Mrs. Claus to Visit Muldoon Saturday

Muldoon will be once again celebrating the kickoff of the Christmas season with Christmas in Muldoon on Dec. 9 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The festivities will start off at the Muldoon Museum with wassail and cookies to enjoy while visiting with Mrs. Claus. They also will have baked goods for sale to raise funds for the museum.

Next at 5 p.m. the Stray Gathering Cowboy Church will be hosting Santa Claus himself. Come out and have your picture taken with the jolly old man himself. This is the chance to see what all is happening in downtown Muldoon at this fast growing little church. They also will have children’s crafts to entertain the little ones.

Then at 6:30 p.m. the Muldoon Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting their annual Christmas meal. This year they will be serving fried fish, hushpuppies, coleslaw, tea and water. They are asking everyone to bring a side dish or a dessert to share with everyone. The fire department will also be collecting free will donations.

Each of the three locations will be collecting can goods. These non-perishable can goods will be donated to help feed the local needs through the Flatonia Area Food Pantry. What a great way to start off the holiday season, by sharing the love and joy of the season with those in need.

Obituary

Harvey Smith passed away on Nov. 27. He had a number of tremendous accomplishments in his life. He graduated from West Texas State University in 1963 and then went on to post-graduate school at Texas A&M University. versity.

He managed several ranches prior to him and wife Judy starting their hog and farm and Brangus Ranch outside La Grange.

Among his accomplishments were being named Master Pork Producer in 1979 and served on the Texas Pork Producers Board as chairman and president. In 1998 he and Judy were also honored on and added to the Texas Pork Wall of Honor at Kleberg Animal and Food Sciences Center at Texas A&M. He also was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in Agriculture from West Texas A&M University.

In 2002 he and Judy retired from raising hogs and began focusing on raising cattle, white tail deer and other wildlife on their Muldoon ranch. He enjoyed doing it until the time of his passing.

Harvey is survived by his wife Judy Smith; daughter and son in law, Kelly and Randy Stork; a brother and sister in law Don and Clara Smith; and sister in law, Imelda “Beve” Cunningham. He also is survived by two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Services for Harvey were held on Friday, December 1st at Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home with burial in the La-Grange City Cemetery.

Out and About

Nancie and Billy Blair enjoyed having their grandson, Kelley Schick come for Thanksgiving. They enjoyed some smoked ribs for their Thanksgiving meal. Then on Friday they were joined by daughter Teresa Holland and friend from Houston who came out for another day of feasting.

Ron and Pam Knotts enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with their son Derek and his wife Anastasia and grandson Troy who came in from Denton County for Thanksgiving. Troy had never been so close to cows and got to enjoy hand feeding them with Grandpa. Troy also got to drive the Ranger which was a real treat.

James, Bobby and Joan Ivy slipped off to LaVernia to celebrate Thanksgiving with Judy and Kendall Jordan. They enjoyed some wonderful family time and came home stuffed. Then on Saturday James and Joan took off to Boerne to watch Joan’s good friend and barrel racer, Alayna Kidd, ride at the San Antonio Rose Arena. She rode four different horses and did really well. Following the races, Alayna and husband Dave hauled back to the Ivy’s place to leave their horses at their barn. They have more racing planned with a race in Oklahoma City and then on to Vegas to run in the “All In Barrel Race” at the Orleans.

Devon Boehnke, Dana and Darrell Kulak enjoyed a visit to Harold Boehnke’s home to enjoy a big family Thanksgiving dinner. Devon’s daughter, April Pospisil and her daughter and son in law, Jenny and Aaron Zuhn along with their daughters Charlotte and Delilah; and son and daughter in law, Jeremy and Angela Wells and their kids Dylan and Brianna.

Tree Trimming

TxDoT has been busy in the last month trimming the trees along the ride of way on FM 154 from West Point to Flatonia. They have made the roads look a lot wider with this trimming. They even brought out a crew to remove some dead trees that were in the fence lines that would be falling into the roadway.

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