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Bains Countu, Leader
TUESDAY, MAY 31,2016
NEWS BRIEFS
grounds and may be sent to Pros- WT AmVets Fish
PUBLIC FORUM
Rains Cheerleader
has everything in it.
I (or the fellow airmen I know
Alba Fair BBQ
4120. Turn right and go about Cook-off
Letter to the Editor:
deal with this.
for visiting a German cemetery
As a veteran of the Vietnam where Nazi soldiers were bur-
TA
MEMBER 2016
at 903-474-1486.
commercial entities allowed.
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
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903-455-5400
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Community Organizations
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
FORMER EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS OF THE RAINS COUNTY LEADER:
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Online tickets at tttheatres.com
Gun Safety Course
Held May 31, June 2
pect Cemetery, 3964 Hwy. 276,
Point, TX 75472. Descendants
ADVERTISING
Kay Thompson
SPECIAL FEATURES
Lauren Withrow
ROUTE SALES
Robert Dean
he specifically said that Presi-
dents have to make difficult deci-
sions in war time - something he
does know about, since the USA
has been at war the whole time
this President has been in office.
Few, if any, other Presidents have
had shooting wars to deal with
iliary located at 1328 E. Hwy Council meeting set for May 24
276 in West Tawakoni will have has been canceled due to council
a Fish Fry on Sat., June 18. The quarters being utilized as a vot-
meal includes fried fish, hush ing site. The next meeting of the
Long Cemetery
Memorial Service
The annual meeting of the
Long Cemetery Association will
be held on Saturday, June 4, at
11:00 a.m. at Long Cemetery in
Hopkins County. A covered-dish
luncheon will be held after the
meeting. From Cumby, take FM
275 south for three miles to CR
PRODUCTION
Audy Cody
Deborah Walker
Lea Reed
RAINS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
3rd Thurs. of every month, Rains Tax
Office at 6:30 p.m.
PUBLISHER
Earl Hill, Jr.
EDITOR
Trey Hill
OFFICE
Nancy Fenter, Mgr.
A state accredited Hunters’/ are encouraged to attend.
Gun Safety course will be held
Smyrna Cemetery
Meeting On June 5
The annual Smyrna Cemetery
Decoration/Memorial Day will
be held on Sunday, June 5. Come
and share lunch with family and
friends. Church will be held from
10:00 a.m.-ll:00 a.m. with Matt
Miller. Lunch will be served at
12:15 p.m. A cemetery business
meeting will follow.
Arbala Community
Homecoming June 5
The Arbala Community home-
coming will be held Sunday, June
5, at 10:30 a.m., at the Arbala
Methodist Church. Potluck lunch
will be served after the service.
Everyone is invited.
Good Samaritans’
Thrift Shop Sale
The Good Samaritans will
hold a sale in its heated and
air-conditioned building behind
nine-tenths of a mile to CR 1126
and turn left. Travel one-tenth of
a mile to the cemetery.
H.W. Martin-1887
Sam Fitzgerald - Before 1900
W. 0. Hebisen - Before 1900
A. S. Hornbeck - Before 1900
EAST TAWAKONI CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tues., 7:00 p.m., East Tawakoni
City Hall
Prospect Cemetery
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Prospect Cemetery Association
has been changed to Sunday, June
5, at 2:00 p.m. at the cemetery.
The business meeting, election
of board of directors and by-law
changes will be discussed. Dona-
tions are needed for repairs to the
John D Northcut
Ex-USAFPO Box 2453
Champlain, NY 12919
RAINS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICE: Tues, and Thurs., 8:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m., 110 E. North St.
TRANSPORTATION: To schedule a ride
Call 903-474-7231
RAINS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT
2nd & 4th Thur., 10:00 a.m., Rains
County Courthouse
for listings
and
J. H. Bradford- 1901-1904
Tom W. Hill- 1904-1937
Earl Hill, Sr. - 1937-1960
Kathleen Hill Becknell - 1962-1995
Cardan o)
Queets and uUeetlags
RAINS COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICE AREA DISTRICT
2nd Thur., 7:00 p.m., Rains County
Courthouse Annex
Theatres
621 Shannon Road East
I-30 exit #124 between
Broadway & Radio Rd.
903-885-4000
RAINS ISD SCHOOL BOARD
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Rains ISD
Board Room
NORTHEAST TEXAS PARATROOP-
ERS ASSOCIATION - 3rd Sat.,
7:30 a.m., Red Dome Smoke-
house in Quitman 903-763-
4555
PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD OF
RAINS COUNTY-3rd Mon.,
7:00 p.m., Agri-Life Extension
and Conference Center
POINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORP. - 4th Thurs., 6:30 p.m.,
PEDC office, 329 Locust St.,
Point, 903-598-3051.
POINT LADIES CIVIC CLUB - 1st
Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Point Com-
munity Center 903-598-2089
P.O.LN.T-3rd Sun., 3:00 p.m.,
Cotton Pickin’ Theatre, Point,
903-598-3809
RAINS COUNTY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE-3rd Thursday,
5:30 p.m. Visitor’s Center, 903-
473-3913.
RAINS COUNTY FARMERS UNION
- 1st Mon., 7:00 p.m., Cotton
Pickin’ Theatre, 903-598-3809
RAINS GARDEN CLUB - 1st Mon.,
9:30 a.m., Emory Methodist
Church
RAINS COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY-3rd Mon., 6:00 p.m.,
Emory Development Corp.
RAINS COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD
- 4th Mon., 5:30 p.m., Feb.-
Oct., Meadows Cultural Center,
Rains County Public Library
RAINS COUNTY GOOD SAMARI-
TANS - Board meets 2nd Tues.,
1:00 p.m., Miracle Faith Baptist
Church. Center is open 1:00 -
4:00 p.m. Mon. and Thurs. and
2nd Sat. 9:00 a.m. -12 noon
Food Pantry
RAINS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY 3rd Sat., 1:00 p.m.,
Rains County Public Library,
903-473-6277
RAINS COUNTY VETERAN VOLUN-
TEERS 903-474-7231
RAINS WILDCAT BOOSTER CLUB
- 3rd Mon., 6:30 p.m., Rains H.
S. Field House
RAINS WILDCAT BAND BOOSTER
CLUB - 2nd Mon., 6:00 p.m.,
Rains H. S. Band Hall
STITCH AND LEARN QUILTING
CLUB - Thurs., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
903-598-3021 Emory Methodist
Church
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Emory Chapter 1244 -Tues., 5:00
- 6:30 p.m., Weigh-in before
meeting
Emory Baptist Memorial Hall
WOMEN’S SERVICE CLUB - 2nd
Mon., 6:00 p.m., Rose Commu-
nity Center
WOMEN IN NEED, INC. - A Bat-
tered Women’s Shelter. Call
903-455-4612 or 903-454-
HELP
POINT CITY COUNCIL
2nd Tues., 6:45 p.m., Point City Hall
This year the Alba Coun-
try Fair has sanctioned a BBQ
Cook-off with the Lone Star
BBQ Society. The cook-off will
be June 17-18 and will feature
3 meat divisions: Chicken, Pork
Ribs and Beef Brisket.
The entry fee for three meats
is $125. The one meat entry fee
is $50. All proceeds will go to
the Alba Ladies Club, the Alba
VFD, and the Friends of the
Library. Contact Cindy Monroe
at 903-747-1486 for entry forms
and any questions.
Fry, June 18
AmVets Post 36 Ladies Aux-
EMORY CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tues., 7:00 p.m., Emory City Hall
ALBA LIBRARY BOARD - 3rd
Mon., 4:00 p.m., Library Build-
ing.
Everyone welcome. 903-765-
2665
THE LADIES CLUB OF ALBA - 4th
Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Alba Commu-
nity Center 903-474-1486
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS &
AL-AN0N Emory - Tues, and
Thurs., 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., Emory
United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall. For info call
903-243-6766 or 903-439-
7573.
AL-AN0N -Thurs., 7:00 p.m.,
Crossroads Al-anon Group,
103 N. Houston St., Edgewood
903-896-7270
AMERICAN LEGION POST 156,
Rabb Bro. Mem. Rains Co.-
4th Mon., 7:00 p.m., 215 N.
Duffy St., Emory, 903-438-6045
ARBALA DANCE-Tues., 7:00
- 9:30 p.m., Arbala Community
Center
BOY SCOUTS-Wed., 6:30-8:00
p.m., Emory United Methodist
Church
CELEBRATE RECOVERY - every
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Emory Bap-
tist Church
EAST TAWAKONI SENIOR CITIZEN
GAME DAY - every Wednesday,
9:00 a.m. 288 Briggs Blvd,
behind East Tawakoni City Hall
EMORY LIONS CLUB-1st and
3rd Tues., 12:00 noon. Visitors
welcome. Call for location
903-473-2311
FOOD BANK AT FREEDOM
CHURCH OF GOD-3rd Fri.,
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,
10830 FM 514, Emory.
903-473-2457
FRIENDS OF RAINS CO. PUBLIC
LIBRARY-3rd Thurs., 1:00
p.m., Meadows Cultural Center,
Rains County Public Library
LAKE COUNTRY NEIGHBORS - 1st
Thurs., 11:30 a.m.,
www. lakecountryneighbors,
com
LAKE FORK AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE-3rd Thurs., 6:00
p.m. For location, visit www.
lakeforkchamber, org.
LAKE FORK CHAPTER OF THE
WELL ARMED WOMAN - first
Thursday, 4-7 p.m. at J&K’s
Trigger & Bow Shooting Sports,
9963 S. Hwy 154, 3 1/2 miles
north of Yantis. Peggy York
903-473-2185
MARS HILL MASONIC LODGE
#1440-4th Thurs., 6:30 p.m.,
Lodge on Hwy. 69
NORTHEAST TEXAS DEMOCRATIC
ALLIANCE-4th Thurs., 6:00
- 7:30 p.m., Rose Community
Center
June
MOVIE SCHEDULE
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employees, for what they do.
Sincerely, and with blessings,
Allen H. Prendergast
171 PR 7026
Emory, TX 75440
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RAINS COUNTY LEADER
P.O. Box 127, Emory, TX 75440
Telephone: 903/473-2653 • FAX: 903/473-0050
www.RainsCountyLeader.com • Email: rainsleader@earthlink.net
MAJESTIC 12 THEATRE
1401 E. Joe Ramsey Blvd. • Greenville
visit us on the web:
http://geusnet.com/~majestictheatre/
or call for show times
THE OLDEST BUSINESS IN RAINS COUNTY
Bains Countu Leader
Established June 10, 1887
(Publication Number USPS 454-560)
Showtimes valid 8-14 to 8-20
3-D movies $2 extra
Call
the Best Western Breakfast room
for children ages 4-8. Each child
will be presented with a certifi-
cate for completing the class. The
class consists of crafts, video and
a presentation from the Emory
Police Department. Contact
Cindy Monroe at 903-474-1486,
April Emig at 903-474-3141 or
Ken Pruitt at 903-348-6407.
Memorial Service At
Pilgrim Rest June 4
The annual Pilgrim Rest
memorial service will be held
Saturday, June 4, at 10:30 a.m. at
the church and cemetery. There
will be a devotional and a short
business meeting followed by a
covered-dish lunch in the fellow-
ship center. For info, call 903-
473-2460.
Next ET Council
Meeting June 21
The East Tawakoni City
form at the Rains County
Courthouse, Monday, June 13
at 6:30 p.m. Underwritten by
Texas Commission on the Arts,
this Houston-based troupe will
perform free for the citizens of
Rains County. Free tickets will
be available from the Friends of
the Library at the library.
Letter to the Editor: slap in the face of veterans. The
Got in a hurry yesterday try- facts are he has always gone out
ing to beat the rain home. I was of his way to praise the service
in Emory Food Mart. Paid for of our troops. While I respect
my stuff with my debit card and accept the view that the
and out the door. Last evening President may offend some, he
was going through my late-day certainly does not offend every-
routine and could not find my one and anyone connected with
billfold. Big deal! My billfold the US military. Certainly not
the public library on Saturdays, Mini-Camp In June
June 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 8:00 m. c, , , . .
+ mnn 2 1c The Rains Cheerleader Mini-
a.m. to 12:00 noon. Funds from „ r A 19 1
the sale go to buy food for the Camp, for ages 4-12, will be
, j . ..1 4 held June 9-11 at the Rams
needy and to operate the center. IM e n nn
rL .1 . 1 / 1 .1 11 High School gym from 9:00
The sale includes clothes for all • b.dAe
ages and sizes, household items a.m.-noon. The cost is 45 per
j 1 . 1 1 1 NI . . child and includes snacks and
and knickknacks. New stock 111 • . c
1 a T-shirt. Registration forms
every wee . are available in the high school
au ou । office or from any RHS cheer-
Archery Shoot in leader. Registration by May 20 is
Emory, June 4 required to get a T-shirt. Contact
‘ , , . Nikka Horschig (ext. 1115) or
The Emory Archery Club is Laura Manning (ext. 1120) at the
holding an archery shoot on Sat- high school for more information
urday, June 4. For more informa- . “903_473_2222
tion, contact Shawn Crook at 903-
453-1298 or scrook3@yahoo. A . Im
com, Christy Crook at 972-467- —uitural Dance
6595 or ccrooki976@yahoo. Performance, June 13
com' Impande Ye Africa will per-
War effort (with a USAF Com- ied.
mendation for Meritorious Ser-
vice), I do not share the view that
the current President intends any
It saddened me to read Mr. for eight long years.
Carr’s letter in the Public Forum I will not criticize President
of the RCL of May 24, 2016. I Obama for visiting Vietnam in
only hope that if Mr. Carr was front of a statue or for visiting
physically ill (and not just being Hiroshima in Japan, just as I did
rhetorical), that he seeks help to not criticize President Reagan
HAll Shows Before 6 p.m. #,
* & Children Anytime 26’
daysdaune2, 30230 RISD Summer
p.m. for ages 9 and older at the hood nrogram
Best Western Rutledge Room in Rains ISD is participating puppies, coleslaw, pinto beans council is scheduled for Tuesday,
I went through my steps and personally), who served during
decided that I must have left it that era. I learned long ago to
at the store earlier. After 7:00 come to terms with two essential
and the store is closed. Not very truths about the Vietnam War: 1)
good sleep last night worrying we should never have engaged
about all the phone calls I might in that war; and 2) we lost the
have to make to cancel all the war! President Eisenhower had
cards and get replacements for famously warned against getting
all the rest of the stuff. I called bogged down in a land war in
this morning just after 7:00 to Asia, but his advice was ignored
Emory Food Mart and...they had when it should have been taken,
it. What a relief. in my view.
I thought to myself how nice How long is the USA expect-
it is that we live in a small town ed to continue not to engage with
where everybody takes care of Vietnam? Another year? Anoth-
each other. I trade often at Max- er decade? Another century?
A-Mart, Max-A-Mart #6 and Never? I think not. These days
Emory Food Mart. Max employs building relationships in Asia is
a lot of people in this county and all about promoting trade. We
serves us all in so many ways, will be selling weapons and
His employees work very hard commercial jets to Vietnam, cre-
and I have noticed that there is ating American jobs. The past
not much turnover. They are all can only be used for so long as
fast, competent and courteous, an excuse for diplomatic isola-
Unknown to many, Max-A-Mart tion. Vietnam today is no threat
also serves the city and county, to the USA.
fire departments and emergency I note that when President
service 24/7. Obama visited Japan, he did NOT
Thank you, Max, and all your apologize for Hiroshima. In fact,
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Tire Recycle Event Alba Country Fair.
Atirerecyclingeventissched- Parade On June 18
uled for Saturday, June 4, at the The Alba Country Fair Parade
Point Road and Bridge Precinct will be held Saturday, June 18.
Yard from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. The theme will be Hawaiian
No mounted tires or tires filled or Luau. Line-up will be at 9:00
partially filled with dirt or other a.m. at the Alba Community
debris will be accepted. Do not Center with the parade starting
miss this opportunity to dispose at 10:00 a.m. The Grand Mar-
of those old tires. You must be shall is Orvin Carroll. Coggins
a citizen of Rains County and papers are required. For more
may drop off up to eight tires. No information call Cindy Monroe
Fri. June 3..............7:30
Sat. June 4.....2:00 & 7:30
Sun. June 5........No Show
Emory. Contact Cindy Monroe in the Summer Food Service and dessert. Deliveries to local June 21.
at 903-474-1486, April Emig at program from June 6-July 12. businesses will begin at 11:00
903-474-3141 or Ken Pruitt at Meals will be provided to all eli- a.m. with dine-in at noon. There TOPS Meets Tues.
903-348-6407. gible children free of charge. For will be a silent auction, 50/50 .. LAI g,.
more info, call 903-473-2222 drawing and cake walk to sup- Al emory bapuSt
Free Gun Safety ext. 1503. port the Ladies Auxiliary Schol- TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sen-
Place An Inna 9 arship Fund. Call 903-447-4376 sibly) is a weight loss club teach-
LlaSS Un June Z Wood County for more info or to place an order ing healthy eating and exercise
A free Gun Safety Awareness Q . for delivery, to support weight loss. The club
Class will be held Thursday, DeeKeePers ASSOC. meets on Tuesdays at the Emory
June 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in To Meet June 7 Kids Summer Baptist Church in the Sunday
The Wood County Beekeep- COOkinq Camp school rooms behind the audi-
,. . .n 1 1. P V--nY V—I’F tonum. Weigh-in begins at 4:45
ers Association will hold its reg-AONArcEc 1110 r • a.
1 & Texas A&M AgriLife is offer- p.m. and the meeting is from
ularimeeting on Tuesday June ing a summer Kids Cooking 5:00-6:00 p.m. Men, women and
7, at 6:30 p.m. at the BTH Bank No € , 1 e Y . & 1:11 . H
N‘ .. IP 1e 21 N ■ Camp for grades 1-5. It is a children interested in mining are
Meeting Room, 210 South Main p.- ce r . .1 1 . 41 ,
c. . 7 nr ‘1 n-ii 1. four-part series offered at the encouraged to attend. For more
Street in Winnsboro. Bill Zim- . M: rr FL. c.1 • <? 2 111. 1 1:
e , TT _ extension office. The dates of the information, call Linda Franklin
mer of Zimmers Honey Farm, classes will be Tuesdays, June at 903-598-3205 or Lori Wilson
the home of Texas Go d Honey, 14, June 28, 12 and August at 903-598-2976.
will present a demonstration on ‘ .... :01 .. , 17c
1 Y 1 . , 1 111 1 2. Registration is limited, call for
how to extract and bottle honey moreinfo at 903-473-4580. See Church Briefs
from your hives. The members
will also approve the By-laws of Page 7
the Association and elect officers
to serve for the next year.
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