COUNTY LIFE
Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival arrives
Fall officially arrives in Bowie this weekend with the 24th Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Saturday.
This annual event presented by Bowie Community Development honors the pioneering spirit of the young men who sold chicken and biscuits to those early train travelers who stopped in Bowie. Many of these young businessmen went onto become community leaders as well as nationally known businessmen like Amon G. Carter.
Friday night
Festivities get underway on Friday with the popular Sip & Stroll With Me evening. Sip and Stroll will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at the participating merchants. There will be horse-drawn carriage rides (donation only) during Sip & Stroll and Chicken and Bread Days.
Saturday opens with the popular fiddle contest, along with the art show, car show, kid’s coop of games and fun and the quilt show. Read about all the events in your mid-week Bowie News.
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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