COUNTY LIFE
Changing the guard: New county, district clerks bring experience
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County has two new faces serving as custodian of its governmental and court records as 2021 opens, as Kim Jones took the oath of office for county clerk and Robin Woods became the new 97th District Clerk.
Both women replaced longtime clerks who retired as 2020 came to an end. Glenda Henson retired from county clerk after 16 years and Lesia Darden as district clerk for the past 17 years.
Kim Jones,
Montague County clerk
Jones started work as a clerk in the office in 2006, ironically six months before Henson. When named to this post she was chief deputy. She will finish out the nearly two years left on the term, afterwhich Jones can run for the office.
Robin Woods,
97th District Clerk
Robin Woods is a home town girl from Nocona who graduated from Nocona High School in 1979. She and her first husband operated R-B’s Food Stores in Henrietta and Nocona for 17 years as they raised two children.
The couple divorced and she later married John Woods 14 years ago.
Prior to coming to work in the clerk’s office in 2018, Woods had spent 16 years at Legend Bank as vault teller and senior teller at the Nocona branch.
Read the full feature on both of the clerks in you weekend Bowie News.
Due to high lake levels at Lake Amon G. Carter, the Jim Bowie Days Association organizers announced Friday the tournament has been postponed and a new date will be named soon.
Texas AgriLife Extension will host a July workshop on July 26, Preserving the Harvest, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church of Montague County, 300 W. Nelson.
This four-part series will teach and review the food preservation processes including water bathing, pickling, dehydrating and pressure canning. This program will have both education and hands-on activities with take-home practice.
Seating is limited so call the extension office to register at 894-4831.
The 2025 Pioneer Court will be led by Joan Cantwell as the pioneer queen, with Duchesses Bill Ann Jones and Sue Swint.
A coronation of the court will be at 2:30 p.m. on June 27 at the Bowie Community Center. The public is invited to attend the crowning followed by a reception hosted by the Amity Club of Bowie.
Meet the ladies of the Pioneer Court in the Thursday Bowie News. Coming next week the young ladies competing for Miss Jim Bowie Days and Little Miss.
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