Shelby County Today

June 28, 2019 - Please remember to register for the Daniels School Reunion. It is not too late, A notice was sent to indicate that early registrants will receive a token for a great effort to participate before June 23. As always noted, this event is for anyone who register, not just the graduates of Daniels class of 68 and those who were juniors. They appreciate those who did make the effort, and will see you there.
 

June 26, 2019 - St. Mark CME Church of Shelbyville will be hosting a fish plate fundraiser on Friday, June 28, 2019. Starting from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Union Acre, 818 Cotton Ford Rd.

Plates will be $8 and will include: Fried Fish, baked beans, potato salad, dessert and a drink.

Pre-orders end Thursday, June 27, 2019.

To order call Pastor Hayter at (936)-679-3368.

June 25, 2019 Waco - Elizabeth Chadwick, a 2015 Center HS Graduate, was among the nearly 3,000 graduates who Baylor University conferred degrees on during spring commencement exercises May 17-18, in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus.

Chadwick achieved a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in Health, Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies.

Baylor's mission is to educate students for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment in a caring community. Nestled along the banks of the Brazos River in Waco, Texas, Baylor provides numerous educational and research opportunities across various disciplines through 128 baccalaureate programs, 77 master's programs, 45 doctoral programs, a juris doctor and education specialist programs and the Master of Laws program. Baylor students interact with outstanding full-time faculty from their first days on campus, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 14 to 1. The University's vibrant campus life also includes more than 300 clubs and organizations and varsity athletics competing in the Big 12 Conference. For more information, visit www.baylor.edu.

The graduation news release and a complete listing of all graduates are available at the following link: https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/index.php?id=87572.

June 24, 2019 - Of the 16 million men and women who served in World War II there are less than 500,000 alive today with 348 passing each day. The average age of the WW II Veteran is approximately 93 with the last of America’s “Greatest Generation” to be gone in the next 25 years.
 
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and Auxiliary feel it is important to honor those still living while they can. They have taken on the project to identify those from Shelby County and honor them on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2019. Details of the program will be announced later.
 
The criteria to be a World War II honoree is (1) Be alive as of June 17, 2019 (2) Be born in Shelby County (can now be living elsewhere) (3) If not a native be living in the county now (4) having served in the military during the period December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946 (5) received an honorable discharge. December 31, 1946 is the date that then President Harry Truman declared hostilities were over and is recognized in the United States as the end of WW II. Any veteran identified as an honoree that passes before Veterans Day will remain as such. 
 
They are asking family members to help them in the identification process. Some proof of service will be required such as a discharge. If you have a living World War II Veteran in your family that meets the criteria above please contact Post Quartermaster Larry Hume, 936-598-2976; email, chief@chiefimaging.com; or drop by Chief Imaging, 614 Tenaha Street, Center.