COUNTY LIFE
Fireworks shows spread out across several days in the county
With July 4th on a Tuesday fireworks shows and activities to celebrate America’s birthday will be across several days.
There will be two public shows in Montague County.
The Nocona Lions Club marks its 56th year of fireworks at Lake Nocona on July 1. The show will be set up at Weldon Robb Park.
The Lions will accept donations to help defray the costs of fireworks. Contact a local member or check the club’s Facebook page. The show will be at sunset.
The patriotic boat parade will start at 6:30 p.m. at Weldon Robb/Jaycee Park on July 1. The suggested course is north on the west side and circles the lake clockwise ending back at the Weldon Robb. Decorate your boat in red, white and blue, wave flags and have fun.
The Saint Jo July 4th Celebration takes place in Boggess Park on July 4.
Saint Jo will host its popular 4th of July Celebration Tuesday at Boggess Park. Families are invited to bring their lawnchairs and blankets to enjoy a traditional old-fashioned day in the park. Fireworks will be at dusk, but come earlier in the day for basketball, volleyball and horseshoe competitions.
Enjoy free cold watermelon and enjoy concessions of burgers, hot dogs, chips, snow cones and cold drinks. The fire department also accepts donations to offset the expense of the fireworks.
Earlier in the day take part in the 15th Annual Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K in downtown.
Lighthouse Church in Bowie also will have a fireworks show at 7 p.m. on July 2.
Read more on these events in your mid-week Bowie News.
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)
By BARBARA GREEN
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It’s a bitter cold January week, so it must be time for the Montague County Youth Fair, which opens Wednesday running through Saturday.
More than 330 students from across the county will compete in everything from golf ball art work to top dairy goat in this annual event where there are 1,160 entries. Almost every contest saw an increase in entries from the prior year.
Scheduling was still in flux at presstime due to pending weather. Watch the fair’s Facebook page for any late changes.
The All Together Show was moved to 5 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the show barn. It had been set for Thursday.
There were no changes for leadership day on Wednesday at presstime.
Read the full story on the fair in the Thursday Bowie News.
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