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Roxton, Texas

Diverging Perspectives:

Rainfall and Texas Agriculture Moisture a Concern for Forage Producers

and heat, which can make tightly wound bales extremely combustible. The haying process can take one to three days depending on weather conditions like temperature, cloudy or sunny skies, or wind and humidity levels. Hay in windrows can dry quickly on sunny, arid and breezy days but could take longer during cloudy, humid and still conditions. Corriher-Olson said forecasts have not provided good windows of opportunity for the process. “Access is the biggest problem, but even the producers who can get in their fields might be looking at a forecast with chances of rain for multiple days each week,” she said. “They either have to risk it or wait. But it’s hard to make decisions with rain in the forecast every day.”

Adam Russell Courtesy SW Farm Press

Rains and the threat of rain have kept forage producers in hay-producing regions of Texas out of fields and behind schedule for the season, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. The delays represent numerous problems and potential problems for hay producers. Just two months ago, drought was the main concern for Texas forage producers who cut and bale warm-season crops like Coastal Bermuda grass to feed their cattle during the winter or market to livestock operations near and far. But too much rain has been the chief concern among forage producers in the eastern half of the state for more than a month, said Vanessa Corriher-Olson, AgriLife Extension forage specialist, Overton. Hay meadows with fences and a water source were likely grazed out, but the majority of production acres don’t have those resources available. “The inability to access fields is the main concern,” Corriher-Olson said. “Fields are too saturated. You can get stuck in a regular truck in well-drained sandy soil, so it makes getting in with heavier equipment to cut and bale or apply fertilizer or herbicide very difficult.” Some producers were able to get a first cutting baled before the rains settled in, she said. Some were able to cut and rake their hay into windrows, but rains came before the cuttings could cure. Curing, the process in which cut hay dries down, is a critical balancing act that preserves the plant material and nutritive value and prevents potential losses. Too much moisture can promote two major problems in hay bales – mold, which spoils it as forage for livestock,

Roxton Trail Clean-up day

Saturday, June 26 8-10 am Summer has arrived and everything is growing! Come help us maintain the Chaparral Trail and take pride in our little town. Roxton is responsible for the trail from Paris and to the Sulfur River. From Roxton to Paris, the trail is currently under construction but is still rideable with a gravel surface for mountain bicycles. The clean-up day will focus on the stretch of trail from the triple arcs bridge north of town to the Chaparral Museum. Participants can park on the grass near the bridge or at the Chaparral Museum and work their way down. Please bring your own supplies, to include glove, pruning clippers, weed eaters, and/or pole saws. Trash bags, water and snacks will be provided. Please contact Anissa at 903-249-3923 if you plan to bring larger equipment or mowers. We are currently raising funds for signage for the trail. Iff you would like to donate you can contact Lou Carolyn Rutherford, treasurer, 903-346-2939 or Anissa Dejoux, Chairman, 903249-3923 or mail to P.O. Box 353 in Roxton. Thank you for your Support!

Excessive rains are impacting forage harvests throughout the state, but East and Central Texas are particularly impacted…

Everything’s Better with Rainwater By Sherry Huguley Courtesy SW Farm Press

“Everything is better when you get rainwater,” says cotton producer Kay White. But for the last two years, rainfall has been sparse on her Dawson County, Texas, farms. In 2020, White never received an inch of rainfall at one time. In fact, she only acquired 6 inches for the year. “There was no lake water or tank water anywhere in the last two years until the last two weeks,” White says,

…while other areas of the state remain under drought conditions.

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VOICES FROM THE FORGOTTEN WAR

Guarding Chinese POWs in Korea By James Haney

I was on a slow train to Pusan, Korea. We got off the train and were put on a L.S.T. ship, a smaller ship with three doors in the front. The two outer doors swing outward, while the third door swings down, making a ramp. The trip aboard the L.S.T. was supposed to be a dayand-a-half. Thanks to a storm, it turned into a three-day journey. We docked at an island without a “dock,” just a road leading across the land. When they let down the ramp, we hit the water with our full field packs and duffle bags; together they weighed about 20 pounds less than me. The water was about knee deep and only 12-15 feet from the shoreline. We loaded on duce-and-ahalf trucks for the thirty-minute ride to “Tent City.” Living in tents was nothing new to us. About a quarter mile from the tents was a group of soldiers in full gear. My unit was replacing them. They’d moved out of the tents so we could move in. As soon as we unloaded, the other unit loaded its gear on the truck we arrived on and drove back to the ships. We were now part of the U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division, 19th Regiment, Company E on Cheje-do Island, South Korea. And they immediately put us to work. Our first platoon went on guard duty at 4:00 pm, and we rotated — on four hours off eight hours — day after day, month after month. I was in the second platoon, and we went on guard at 8:00 pm. Our platoon sergeant was a Sgt. Ritter from Louisiana. As Texans, we considered him a good neighbor. He was a good leader and fair to all. Most thought he was a grouch, but after we got to know him, we realized he just had that type of personality. We had to walk about 20 minutes to get to the POW camp then another 30 to reach our posts. The daylight hours were not for lying in our cots; after all, the Army expected every soldier to earn that $67.00 monthly paycheck. They made us do most anything — march in drill, pick up cigarette butts, cut weeds — whatever

could be found to make sure we didn’t sleep. So, the four-on, eight-off may sound like a good deal, but in reality, it made for about an 18-hour day. You also had to eat and shower (when there was water), so anyone was lucky if they got six hours of sleep a night. The prison compound had four large metal buildings where the POWs lived and supply and headquarters buildings. All were oval-shaped, and two 12-foottall chain link fenced surrounded the compound. Fenced lanes ran between each building and led to a square “bull pen” with a gate on each side. Twentyfoot-high guard towers surrounded the compound, each equipped with a .30 caliber machine gun. On each corner of the compound, machine guns were also under the towers. Each tower was manned by a guard, and at night a second guard walked the perimeter of the fence between towers. One summer evening, our first shift began just between sunset and dark. Sgt. Ritter marched us around the compound, dropping off guards at each tower and another to patrol between towers. At the southwest corner of the compound, he ordered Pvt. Charles A. Clem of Chicota to take the tower and me to walk the fence. A couple of months into our mission, we were stressed from lack of sleep, and a lot of us had short fuses. Clem climbed into the tower, and I was hanging around talking to him as it wasn’t yet dark. The towers were open on three sides with a solid board on the backs and tops. The first thing a guard did when climbing into a tower was to check the machine gun to be sure it was half-cocked. If you needed to use it, all you had to do was pull the bolt back, release it, and pull the trigger. As we talked, suddenly a loud burst of machine gun fire, lasting about three seconds rang out. Private Clem jumped from the tower feet first, hit the ground, and rolled over a time or two. I ran over to check on him, and he said he wasn’t

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LIVES LIVED Betty Jean Winter Watkins 1941-2021 Betty Jean Winter (Watkins) went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 31st, 2021, at Stillhouse Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Family night were held on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Graveside services were held on Friday, June 4, 2021, at 2:00 pm at Restland Cemetery in Roxton, Texas. She was born in Paris, Texas on June 8, 1941. She loved dancing, watching the Texas Rangers, she loved to talk, and she never met a stranger. She is survived by her two sons, Cody Winter and wife Linda, Terry Winter and wife Michelle; her daughter, Tonya Hinkle and fiancée Mark Armstrong; her grandchildren, Renea Winter, Kayla Hinkle-VanWorth and husband Toby VanWorth, Dillon Hinkle and wife Michelle, Madison Winter and Emma Winter; her great-grandchildren, Gavin Jones, Isabella Hinkle and Kase Van-

Worth. She is also survived by her brother, Randy Mahon and wife Diane, Ruth Dillard, Hester Lawson and husband Terry, Sharla Hughes and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Ann Mahon; her husband, William (Buddy) Winter; and her brothers, Wayne and Jimmy Mahon. Special thanks to Platinum Home Health and the many nurses at Stillhouse Nursing Facility, and all our many, many friends. Online condolence may be sent to the Watkins family at www. fry-gibbs.com

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Flying Old Glory By Vicky Bailey

The Roxton Community Development Committee announces that Roxton will once again be flying old glory on holidays and special occasions. The flags will be mounted on the 26 Victorian street lampposts that line Front Street. Flags will be displayed on the following holidays: Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Flag Day Independence Day Labor Day 9/11 Thank you to Kris and Karen Rutherford of the Roxton Progress for purchasing the flags for this community project. As a reminder, be sure to pray for the men and women who serve our country.

The Roxton Progress has purchased 26 flags, one to be mounted on each Victorian lamppost in downtown Roxton.

Webinar series available to help Texans with feral swine Feral hogs are a problem in urban areas as well as rural.

Two-part recorded webinar covers feral swine impacts and abatement. Kerry Halladay, TWRI

The Natural Resources Institute, NRI, and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have released a two-part virtual webinar series in support of the Texas Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. “The series was created to provide assistance to producers and the public as part of the educational component of the feral swine pilot program,” said Josh Helcel, project coordinator with NRI and one of the creators of the webinar series. “Many of the restrictions in place related to COVID-19 have now eased, but some folks may still be reluctant to attend educational workshops in person,” Helcel said. “Education on wild pig management is still very much needed across our state. We wanted to provide an online option that will also benefit program participants in our more remote project areas.” The two-part series addresses the biology, impacts, lethal and nonlethal control strategies, as well as current laws and regulations associated with wild pigs in Texas. It is available free of charge to state-

wide pilot program participants and the public. Both webinars can be accessed online at Wild Pig Impacts and Abatement – Part I and Wild Pig Impacts and Abatement – Part II. “The goal of these webinars is to provide educational resources that can be accessed remotely, safely and at the leisure of anyone seeking to gain more information on understanding and controlling wild pigs,” Helcel said. Feral swine control in Texas The Texas Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Programis currently underway in three multi-county project areas of Texas. Project areas include the Canadian River – Hartley, Oldham and Potter counties; the Leon River – Eastland, Comanche and Erath counties; and the upper Red River – Hardeman, Wilbarger, Wichita and Clay counties. The goals of the project include significant reduction in both agricultural damages and wild

pig populations over the course of the three-year project through interagency control efforts, habitat restoration and educational collaborations between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, NRI, local soil and water conservation districts, and the Texas Wildlife Damage Management Association. The project contains three components: educational, direct control and habitat restoration. The educational component of the project is aimed at helping landowners hone their wild pig reduction skills. The second component is direct control through trap sharing, aerial gunning and other conventional control techniques in coordination with APHIS, AgriLife Extension, local soil and water conservation districts and participat-

ing landowners. APHIS and the AgriLife Extension personnel will monitor and collect data for project activities. The third component is habitat restoration. NRCS personnel will do this both throughout and following extensive wild pig population reduction efforts within the project areas. “Wild pig management is everyone’s responsibility, not just the landowners and not just the professionals,” Helcel said. “One of the great things about this pilot program is that it combines the efforts of both to work together towards our common goal of reduced wild pig numbers and damages.” More information on feral swine control Additional educational resources in support of this project include wild pig courses available online at https://nri.tamu. edu/learning/. Topics include control strategies, biology, impacts, safety precautions and the use of NRI’s wild pig reporting tool. For more information on the direct control and trap loan components of the Texas Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, or to enroll for landowners within the Leon, Red River and Canadian project areas, email David Pipkin at david.r.pipkin@usda. gov. For more information on the Texas Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, to contribute feral swine damage information or to enroll in the program for landowners within the Leon, Red River and Canadian project areas, email Hallie Halstead at hallie.halstead@ ag.tamu.edu or Emily Rice at emily.rice@ ag.tamu.edu. Funding for educational resources in support of the Texas Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program are provided through a federal NRCS grant administered by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

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COMMUNITY AND CHURCH

WORDS TO LIVE BY by W.A. Martin

A child became seriously ill because she didn’t eat enough to meet her needs. Doctors were unable to find a cause for her illness. Her mother provided good meals. The problem was with the child, and it was psychological. She was halfstarved even though an abundance of good food was available. Spiritually, we must make the right choices about the right food we eat. A person can hear the Bible read in worship, taught in classes, and talked about at home but still be weak and sick spiritually. A person needs to digest God’s Word by responding to

it in faith and obedience from the heart. “The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live forever” ( Ps.23:26). Jeremiah says, “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart”(Jer.15:16). “But thou, son of rnan, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee”(Ezek.2 :8). The Lord is constantly calling upon man to make the right choices. Christ said, “It is written, Man

shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matt.4:4). “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him.” (Jobn 6:53;56). Man must make the right choices about the gospel. Man is lost without the gospel; mindful that God’s power to save man is found only in the gospel. The gospel will only save people who believe and obey. Man is not saved merely through

BBQ and Scholarships By Vicky Bailey

People came from all over Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma for food, fund, and entertainment at the Lamar County Fairgrounds on May 22, 2021. The morning kicked off with a parade and cotton hole tournament, and live bands performed in the evening. Radio station 104.3, “The River,” kept music going until the bands started at 4 pm, including Stacey Musgrove, Dustin May, and Merrol Ray. For the Jenny Burton Memorial Barbecue Contest, the day was the

Roxton’s runner-up BBQ Team consisted of Casey Woods, John Bailey, Justin Larkin, and Michael Branum.

biggest contest in history. Sixteen teams participated, and organizer Ricky

Rushin said he planned to fund four scholarships — one for each Lamar

Beautiful Little Girls by Sandra Jackson Johnson

I want to share a picture of a special performance with first grade little girls that appeared at Roxton Saturday Night several years back. The theme for the event was “The Fabulous ‘50s.” The girls danced on the street in front of the café. Their dance partners were special adult men in

their lives. The girls opened the

show with their “Rock Around the Clock” dance as the standing crowd cheered them on. Also in the photo is Roxton Lane — CDC furnished the skirts, I furnished

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ENCOURAGING WORDS by Bro. Louis Holmes

believing, but when he becomes a believer, he receives power to be saved through the gospel. The salvation that God promised through the gospel is conditioned upon faith in it and baptism in obedience to it. Paul preached the gospel to the people at Corinth (I Cor.15:1). We are told that “Many of the Corinthians hearing believed and were baptized (Acts 18:8). He said those who did this were saved, by the gospel (I Cor.15 :2). Only the people who believe the gospel and obey it can possibly be saved by it. (2 Thes.l:7-9).

County school district — with the money going to students who want to go to college but are struggling to find financial aid. The winners of the barbecue contest were the Paris Chevrolet team including Kevin Jackson and Jimmy Gann — Grand Champion. Second place went to Roxton’s own team of Casey Woods, John Bailey, Justin Larkin, and Michael Branum. The Roxton team placed first in brisket, third in pulled pork, and third in chicken. Thanks, guys, for representing Roxton and for a job “well done.”

the felt for the shirts, and Ruthie Starks made them. Peggy and Dan Miller furnished the poodles and bandanas. The girls were first featured in May at the Hawg Waller Festival in a vintage western-style show. It was a big hit, and Roxton Saturday Night demanded a similar performance. I do not have all the names and hope a Roxton Progress reader will supply them. These girls are now in junior high school.

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What Happened to My Money?

I know the drill; on the job every morning by 8:00 AM and off by 5:00 PM. During those hours you are selling a portion of your life for the sake of earning a few dollars. In spite of all your best efforts, the money you earn is never enough. Personally, I believe there is a think-tank of people who figure out all the ways of prying that hard earned dollar out of your hands. Even in the days of the Judges in Israel, about 3200 years ago, men would labor for wages. The Book of Ruth 2:4 we have Boaz greeting his workers… “And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.” Boaz was a great boss to ask the LORD to bless his workers! Life back then was not entangled with the trivia we live with today. No computers, cell phones, Facebook, twitter, internet, and an overwhelming amount of worthless news. Perhaps there is a lesson in that. Today, our money seems to evaporate quickly. Money is very difficult to earn and too easy to spend. I’ve heard it said “we buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t even know.” Simply put, our lives are literally filled with unnecessary stuff. Hag 1:5-6 “Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.” The writer of Proverbs gives these words of wisdom in Proverbs 23:4-5 “Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” Jesus encouraged a more spiritual approach in Matthew 6:19-21 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,

where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” There is certainly nothing wrong with having wealth. The problem is when wealth comes between your soul and God. There is a greater thought in all this: God created the man in three parts; body, soul, and spirit. Of these, God places the greatest value on the soul. When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden it forever impacted the place of the soul with God: The soul died spiritually. Everything God provided for the salvation of the soul is more important than any earthly riches you might obtain. Remember when Jesus said in Mark 8:36 “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Jesus knows full well that you must earn a living to pay for food, shelter, and clothing. He also knows you might make an investment which could provide a return to your advantage. But more importantly, take care of your soul. As King David said in Psalm 62:1 “Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation.” The riches will take care of themselves. Remember the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 6:30-33 “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” See you in church. --Bro. Louis

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Second and Fourth Thursdays 9:00 am to 12:00 noon* June 24............Groceries July 8................Produce

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July 10 Family Bingo Night 6:30p Mexican Stack Up and Ice Cream No charge to eat or play

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CHISUM MIDDLE SCHOOL

6th Grade “A” Honor Roll

Ethan Armstong, Logan Bacorn, Hagan Baird, Laramie Blackshear, Jace Braziel, Kylen Chennault, Brandon Dansby, Lukaas Dickson, Ruth Harms, Kayden Martinez, Brayden Mitchell, Remie Moore, Presley Nicholson, Celesity Perry, Zolee Rushin, Alyson Tinjero, Nathan Wall,

6th Six Weeks Honor Rolls 2020-2021

Cutter Weets, Cyleen Wherley, Gracyn Whitaker, Ilee Williams, Teresa Zermeno 6th Grade “A/B” Honor Roll

Rachel Barnett, Kloee Bennett, Clayton Birdsong, Levi Buhrmester, Hayes Chalaire, Michael Clark, Kyrie Duerksen, Brooklyn Enriquez, Elizabeth Farrow, Kyson Fortner, Jesslee Friesen,

Michale Holland, Mason LaRue, Joshua Lamb, Kevin Lopez, Sophia Moore, McKenzie Morin, Adrian O’Briant, Brynlee Peacock, Robert Peters, Kayden Ralson, Ethan Relford, Addison Russell, Hannah Russell, Lupita Sanchez, Tanner Spear, Alex Tovar, William Whitaker

7th Grade “A” Honor Roll

Kennendi Ball, Maggie Ballard, Collin Bell, Destinee Bennett, Claire Boutwell, Addison Bradberry, Sawyer Brooks, Cadie Bush, Taylor Crutcher, Brenan Cryer, Sabrina Dyck, Roderick

Erwin, Taylor Hargan, Drake Howard, Ashlyn Hutchison, Molly Martin, Alie Megason, Bralee Reed, Ryan Roddy, Meagan Sikes, Kaitlyn Springett, Thomas Thiessen, Zali Waldrip

7th Grade “A/B” Honor Roll

Memphis Bridgers, Breelyn Bridges, Antaneah Burton, Courtney Dyck, Gracie Gaytan, Juliette Gibo, Kayelynn Gordon, Kearstin Green, Aiden Jones, Whitley Kennedy, Arthur LeighManuell, Jarrett Leverett, Michael McHam, Emma Northam, Rachel Ovando, Carley Pat-

terson, Chloe Reimer, Maris Sanchez, Brandol Sevastian, Cadriene Snell, Memphis Spangler, Zoey Tingen, Ettien VanGraan

8th Grade “A” Honor Roll

Gavin Baggett, Emma Brandt, Adelyn Brown, Sarah-Lydia Castro, Vanessa Dyck, Hope Ensor, Emma Estep, Madison Factor, Annie Guenther, Bonnie Guenther, Kadence Marsh, Andi Martinez-Sanchez, Emma McCarter, Makena Nichilson, Gavin Renfro, Sophia Rhea, Matthew Rolen, Jera Rutherford, Adriana

Serrano, Addison Sharrock, Tana Sweat, Anna Wood, Evelyn Wooters

8th Grade “A/B” Honor Roll

Josue Armenta, Gabriela Cortes, Megan Dansby, Kason Fortner, Reagan Frey, Cheyann Griffin, Kaden Herrera, Adam Hinton, Kaylee Johnson, Avery Kelso, Lauryn Lawson, Sirlyn Matamoros Perez, Zackary McCoy, Skylar McCurley Pruitt, Payton Pruitt, Alexis Record, Miranda Rivera, Leslie Templeton, Peyton Tucker-Booth, Jasiah Weiss, Lillian Williams, Lylus Woods

Chisum High School Summer STAAR Camp Dates and Times

Monday 6.14.2021 (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Tuesday 6.15.2021 (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Wednesday 6.16.2021 (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Thursday 6.17.2021 (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) *Teachers will be avail-

able to go over strategies and prepare for the upcoming summer retests in English I, English II, Algebra I, U.S. History and Biology Chisum High School Summer STAAR Retesting Dates and Start Times

(Computer Lab 1 & 2) Tuesday 6.22.2021 (English I & US History) 8:00 a.m. start time Wednesday 6.23.2021 (Biology) 8:00 a.m. start time Thursday 6.24.2021 (English II & Algebra I)

8:00 a.m. start time If you have any questions please call the campus office at (903) 7372800 during summer business hours (M-Th 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) or email cmiller@chisumisd.org

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MEMORIES BY JAMES by James Tabor

You Can’t Go Home Again

The saying “You can’t go home again” seems very true now that I have moved back to the place where I grew up. After a 20-year absence, Lubbock is just not the place I left. Even though I came back often, I never really had time to drive around and see all the changes that have taken place. Lubbock seems like four towns now rather than the one I was used to growing up.

You can’t go home again because home has ceased to exist except in the mothballs of memory.

- John Steinbeck

In Lubbock, progress has been very good. It is much cleaner than it was when I left. Of course, the older areas have been replaced with new companies and new homes. Texas Tech is like a new university and is still changing. The campus has always been the second largest in land area — the Air Force Academy is the largest — and now it is almost built out. There are also

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several university buildings not on campus. The area where I grew up (Tech Ghetto) is now a complex of housing for Tech students with very upscale hotels and businesses. My mother was the last homeowner to sell her home there. Most of the area had been destroyed by the May 11, 1970, tornado. The tornado came down her street and destroyed much of the northern side. Mother and Dad only lost three shingles on their roof. A church in the next block was totally destroyed except for the cross in the sanctuary.

East Lubbock, always the least developed area, is now a thriving industrial area. Cotton fields in all directions have been replaced by developing housing areas. One thing from East Lubbock I don’t miss is the smell from the stockyards — especially during the summer after a rain. Also, I don’t miss the congestion caused by the gins during cotton ginning season. Lubbock had five major stockyards with butchering facilities at one time. Many of the gins and compresses have disappeared, but farming is still a major industry.

Thank goodness modern farming methods have kept the sand from blowing as it did when we moved here in 1952. Lubbock has changed from an agricultural center to an education and health care center for West Texas, the Panhandle, eastern New Mexico, and Southwest Oklahoma. Many of the small businesses have given way to the big box stores. That trend has reversed now. I do miss Reese Air Force Base, even though it has been closed for many years. The families were very diverse and added much to Lubbock. The city has adapted to the loss of the base. It has been repurposed. The small school (Lubbock Cooper ISD) where I taught for 13 years was one campus. Now the district has expanded. The high school sits on a large complex complete with a state-of-the-art stadium, six elementary schools (two new) are nearby, and a second high school will be completed in two years. Incidentally, this is where my younger brother spent 42 years teaching. We built a house six miles south of the loop that encircled Lubbock in 1976. Now that house is in the middle of a development extending from Lubbock. Progress is great, but I do miss the “good old times.” Thanks for staying with me.

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Beginnings

Every up-and-coming town needs a newspaper. In the early 1900s, smalltown newspapers proliferated in North Texas. Petty had the Enterprise for several years, and Blossom had the Bee. Even little Harmon had a paper. Just as today, newspapers served two purposes: to disseminate news and to advertise. Roxton had numerous competing businesses that needed to let customers know what they sold, where they were located, and the superiority of their wares compared to competitors. Roxton, at the turn of the 20th century, was ripe for a newspaper. Christopher Columbus Phillips, a Methodist Protestant minister, came to Texas from Mississippi. He quickly left the preaching profession and got into the newspaper business. After first settling in Fairline, Texas, he came to Roxton. In 1900, Phillips began publishing the Roxton Wide Awake, a weekly paper he ran for fourteen years. His earliest press was not run by electricity but by hand and foot power. Phillips’ printing presses were located in at least two places: one, upstairs over either Will Clark’s Confectionery or Jones Mercantile in the Walter Bywaters Block and another in the back of the Wight building. In 1909, The Paris Morning News reported that Phillips had just bought hundreds of pounds of new type and a new cylinder press. The writer added, “He says he is not running a newspaper because it is a picnic or a gold mine, but because he likes the work and wants to do everything he can to boost Roxton.” The Wide Awake and its reporter must have had some admiration statewide. C.C.’s editorials were frequently quoted in the Galveston News. It appears that Phillips might have established an evening paper in 1902, the Roxton Evening Wide Awake. Volume one, number 281, of such a paper has been located. But this likely was only a tempo-

In October 1976, Wes Sanders, an ex-Baptist minister running an ad tabloid in Paris, established the Roxton Progress. The newspaper was founded and published in Kenneth and Wanda Bush’s garage on Sunset Street. Sanders did not head the paper for long. In June of 1977, he sold it to Loraine Jackson. Shortly thereafter, the paper became a family business

and was incorporated. Several people purchased shares — Jackson, Pauline Whatley, Josh Springer, Kenneth Springer, and Jack Mason, who eventually held a controlling interest. Before Mason sold out to Jon Gammon in 2012, Sandra Jackson Johnson and Peggy Whatley Turner voted their mothers’ shares. Late 20th and 21st-century editors of the Progress have included Ruby Whitten, Helen Frazier, Paul Bailey, and Lisa Lipstraw. While the Roxton Progress in print form has existed since 1976, the newspaper became a corporation two years later. Over the years, ownership, editors, contributors, content, and processes have changed with the times. And when current owners and editors Kris and Karen Rutherford took over the paper in late 2014, they expanded on the original mailed blackand-white print business model to include an online presence. The Roxton Progress Today The Progress has been a “hometown” paper since its inception. Readers could get national news from The Dallas Morning News and television. Although the Progress masthead touted the paper for many years as “Serving Lamar, Fannin, and Delta Counties,” the Progress did and still concentrates on Roxton news and history. From the beginning, people have submitted stories of what Roxton was like in the early to mid-20th century and recounted detailed histories of the businesses, houses, and people who inhabited the town. The world — and the region — is a lot smaller than it was in 1976. So today, the Roxton Progress bills itself as “The Bridge to Rural News and Heritage of the North Sulphur River Basin.” The Progress fills a news gap — rural news seldom covered in larger publications. Roxton has continued to generate news, events, and influential people in the nearly half-century since the Progress was

founded. As such, the paper is gradually shifting its focus to more recent news and historical events — a “reminiscence,” if you will. Still, the original history of Roxton and the surrounding area is not ignored. While the Rutherfords have majority ownership of the Progress as a “closely-held” family business, Peggy Harrison, a daughter of an original owner, maintains a minority interest in the paper. In 2017, Terrell Perry purchased another minority interest in the corporation. The Roxton Progress Inc. Facebook page debuted in early 2015 and has quietly built a following of nearly 1,200 social media users. Likewise, the first “digital” edition of the Progress — an emailed full-color edition of the paper — was produced. In 2020, the Roxton Progress again expanded its business model to include a fully functional website where all subscribers can now view a full-color online edition. But true to its roots, the Progress’ original mailed black and white print edition remains, and it is the preference of most subscribers. Distribution Today, the print edition of the paper is mailed to subscribers in 95 Texas communities and in 18 different states. The online edition is growing in popularity with subscribers near and far. A Nationwide Effort The news remains primarily local or regional to Roxton, but the production process of the Progress has spread; in fact, it is not an exaggeration to state that the bi-weekly print and online Roxton Progress is a nationwide effort. Content is contributed by people across the country. Editing takes place in Arkansas, design and layout are completed in Illinois, and the website is hosted in Missouri. Yes, the world is a lot smaller than it was even 20 years ago. Still, the Progress remains a local corporation. Printing is completed within Lamar County. The newspaper’s business

operations are conducted largely in Roxton, with Roxton’s bank holding the Progress’ accounts. As it has since the beginning, the Progress is mailed only from the Roxton post office. Distribution and circulation efforts remain local, providing supplemental income to Roxton residents and businesses. Likewise, the Progress’ advertising and subscription services are largely a local operation, providing income to those expressing interest in selling ads and subscriptions. Community Support The Progress supports numerous local organizations and events. In recent years, a substantial percentage of Christmas edition advertising proceeds have been provided to Roxton High School’s senior classes, the Roxton Food Pantry, and the fund for City Projects. Volunteers supporting each of these organizations have assisted in selling ads to those wishing to send “Christmas Cards” to Progress readers. The newspaper also donates funding and advertising space to several local efforts, most recently the Honey Grove Street mural restoration, various festivals and events, Restland Cemetery tree planting, the “Triangle” rock garden, the Paris Home School Association Athletic Program, the Roxton Veteran’s Memorial, and both the Chaparral and the City Drug Store Museums. And when fundraisers are held for people in need, the Progress frequently donates funds and subscriptions as auction items. Likewise, the Progress publishes news from all of the events it supports from inception to completion. In short, the Roxton Progress is here to serve the community of Roxton and the unincorporated towns across the North Sulphur River Basin. The paper not only covers the news gap in the predominantly rural area, it serves to preserve the history, heritage, and culture of this unique spot in Texas for future generations.

the lane, open the other gate to the compound to get where they wanted to go. Guarding a prison couldn’t have been more different than what we’d been trained to do. We were trained to either kill or be killed, and instead we wound up guarding prisoners we could not touch. The prison held 1,1001,200 prisoners, primarily Chinese Nationalists. They believed in a democratic government as opposed to China’s communist system. China sent them to help North Korea in hopes they’d “stop a bullet.” The first chance the Chinese soldiers had, they surrendered. The youngest POW was about 12 years old, with the oldest about 72. I met a prisoner one day who could speak English fairly well, and we became good friends. I told him about Texas and home,

and he told me of his own. He said, “Someday me go to Texas and see real cowboys.” He wasn’t talking about football players. I don’t doubt he traveled to Texas after he was released. He taught me how to write my name in Chinese, something I have since forgotten — just as I have forgotten his name. I never bothered to write it down as I never thought I’d forget it! Some days he’d stay in the bull pen with DeMoss and me for three hours. On one occasion my Chinese friend came down the lane holding something under his shirt. I asked him what he had, and he answered it was a present for a friend. “I need to see it,” I said, as we were supposed to inspect everything coming or going. He told me to open the gate and he’d show me. What he asked me to do was against the rules, but

he responded, “Nobody will ever know but us.” I told him I could get 40 years for breaking a rule like that. But I trusted him and opened the gate. He pulled out a toy army tank he’d made and handed it to me. He said, “Here, for you, you my friend.” I was lost for words. Finally, I hugged him (definitely against the rules), and thanked him again and again. He told me he’d made the tank from one gallon jelly cans from the mess hall. The top of the tank turned 360 degrees as did the big gun. The tracks even turned. A machine gun sticking out of the front had blackout lights, and the hatch opened and closed just like a real tank. He’d painted it Army green but apologized for not having white paint for a star on the front. I carried that Army tank in my duffel bag for

over 10,000 miles. I had it wrapped to keep it safe. None of my kids, grandkids, or great grandkids were ever allowed to play with the toy tank. It must be the only of its kind in the world, and I still have it today. I always felt I did my job well as a prison guard; after all, one of the prisoners liked me enough to spend hours making the toy tank by hand. I am so sorry I forgot his name. Go now and write names on all your pictures and other things you have. Don’t ever forget as I did. James Haney originally wrote this story in 2002 at the age of 73. Two versions were printed, one in the Roxton Progress and another in the Honey Grove Weekly Gazette. Today, Mr. Haney lives in assisted living facility in Longview.

Loraine Jackson (left) with then Texas Gov. Anne Richards at a ceremony recognizing the Roxton Progress and Jackson’s work in owning and editing the newspaper.

rary name change for the Wide Awake. Changes

In 1911, The Paris News reported that Mr. Finney, who published a paper in Klondike in Delta County, had bought an interest in the Wide Awake. In 1914, Phillips—Finney is never mentioned again—sold out to Mrs. Humphries and Cordie Webb Ingram. At some point, the newspaper’s name changed. By 1918, the paper was known as the Roxton News and Wide Awake. Mrs. Humphries had evidently sold out her interest to J.W. Neville, editor, with Cordie Ingram as associate editor and reporter. Cordie Webb Ingram was a professional, published writer, with Southern Symphonies, a book of poetry, and a novel, Child of the Sun, to her credit. In the 1920s or ‘30s, Tom L. Beauchamp became editor of the Wide Awake for a time. Beauchamp, a previous editor of the Petty Enterprise, later became a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge, where he served from 1939 to 1953. Mrs. Ingram must have taken over full ownership at some point. Before 1933, she or they had either sold the paper or hired S. Clark Fulks as editor of the Roxton News. His masthead carried the following: “A weekly publication devoted to the growth and development of Roxton

and Southwest Lamar County. In the Heart of Texas Richest Agricultural Section.” The plant was located in the back of the two-story Wight Building. By 1934, Cordie Webb Ingram was again editor. For a short while in the 1930s, Roxton had two newspapers. A copy of a Roxton newspaper, The Roxton TimesDemocrat, Vol.1, No. 13, dated December 13, 1934, exists. It is unknown who published this tabloid-size paper or how long it lasted. In 1939, Troy Griffin published the Roxton News. By 1943, the paper had changed hands once more, the owner now being John Kean and the editor George Kean. It is unclear when — but by the end of World War II — the Roxton News had published its last issue. Roxton was now without a newspaper — a news gap that would continue for over four decades.

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sure if he was okay or not. “What happened?” he asked. “Someone was shooting at you,” I told him. I always did have a tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Clem decided he wasn’t hurt, but he was mad. He was ready to whip whoever shot at him. About that time, Sgt. Ritter came running around the corner and told Clem to “get back up in that tower, now!” Clem refused saying, “I am not getting back in that tower tonight. See all these boards. They were shot off that tower.” At the time, we still didn’t know what had happened. Sgt. Ritter ran to the southeast corner tower, and the guard had checked his machine gun per procedure. But somehow the bolt slipped out of his hand, slamming shut and firing three or four rounds. The rounds passed through two tow-

ers before hitting the back of the tower where Clem stood guard. Sgt. Ritter came back and told us everything was OK. He asked me to take the tower and let Clem walk the fence. He also relieved the soldier who had the mishap and placed another guard in his tower. As noted, everyone was stressed out, but we had to suck it up and go on. In the daytime, Sgt. Ritter would put Calvin Demoss of Ringo, Texas, with me in the bull pen inside the compound. For some reason, we got assigned the bull pen every day. We asked Sgt. Ritter about it, and he told us, “I like to put my best men on the most important post so I don’t have to worry about it.” Ritter knew how to make his unit feel good so we’d quit complaining. In the bull pen, we had no weapons. The prisoners would come down

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PECAN GAP NEWS by Ricky Beeler

Billy, Nelda Campbell’s grandson, graduated from Rivercrest High School three weeks back. He overcame many obstacles with the help of his special mom and special pop. She is very grateful to her dear friends Billie and Bobby McCarrell for driving her to this special event!

daughter, Madison White, from Southlake Carroll High School last Friday evening. Also attending were aunt, Sarah Kesting, and cousin, Reagan Kesting, from Sulphur Springs. Madison will be attending Ouchata Baptist University in the fall. Sunday June 6th was Pastor Clyde Bostick’s last

Pecan Gap’s Freeman House was built in 1921, and it has remained in the family since.

“WayWay” Shaw graduated then went on to take 2nd place in a livestock show at College Station.

100th Birthday Party for Freeman Home

Banners were flying on Saturday, May 29, for the 100th Birthday Party of the Pickard/Garrison/ Freeman home. The public was invited to tour both the home and the barn area. The barn operated as a gin from 1870 to 1916. Ed Pickard, grandson of the original owner, gave a tour of the barn area. Before Saturday’s Open House, almost 50 cousins gathered for lunch at Webb Hill Country Club in Wolfe City. The cousins were given a Pickard Family Tree which included the descendants of Laurence and Laura Pickard. The house was built 100 years ago by the grandparents of current owners, Sharline

Nelda Campbell and son.

Lynn Taylor Hoskison attended the Fannindel Elementary Field Day recently. She said, “I had the biggest time watching all of the children playing and having such fun! Thank you Ricky Beeler and all who helped make it a wonderful day!” Lynn is an FHS Alumnus from the Class of 1978. She and I both worked together in the Fannindel Elementary School on the Summer Work Program, a couple of years when we were both in Secondary School. She and her husband Randy Hoskison have moved home from Palestine, Texas after retiring. They purchased the home directly behind our house and we’ve really enjoyed them being back in the Gap once again. As a child, she was raised in Ben Franklin, which is “still home” as far as I’m concerned. Morris and Wanda White attended the graduation of their grand-

Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Pecan Gap. He will begin his new ministry at Caddo Mills. Pastor Mark Bradley is the new FUMCPG Pastor. Congratulations to the Fannindel High School Graduates of 2021! Jacob Aubrey, Hugo Bugarin, Toby Childress, Branden Dillehay, Dayton Dunbar, Javin Estrada, Bryan Flanagan, Rebekah Fornoff, Paul Hester, Christopher Jordan, Alajiah Kelley, Stephan Olsen Jr., and Jawaylon Shaw. Congratulations to Jawaylon “WayWay” Shaw for giving his Salutatorian Address Friday night and then traveling to College Station to their Livestock Show to win the Reserve Champion Award, (2nd Place) after graduating! You will be missed at FHS Jawaylon, you’re a very special person. God has big things in store for you, I just know it!

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and Weldon Freeman. Laurence and Laura Pickard built the home in Pecan Gap in 1921. Their daughter, Laurine Pickard Garrison and husband Thel Garrison, became owners of the property in 1978; their daughter Sharline Garrison Freeman and husband Weldon Freeman because the owners in 1999. They remain the owners of the home and eighty acres. The property, known as part of the Jernigan Thicket, was first owned by Curtis Jernigan who received it as part of a land grant from the Republic of Texas in 1838. The property was purchased by Mr. Thomas Benton Hockaday in

1870. Mr. Hockaday’s daughter, Ella, later started a private girls’ school in Dallas. The red barns located on the site were actually part of Mr. Thomas Benton Hockaday’s cotton gin in the late 1800’s. Two slippery elms used in the construction of the gin are still intact. What looks like a silo at the back of the barn is a water tank used for train engines. There is also part of an old railroad car located inside one of the barns. These became part of the farm when Laura Ross Pickard’s father was the Santa Fe foreman for the crew that built the track from Paris to Pecan Gap. The home featured many original furnish-

ings. A wooden table that traveled to Texas with Sharline’s greatgrandmother sits on the front porch. The building of the house was supervised by Sharline’s great-grandfather, Ed Pickard, who built other houses in Pecan Gap and in Highland Park, Dallas. Materials for construction were brought by wagon over unpaved roads from Jefferson, Texas, to Pecan Gap. The home has been a family gathering place for 100 years. The home has adjusted to many changes over this time and a visit to the farm continues to be a family highlight.

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who’s received 5.5 inches of rain, “pretty consistently” since mid-May on her farms. But it’s been a challenging year. “The weather’s given us rain in spots and too much in others and not any in other places. We started out so dry and now have moisture to plant but the wind and the heat are keeping the crops from utilizing the moisture.” For 58 years, White has been farming irrigated and dryland cotton on the sandy soils of Key, Texas. Drought in her region is nothing new but she says this year is by far the hardest. “It’s probably dryer this year than it was in 2010,” she says. “2010 was really dry. We started out to make a good crop and it just didn’t rain. And we tried to run pivots and water and you couldn’t keep it wet—kind of like this year -- the wind blew, and it was dry, and it didn’t turn out good.” White rotates her cotton ground with wheat. Due to the drought, she’s cutting her irrigated acres in half this

year, “unless the weather changes immensely. “I’m only going to call one circle irrigated and the other dryland. We’ve gotten these good rains, but we have nothing in the profile, so if we don’t get rain in June, July and August, we don’t have enough water to irrigate.” White will concentrate inputs such as fertilizer and water on her irrigated acres, while her dryland acres will be a ‘wait and see.’ “Now, if we get rain and can get it up, and in two weeks we get another good rain, then I’ll probably fertilize and water this dryland and see what happens with it,” she says. In her nearly 60 years of farming, White says she’s never had a year where she’s making decisions day-by-day. “We’re so dry, you can’t plan and then you get these spotted rains and you can’t finish the field you were on and you have to go somewhere else. It’s been very challenging, mostly due to the wind.”

by Bartee Haile

Unknown Golfer Goes On A Hot Streak

A 21-year-old nobody from Dallas surprised the sports world on Jun. 8, 1933 by coming within a single stroke of grabbing golf ’s biggest prize -- the U.S. Open championship. Ralph Guldahl was born in Big D in 1911, a year before two legendary lions of the links -- Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson -- also drew their first breath in the Lone Star State. By age 11, the son of Norwegian immigrants was caddying at Lakewood Country Club, and in 1927 he captained the Woodrow Wilson High School golf team to the state title. As the wheels started coming off the national economy in 1930, Guldahl decided to earn his living playing the game he loved. The raw rookie showed a flash of precocious potential by becoming the youngest qualifier for the U.S. Open. Guldahl needed a birdie on the 72nd hole three years later to win the most important tournament in America but lost control of his putter. After missing the mark by four feet on his first attempt, he went for the par that would have tied him with Johnny Goodman and forced a playoff. But he blew that putt, too, and had to settle for second place. Instead of finding encouragement in his strong showing, Guldahl let his mental meltdown get to him. His confidence was so completely shattered by the embarrassing experience that less than a year later he quit golf altogether. Guldahl returned to Texas and tried his hand at selling cars, a poor choice of occupations during the Depression. (He sold just one -- to himself!) However, a job laying out a nine-hole course rekindled his interest in golf, and with borrowed money he gave the professional tour one more try. The time off had done Guldahl a world of good. In 1936 he won his first major event, the Western Open, as well as the Radix Trophy awarded to the pro golfer with the lowest average round. At Oak land Hills Country Club outside Detroit in June 1937,

Ralph Guldahl won the Masters Tournament in 1939.

Ralph Guldahl decided to make a living playing golf at the start of the Great Depression.

the tall Texan claimed the prize that slipped through his fingers four years earlier. Calm, cool and collected, nothing seemed to rattle him. O n o p e n i n g d ay, snap-happy shutterbugs caused Guldahl to miss a short putt. A freak accident cost him a stroke in the second round, when a picture-perfect drive struck an official in the back and bounced into the rough. Not even an attack by a swarm of bees could stop him from making a birdie putt in the third round. Fifty thousand dollars in prize money and commercial endorsements were at stake, when Guldahl reached the 18th green on the final day. Secure in the knowledge he could three-putt the last hole and still emerge victorious, he combed his curly hair -- a nervous habit that helped him to relax -- and sent the little white ball scooting across the manicured grass to within two feet of the cup. Guldahl’s second putt dropped out of sight to the deafening approval of 10,000 spectators. His score of 281 was a new

record for the U.S. Open and two shots better than runner-up Sam Snead. In their rematch the following week at the Western, Guldahl and Snead started the decisive 18 in a dead heat. The Texan picked up two strokes on the hillbilly sensation on the front nine and then blew him away with five pars, three birdies and an eagle on the back nine to win by 11 shots. Guldahl was in the driver’s seat at the Masters until disaster struck on the final round. He knocked his tee shot into a creek on the 12th, landed in a shallow stream on the 13th and wound up wasting 11 strokes on the two holes. Byron Nelson, almost as much of an unknown as Guldahl had been at the 1933 Open, took full advantage of the frontrunner’s self-destruction. He birdied the 12th and eagled the 13th to gain six strokes on Guldahl and take a two-shot lead he never relinquished. Refusing to let that awful afternoon at Augusta knock him off stride, Guldahl played truly superb golf throughout

1938. He pulled off a rare repeat at the Open, won his third Western in a row and came in second again at the Masters. While Snead was basking in the glow of his apparent victory in the 1939 edition of the Masters, Guldahl was vanquishing the ghosts of ’37. He carded an amazing three on the par-five 13th hole to pull the rug out from under Slammin’ Sam. But for reasons no one ever understood, Guldahl never won another major tournament. His game suddenly came apart, and he could not figure out how to put it back together. Guldahl’s wife and son had always traveled with him, but in 1945 they stayed in San Diego while he went on tour alone. He got as far as Los Angeles, caught the next train back home and never played another round of professional golf. At 34 Ralph Guldahl’s best years may have been ahead of him, but that did not matter to the devoted husband and father. Everything he wanted was right at home.

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Farmers’ Market, Downtown Pavilion, Saturdays beginning at 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. June 19: City-Wide Cleanup Day Dumpsters provided. Volunteers needed to pick up trash around town. FREE HOT DOGS – Community Center, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm June 19: FREE CONCERT by SMOKEY LONESOME BAND, 7:30 pm Downtown Roxton. Please bring your own chairs. Sponsored by City of Roxton Community Development. June 19: Free concert Smokey Lonesome Band, Front Street, 7:30 pm. July 3: Independence Day Activities • Farmer’s Market - 8:00 AM at the Pavilion • Parade at 10:00 AM ($100 cash prize for the “BEST OVERALL FLOAT) • Games to follow parade (south of the pavilion) • Firework Show at the Sports Complex/DARKTHIRTY August 7: City-Wide Garage Sales November 28: Decorate downtown for Christmas, 1:00 pm. Volunteers needed December 2: Christmas Tree Lighting, Downtown, 6:30 pm Dr. Lura Gregory Library open Saturdays, 10:00 am – 2:00; effective June 1, Wednesdays (by chance), 1:00 am – 3:00 pm

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AGRICULTURE NEWS FROM TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE by Laura Graves

4-H happenings Lamar County 4-H held its end of year banquet, Tuesday, June 1, at the Lamar Electric Cooperative facility. 4-H members were recognized for their accomplishments and achievements throughout the 2020-2021 4-H year. The awards banquet was conducted by the Lamar County 4-H Council officers, President Reese Bassano, Vice President Ethan Adams, 2nd Vice President Cadie Gray, 3rd Vice President Jaden Johnson, Secretary Aubree Phillips, Reporter Autumn Phillips and Parliamentarian Ty Shannon. 4- H members received a completion pin for their main project and project completion certificates. Projects included this year were Educational Presentations, Food and Nutrition, Food Challenge, Fashion, Clothing and Textiles, Livestock, Shooting Sports, Wildlife and Fisheries Leadership, and Community Service. In addition, 4-H members have an opportunity to apply for one of

four other awards based on their age categories; these awards allow them to highlight their experiences and successes throughout this 4-H year. The awards prioritize project completion, and the 4-H member needs to have contributed to their club and community in some way, usually through community service and or leadership. The Gold Clover award was awarded to Ethan Adams, the Bronze Clover to Chloe Gray, the Silver Clover was Evan 2021 4H Club Officers Adams and the Rookie of the year award to Welch, Kim Johnson, Emma Adams. Lamar Tiffany Phillips, Corey County 4-H also recog- and Carol Kay Gray, Brad nizes a business that has and Tammy Bassano, and supported 4-H whether Pat Carter. The night included a through sponsorship or in-kind donations. Ghis special guest speaker, year, Paris Creations and Mr. Paul Allen and it Keepsakes was honored. concluded with a live The 4-H Leader of The auction conducted by Year was Mrs. Britney Mr. Rick Zant. Adams and Outstanding Volunteer of The Year was Mrs. Kim Johnson. Leaders recognized for their contributions included Scott and Britney Adams, Shane and Tanya 2021 4H Adult Volunteers

NATURE’S CALL by David Wall

Two simple things can make your bananas last longer. First, don’t keep them in a2. Pull them apart Then, wrap the stem end with aluminum foil. These bananas will last longer than those in a clump. Try it!!! Optimum tree planting time is from Halloween to St. Patrick’s Day, but a tree cared for can be planted 365 days a year. This includes planting

This and That for June 2021 in hot summers, because tree roots tend to be inactive when subsoil temperatures are above 90-92°. Sulfur was the first pesticide and has been used for several thousand years. It’s also a fast way to temporarily lower soil pH. Chrysanthemums, if dried, crumbled and dropped in your garden, will kill insects. It is amazing to see

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how much mulch is purchased every year, when there is plenty available at no cost. Consider containing your county extension agent for permission to gather some of the mulch already available and perhaps aged toward compost. When roots or mycorrhiza find water, tree roots will follow it, perhaps increasing the root system width and certainly increasing root depth. Less watering on a regular basis tends to create shallow root systems with big problems come drought time. Vegetable plants can literally look great one day and be wilting the next because water has moved deeper in the soil and is now below vegetable plant roots. Watering less frequently but for longer periods increases the depth water will achieve, and roots follow it. Deeper roots require less new water, because they can take advantage of the deeper water that tends to stay longer. Minerals & micronutrients are constantly removed from soil by water leaching, wind erosion, and crop harvesting. An organic fertilizer, synthetic fertilizer containing these nutrients, or using mulch and compost are ways to get these nutrients back into the soil. Baby Powder (and others) in Your Garden Nearly everyone who gardens complains about this or that critter that just loves to infest, east, trample or otherwise cause problems. What then follows is a search for whatever will kill, prevent or otherwise deter that/those pest(s). All too often, however, some of the simplest

and easiest of cures are overlooked. Take, for example, human hair. Not only does it contain up to 14 elements for the soil, it also repels critters such as deer, rabbits, and rodents. It even repels snails! A lot of people go to barbershops to gather hair for spreading in and around their gardens! For others who experience invasions of bugs, pests, and disease, only to spend an inordinate amount of time, money and energy on “fixes,” another simple, easy to use and el cheapo preventer is baby powder! It repels all those critters mentioned regarding human hair, and you can add ants and beetles to the list1 Rabbits, for example, don’t like the smell or taste of baby powder. Ants don’t care for it either. Besides the garden, you can sprinkle it around the house foundations to keep them out. One of gardens’ most negative aspects are aphids, sometimes referred to as blackflies, greenflies, or plant lice. Sprinkle baby powder on them, and they become gone! The only negative aspect of baby powder is that it needs to be replaced whenever there are strong winds or rains. It is, however, already in a useable container, inexpensive, easy to apply, and it works. Finally, make a safe and effective pesticide with baking soda! Just mix olive oil (1 tbsp), baking soda (2 tbsp) and liquid soap (2-3 drops) in a gallon of water. Put it all in a spray container and apply gently to your garden every few days to keep pests away.

Molasses for Your Garden

I discussed dried molasses in articles from several years ago. Actually, dried molasses isn’t actually pure molasses at all. It has a grain reside base that is sprayed with liquid molasses. The result is a product that stimulates microbes and repels fire ants. Liquid molasses is a by-product in the manufacturing of sugar and contains additional nutrients and trace minerals in helping to build up organic soil. It heavily feeds microbes, especially bacteria, some of which aid in fixing nitrogen from the air and converting the gas to ammonia, as well as other beneficial compounds in the soil. While some consider liquid molasses to be expensive, it’s usually sprayed at a rate of 2 ounces per gallon of water and covers up to 1,000 square feet of garden soil. This considerably lowers its overall cost to use. Dried molasses applied at a rate of a couple handfuls per mound will

make the fire ants move somewhere else, hopefully into your neighbor’s yard!!! On the other hand, liquid molasses will kill the mound with 2 ounces each of orange oil and liquid molasses in a gallon of water. Amount to use is dependent on the size of the mound. Liquid molasses can even kill nutgrass! Use ½-1 cup per gallon of water to cover roughly 10 square feet of the weed. Repeat applications are usually required to kill the dastardly weed, but it will work. In addition to its pest fighting ability, liquid molasses increases the health of your garden vegetables, which means pests are likely to attack them. For best plant results, it is suggested to use the liquid application as a supplement at least once a month, and twice is better. For more interesting information read about using milk and liquid molasses (Google milk & molasses) in your garden!

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49 TX George W. to late George H.W. 50 TX Dell’s 1st smartphone 51 TXism: “if it ain’t true, there ____ _ cow in Texas” 52 internat’l trade org. 53 British boys 54 TXism: “he’s __ ___, his boots burned up before he smelled the smoke”

1 in Tarrant County on highway 199 5 you spit out a watermelon ____ 6 “Battleship Texas State Historic ____” 7 _ ___-gallon hat 8 addition result 9 TXism: “critter corral” 12 TXism: “smoke ‘__ ___” (expose) 17 sleeping noisily 19 1962 western: “Young ____ __ Texas” 21 lizards found in the Rio Grande Valley 22 country where former Maverick Roy Tarpley played 23 where women get beautified (2 wds.) 28 nine Astros or eleven Cowboys 29 TXism: “____ as the bottom of a well” 30 spit 31 Texas’ “Naval Station _____side” was closed in 2010 35 football headgear 36 TX Larry McMurtry wrote “In A ______ _____: Essays on Texas” (1968) 42 “P”of POW 44 TXism: “new to _____ parts” 46 TXism: “dumb as _ ____ ____” 48 UT and A&M started with land ______

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25 “Texas, Our Texas! ___ hail the mighty State!” 26 TXism: “____ __ a dish rag” 27 eat or work too much, e.g. 32 TXism: “__ hill for a stepper” 33 2nd gov. init. 34 this Gray played J.R.’s wife on “Dallas” (init.)

36 “neither” sidekick 37 this Paul wrote “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” for TX Buddy Holly 38 regenerates 39 TXism: “lend _ ____” (assist) 40 AC openings 41 TXism: “____ bien” (good) 43 TX Buddy Holly’s “It’s __ Easy” 45 Mexican “is” 47 this fits through a stirrup (2 wds.) 48 effrontery 55 powerless firecracker (2 wds.)

5 Ideas for Backyard Fun

(StatePoint) Check out these ideas for backyard fun for people of all ages: • Create a waterpark: Avoid traffic and crowds and cool down from the comfort of home using sprinklers and splash pads. A fun way to beat the heat, you can create your very own waterpark during the dog days of summer • Make a bonfire: Get the friends together to tell scary stories, cook dinner over an open fire, make s’mores and have a sing-along. With many portable, smokeless fire pits on the market today, you don’t need to wait until your next camping trip to have a bonfire. • Play jumbo-sized games: From chess and checkers to tumbling towers, outsized versions of your favorite classic board games are ideally played outside. • Relax with a lazy day: With a hammock alone, you can instantly create the perfect backyard oasis for a leisurely day of reading and napping. Today’s hammocks are more versatile than their predecessors. Beyond those that tie to trees and mount to walls, self-standing models offer easy set-up and portability so you can follow the shade -- or sun -- as desired.

QUINN MINUTE by Rix Quinn

I’ve been getting calls from people who want to buy my house. “We’ll be in your area,” the voice says, “and wonder if you’d like to sell your home for cash? I would…but my wife would not, because we’d have nowhere to live. So, I asked the guy, “How much would you give me?” “Sir,” he replied, “I can’t answer that until we discover the home’s age, condition, and relative value.” I’ve got those answers. The house is old enough to qualify for Social Security, and I’m not far away. It’s got some bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a toilet that flushes when you jiggle the

One positive trait I acquired during the pandemic was ultracleanliness. I bathe lots more, and yesterday I washed my hands 19 times, not including the time I spilled sanitizer on my hairbrush. My knuckles look like bleeding walnuts…very clean

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handle. Extras include a screened-in back porch, and the two-foot-deep hole in the floor of one bedroom, which we call the “mini-basement.” And as for relative value? I’ve got lots of relatives, and they’re valuable to me. I appreciate them most at holidays, when I ask them to show up with good food, bad jokes, and an appropriate gift. I do have emotional attachment to this house. It’s where we raised our daughter. The aging brick has mostly kept the wildlife out, except the weekend some of my old school buddies showed up. The front yard has a couple of low spots

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walnuts. Which leads me to ask: What really terrifies you? Have you noticed that what frightens you as an adult is different from what scared you as a child? My first childhood fear was about an 18foot python who escaped from our zoo. It never occurred to me that -because it’s three times the size of a man -- it could not hide easily behind our backyard rose bush. (The snake was later found just outside its zoo cage.) In elementary school, tornado drills terrified me. Sadly, tornadoes in Texas are more common than ants (or uncles) at a family picnic. In middle school, I was afraid of the guy I had to block in football practice. He outweighed me by 30 pounds. Then I tried to

caused when we replaced decades-old sewer lines. That was expensive, but the alternatives were unthinkable. Both our front and back yards look beautiful right now. Not all the green is grass, but I’ve got nothing against healthy weeds because they also look green at a distance. In the back yard, there’s drainage ditch we call a “stream” after a spring rain. The rest of the time we call it “mud.” So, we have no interest in selling this house, no matter what the cash offer. It’s our home sweet home…or at least it will be in only 132 more payments.

block him. Ouch!!! I started whimpering, and I didn’t stop until sophomore year. In high school, I was too scared to ask a girl to dance at the prom. So, I danced by myself. And then I was afraid to go back to school on Monday. In college I feared high-level math. So, I took a pre-college prep course called “Meet Mr. Arithmetic.” As I got older, I realized that I’ll always fear something. But fear response can be a good thing, if we understand that some terrors are rational, while others are irrational. So, fear of a virus is a good thing. But I later realized I should never fear dancing alone. When we have parties at our house, it encourages guests to leave early.

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German Potato Salad With Bacon

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A La Mode by Anna Huckeba

Lucas’s favorite chocolate cake. Made it for his dinner after graduation.

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

1 3/4 cup flour (for a Gluten-free - use Gluten-free flour) 3/4 cup cocoa powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar 1 cup buttermilk (make your own with almost a cup of whole milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar - let set for 5 minutes) 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup hot water 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Chocolate Ganache Glaze (recipe follows) Chocolate sprinkles, for garnish Chocolate chips (I used the tiny ones), for garnish Heat oven to 350° and prepare a 10 inch Bundt pan with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside. In mixing bowl of mixer, mix the sugar, buttermilk and vegetable oil until combined. Add in the eggs and vanilla. On low speed, add in the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl to get any ingredients that may stick. While mixer is on low, slowly pour in the hot water and mix until all ingredients are combined. Batter will be thin. Fold the chocolate chips into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool just a few minutes. Flip the pan over onto a serving plate and allow the cake to release from pan slowly. Let cool completely and then drizzle the top of the

Southwestern Pasta Salad

8 ounces campanelle or other short pasta 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus more for pasta water ¾ cup olive oil ½ cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems ¼ cup fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes) 1 ripe avocado, halved, divided ½ teaspoon black pepper, divided 1 15.5-oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup fresh corn kernels (from about 3 ears) or 1 frozen corn, thawed 5 scallions, thinly sliced Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes; drain and rinse pasta under cold water to cool. Meanwhile, combine olive oil, cilantro, lime juice, ½ of the avocado, ½ teaspoon of the salt, ¼ teaspoon of the pepper and ¼ cup of water in a blender and process until smooth, scraping down sides as needed. Combine pasta and avocado dressing in a large bowl and toss to combine. Add beans, tomatoes, corn, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper; toss well. Thinly slice remaining half of avocado. Serve salad topped with scallions and avocado

3 pounds new potatoes 1 yellow onion, quartered 1/2 pound bacon, diced 1 large red onion, diced 3/4 cup cider vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1/4 cup canola oil or olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper 8 green onions, thinly sliced 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves Preheat the grill to high. Place potatoes in a large pot with the yellow onion and cover with cold water. Cook, on the grates of the grill, or on a burner, until tender. Drain, discard the onion, and cut the potatoes into cubes when cool enough to handle. Place the potatoes in a large bowl and cover to keep warm. Place a large saute pan on the grates of the grill. Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Add the red onion to the rendered bacon fat and cook until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully add the vinegar and mustard and cook for 2 more minutes. Whisk in the oil and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the hot dressing to the potatoes and toss gently to coat. Fold in the green onions and parsley. Season again with salt and pepper to taste.

White Queso

(Or Yellow Queso) cake with the Chocolate Ganache Glaze. Garnish with the chocolate chips and sprinkles. Let the warm ganache cool before serving. Makes 12 servings Chocolate Ganache Glaze (Ingredients: 1 cup heavy cream and 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips) In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring 1 cup heavy cream to a simmer. Once bubbles appear around the edge of the pan, turn the heat off, and pour 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips into the hot cream. Allow the chocolate to sit for 3-4 minutes before whisking. Whisk the ganache until smooth and shiny.

1 pound white American cheese (If you prefer the yellow - use yellow American cheese) 1 cup heavy cream 1 4 oz can diced green chilies, undrained ½ teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon cumin Pinch of salt and pepper, to taste Add all the ingredients except salt and pepper to a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat. Stir occasionally until cheese is melted and creamy. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Keep warm or pour into desired serving dish and serve immediately. Enjoy with your favorite chips!

Tuna Salad

12 ounces white flaked tuna in water, drained ¾ cup mayonnaise 2 dill pickles finely chopped 1 stalk celery finely diced 1 green onion sliced 1 teaspoon dijon 1 teaspoon lemon juice salt & pepper to taste Drain the tuna well. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Use to top a salad, in sandwiches or to add to pasta salads.

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