March 25, 2024 - As the month of March proceeds with a lot of news reports on International Women History Month, let us remember the group of women who made history for working on the C. H. Daniels School Reunion in Center, Texas. In spite of the school being closed for many years, the original group of women brought years of enjoyment for Daniels graduates and friends throughout the years. Many are gone now but will be saluted for their hard work in keeping the legacy of the school alive. Scholarships were presented to seniors from profits, classmates were brought together from different cities and some states, and an opportunity for relatives to visit each other existed.
In 2010, after several years of absence of the reunion, another group of women formed the committee that worked for ten more years to continue the reunion. They were very successful and students from surrounding areas did receive scholarships upon graduation from high school. The pandemic in 2021 was the cause of discontinuing the reunion. The last one was in 2019 and plans were being made for the next one in 2021. The reunions have not resumed but the women who made history should be remembered as people who cared and worked hard to keep the legacy alive for the closed C. H. Daniels School.
There are many more stories to be told about many women in Center and Shelby County who have made history with their businesses, their concern for health issues, their achievements, and their hard work in the community. Happy International Women History Month.
