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The monthly food pantry at Iola Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall will be open Saturday, June 21, from 7–11 a.m. Anyone in need are welcome. Volunteers are needed the day before around noon to help set up the pantry and for distribution on Saturday. All assistance is appreciated. Come out and help your friends and neighbors.
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This year’s Juneteenth, June 19, event is different from past events. The parade begins at 11 a.m. and travels along Main Street in Anderson. Dinner will be served at the Juneteenth Fairgrounds at 1 p.m. on FM 149 across from Anderson-Shiro High School. The cultural music festival and rodeo will be held at the Grimes County Fairgrounds and Expo Center. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the rodeo starts at 7 p.m. For more information contact Bessie White, 936-203-8483 or Rosie Calhoun, 936-825-4822.
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It was good to get a call from Mrs. Betty Jones this week. She sounded good, was laughing and we caught up on a few things. Mrs. Betty was the president of the VFW Auxiliary when I started as an active member. She and Harriet Bellmeyer went to every meeting no matter where they were located. Due to her health, Mrs. Betty stepped down from her position. Thank you, Mrs. Betty, for making my day.
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Happy Juneteenth Grimes County. The Youth Summit will be held June 24–26 from 5:30–8 p.m. at the Navasota Center, 101 Stadium Drive in Navasota.
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A ribbon cutting for the Grimes County Justice Center Annex, 270 FM 149 Rd. West in Anderson, will be held Wednesday, July 9, at 9 a.m.
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In last week’s column we celebrated Memorial Day. It was noted that we placed American flags on the graves of many veterans' graves throughout the county. Veterans from Keith and Iola that died in action are Robert Crenshaw who died in World War 1; Waymon Boney Blount, Pearl Harbor; Tommy T. Rice and Elton L. Gomillion, WW2; Charlie Cook and Joe Michael Moran, Vietnam.
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Legally, at least, the Texas Revolution began Jan. 1, 1832, when an act of the Texas Legislature approved April 21, 1874 by Gov. Richard Cole, granted pensions to “every person still living who may have served as a volunteer, or as a regular soldier, in the military service of Texas at any time between the first day of January 1832, and the fifteenth day of October, 1836…”
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School is out, the county fair is over, and summer is here. There are plenty of activities to keep children busy this summer. Visit, https://es.ascisd.net and view the summer newsletter for fun ways to keep children educated throughout summer. Don’t forget to take your children to the library. They usually host summer events.
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