RT-C ISD 2020-2021 Enrollment Now Open
Kindergarten and pre-kindergarten enrollment applications for the Round Top-Carmine ISD 2020-2021 school year are being accepted. You may download the packet for initial enrollment from the elementary website at https://www. rtcisd.net/Domain/108, come by the school between the hours of 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through Friday until May 4, to pick up a packet, or email Linda McCulloch at lmcculloch@rtcisd.net to have a packet emailed or faxed to you. A cover letter included in the packet has information on required documentation. The elementary web site also has a list of eligibility requirements for pre-kindergarten.
Winchester Book Club to Meet May 19 Via Zoom
Winchester News Correspondent After a successful attempt to hold the book club discussion by ZOOM this last month, it has been decided to hold the May book club meeting on May 19 at 7 p.m. on ZOOM as well If you are unfamiliar with this process please give Margaret Atkins a call at (512) 751-5298. The book to be discussed is “True Colors” by Kristin Hannah. Because the March meeting was cancelled an additional meeting will be held May 5 at 7 p.m. on ZOOM to discuss “The Girl Who Wrote in Silk” by Kelli Estes.
The Wild Adventure of a Man Named Shirley
The February 14, 1895 issue of The La Grange Journal relayed the thrilling story of how a local man had been involved in the killing of Jim French, one of the last members of the murderous Bill Cook Gang, who had been terrorizing the Oklahoma Territory. French had taken on a new partner, Jess Cochran, aka Kid Swanson or Slaughter Kid. Bill Cook himself had just been apprehended and would spend the rest of his life in prison. The Journal’s editor and proprietor, P. E. Edmondson, printed the story of his 28-year-old stepson, Shirley G. Wilkins, who had traveled to visit an old friend:
