COUNTY LIFE
‘Trail Boss’ now on watch at Pelham Park
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie knife plaza at Pelham Park has been expanded as a new bronze sculpture, “The Trail Boss,” was placed in a garden area next to the knife.
This sculpture was generously donated to the City of Bowie by Warner Stone, owner of Crockett Ranch. This process was coordinated by Van Baize who was broker for the ranch as it was put up for sale and assisted by City of Bowie staff who welcomed the donation and moved it to its new home.
Stone, chief executive officer of Seneca Investments, a commercial real estate investment company in Addison, bought the ranch located on Farm-to-Market Road 1816 and named it for his champion bird dog Johnny Crockett. The large green lodge-style house is often called, “The Cabela House,” sitting high on a hill.
The property is located on one of the historic Chisholm Trail routes and a white historical marker was placed near the ranch entry several years ago
Read the full story in your weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – City of Bowie Electric crew members prepare to load up the Trail Boss statue at the Crockett Ranch and transport it to Pelham Park its new home. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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The result is “the unpublished” – Volume 1: 1960-1979 and Volume 2: 1980-1985.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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