Merry Christmas! Well, Halloween has gone. Homecoming is over. It’s almost Christmas… Wrong! There’s this month called November and it includes so many good things, like Veterans Day (always the 11th) and Thanksgiving! So it is so important to remember what we are thankful for.
In 1898, most towns did not allow guns to be carried openly within the city limits. In order for the four Squyres men to travel to Breckenridge with their guns, they were sworn in as deputies by the sheriff at Cleburne. This allowed the four Squyres men to carry their guns on the train to Breckenridge. The Squyres men had also picked up a fifth Squyres man at Weatherford, who also was deputized by the sheriff in Weatherford.
For most Texans, Election Day is a misnomer.
On Election Day of Nov. 8, 1898, there was a heated dispute between two warring groups in the northwestern part of Stephens County. It came to a climax on Election Day of 1898, when William Jefferson (Jeff) Squyres was killed along with Joe Rampy, the antagonist.
Amazon delivered good economic news, announcing plans for a 700,000-square-foot distribution center and warehouse in Waco.
Twenty years ago, there were people in our town who refused to give out candy on Halloween for religious reasons. Although I didn’t agree, it was their right to not participate, stay home, and turn off their porch light. Some of us, on the other side, bought even more candy that year, dressed up in wild costumes, and decorated our houses like cemeteries and haunted houses. We gave out candy by the hands-full … mainly because someone said we shouldn’t.
About a year ago, the biggest headed, scroungiest, matted, yellow cat with a puffy sorta shortened tail, diamond eyes, short blunt teeth, and that black gunk around his mouth, showed up at our house. Now we had six other outdoor cats at the time and he had to fight each one to earn his spot, and we shooed him for the first month, but he stayed. He was so mean to everything. He hissed and growled, and would attack out of the blue. And then, he started getting sick.
I had printed that homecoming week was this week! I was wrong! The homecoming football game will be played on October 30th. The dress up days, the bonfire and street painting on Thursday, and the Homecoming Game on Friday, are the only activities. Class favorites will be honored at the game and Mr. & Miss WHS, Football Hero & Sweetheart, and other honors will be recognized. No Saturday activities. Okay, that’s correct.
I am taking a departure from the usual historical research, I have presented to the readers during the last few months. Those editorials feature the pioneers of Stephens County.
Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1.
