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About this time of year,
the lines start getting
longer. As the day
grows, nearer the lines
get longer and the shop-
ping more hectic.
One store where I shop,
has a special line; if you
are buying something on
time or in installments.
You see great relief
when they have gotten
the particular gift they
want for their loved one.
That reminds me of a
very special gift God
sent for us many years
ago. It may not be what
some want, but it is very
much needed. Our rela-
tionship to God was bro-
ken or severed because
of sin and disobedience,
(Romans 3:23) but that
special gift could and
would restore that rela-
tionship, (1 John
4:9&10).
That special gift was
Jesus Christ. His birth,
“Technically, yes.”
“We better come back to this.”
“Alright. The feedlot business is definitely agri-
culture. We can all agree, So, let’s say any cattle
feeder who hedges his cattle on the Chicago Board
of Trade. Is his broker an agricultural worker?”
“Certainly. He’s directly involved in marketing a
raw commodity.”
“What if the broker sells pork belly futures?”
“Pork bellies are produced in a meat processing
plant. I assume you think packing houses are part of
the agriculture instead of manufacturing. How
‘bout the butcher who sells packages of bacon in a
grocery store? Is he an agricultural worker? And the
teenager at Burger King who sells a bacon cheese-
burger?”
“I don’t know.”
“So, how are we gonna decide the economic
importance of agriculture in any given community,
state or nation?”
“It is sure complicated, Mr. Chairman. We’d have
to consider imports and exports, a cheap food poli-
cy, the smell of the air at the edge of town, muddy
tracks on a farm to market road, or the number of
implement dealers in the local Yellow pages.
Maybe it’s so big a part of the economy that it’s
impossible to separate. The only thing I’m sure
of...it has somethin’ to do with home grown toma-
toes.”
Looking Backward
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Heaven, (Mark
From 1907 to 1951, the
Stevens Funeral Home
had only four licensed
enjoyable.
I was out under the car-
port and the cat, Tobi,
was dancing around a
box over to one side.
Hummm, what is this
about?
I walk over and the
sticky packing tape on
the bottom of the box had
slipped and was lying
loose. A small garden
snake, about 12” long,
was there. He was about
as big around as a pencil
and the colors were black
with long yellow striped
from end to end.
Someone said it was a
water snake, but he is a
long ways from water.
So, it was slithering
along his way and tried
to crawl over the tape.
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Didn’t work too well for
him. His tail stuck to it.
Every time he crawled
back to get off, he would
get another part stuck.
It was like the story of
the Tar Baby. Then Tobi
was making matters
worse as the snake want-
ed to coil and strike.
That just got more of the
snake stuck. I shooed
Tobi off and ended the
matter with a hand axe
lying nearby. Right, I cut
the tape....and a couple
of loops of the snake.
Saturday afternoon Judy
and I went to help cele-
brate Jill Smith’s baby
girl, Aaliyah , first birth-
day. Judy cooked up a
pot of chicken spaghetti
for the dinner.
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“I call to order the meeting of the Committee of
the Department of Commerce. The purpose of the
agenda today is to assess the importance of agricul-
ture in the state. Our job is to determine which busi-
nesses should be included as part of agriculture.
Let’s start,” said the chairman.
“Well, obviously,” said the Commissioner of
Agriculture, “Any business that produces raw prod-
uct, animal or vegetable, is part of agriculture. Like
milk. A dairy should be included.”
“Agreed. How about cheese?”
“It’s made from milk.”
“Yes, but it’s a factory. It only takes milk and con-
verts it to cheese. Their payroll includes truckers,
lab techs, sales people and ad agency folks. Should
truck drivers and ad copywriters be part of agricul-
ture?”
“Good question, but the cheese plant wouldn’t be
in the community if the dairies weren’t nearby.”
“Okay. Let’s come back to that. How about grain
elevators?”
“If the farmer stored his grain on his farm it would
definitely be farm income. If he stores it in the Co-
op elevator, it’s still his grain.”
“What if the grain is freighted on a train to
Minneapolis and loaded on a barge bound for
Irkutsk? Is that shipping still part of the ag econo-
my?”
“Technically, yes.”
“So the tow boat pilot is merely a skilled farm
hand?”
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The Committee Meeting
with two men at the rear
of the Stevens Funeral
Home hearse at the
Coleman Cemetery in
the 1930s or early 1940s.
I have not been able to
identify the two other
men.
Be sure to order your
copy of “Looking
Backwards, Volume 2,”
which at the publishers
and is expected in
December. I keep learn-
ing more and modifying
my views of the detailed
history of Coleman and
passing it on. I hope you
enjoy reading and seeing
images and stories of
Coleman County’s past.
That’s all for now. See
you soon ... until then
... have a great history!
I welcome any com-
ments or information
about Coleman County
history. For more histo-
ry of Coleman County,
see
colemanhistory.com.
You can contact me at
ralphterry@verizon. net
or check out my studio
website at www. terry stu-
dio, net or call at 325-
625-5317.
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Stevens Funeral Home Hearse at the Coleman
Cemetery, 1940s.
supervised the funeral
home from that date
until just before his
death in 1976.
Joe Stevens is shown
There was a good num-
ber of parents that
brought their children to
the party. The baby was
in a jolly mood and
everyone had a good
time. There were many
presents presented and
she had a good time
unwrapping/shredding
them open. There were
balloons filed with heli-
um and floated around
near the ceiling and the
kids were running around
trying to catch the strings
and pull them down.
It was a lively time.
Then we made our way
back to our quiet little
corner of Coleman
County.
Hello to All:
Maureen is back online!
H.M. and Maureen
attended Voss Baptist
Church and Talpa
Immanuel Baptist on
Sunday. Talpa Immanuel
is studying the book of
Ezra at 6:00 p.m.
Ralph, the computer
guy, said the extra lan-
guage words she gets on
her computer are nor-
mal. He gave some rea-
sons which she does not
understand, but he gets
them on his computer as
well.
The Duncans would like
to wish everyone a
Happy Thanksgiving.
It has been a quiet week
out here,
weather is
home from the hospital
in the ambulance free of
charge. The next morti-
cian to work at J. E.
Stevens was H. D.
Harrell. Mr. and Mrs.
Harrell lived in an apart-
ment above the funeral
home, which was then
attached to J. E. Stevens
Hardware Store on
South Concho Street.
Joe Stevens received his
license in 1934 and
which we will celebrate
next month, was the first
installment. His life of
perfect obedience to God
and man was the second,
(Luke 2:52). His suffer-
ing and death on the
cross was the third
installment, (Romans
5:8). Finally, His resur-
rection from the grave
was the last installment,
(Luke 24:6&7).
Today, He is sitting at
the right hand of God the
Father in ]
15:62, and Matthew
28:5-7). We will either
accept or reject that
wonderful gift and it will morticians and funeral
determine if we spend
eternity with God or
eternity separated from form 1907 until ’1923,
then J. B. Hough served
from 1923 until his death
in 1945. Known as
“Uncle Bun” Hough, he
was well known for his
practice of taking new
Brother J mothers and babies
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