Trading Post for Friday March 24, 2017
For Sale: Children’s puzzles 25 cents each. Regular puzzles 500-1000 pc. $1 each. Five dolls $10 each. Lots of VCR movies and music CDs $1 each. John Wayne VCR movies $5 each. See at 722 Calvert Street Apt 3 or phone 903-335-8579.
Bake Sale Benefit for Shanda Beck Vaughn on March 25, 2017
A Bake Sale Benefit will begin at 10am on Saturday March 25, 2017 along the sidewalk in front of Caps and Flasks and across from Muddy Jakes, corner of Main and Davis Streets in downtown Sulphur Springs., Texas. There will be chocolate pies, buttermilk pies, Pina Colada cake, Coca Cola cake, candies, cupcakes, brownies and many other specialty treats prepared to benefit the local resident. Shanda Beck Vaughn has been diagnosed with...
The Mighty Pecan By Mario Villarino
The pecan tree (Carya Spp) is a common often beloved commercial and landscape tree in Hopkins County. Native to Texas and Northern Mexico, the pecan trees have provides shade and nurture to our region for centuries. George Ray McEachern, extension horticulturist from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension stated: “ The pecan is the official state tree, it can be grown in every area of the state and it is a part of Texas tradition....
Secondhand Smoke Harms Your Loved Ones By Johanna Hicks
Secondhand Smoke Harms Your Loved Ones Did you know that if you smoke around others, especially children, your smoking harms the people you care about? Smoking can affect the health of nonsmokers. Smoke that comes from the burning of a tobacco product or smoke that is exhaled by smokers is called secondhand smoke. Inhaling secondhand smoke is called involuntary or passive smoking. The same cancer-causing chemicals inhaled by...
Holy Highway Girls Home Plans Fish Fry Fundraiser on May 13, 2017
The 5th annual Holy Highway Fish Fry Fundraiser will be held on Saturday May 13 at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Pickton, Texas. Serving will begin at 5 pm complete with all the side items, desserts, tea and coffee. There will also be silent and live auctions through the evening with proceeds going to projects and activities of the girls’ school and home. Individuals and businesses are invited to support Holy Highway by...
Tradin’ Post, Friday, March 24th, 2017:
Needing: good dirt… top soil… … This party needs one to two yards of the dirt… … … If you have some to give or sell, please call David at 903-335-8533… …
Yantis High One Act Play Going to Contest on April 1st, Needs Funding
Yantis High School’s One Act Play Group is going to Area contest on April 1st. We are hosting a dinner theatre at the Yantis school cafeteria on Thursday March 30th, 2017 to help raise funds for contest costs. DSC_4670 DSC_4677 DSC_4706 (1) DSC_4706 DSC_4734 DUTB 2 DSC_4658 Meal will begin at 6:00 and our production of Digging Up the Boys by Laura Lundgren Smith will be performed at 7:00. Meal and admission are by donation....
SAFE-T Candlelight Vigil for Crime Victims Awareness Week, April 4th, 2017
The guest speaker will be Will Ramsey, District Attorney.
Aviation History: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
The following information comes from local Sulphur Springs resident Tony Hughes. Mr Hughes worked on, performed engine run up, pre-flight/post flight and flew as an aircraft mechanic observer on FCF’s (functional check flight) at the Greenville, Tx. plant, formerly known as TEMCO. The Greenville plant started as Temco (Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Co.) then changed to Ling-Temco Electronics, Inc. in 1960, then...
Sulphur Springs FFA Teams Place at Houston Livestock Show
According to Sulphur Springs FFA Advisor John Holland, the FFA Show team traveled to Houston for the Junior Heifer show and calf scrambles. Thursday night Blaine Flemens, Phillip Rater, and Brennan Murray all competed in the Houston Rodeo Calf Scramble. If students compete in the Calf Scramble they must catch a wild calf, halter that calf, and then lead it into the winners square in the middle of the NRG Arena (Houston Texan’s Arena)....
