Category: Clubs

CCL Women’s Club hear from McDade’s Nursery owner

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CCLWC press release

Stephen Gent, owner of McDade's Nursery.
Stephen Gent, owner of McDade’s Nursery.

The Cedar Creek Lake Women’s Club promotes congenial contacts for the women of the Cedar Creek Lake area, creating friendship, social and cultural activities. Meetings are held September through May at the Cedar Creek Lake Country Club in Mabank.

March’s speaker was Stephen Gent, owner of McDade’s Nursery, a full service nursery located on Highway 274 in the City of Tool, west of Cedar Creek Lake. They provide quality plants at affordable prices along with horticultural experience.

The topic of the discussion was “Landscaping for East Texas,” and focused on March as being an ideal time to address your landscape. Good soil is the key to producing a healthy environment. Trees, shrubs and grass each require their own specific ratio of ingredients to get the best results. One major mistake to avoid is applying weed control under trees since it is dangerous to the roots and can cause growth damage.

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DAR takes virtual tour of museum

Pictured are Carole Ruska and Margaret Ann Trail. (Courtesy photo)
Pictured are Carole Ruska and Margaret Ann Trail. (Courtesy photo)

By Nina Hendricks/DAR

Carole Ruska and Margaret Ann Trail were the speakers at the March meeting of the Sarah Maples Chapter of DAR. They showed a virtual tour of the Museum at Continental Hall in Washington DC.

In 1890, the founders of the DAR envisioned a place for the collections of historic relics — portraits, pictures, etc. — in a fireproof building. The DAR museum supports the NSDAR’s goal of historic preservation, education and patriotism by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the material, culture and social history of pre-industrial America.

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New Rootseekers board members

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Congratulations to the newly elected board members of the Rootseekers Genealogical Society. Pictured are, back row from left, Stella Sikes, Carolyn Bostain, Marion Tillery, Nina Hendricks, Geneice Morris, Suzanne Fife, Margaret Ann Trail; sitting, Patsy Cooley and Mary Beth Haley. (Courtesy photo)

New DAR member Jan Pierce

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The Sarah Maples Chapter of DAR is pleased to welcome new member Jan Pierce. Jan is a Christian educator, author and speaker. She resides on ancestral land in Wise County. She is widowed, has four adult children and grandmother of seven. A fifth generation Texan. Jan has lived all Texas, graduated from Texas Tech, and is certified in history from Sam Houston State University. She has taught in public, private, and home school settings and each summer as “Mama Fishy” swim teacher. She founded the Texas Christian Writers in 2000 and when not at home writing, she hits the trail speaking, teaching, and researching about what else? Texas history. Pictured, from left, are Regent Susan Martz-Cothran, Jan Pierce and DAR Chaplain Priscilla Berry. (Courtesy photo)