Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1998 Page: 13 of 22
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1998-PAGE 3C
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Everyone has good heavenly Father
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By Don
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Cpie of my first memories was
* I was about a year old. I was
hone night and I was keeping
in the house awake. My
took me out on the front porch
and; held me in his lap. As we
swfelg back and forth in the porch
swig, Dad spoke to me in a low
quity voice. I can remember those
big; arms and hands gently holding
me; Ever since then, when I think
of tiy heavenly father, this image
comes to mind.
This occurred more than once. As
we come to Father's Day. I have
good memories of my father. He
was a Rock of Gibraltar in our fam-
ily. One of the last of 12 chfldren,
he was the one who took care of his
mother. His fisher died in his early
50s from the hard life of a firmer
trying to make a living on the
Texas frontier in Navarro County,
Corsicana. Until my grandmother’s
death, my dad was her sole support
He was an honest Bible believing,
and hardworking man.
When I asked my dad about my
wife's father, he paid him the su-
preme compliment. Dad said, “Mr.
Waits is a good man. He is an hon-
est Bible believing, and hardwork-
ing man. I like him.” I knew ex-
actly what he meant My father’s
chief goal was to serve the Lord and
to provide for his family. He be-
lieved that the Ten Commandments
were not Ten Suggestions. He be-
lieved in the absolute moral and
spiritual law of the universe which
comes from God.
Not everyone has a good experi-
ence with their earthly father. This
is tragic, but it is a broken world.
However, everyone has a good
heavenly Ruber. Father's Day not
only honors our earthly fathers, but
in a greater way it honors the good
heavenly Father of whom Jesus
spoke. —,
When Jesus was asked to leach
the disciples how to prey, he began
the famous model prayer with, “Our
Father, who art in heaven.” Paul
writes in a beautiful prayer, “For
this reason, I bow my hod before
the Father, from whom every fam-
ily on earth takes its name.”
Men in the 1990s are expected to
be good providers for their children,
not only in material things but also
in emotional, intellectual, and spiri-
tual things. Like their wives, they
are expected to be super dads.
Sometimes those expectations are
too high, but most of the time they
are not high enough. The point is
not to be a super (fed, but to focus
on a fcw things that matter most.
One of them is just being there.
A little boy wanted to go see his
grandmother. U was not a long
walk, but there were some roads to
cross and a small thicket to wind
through. The little boy was a little
scared. He crossed the roads red
made it through the woods. He
could see his grandmother's door.
He looked over his shoulder and
saw his father. You see his father
had followed close behind to make
sure that he was safe.
It is a tough act to be a father.
On the one hand you need to be
tough, competitive, protective and
unemotional, while on the other
you need to be kind, loving, nurtur-
ing and able to show emotion. Who
can do all of that? You might be
surprised that most fathers do a
really good job of all of the above.
A small child made a Father's
Day card in Sunday School for her
father. She wrote with the crayon,
“You are not just a father, you are
my daddy!”
German-Texan HS
to meet in Austin
PHOT CLUB PLACES WREATH - Pilot dub of Livingston
ibers, Bobbie Shirley, Dusty Peebles, Harva Barker, Jami
■ and Mary Louise Noble, placed a wreath at the base
ofjjhe American flag located at Hwy. 190 and Hwy. 59 By-
pass. The wreath is placed there on Memorial Day and Veterans
Day as a memorial to those who gave their lives in defense of
otjr country.
AUSTIN - The 1998 German-
Texan Heritage Society Annual
Meeting will take {dace in Austin,
on Sept 11-13. Registration fees
are as follows: before Aug. 14 -
$70; after Aug. 14 - $80; at the
door-$85.
The registration fee includes: en-
trance to all speakers, a bus tour,
the Friday evening reception (“A
Night in Old Vienna”) rid the Sat-
urday night banquet (Tone Star
Cabaret”). Participants may stay at
the Austin Marriott at the Capitol
located at 701 East 11th Street. The
room rate is $80, plus tax.
Meeting highlights include: a bus
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Local student
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travels to Europe
LIVINGSTON - Janine Jeter,
flutist with the Royal Brigade Band
at Livingston High School, will
represent the Livingston area this
summer in Europe as a member of
the Texas Lone Star Band, under the
direction of Bobby Frances, Texas
A&M University. They will tour
seven countries over a 22-day pe-
Brad Benningfield received the
.jits tending Brass (trombone)
Ptayer Award for the Onalaska Mid-
dle School (6th grade) Band.
iRoss Benningfield received the
Outstanding Brass (trumpet) Player
I for the Onaluka Middle
il (7th-8th grade) Band. The
bands are under the direction
of Mr. Hutto.
J Jay Benningfield (10th grade)
p)ays baritone for the Livingston
High School Band. The LHS Band
H under the direction of Mr. Brown
a(icl Mr. Weldon. .
[The parents of these three young
njen are Troy and Nancy Benning-
fy1d. Grandparents include E.C. and
Jvjildred Benningfield and the late
W.O. and Marie Wynn._
riod.
Several organizations and indi-
viduals have contributed to Jeter’s
trip, including the Lioness Club of
Onalaska, University Womens
Club, Community Band, the Ro-
tary Club, Ron and Margaret Smith
and Gerald C. Fagen. She also re-
ceived community support at her
bake sale and yard sale.
She also appreciates the help and
support of her family: grandparents,
J.C. and Marline Kelley; aunt,
Sherri Kelley; her church family;
pastor Don and Jane Wilson;
Wayne and Toni Atkinson; Mr. and
Mrs. Richter, and many more.
Upon return, Jeter will try to
reach all who helped to share her
experiences.
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tour featuring Austin sights such as
the Capitol, Elisabet Ney Museum,
State Cemetery, Umlauf Sculpture
Garden and old German Free
School; live entertainment; sales/
exhibitors tables; a Volksmarch
(sponsored by GTHS and the Colo-
rado River Walkers); numerous
speakers and a photographic exhibit
of ships used by Germans to immi-
grate to America.
Speaker’s topics include: Ger-
man-Texan Artists of the 19th Cen-
tury; C.W. Pressler, Early Texas
Cartographer in the General Land
Office of Texas; Past Historical and
Cultural Contributions of German-
Texan Horticulturists; The Immi-
gration and Life of Dr. Joseph An-
ton Fischer, The Borders of German
States from 800 AD to Present;
Preserving Our Family Photo-
graphs; Preferring Our Family
Textiles; Creating Archival Scrap-
books for Our Family Documents;
Tombstone and Cemetery Preserva-
tion; Computer Genealogy; Gid-
dings Deutsches Volksblatt.
For more information, to register
or to obtain a registration package
contact: Doris Butler or Teresa
Chavez at 512-482-0927, PO Box
684171, Austin, TX 78768.
“WHISPERS IN THE WIND” - Award winning Woodville
High School drama students, Jeremy Hall and Windy Clow,
will star in this year’s presentation of “Whispers in the Wind,”
an original historical drama based on Tyler County history,
which is returning to Heritage Village Museum in Woodville
June 19, 20, 26 and 27.
Dinner available at
the Pickett House
from page 1C
is $6 for adults and $3 for children
under 12.
Theater goers are invited to start
their evening with an old fashion
boarding house dinner at the world
famous Pickett House on the
grounds of the Village complex. A
dinner receipt will be worth $2 to-
ward an adult admission ’ to
“Whispers in the Wind.”
Heritage Village Museum, which
is owned and operated by the Tyler
County Heritage Society as a non-
profit historical and educational fa-
cility, is located on U.S. Hwy.
190, a mile and a half west of
Woodville. For further information,
call Heritage Village Museum at
409-283-2272.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1998, newspaper, June 11, 1998; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789553/m1/13/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.