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The Family Sowell will be in the morning worship service at Evergreen Baptist Church Sunday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. Come feed your soul and be blessed by some great Gospel Bluegrass music. There will be a covered dish meal following the service. If you wish, come enjoy the activities. All are welcome to attend. Iola’s Annual Hay Day Celebration is Saturday, Oct. 27. There will be a parade on Main Street at 9 a.m. and a variety of booths and all sort of fun activities.
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Charm and Sewing 4-H Club has various ongoing community service projects. • Through March 27, 2023, they are collecting pull tabs from beverage or canned food items. Eula Mae Leggett is in charge of the project. • Through May 22, 2023, Homeless care packages are being collected.
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The deadline for the Grimes County VFW contests; the Patriot’s Pen, Voice of Democracy and SMART Maher Teacher Certification is midnight, Oct. 31. For more information visit, https://vfwauxiliary. org/what-we-do/Scholarships. The SMART Maher can be found at, https:// www.vfw.org/community/ youth-and-education/teacher- of-the-year Please feel free to contact me if you should have any additional questions or if you need to meet me to “hand-off” applications.
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Abraham Zuber, before coming to Texas in the early 1830s, seemed to be a foot loose merchant relocating in different states about every 2 years. So why did he come to Texas as a farmer securing a land grant in the very eastern edge of what would become Grimes County? He acquired his grant March 4, 1833. A footnote on page 166 of E. L. Blair’s “Early History of Grimes County” relating the Abraham Zuber early years in Texas, refers to Zuber’s son stating the reason “his father changed from a merchant to a farmer in 1816 was that his wife, Mary Ann Mann, whom he married, Feb. 16, 1816, inherited from her grandfather, Robert Deshazo, a ‘lot of valuable negroes,’ which enabled his father to become a farmer of considerable importance.”
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Don’t forget to vote this year. Early voting is Oct. 24 - Nov. 4. The locations for the early voting are Grimes County Courthouse and the Navasota Center, from at 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Extended voting hours are Tuesdays only, beginning from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Election Day is Nov. 11 and there are 10 locations in the county for you to vote. As a Grimes County voter, you can vote at any of the 10 locations.
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There was a special wedding ceremony Saturday, Oct. 1, for Katie Compian and Michael De-Haven. They were united in marriage at Evergreen Baptist Church by Rev. Jeff Morgan. The bride was escorted by her father, Charlie Wendt. There were other family members in attendance from both sides of the family. A reception was held in Bryan. Join me in wishing them many years of happiness together. Area residents were sorry to learn of the death of David Alton Pyle who passed away Monday, Sept. 26, in Stephenville. He was born Sept. 13, 1927 in Iola, the son of Neal M. and Steele Carnes Pyle. There was a visitation Sept. 30 at a Stephenville funeral home. The service was held in the Concord Cemetery and conducted by Rev. Tim Owens, the pastor of Iola Missionary Baptist Church. He was the last of his brothers and sisters. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Helen Pyle. Do remember his loved ones in
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Be on the lookout for fish fry updates as the event grows near. The Bedias Civic Club offers first Thursday potlucks, and second Tuesday movies at the civic center. Please go to, www. facebook.com/BediasCivicClubAssoc, for more information.
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Grimes County has reinstated the burn ban. Remember not to burn!
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