By Dickie Dixon

Belated Birthdays April 3^rd:  Pete Smart

For Posterity’s Eyes 5^th:  Bob Mann, Yvonne (Font) Kershner, Tarryn Capetillo, Norma (Tucker) Williams 6^th:  Marcell Horace, Lois  7^TH:  Charlene (Cryer) Poskey, Jim Bell 8^th:  Betty Williams 9^th:  Ida (Duchess) Dugas, Amy Jones, Lee Ann Serbanek 10^th:  Donnie Jean (Poskey) Journeay 11^th:  Arianna Hernandez, Glenn Wallace, Seth Allen 12^th:  Amy Ly

Milestones Jana Lou (Treadwell) Dixon was born on April 9, 1953, the daughter of Bob James and Argie Nell (McCarty) Treadwell, and died on January 12, 2012. Annie Marcelle (Collins) Cannon was born April 9, 1921 and died December 27, 2015..

From the author On Saturday, April 21, 2018 I will be speaking on “Where the Houses Went” at the Camden Sawmill Reunion in Camden, Texas.  If you or your family rented one of the sawmill houses or know someone who did, or you or your family bought one of the sawmill houses or know someone who did, please contact me at (936) 240-8378 or dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

Save the Date (1) Dan Rankin will discuss “Thomas J. Rusk,” when he speaks to the Angelina County Genealogical Society at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2018 in the Railroad Depot Meeting Room of Kurth Memorial Library on 702 South Raguet Street in Lufkin, Texas (75904).  Dan will address Rusk’s role at the Battle of San Jacinto in honor of San Jacinto Day on April 21^st.  For more information, contact Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378, or e-mail him atdickie.dixon@hotmail.com

(2) Dickie Dixon will discuss the Battle of San Jacinto in honor of San Jacinto Day at 6:00 p.m. on Monday April 16, 2018 in the Fellowship Hall of Keltys United Methodist Church on 1867 Old Mill Road in Keltys, Texas (now a part of Lufkin, Texas [75904]).  He will make special reference to Alfonso Steele, one of the last survivors of the battle and the ancestor of Bill Beaver of Lufkin.  This will be the second meeting that day for the Angelina County Genealogical Society.

(3) Dr. Neal Naranjo will discuss “The Coming of the HEWT Railroad and A. B Jennings,” when he speaks to the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society (TAGHS) at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the Timpson Public Library in downtown Timpson. His ancestor, A. B. Jennings, was a surveyor and the construction crew chief for the railroad; later he owned the Jennings Hotel and the bottling works at Timpson.  For more information, call Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378, or e-mail him at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

(4) The Lufkin High School Class of 1958 will celebrate its 60^th reunion in Lufkin, Texas on Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14, 2018.  According to Nina Stambaugh:  “The reunion plans are in place and ready to put on the calendar.  For the cost of renting the Pines and other incidentals, cost per class member is $25.00.  Checks should be made payable to me since we no longer have a class bank account.  (Nina Stambaugh 112 Tower Lane Lufkin TX 75901-6308)”  The schedule from her for Saturday, October 13, 2018 is: 12:00 Gather at Ardie’s to visit 12:30-2:30 Ardie’s complimentary fish fry 2:30-4:30 Visit with classmates 5:00-6:00 Finger Foods/hors d’ouevres 6:00-8:00 Movie at Pines Theater Schedule for Sunday, October 14, 2018:  “For anyone who wants to come 9:30-? Meet for breakfast at Lone Star Charlie’s (corner of Loop of 287 & 69S) or 1910 E. Denman Ave. Each person is responsible for his/her meal.  Nina went on to add choices for the movie at The Pines on Saturday night:  Movies from 1958 that are possibilities for us to see are below, but you may suggest a movie from another year provided it’s under 2 hours!  Typical movie concessions will be for sale in the lobby as usual. Gigi 1:55 The Defiant Ones 1:36  No Time for Sergeants 1:59 The Blob 1:26 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1:48 American Graffiti 1:50 Long hot Summer 1:55 Love me Tender 1:29 Send me your choice or select another.

Please update your address, email address & phone numbers also.  Thanks, Nina ninastam@suddenlink.net

(5) The Lufkin High School Class of 1968 will have an organizational meeting on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the parlor of St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church on 919 S. John Redditt Drive in Lufkin, Texas (75904).  For more information, contact Lynn Tullos Repp or Cathy Culwell Todd.  The reunion itself will occur October 19-21, 2018.

(6) A request from the author:  On Saturday, April 21, 2018 I will be speaking on “Where the Houses Went” at the Camden Sawmill Reunion in Camden, Texas.  If you or your family rented one of the sawmill houses or know someone who did, or you or your family bought one of the sawmill houses or know someone who did, please contact me at (936) 240-8378 or dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

In the Master’s service The spring before I started school at Dallas Theological Seminary I decided to get organized to do Greek exegesis in the New Testament.  So I created this verse by verse grammar chart that went through the whole New Testament and placed the page numbers within which that verse would be discussed.  At the time, there were no PCs, so I asked Jerry and Sue holder at Holder Brothers Printing to mock up a chart for me.  Then I rolled up my sleeves and went to work.

I don’t know now how I met her, but a lady named Marie McDowell agreed to type in the page numbers for me.  Many days in the week I went to her red brick house on North First Street near the Civic Center and worked on the project.  It took, as I recall, a few months, and she didn’t ask me to pay her much to complete the task.  We worked diligently and long hours to get me ready to get this done, and I was reminded recently of how much of a servant’s heart she had as she did this for me, but she wasn’t doing it just for me, because she was a servant in the Master’s service.

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Send your queries to Kissin’ Kuzzins P. O. Box 15-1001 Lufkin TX 75901 by email to dickie.dixon@hotmail.com or by phone to (936) 240-8378