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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1972
Page
1
Montague County Sheriff Howard Middleton pursued three 15 year old suspects after a woman’s purse vanished. The youths were found in the early hours and, in lieu of jail, were taken home where stiff parental penalties followed, leaving the boys reluctant to sit the next day.
Heavy rains swept Montague County on Friday causing damage across towns. Farmers reported losses including 40 acres of watermelons and a theatre canopy while bridges and county roads suffered damage. Bowie Lake rose and Amon Carter Lake breached two feet with rainfall totals ranging from 2.2 to 4.5 inches in multiple communities.
Bowie Lions Club hosts its 2nd annual Kiddie Track Meet for kindergarten through 6th grade on Tuesday May 16 at Bowie High School Track. Ribbons awarded to top three in each heat for 50 75 and 100 yard dashes. Boys and girls compete in age groups. track chairman Willie Brooks says this year's event should surpass last year.
Work by Bowie Junior High and Bowie High School students in Art and Industrial Arts will be shown Thursday May 18 from 6 to 9 pm. Exhibits include pastels charcoal sculpture rock creation decoupage mache and mosaics. Junior High will display woodworking and leather crafts while High School shows woodworking metalworking and architectural drafting. All projects will be judged and awards presented. Public invited.
Texas law bars switching parties between primaries and runoffs. Voters who cross from Republican to Democratic or vice versa commit a misdemeanor with fines ranging from 100 to 500 dollars.
Public notice lists criminal cases filed last week in Mon tague County Records. The State of Texas versus Jack Ramsey is noted as DWI. Ramsey resides in Bowie Route 4, and no Bellevue Ramsey is named.
Bowie city council members again blocked a roughly ten percent gas rate increase proposed by Lone Star Gas during a special session last Friday night. The meeting, led by Mayor Don Hendrickson and Lone Star Gas manager C J Howard, failed to advance the hike, mirroring stalemate from May 8.
The Amity Club invites girls 16 and older within 35 miles of Bowie to enter the Miss Jim Bowie Days Queen's Pageant. Deadline is June 13, 1972, with events from June 22 through June 24 including parade, pageant, and rodeo opening show. Entrants provide two B W 2x3 photos, a resume, and attend rehearsals and interviews.
Hood's Texas Brigade Association held its 100th reunion at Hill Junior College Hill sboro Texas on May 5 and 6 with over 150 members and guests. Tom Jones was elected president Ruth Peebles first vice president Charles W Coffield second vice president and Mrs Hazel Richardson historian. New officers serve four year terms. Highlights included a concert by the 1st U S Cavalry Division Band Fort Hood a Civil War artillery demonstration and Dr Frank Vandiver's banquet address.
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