COUNTY LIFE
Shebang event offering great auction items
There will be many useful and enjoyable items up for live auction in the annual Shebang fundraiser for Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum, Montague County’s largest history museum planned for Sept. 29.
The museum operates on donations, memberships and foundation/grant support. Proceeds from Shebang go directly to operations and expansion of the museum. This year the banquet will celebrate the oil and gas industry heritage of the county.
Tickets for Shebang are $50 each or get a table for eight for $350. It includes a filet mignon dinner, the live and silent auctions, the popular “bucket” auction, the spin-the-wheel game and entertainment. Call the museum at 825-5330 to reserve your tickets.
Shebang will be at the Veranda Inn Events Center, 1523 E. U.S. Highway 81 in Nocona. Doors open at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29.
The live auction will feature some big items including two loads of base rock, 50 square bales of horse hay, a watercolor class for six, dinner for eight, a Nokona ball glove, hand-painted ceramic tile-top coffee table, a helicopter tour of the county, tickets to Nocona Nights Music Festival, a hot air balloon ride for two, sports memorabilia and a vacation to New Orleans.
In the silent auction take your chance to win from an array of art prints, rare books, gift items, tickets to Ancient Ovens, a one-hour massage, tickets to an Escape Room and more. For the bucket auction there will be community gift baskets with gift certificates and goodies from the region.
It has been quite a busy few days at the Montague County Youth Fair with schedule changes, juggling of events and trying to cope with the unexpected snow storm. However, the youth fair always rolls on thanks to the dedicated volunteers, coordinators, parents and students.
Friday the rabbit how starts at 10 a.m., with heifer and steer show at 2 p.m. Ag. mech. check-in at 6 p.m. with that show at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Swine will move into the barn later today with its show at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday the home economics silent auction will start at 6 p.m. and run to 9 p.m. in the show barn. Showmanship buckles will be presented at 6 p.m. in the barn followed by leadership day awards. The premium sale is at 6:30 p.m. Make plans to come out and support these hard working kids and families.
See all the winners in the Thursday Bowie News.
Top photo – Poultry show photo taken by Rashonda Hobbs of Unfazed Creations, official photographer for the youth fair. Make sure and check out her photos.
When we were going through my grandmother’s house in Nocona after it sold, I found a few neat keepsakes, but the biggest treasure I thought I had found was her biscuit cutter. I was so excited to show my mother (her daughter) and just knew she would be happy it was found and would still be used after all this time.
My mother, however, had a different thought about my precious biscuit cutter. She said, “Suzanne, you know that biscuit cutter is just an old tomato paste can that has both ends cut out.”
I was still no less delighted with my cutter. I continue to use it today. My husband has bought me vintage, new and fancier cutters, but this cutter is something I go back to time and again.
My Memaw was recruited to be a lunch lady from 1952 to 1958 at Nocona Elementary, back when lunches were cooked, not “fixed.” Lenora Brown Burnett was an excellent cook and everyone knew it. She went on to work at the Nocona Major Clinic kitchen from 1958 to 1969.
You could only use shortcuts if you knew how to do it the long way. That is how I still approach cooking. You can only use a cake mix if you know how to make a cake with lots of ingredients, time and effort.
Read Suzanne’s Love & Luck column in the Thursday Bowie News on the On the Table page.
Top photo – Grandmother’s biscuit cutter and hand written recipes. (Photo by Suzanne Storey)
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