Lifestyles

The Breckenridge Woman’s Forum met on Tuesday, Nov. 11, with a program presented by Kay Walton, an artist, who spoke about “The Providence Forum.” Their mission is to “Preserve, defend and advance the faith of the Judeo-Christian values of our nation’s Founding Fathers.

A new girl’s troop and family community health in 4-H were the highlight discussions at the Rotary Club during the November 10 meeting.

This was the poem written by World War I Colonel John McCrae, a surgeon with Canada’s First Brigade Artillery. It expressed McCrae’s grief over the “row on row” of graves of soldiers who had died on Flanders’ battlefields, located in a region of western Belgium and northern France. The poem presented a striking image of the bright red flowers blooming among the rows of white crosses and became a rallying cry to all who fought in the First World War. The first printed version of it reportedly was in December 1915, in the British magazine Punch.

Nancy Taylor retired from the Law Enforcement Center after a total of 29 years. She served Stephens County as an Adult Probation Officer for 25 years and then was the Office Manager for the Stephens County Sheriff’s office during the last four years.

The Rotary Club of Breckenridge was joined by Roger Paschal, District Governor of District 5790, during the Tuesday, November 3, weekly meeting.

Ridge Nutrition held a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 26 to offcially open their doors to the public. Owner, Kim Sewell, of Mineral Wells cut the ribbon which was held by two of her employees, Tai Clague on the right and Whitney Weed on the left, while a third employee, Niesha Price took care of customers. Also present was the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Carrie Holson, and other members of the Chamber to welcome the new business to Breckenridge. B.A. photo by Jean Hayworth

Noah Gray represented Caddo Volunteer Fire Dept. received a check for $1750 as part of a Beacon Grant from the Elks National Foundation presented by the local Elks #1480. He received the check from the Exalted Ruler Melinda Flournoy. Others included in the photo are members of the local Elks #1480 and include front row (l to r) Shirley Fowler, Lena Stockton, Melinda Flournoy, Noah Gray, Lynda Justus, and Wayne Justus. The back row includes (l to r) Sherry Davis, Christina Couch, Brian Couch, Kenny Hubbard, and Jack Kimbler. B.A. photo by Jean Hayworth