Take those photos while you can
October 25, 2018 - Recently, when I returned to some places which had been important in my life, I discovered the buildings were no longer there: they had been torn down. They are: (1) the first house I rented in 1972 from June Bone on FM 58 (2) the Holiday Inn restaurant where I took Greek and met my late wife (3) the old YWCA building on Haskell Street in Dallas which served as the dorm (Lincoln Hall) for Dallas Theological Seminary during my first year when I was single (4) Lynn Hotel where I worked as a desk clerk/relief night auditor beginning in the summer of 1975 after I first got married (5) the quadplex (my term) of four apartments on Apple Street, where we moved to from 5304 Willis Street in 1976. After my oldest daughter was born on July 7, 1978, this is the apartment to which we took her home from Presbyterian Hospital.
The moral of this story: Don’t take it for granted that those structures will always be there. Take those photos while you can.
Save the Date!
- On Saturday, November 10, 2018 the Veteran’s Day Parade will be held in downtown Huntington, Texas at 10 a.m. Festivities will continue after the parade at 11 a.m. in Centennial Park. Dickie Dixon will discuss “Angelina County’s Celebration of Armistice Day 1918-2018” at that time. For more information contact Marilyn Davis at (936) 414-1733 or Davismarilyn1959@yahoo.com
- John Powers, a Marine who fought at Iwo Jima, will discuss his experience at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Keltys United Methodist Church on 1867 Old Mill Road in Lufkin, Texas (75904). For more information, please contact Rev. Cindy Doran at (936) 852-4123 or Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378; the public an e-mail Cindy at keltysumc@hotmail.com or Dickie at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com
- “The Genealogy of Jesus Christ” is Dickie Dixon’s topic, when he speaks for the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society (TAGHS) at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at the Timpson Public Library on 520 Austin Street in downtown Timpson, Texas (75975). For more information contact Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378, or e-mail him at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com
- To commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, panelists will discuss their views for the Angelina County Genealogical Society at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2018 in the Community Meeting Room of Kurth Memorial Library on 706 South Raguet Street in Lufkin, Texas (75904). If you would like to serve as a panelist or have something to contribute personally or in writing please see the contact info at the end of this column
- At 6 p.m. on Monday, November 19, in the Fellowship Hall of Keltys United Methodist Church on 1867 Old Mill Road, Dickie Dixon will discuss “The Genealogy of Jesus Christ.” For more information please contact Reverend Cindy Doran at (936) 852-4123 or Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378; the public can e-mail Cindy at keltysumc@hotmail.com or Dickie at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com
Belated birthdays: October birthdays: 25th: Kay Hensley
For Posterity’s Eyes: October birthdays: 25th: William Seay 26th: Elaine Chrenee, Richard Clower 27th: Joe Allan Treadwell, Melissa Bivin, Brittany Hale 29th: Mason Litton, Tiffany Elliott, Amye Kelsey, Bob Brown November birthdays: 1st: Retired Colonel David Patten 3rd: Burnice Blackstock, Mary K. Tucker 4th: Emily Fleniken, Charlotte Wagstaff 5th: Paula Campbell, Becky Walker 6th: Midge Lee, Montez (Corbell) McNaughton 7th: Doris Polasek, Sharon Storey, Nicole (Turgeau) Timme, Carmen (Bennett) Coker 8th: Bob Ham, Mary Ivy
Another Genealogical and Local History Opportunity Tune in to KRBA radio, an AM station, on Friday afternoons from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. for The Front Porch Chit Chat Show, hosted by Tommy and Lynn Bryan, O. T. Haygood, and this author. The show affords listeners the chance to call in with their genealogy or local history information or questions to talk with Tommy, Lynn, O. T., or Dickie. Call in on (936) 632-7355 or (936) 637-3325.
Eye on Books Jamie Carter Bollich and Herman Wright discussed their book Arvetta on Friday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in the Rusk Room of the Fredonia Hotel at the meeting of the East Texas Historical Association in downtown Nacogdoches. For more information, please call (936) 240-8378
For book reviews/notices please send a complimentary copy to Kissin’ Kuzzins P. O. Box 151001 Lufkin TX 75915-1001
Send your queries to dickie.dixon@hotmail.com by mail to Kissin’ Kuzzins P. O. Box 151001 Lufkin TX 75915-1001 or by phone to (936) 240-8378.
