WEDNESDAY VOLUME XXX NUMBER 39 Section 1 12 pages
October 1, 2025 Home of the ‘Lone Star Flag’ and Caleb Heintz
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Chapel Cemetery Receives Sixth Annual Texas Copeland “Voices from Montgomery County Historical
Weekly Commission Historical Marker Gas Prices
Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.66/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 12.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 1.3 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.652 per gallon. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Texas was priced at $2.29/g yesterday while the most expensive was $3.99/g, a difference of $1.70/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.29/g while the highest was $3.99/g, a difference of $1.70/g. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 5.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.08/g today. The national average is down 11.1 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 9.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. Historical gasoline prices in Texas and the national average going back ten years: September 29, 2024: $2.68/g (U.S. Average: $3.17/g) September 29, 2023: $3.34/g (U.S. Average: $3.81/g) September 29, 2022: $3.08/g (U.S. Average: $3.73/g) September 29, 2021: $2.83/g (U.S. Average: $3.18/g) September 29, 2020: $1.85/g (U.S. Average: $2.18/g) September 29, 2019: $2.35/g (U.S. Average: $2.64/g) September 29, 2018: $2.63/g (U.S. Average: $2.87/g) September 29, 2017: $2.42/g (U.S. Average: $2.55/g) September 29, 2016: $1.96/g (U.S. Average: $2.21/g) September 29, 2015: $2.03/g (U.S. Average: $2.28/g) Neighboring areas and their current gas prices: Midland Odessa- $2.61/g, down 14.0 cents per gallon from last week's $2.75/g. San Antonio- $2.80/g, up 16.9 cents per gallon from last week's $2.63/g. Austin- $2.82/g, up 17.5 cents per gallon from last week's $2.64/g. “Gas prices have seen a notable weekly drop in most states as seasonal factors ramp up their impact—namely the switch to cheaper winter gasoline and falling gasoline demand,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “Price cycling markets led the way with significant declines in Ohio, Florida, and Michigan, while Indiana experienced a price cycle that resulted in the largest weekly increase of any state last week. For now, seasonal factors will remain the primary driver of relief at the pump, though we continue to monitor the tropics for any potential disruptions to seasonal trends.” SOURCE GasBuddy
the Past” In Historic Montgomery October 18, 2025 By Bea Rouse The Montgomery Historical Society and the Montgomery County History Taskforce have joined together again to present Voices from the Past, a tour of the City's historic cemeteries. Vi s i t o r s w i l l h a v e a n intimate look at the lives of many of the patriots buried there, including Dr. Charles B. Stewart, who lived just outside of town when he designed the Texas Flag and created the Texas Seal which included the “Lone Star” from a button on his father's jacket.
Save this date and plan to visit downtown Montgomery on this cool afternoon, Saturday October 18 when, from Delann Johnson, Jessica Nichols, and Harvey Yaw celebrate just after at Copeland Chapel Cemetery in Conroe, Noon to 3:00 p.m., local shortly after the County Historical Commission historical marker was unveiled historic actors in period dress will impart the firstM c C a l e b R o a d , o n bothered to correct the historic this past Saturday, by Ruben Borjas, Jr person scripts, informing Copelan Chapel Road misspelling by now), was seeing as nearly one- visitors of the city's history T h e 1 2 9 y e a r o l d (correct spelling, you’d recently heralded by the through the biographies of H i s t o r i c C o p e l a n d think after over 100 years, M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y just a few of the pioneers, See Copeland , page 2 Cemetery, located off of that someone would have Historical Commission as settlers, statesmen and pioneer women buried in both cemeteries. The scripts of each historic person are carefully written to highlight and celebrate their lives and their contributions to Texas' and Montgomery's history. Descendants of many of by Ruben Borjas, Jr these Texas patriots live in Montgomery today—that is It was a beautiful day deep family roots! for an outing this past Sunday for the Love Heals A donation is requested Yo u t h k i d s a n d t h e i r for visitors attending this supporters, a wonderful fascinating event of $10 for adults, $5 for children 15afternoon to listen to 17—one donation for both wonderful music and visit locations. While students with foster care families working on the Historic and members of the Love Scavenger Hunt are free, Heals Youth (LHY) team, their accompanying parent an organization dedicated or guardian are requested to to counseling foster care d onate for this youth for a better fundraiser—they, too, will tomorrow. LHY works enjoy learning of many with organizations and historical events. facilities that house foster care children, as well as One such event often those kids who reside with called the “Montgomery The Heels LtoR: Brittni Dominelli, Kyla Rawlins, and Bobbi Smith, headlined the foster families in providing Miracle,” was around 1910 Concert for Love in Conroe this past Sunday the counseling needed to when teenager John Bowe maintain a positive state of Addison, sustained a health. No child should leave them without a Frank Jackson’s ‘The Table community awareness for gunshot in his gut while hurt, and it’s the mission of mother or father, or proper at Madeley’ was the perfect foster youth. This year’s concert hunting rabbits—such a Love Heals Youth, to guardian, forcing them to location for Love Heals wound was ordinarily a provide positive resources face the world alone, but Yo u t h ’s ‘ C o n c e r t F o r featured rising country star death sentence in that era. to children who have instilling them with hope Love,’ their 3rd Annual He survived only because See Heals , page 2 arrived at situations that that all is not lost and that event, free for all attendees the town's doctor toiled all r e c o v e r y i s p o s s i b l e . and designed to raise night long to save his life. John Bowe lived to be 84 and is buried in Montgomery's New Cemetery. A young actor will be portraying him at this event to impart more details of this event and his life. Today's President of the Montgomery Historical Community..............2, 5, 12 Society, Billy Ray Duncan, recalls when he and his Commentary...................3, 4, 5 friends would see John Church Directory..............5 Bowe on his porch and Legals..........6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 would stop by for a chat. Billy Ray stated that John Business Directory...........12 Bowe didn't much like recounting that life-saving event.
Love Heals Youth's 3rd Annual 'Concert For Love'
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Another interesting person highlighted at the New Montgomery See The Past, page 2