By Dickie Dixon

Belated anniversary I missed my sister’s 50th wedding anniversary last Friday, August 24^th.  They were married in 1968.  Congratulations Laura (Dixon) Cavin and my brother-in-law Lynn Cavin.

For Posterity’s Eyes August birthdays:  30^th:  Guessipina Bonner 31^st: Betty Oglesbee,  Sara Goins, Joyce Ann Trojan, Henry Tynes  September birthdays:  1^st: Mary Henry, Holly Gonzales 2^nd:  Jimmy Rigby, Neal Murphy  3^rd:  Caleb Tippitt, Joe Dan Talley  4^th:  Joan Smith 5^th:  Mel Cole, Micah Jordan

Save the Date! (1) The Vernon Historical and Genealogical Association will hold it’s September meeting on September 1, 2018 at 12:30PM at the Vernon Parish Library, Meeting Room.  Guest speakers will be Sharon Wolf, Assistant Archivist and Mary Linn Wernet, Archivist, Cammie G. Henry Research Center Northwestern State University.  The presentation will be “The Watson Library’s Use of Social Media and How the VHGS Can Use It Too”. If you plan on bringing a refreshment, please let the group know so there is no duplication of effort. For more information, call the Vernon Parish Library in Leesville, Louisiana.  Thank you, Cheryl Perkins Corresponding Secretary, VHGS

(2)  The Deep East Texas Archeological Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 10, 2018 for desserts and refreshments followed at 7 p.m. by a short business meeting and a program given by the man in charge of the Big Thicket Preserve.  For more information, please call the Newton County Museum History Center and Genealogical Library at (409) 379-2109, Klaus Gehr at (337) 329-3829, or Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378.  The public can e-mail Klaus at klaus@onlinearmory.com or Dickie at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

(3)The Angelina County Genealogical Society is honored to sponsor the Happy 136^th Birthday Lufkin! Celebration on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 8 a.m. to noon in the City Council Chambers in the Lufkin City Hall on 300 West Shepherd Ave. in downtown Lufkin, Texas (75904).  At 8 a.m. Mount Enterprise resident John Langston will discuss “Brick Collecting.”  At 9 a.m. Pineland native Wayne Fults will discuss “1900-1920 Era Coca Cola Bottles.”  At 10 a.m. Dr. Neal Naranjo will discuss “A. B. Jennings and the Coming of the H.E.W.T. Railroad.”  At 11 a.m. city officials, legislators, dignitaries, and city officials will add their thoughts for the Celebration.  For more information, please contact Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378, or e-mail him at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

(4)The Angelina County Genealogical Society will honor Angelina College on its fiftieth anniversary this year in its regular September meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2018 in the Community Meeting Room at Kurth Memorial Library on 702 South Raguet Street in Lufkin, Texas (75904).  Coffee and cookies begin at 3:30 p.m.  Plans are to have a panel discussion from participants who went to school there, taught or worked there, or had relatives who worked or taught there.  For more information, please contact Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378, or e-mail him at  dickie.dixon@hotmail.com

Eye on Books The Newton County Historical Commission is offering their newest book Once an Eagle by Bobby Bean for sale for $30 at the Newton County Museum History Center and Genealogical Library on 213 East Court Street in downtown Newton, Texas (75966).  Interested parties can contact Kathy Knighton or Terri Woods there at (409) 379-2109

For book reviews/notices please send a complimentary copy to Kissin’ Kuzzins P. O. Box 151001 Lufkin TX 75915-1001

Send your queries to dickie.dixon@hotmail.com by mail to Kissin’ Kuzzins P. O. Box 151001 Lufkin TX 75915-1001 or by phone to (936) 240-8378