COUNTY LIFE
Make your plans for the upcoming Jim Bowie Days so you don’t miss the fun
The 58th annual Jim Bowie Days is just a few weeks away so it is time to start planning your activities so your schedule will be all set up to enjoy all the fun.
The longest running festival in Bowie, Jim Bowie Days is always the last full week of June running June 22-29.
For those interested in creating a float for the parade the deadline to enter is by 5 p.m. on June 17. Theme for the parade is “Can’t Eclipse Texas.”
The parade rolls through downtown at 10:30 a.m. on June 29. Prizes will go to the first place winners in the categories of business, equestrian, riding club, youth or sports organization and civic or church. The parade will feature Jim Bowie Days pioneer royalty, rodeo royal contestants, along with antique cars, riding clubs and kids are invited to ride their decorated bicycles.
As always the first big event is the Jim Bowie Days Fishing Tournament on June 22. Registration starts at 5 a.m. at Selma Park boat ramp with the first cast to fly at 6 a.m.
Read the full story on the Jim Bowie Days schedule in the weekend Bowie News.
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.
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.
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The result is “the unpublished” – Volume 1: 1960-1979 and Volume 2: 1980-1985.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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