Congratulations to the Mabank High School Marching Band, which received straight 1’s at UIL Wednesday and are advancing to Area. They will be competing next Saturday in Denton. Featured: Mabank High School Band Seniors Class of 2015. (Courtesy Photo)
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Ex FCC Enforcer to Speak at Cedar Creek Ham Radio Club
Radio Club press release
The Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club will feature a former FCC Enforcer as its guest speaker via Skype at its next meeting, Saturday, July 12, at 9 a.m. at the Mabank Café.
Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, held the title of Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau until his retirement in 2008. A popular speaker at ham radio conventions nationwide, Hollingsworth visited with the CCARC last winter via Skype videoconferencing. He was such a hit with members that he will be back to tell more “war stories” about his career as chief enforcer for the FCC. Continue reading “Ex FCC Enforcer to Speak at Cedar Creek Ham Radio Club”
Rootseekers Learn About Betsy Ross
The speaker at the June 17 meeting of the Rootseekers Genealogical Society was Carrie Anne Wilson Woolverton. The meeting took place at the Tri-County Library in Mabank. Carrie was dressed in period costume of the day. Her topic was Betsy Ross.
Betsy Ross was originally buried in the Free Quaker burial ground on North 5th Street in Philadelphia with her husband John Claypoole. Twenty years later, their remains were exhumed and transferred to Mt. Moriah Cemetery in the Cobbs Creek Park section of Philadelphia. In 1975 in preparation for the United States Bicentennial, the city ordered the remains moved to the courtyard of the Betsy Ross House. In 1976, the remains of Betsy Ross and John Claypoole were exhumed and transferred a third time to the garden of the Betsy Ross House where they can be visited today. Continue reading “Rootseekers Learn About Betsy Ross”