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Rotary Program Chairman, Arthur Herman, is pictured with
Trooper Jerry Bryant, Thursday’s luncheon speaker.
also
at
South Texas
Blood & Tissue Center
Perryville,
Kentucky, and in
Pumpkin Patch
Participants
Needed Oct. 31
Businesses, organizations,
individuals are needed to
participate in the Annual
Pumpkin Patch Trail in Yoa
kum on Saturday, Oct 31
starting at 5:30 p.m. If you
would like to treat the chil-
dren on this fun filled eve
ning please call Cheryl Loos
at 361-293-2012.
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Monday prior to publication
HelpYoakuim National] Bank Collect
1,890 Items for thejoakum Food Pantry
PO Box 777
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Yonkum, TX 77095
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President Carroll Sharp opened the meeting with song
and pledge led by Sergeant at Arms, Bob Putnam, and prayer
led by Jim Witte. Guest introductions followed brief busi
ness updates. Rebecca Ward with Accolade Hospice was the
guest of Rotarian, Shirley Sommer. The Yoakum High School
guests were seniors: Ashley Garcia, Jessie Dickerson, John
Dickerson, and Patrik Drobny.
Program Chairman, Arthur Herman, introduced the day’s
speaker,Trooper Jerry Bryant from the Texas Department of
Public Safety in Victoria. Trooper Bryant’s program was an
update on motor vehicle laws in Texas. Numerous changes
were discussed, including: driving tests with a State Trooper,
effective Sept. 1,2009; changes in the law regarding tempo-
rary tags on a vehicle; vehicle window tinting restrictions;
registration of a golf cart; cell phone usage for drivers under
18 years of age; age restrictions for motorcycle passengers;
cell phone usage in school zones; seat belt laws; and car
safety seat laws for children up to 8 years of age or 4” 9” tall.
The changes presented led to a lively question and answer
session following the program.
The meeting was closed with Rotary International’s Four-
Way Test. Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will
it BUILD GOODWILL AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will
it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Hallettsville
Sirloin Steaks and Refreshments $12
Drawing will be held
Enter the Big Buck Contest
and the Big Buck Gun Drawing
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swine validation
dates set
All 4-H and FFA mem
bers who plan to exhibit a
swine project at any of the
major livestock shows in
Texas must have their ani-
mals validated on Tuesday,
Nov. 10 or Thursday, Nov.
12 from 3:35-6 p.m. at the
Lavaca Expo Center. The
exhibitor and a parent must
be present at the time of
validation.
Exhibitors with unavoid-
able conflicts should con-
tact the County Extension
Office or their FFA advi-
sor prior to the validation
date.
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Business Manager Nadine Rex
News staff Polly Mainz
Monday, November 2
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ers website: (eight pages.)
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rum website: “http://www.
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sis.)
Any of these sites will
help you know what you
are voting on. Remember,
several precincts have been
consolidated for this elec
tion, so be sure to check out
your voting location before
you go to vote.
Monthly meetings are
open to the public and if you
have quest ions or comment s
about the Lavaca County
Republican Party, contact
your voting precinct chair,
the county party chairman,
Myron Rehms or Jerry Ian
net at 361 522 5308.
Yoakum National Bank
invites you to join them
as they celebrate their
120th Anniversary
in 2010.
To commemorate their
inaugural year in 1890
they arc kicking off
their pay it forward
campaign with a food
drive where they hope
to collect 1,890 items
for the Yoakum Food
Pantry. The bank will
Me also donate $1 00 for
each item brought into
the bank from October
19 - November 6.
City of Yoakum
closing for
Veteran's Day
City Hall offices, Welhau-
sen Library and the Solid
Waste Management Facility
will close on Wednesday, Nov.
11 in observance of Veteran’s
Day.
Residential garbage and
yard waste pickup routes will
be .is follows: Monday’s route
will be picked up on Monday;
Tuesday’s route on Tuesday,
NO residential pickup on
Wednesday, Wednesday's
route on Thursday; and Thurs-
day’s route and Friday’s route
on Friday. Commercial routes
will be on regular schedule.
There will be pick up for Coni
mercial on Wednesday.
As required, all carts
should be out by 8 a.m.
For emergency utility ser-
vice, please call 293-6321.
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following week Precedence is given to the
timeliness of the article, then to the order it
was delivered to our office
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the Hallettsville Chamber
of Commerce during office
hours.
The executive committee
voted to host a “meet the
candidates” event prior to
the March, Primary Election.
At this event, candidates, or
their representatives will
be available to meet the
Republican Primary voters
Frances Pohl was appointed
to chair I his event.
Texans will vote on 1 1 con
stitutional changes this Nov
3 (ear ly voting Oct 19).
For an indepth,non parti
san analysis of the proposed
changes to the Texas Con
stitution (65 pages,) check
out hit p://w w w 11i state
t x.us/pubsc onamend/analy
ses09/analyses09 pdf
Other websites which
offer the pros and cons of
each proposed change are:
s comrade,
as born in
Mississippi,
Donate blood and you
could win a trip to see the
Cowboys. All presenting
donors in October will be
entered into a drawing for
tickets to a game.
This month, the South
Texas Blood & Tissue Cen-
ter (STBTC) is giving blood
donors the chance to see
the Dallas Cowboys play in
their new, state-of-the-art
facility, Cowboys Stadium
in Arlington.
All presenting donors
in October will be entered
into a drawing to win a
chartered bus trip to Dallas
to see the Dallas Cowboys
vs. Washington Redskins
game. You and a friend can
enjoy the ride up to Dallas
and watch the game from
the new stadium seats.
Presenting donors will also
receive a thank you gift
from STBTC.
Donate blood and get
your chance to see the
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an old Conti
wound in battle, and was never
taken prisoner The writer of this
sketch was with the deceased
Memphis. Tennes
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under the act of March 3 1897 Second Class
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in ad
vance Lavaca DeWitt County. $37 00 per
year. Outside Lavaca /DeWitt County $42 00
per year Outside State $48 00 per year
The DeWitt Co lux bills .no in the mail if you have not re-
ceived yours, please contact t he Tax Office at 361-275-0879.
DeWitt Co does lake partial payments and credit card
payments. This may help prevent penalties and interest that
stai t in Feb. 2010
The drive thru window will be closed temporarily due to
repairs being made to the building across the alley.
Oc tober payments may be made on Monday, Nov. 2,because
the 31 falls on the weekend
The tax office is required by law to go by the postmark
date on envelopes when receiving payments This postmark
determines whether you get a discount during Oct., Nov..
Dei , in if von are i harged . i penalty starting Feb. 1. Please
check with your local post office as to insure the postmark
date desired.
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e was a part of Hood's
officers, he neve
The unit was part of
ssippi infantry.
mentions that the
ippi was part of
Brigade. lead by
ived a
the company
killed
Saunders
saw action
Cowboys. It only takes 45
minutes to donate and
each donation can save
up to three lives. Anyone
16 years old weighing 120
pounds (with a parental
consent form), or at least
17 years old weighing
110 pounds, and in good
general health can donate
blood. It is recommended
to eat iron rich foods
before donating and to
drink plenty of fluids to
keep the body hydrated.
Donors must present iden-
tification. Donate at a local
blood drive.
Yoakum Nursing & Re-
hab, Friday, Oct. 30; 2 - 4:30
p.m., in the front parking
lot; 1300 Carl Ramert Dr.
For more information
about hours or locations,
please call 210-731-5555
or visit our Web sites at
www.southtexasblood.org
or www.myspace.com/con-
nectforlife.
Back in the old days when a
person passed away the resulting
newspaper obituary often con-
tained detailed biographical
information about the departed
During my research, I seek out
these old obits which contain
valuable information about peo-
ple. places, and events Civil
War veterans were nearly always
remembered by army comrades
who would recall the details of
their experiences and put togeth-
er intricate information of the
deceased for publication in the
local paper
I came across one such obitu-
ary recently in the Oct 28. IX97,
edition of the Hallettsville
Herald about a man who once
lived in I avaca County His
name was Hugh Saunders Ilie
man who wrote the information
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Ilie Lavaca County Re-
publican Party conducted its
monthly meeting at 7 p.m .
Tuesday, Oct. 13
The next scheduled meet
ing will be held at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, Nov. 11) at the Hal-
lettsville Chamber of Coin
merce Meeting loom
Congratulations go to five
winners of the drawings at
the Kolache Fest. Geraldine
Taylor won the best sell
ing “Liberty and Tyranny”
by Maik R Levin James
Schoener won Glenn Beck's
best seller “( ommon Sense."
I ebbie Wagner was awarded
I he classic “ I he Establish
ment and Limits of Civil Gov-
ernment." Gina Ordaz was
selec ted to receive “Rei ipes
lot f he Pat i iot ic Palat e,"
and Sharon Wick won a CD
entitled “States Rights in
I hem y and Pi act ice." These
items can be picked up at
Donate Blood and win trip
to see the Dallas Cowboys
only 12 men remained in his
company alter the battle and
many of them wounded
"Though he was ever prompt in
the duly, in the thickest of the
fight, and obedient to superior
during the entire war,
same company .
knows whereof
wrote Saunders
of ( anion, Mississippi
commanded by ( api
obituary was written in 1 897, the
writer slated that the property
was owned by Sam McMurry
and located near old Sweet
Home
I could not find any mention of
Saunders being married
According to the writer, "he
began the struggle of life alone"
at old Sweet Home He did not
have a dollar and was trying to
support his bother and father
who lived with him for several
years Saunders evidently was in
the mercantile and ginning busi-
ness at old Sweet Home, he was
also in the lumber business at
Shiner for a while
A few years later he sold his
business in Shiner where he had
been quite prosperous, amassing
a small fortune, according to the
obituary writer
Saunders left Shiner and
formed a partnership with one
Jolin Howard Together they
bought the Memlee Ranch in
Jackson County and engaged in
the cattle business for several
years in the early part of 1X97.
he sold Ins interest in the ranch
and moved to It Bend County
where lie purchased some 1400
acres located along the banks of
Oyster (reek Evidently he had
not been living there long when
he passed away.
If my math is correct, Saunders
was only 51 when he died but
during his years on this eartli he
lived an adventurous, fairly
prosperous, yet lonely life All
tins information obtained from
an obituary eloquently written
by "an old Confederate com
rade," some 112 years ago.
ar 1X46 He wasn't
exact date Saunders
here when the Civil
Hit; he was 15 years
time He joined the
army in 1X61 and
rd to Company II,
nade up of men from
PAGE 2 YOAKUM HERAL D-TIMES • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28,2009
Country Wisdom
Uncle Willie Joe shares his
wisdom from his catfish farm
near Sycamore Pool
Fun during Halloween
Well folks, Halloween is just
around the comer and the little
ones will be out doing their trick or
treating. It's an exciting tune for
the kids and many of the grown-
ups get involved as well. Back
when I was a kid (long time ago)
Halloween was a fun time.
Momma and I addy didn’t have to
worry so much about perverts
being around to harm the children.
There may have been some
around, but they kept a low profile
because in those days justice was
swift. I remember Out my dear old
daddy had a fun time at
Halloween His tiling was tor-
menting our dog. Yep, he had one
of those masks that looked like an
ugly old man with a big nose - the
mask was bald on top and had
scraggly, long hair on the back
( ur dog was terrified of the thing
and Daddy used to put it on and
chase the critter all around the
yard But one day, he cornered the
animal and it turned on him -
I addy yanked off the mask and
quickly identified himself before
the dog attacked. I don't dunk he
ever did that again When you take
the little ones out trick or treating,
keep a close1 eye on them - sadly,
this isn't the "good old days" and
there are some mighty sick people
in tins old world Well. gotta go
now - I think I'll put some jack-o-
lanterns around the fishpond.
comrade
I he writer slates th.it aftei the
surrender Saunders returned to
his home in Mississippi only to
find that “the cruel hand of war"
had destroyed it His mother was
also gone, having died while he
was away
A few years later he moved to
lexas and settled in I.avaca
County on a place that his fattier
had purchased When Saunders'
Madison ( •
near the ye
sure of the e
was living tl
War broke o
old at the t
Division He rambles a bit in his
writing, but that was what I got
out of it He recalls that
Saunders fought in the Battle of
m, Shiloh and also
A h in a battle at
L.c3 Numfordville,
59 Kentucky. where
more than half of
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