COUNTY LIFE
History Mystery Camp planned at Tales ‘N’ Trails
The annual Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum’s History Mystery Camp will be presented June 11-15 at the museum in Nocona.
This camp is a fun way for children to learn about the history of Nocona and Montague County.
Activities will be available for children six through eight from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. with a limit of 12 children.
Activities for youth age nine through 12 will be from noon to 3 p.m. with a limit of 24 children. The cost is $40 per child and $30 for each additional child from the same family. TNT members get a 10 percent discount.
During this week-long day camp, kids will learn about some of Montague County’s early days when the area was home to many different Indian tribes. They will learn about the Indians through story-telling, clay sculpting and other games and activities.
Call the museum at 825-5330 to reserve a spot for the history mystery camp or visit the museum website at: www.talesntrails.org.
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The result is “the unpublished” – Volume 1: 1960-1979 and Volume 2: 1980-1985.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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