COUNTY LIFE
Scarecrow contest added to Chicken and Bread Days Sip & Stroll
It is time to mark our heritage with the 25th Annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival downtown on the brick streets of Bowie.
Why chicken and bread some may ask? Back in 1904 Mose Johnson and his wife, Mabel, began making history with just $15 and a shoebox full of baby chicks. The M. Johnson Poultry Ranch went on to become the breeders of the World’s Best Laying Strain of Single Comb White Leghorns. At its height, the range was the largest poultry producer in the world.
It is also how the start of our long-standing tradition of Trade Days began. The locals would sell chicken and bread to those stopped at the train depot in downtown. With this pioneering spirit, the tradition of Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival was hatched and is hosted the first Saturday of October each year.
This year Bowie Community Development is coordinating with The Bowie News for a Scarecrow Stroll as the theme for the preview evening Sip & Stroll on Oct. 2 starting at 5 p.m.
There will be horse-drawn carriage rides and mini-open house activities in nearly a dozen locations. Guests can sample wine at the merchants and visit the stores.
Cost for the sip and stroll is $10 for an armband and souvenir glass. Sippers may use a previous Sip & Stroll glass but must purchase an armband. Get the bands early at the BCDB office at 101 E. Pecan.
The board is encouraging all businesses to create unique scarecrows to help represent and promote their business or interest. This contest is open to all interested, not just to those participating in Sip & Stroll.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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