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Guess What Time It Is!!!
It’s Poultry Festival Time
The 33rd Annual Festival will be held October 1, 2, and 3rd on the downtown
square in Center.
There are many events scheduled.
Kickoff festivities began Wednesday with the Doo-Dah parade and Fajita Lunch.
Monday - Sept. 28 at 6 pm - Chicken Cooking Contest (Recipes emailed by Sept.
18 to jlflanagan@ag.tamu.edu)
Thurs - Oct 1-3- Art Exihibit at the Lake Area Arts League Center
Sat. Sept 26 - Quilt Show entries received from 10 am to 1 pm at the Shelby
County Courthouse. Display Oct 2 - 3. Contact Claudann Jones 598-3223
Queens Court Pageant will be Sat.Sept 26 at the Center High Cafetorium at 7 pm
500
Thursday
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
The only area newspaper with coverage & distribution in Shelby, Panola & Nacogdoches Counties
VOL. 28 NO. 38- 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
& EVENTS
RUMMAGE SALE
Saturday, October 10,
the Methodist Church in
Joaquin will have a large
rummage sale and bake
sale in the fellowship
hall. October 10 is
Joaquin Homecoming so
we invite everyone to
come by and search for
“treasures” after the pa-
rade. The Methodist
Church is just over the
railroad tracks one block
from the end of the pa-
rade in downtown
Joaquin.
VENDOR BOOTHS
AVAILABLE
The Joaquin Christ-
mas Festival Committee
has vendor booths avail-
able for this years Christ-
mas Festival on Novem-
ber's. Anyone who
would like to reserve a
booth should contact
Committee member
Debbie Dockens at 936-
269-3301 orAnnBoyett
936-269-3957.
POULTRY
FESTIVAL T-
SHIRTS ARE HERE!!
The 2009 East Texas
Poultry Festival t-shirts
were have arrived and
are now available for
purchase at Shelby Sav-
ings Bank, Farmers State
Bank, Citizens Bank-Cen-
ter Branch, The Balcony,
and Shelby County
Chamber of Commerce
office. Center High
School Chaparrals Haley
Parker, Chelsea Bolton,
Tori Gilchrist, Nayeli
Bueno, Joany Lopez and
Whitney Burgay assisted
with the t-shirt debut.
Purchase price for the t-
shirts are $10.00 for
adult sizes up to XL, 2X
is $12.00 and youth sizes
are $8.00.
GOSPEL
MEETING
San Augustine Church
of Christ Oct. 4 -7,
2009. 105 W. Market St.
Sunday morning Bible
Class 9:30 a.m. & 1:30
p.m. Sunday Noon Lun-
cheon. Everyone invited.
Mon.-Wed. 10:30
a.m. and 7 p.m. Speaker
B.J. Clarke, currently
serving as an instructor
at the Memphis School
of Preaching. Song di-
rector- Steve Smith.
HAYRIDE
Sat.,Sept.12, THE
COUNTRY MUSIC
HAYRIDE will present
“The Country Gents”.
Show starts at 7 PM &
admission is $6. Lo-
cated in the Esquire The-
ater one half block off the
Square in Downtown
Carthage, Texas.
PANOLA COLLEGE
DEDICATION
A dedication will be
held at Panola College
for the new expanded
M.P. Baker Library
Thurs. Oct 1, 2009. A
ribbon cutting at 10 am
in front of the library.
Speakers will include Dr.
Powell, Mrs. Carol
Vincent, and Carson
Joines.
ible Uerse
“Let your speech be
alwayswith grace, sea-
soned with salt, that ye
may know how ye
aught to answer every
man.”
Col. 4: 6
Timpson C of C has Grand
Opening/Ribbon Cutting
By Florence Reeh
The Timpson Area
Chamber of Commerce
met Thursday, Sept. 17 for
the regular meeting at 5
p.m at the Public Library
on Bremond St.
Meeting was opened by
Vice President Keith
Brownlow in the absence
of President Mike Thrift.
Old business was a
Walk of Reflection discus-
sion concerning cost of
bricks and number of
available ones to be or-
dered. The bricks are $50
each and those interested
in obtaining a Memorial
Brick should contact
Tempie Pike or Marilyn
Corder.
New business included
the announcement of a
new Chamber member and
a grand opening that was
held Friday, Sept. 18 at
9:30 a.m. The new busi-
ness is Ribs-N-More
owned by Don & Rebecca
Yarbrough located on
Highway 59 near B & B
Grocery.
The Chamber website is
still in the planning stage
and buttons for the page
were discussed.
Chamber member Jeff
Crews invited the group to
the 59th Annual Lions Club
Homecoming to be held
Saturday. Oct 17, begin-
ning at 11 am with a pa-
rade at 3 p.m. in Garrison.
Attending the meeting
were Keith Brownlow,
Marilyn Corder, Jerry
Wood, Patty Wood, Allen
Pew, Jeff Crews and Flo-
rence Reeh.
Next meeting will be
Oct. 15th at 5 p.m.
GRAND OPENING—RIBBON CUTTNG— The Timpson Area Chamber
of Commerce sponsored a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Friday at
Ribs-N-More, Hwy. 59 Timpson. From left, Keith Brownlow, Chamber Vice
President, Director, Marilyn Corder, Mike Thrift, President, Don
Yarbrough, Rebecca Yarbrough, owners and Tarsha W, #1 employee.
Ribs -N-More hours are Tues. - Thurs. 10:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat.
10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m Photos by Florence Reeh, Secretary Timpson C of C.
Tenaha City Council hears citizens’
input on road and street repairs needed
By Nancy Alexander
The Tenaha City Coun-
cil met Monday afternoon
in a regular called meeting.
Council members present
were Mark Hixson, Willie
Holley, Fran Partin,
Claudia Howard, with Mr.
Albert Burns unable to at-
tend. Present also was the
City Secretary Doyce
Bailey and Mayor Bowers.
During the Public Com-
ment, Mr. Cliff Lloyd ap-
proached the council about
the condition of the roads
and streets in the city.
Susie Crawford re-
ported that there has been
a dog problem (of which
the council is aware) and
that she has had a fox on
her property lately. There
was no ordinance about
foxes or other wild animals
but the city is aware of the
problem with dogs and
they are working on that
issue.
Back to the subject of
the roads which are in bad
need of repair, Mr. Holley
said that the City will need
to devise a plan for repair
as the city sewer and wa-
ter runs down the middle
of the roads. They need to
get together and check
easement localities. The
council said that “right of
way” has been a problem.
There are no available
ditch right of ways that
they are aware of.
The roads have also
caused problems for buses
(especially with the rainy
weather). There has been
at least one that has been
stuck and caused kids to
be late. The city officials
and council members said
they have not received any
calls to that effect.
Mr. Lloyd mentioned
Hwy 947 that is in bad
shape. The mayor said
they have started working
with it today (Monday).
The mayor informed the
council that the school has
land on Hwy 96 that they
have received a release on
and the school wants to
use 1/2 the property for a
track field and 2 ball fields.
They would also like to go
into partnership with the
city to develop a housing
subdivision on the prop-
erty. The mayor was ask-
ing the council if they
wanted him to pursue this
idea or not. They did sug-
gest pursuing the property
usage, since the developed
property would produce
and generate more tax
money for the city and the
school.
Moving on with the
agenda, the council ap-
proved the minutes and
accepted a bid for con-
struction that KS A had re-
ceived for the city. The low
bid of $125,235 for fur-
nishing all labor and equip-
ment, material and supplies
for the Wastewater Collec-
tion System Improve-
ments from 7-H Construc-
tion Co of Tyler was re-
ceived and a motion was
made by Mark Hixson and
seconded by Willie Holley
to accept the bid as pre-
sented. All agreed.
The tax rate set at .2352
was approved following a
motion from Willie Holley
and seconded by Mark
Hixson. All agreed. The
rate is a little lower than
the prior year.
Discussion was made
concerning improvements
to the gazebo. The council
talked about the owner of
the property that the ga-
zebo sits on. Claudia
Howard reported that she
had talked with him and he
wants to have forgiveness
for his taxes, some for his
business which are quite
substantial. The gazebo
sits on properties belong-
ing to two different indi-
viduals and is in bad con-
dition. Fran Partin sug-
gested decorating it for the
homecoming activities and
parade, asking how much
should they spend to make
it more presentable. It was
suggested that plants be
placed around the gazebo
and Mrs. Partin offered the
“East Texas in World War I”
By: Bill O’Neal
Bill O’Neal began his
career as a history teacher
about 1970. Part of his
methodology was to get
his students to participate
and develop a love for his-
tory. As a part of their
grade, the students were
required to interview eld-
erly people about historical
events that had been as-
signed like World War I,
World War II, Viet Nam,
Great Depression, etc.
This was a good idea for
training students on many
fronts and outside the box
for teachers.
When World War I
started, it was the first war
we had fought as a nation
since the Civil War, a pe-
riod of about 50 years. Life
Bill O’Neal
spans were shorter and
most Americans had not
lived through an American
war time. So while the war
waged, it was appropriately
called The Great War. Not
until World War II came
along did the name change
to World War I.
World War I began in
August, 1914 and ended
November, 1918 with the
Armistice Agreement. One
little WWI diddy goes like
this: “Kaiser Bill went up
the hill, to take a look at
France, Kaiser Bill came
down the hill, with bullets
in his pants.” (referring to
Kaiser Wilhelm). One of
America’s favorite songs
was “Over There”.
Mr. O’Neal told the
TAGHS group many
funny stories mixed with
history in his talk. He is
such an entertaining
speaker and has a wealth
of recorded details at his
disposal. His full story will
appear in the next issue of
Tap Root. If you are not
yet a member of TAGHS,
now would be the time to
join. Call 936-254-3500
between 10:am and 5:pm
to get an application.
assistance of her BETA
group. The council felt that
would be a good idea.
Next item on the agenda
was road repair.
Mayor Bowers said
there was a grant applica-
tion in for street repairs and
is about a year off. The
present budget is what
they have available now for
repairs and it can help with
holes and patches. Mrs.
Partin suggested searching
for grants to assist with this
problem. Willie Holley said
that he and his wife, Linda,
had made a search for
grants previously and were
not finding any available for
this type of work. He and
other members said that
when severe problems oc-
cur, they need to be re-
ported. Otherwise the city
will not be aware of needed
repair.
Others as well as Mrs.
Partin said that there are
tremendously large holes
and tears in the city streets.
The one in front of her own
house has to be driven
around and drivers are now
taking a part of her
neighbor’s yard and her
yard as well.
Mr. Lloyd said that
claims have been reported
but nothing has been done.
He said that dirt and as-
phalt has been placed to the
side of the road and noth-
ing has been done with it.
He also said that some of
these roads haven’t been
touched since they were
laid. (Lloyd told the coun-
cil he wants to pursue the
repair work and he realizes
that he may make some
people mad but he intends
to keep talking to the coun-
cil).
A suggestion was made
to investigate the roads and
list them from bad to
worse. They mayor said
that there is approximately
$500,000 they could spend
on the roads and they need
to get together to get things
done. To acquire money for
the projects to repair roads,
taxes could possibly go up.
Lloyd said he was willing
to pay more taxes if it
would get the job done. He
also said that if the city
needs to make cutbacks to
save some money, they
could do with only one city
police officer. In his own
words, he said that two are
simply not needed.
Another citizen,
Durand Steadman, was at-
tending the meeting. He
was there to support the
need for action on the
street repairs.
No action was taken.
A suggestion was made
by Mayor Bowers to pass
an ordinance to reject
SWEPCO’s letter stating
they were going to raise
the rates for electricity.
This would simply let the
company know they are
not wanting the prices
raised. Mark Hixson made
the motion to pass the or-
dinance rejecting the price
increase and Willie Holley
made the second. All
agreed.
City Marshal Fred
Walker addressed the
council reporting 71 traf-
fic violations were issued
with $8,588.81 in fines.
He made one domestic call
and animal call. He was
also asked to relocate
roaming animals to a se-
cure place a number of
miles away from town so
that they wouldn’t wander
back. He also reported the
break-in at the Constable’s
office. There were no
drugs taken, and the evi-
dence room was broken
into. They are not sure
what was taken since there
was no inventory taken
after the constable’s res-
ignation up to this point.
Walker suggested some
type of security alarm sys-
tem be installed. He also
reported that there was a
slow down in theft in the
town. He also suggested
that as a safety precaution
against fires, extinguishers
be placed in the police of-
fice. Mr. Willie Holley sug-
gested letting the profes-
sional make the judgement
on just how many extin-
guishers should be placed
inside. He suggested using
a company in Carthage.
Mrs. Doyce Bailey pre-
sented the profit and loss
budget performance to the
council. She noted that
there were some amend-
ments needing to be made
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