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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1972
Page
1
Front page column by Ron Taylor argues for stricter enforcement of laws and school discipline while noting Bowie gains from Braniff employees moving in. It highlights a new airport plan, tax concerns, and potential county salaries increases amid growth.
Glen Pribble the county clerk reports only 10 absentee ballots cast through last Friday. Voters out of the county on June 3 should cast absentee ballots by Wednesday May 31 with the county clerk accepting absentee votes until 5 00 p m on Tuesday May 30.
Baccalaureate services for Bowie High School seniors are tonight Sunday and the graduation exercises are Monday May 29 at 8:00 p.m. in the Junior High School Auditorium.
Leiland Jett Texas Highway Department resident engineer says U S 287 ready by June 10 with formal ceremony set for June 22 during Jim Bowie Days. Right of way purchasing from Clay County line to new construction to begin in about 90 days.
Montague County Mental Health Clinic opens a basement counseling service for area youths at the old City Auditorium in Bowie. Miss Barbara Majors and Mrs. Bonnie Wilson staff the program, offering confidential help via hotline 817-872-5361 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:09 p.m.
The Bowie Independent School District offers a six week corrective enrichment program this summer for Math Reading and English for grades two through eight. Classes run 8 a.m. starting Monday June 5 with two sections for 2–4 and 5–7. No fee for retained or struggling students, funded by Title I. contact school principals to enroll.
Travis County Grand Jury indicted Rep. Tom Holmes of Granbury and three other current or former lawmakers including former Sen. David Ratliff of Stanford Rep. John Allen of Longview and Rep. Hudson Moyer of Amarillo. Holmes faced a 5000 bond on theft by false pretext charges for using postage stamps from his House expense fund to help buy a $3195 pickup.
Six elected county officials plus three county taxpayers saw raises after a grievance committee acted in April under House Bill 384. The recipients include David Moyer, Glen Pribble, Howard Middleton, Glen Jones, Ruby Carter Sledge, and Viola Hancock. The rest of the passage discusses unrelated indictments and a district race, followed by graduation notices for Bowie Junior High School.
The City sponsored summer recreation program starts Monday June 5 and runs eight weeks from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Eligibility includes Bowie's public school students or transfers entering public school in August. Activities include ping pong, horseshoes, relays, track, soccer, volleyball, dodgeball, softball, rope skipping, sack races, and swimming with supervision and safety rules. By last Thursday 198 boys and 160 girls had registered.
The Bowie Municipal Swimming Pool schedules a free swim day on Tuesday June 6 at 1 00 PM. Regular hours begin Wednesday June 7 from 1 00 PM to 6 00 PM daily except Mondays. A trial program adds three weekly evening sessions Tuesday junior high, Thursday high school and college, and Friday adult from 8 00 PM to 10 00 PM.
The Bowie Rotary Club named two scholarship recipients from nine applicants for 1972. Barton Robinson won a one thousand dollar award and John ny Bell received five hundred dollars. Both top seniors from Bowie High School are among the district’s hopeful scholars with plans for college. The foundation aims to award three one thousand dollar scholarships to the 1973 graduating class.
Rotary Club will award scholarships totaling 1500 dollars to Johnny Bell and Barton Robinson during graduation exercises tomorrow night. The event includes a staff photo.
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