The Detroit News (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1983 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 3
DETROIT, TEXAS
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THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1983
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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Estimate* were that v»mewf»ere
near 100 person* gathered to enjoy
the day, at the Bluff Cemetery
H<Mi>ecoming recalling incidents </
the past and relating recent hap-
penings in families of the com-
earliest
show
who are sponsoring the event foe the first time this year
are planning nightly pre-n-deo activities, a Saturday
afternoon of fun. and an open air dance after the final
rodeo performance on Saturday night
same and
Hr-adaa*
In a separate judging the Ugliest
Man in the crowd will be chosen and
Tuesday
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managed to not only to learn
with his disability. but to oven
and get on with bia life and continue
along doing the things be had grown
doing
He remembers. "I made my first
wooden leg mywif out of some bed
alata It wasn't fancy, just a peg leg.
but it worked
In 107. when Frank was in hu mid
twenties, he became enrolled in a
Vocational Training program and
went to work unde<- W W Floyd, orv
of * "Larksville * three shoe cobblers at
ths time
After his marriage to Margaret
Hayes in IMO. Frank says, I had to
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Bom and raised about 8 miles
aoM0wsat of Clarksville Frank grew
up a farm boy. and fished, hunted and
did farm chores along with his
brwttwra and sisters
Then, on Christmas Eve tn 1127 at
age 14, a ahoigun blast while on a rab-
bit bunting trip coat Frank hu leg
During the neit 10 years, Frank
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such) and other interests
The first post
established on Jan IX 1MI
with
b.i f rtj.r *
calf roping
bulldogging
girl*' tutrrrl racing
Saturday Fea
Saturday will be the really big day
ui so far as the 1 Jon* are concerned
First will be the big (Tull ixxjk-uf!
which will commence around 12 noon
with Settles pots and peppers Hying
around in wild abandon
Ixwal chill cookers will have all af
lemoon to ply their skills and the pot
which is judged to be the best by a
local panel which will be personally
inspected by Lion Sam Gist for
Tongue Warts which could inhibit
teste will win 850 Any organisation
or ndividual is eligible to enter the
( Tuii-cookoff and bowls of chili will be
ai a;table for purchase
( oalrst and i>aa< e
lieginning at 4 p m Saturday after
probably the cheapest price in
I exaa
Frank and his wife Margaret who
worked with him tn the shop at times,
say that times have changed, the
street has changed, and they’ve seen
most of it lots of folks have come
and gone since I've been in that
shop F rank recalls
Smith Shoe Shop and the Had River
See COBBLER Page Ft H R
A tradition dating to before the
arrival of the year 1900 was observed
Sunday, July I’ st the Bluff
Cemetery when a large crowd
gathered to celebrate the 83 plus”
yean that the cemetery has been in
existence
awarded appropriately
As tn the other two nights of ac-
Uvities there will be I jve Music and a
(EMFTFR1 <»F» I( FR5-N,-w /fleers were elected at
the recent H i emetrrv H >mecoming to be m charge of
the ccniett ■> The members elected were the
F reeier-off will be held with the
winning freexer being awarded 825
The contest is open to tfie public
Saturday though u when the fun
will really starts as the (juris put
inl< action their afternoon of fun and
frolic
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boasted r
stores, and
furniture
By Belinda Prywr
A somewhat minor milestone in
Clarksville ’ s lifetime has recently oc-
curred with the retirement of one of
the original old timers'' on 'Old
Depot Street ' I better known now as
N Walnut i.
After nearly 48 years of repairing
and restoring boots, shoes and
aitece Ha neons items. Frank Smith,
Clarksvtlle s only cobbler has laid
down his hammer and taken up a
fishing pole
In addition t«> !.*» !
thr Clarksville I.mb '
n:> fitly event* f i ...
r>«l<- performer* >
same as last vear with the addition of one new member
The committee will be responsible for keeping the
cemetery grounds and surrounding area clean and neat
Three Nights Of Excitement....
noon, all sorts of contests will get un-
derway which promise fun and ex-
citement for one and all
There will be judging in categories
of Best Old Time Dress,” in which
the most original outfit will win;
"Tobacco Spitting Contest" which
may prove messy, but interesting,
wstermelon eating (with water-
melons furnished by Russell Jones) in
which contestants may take
"bathroom breaks. * ladies Cow
Chip Throwing Contest' using,
hopefully only dried specimens, and
test but certainly not least will be thr
Wild (Tost Milking Contest" which
has already drawn somr famous en
tnes
!(<«!•- Parade
fwtvc scheduled
111 !’. evening '!
community were gone,
possibly on a hunting ex-
pedition. Indians struck the
group of women, children
and slaves who were left at
There were no
survivors of the raid and
upon returning home, five
men persued the
7 he Newa
In our ever-present efforts U>
better serve oUr readers, we
have instituted an earber press
date for The Detroit News
Effective immediately. The
Detroit News will t»r going to
press early Wednesday morning
and will tie available at the news
stands late tfiat aftemixai
Subscriptions will be sent to
ttie p«st office Wednesday af
tenv-or. and should arrive
at tasnes uc. Thursday
However, our new press time
necessitates a change m our
shop >
Frank says things nave changed
since be first went to work on the
street
Prices have changed a lot since
then, also When Frank started
repairing shoes he was putting on a
half-sole arvt bee, for K -ents When
he got his own ahop the pnees had
naen to 83 for the same Job and
now. in Frank s aid shop, the charge is
813 50 and Frank says. ' that s
(.tunes Earlier
deadlines
News articles and advertising
should be in our office no later
than 10 a m Tuesday for
pubh< at ion
paper
As always, we are happv to
receive reader suggestions and
contribution* Any items for
publication should be mailed t<
The Deloit News, 1’ () Box 8
Detroit Tex* .’MM
Just remember, we 11 be
arriving a lay earlier from rt< »
tei Ijook for us
the history of this church
there also lies much of the
history <>f tt»e community
Although the earliest
records of the Methodist
church were destroyed by a
fire, the records were
partially reconstructed with
the help of fragmentary
quarterly conference
records and the memories
of the elders
The earliest known
records show that the
Methodist Church was
known by the name of
Franklin and the
congregation worshipped in
a little log school heuse
which was located about
(ne-haif mile northeast of
the present day church.
This information' Is
estimated to reach bach to
the 100's.
(’OMIN’VP-Rodeo Action will get underway In
Clarksville al the Bruce Emery Arena Just east on Hwy
C a* the annual CRAX3RA approved show is held nightly
at 8 p m on Thursday. Fnday and Saturday The akeu
A' >ne time as late as the
thirties and forties, there
were five stores, a school,
churches, a cotton gin. and
pcwi /flee
The prominent church of
Kanawha was. and Mill to,
the Methodist Church. In
Nightly I’rr-Kodru F un
Beginning with u Thursday r.ignt
t-<rbecue supper catered b\ Ye ( >le
Smokebouse rrfu lerils may fuive the
I eaxure of du mu: g hi i ■ and
< terksviUe personalities u< tf*
| <uiktng Booth wfuch will Im- *
in the area
Cm Friday night, an lev 1 ream
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French forts were
predecessors of the set-
t lements
Tragedy struck the small center and
Mil loment within a year of number of
it* founding saloons, a
Wh?n the men of the manufacturer a tanning ____ _____________
vard (for leather hides and jgn a named jimes
who landed there at the
office ,Une Th® Town Plot was
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Seven events
Sa Idle bronh
r<-pmg.
Wrestling
b.U riding
with Isaiah W Well* as
postmaster He was
followed in 1853 by Ben-
jamin H Parkinson who
was succeeded by William
M Ijiboon in 1856 John H
Candle was the last post-
master and lx- served from
1858 until the office ws
Kanawha And Kiomatia Boast Long Histories
By Belinda Pryor
Some mile* north
[klioit be* a small com-
munity. which like many
small communities scat-
tered across Texas and tlie
United Slates, used to be a
thriving rural town The
tittle community known as
Kanawha (pronounced Ka
Noy i was named with its
settlement in the early
IgX) s, by Dr. C P Brown
after the Kanawha River in
West Virginia, Dr Brown's
native state
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A hoi sultry day di<i not do muc h
damage to appetites a* area
residents and visitors enjoyed many
varieties of cullinary delights
Rev Jeff Davis of the Martin
Memorial United Methodist Church
spoke briefly to the assemblage and
brought thought provoking meMage
to those present
Elections of the Cemetery Main-
tenance Committee were held im-
mediately following Rev Davis's
speech The Maintenance Committee
Lions Sponsor Big Rodeo Week-end
By Belinda Pryw
An entertaining atvd exdtuig week
•nd i* in store for are* rodeo fans a*
th» ( larksville Lions (Tub's fir*!
a’u-mpt at rodeoing come* about on
Thursday F riday and Saturday
Dve Clarksville K<sir> will be field
at the Bruce Emery Arena located
)ual east of town and will begin
nigtitly at 8 p rn with competition in
brom
team
Old Tradition Upheld
is responsible for the upkeep of the
cemetery ground* and area
Members wfiose terms were expiring
were all re-elected to the committee
along with a new member. .Sammy
Broadway Re-elected members
include Donald Mills, Chairman.
John Chumbley, lifetime member
Jutinn Mills, Floyd Gibson. CUfton
Conine, and Herman Bailey, com-
mittee member**
The elected members will be
responsible during the next year for
the state of the cemetery's repair
start making a living then And he
moved over tn I >epot Street and tiegan
working for C G Rn hardaun where
ha stayed until 1M7 when be moved
across the street to work for lee
(Jaarrells for about' months
In 1M8 Frank moved back acruas
tha street into the Richardson
building and that s where he ha*
remained for nearly 35 yean adding
in the first 7 year* he spent there,
makes <2 year* in exactly the same
To the northeast of
A later settlement there Kanawha on Highway 410,
one
Big Rodeo
1 radittuna 11y 'tie r> tie has
4p>*rled "ver 2’k: --nine* «rxl r<idev
sp xevman Bruce F me.-v. expect*
ID samr tugti tuni-'j' 1 '.tus war s
i-ni
!■ start the bail rolling
Clarksville Lions h>.«w s< brduled
d wntown r<«ks para<lc winch will
begin pr>rnpt!v .it 4 pm Thurvlay
•nd will travel fr >rri the Amerv an
legi >n Fairgrounds west x; Hw\ 82
U' the 'larksville downb
• n 1 lheni e around ' tie
d»;or” heading east
developed mtn one of the there was a settlement,
t tn the area of that of the earliest in Texas,
Jonesboro. The
The oldest Quarterly
Conference records were
from the year 18!to % Dicre
was no record found wlvere
the name was changes! from
Franklin to Kanawha, but in
1901-02, a building fund was
credited to Kanawha and
there was never any further
reference to Franklin T>
building was dedicated in
1904 and later burned
Another building was
erected in its plaiv
About one-half mile south-
wesv of Kanawha was
located the camp meeting
grounds which was put to
use from around the 100 »
until about 1910 The shed,
or Tabernacle, was con-
structed of poles and was
covered with boards and
formed a building about 10
square feet
The log school of
Kanawha existed around
the 1860 * As prosperity
increased, a three-Jeacher
school was implemented but
the entire system was
discontinued in 1943
Students were first sent to
Detroit (for two years* and
then to Pans for several
years Present-day student*
attend school in Detroit
The first merchants in
Kanawha were W A Walker
and C D Hart Both men
stayed In business until
their deaths
The first Kanawha post
office was established on
Nov 9, 106 with Charles P
Brown directing activities
He was succeeded by '
Edward P Brown in 100
and Charles D Hart in 106
James M. Robinson took .
tiavsional tourists to Mt home
the .-Id crossing place
WeM of the Him k Ferry
cr i**ing is ariotfier crossing < f the
place on the river Pine Indian* only to be killed
Bluff wa* the location of one themselve* by the superior
of the earliest settlements force*
•n the Red River Settled A monument wa* erected
sometime around 1820 by at the spot in 1836 by the
t- families of J G W State of Texas and it stand* discontinued in 1859
1’ierson, Luke and John today To the
Roberts and the Mason
brothers Ij'gerHi*. however,
tell <4 early Spanish and largest
fort* were the tune Because of the rtver named
boat trade, the little set- settlement is credited__
tlement became a trading being the first Anglo-Saxon
center and boasted a settlement In Texas and
number of stores, and was founded in 1814 in Red
saloons, a furniture River County.
The town was named in
■ er the office in 1914 Mr*
Sunmie Fleming wav served
as acting postmaster
beginning in September
'.943 and wa* officially
appointed to the office m
1 >ec 1M3 and served until
'he office was discontinued
iii 1954 with the mail being
transferred through the
iBHh'lt post i/fice
Near the community f
K.maw ha. just to the north,
runs the Red River The
r ad which lead* to the
river end.* at what was once
a well-known place Rock
Ferry had its heyday as one
of the few link* between the
states of Texas and
Oklahoma when, for a
nawlest sum, travelers were
transferred across the wide
span of water on a ferry-
boat. The ferry is long gv>ne.
but the site still draws
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