COUNTY LIFE
Cemetery board plans fish fry Aug. 26
The Montague County Cemetery Board will have its annual Fish Fry Fundraiser on Aug. 26 .
Crappie and catfish will be served along with all the trimmings at the Forestburg Community Center. All you can eat is $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. and take-out will be available.
In the late 1990s, Jack and Marie Loftin compiled a book of all 115 cemeteries of Montague County and the people buried there. One listing in the book is Harvill Graves, located at Fort Bingham south of Forestburg. It is shown to contain four graves, one adult and three children. The only marked grave is Sarah Mary McGee, wife of Jim S. The Loftin book has her death listed as 1861.
The story that has been told through the years is Sarah and the children were making their way to the Fort to escape an Indian attack. Using this information, along with information on the location of the fort, the cemetery board was able to locate not only Fort Bingham, but the four graves as well. This project is ongoing but the people of this county that were interested in preserving history helped to located not only lost graves, but a historical site as well.
The cemetery board works strictly on donations so come and enjoy wild caught fish and support the cemetery board’s efforts to preserve Montague County’s pioneer history and cemeteries.
The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.
Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)
Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.
Top photo – Bowie High’s class of 2025 arrives for the ceremonies. (Photos by Jordan Neal)
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