Each year the Trammel’s Trace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution solicits nominations from Cass County teachers in order to choose students who best exemplify characteristics of leadership, dependability, and patriotism.
Is this a dream? I walked through the front door, blinked to clear my eyes and there’s chocolate everywhere. I blinked again. Look there’s Hershey’s over there, a big pile on that table; M&Ms, Milky Ways and Snickers, there’s brownies and fudge. WOW. Are you kidding me? Have I gone to Heaven? Wait, look there’s a chocolate fountain! It IS heaven! Some of this looks homemade but over there, I think that’s store bought, it’s packaged! Where am I? Pinching myself, I come back to reality as a friendly greeter, actually a real “Friend of the Library” says, “welcome to the Chocolate Party, you’re at the Atlanta Public Library and it’s June 23rd at 5:00 p.m. We’re finished at 7:00. I hope you ate dinner because all we have here is chocolate…and fun!”
Spencer Shelton. son of Nelson Shelton and Fannie Sadler Shelton, was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, died near Hughes Springs in Cass County, Texas at the home of his son, George R. Shelton, on 01 Feb 1902. Spencer had moved his family from North Carolina to Cass County in 1855.
The Apostle Paul talks about love, (real love) in 1 Corinthians 13. He says that love is longsuffering, patient with the short coming of others, love is kind and gracious. Love doesn’t envy, or wish for what belongs to another. Love doesn’t vaunt itself, and it does not brag or boast of its own.
The massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas this past week is on the minds of many people. The grief stricken husband of one of the teachers dying of a heart attack depicts the shock and sorrow that have come to many parents, siblings, friends and neighbors. Many are questioning WHY this and the other gun violence in the nation. Guns have been a part of the culture of the United States. Why this random violence in this generation? Let me propose a theological answer:
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