Shelby County Today

June 26, 2017 - The PWPS held their monthly meeting Saturday, June 24. They enjoyed a workshop presented by Janet Hughes, "What is Bokeh and how to get it". The monthly challenge was "Water" with the winners and photos listed below:

June 2017 Challenge Winners
Theme: Water

The Piney Woods Photographic Society is meant for camera enthusiasts of all skills and interests. Our goal is to help you become a better photographer and give you a place to meet others who share your passion for photography. We try to create programs and activities with information and instruction for all skill levels in an environment of support and cooperation.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meetings with or without a member.

PWPS would like to congratulate member Bobbie Jean Wood for her winning photograph at the Longview Bank and Trust Photography Contest.

Her photo entitled "A Boy and His Dog" won 2 awards.

June 23, 2017 - Upon entering the new meeting room of the Timpson Public Library last Wednesday afternoon, Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society members and their guests found five long tables covered with old photographs from the Timpson area. The age of the photos ranged roughly from the late 19th century to the 1960s. It is hard to be more specific because the actual date of the photographs and the people in them is unknown, with identifying them being the purpose of the meeting. (Click images for larger file sizes)

Beside each photo was a scanned copy of the image, enlarged when possible, with a number beside each person in the photo. There was also a sheet a paper with numbered blank lines. Each member was to examine each photo and if they recognized anyone appearing in it or could share any information about it, they were to write it on the paper.

Putting a name followed by a question mark was acceptable. Several magnifying glasses were provided since some of the photos contained a large group of people. No one said this job would be easy, and it wasn't!

Although good progress was made in identifying the people and places in the photos, many remained a mystery at the end of the meeting. Attached are five of the unidentified photographs and readers are asked to try their hand at identifying them. If you think you know who anyone is, just send an e-mail to timpsgen@sbcglobal.net, referencing the photo by number and identifying the person or persons in it. Educated guesses are welcome and all help is appreciated. It is known that photo #3 is of telephone employees with manager James Cozort at the left. Photo #4 was taken at the handle factory.

TAGHS meets the third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 PM in the meeting room of the Timpson Public Library on the corner of Austin and Bremond Streets. The public is invited.

June 20, 2017 - (Album) - A grand opening event for the new Portacool Park in Center was held Saturday, June 17, 2017 with representatives of City of Center, Portacool and a large turnout of citizens to enjoy the newly completed grounds.

Anyone attending was treated to refreshments including hot dogs prepared by Shelby Savings Bank, chips, drinks, popcorn and cookies handed out by Portacool employees. While everyone enjoyed their lunch, many children and young adults were putting the new basketball court to use with basketballs and soccer balls. City of Center employees were also giving out goody bags.

After the crowd had enjoyed much of their time at the park, city and Portacool representatives gathered at the entrance of the park to share.

David Chadwick, Center Mayor, welcomed everyone to the park and declared Portacool Park officially open. He explained Portacool Park's predecessor, Center Mini Park began with a donation from a local civic group and has continued to grow with the help of the city and others.

"Until this last year when Portacool stepped up and said, 'We want to make our mark on Center, Texas not just with our business but looking at our community and letting people know that it is our community,'" said Mayor Chadwick.

Chadwick expressed how he feels the park holds something for everyone in the community and in addition to all of the activities that can be enjoyed at the park, there are Portacool fans at a picnic area alongside the pavilion.

"Mr. Wulf, I'd like to thank you on behalf of the City of Center for the job that you and your team have done. Excellent job, could not be more proud of your involvement in the community and your whole team there," said Mayor Chadwick.

He was proud to be able to be the first to say only in Center, Texas, "Welcome to Portacool Park."

Ben Wulf, President/CEO of Portacool LLC, expressed his appreciation to the city including Chad Nehring, City Manager, and his team for helping with the architecture and design of the facility as well as inspiration offered by Mayor Chadwick.

"Thomas [Morrison, Sales/Marketing Operations Manager at Port-A-Cool LLC] came up and partnered with the city, so we want to say thank you to him for helping see this through from start to finish," said Wulf. "The people that I really want to say thank you to and that's the Portacool family. If it's not for what you do every day, this doesn't happen, and we want to say thank you to our past employees and obviously to our current employees and all the Portacool family members to come. This is what you've built, we're very proud of it and want to continue to be a very strong fixture in the community for many years to come."

June 12, 2017 - Jennifer Wulf is now back in the service department at Center Motor Co.

Wulf has been a part of the Center Motor Company team for 31 years and is looking forward to seeing and helping her friends, and customers with their service needs.

Please call 936-598-3361 or come by to welcome Jennifer back.

Center Motor Company is located at 816 Hurst Street, Center, Texas.