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Old Saltillo rededication, memorial day Sunday
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- Category: Community
- Published on Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Old Saltillo Cemetery Memorial Day and Cemetery Association meeting will be Sunday, July 15 starting at 10:30 a.m.
Life of Fanny Crosby to be performed at West New Hope church
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- Published on Friday, 13 July 2018 18:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Shellie O’Neal will perform “This Is My Story,” the life of gospel songwriter Fanny J. Crosby at West New Hope United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. Sunday, July 15.
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Caddo Trace Beekeepers to meet Monday
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- Category: Community
- Published on Sunday, 08 July 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Caddo Trace Beekeepers Association (CTBA) will have a monthly meeting Monday, July 9 at the AgriLife Building at 1708 Industrial Rd. in Mount Pleasant.
Admire to speak at Genealogy
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- Category: Community
- Published on Friday, 13 July 2018 15:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Chris Admire, a member of Lamar County Genealogical Society, will be the speaker for the Monday, July 16 meeting of the Franklin County Genealogical Society (FCGS).
Lemonade for college
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- Category: Community
- Published on Sunday, 08 July 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Melanie Huddleston and Anna Kate Asay were selling glasses of fresh squeezed lemonade at the Farmers Market in downtown Mount Vernon.
Cemetery meeting, church rededication to be conducted
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- Category: Community
- Published on Wednesday, 11 July 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The annual Memorial Day at the Old Saltillo Cemetery, the association’s business meeting, and a re-consecration/dedication of the Old Saltillo United Methodist Church will be conducted Sunday, July 15.
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Pleasant Hill Cemetery Memorial Day planned
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- Category: Community
- Published on Saturday, 07 July 2018 12:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Memorial Day is set for Sunday, July 8 at the cemetery located off FM 900 West between Greenwood and Purley in Franklin County.
Clothes closet seeking donations
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- Category: Community
- Published on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 09:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Community Clothes Closet is seeking donations of gently used, school appropriate clothing for ages preschool to high school for the 2018-2019 school year.
Extension office closed for events
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- Category: Community
- Published on Friday, 06 July 2018 18:00
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Franklin County AgriLife Extension office will be closed for three periods, two during July and one in August, due to the agent being out of town.