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September 25, 2016 - The 50-Mile Trail Of Treasures will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from Stonewall, Louisiana to Joaquin, Texas. The route will be from I49 down Stonewall Frierson to Hwy 171 to Mansfield and turn on Hwy 84 to Joaquin, Texas. Come be a part of the 2016 Fifty-Mile Trail of Treasures in DeSoto Parish and Eastern Shelby County!
Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department will be selling Hamburger plates for $7.00 on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Fire Station starting at 11 a.m.
September 23, 2016 - I want to say "thank you" to everyone in Shelby County and Jasper County for your generous donation to the Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., Humble, Texas, International Chapter.
For more information about the Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., visit their website online at http://www.tlodinc.org/
Thanks so much.
Respectfully,
Baby Lou Gardner
September 23, 2016 - Clifford and Beverly Bell along with family and friends of SSG Cornelius J. Bell, gathered on August 28, 2016 to host a farewell party for his 5th deployment.
SSG Bell is an 11B Infantry soldier, a 2002 graduate of Center High School. He has served three tours in Iraq, and two in Afghanistan which is his current assignment.
SSG Bell's awards include: Copmbat Infantryman Badge, Airborne Wings, Air Assault Wings, Army Recruiter Badge, two Purple Hearts and one Bronze Star. Bell is a PSG of a 44 Man Platoon which is located in 17 different areas in Afghanistan.
If you wish to email SSG Bell while he is deployed, you can do so at cornelius.bell@usarmy.mil
September 22, 2016 - The Chicken Fajita Kick-Off Luncheon sponsored by East Texas Poultry Supply is Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
Tickets are $7 and plates include 2 fajitas, chips and salsa, and a drink.
Click here for the order form and fax it to 936-598-5032 by Friday, September 23, 2016.
Treat Your Employees to a Chicken Lunch! Delivery available for orders of 5 or more. Need less than 5 orders, place your order ahead and have it ready for pickup on the downtown square!
Plates will be available on the downtown Center square starting at 11am until sold out! Order ahead to make sure you get to enjoy a delicious chicken fajita lunch prepared by the Shelby County Cookers!
Please call the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce at (936) 598-3682 if you have questions or concerns.
September 21, 2016 - If you are interested in participating in the 42 and Washer tournaments being held during Happenings at Shelbyville Hill Fest, please register soon. The festival hosted by the Shelbyville Lions Club will take place on Saturday October 15th. To register for the 42 tournament, please call Lion Duane Lout at 591-1288. To register for the washer tournament please call Lion Josh Jones at 598-5688. Prizes will be awarded. For more information regarding the festival please visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShelbyvilleTXLions.
September 20, 2016 - The Center Woman’s Reading Club is back in full swing after a summer break. The ladies met on September 15th at the home of Mrs. Barbara Prince. President Janene Walker presided.
Mrs. Fannie Watson announced the Panola College Foundation is hosting Designer Purse Bingo as a fundraiser. For more information about the event or to purchase tickets visit www.panola.edu/panola-foundation/PanolaBingo2016.
The next meeting will be on October 6 at the First United Methodist Church. Mary Helen Brown will review her book Headed for Home. She will also sign copies of the book. The Carthage Reading Club has been invited. The public is also invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Following the business meeting, Billie Sue Payne reviewed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. The course of study this year is books from the 2015 New York Times Bestseller list.
Paula Hawkins, the author, lives in London. She worked as a business reporter for fifteen years before she published her first novel. Ms. Hawkins had not completed the book before she sent half of the book to the publisher, with no ending. There was such a positive response she went on to finish the book.
The girl on the train is Rachel, a lonely, alcoholic divorcee who rides the train to and from London each day pretending to go to a job she does not have. Rachel lives with a friend, Kathy, who has no idea that Rachel has been fired from her job and is unemployed. The train passes each day by the house where she once lived with her ex-husband, Tom. Tom still lives there with his new wife, Anna, and their child. A few houses down, at the signal stop, live a young couple, Megan and Scott. Rachel has named this “perfect” couple Jess and Jason.
One day Rachel is shocked to see “Jess” (Megan) kissing another man. Shortly after that Megan disappears. At the same time Megan disappears, Rachel has been on a drunken binge, texting and trying to see her ex-husband. She wakes up dirty, and bleeding but has no recollection of what happened. Yet Rachel is determined to find out what has happened to Megan. She talks to the police but cannot offer any concrete information, and her drinking and “stalking” her ex-husband does not help her cause. The reader knows that Rachel’s blackouts and poor memory are hiding something far darker than a few irresponsible nights, but is left to wonder about the connections. The tensions build toward the end of the book. Mrs. Payne asked the members of the Club if they wanted to know the ending of the book. There was a unanimous vote in favor of knowing the end. But this article will not reveal the plot twist ending. We recommend you read and enjoy the book yourself.
Delicious refreshments were served and the ladies enjoyed a time of fellowship, catching up on news from the summer.
September 19, 2016 - Tune-in to watch the season premier of 'The Voice' tonight, September 19, 2016 for a chance to see local Shelby County musician, Cade Foehner! Season 11 kicks off with a two-night premier event starting at 7pm on NBC.
Cade Foehner posted on Facebook on August 23rd - "@nbcthevoice is just around the corner and guess who auditioned for it? Look for me starting September 19th! #TheVoice."
The teaser post was confirmed when a commercial was aired for the new season with none other than Foehner appearing in the clip. Be sure to tune in to see how far he will go and root on Shelby County's own as he begins this amazing journey.
Cade picked up his first guitar at the age of 14. He taught himself to play and hasn't stopped since. He also plays drums and bass guitar. Cade has performed at the Poultry Festival, Watermelon Festival, Hemphill's Festival and venues around East Texas. Cade graduated from Shelbyville High School and is the son of Rick and Kelly Foehner of Shelbyville.
September 19, 2016 - The Golden Harvest Ministries Club met Monday, September 19 in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church at 11:30 A.M. Linda Anderson welcomed 40 members and recognized guests Sylvia Jackson, and Wayne and Gerry Jenicke.
Larry Rymal led the opening prayer, and Harold Hanson led members in singing the opening songs. Members and guests sang “Happy Birthday” to David Bain, Helen Collard, Johnie Gray, Naomi Hanson, Ellen Manning, Bobbie Nutt, and Larry Rymal who celebrated September birthdays.
Pastor Bobby Bressman blessed the food, and all enjoyed the delicious luncheon and fellowship. Program Chairman Linda Anderson expressed our respect and appreciation to our First Responders, and Chief of Police Jim Albers and Lt. Jeremy Bittick of the Center police spoke about their duties in protecting our city and keeping it safe.
Secretary Ellen Manning read the August minutes, and Betty Green gave the treasurer’s report. Linda reminded members that flu and pneumonia shots would be given at the October meeting. Members should bring their Medicare cards. Ann Forbes discussed those on the prayer report and reminded members to visit those in the area nursing homes. Bro. Carl Smith dismissed members in a closing prayer.
Linda Bordelon, Reporter
September 16, 2016 - VFW Post 8904 & Auxiliary hosted a POW/MIA Recognition event Friday, September 16, 2016 in front of the Shelby County Veterans Memorial.
Larry Hume, Post Quartermaster, led the event and Addie Boyd, Post Chaplain, gave the opening prayer.
"This third Friday of September we solute the men and women who served to keep America free and in doing so, sacrificed their own freedom," said Hume. "To remember the families of the missing, we continue to hope and pray that their loved one will someday be accounted for."
Hume reported there are over 83,000 Americans listed as missing and unaccounted for going back to World War II.
Allison Harbison, Shelby County Judge, hung the memorial wreath in honor of those who are still sought after.
According to Hume, Shelby County has had 30 citizens held as prisoners of war and 26 World War II and two in Korea, "four died in captivity while 22 lived through a terrible ordeal that we cannot imagine and by the grace of God, somehow returned home. All but one has since passed from this life."
Mary Fausett, Auxiliary Senior Vice and Sandy Risinger, Auxiliary President, read the names of former prisoners of war and they are as follows: Harlan F. Adams, World War II - German POW; Thermon D. Brittain, Sr., World War II – Bataan Death March, Japanese POW; Frank M. Butler, World War II - German POW; Basil A. Coats, World War II - German POW; Sam Davis, Jr., World War II - German POW; Dr. Roy L. Emken, World War II - Bataan Death March, Japanese POW; Ray Emmons, World War II - German POW; Newell Evans, World War II - German POW; Clifford Gary, World War II - German POW; Calvin R. Hutto, World War II - JApanese POW; Audrey C. Jacobs, World War II - German POW; Jesse F. Kennedy, World War II - German POW; Johnnie M. Lee, World War II, Japanese POW - Died in Prison Camp; Paul D. Lucas, Korean War, North Korean POW; Dravis Massie, World War II - Japanese POW; Austin W. Mayes, World War II - German POW.
Phillip E. Murphree, World War II - German POW; James H. Myers, World War II - Japanese POW; R.B. Neal, World War II - German POW; Truman B. Owens, World War II - German POW; George O. Rivers, World War II - Bataan Death March, Died in Japanese Prison Camp; George B. Stutts, Jr., World War II - German POW; Vernon B. Walters, World War II - Bataan Death March, Died in Japanese Prison Camp; Henry L. Wilburn, World War II - German POW; Hulon Williams, World War II - German POW; Levi A. Williford, World War II - German POW; Marshall (Tex) Windham, World War II - German POW; John E. Woodfin, Sr., World War II - Japanese POW; Hubert L. Langford, Korean War - North Korean POW; Billy Lee Wescoat, Korean War - Chinese POW.
Sherry Riley, Veteran's Service Officer, and Addie Boyd, VFW Post 8904 Chaplain, read the names of those still missing in action and they are as follows: John C.B. Alford, Missing May 7, 1942, Pacific Theater; Lloyd L. Andrews, Missing December 25, 1944, European Theater; Lee O. Brunson, Missing December 8, 1944, European Theater; John B. Byrn, Missing August 24, 1943, European Theater; Philip H. Childs, Missing July 29, 1942; Pacific Theater; James A. Cleveland, Missing September 7, 1944, Pacific Theater; Lewis V. Dockens, Missing June 2, 1942, European Theater; Reed Dominy, Missing April 15, 1944, European Theater; Roy V. Duncan, Missing April 16, 1945, Pacific Theater.
Hubert Haley, Missing May 14, 1942, European Theater; Pershing H. Harvey, Missing October 24, 1944; Walter B. Henry, Missing August 7, 1943, European Theater; Curtis Jolley, Missing October 24, 1944, Pacific Theater; Willie E. Lathon, Missing December 12, 1943, Pacific Theater; James A. McDaniel, Missing April 20, 1944, Pacific Theater; William L. Meek Missing February 21, 1945, Pacific Theater; Kenneth N. Nicholson, Missing October 27, 1942; Darwin Risinger, Missing September 5, 1945, Pacific Theater; John C. Scott, Missing June 19, 1944, Pacific Theater.
Choron Smotherman, Missing November 27, 1943, European Theater; Johnny F. Stack, Missing November 30, 1942, Pacific Theater; Richard M. Wallace, Missing August 25, 2016, European Theater; Robert H. Wharton, Missing November 20, 1943, Pacific Theater; Marion B. Whiteside, Jr., Missing October 19, 1942; Claude M. Wilkerson, Missing May 8, 1942, Pacific Theater; Elgie P. Williams, Missing December 6, 1943, Pacific Theater; Elmer E. Williams, Missing November 8, 1942, Pacific Theater; Ray D. Williams, Missing July 11, 1944, European Theater; Willie E. Windham, Missing August 12, 1950, Korean War.
Following the reading of names, a ceremony was performed to replace the POW/MIA flag which has flown for a year beside the courthouse. The ceremony was completed with the playing of taps.
September 16, 2016 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce has distributed the 40th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival t-shirts to area businesses. T-shirts may be purchased at Citizens Bank Center Branch, Farmers State Bank main branch, The Balcony all located on the Center downtown square, Sabine State Bank & Trust on Hurst St., Farmers State Bank – Roughrider Dr., Farmers State Bank, Shelbyville branch and Farmers State Bank in Haslam. T-shirts may also be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce office on the square next to the Historic courthouse.
The 40th East Texas Poultry Festival, presented by Farmers State Bank, begins with the Opening Ceremonies, sponsored by High Roller Wells, LLC, at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 6 and runs through Saturday, October 8.
The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is organized to promote and advance economic enrichment and development, tourism, and the social and civic interest of Shelby County and adjoining areas. For additional information, please call 936.598.3682, email info@shelbycountychamber.com or visit www.shelbycountychamber.com
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