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Bowie Library’s roots go back to 1920
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie Public Library has deep roots in the community going back to 1920 when members of The Thursday Club asked to use part of the two-story Boedeker building on Smythe Street.
The Bowie Chamber of Commerce had opened offices in the building’s second floor. Through bake sales, plays and other fundraisers, the club was able to buy books and supplies for the new library.
Dues for using the library were $1 per year, and it was only open from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoons. Each person was allowed to check out two adult books and one child’s book per week. The fine for an overdue book was 10 cents per week.
This was just the beginning of a library that has evolved to meet the needs of its patrons through the years, thanks to the support from its community.
Pictured: In April 1967 a building at 107 E. Wise was leased for the library. On April 10 “Operation Book Move,” saw 128 young people and 29 leaders form a line that stretched from the basement of the city auditorium, down the alley to the new East Wise Street library location. (Bowie Centennial Book photo)
Read the full feature on the library and learn about its history in the May 18 Bowie News.
The Garden Guy surfed the web and stumbled across a photo you most likely have never seen. It featured three Proven Winners National Plants of the Year in a wonderful combination.
The flowers were the Safari Dusk Jamesbrittenia or South African phlox which is the ‘Annual of the Year.’ The combo also featured Supertunia Hoopla Vivid Orchid the ‘Petunia of the Year’ and Heart to Heart Chinook the ‘Caladium of the Year.’
Read the full story from The Garden Guy in your Thursday Bowie News.
Food is supposed to bring people together.
It sits at the center of our holidays, church potlucks, birthday parties, first dates, family reunions and late-night kitchen conversations. In Texas especially, I feel like feeding people is one of the purest forms of love we know. We celebrate with casseroles, comfort with pies, and gather around smoked meats and shared desserts.
Food is hospitality. Food is belonging.
But for some people, food is also calculation.
Before the appetizers even arrive, some of us are already scanning ingredients, evaluating risk, rehearsing questions, and trying to determine whether asking those questions is about to make everyone at the table uncomfortable.
Read the full feature in On The Table in your Thursday Bowie News.
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