COUNTY LIFE

By DANI BLACKBURN
Making a phone call today is as simple as picking up your smart phone and hitting a button, but in the mid-1900s, there was a little more to it.
To place a call, one would turn the crank on the right side of a wall telephone, where you would be connected to the Montague telephone office. Someone at the office would ask you who you were calling and then connect you to that person for your conversation.
The conversation would not be private because everyone was on a party line, which also meant you could pick up your phone and listen to anyone’s conversation, and even join in.
The use of an old wall telephone in the mid-1900s is just one of the many memories of growing up in Montague County that local author Jack Nabours captures in his new memoir “The Way It Was.”
Meet Jack Nabours in your weekend Bowie News as he talks about growing up in early-day Montague. Pictured: Jack Nabours signs one of his new books, “The Way it Was.”
COUNTY LIFE
Carpenter Shop dining room closing Wednesday, Thursday

Officials with the Carpenter Shop (Nocona Senior Citizens Center) have announced the dining room will be closed today, Wednesday (2/19) and Thursday (2/20) due to possible bad winter weather.
COUNTY LIFE
Saint Jo City Council reschedules its February meeting

After cancelling its meeting due to illness earlier this month, the Saint Jo City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19 at city hall.
Agenda items are:
- Consider resolution to allow the Saint Jo Riding Club to access city-owned property adjacent to the rodeo arena to be used for parking for club-hosted events.
- Discuss request from Dennis Elmore about 5.87 acres on West Howell to build on lots 6 and 7.
- Discuss and act on updated ordinance from the workshop conducted on Jan. 22.
- Approve minutes and bills, along with printed reports.
COUNTY LIFE
Father/daughter dance welcomes big crowd

Freedom Life Church and its sponsors hosted the annual Father/Daughter Dance in Bowie. There was a packed house of family members for the annual event as they enjoyed a deejay, dancing, food and fun. Watch for more photos in your Thursday Bowie News. (News photo by Barbara Green)
-
NEWS2 years ago
2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS1 year ago
Suspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS2 years ago
SO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS2 years ago
Wreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS2 years ago
Murder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS2 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS2 years ago
Bowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS2 years ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint