COUNTY LIFE
County VFW Posts ready Memorial Day ceremonies
Montague County citizens are invited to remember fallen heroes this Memorial Day in a pair of ceremonies at the county Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts.
This is the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day, a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868.
Bowie VFW Post No. 8789 will conduct its ceremonies at 10 a.m. on May 30 at the post home at 707 E. Nelson Street.
VFW members and Boy Scout Trooper No. 116 will present the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table ceremony. Nocona VFW 8558 will conduct Memorial Day Services at 10 a.m. May 20 at the Nocona Cemetery.
The program will be highlighted with special music, rifle squad, cannon brigade and a special keynote speaker, Don Forrester.
The speaker is the twin brother of Capt. Ronald W. Forrester, USMC-MIA since Dec. 27, 1972, the day he was shot down over Vietnam.
Forrester is an author, motivational speaker, and licensed master social worker with 45 years experience working with children and families.
For information, call Randy Duckworth at 940-867-7601.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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