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Conservator brings Dell Motley artwork back to life

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After a little more than a year of cleaning and putting the puzzle back together, the two large pieces of leather art created by Nocona artist Dell Motley were unveiled to members of the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum this week.
At Tuesday night’s general membership meeting the covers were pulled away from the Good Shepherd and the Ten Commandments as the bright white lilies and blue sky of the pieces once more shined. Victoria Lupia, objects conservator with Legacy Conservation, has been hard at work to preserve the work of Motley as she was hired by the board to give them new life and a future.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

Pictured above: Victoria Lupia unveiled the restored leather art of Dell Motley of Nocona. (News photo by Barbara Green)

Victoria Lupia explained in intricate work done on preserving The Good Shepherd.
The preserved Ten Commandments by Dell Motley.
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Radio club hosting meteorologist

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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.

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Saint Jo VFD readies annual fish fry

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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.

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Funeral directors journals provide unique ‘day in the life’ perspective on community

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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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