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The Mathea Guild met Nov. 10 at the Plaza Museum in Canton.

Ann Russell held the meeting in the absence of President,Rose Dearman. Shirley McMahan introduced the speaker for the day, the well-known Max Callahan.

Callahan, a teacher, taught at Canton Junior High for 17 years and was principal for 15 years. As a teacher, he incorporated a game like Jeopardy in his classroom. 

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Lion Andy Reese welcomed Martins Mill students Lydia Burns and Harry Reese.  Burns spoke on the free enterprise system and Reese gave a speech on the Patriot Academy.

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Lion Rhita Koches, right, introduced Teresa Lewis and David Perez. Lewis is the director for the New Directions Veterans Home and Perez is a volunteer at the Veterans Home.  Together, they updated the club on the operations and needs of the Home.

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The Van Zandt County Humane Society held its final fundraiser for 2016 at Higginbotham Ace Hardware in Canton. 

Carol Whatley, president of the organization, spearheaded the event.  "Our annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale is such fun, and many people in the community look forward to it.  The team at Ace Hardware is always so generous with their assistance and space for us to set up, and we appreciate them.  Usually, when we are ready to leave, we will offer the employees whatever they wish at half price, but this year we sold completely out before noon.  This event was a real success, and we thank everyone who contributed."

All proceeds go directly to the care of the animals.  VZCHS is non-profit, all volunteer and organized under 501(c)3 guidelines.  For further information about their work, visit vzchumanesociety.org, or call 903-962-5700.

Lion Pam Pearman, right, introduced Lion Teresa Drum.  Lion Drum gave an informative presentation on the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville.

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Lion President Cindy Malouf welcomed Lion Ben Bratcher. Lion Bratcher gave an enlightening presentation over his latest mission trip to Swaziland.

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The Wednesday Study Club held its monthly meeting Nov. 16 at the American National Bank in Canton. After a brief business meeting, Vice President Lisa Goode introduced Kathryn Strickland, who presented an interesting and informative program commemorating Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Strickland was a student nurse at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. She was an eyewitness to many of the sad events of the day the fatally wounded President was rushed to Parkland. She and other student nurses watched in stunned disbelief from their residence hall across from Parkland’s emergency room. She recounted how the bustle and noise of the busy hospital became hushed and felt unreal as the realization of President Kennedy’s death unfolded. “Her personal reliving of this bleak moment in our country’s history brought back memories of where each person was when they heard that the President had been shot,” study club members said.

Country Place Senior Living in Canton resident James Wafford celebrated his 93^rd  birthday, Tuesday, Nov. 22.

He served in the Army during World War II in the 86^th Blackhawk Infantry Division from 1943 to 1946. The 86^th Infantry arrived in France in March 1945, and took part in the drive through Germany, ending in Salzburg when hostilities in Europe were declared over May 7, 1945. 

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ABC Room was a recipient of a project developed by the Leadership Group at Canton Intermediate School.  The Leadership Students (63 total on campus in third through fifth grades) helped organize the program "SOCKtober" with Kid President. All students on campus were encouraged to participate and donate socks. There were  1,321 pairs of socks  donated.

The ABC Room provides clothing, hygiene items, blankets, pillows, as well as many other items for the at-risk children removed from their homes due to neglect and/or abuse.

Contact Sharon Stehsel, 903-360-5221 for more information. 

VZC solider remembered in France

The old expression, “it’s a small world,” could apply to a chain of events that occurred involving the Van Zandt County Genealogy Library at the courthouse annex in Canton.

Benja Mize, query researcher at the genealogy library, received an e-mail in early October from Libby Sloan, a resident of Paris, France. Sloan was referred to Mize by another researcher, Betty Miller.

In the e-mail, Sloan explained that she was an American who has lived in France for 45 years and that her English neighbor has a nephew, Vincent Trotot, who lives near the American War Cemetery in Normandy.

Her nephew and his wife, Cindy, were responsible for putting flowers on three graves of American soldiers in the cemetery including the grave of Charles McAnally from Texas, who died at the age of 21 when his boat sank in June 1944.