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Award presented to producer of Caney Creek documentary
Cherel Henderson, executive director of The East Tennessee Historical Society, recently attended a viewing of “Going Home: The History of Caney Creek,” at the Museum Center at Five Points. She pres...
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Tennessee Historical Society Director Cherel Henderson, left, presented Marian Bailey Presswood, Polk County historian, right, with the Community History Award at the annual ETHS meeting in Knoxville on May 7.
Marian Presswood receives Community History Award
Marian Bailey Presswood, Polk County historian, was the recipient of the Community History Award from the East Tennessee Historical Society and was presented at the annual ETHS meeting in Knoxville...
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The piano duo of Valrie Kantorski and Ann Almond Pope will be held May 30, 7 p.m., at the Museum Center at Five Points. Tickets ae $10. Call Pat Meagher at 714-2126.
Fundraiser featuring Kantorski-Pope piano duo is May 30
The regular monthly meeting of the Cleveland Music Club was held at the Museum Center at Five Points on May 2. Program director Maurine Olin, who had chosen “All in the Family” as the theme for th...
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Hershel T. Hicks, who was born on May 15, 1923, is celebrating his 90th birthday today. Mr. Hicks is a War War II veteran. He and his wife, Mildred, 87, who celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary on May 8, have always lived in Bradley County. The Hickses have three children. In this early photo, the baby, Brian, is their first grandchild.
Hershel T. Hicks,
Hershel T. Hicks, who was born on May 15, 1923, is celebrating his 90th birthday today. Mr. Hicks is a War War II veteran. He and his wife, Mildred, 87, who celebrated their 68th wedding anniversar...
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FCE members, who completed 23 handmade, cloth story books recently for the Books for Newborns project, presented one to new parent Jessica Streiff and her son, Seth, at SkyRidge Medical Center. With the new mother and son, standing from left, are Betty Morrow, Jeri Ervin, Barbara Peterson, Sherry Castell, Phylllis Narus, VIrginia Orr, Marsha St. John and Patricia Pierce. To futher promote the importance of reading to young children. a second book is presented to the child at its first birthday. Books for Newborns, a community service project of Bradley County Family and Community Education Clubs, is part of a nationwide effort to improve literacy for children. FCE clubs complete a number of community service projects each year including Books for Newborns.
Books for Newborns
FCE members, who completed 23 handmade, cloth story books recently for the Books for Newborns project, presented one to new parent Jessica Streiff and her son, Seth, at SkyRidge Medical Center. Wit...
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The Adult Summer Reading Program, “Groundbreaking Reads,” will continue throughout the summer at the library. All participants will receive a bookmark and reading log at registration. The goal th...
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Celebration of Children’s Book Week begins Monday
Children’s Book Week, May 13-19, is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy init...
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The Magnolia Garden Club held its April meeting at the home of Sue Taylor. Master Gardener Johnnie Arnett presented a program on wildflowers. Horticulture brought by members included lilies, columbine, arum, Carolina jasmine, spiderwort, sweet sshrub and vinca. Above are members, from left, Annette Stanbery, Bess Neil and Sayle Bowen. Others attending were Linda Cross, Fredricka Lawson, Elsie Yartes, Patsy Bettis, Erma Brewer, Chloe Littrell and Sheila Cardin.
Program on wildflowers presented at Magnolia Garden Club meeting
Magnolia Garden Club held its April meeting at the home of Sue Taylor on April 25. Linda Cross, chaplain, gave the devotion and the program, Wildflowers, was given by Master Gardener Johnnie Arnett...
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Beta Sigma Phi celebrated Founder's Day with a banquet at the Cleveland Country Club on April 30 in the Fireside Dining Room. Members of the Laureate Zeta Chapter attending are from left, front, Nancy Ogle, Linda Wheeler and Vicki Beaty; second row, Doris Johnson, Lea Stuart and Annie Laura Breaux; and back, Cathy Norwood, Kathy Quinnett, Kay Martin, Brenda Chambers, Betty Eidson, Brenda Eckard, Donna Ingram, Verdonna Mikel, Judy Johnson and Fleeta Millard.
Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi celebrated Founder's Day with a banquet at the Cleveland Country Club on April 30 in the Fireside Dining Room. Members of the Laureate Zeta Chapter attending are from left, front, N...
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Velma I. Jenkins Randolph will celebrate her 98th birthday on May 13. She was the oldest daughter of 10 children of H.P. and Callie Williams Jenkins, lifetime residents of Bradley County. She has one brother living, Lawrence Jenkins, the youngest son. In 1941, she married Joe K. Randolph, who died in 1997. She is the mother of three children: Angee Varnell Rapier and her husband, Charlie; Rita Randolph Pirkle and her husband, Edd; and Earl Randolph and his wife, Lisa Bain; four grandchildren: Scott Varnell, Vic Pirkle, Joe Pirkle and Megan Justice; and one great-grandchild, Maxwell Pirkle. The nonogenarian still resides in her own home under the care of her children.
Velma I. Jenkins Randolph
Velma I. Jenkins Randolph will celebrate her 98th birthday on May 13. She was the oldest daughter of 10 children of H.P. and Callie Williams Jenkins, lifetime residents of Bradley County. She has o...
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