Inflation notes and local election turnout in Bowie county
Jim's Gems compiles a mosaic of reader notes from Bowie County and Montague County. Inflation is cited with a two cent box of matches, while Bowie reports a first primary turnout higher than county turnout with over 4600 votes from 8100 registered voters. The column salutes Col Homer Garrison and taunts Edgar Hays and local editors. It also celebrates track athletes Billy Ray Roberts and friends, notes no senior trip, and urges Texas sightseeing over distant trips.
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Bowie
Rome
Jerry Lynn
Montague County
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Nocona
Edgar Hays
the News
Edgar
Gene Carter
Decatur
Billy Ray Roberts
Junior Vassar
Tim Welch
Ronnie Tucker
Joe Davis
New York City
Hemis-Fair
Astrodome
Austin
San Marcos
Big Bend
Bowie High School Commencement Set for May 20
Bowie High School will hold commencement on Monday May 20 at 8 p.m. Guest speaker is Peter Hyde head of Government at Cooke County Junior College Gainesville. Mantle ceremony seniors Sue Clark Norman Caswell juniors Nana Henson Charles Crumpler. Valedictory James Bohenek salutatory John Bohenek. Diploma presenter T A Harbin superintendent. E C Lemons certifies students.
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Bowie High School
Peter Hyde
Department of Government
Cooke County
Junior College
Gainesville
Sue Clark
Norman Caswell
Nana Henson
Charles Crumpler
James Bohenek
John
T. A. Harbin
E. C. Lemons
Ronald McGregory
Bruce Sanders
Cordreann Lewis
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Franklin Wilson
A. C. Houston
Lee Hodges
Terry McCarty Named Firestone Dealer in Bowie
Terry McCarty of Terry's Furniture and Appliance announced as the new Firestone dealer in Bowie. The store, located beside Perkins-Timberlake downtown, will offer Firestone tires batteries auto accessories lawn mowers sporting goods and houseware items. It will share space with Bowie's Philco dealer and stock over the weekend for a midweek opening.
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Terry’s Furniture
Bowie High School announces valedictorian and salutatorian
James and John Bohenek, sons of Mr and Mrs Stanley Bohenek, are named valedictorian and salutatorian of the Bowie High School class of 1968. They will deliver the valedictory and salutatory at commencement in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8 p.m. Monday May 20. A third student named Sandra is mentioned.
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James
John Bohenek
Stanley Bohenek
Bowie High School
Sandra
Jameson Honored at Southwestern Photographers Convention
David Jameson Photography of Bowie received honors at the Southwestern Professional Photographers Convention in Little Rock last week. His direct color commercial photograph titled Easy Come Easy Go hung for exhibit among top works, with Wright and Sue Clark among the top ten. The Bohenek twins, former Bowie junior high honor students, will start at Abilene Christian College in the fall after attending Cunningham School in Wichita Falls.
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David Jameson
Bowie
Little Rock
Jameson
Rabbits May Win District Friday
The Bowie Jackrabbits eye the district title with a 4 p.m. game against the Boswell Pioneers. Bowie aims to clinch the crown after an 8-3 win in the previous meeting and a 14-1 rout of Northwest Texans. Coach Gayne Shelton promises ample seating.
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Bowie
Boswell
Boswell Pioneers
Bowie Diamon
Northwest Texans
Gary Hachtel
Rabbit
Nocona
Mike Sutton
Indians
Gayne Shelton
Nancy Plaxco Wins Shorthand State Title
Bellevue High School junior Nancy Plaxco won the Class B state Interscholastic League Shorthand contest in Austin on May 4. She dictated 100 words a minute for five minutes with 97.8 percent accuracy and also competed in the state typing contest. She had previously won first in both hyping and shorthand at district and regional meets.
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Nancy Plaxco
Bellevue High School
G. F. Plaxco
Austin
Nancy
Elaine Perry
Perry
Bowie Rodeo Association Schedules Two-Night Event
The Bowie Rodeo Association hosts a two night rodeo with events including bareback and bull riding calf roping ribbon roping barrel racing and chute dogging. Contestants compete in two age groups 17 and under and 18 to 21 showtime is 8 p.m. Special trophies will be awarded.
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Bowie Rodeo Association
Middleton Triumphs in Closest Montague County Primary in Years
Howard Middleton defeats Joe Pigg for the Democratic sheriff nomination in Mondargue County as Elton Winton and David Moyer contest the tax assessor collector post in a tight runoff. Final box tallies near midnight shift results, with Middleton 2400 to Pigg 2246 and Moyer 2197 to Winton 1727, Long 746. Other county races decide commissioners in Precincts 1 and 3. An old fashioned fiddlers jamboree at the old cotton shed caps Bowie’s Second Monday visit.
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Montague County
David Moyer
Moyer
Elton Winton
Bowie News
Howard Middleton
Joe Pigg
Middleton
Bowie East Ward
Carl Long
Winton
Long
W. B
Blake )Freeman
A. B
Ted) Jackson
B. J
Belve) Wood
Jack Crain
Old Coton Shed
Texas
Bowie
Smith Leads in Montague County Democratic Primary
Preston Smith led Montague County with 1258 votes while Don Yarborough topped the statewide ballot. Smith faced Yarborough in a June 1 runoff after polling strong county totals against Dolph Briscoe Waggoner Carr and Yarborough. Parish referendums on pari mutuel betting liquor by the drink and a Texas Dairy Commission produced mixed nonbinding results. The Montague County Democratic Convention will convene at 2 p.m. at the District Courtroom with delegates from 15 precincts.
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Preston Smith
Montague County
Don Yarborough
Smith
Dolph Briscoe
Waggoner Carr
Yarborough
Texas Dairy Commission
Texas
Bowie Jackrabbits Booster Club Meeting Prompted
The Bowie Jackrabbits Booster Club schedules a regular meeting in the high school cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 13. All members are urged to attend. the gathering is described as very important.
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Bowie Jackrabbits’ Booster Club
Miss Jim Bowie Pageant Scheduled
The Miss Jim Bowie of 1968 will be crowned during the Jim Bowie Days festival next month. Sponsored by the Amity Club of Bowie, contestants must be 16 or older, unmarried, and live within 30 miles of Bowie. The winner serves a one year reign and promotes Bowie in public appearances.
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Jim Bowie
Amity Club of
Bowie
Terry T. Morgan
Bowie News Today
Bowie Times Sold in Transfer to Bowie News
Gary Cunningham announces the sale of the Bowie Times subscription list and goodwill to The Bowie News effective Tuesday night May 7. The News takes over office inventories at Cunningham Office Supply and will deliver Monday editions to Bowie Times subscribers for the remainder of their subscriptions.
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Bowie Times
The
Bowie News
Gary Cunningham
the Times
News
Cunningham Office Supply
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