires a 1973 ALAS and B.C. membership. Entries must include listed details and arrive by April 1973 to Mrs. James Bowles in Nocona Texas.
Anchorage Alaska Sergeant William L Pool son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth A Gibbins of Nocona Texas has graduated from the US Air Force Non Commissioned Officers Leadership School at Elmendorf AFB Alaska He received the Drill Award for military excellence He is an administrative specialist with the Air Force Communications Service and attended Wichita Falls High School His wife Rebecca is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Shelby Thompson of Wichita Falls Texas.
Bill Duvall, administrator in training at Bellmire Nursing Home, has passed his state exam to become a licensed nursing home administrator in Texas. He completed the national exam in January and the Texas Standards and Oral Interview on March 7. He will finish a one year internship May 1, 1973 and obtain his license. Bellmire has been a member of the Texas Nursing Home Association since 1966 and is affiliated with the American Nursing Home Association. Administrators are listed as Bob and Mary Duvall. Duvall plans to lead Bellmire Number Two, an 88 bed facility opening in August behind the current home.
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