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From: "A Elizabeth" <>
Subject: Fw: [TXCOLL-N] Collin County, Tx. (1903)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:31:26 -0500

Year is 1903
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Subject: [TXCOLL-N] Collin County, Tx. (1903)
Posted on: Collin County, TX Biographies
> Reply Here:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/CollinBios/10268
> Surname: Penson, Fagala, Grace, West, Arrington, McClure, Nixon, Higgins,
> Woodall, Bell, Beaty, Lee, Cocke, Burney, Dodson, Nesbitt, McGraw,
Highsaw,
> Bicknell, Denton, Smith, Renfro, Enloe
> The Courier Gazette, McKinney, Tx., Thursday, Jan 29 1903
> Donna, Tex., Jan. 27, 1903 :
> Rev. Penson of Westminster preached to the people yesterday and last
night...........Mrs.
> Vorilla Fagala of Valdasta visited friends and relatives here last
week.......Miss
> Lou Grace has returned to her home in Trenton after a two week stay with
> Mrs. T. L. West......Wm Arrington of Rhymer has purchased house and stock
> of goods from our merchant, A. McClure........Misses Nixon, Lizzie and
> Mattie Higgins of McKinney spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Clair
> West.......Bob Woodall is visiting relatives of this place.....Jno Bell
> and family will leave this week for Oregon......Mrs. Beaty entertained
> the young folks Friday night....
> Culleoka, Jan. 26, 1903 :
> Very much talk is being made by our citizens about the railroad that is
> going to be built through Collin County, from the east to the west. We
> are in hopes they will remember Culleoka when they go to
build.....Culleoka
> High School is progressing very nicely in 1903 with Prof. Joe A. Lee of
> Weston, principal and Miss Irby Cocke of Farmersville assistant......A.
> A. Burney of Bonham was in our little town Friday on business.....Culleoka
> Literary Society met Friday and rendered a very interesting
program......Mrs.
> E. P. Dodson has returned from Georgia where she has been visiting friends
> and relatives.......Mrs. Emma Nesbitt of Rowlett is attending school here
> now while visiting her sister, Mrs. T. W. McGraw.......Mr. and Mrs. R.
> A. Highsaw are the proud possessors of a big boy which came to their home
> last week......Mrs. Lyda Bicknell of this place is being visited by some
> of her relations from Missouri this week.....Eld. Denton of Rockston and
> Smith of Klondyke preached in our little town last week......The Culleoka
> Sunday School has organized and started but anew with Joe A. Lee, Supt.
> Quite a nice crowd was out last Sunday evening and great manifestations
> are being made to have a good Sunday School......Bob Renfro is on the sick
> list this week....
> Enloe, Jan. 26, 1903 :
> John Enloe of this community will leave for Eastern Texas in a few days
> where he will close out his business. He has been living there for the
> past two years but has returned to old Collin where he will make his
home.......The
> cloudy weather has spoiled that smile the farmers had on their faces.
There
> is only one way in which the farmers can get their face straightened again
> and that is by about six weeks sunshine......Some farming is being done
> at present. The farmers are taking advantage of the few dry days of dry
> weather.....Mrs. Enloe, wife of Rev. Abe Enloe is very ill at
present....Our
> school is not well attended at present. The diphteria is raging in our
> community and the children are not turning out well but we hope the
dreadful
> disease will be held in check and the children return at once.....We would
> be glad if our new commissioner would pay us a visit or rather our roads.
> If he would, we think he would be willing to give us a lift. The people
> are filling the mud holes with cotton stalks in order to get through...
>
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