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Mountain Laurel Dr. Tucson, AZ 85718 Oro Valley, AZ 85737 [email protected] Bowie Alumni Newsletter Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2017 Page 1 of 24 Minutes of the Bowie School Alumni Group Fall Luncheon held at Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant in Tucson, March 5, 2016 Thirty alumni and guests attended: Standing: Wendy Conger, Jeff St. Clair, David Montana, Gabino “Bobby” Montana, Ed Crews, Delbert “Skip” Fousel, Charles Harmon, Henry and Belinda Castillo, Phyllis Cohorn, Dutch Grusendorf, Elaine Grusendorf, Larren Yelton Middle Row: Kathy St. Clair, Juan and Hope Rodriguez, Florina (Tapia) Christiernsson, Tony Cohorn, Ernestine Crews, Nancy-Jean Welker Front Row: Evelyn (Spikes) Lathram, Luiza Amodeo, 3 members of Wendy Conger’s family, Gabriella Montana (Bobby Montana’s great-granddaughter), Bobbie Welker Blandin, Betty Grusendorf, Dolores Montana Not Pictured: Alta (Hodges) Dangel Status Reports: Susan Bickel. And remember to make a donation Wendy Conger, 3rd, 4th, 5th grades teacher, gave to Bowie Schools for an Arizona State Tax Credit. a wonderful status of the Bowie Schools. Look New business: for her update in this newsletter. There is no The latest edition of the newsletter was e-mailed change in the status of the Bowie Power Station to everyone with an email address to save printing or the SunZia power line project. The San Simon and postage costs. If you want one mailed to you, Valley Literacy Organization had their 2016 kick- let Evelyn Lathram know. off with reading, and arts and crafts. Superintendent St. Clair gave an update of the Alumni News: clean-up of the Eva Hall building. All openings In Memory of: Jackie “Lenzer” Malone, Vernon have been patched and sealed so no more pigeons Baker, Bill R. Hilburn, Gregory Chavez can get in. The clean-up of the debris has started. The roof and bell tower have been examined and Treasurer’s report: are deemed to be solid. The inside will be As of February 12, 2016, the bank balance was monitored to be sure it remains sealed. The next $3,893.41. task will be to remove all the old furniture and equipment that has been stored for many years. There is some interest from the county in moving Those We Will Miss the Jimmie Libhart Branch Library into this Jackie (Lenzer) Malone building. Other uses mentioned include a day care facility. Vic Boll called today to notify me that Jackie (Lenzer) Malone passed away February 4th. Reminders and Announcement: There will be a viewing Wednesday, February 10th, Bowie Chamber of Commerce will sponsor from 10:30am to 11:30 am at South Lawn Cemetery, another Information Fair, April 30th, starting at 5401 South Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85706. 10 am. Graveside services will follow at 11:45am. See updated websites for Bowie Schools, and the alumni page http://www.bowieschools.org/ , click Vic tells me she was his cousin on his mother’s side, on Schools, then Alumni. The Bowie School was 90 years old, and had been living with her Alumni Membership Fee is due at the beginning daughter in Kingman, Arizona. of the calendar year. Please send Bowie School Evelyn Lathram news and “old stories” to the newsletter editor, Page 2 of 24 I have known Jackie since 4th grade (1936). As much Gayle Suzanne Reed as I would like, it has become impossible to go Former resident Gayle Suzanne Reed, 66, died on traveling. Aug. 28, 2016. Gayle was the daughter of Jerry She was the last of my grade school classmates. Patty Leonard Montierth and Peggy Mapes (Montierth). (Doyle) McKee did not come to Bowie until 8th She is preceded in death by her husband Alan Reed Grade, 1939. and her parents. Gayle is survived by her daughters, Billie & I were guests with Jackie and her family for Sonya and Robin Johnson; five grandchildren, Thanksgiving 1950, Tracy, Calif. Brittany, Joseph, Antone, Shaun, and Dakota, and Ray Fousel one great-grandson, TJ; a brother, Jeran Elliott Montierth; and a sister, Andara Faye Logan. Geneva (Aldrich) Anderson (Bowie Class 1935) has passed away, March 2016 Gayle served in the U.S. Army and was a devoted and patriotic member of the American Legion where Dutch Grusendorf’s aunt Geneva passed away. She she worked for many years and also volunteered was 97 years old and lived with her daughter in much of her time in helping others. California. Geneva's sister Nathalie (Aldrich) Grusendorf was one of the first graduates of Bowie Funeral services are under the direction of Westlawn High School, Class of 1923. Chapel & Mortuary and will be held on Oct. 22, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Homewood Cemetery in San Simon. Geneva's ashes will be buried in Bowie’s Desert Rest Cemetery next February next to her family. Arizona Range News, 122 S. Haskell Willcox, Arizona For anyone wanting to send a card, please send it to Geneva's daughter: Raymond Fousel Nancy Brown, 1454 Maddux Dr,Redwood, City, Raymond Fousel passed away on Monday, CA 94061-2417. November 14, 2016, in Cottonwood, AZ. He From Frances Goodman: graduated from Bowie High School in May 1944. [email protected]: There will be a Memorial Service for him at Faith Baptist Church in Cottonwood on Saturday, My mother, Katherine Richards (Clarence) Darnell, December 10, 2016, at 11:00 AM. Right after the was the other half of Bowie’s first graduating class service there will be a pot luck lunch. Please bring a with her classmate, Natalie Grusendorf. I took my dish to share. The address for Faith Baptist Church is mother for many years to their ASU class reunions as follows: 2650 S. Union Drive, Cottonwood, AZ where they had a great time rooming together 86326. overnight and catching up with their friendship and reminiscing into the wee hours. They were in the last class of Tempe Normal School which became the first class of Tempe Teacher’s College. They both were thus in the First Graduating Class of Tempe Teacher’s College. You know that it later became ASU! Her father, William Gill Richards, was on the Bowie school board and was the self-appointed Truant Officer and when anyone was absent, he went to see why and provided medicine, or shoes, or whatever it was that caused their absence. He believed in education! His name is on the cornerstone of the school building. And I believe a street in Bowie is named for the family. Katherine’s children enjoyed the Bowie’s All School Reunion at a football game with her where the First Raymond celebrated his 89th birthday at the Bowie Graduating Class, (All two of them), rode in a car of Fall luncheon in Tucson in 2015, with a cake, candle, their year. and singing. He and his wife, Billie, were very Thanks for the memories… pleased to be with Bowie Alumni that day. Please forward my condolences with this to Dutch He said “I can’t think of a better place or activity to Grusendorf so that he might share these memories celebrate my 89th birthday than being with friends with his family. from long ago.” Page 3 of 24 The Family of Raymond Fousel, 3382 E. Tower Dr., Marketing Specialist Heidi Barrier said that National Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Pecan currently has “1,465 acres in use.” There is a very nice picture of the Fousel children in Asked about the company’s plans for expansion in the “Images of America: Bowie” book. Mary the next five years, Barrier replied, “We are still Doreen, Kenneth, and Delbert (Skip) survive Ray. assessing.” Barrier gave no response to a Range News question Les Jones regarding water depletion concerns in the San Simon Basin. Long time Bowie resident Les Jones passed away. In a Dec. 16, 2015 statement, Spokeswoman Shelly Donella Jones' husband, Les, passed away December Kessen said, “The purchase of one of Arizona’s 27, 2016. Donella was in the Bowie class of 1953. leading pecan farms is another major step toward They lived in St. David and their mailing address is: vertical integration, industry leadership, and overall PO Box 1166 growth for National Pecan.” Benson, AZ 85602 “The orchard is a well-regarded operation with a There will be a service at the Bowie Desert Rest strong track record of producing exceptional quality Cemetery on January 7th at 11:30 am, with a pecans to serve growing customer demand,” said luncheon at the Elks Club in Willcox afterward. National Pecan’s Chief Executive Officer David Lawrence. Bowie Area News “The purchase is an important milestone in our aggressive expansion plans, and we are delighted about the potential it represents,” he said. Calling 2015 “a remarkable year of growth” for National Pecan, Kessen said that earlier in the year, the company had bought two processors – Young Pecan, of Fabens, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and the Poulan Pecan Company of Poulan, Ga., as well as “significant pecan orchard holdings” in the state. “We are deeply committed to investing in pecan acreage and operations, as illustrated by this latest acquisition, as well as the recent Young Pecan and Poulan Pecan processor purchases,” said Director of Farming Operations Tom Stevenson, with National Pecan. Steve Reno [email protected] “This latest acquisition in Arizona represents a An orchard full of nut trees in Bowie, where Texas- significant investment that will serve as a foundation based National Pecan recently purchased Fort for expansion of our western pecan farming Bowie Vineyards.