After 21 years at the Texas Forestry Museum, Carol Riggs retired as their Executive Director. A party was held in honor of her retirement at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center. Some attending and on the program were: Bruce Miles, Rose Boyd, Jim Brody, Ron Hufford, John Courtnay, and Amy Long.
Others were: Rev. Bettie Kennedy, Nancy and Thomas Moore, Elsie and Bill Simpson, Susie and Frank Shockley, Marty Harris, Debra and Jody Anderson, Cathy Pavlic, Candace Wadsworth, Linda and Monty Whiting, Joy Vickers, Laurie Vaughn, Mindy Hataway, Mackenzie Eason, Ginger Trotter, Jonathan Gerland, Dickie Dixon, Shirley Brooks, Bob Poland, Charles Poland, Shelly Hufford, Nelda Morrison, Kathryn Craw, Janet Thompson, Jayne Floyd, Clarkie Brown, Bebe and Joe Hubbard, Betty and Bob Anderson, Charda and Louis Bronaugh, Mike Bronaugh, Kathy Barnes, Jimmie and Bob Putnam, Rev. Mike and Enid Hunter, Marlene and Cory Glover, Karen and Ben Broughton, Tommy Birch, Polly and Charles Young, Bill Royle, Elaine and Ron Jackson, Donna and Tom Spore, Charlotte and Gorden Henley, J.P. and Darrel McDonald, Gay Ippolito, Josie and Dan Spivey, Cecile and Tenney Braden.
The schedule for the Angelina Arts Alliance for 2007-2008 has been released. The first attraction will be Country Western Singer Clint Black on Sunday, September 30, or Monday, October 1; Electrifying Dance, Ailey II on Saturday, November 17; Canadian Brass, Holiday with the Brass, Sunday, December 16, 2007; The Piano Men on Saturday, January 19, 2008; Jigu! Thunder Drums of China, Wednesday, March 19, 2008; Chicago, the Musical on Thursday, March 27, 2008. There was a CD with music from each of the performances. Contact the Angelina Arts Alliance at 639.5454 for ticket information.
Did you know if you stop at the ports in Mexico that you cannot give blood due to the malaria scare. My Julie Jumper Morris had her blood thrown away when they found out that she had been on a cruise and stopped in Mexico.
Happy Birthday: Tina Turner, Chip Thompson, Caroline Deaton, Jay Rush, Sarah Beth Teutsch, Virginia Moore, Jesse Elbel, Daphene Clarke, Lynda Crain, Paige Wiesner, Garry Ray, Patsy Hines, June Bone, Joyce Tullos, Charlyce Colburn, Jeremy Ferguson, Connie Kennedy, Johnny Lane, Laura Friesen, Jim Brody, Janet Read, Elaine Ingram Hollis Lockhart, Jay, Erika and Aimee Weber.
Happy Anniversary: Terry and Susan Morgan, Tommy and Jan Deaton, Shirley and Donald Baum, Bobbi and Ronnie Robinson, Stacey and Walter Willmann, Mary Leah and Don Duran, Jerry and Donna Hill.
The Terry Haney family has been traveling while Taylor Haney has been working at Lufkin Coca Cola just slaving away. I guess he figures somebody has to work!
Kelly Haney and Bailey Watson attended Camp Bethany in Bethany, Louisiana with Carpenter's Way Baptist Church for a week
Patrick Haney was in California for a week with the Christophersons. He and Tyler Wright went with Liz Christopherson and two of her kids, Jamie and Sarah. Her other two boys, Ben and Will, stayed home. The dad, Joe, is working out there and they went for an action packed visit. They went to Santa Cruz to the beach and an amusement park, went to San Francisco, saw Alcatraz, attended an Oakland A's game, went to the Field of Dreams and many other things. Had a WONDERFUL time.
Lynne and Terry Haney went to Cancun, Mexico with Paul and Kim Wright to celebrate birthdays. Lynne's was 7/1 and Kim's was 7/2!! They had a great time!
Oscar and Jean Dillahunty had grandson Mark Mackey, son of Ann and Curt Mackey of College Station, visiting for a week while his brother Matthew Mackey was at Cho-Yeh Camp in Livingston.
Lynanne Alsbrooks is not at the Angelina County Chamber any more. She is doing her permanent cosmetics that consist of permanent brows, eyeliner and lips, lash extensions, lash perms, brow shaping and tinting, tattoo removals and corrections. Her email is: nanalsbrooks@gmail.com.
I visited with Carrie Shockley and she showed me pictures of her 8-month-old twins Case and Kenley with their older brother and sister Koda and Kyler. Carrie is "on call" at Vince Treadwell's Edward Jones office. She is finishing her degree to teach on line from Stephen F. Austin. This way she can work at home with the babies that were born premature October 22.
Tom and Barb Flournoy, extended family and friends feted Jordan Flournoy with a surprise party on Saturday, July 21. The party celebrated Jordan's graduation from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY (Jordan did not attend his graduation ceremonies, so this was his celebration) and Jordan's 21st birthday, a milestone that he is about to reach. It also was a "going away" party, a chance for everyone to say good-bye to Jordan before he leaves in a few weeks for Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he will be a student at the University of Michigan Law School. The party was held at PineCrest Retirement Community so the residents there could attend. Jordan has ministered in music and friendship at PineCrest since he was 11 years old and is considered an "adopted grandchild" by the residents. Jordan was asked to share his music during the party, so he played a classical hymn arrangement of "I'd Rather Have Jesus" on the piano and sang "Lord, Here Am I" acappella with fellow homeschoolers, members of the Tom Rach family, of Hemphill, TX. Friends and family, including Jordan's current boss, attorney Reese Andrews and Reese's wife, Carolyn, from Nacogdoches, shared humorous anecdotes about Jordan. Each then gave Jordan a scripture and a blessing to take with him to Michigan. Jordan's sister, Kristen Hay, made one of her fabulous decorated gourmet cakes for the occasion. She was there with hubby Kyle and children Caleb, Morgan, and Scarlett. Jordan's other sister, Nicole Ellis with her husband Chris and children Preston, Chandler, Hudson, and Adeline, were in from Round Rock for the celebration. Uncle Jordan is a hands-down favorite of his 13 nieces and nephews. He will be sorely missed by his many wonderful friends and his big extended family.
Among the oldest law schools in the country, the University of Michigan Law School was patterned after Cambridge and Oxford. Jordan will reside in the Lawyer's Club, an almost century old Gothic style stone building with private rooms, a lovely historic living room with hand-carved walls, and a huge dining room. He will attend classes in a stone building, which, at first glance, Jordan thought was a historic cathedral. It's just across the lawn from the Lawyer's Club in what is known as the Law Quad. Bon voyage, Jordan!!!!
Martha and Ray Carswell entertained granddaughter Emma, who is three and a half, and Abby, who is a year and a half, for several days. They recommend the Chamber Park water pad. They spent two days there. The Ellen Trout Zoo and the train were also on their schedule.
Frances Atkinson had daughter Marijo and Rick Meredith in town in their motor home, and we saw them eating with Rick's mother Delle Meredith. I bet Marijo was here to celebrate her birthday.
Llewellyn Frazier had foot surgery due to her feet like her mother Tennie Little. I have feet like my mother and sympathize with her.
Franklin Weeks called remembering my daddy teaching agriculture at Stephen F. Austin when he was there. Certain things bring back good memories.
Patricia Clements Schoen, of St Louis, was in town visiting friends and came to see the Hall of Honor at LHS with Wydette Barrett. Her family lived in the house were J.P. and Darrel McDonald live.
Clarkie and Wayne Brown had granddaughter Angie and Alan Robinson and their 2-year-old daughter Emma Grace come through Lufkin on their way from Round Rock to Lafayette, Louisiana. They spent two hours and had food from Lufkin Bar B Q with Wayne and Clarkie. Wayne was impressed with their well-mannered German shepherd dog "Charlie" that was traveling with them. Barbara and David McGaughey are Angie's parents, and they are in Louisiana.
The joint reunion of the classes of 1964 to 1968 is mailing letters. If you do not get one in the next couple of weeks contact: 1964 - Sheila Wood; 1965 - Bobbie Davis; 1966- Gay Parker; 1967 Mary Jane West; 1968 Len Medford. The reunion will be September 29 at the Lufkin Civic Center.
Carol and Jim Riggs were in Scotland for July 4 to celebrate her son Robert and Heather Lewis' 10 th wedding anniversary. Heather is a native born Scot. Their daughters are Daisy, who is 7, and Jura, who is 4. Jim sent cute pictures of Robert and Heather and the US and Texas flags and the granddaughters. Robert is a lead programmer for a company providing medical software for cardiac monitoring. Their home is in Cramond a village in the Edinburgh outskirts. Cramond's origins date back nearly two thousand years. When the Romans invaded Scotland for the second time in AD139, they stopped at a line between the Forth and the Clyde and built the Antonine Wall. In about AD142, they built a fort at Cramond to protect the southern shore of the Forth, east of the end of the wall, and to act as a supply port for the Roman Army in Scotland. Ruins of this Roman occupation remain there today. Robert is a UT grad with degrees in Plan II and Mathematics.
Thanks to everyone for comments on our eating in Kemah and Galveston. Try it!
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