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VOL. 28 NO. 28 936-254-3618 FAX 936-254-3206 P.O. BOX 740, TIMPSON, TX 75975 (email: ttnfreeh@sbcglobal.net) P.O. BOX 256, TENAHA,TX 75974
COMING UP
G EVENTS
GOSPEL JAMBOREE
KGAS Radio is spon-
soring the Summer Gos-
pel Jamboree on Friday,
July 17, 2009 at 7:00
p.m. in the Carthage
Junior High Auditorium.
This event will feature
area favorites The Cal-
vary Boys Quartet and
the Calvary Boys Trio of
Tenaha, Texas, as well
as Simple Faith Trio
with Jeff Shadowens,
formerly of DeBerry,
Texas. Doors will open
at 6:00 p.m.
Special guests for this
evening of outstanding
Gospel music will be the
Palmetto State Quartet
and the Tribute Quartet.
Advance tickets for
the KGAS Summer Gos-
pel Jamboree are $12
and tickets at the door are
$15. Ticket outlets are
KGAS Radio, Don’s
Photo, and the Panola
County Chamber of
Commerce in Carthage;
KMHT Radio and Band-
stand Music in Marshall;
King’s Nursery in
Tenaha; KPXI/KWRD
Radio in Henderson;
Covington Lumber in
Center; Lifeway Chris-
tian Store and Mardel’s
Christian Store in
Longview.
For more info or to
charge your tickets on
Discover, MasterCard or
Visa, call KGAS Radio in
Carthage at 903-693-
7176.
VBS
July 27 through 31
6 - 8:30 PM
Messiah Baptist Church
Hwy 87
OPEN HOUSE/
RIBBON CUTTING
The Shelby County
Chamber of Commerce
Ambassadors will hold
an open house for Cen-
ter Health Foods, Thurs-
day, July 23, from 10:00
a.m. -1:00 p.m. with the
ribbon cutting at 10:00
a.m. They are located
at 811 Nacogdoches
Street. The owner is
Janet Ellison. For more
information please con-
tact the Shelby County
Chamber of Commerce
at (936) 598-3682.
TENAHA
ELEMENTARYMEET
THE TEACHER
Tenaha Elementary
School Meet the
Teacher will be held on
August 21st at 9am-11 am
and 1pm-3pm. Parents
and students are invited
to come meet their
teacher for the new
school year and bring
student’s supplies.
School begins on August
24th! New student reg-
istration will be held Au-
gust 17th through August
21st. For more informa-
tion call 936-248-5000
OPEN HOUSE/
RIBBON CUTTING
At the Century
Shoppe, 606 Shelbyville
St., Center, celebrating
new owners Scott and
Selena Watson, to be
held July 23 & 24 from
90 a.m. to 5 p.m. with
the ribbon cutting at 10
a.m. Friday, July 24
with the Shelby County
Chamber of Commerce
Ambassadors. The
Watson family along
with the Century Shoppe
staff invites everyone.
For more info contact
the Shelby County
Chamber of Commerce
at 598-3682.
Texas Historic Cemetery Maker dedication
held at Corinth Cemetery this July 4th
L. M. “Junior” Ward and John Cohron Bush at
the unveiling of the marker
A Dedication Ceremony
for a Texas Historic Cem-
etery Marker kicked off
the day at 10: am on July
4th, the annual day for the
Corinth Homecoming The
Master of Ceremonies for
the program was Terry
Tate. Terry is a Deacon at
the Corinth Baptist Church
and did an excellent job.
The U.S. and Texas flags
were presented by Cody
Ramsey and Justin
Timmons who led the
pledges. Then, Mary Will-
iams Wedgeworth led the
Corinth Children’s Choir in
God Bless America. You
should hear these babies,
and can they sing! These
things set the mood for a
happy occasion.
Reecie Stanley, a mem-
ber of the Shelby County
Historical Commission,
explained the significance
of a Historic Texas Cem-
etery Marker to the crowd
as a way to preserve the
history of the community,
church and cemetery for
future generations. It is a
source of pride and signifi-
cance to the community.
The criteria for obtaining
a Marker requires the cem-
etery to be at least 50 years
old and deemed worthy of
preservation for its historic
value.
The history of the com-
munity, church and cem-
etery was then presented
by Sandra Bush
Brownlow, Marker Chair
for the Shelby County His-
torical Commission. She
said she needed to thank a
few people first and began
by recognizing Robert and
Margaret Burns for their
recent and generous dona-
tion of land to the cem-
etery followed by Tom
Paul Wedgeworth, Presi-
dent of the Corinth Cem-
etery Committee, present-
ing a gift to the Burns.
Sandra also recognized
Herbert Eakin, posthu-
mously, for preserving the
oral history of the commu-
nity through video presen-
tations which are available
on DVDs at the Genealogy
Library in Timpson and
recognized Bro. Lenard
Milford, another long-time
historian in the commu-
nity, for preserving church
records from before 1900
and sharing his memories.
Next, Sandra shared the
history of Corinth. “Three
months prior to the end of
the Texas Revolution,
Holmes Byfield moved to
Texas from Pennsylvania
to help fight for Texas and
likely the reward. The prize
was not a paycheck, but
land. For his 3 months of
service, which ended at the
Battle of San Jacinto, he
received a Bounty Land
Certificate for 320 acres in
1838 lying on either side of
the border between Shelby
and Panola Counties. It
seems that a Bullock fam-
ily was already living on
the land Byfield received.
In a dispute of ownership,
Crump brings history to the
present when it come to
grinding fresh cornmeal
By Rebecca Dillon
Doye Crump loves
cornbread so much that
five years ago he located
an antique grist mill up in
Northern Arkansas and
bought it.
The grist mill was built
in the early 1900’s and
originally ran off an oil
filled “pony motor”. Doye
replaced the pony motor
with an electric motor
soon after purchasing the
grist mill and began grind-
ing his own cornmeal.
When he and his wife,
Mary Beth, moved to Lake
Timpson in September
2007, he set-up the old grist
mill in a shed on his place
and continued the tradition
of making stone ground
cornmeal.. Doye says that
the mill is very dependable
and requires only occa-
sional greasing to keep it
humming along. This 100
year old machine is capable
of grinding up to 100
pounds of corn per hour.
Doye buys 50 pound
bags of shucked corn
from farmers in Crockett
and Palestine. He figures
he ground approximately
1,000 pounds of corn in
2008. Doye is very gen-
erous with his stone
ground cornmeal. He has
plenty for himself, his rela-
Doye Crump doesn’t let old equipment go to
waste. He stands by his 100 year old grist mill.
tives, friends and neigh-
bors, and he feeds the by-
products of the grinding
process to Lake Timpson
birds and fish.
Doye gave me a five
pound bag of freshly
ground cornmeal recently
and I baked a pan of the
best cornbread I ever ate.
It was definitely the corn-
meal and not the baker that
made it so good.
Since moving to Lake
Timpson, Doye has been
an active member of the
community. He currently
serves on the Shelby
County Fresh Water Sup-
ply District #1 Board of
Supervisors. He quietly
goes about contributing his
time and energy to improve
our neighborhood. Watch-
ing Doye operate his grist
mill was a nostalgic visit to
a simpler time. Thanks,
Doye, for keeping this tra-
dition alive and for provid-
ing stone ground cornmeal
for our beans and
cornbread suppers.
We sure are glad you
and Mary Beth moved to
Lake Timpson.
(note of interest) The
proverb “all is grist for the
mill” means “everything
can be made useful, or be a
source of profit. ” There are
some minor variations, such
as “all’s grist that comes to
my/his/her mill ”, meaning
^ See Mill pg 6
Byfield shot and killed Mr.
Bullock. He then buried him
where the Corinth Cem-
etery is now located, likely
because the cemetery al-
ready existed as an old In-
dian burial ground accord-
ing to the artifacs found re-
cently. She said it was not
known exactly how old the
cemetery was, but prob-
ably much older than 170
years. The first wagon
train arrived here from
Northern Alabama in No-
vember 1852 carrying only
three families; that of
Francis Wedgeworth,
Thomas Milford and
Caswell Eakin.
Wedgeworth purchased
177 acres from Byfield al-
most immediately upon
their arrival. Byfield then
sold the rest of his Head-
right and moved out of the
area.” Sandra talked about
the different church build-
ings, how the first several
buildings also served as a
school, how occasional
circuit rider preachers
preached every day for up
to 3 weeks at a time, about
the first baptistry in Texas
in a creek behind the
church where they walled
up and enclosed a spring,
then proved/disproved
some legends/folklore that
have been told through the
years with facts gleaned
from research.
These first three fami-
lies were all related. The
first house they built, all
three families shared. They
continued building until
each had their own home.
♦ See Marker pg 6
Scourton arrested
in Timpson by SC
Narcotics Division
Nicki Lee Scourton
Shelby County Sheriff
Newton Johnson reports
that on July 10, 2009, at
approximately 7:20 p.m.,
suspect Nicki Lee
Scourton, was arrested in
Timpson, Texas, on an
outstanding warrant out of
Shelby County.
According to Sheriff
Johnson, this arrest is the
result of an undercover
narcotic’s investigation,
conducted by the Shelby
County Sheriff’s Narcot-
ics Division, where offic-
ers allegedly purchased nar-
cotics from the suspect
Nicki Lee Scourton. While
attempting to arrest this
suspect, the suspect at-
tempted to evade officers,
but was apprehended, and
transported to the Shelby
County Sheriff’s Office
without incident.
The suspect was
booked into the county jail
and charged with Manu-
facture or Delivery of a
Controlled Substance, a
second degree felony, and
bond was set at
$25,000.00 by Judge
Harold Osborne JP1.
Judge Osborne also set a
bond of $2,000.00 for the
offense of Evading Arrest
or Detention, a misde-
meanor B. (Reported by Capt.
Mike Towns)
Tenaha ISD
honors local
news media
By Scott Flowers
The Tenaha Indepen-
dent School District Board
had their regular meeting
this Tuesday July 14,2009
at 5:30 P.M. Those
present were Bo Morris,
Carl Jernigan, Aaron
Roland, Ronald Samford,
and June Swint. Adminis-
trators present were Don
Fallin, Tom Jones, Terry
Bowlin, and Scott Tyner.
No one was present for
public comment.
Previous meeting’s min-
utes were approved. The
Board gave recognition to
Area News Media in appre-
ciation of fair and balanced
reporting to the commu-
nity about public schools,
their students, parents and
patrons by Tenaha ISD.
Media members that re-
ceived this honor are,
Nancy Alexander
Timpson and Tenaha
News, Scott Flowers -
Timpson ad Tenaha News,
Colleen Doggett - Light
and Champion, Richard
Hughes (Received in his
place by J. J. Ford?) Shelby
County Today, Kathy
McNatt - KGAS, Rachel
Shanz - Center Broadcast-
ing/KDET, Kathy Penner -
KGAS.
The Board heard from
Mr. Ed King on a resolu-
tion in regards to current
construction plans. It is a
financial proposal that will
authorize an additional
$900,000 in maintenance
tax notes which will be on
a 7 year payout, and has
the option to be paid off
after the passage of 2
♦ See Ten ISD pg 6
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Grace be with all them
that love our Lord
Jesus Christ in
sincerity. Amen
_Eph. 6:24_
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