Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1990 Page: 1 of 12
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Nichols
Worth
By Nanalee Nichols
Recipes. Everywhere we look
there arc recipes. Recipes for
light foods, cool foods, hot
foods, fattening foods, slimming
foods!
Microwave recipes, one dish
meals, complicated and simple,
recipes abound.
Monday morning I was talk-
ing with several other women,
and the subject of old recipes
came up.
' And for perhaps the first time,
I realised what a treasure there
is in history contained in some-
thing as simple as a recipe.
To begin with, every area in
the world has it's own recipes.
Various dishes arc traditional
in one area and unknown in
another.
And the ingredients available
in a time before supermarkets
dictated what kind of recipes
were treasured and handed
down.
Blackberry cobbler is a fa-
vorite throughout cast Texas.
But in many parts of the country
blackberries arc unknown, so
no such recipe exists.
A friend who was bom in the
Dakotas said that combrcad was
a dessert all the years of grow-
ing up. It was sweet, like cake.
After marriage to an East Texas
she discovered that sweet
combrcad was heresy, in his
opinion!
But even more than being
different, old recipes that arc
treasured and handed down from
generation to generation arc an
indication of the roots and be-
ginnings of a family.
Almost everyone has a "tea
cake" recipe from grandma.
These cookies arc delicious. They
arc also the direct product of
modifying a Scotch shortbread
recipe to fit the ingredients on
hand. That, of course, reflects
the Scotch immigration to the
U.S.
Recipes for Jewish foods arc
rare in this area...reflecting the
fact that there was almost no
Jewish immigration into this
countryside.
German recipes about in South
Texas, and west, where the Ger-
mans settled in colonics and
numbers.
Stews were common Irish
food, and many people still call
them "Mulligan" stews, as their
Irish forebears did.
Chili is an acquired taste for
this area, but many people have
I'ccipes that have been used for
two or three generations.
Its a rare family that doesn’t
have two or three recipes, for a
special coconut cake, shortbread,
cobbler, casseroles, or even
canning recipes.
Frequently these recipes arc
written on stained and ragged
cardboard, and the title reads
"Aunt Mimi's Gingerbread" or
"Grandma's pecan cake".
We all make these special
foods giving very little thought
to the fact that they reflect heri-
tage, a family's personal tastes,
and the ingredients readily avail-
able in an earlier lime.
Families might even consider
making up a "family cookbook"
interspered with short recollec-
tions and stories. For the recipes
"are special. They are part of our
inheritance, and as such, should
be explained and carefully pre-
served for a younger generation.
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53RD YEAR, No. 20
TALCO, TITUS COUNTY, TEXAS
Thursday, June 21,1990
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Rodeo, Frontier Day Activities
Planned For June 28-29-30
Each year during the last full
weekend of June, one of northeast
Texas' most exciting events takes
place right here in Bogata. You've
got it, the Bogata Rodeo Associa-
tion's annual championship rodeo and
the Bogata Lions Cl ub's Frontier Day
activities.
This year, the weekend is June 28-
29-30, with three rodeo performances
scheduled for 8:30 p.m. nightly at the
Bogata Rodeo Arena, just three blocks
southwest of downtown Bogata.
In addition to the championship
rodeo events scheduled for this year’s
rodeo, a new, exciting event will take
place on Thursday night, June 28, for
females only, the first annual Calf
Dressing Contest. This event is open
to tlircc-mcmbcr teams, and only the
first six teams will be accepted. Each
team is required to have a sponsor-
ship of $50.00 for the competition.
Anyone interested in entering the Calf
Dressing should contact Eddy Denny
at 632-5716.
The Frontier Day activities will
begin at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June
30, with a free pancake breakfast for
everyone, compliments of the Lions
Club.
Following the pancake breakfast,
a host of events will be held at the
Bogata Community Center during the
day, including the famous dunking
booth, featuring Bogata's upstanding
businessmen and the city's finest. A
complete schedule of the day's ac-
tivities arc listed below.
Anyone interested in an arts and
crafts booth should contact Donnie
Lewis at 632-5387. There is a $5.00
charge for space.
The second annual Duck Race will
be held at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday,
with a $ 1,000purse. Registered ducks,
please. Tickets for the race may be
obtained from any Lions Club mem-
ber at a cost of $ 10.00 each.
On Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m.,
the first of two rodeo parades will
tour downtown Bogata. The second
parade will be held on Saturday after-
noon, also at 5 p.m.
The Bogata Lions Club will be in
charge of the concessions at the
Bogata Rodeo this year.
Summer-like temperatures will
soar when the Bogata Rodeo Arena
stands fill up to watch the 1990-slyIc
Bogata rodeo, sponsored by the
Bogata Rodeo Association, and pro-
duced by the Wing Rodeo Company,
home-based in Bogata.
This year will mark the 23rd con-
secutive year that the Bogata rodeo
has been produced by the Wing
Rodeo Company.
This year's rodeo is approved by
the Cowboys Regional Rodeo Asso-
ciation, headquartered in Shawnee,
OK, and co-approvcd by the Central
Rodeo Association, a state associa-
tion based in Irving.
Thursday night’s performance will
be highlighted by the annual drawing
for the Hub Whiteman savings bond.
Also on Thursday night, the Arigo
Riders drill tcamwill perform, and
again during Friday's performance.
On Friday evening, that perform-
ance will be dedicated to the memory
of Ronnie White of Bogata.
On Saturday, the Red River Riders
drill team will perform.
A calf scramble for the youngsters
will be held at each performance of
the rodeo, and the rodeo band "Texas
Express” will be back in Bogata again
to entertain spectators with their
musical talents.
Winners from last year's Bogata
rodeo include: bareback riding,
Jimmy Rivcltc, Kaly, TX; saddle
bronc riding, David Warren, Bogata,
TX; calf roping, Robby Woodrcll,
Sapulpa, OK; steer wrestling, Coly
Battles, Stringtown, OK; cowgirls
barrel racing, Suzie Pruitt, Ardmore,
OK; team roping, Ryan Hammctt-
Todd Williams, Bogata, TX. Rick
Yocham of Bartlesville, OK was the
All Around Champion and was
awarded a trophy belt buckle, along
with his prize money winnings.
Rodeo tickets arc on sale now from
any Princess contestant for $3.50
advance for adults. Tickets at the gate
will be $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for
children.
Entries for the rodeo will be open
on Monday, June 25 from 5 to 10
p.m., al 214/966-2231. No early or
late entries will be accepted. Local
entries within a 25-milc radius will
be accepted at the discretion of the
rodeo committee.
TINA SMITH and Amanda Renee Ausmus (not pictured), nominees for this year.
Callahan, Wendy Mears and are the Bogata Rodeo Princess
Talco Postmaster
Attends Convention
Wendy Mears,
Rodeo Princess Candidate
Brother David Miller of Bedford
will be at the Talco Church of Christ
when the church is in gospel meeting
June 24-27.
Everyone is invited to attend the
services and hear Bro. Miller, for-
merly the pulpit minister for the
Brown Trail Church of Christ. He
continues to work with that congre-
gation and is now the director of the
Truth in Love television program,
and is a staff writer for the Firm
Foundation and has written numcr-
TalcoPostmistrcssGracc Hcarron
attended a NAPUS (National Asso-
ciation of Postmasters of U.S.) con-
vention at College Station last week.
The Assembly of God Church in
Talco has postponed their B iblc study
to a dale to be decided in August.
The Assembly of God Church will
have a July 4 covered dish picnic at
the church beginning at 12. Everyone
is invited.
A Christ Ambassador Rally will
ous articles for several other publica-
tions including the Gospel Advocate,
the Restorer and the Spiritual Sword.
Service limes arc: Sunday morn-
ing Bible study, 9:45; Sunday morn-
ing worship, 10:45; noon meal at 12
noon; Sunday afternoon singing, 2:00;
Sunday evening worship, 6:00; eve-
ning services Monday through Wed-
nesday, 7:00.
Kenny Gardner, minister of the
church, invites everyone to attend the
special services.
The Texas delegation honored past
postmasters, attended seminars and
elected a new president of the organi-
zation.
be held June 22 al 7:30 p.m. in Talco
at the Assembly of God Church. On
June 24 a baptismal service will be
held with everyone invited.
The Rivcrcrcst class of 1975 will
hold a covered dish picnic at 11 a.m.
in Dcllwood Park on June 30. All
families and anyone who attended
this class is urged toatlcnd. For infor-
mation, call 379-6861 or 379-2851.
The First Baptist Church has sched-
uled a swimming parly for Saturday
al 1 p.m. at Lake Bob Sandlin. A hot
dog supper will happen al 4:30 p.m.
The First Baptist WMA has
planned a trip to the Children's Home
in Waxahachic on Satui day, June 30.
There will be a co-ed softball tour-
nament in Johnlown June 22-23 with
all benefits going to the Talco Fire
Department. Everyone is invited to
attend or gather a team and partici-
pate For information, call 3794445.
Talco Church of Christ To Be In
Gospel Meeting June 24-27
DUTCH WINDMILL-Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Ford of Rugby stand
beside the beautifully crafted
windmill he made for their yard.
The Ford's have a variety of
hobbies and activities, includ-
ing gardening, building things
and painting an quilting. (Staff
Photo by Keye Lee)
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ford Have A
Way With Hobbies
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford arc long-
time Rugby residents with a variety
of skills and hobbies.
They both use their hands to create
interesting and unusual items . Both
retired, they arc seldom idle, prefer-
ring to keep busy with a variety of
activities.
Their very pleasant house features
a perfect minaturc windmill, patterned
after the Dutch windmills, as a cen-
terpiece for a flowerbed. The wind-
mill was hand made by Lloyd from
plans he found in a magazine.
Mrs.Ford paints and pieces quilts.
Many of the quilt tops go to Colorado
City and Houston, where they arc
sold for top dollar.
The Fords originally lived in the
Paris area. They had a place at Ford's
Academy from 1942 until 1946, but
the construction of Camp Maxey, the
war-time army camp, meant that they
had to move.
They purchased a place on the
highway in Rugby, located between
Deport and Bogata, from Mr. Lem-
ons.
The couple opened a country gro-
cery store, with all the usual items for
sale.
It wasn't until 1950 they Herbie
Stevens was talking to Lloyd about
having problems with the lawn mower
he had bought. Lloyd vows he said he
didn't know much about them, but
he'd try. He managed to fix the ma-
chine, and soon everyone in the area
was bringing their lawn mower to
him for repairs.
That became an even bigger busi-
ness as more and more people told
friends and relatives about his profi-
ciency with lawn mowers, and even-
tually the grocery became a lawn
mower business.
Lloyd recalls that his mother lived
in East Post Oak back in 1950. She
had electricity, so he traded her an
electric motor for a gasoline engine.
He set to thinking, and soon had cre-
ated his own lawn mower. The en-
gine was mounted on a set of rails
with wheels on it, and he used it to
mow with for many years.
The Ford's have two children,
Norma Lou Foster of Crossplanc and
Gary Ford of Paris.
In addition to building things from
wood and metal, Lloyd counts fish-
ing and gardening among his hob-
bies.
Mrs. Ford cooks good food, and
works at her painting and quilt
pieceing.
The couple arc always gracious
and pleasant to visit with, and have
lots of friends and neighbors.
It's worth a drive by their home just
to see the windmill! More than likely,
when you go by, one or the other, or
both, will be on hand, working hard
at hobbies or gardening.
Roadside Mowing To Begin
Now that most wildflowers have
gone to seed and the native grasses
and high weeds have begun to over-
shadow the ones that are left, the
State Dcpatmcnt of Highways and
Public Transportation has awarded
17 contracts to mow the rights-of-
way of more than 2,600 miles of
highways located in the nine-county
area of Atlanta District.
According to Lawrence L. Jester,
Jr., district engineer, there are usu-
ally two cycles of mowing each year,
with the first beginning in early June
right after the wildflowers have gone
to seed, and (he second beginning in
late September toward the end of the
growing season so the roadsides will
remain clear all winter.
Jester noted that hiring private
contractors to mow rights-of-ways
allow the department to holds costs
down by not having to bear the added
expense of hiring temporary person-
nel and purchasing and maintaining
extra mowing equipment.
The cost of this year's contracts
totaled $934,340 and will cover
mowing rights-of-way along all state
maintained highways in Bowie,
Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion,
Morris, Panola, Titus and Upshur
Counties, Jester said.
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Nichols, Thomas & Nichols, Nanalee. Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1990, newspaper, June 21, 1990; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021512/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.