Bowie residents urge a multipurpose auditorium
Former Bowie school board president Joe Spray and Jim Winter note the need for an air conditioned multipurpose auditorium after a hot band concert. The town welcomes Alvord readers and introduces new local reps. The Advisory Committee, with Austin planning chief Jim Delashaw and consultant Brown Hudson, discussed committee operation in a Tuesday session.
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Joe Spray
First National Bank
Bowie
Jacksboro
Joe
Dee Tucker
Jerry Floyd
Tim Harbin
Tim
Richardson Plumbing
Richardson’s
Alvord
Netta Davis
Jim Delashaw
Austin
Delashaw
State Department of Community Affairs
Comprehensive Planning
Brown Hudson
Wichita Falls
Junior Rodeo Opens Friday Night for Two Day Event
The big junior rodeo starts Friday at 8 00 p m and runs over two days officials say the event will be enjoyed by all. Many entries have been received.
Bowie Lake Closed For Thirty Days
The Old Bowie Lake is closed to all water activities until June 24, 1972. Boating swimming water skiing fishing and using lake water for drinking are prohibited as the final moss and plant control treatments were completed last week. City officials and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are coordinating to keep the lake off limits during the period.
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Bowie Lake
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks and Wildlife Department
Ninety-Six Bowie High Seniors to Receive Diplomas
Ninety six Bowie High School seniors will receive diplomas at graduation Monday May 29 at 8:00 p m in the Junior High School Auditorium marking the sixty sixth class to graduate from Bowie High School.
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Bowie High School
Texas Women’s University
Bowie ISD Board Hires Staff and Plans Tax Measures
Bowie Independent School District trustees met with Tax Assessor-Collector Clifford Edwards to hire Special Education personnel for the coming term and hear teachers from the Bowie Classroom Teacher Association. They discussed a June Board of Equalization meeting and financing operations for next fall, with proposals to modify Professional Growth policy. Absentee voting in Montague County runs through May 30 with Memorial Day shortening the period.
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Bowie Independent School District
Clifford Edwards
Edwards
Board of Equalization
Bowie Classroom Teacher’s Association
Montague County
Montague
Foy
Bowie City Council Delays Gas Rate Hike Action
Bowie City Council again tabled Lone Star Gas Companys proposed ten percent rate increase delaying final action to Monday June 12. The group also approved a new cemetery grave marker purchase and a Bishop Motors bid for a pickup, while scheduling public events tied to the Jim Bowie Days celebration. Memorial Day closures announced for local banks post office and county courthouse.
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Bowie
Lone Star Gas Company
C.J. Howard
Advisory Council
Ligon Griffin
James Doughty
Griffin
Jim Bowie
Roy Broom
Broom
Motorola
Busby
Howard Black
Elmwood Cemetery
Bishop Motors
John Smith Ford
Swint Chevrolet
Cont'd note appears in Montague County Court Records
A fragment from The Bowie News references a continuation note for a Montague County Court Records listing, indicating the item continues on page 3 last Thursday. The exact details are not fully legible in the surviving excerpt.
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Bowie News
Montague County Court
Study Progress On Bowie Auditorium Vision
The Bowie community development committee partners with a Wichita Falls firm on a visibility study for a multi purpose auditorium in Bowie. A recent meeting outlined the project and next steps.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Bowie
Race Turns To Name Calling In Texas Senate Bid
The race for the 22nd senatorial district of Texas grows bitter with harsh accusations. Incumbent Tom Creighton targets the rival Tom Holmes of Granbury, referencing the other Tom’s alleged use of postage stamps as part of the contest.
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Texas
Tom Creighton
U.S
Tom Holmes
Grandbury
Little League Opens Thursday in Bowie City League
More than 300 Bowie boys will start the summer baseball program Thursday as umpire signals play ball. Baseball commissioner J. R. Matlock notes games Friday and Saturday will begin early so players finish in time for the junior rodeo.
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Bowie Boys
J. R. Matlock
Bowie Woman Dies in Three Car Crash Near Roadrunner Truck Stop
Tessie M. Allison, 70, of Bowie, died at the scene after a three car crash on U.S. 287 north of the Roadrunner Truck Stop between Bellevue and Henrietta. Charles E. Kiner, 21, of Lawton, was hospitalized and later released. Rosemary Parish of Dallas was treated as a passenger. Funeral services for Allison were held May 24 at First Baptist Church Bowie with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Allison is survived by two daughters, two brothers and three sisters.
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Tessie M. Allison
Bellevue
U.S. 287
Allison
Bowie
Roadrunner
Henrietta
Clay County
Rietta
First Baptist Church
Jesse Cassle
Elmwood Cemetery
Owens and Brumley Funeral Home
Freddie Vice
Wichita Falls
David McDonald
Plainview
Henry Shipley
Ringgold
David Shipley
C.L. Hargood
Tom Doty
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Jim Winter
Bobby Patterson
Paterson Pirate
Mike
Bobby Boudreaux
J.R. Matlock
Curtis
Boudreaux
Pinto
Peggy Patterson
Tannhauser
Barton Robinson
Melinda Guthrie
Buddy Fenoglio
Kathy Beane
Patrick Wheeler
Lions Club
Leiland Jett
Kenneth Pendleton
Kiwanis Club
Mitchell Cleveland
Wv. F. W
Olie Carriker
Rotary Club
E. C
Merwin Turner
First United Methodist Church of
School Board
Bowie National Bank
First Savings and Loan Association
Bowie Post Office
County Court House
Race
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