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John Williams worked with my dad, Ervin Molitor, at Holsum Foods many years ago. It was a large warehouse type building where Prosperity Bank is located. They made salad dressing, bottled olives and everything had to be done by hand. The salad dressings were made in a huge vat, but the bottles had to be placed on the belt and the product pumped from the vat. Labels were placed on the bottles one at a time by a machine. I worked there two summers to pay for two years of college. Since my dad ran part of the company, I had to learn everything including cleaning the outside of those huge vats.
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Sharon Cunningham Swank Backhus was born on August 4, 1947 in Austin, Texas to Benjamin F. Swank Jr. and Ida Mae Harris Swank and died on August 2, 2024 in her beloved hometown of Navasota, Texas. She was 76 years old.
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The surprise birthday party for Mark Walz was perfect. He was totally surprised. White Hall Café was packed with friends and relatives. Ben Gist serenaded the group with music. It wasn’t a milestone birthday, but he was very appreciative.
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Macedonia Baptist Church, 6957 CR 206 Plantersville, in the Blackberry Community along with Pastor Earnest R. Heard, Jr. invites Grimes County to Family and Friends Day Sunday, Aug. 4, at 2:30 p.m. Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Bryan and pastor John Hubbard is the special guest.
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The monthly food pantry was held at the Iola Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall July 20. It was well attended with around 82 people showing up. Food distributed is enough to feed 233 people. There were several new families receiving assistance. The pantry is open the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. Volunteers are appreciated the day of the event and the day before around noon to help set up the pantry.
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Don and I attended the 146th Annual Sheriffs’ Association of Texas Training Conference and Expo in Ft. Worth. On the way we stopped in Grandview to meet Don’s uncle Harry Brennen and his cousin and his wife, Foster and Phyllis Brennen, for lunch at R&K Café. It is always good to see Uncle Harry who will be 96 in September. He is still an amazing person.
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Booster Club sponsorship sign, please let me know. I still need a few more donations. My little man was gone for two weeks. I enjoyed that long, tight hug I got when he came home. We didn’t finish the Spider Man puzzle that day, but I may wait until we complete it. I think he enjoys challenging me but at times he does tell me “Good Job”!
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Cort Norwood spoke to Richards Civic Club about the extensive work Richards Volunteer Fire Department does for the city and the surrounding area. Richards VFD is dispatched to fires as far away as Huntsville and Montgomery. During Hurricane Beryl the department worked around the clock to clear county roadways and remove debris from rural roads. Richards VFD owns an off–road military truck they can use to pull stranded vehicles from fields and mud. They also serve as EMS for accidents and 911 calls.
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