Happenings

Click it or Ticket
Daingerfield Police Department will be doing the Click it or Ticket Memorial Day Mobilization Program from May 19 through June 1.  There will be more officers out and actively looking for seat belt violations. Click it or Ticket helps increase the use of safety belts during that period.

Cemetery Meeting
There will be a Springhill Cemetery meeting on April 27 at 1:15 directly following the service at Williams Chapel Baptist Church.

Civil War Memorial
The Iron Bluff Cemetery Association in Lone Star is searching for any relatives of the following Civil War Veterans who are buried in the cemetery. The veterans are A.B. Alex Stephens, William Moses Skinner, Alva Thadeous Finley, Jasper Cook and Joseph Crooks.  A memorial honoring these men will be held at the cemetery on May 10 at 11 a.m. Contact Carmen Curry Bennett, IBCA Secretary at 903-526-1982 if you have any information.

Anniversary
The Shady Grove Christian Church will celebrate the pastor and wife’s third anniversary on May 4 at 3 p.m. Everyone is invited.

Dedication
Chuck Wagon Cowboy Ministries will have a dedication on Saturday, May 3, at 4 p.m., followed by food and music. The dedication of 41 acres will be held one mile west of Highway 161 and Hillcrest on the old iron ore road. Speakers will be Pastor Dwain Higgins from Bar-Nun Cowboy Ministries and Pastor Frank Caldwell from Chuckwagon Cowboy Ministries.

Fish Fry
The B.U.D.D.Y. Organization will host a fish fry April 26 starting at 10 a.m. at Jerry’s Fruit stand at 203 Broadnax in Daingerfield For further information, call 903-305-6387 or Richard Lee at 903-241-5478.

Dedication
There will be a dedication for the Hughes Springs’ auditorium named the ‘Leland Cockrill Auditorium’ and the memorial bench by the Class of 1978 on Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in the high school gym. The bench is placed just outside the gym.

Cason Fire Department
The Cason Volunteer Fire Department will hold its reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. at the fire station directly behind the post office. Anyone interested in volunteering should attend this meeting. For further information, contact Jerry Ragsdell at 903-767-8990.