Man Against Woman Sparks Bowie Contests Ahead of Jim Bowie Day
In Bowie the big talk centers on life expectancy and time. A list of challenges includes pizza eating with Andy Nored versus Glendene Brooks and a mile run between Glen Darden and Tina Roberts. The idea to stage all events during Jim Bowie Days on June 28 50 is floated.
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Bowie
Andy Nored
Glendene Brooks
Glen Darden
Tina Roberts
Bill Murray
Janet Terrel
Bobbi Smith
Howard Black
Wolf
Jeff Jackson
Wamila Schaffner
Carl Russell
Wynell Ashley
Frank Woolsey
Rita Nobel
Vassar elected president of Bowie unit Teachers Association
Joe Vassar was elected president of the Bowie Unit of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association on Monday May 14. Other officers named were Jimmy Moore vice president Sue Murray secretary Deloris Clements treasurer and Floyd Bynum parliamentarian. Installation will occur at the final meeting of the year.
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Joe Vassar
Bowie
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Jimmy Moore
Sue Murray
Deloris Clements
Floyd Bynum
Bowie Police Excommunicated by Wise County Sheriff Department
Tension grows as the Bowie Police Department and Wise County Sheriff’s Office suspend radio teletype communications amid a dispute over teletype costs and operations. Bowie Chief Wasson says Moyers ordered the split after Bowie halted using sheriff teletype free service. A county jury panel and Bowie Jaycees event are also noted for May and June.
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Bowie
Wise County Sheriffs Department
Wise County
Jerry McGee
Pct
McGee
Bryan Wasson
Wasson
Eldon D. Moyers
Decatur Sheriffs Department
Wise County Sheriff's Department
Bowie Young Homemakers Seek Green Stamps for Kidney Machine
The Bowie Chapter of the Young Homemakers of Texas collects S&H Green Stamps to aid Mrs Joyce Able of Three Rivers a former state officer. Local residents are urged to donate stamps at the Howie News office to help purchase a kidney machine for her.
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Bowie
Young Homemakers of
Texas
Joyce Able
Three Rivers
Able
Howie
S&h
Howie News Office
Jaycees Plan Rest Stop on Memorial Day in Bowie
Bowie Jaycees will run a free cake and coffee rest stop for Memorial Day motorists from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the V F W Hall parking lot on Fort Worth Highway. President Rowdy Settles credits Coke for drinks Bowie Ice for ice and J C Volkman for lumber for stop signs.
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Bowie
Bowie Jaycees
Jaycee
Rowdy Settles
V.F.W. Hall
Fort Worth
Settles
Coke Company
Bowie Ice Company
J.C. Volkman
Bowie Jackrabbits Rally Falls Short in Bi-District Loss
Bowie Jackrabbits drop to Rockwall 9 to 7 in a bi district baseball game. Bowie led 1 0 in the first, trailed 9 1 by the sixth, then rattled six runs in the sixth inning with hits from Duncan Hudson Jerry Miller Lee Harrington Tim Winn Tim Pigg and Ronald Rhoades. Coach Jeff Jackson blamed three errors as Rockwall seized two runs on those miscues. A Denton rematch sets the decisive third game to determine regional action against Hooks.
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Bowie Jackrabbits
Rockwell
Bowie
Rockwall
Rabbits
Duncan Hudson
Jerry Miller
Lee Harrington
Tim Winn
Tim Pigg
Ronald Rhoades
Jeff Jackson
Denton
Hooks
Successful Marriage Anniversary of Robert and Ada Fugate
Robert Fugate and Ada Bell Sides Fugate marked 73 years of marriage on May 16 1973 at Bellmire Home. He born December 5 1879 and she January 29 1845. The couple's sons W A Virgil and G R grew up in Alvord and Bridgeport, with a long farming life and later Magnolia Oil work. They emphasize equal partnership and family unity as keys to a lasting marriage.
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Robert
Bob) Fugate
Mr. Fugate
Mrs. Fugate
Bellmire
Robert Fugate
Ada Bell Sides
C.A. Sides
Alvord
Tennessee
Z.N. Fugate
W.A
Virgil
G.A
Bridgeport
Fugate
G.R
Colorado
Magnolia Oil Company
Renda Taylor
Russell
Bowie
Neice
Talmage Garrett
John Samples
Texas
Irene Williamson
Amarillo
Ed Fugate
Ft. Worth
Forestburg FFA Banquet Honors Members and Guests
Forestburg FFA held its annual parent and son banquet with fifty nine in attendance. Larry Dill led the invocation and Ben Jones received Honorary Chapter Farmer honors with a pin and certificate. Several Forestburg faculty and local bankers were noted as guests.
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Forestburg
FFA
Larry Dill
Ben Jones
Charles Lanier
Debra Steadham
Wayne Moseley
Don Lively
H.K. Sund
Billy Phillips
Blake Freeman
Fred Williams
H.L. Hays
K.J. Reynolds
Wynona Riddles
Decie Ellery
Willard Freeman
Woodrow Galmor
Gary Perryman
Helen Steadham
Rusty Fenoglis
Gary Johnson
Jerry Reynolds
Jimmie Ezzell
Rusty Fenoglio
Frank Ramsey
Police probe theft at South Ward Elementary School
Bowie police investigate a around 14 dollars stolen at 10 45 a m Thursday at South Ward Elementary School. Principal Helen Jefferies says entry was through the west door. Seven dollars came from the 4th grade room and seven from the first grade room, money in a First National Bank deposit bag.
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South Ward
Helen Jefferies
First National Bank
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Royce Moore
Arnold Barnett
Lee Wayne Jones
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Hattie Manning
Evelyn Rhyne
H.P. Shaw
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Madah Bell Fox
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Theodore Precise
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Janice Skinner
Flo Cantwell
Stella Massey
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John Michael Wheeler
Angelo State University
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Abilene Christian College
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