Santa, Grinch to visit Christmas light show
By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com
      A Wharton holiday light show is attracting the attention of the Jolly Old Elf himself. Santa Claus, accompanied by Mrs. Claus, is scheduled to make a guest appearance later this month at the Caney Trails home of Jack Mayes. Mayes and his wife, Barbra, have offered a dazzling holiday light show f...
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Bands perform in concerts Thursday, FFA does well at state meet
      The Iago Junior High and Boling High School Bands are presenting their Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 13, starting at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Make an effort to attend this musical celebration of the holidays. On Wednesday the Fifth grade students at Newgulf Elementary School graduated...
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Massive Birkner doll collection opens at museum
      A little girl's dream has come true at the Wharton County Historical Museum. There is a room full of fancydressed dolls which would delight the hearts any little girl. And it opened just in time for the holiday season and makes a trip to the local museum a "must-do" list item.
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Shannon joins ranks of Wharton County authors
      Pat Shannon has always been a very dear and a popular person in the community. Now she is jumping to the author status.
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ACS holiday home tour this Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.
      The East Wharton County Unit of the American Cancer Society will host its biannual Christmas Tour of Homes from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. This year two of the three homes are in East Bernard and the third in Lissie.
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Births
      Chloe Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Rex Harrison of Wharton announce the birth of their child, a girl, born at 12:38 p.m. Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Gulf Coast Medical Center. The baby was named Chloe Elizabeth Harrison and weighed 5 lbs., 12 ozs. She was welcomed home by her older brother Charlie.
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Hopper Highlights News from Minnie Mae Hopper Elementary School
Students learn about the first Thanksgiving, hold own feasts
      Hopper Elementary hosted its annual Thanksgiving Feasts. Over the last few weeks, students learned of the first Thanksgiving as it was celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native Americans. They studied how the Pilgrims traveled to the New World and the difficulty of the first year.
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Some great recipes not in Holiday Cookbook
      So many great recipes flowed in at the last minute to the Wharton Journal-Spectator for the Holiday Cookbook that there was not enough room in the book for all of them. Never fear, those efforts are rewarded. Here are some of those which were not published in the formal tabloid.
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