Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1998 Page: 18 of 26
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PACT JC - THE FOLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, APRIL 31,19N
Women's heritage honored
By Alicia
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Womb’s Rights Suffrage Move-
mbl Their work lead to die pas-
age of the 19th Afthnm They
aade peat aaifices far the cause.
One hushed aad fifty years ego
ia Seneca Fells. New York, a small
group of women lead by Elizabeth
Cady Samoa planned the First
Women’s Rights Convention.
Twenty-four yean later. 12 women
challenged the law by going to the
polls in Rochester. New York and
voting in the presidential election
of 1872. Shortly after, Susan B.
Anthony was anesred and convicted
y„ If it was
area » get tire
right to worn, dm why aren’t more
women voong? These ladies aade
gnat sacrificee to give os the fiee-
doai we have today.
Another great lady of history is
Hariet Tubman, bora a slave ia
1820 or 1821 in Buckwwn, near
Cambridge oa the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. She was one of eleven
chikhea of Harriet Green and Ben-
jamin Ross. Escaping from the
bonds of slavery in the summer of
1849, she traveled many many
miles to win her freedom. “I had
reasoned this out in my mind.” she
said. There was one of two things I
had a right to - liberty or death. If I
could not have one, I could have foe
other, for no man should take me
alive, I shall fight for my liberty
and when the time comes for me to
go, the Lord will let them kill me.”
of HeU” Her motto was “Keep
Going." She dfad on Much 10.
1913. ia the fiftieth year of eman-
ripakw. She was buried with mili-
tary riles ia Fort Hill Cemetery.
Auburn, New York.
fat June «d July of 1998, hun-
tbeds are planning events to mark
the 150th anniversary of Women's
Rights with Celebrate *98.
Throughout Rochester, Seneca
Falls ml die Fmger Lakes area,
museums, art galleries, businesses
and more plan to celebrate. High-
lights include a scheduled speech by
Fast Lady Hilary Rodham Clin-
ton, an induction ceremony at The
National Women's Hall of Fame, a
reenactment of the Fust Women’s
Rights Convention, the Susan B.
Anthony Heritage Festival and
much more.
Tyler County plans Achievement Day
WOOOVBXE-
if foe their annual Achievement Day ac-
nmu- tivibes on Thursday, May 7, be-
host ginning at 10 azn. at the Woodville
Lions Club to sell
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blind made items
LIVINGSTON - The Livingston
Lions Chib will conduct an all-out
drive oa Wedaeaday, May 13. to
sell “quality” Blind Made Mercian-
i
Leggett plans
kindergarten
registration
am.
in the teacher
workroom hi the neW elementary
building.
You will need to bring with you:
your child’s (official) birth certifi-
cate, current shot record and social
security card.
If you are unable to come at this
time, please contact the school at
409-398-2412 for more informa-
tion.
(fise to residents ml local busi-
nesses. Items are manufactured by
blind ml visually-impaired work-
ers. In addition the Lions Club’s
earnings from this sale will be used
for various activities and charities.
The entire membership of the Li-
ons Dub has been organized to
supply neighbors with these
“quality” items. The Broom snd
Mop Sale will be at First State
Bank, 112 W. Polk SL. Living-
ston, where citizens may purchase
truck, or
409-566-
30:409-327-
ro3i
Sales of Blind Made Merchandise
in previous years have been very
successful and Lion Umlauf ex-
pressed his confidence in reaching a
new all-time goal this year. "Every
home and business can use some of
these cleaning aids, and every item
purchased helps to provide dignity
and the security of regular employ-
ment for blind citizens.”
United Methodist Church.
Gubs participating in the day’s
activities are: the Beech Creek F.CE
Club of Spurger, president Billie
Ratcliff; the Colmesneil FCE
Club, president Gloria Newsome;
and the county’s newest, Face It
With Friends FCE Club of Warren,
president Kimberly Murray. Chair-
man for the day long event, which
is open to the public at no charge,
is Eleanor Jordan of Spuiger.
The day’s program will get under
way with the presentation of Dottie
Johnson, an 11-year member and
immediate past president of the
Beech Creek FCE Club, as Member
of the Year. Johnson will be given
a plaque ml a proclamation, read by
County Judge Jerome Owens,
marking the first week in May as
Family A Community Education
Week in Tyler County.
A program on FCE history and
the reading of century old letters
written by newly arrived Texans to
their sister and friend back in Geor-
gia, will be presented by Tyler
County Heritage Society members
Aloha Freeland and Barbara Mor-
gan, assisted by Molly Crazier.
A noon time lunch prepared by
FCE members will be followed by
a style show featuring today’s fash-
ions from a Woodville business
intermingled with tum-of-the-
century fashions courtesy of Heri-
tage Village Museum. Judy Walls
will do the commentary.
Other activities during the day
wfll include a White Elephmt Si-
lent Auction of items donated by
club members and a wide range of
door prizes, again donated by club
members.
Family and Community Educa-
tion Clubs, originally known as
Home Demonstration chibs and
later Extension Homemaker?, dare
back to 1912, when Edna Trigg, a
school teacher in Milam County,
was appointed the first Texas home
demonstration agent by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. County-
wide councils starred organizing in
1924, the first Texas Home Dem-
onstration Association in 1926.
Home Demonstration cane to Tyler
County in 1941 with the organiza-
tion of the Beech Creek Club.
FCE membership is open to
people of all ages regardless of so-
cioeconomic level, race, color, sex,
religion, handicap or national ori-
gin. For further information call
your local County Extension
Agent. o,
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CHOCOLATE CANDY DISCUSSED - Harry L. Grist,
chocolate candy maker, discusses chocolate candy at the First
Presbyterian Church’s annual Spring Friendship Luncheon on
April 25. Many walked away with the knowledge of how to
make chocolate candy.
Chocolate candy
discussed at FPC
LIVINGSTON - The First Pres-
byterian Church of Livingston held
its second annual Spring Friendship
Luncheon on Saturday, April 25.
Sixty-eight people attended to fel-
lowship and food. Most people
walked away with a good knowl-
edge of how to make chocolate
candy.
' Harry L. Grist, member of the
First Presbyterian Church, was the
guest speaker. Grist spoke on the
different types of chocolate aad co-
coa products, myths and truths of
chocolate and confectionery and
how to make chocolate candy. Most
people attending the program did
not know that one could use a po-
tato to make cream centers Ipr
chocolate candy. With a small po-
tato, one pound of sugar and flavdj,
you can have a cream center.
Grist is an instructor at t$ib
Candy College in Erie, Pa., which
convenes every two years. Kathy
Nobles, also a member of the Figjt
Presbyterian Church, saved. $
Grist’s assistant
Museum honors volunteer^
LIVINGSTON - Curator Wanda
L. Bobinger of the Polk County
Memorial Museum and Volunteer
Coordinator Jo Ann Westmoreland
hosted a luncheon for members of
the museum’s volunteer program
on Wednesday, April 22. The
luncheon was intended to honor
each volunteer who has given his or
her time to serve, perhaps as a do-
cent, as a hostess for special events,
assistance in setting up a new dis-
play, typing and photography.
“The event was very well at-
tended,” commented Bobinger, “and
afterwards, members heard an excel-
CHURCH WOMEN COLLECT MISSION ITEMS -- Trinity Lutheran Church women, Mary
Martha Guild, are pictured with some of their missions items that go to “Lutheran World Relief,”
an organization that sends these items in our country and world-wide, in the event of disasters.
Pictured with quilts, blankets, school kits and soap are Q-r) Skeetz Gross, Dorothy Anderson, ~
Helen Huber, president, Maijie Prall, Wilma Kubacki, Mary Schlueter and Kathie Phillips. VOLUNTEERS HONORED - Volunteers enjoy a luncheon at RUTH PEEBLES
QuOti are *lfO given to local fire victims. , the Polk County Memorial Museum in their honor on April 22. ... speaks at luncheon
lent program on Polk County his-
tory given by Ruth Peebles of the
Polk County Historical Commis-
sion.”
If you are interested in becoming
a part of the museum’s volunteer
program, please contact Bobinger at
409-327-8192.
The museum is located at 514
West Mill Sl and the hours(are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
flneifirnlltilcal and
eyefcare available
dayihroughFriday
Smith, MD
of the
ofjMfolmology
Eye Center
*10 East Church 8t
409-327-3937
Pittnti lam bv aoDoIntmant
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8 Pvt Year CUM
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Little Britches
Day Care
1501 S. Houston • Hwy. 146 S.
327-7594 or 327-5631
All Ages
Breakfast • Lunch • Snacks
Educational Program • Planned Activities
Monthly Birthday Parties
Hours 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
pDr. Marc P. Spector^l
} Foot Specialist - Podiatrist J
Certified by the American Board of
' Podiatric Surgery
A heel spur Is a bony outgrowth at he base of the base of the heel bone near the
plantar fascia. A spur may cause pain on the bottom of the heel when you stand.
As with plantar fascitis, the pain may dacreasa after standing or walking a short
time. The pain you feel Is not from the spur Itself. Your haeihurts because the spur
pinches a nerve or presses against the plantar buna. If the buna becomes
inflamed (bursitis). It may squeeze the plantar fascia.
M (409) 327-5600 Friday 9:00 AM -11:48 AM
XJBj) Call Monday thru Friday to set ap aa appointment
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1998, newspaper, April 30, 1998; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789358/m1/18/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.