Happenings

Yard Beautiful Contest sponsored by the Diboll Garden Club begins May 1-2. The days when yards will be judged are:

May 1-2: Northwest area beginning on the north side of Thompson, on to Martin Luther King and including everything north and west of Farm Road 2497 to the north Diboll city limits.

May 8-9: Northeast area beginning on Dennis, including Deer Trace, to the north Diboll city limit.

May 15-16: Southeast area beginning on Dennis and bordered by U.S. 59 south to the south Diboll city limit.

May 22-23: Southwest area beginning on the south side of Thompson on the Martin Luther King and bordered by 59 south to the south city limit.

May 29-30: Fair Acres area.

The Diboll Garden Club urges everyone to participate. There will be one first-place winner and two runner ups. A sign will be placed in the yard of the firstplace winner, designating it as "Yard Beautiful" of the week. A photo of that yard will appear in the Diboll Free Press.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #113 - Saturday, May 3 - "Because We Care" community wide troop support shipment day. 9:00 AM Angelina County Senior Citizens Center, 2801 Valley Ave. For more information, visit our web site at www.ala113lufkin.org or call Lucy Burris at (936) 676-9148 or Rita Redd at (936) 633-2638

Ryan Chapel Cemetery

Few people remember the Sunday afternoon in September, 1926 when the old church was nearly filled for the purpose of forming a Cemetery Association to raise money to have the cemetery cleaned of grass as needed.

The first celebration was held in 1927 with the pews moved out under the trees. There was singing, poems recited and the speaker was the State Representative. A homecoming has been continued yearly. It was changed from the Sunday nearest to Memorial Day to the first Sunday in June.

You are invited to come again on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at about 9:30 am to visit and walk through the well-kept cemetery. Worship Services will be at 11 am. We will spread our lunches at 12 noon. There will be a singing service at 1 pm. For additional information contact Charles Weeks 829-5125.

Womanless Beauty Pageant

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 7 PM at the Diboll Civic Center. Project Graduation will be sponsoring a Womanless Beauty Pageant. The cost will be $4 for adults and $2 for students. All proceeds will benefit Project Graduation. Please come out and join in the FUN, cheer on your favorites and support our local youth!

Gardening Friends of Lufkin will host a free garden lecture by Dr. Brent Pemberton, Professor, Texas A&M University Agriculture Research and Extension Center. His topic "Tropicals and Award Winning Plants at the Overton Center" will be presented Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm Lufkin City Hall, Room 102. Refreshments and a plant raffle follow the lecture. Admission is free to the public. For more information call Bob Bashaw at 632-4776