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Couples make visits to family
Liliana Johse
      We welcome back Annette Hlavinka who spent a week visiting with her daughter Cindy Kortegast, husband Eric and two boys Cameron and Christopher Kortegast, in Douglasville, Ga., near Atlanta.
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Relay team sells cancer awareness jewelry
By BURLON PARSONS bparsons@journal-spectator.com
      Each year Relay For Life teams have to figure out two things. First what their team theme will be each year. Then how to raise the minimum $100 per team member to be a part of the fund-raiser. Some do bake sales, hold silent auctions, fishing tournaments or raffles. Others have specialty booths a...
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WHS class of 1947 meet for their 60th reunion
      On May 24, 1947, 37 seniors sat together at graduation in what is now the old Wharton Junior High School Gym. According to graduate Margaret Scheller it had rained "buckets" that night stopping just long enough for the graduates to march into the gym.
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NHS members
      The four tenets of the Wharton High School National Honor Society (NHS) are scholarship, character, leadership, and service. With these tenets in mind, 19 new members were welcomed into the Ruth Suttle Chapter of the Wharton High School National Honor Society on Oct. 7 at the high school auditoriu...
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T.L. Pink meeting
      A T.L. Pink National Meeting will convene at Greater Barbour Chapel Baptist Church in Texas City on Oct. 20 at 11 a.m.
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Christian academy holds work day at school this morning
Boling Bits
Judy Womack
      This morning at 9 a.m., Faith Christian Academy will have a work day at the school to finish a few important projects. They will finish the play equipment and haul in the "kiddy cushion" along with a few other jobs. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. The school will have a ribbon cutting/op...
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ACS Relay For Life is Oct. 20
      October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Wharton County will be held at Ricebird Stadium in El Campo on Oct. 20 starting at 6 p.m. For more information, call Nancy at 979-541-9457 or Janice at 979-543-8070.
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