COUNTY LIFE
Historical Roundtable scheduled
Join the Montague County Historical Commission for a round table discussion featuring three ghost towns. Included will be Red River Station, Duxbury and Queen’s Peak.
This event will be at 1 p.m. on Aug. 4 in the Annex of the Montague County Courthouse. About one hour will be allowed for each ghost town.
Members of the MCHC will start the discussion for each town.
To make this event more entertaining, your stories and photos are needed. Each ghost town will be accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation.
If you have photos you would like add email them to Gale Cochran-Smith at [email protected].
Refreshments will be served so join in for a relaxing day of lively discussion, sharing and learning.
Local libraries wrap up their children’s summer reading programs this week.
The Bowie Public Library brings the popular Creature Teacher with all their spectacular animals for the final event on July 23 at the Bowie Community Center.
The program begins at 10 am. The children also will receive their prize books for their summer logs.
The Nocona Public Library ends its program at 10 a.m. on July 24 at the H.J. Justin Building at 100 Clay Street. The program will be “Our Own Action Heroes -” Nocona fire, police and EMTs.
Top photo – Smokey Bear visiting Bowie last week at summer reading.
Rachel and Roger Whitaker gave this metal storage container a fresh look with this colorful mural at the Bowie Animal Shelter. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Swim lessons for youngsters of all ages were conducted the past two weeks at the city pool. It was a good place to be during this summer heat. See more photos in the weekend News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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