COUNTY LIFE
Celebrating 100 years
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Katye A. (Kaiser) Overstreet-Schmitz of Bowie will celebrate a century of laughter, love and dancing as she turns 100-years-old on Oct. 18.
Katye was born the second of eight children to Lewis K. and Pearl Arene Kaiser in Alma, OK in 1918. Her family moved to Bowie from Germany and Altoona, PA, and finally ended up at Doan’s Crossing near Vernon after a long journey. Schmitz was born in Alma, OK, before her family arrived at Doan’s Crossing.
The family moved to the Tage community in Montague County, where her grandfather owned a dry goods store and grocery store.
Katye’s family farmed in the Salona and Pleasant Ridge communities, raising corn, peanuts, cotton and wheat. As a young girl, she was a big help with the farm. She attended a small community school called Lone Star during the farming offseason.
At the age of 16, she married Stephen Henry Overstreet, and the two had seven children, including: Ireta, Frances, Janet, Dorothy, Judy, Steve and Arlene.
Read the full story in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
COUNTY LIFE
Bowie, Nocona libraries wrap up summer reading this week
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Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
COUNTY LIFE
Color added to outside kennels at Bowie Animal Shelter
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Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
COUNTY LIFE
Youngsters attend swimming lessons this week
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Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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