Third quarter sinks Pirates against Mount Vernon
For the second consecutive week, the Pittsburg Pirates played a strong first half of football.
For the second consecutive week, the Pittsburg Pirates played a strong first half of football.
The PIttsburg Pirate freshman football team got off to a fast start and maintained that speed advantage for four quarters in their game Thursday, racing to a 30-0 win over Atlanta.
In 1974, the event Pioneer Days had its debut. After all, something had to be done to celebrate the centennial of Camp County. The Northeast Texas Fair had been discontinued for a quarter of a century, and the county wanted to celebrate in style.
A few years ago, I wrote a short, little book called “364 Days of Thanksgiving.” If I’m honest, it was more of a journal than a book. The point of the book was to encourage the reader to write down one thing each day for which they were thankful to God. The only catch was that they could never repeat. They had to think of something new or different every day.
For a season, my parents lived on South Front Street in New Boston, Texas. A small town. Their town. And quite possibly like your town. Yes, like many towns in East Texas.