COUNTY LIFE
Cruisin’ Nocona planned May 4-6
Nocona, the official “Classic Car Capital of Texas,” invites you to the Fifth Annual Cruisin’ Nocona and Vicari Car Auction May 4-6.
On May 4 activities begin with the poker-run car cruise rolling out of town at 10 a.m. Winding through some of the prettiest views of Montague County will be more than 100 cars of various ages and designs. They will stop for lunch for lunch in historic Saint Jo.
Registration is $50 and gets you pre-registered for the cruise, a fifth anniversary T-shirt, a tote and lunch. Extra shirts and lunches are available for passengers.
Early cruise registration runs through April 24. On-site registration will be $65 and will be set up at the corner of Clay and Pine in downtown Nocona with the following schedule: 3 to 7 p.m. on May 3 and 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on May 4.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The last big holiday of 2024 arrives on Dec. 31 with News Year’s Eve.
Most government offices and the post office will be closed on Jan. 1. The Bowie News office will close on Dec. 31 and on Jan. 1.
The Bowie News will have an early print deadline on Monday and go out to readers one day earlier on Tuesday. The print edition will be delivered to the post office and racks, while the e-sub will also go out on Tuesday morning.
Bowie Community Development presented awards to the window decoration contest during the Candy Cane Sip & Stroll. Gaylynn Burris of the BCDB presented Rustic Wings/Belle Rose Boutique with the first place award. Second place went to Rustic Rose Furniture and Treasures. Studio 81 Tattoos and Hwy 59 Boutique were third and fourth place winners. The contest is sponsored by Bowie Community Development.
See photos of all the winners in the weekend Bowie News.
Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.
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