The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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NUMBER 34
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then you do. also. Which is just
another way of saying that court
esy is usually noticed only by the
courteous.
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BORTS WEATHER
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Mattie Hight was cited for back-
ing without safety.
About *200 worth of drills, san-
ders, saws, handsaws and other
tools wore taken in a break - in
at BiU Kings Cabinet Shop Tues-
day night.
OUR BLADE* IS OUR SHIELD
brush fire Saturday
lathing touches to this
oar. The blase, on th*
wae nxilnffulahod By
over last year of *61,000.
Total revenue from local tax
sources will be *287,717. This to
an over - all increase over last
year of *53,757. This reflects both
an increase in the tax rate and in
total district valuation.
Last year's valuation of the dis-
trict was *1X906,310. The value
went up thia year to *16,034,455.
This to baaed on 36 per cent of
actual value.
fence posts, since the fire was
caused by one of their trains
If the bill is approved, he says.he
will still need funds.
And if the MH isn’t approved,
Patience to usually only enjoy-
ed by those who have nothing to
be impatient about.
may it prosper and ' |
sane
ely ia the same volume. We have
no such trouble spots.
They should only be used where
total traffic averages 900 cars per
hour for at least eight hours of
the day. Nobs of our intersections
even approaches this figure.
There it wee. Cold, clear facts
were poured over the nation and
it died without a wiggle.
Bravo for the Bowl* Safety
Council! ’ 1 “
continue to function in
and efficient a manner!
LIBRARY READING LOGS
DUE AUGUST 2*
AM bays and gtrto, who are
taking part to Uke reading
program at City Library, who
have NOT turned hi teefr
reading lags, are requested to
* tare them in by Aagust 30 te
order that readtag certificates
from the Texas Reading etab
may be glvea. These whe
have completed all reqrtr*-
ments may pick ap their
re ad lag certificates after
September 1 at City IJbrory
arrirdtag to Mtos Lara Doan
Davis, city librarian.
So we're going to hold a "Spe-
cial Election" to elect a new ma-
yor. I hope it turns out to bo a
new election which elects a "spo-
~ial" mayor!
Teachers Testing Course
Offered Here Next Month
Bowie High School Building, at
4:30 p m.
At this time, the group will de-
cide on the day of the week for later
meetings.
Sessions will begin the following
week at the time chosen
While a textbook will be requir-
ed, two or three persons may
ahar* one book.
The course has been met with
wide acceptance, and it to possible
that this course will seen be re-
quired for all randutataa for mas-
ter's degrees in education.
No paper which requires library
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erials or labor to bring til*
ground* to their former tranquil
beauty.
A good grass cover, Oteetat free
Cub Pack 117
To Eat Ie» Cmm
J Cub Pack 117 wffl bold a home
M> Fauitator. Cubmaster, said
qa Bnrwirt.mt bustness meeting
taoluding dtocusaion of th* la
riiMsg «•»»■«*
Twas Said
The greater the ignorance, the
greater the dogmatism.
—Sir William Oaler
SOCIAL SECURITY EXPERT
HERE NEXT MONDAY 4
A represent alive af th*
Social Security ACmiatotre-
ttoa will be ta Bowie at the First
Nattoaal Bank ea Monday
Aagust te. from 0:30 A. M.
until neon. Yen ar* invited to
meet wMfr the roprssatotaave
to file year claim er to obtain
information er nsstotaace see-
cernlng Social Security.
had been with him to run all the
trot lines but th* big important
on*.
McKee had to grapple the 30
Bound cat off the trotline, without
a net, into the boat, then had the
problem of trying to keep it in
th* boat white trying to get to
shore.
Being a true fisherman, nothing
detered McKee, * not even the
shore. His boat kept running and
be kept bold on the fish, after
plowing under a few feet of shore
line the boat came to rest, with
fisherman, boat and fish all in-
tact
Wet* net rnlly certain that
they have hardware stores in Par-
is — but then that may not be
the reason Gordon Heard wants
to •».. J
Mrs. Gordon will be accom-
panying him to at least supervise
whatever ether local attractions
he may find there. And, for th*
sake of fairness, we might men-
tion that Gordon will be shopping
with Jun* for the same reason.
MY ACHIN' BACK, says Loul* Don Rader of Wichita <
Falls, a* ho trios to do a sweeping chore with ■ worn-out
broom—without a handle. Lcui* Don Is eagerly awaiting
Th* Bowie Lions Club broom sale on September 17 and ft
io get a new broom. Louie Don is the eon of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Rader of Wichita Falla, and the grandson of Don
r Ashley of Bowl*. Grandpa is a stalwart Lion Club mam-
bar, so Louie may get his new broom.
was done to the Chevrolet driven
by Coleman and approximately
*300 damage was done to the Mil-
•bell Ford.
Coleman was cited for failure
o yield.
Damage estimated at *150 to
both cars was caused by a two
ear accident to Matthews aad
North Tarrant August 13.
Phillip Detrick, driving a 1366
Chevrolet was cited for negligent
collision when the Detrick car
.truck a parked 1*83 Ford, owned
>y Gten Brook*.
Another accident, at Lindsey
and Tarrant on August 30 caused
an estimated *50 damage to the
1064 Chevrolet driven by Matti*
TWO YOUTHS escaped serious injury
when this car (*84 Oldsmobile) went out
of control and overturned about I’-i miles
north of Bowie on the Montague Highway
Thursday afternoon. Driver was Charles
Hooper. 18. of New Orleans. His passenger.
Rueb*n Joo Mixon, also 18. of Bowie, and
peseta rt yaltow sal to Mb tan
Dewey**. He eaught tee cat
a trettoee at Ama* r “ ‘
Construction wort has started
oa the new Bowie High School
building. Workmen from the M
A. Vordenbaum and Son Firm of
Wichita Fails moved onto th* site
this week to begin work on the
foundation. Preliminary work on
the site ha* been done by local
contractor*
FIRST GRADERS NEED
---record^!
Mr. D. E. Campbell requests
that aM first grader* enrelltag
ter Nte first Mm te school to-
teg their birth eerfifteates
wbea registering Friday after
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BOOS t A wfWSl 11 •
New
Math,
Anyone?
Mrs. W. A. Brinkley will be in-
structor when grandmothers,
friends, interested persons or par-
ents of students meet at the Gold
Room Monday night to learn the
new math methods now being
taught in grades three through
six in Bowie Schools
All elementary P-TA'S in Bow-
ie are sponsoring these classes to
be held Monday. August 30; Wed-
nesday. September 1; Thursday.
September 2; aniT Wednesd^ '
September 8. All meetings will be
in the Gold Room beginning at 7
p.m.
Class Monday night will be over
in time for those interested to at-
tend the football warm up at ths
football field at 0:30.
These math sessions are free to
the public. Work book* will be a-
vailable at around seventy • five
cents but it to Mt necessary that
each person make this purchase
in order to attend
The other big lump of addition-
al income the district will get to
offset the Increased ctots wtfi be
from the debt service tax of 60
cento per 3100 approved by the
voters in ti»e bond election. This
The dirt road in front of our
place to full of tuts. A rut, you
know, to just a littl* eon ef a
ditch.
Stadium
Filling
Fast
As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Bo-
wie football fane have purchased
306 reserved seat, season ticket*
for th* Bowie High School foot
ball games.
First pm ckseer and probably
hardiest fan.
iras Bobby ____
ed the 5 a m. chill to take a place
at the head of the line.
Windham purchased four tic-
koto end being first, got his choice
of seats ta the stadium.
While the best seats have al-
ready been purchased, almost 100
good reserved seats are still un-
sold. - ------------j
The Jackrabbits will play six
home games this season, beginn
mg with the Holliday till on Sept
- ember 3. .8—*'..—-
The tickets are on sate at the
| school business office.
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TRUTH IS OUR BLADE
City employee* appear to be the
busiest workers in the city these
day*.
Water mains are being laid, the
municipal airport is rushing to-
vard completion
ire being applied to several city
buildings, sewer mains are going
ta and the street paving program
to making satfolying progress.
But. as the city lathers discuss-
Sd Moqday night, this is all hard
I 'hi ntt city pttrwfr ■ • — — ~ —
I Cash reserves have disappeared
I into capita) assets and a small,
but temporarily worrisome deficit
has taken their place
4 Rainy day caches will be raid-
ed to put the cash picture back In
Jha .black >3.700 was transferred
i from the operating emergency
? tend to the utility fund Another
*10,000 which appear* to be sitting
In a nOtonger required slush fund
will be sought for general expen
see And there to a possibility of
Carter Lak*, selling *1W»O worth of sewer
Teachers from a three - county
area are being invited and en-
couraged to attend an extension
course to be held in Bowie next
month.
The course entitled “Educa-
tional Testing and Evaluation,”
will teach the teachers the me-
chanics of making up good test
papers, and how to judge if the
test covers the required subject
matter.
Dr L. Fred Thomas of North
Texas State University will be tbs
instructor. k 4
First meeting of the group will,
be held Wednesday. Sept. • at the ta thia course.
They on te be LiBgiOtaiaM
gr th* achievement and envied
r the reward!
This mean* *12,500. give or take
a few hundred, la now owed the
city by the federal government.
As soon a* these monies are re-
ceived. the cash picture in city
hall will be rosy again — in the
meantime, aldermen have stopp-
ed spending and ar* spending
most of their meetings figuring
In addition to a lengthy consid-
eration of budget matters, th*
council decided to:
Set up a city ordinance covertag
airport activities. -------------
Have city employee* build a
small, private office for the state
welfare office in th* basement Of
city ball.
Continue painting city structur-
es ia aeed of refurbishing.
Pour new concrete ta front of
the city building to repair badly
cracked walks aad prevent water
from running into the ba*smart
of th* tartdkrt with every rsfrk
airport bevel (The pNMrt iteb rtanto toward
eeor MM Ute tadHtagi
Fish Comes Firs!
For Fisherman
Charles McKee, an avid fisher-
man. had the attitude of "never
mind the boat, hang on to the
fish” last Wednesday.
McKee's three children, D«-
wayne, 10, Carol, • and Bryan, 6
just Leon's opinion. He CZ."
mH sate be need on a
basis until signal light
■tailed We already have
■to when we need them
Th*F Aoold only be used- when
reaching from both in
streets to appradmat-
Keeping finance* under a tight
reta, the trustees of ths- Bowie In-
dependent School District approv-
ed a budget of *820,024 for the
Bl*8; - 8> school year at a special
"r^tag liikl Thursday ntghr produce *73. J87 — an increase
The budget shows an anticipat-
ed income of *628 000. predicting
an in - the - black operation with
a small margin of safety
While the approved budget of
estimated expenditures to *77.654
above last year's total, the econ
omy effort the trustees expended
to apparent when it to realized
that interest costs during the year
will skyrocket from last year's
*18,217 to *77,500 for this year.
This to because first interest
payments on the *1,100,000 bond
issue voted last fail become due
■his year.
In addition to this >50.373 in-
crease in costs, a substanti a 1
teacher pay raise, voted by the
state legislature, a’so goes into ef-
fect. In Bowie schools, this pey
Increase adds about *44,520 to the
total school year coot. —-
Thus these two items, which
cannot be controlled by the board,
added about *104.000 in cost* over
last year's budget. Seen in this
light, the total increase of *77,864
for the year’s expenditures to evi-
dence of careful planning by the
district manager*. -
Coming along with the teacher
pay increase to increased revenue
from state sources. Total state aid
to the district last year was *330,-
745. This should be increased this
year by about *43,000 — or within
*3.000 of the cost of the teacher
l«ay rates.
torts
AUGUST 1*
AUGUST 19
AUGUST 30
AUGUST 31 ’
AUGUST 22
AUGUST »
AUGUST 34
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44th Year — 16 P»g— 10c P*r roPy
Ft. Worth Man Injured
In Car Accident Here
A two car accident Sunday M Davto Hight and tbs 1388 Ford
3:40 p.m at West Nsison and belonging to Joyce Leone Moore.
Matthews Streets sent John Wes-
ley Coleman, Jr., of Fort Worth
♦o the Bowie Clinic - Hospital for
treatment of head injuriee.
r-Jfrk accident involved a 1966
Chevrolet driven by Coleman and
a 1964 Ford driven by Bobby Jo
Mitchell of Nocona.
'-'Approximately *350 damage
Dora Cemetery Objec
Of Drive for Funds
A one - man campaign to clean-
end reoair fence* around the old
Dora Cemetery has been launch-
ed by E. L. Covey. . .— .
Th* cemetery, at least 7*. years of weeds, to on the ground*, g
A recert grass fire in the area
destroyed fence posts, leaving the
wire sagging or oa the ground.
Covey, who has relatives buried
in the cemetery, said be would
City Work Hums Along;
Budget Deficit Ungers
bonds and putting the fund* into
the genersl fund.
This *15,QW was spent out of
the general fund to buy the land
far the new sewer plant northeast
ot lOwn ana nas nevFr oevn re
paid'’ to the general fund The
bonds can be converted for this
purpose, the aidermen feel.
Coming along to bolster these
-sources of income will be the
bumper August utility sales and
monies owed to the city by tbs
federal and stats governments as
matching fund* for highway right
of way purchases made on State
Highway *8 at the southwest edge
of Bowie; a final payment dM
from th* loderal government
through the state for construction
of the sewer project: and pay-
ment* from the federal govera-
mert on a 9646 basis for the air-
i port construction.
EapeMM on the
th* Bnwia Firo Department. Here volun-
teer Wallace Mills ippReo th* finishing
touche* with water after th* Hr* had been
•xtinguiahed with foam. (News Photo)
■f
Hooper were treated for Injnrie* at Bowie
Clinic and released. Highway Patrolman
B. J. Van Wlnhl*. of Wichita Falls, who
inv-eetigated, said th* car went into s skid
rounding a curve on wet pavement, wont
out of control, and overturned 1V4 times,
coming io rest on its top. (Nows Photo)
Pete, dan it. I'm sorry! I did
y«u wrong - thoiidS 'I Bope you
didn't know It - and I apoligize
*n*sse sincsN comments er*
directed rt Pete -Ctarh who- took J
R upm himself a year or so a**
to organize and bring into being
the Bowie Safety Council.
Thie was dueiy reported ta The
New* without. I hep*, a hint of
my reesrvstisM about another or-
ganization blossoming forth.
There .to just something In me
(lazliMS*. I suspect) That kinds
curt* up imide and says "no!"
whenever tbs idee tf a new or
gantoatkm hits me from most any
direction. This was the way thu
Bowie Safety Council affected my
gizzard at its inception.
Don’t remember that I mention-
ed to anyone excepting my gto-
sard at the time. And I'm glad.
For th* Bowie Safety Council
has from the beginning been s
eofid asset to our community. It*
. member* have worked steadily
and intelligently to work o u t
problem* ta traffic safety which
do see gtoe had time to consider.
vAa a case ta point, I would like
to cite this om:
At the July 36 meeting. Leon
Partridge, who to now president
of the Safety Council, was asked
by th* city council to haw hi*
group Study the need lor four
way stop signs at troublesome in-
tersections ta Bowie. He said be
would. He did.
j TMa Monday night he made hto
report Four - way stop sign* are
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shewn. *ta
Formal dedicat
for t he new Bowk
port will be held
John Bennett, chai
viation committee __
er of Commerce, announced yee-
terday.
Th* date was ptetteb*! from
September IX when the commit-
tee felt the Heid would not be
ready by that date. Although work
ia progressing satisfactorily, a a
much a* one day ef wet weather
would throw the schedule off
enough to mtos the September 12
data.- ■•••***—
The deetaton was made Wednes
day morning after a survey of the
airport site.
I increase Mthte
36 cents per hurt
The Heard* leave Bowie Sept-
ember 13 from Dallas by jet to
make the one-day Atlantic croaa-
tag. They will spend three days
in Parte, three ta London, then -
back to Texas.
Airof this to being paid for by
the General Electric company in
profound gratificati® tor the aup-
erlative fob Heard's Hardware
has <ta>e this year in moving Gen-
eral Electric merchandise off of
their floor and Into the homes of
area residents.
School Costs Increi
Interest is Main Fa
The total tax
the district was f
red.
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Lynn, Emerson, Jr. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1364179/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.