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Team compiles area hospital locations, mileage

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Following the announcement of the pending closure of the Bowie Emergency Room by Faith Community Health System at 7 a.m. on Oct. 6, the Montague Emergency Communications Team has created a area hospital list including mileage and contact information.
This medical facilities are listed by distance from Bowie and go in ascending order.

Nocona General Hospital
100 Park Road
Nocona, TX 76255
(940) 825-3235
Level IV Trauma Center
16 Miles from Bowie

Medical City
Decatur
609 Medical Center Drive
Decatur, TX 76234
(940) 627-5921
Level IV Trauma Center
28 Miles from Bowie

Faith Community
Health System
215 Chisholm Trail
Jacksboro, TX 76458
(940) 567-6633
Level IV Trauma Center
29 Miles from Bowie
North Texas
Medical Center
1900 Hospital Blvd.
Gainesville, TX 76240
(940) 665-1751
Level IV Trauma Center
40 Miles from Bowie

United Regional Health Care System
1600 Eleventh Street
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 764-7000
Level II Trauma Center
44 Miles from Bowie
This list also is posted on the team’s Facebook page. Call 911 for emergencies.

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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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