COUNTY LIFE
Early voting opens strong across county
Montague County opened the 2018 early voting season strong with a total of 835 people casting ballots, with 451 of those cast at the Bowie location.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said they anticipate very busy early voting as people may want to avoid election day rush on Nov. 6.
Across the county voters may cast early ballots at one of four locations: Montague County Courthouse Annex Community Room, Bowie Community Room, Nocona Community Room and Saint Jo Civic Center.
Polls will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. The first of two extended days took place on Tuesday. The second will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 30, but only at the courthouse annex location.
Voters may cast their ballot at any of the locations, you are not locked in to any specific precinct based on your address.
Voters are selecting national, state and local candidates for the Nov. 6 ballot. There is a total of 13,853 registered voters in Montague County.
Applications for ballot by mail must be received no later than Oct. 26.
Visit the county website at: www.co.montague.tx.us, click the elections for details and sample ballots.
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The result is “the unpublished” – Volume 1: 1960-1979 and Volume 2: 1980-1985.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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