COUNTY LIFE
Chicken and Bread Days heralds the start of fall
Bowie celebrates its unique western heritage with the 23rd annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 6 across downtown Bowie.
Chicken and Bread has become one of the community’s most popular festivals due to its assortment of family activities and it heralds the start of autumn.
The heritage of the “Chicken and Bread Boys” goes back to the late 1890s as Bowie thrived after rising as a railroad tent city. Enterprising young men sold chicken and bread at the train station. See related story on page 2A.
The festival is presented by Bowie Community Development with primary festival activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Pre-festival entertainment begins the evening of Oct. 5 with a Sip and Stroll event downtown from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Everyone is invited to shop and see what local merchants have to offer while enjoying an assortment of wines and snacks.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The last big holiday of 2024 arrives on Dec. 31 with News Year’s Eve.
Most government offices and the post office will be closed on Jan. 1. The Bowie News office will close on Dec. 31 and on Jan. 1.
The Bowie News will have an early print deadline on Monday and go out to readers one day earlier on Tuesday. The print edition will be delivered to the post office and racks, while the e-sub will also go out on Tuesday morning.
Bowie Community Development presented awards to the window decoration contest during the Candy Cane Sip & Stroll. Gaylynn Burris of the BCDB presented Rustic Wings/Belle Rose Boutique with the first place award. Second place went to Rustic Rose Furniture and Treasures. Studio 81 Tattoos and Hwy 59 Boutique were third and fourth place winners. The contest is sponsored by Bowie Community Development.
See photos of all the winners in the weekend Bowie News.
Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.
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