COUNTY LIFE
Two legs of Hwy. 82 expansion includes in preliminary state plan
The preliminary draft of the Texas Unified Transportation program spanning a 10-year project plan includes two legs of proposed highway expansion in Montague County.
Members of the Texas Transportation Commission met on Feb. 22 to review the draft plan, which will be up for final approval on March 30.
The Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation has been preparing a slate of priorities for its nine counties. That list includes highway lane extensions running west out of Nocona toward Henrietta along U.S. Highway 82.
At this time the highway comes into Nocona as a four-lane on the east side, but goes out as a two-lane on the west. The Highway 82 projects began working with TxDOT on the expansion project in 1972 and a special farm-to-market right-of-way tax was passed to help pay for the ROW. At a Feb. 2 hearing TxDOT officials said they hoped for at least one leg of the project would be included in the state plan, so they were surprised and happy to see two. However, it all rests on the final approval on March 30 and future funding.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Michael Bohling, chief meteorologist from Channel 3 in Wichita Falls, will have a presentation at the Montague County Courthouse Annex Community room in Montague from 7-8 p.m. on April 8. It is sponsored by the Montague County Amateur Radio Club.
Members of the Saint Jo Fire Department will host a fish fry and silent auction from 5-7 p.m. on May 3 in the Saint Jo School cafeteria.
Cost is $12 per plate and to-go orders are available. Enjoy fresh catfish, french fries, hush puppies, beans, cole slaw and desserts. A silent auction is planned.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Kimberly Morris, longtime funeral director in Nocona, has compiled a two-volume set of not only death records, but personal notes from the original funeral home owner covering some 25 years.
She calls it an introduction to the life of the W.L. Scott II who started Scott Funeral Home, the person who tried to make one of the hardest days in life as easy as possible.
Morris sees it as something that not only shows a day in the life, but a historic collection of resident’s deaths, that can be an interesting read as well as a genealogy resource.
The result is “the unpublished” – Volume 1: 1960-1979 and Volume 2: 1980-1985. It is centered around the funeral home intake form where the director made plans for the family, but on the back Scott kept a journal of the activities surrounding this service from start to finish often beginning with picking up a body.
Morris explains it was a different era where there was not a “funeral home” persé as everyone was embalmed at home.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
Also read the Scott Brothers legacy from “the unpublished,” that explains the big impact this family had on business development in Montague County. See page 4A.
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