The Hext, Texas, Homecoming and Reunion will be held on April 29, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Homecoming has been held for approximately 70 years.
Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., and all festivities are at the Hext School House, 164 Anderson Lane.
Lunch is $10 per adult, $8 per child.
Special Event: 2nd Annual Cooking Contest!
Each year in May throughout the U.S.A., veterans organizations like The American Legion Fort Mason Post 285 place flags on the graves of deceased veterans, to honor their memories and the legacy of their brave defense of our beloved country. This tradition of decorating the graves of fallen soldiers began with Southern women who decorated the graves of Confederate soldiers even before the end of the Civil War.
With the help of its members, the Ladies Auxiliary and volunteers, Fort Mason Post 28 ...
Sat. April 21st from 5 - 7 PM, had a small turn out. Hopefully more will come!
Buenna Tierra Farms came and had a lot of fresh vegetables; squash, zucchini, kale, chard cabbage, carrots, lettuce and beets.
Camps Nursery - Camp San Saba - Zack and Danika Smith - have all kinds of Native Plants and Cactus.
These folks will be back next week as well as Mark and Sande Shaw - with baked Zucchini Breads and Cookies.
Will be testing a new bread, Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
Dennis Blocker will present The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima on Tuesday, May 2, at 6:30 P.M. in the Stribling Room of the Mason Co. M. Beven Eckert Memorial Library, 410 Post Hill Street. Admission is free to the public.
Blocker succeeded in getting Pulitzer Prize Winner Mitch Weiss to write the book.
The regular meeting of the Mason County Commissioners' Court on Monday began with an introduction. Sheree Hardin, formerly the Consumer and Family Sciences agent for the Mason AgriLife office has been hired as assistant to Judge Jerry Bearden. Mrs. Hardin replaces Nikki Stringer, who along with her husband, Chief Deputy Dean Stringer, has moved to Abilene.
The week after Easter has been a slow week. We are tired. The leaves are still getting raked. Grands are my helpers. We are all tired of leaves.
The Ministerial Alliance Fifth Sunday Service is scheduled for April 30 at the First United Methodist Church in Mason, at 6.
Class Meetings resume after the Easter Break on May 2nd with soup at 6 and the meeting at 6:30.
10 years of Caring -Mason County Cancer Benefit is honored to have helped over 73 families in their battle against cancer since our inception!
MCCB is excited to spread the word about this year's benefit Chili Cook off and Washer Pitching Tournament!
Help us celebrate 10 YEARS and raise funds to help our community in the future!
Saturday April 29th at the Mason City Park Pavilion or Community Building (depending on the weather).
“There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough!” is the theme for this year’s 4H Leadership Lab, June 27 to June 30. Teen participants will be headed to the Aspendale Mountain Retreat Center in Cloud Croft, New Mexico.
Leadership Lab is held annually in June and 4-H members from ages 13-18 may attend.
Heart of Texas Bible Camp will be the location for Mason County 4H members to attend camp. 4H members from Brown, Callahan, Concho, Llano, Lampasas, Mason, McCulloch, Menard and Runnels counties will attend the two day camp. The deadline to register is Monday, July 3. The cost is $50.00 per 4H member.
The Mason County Historical Commission will hold its annual historical symposium this coming Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Richard P. Eckert Center. Because this is the 100th anniversary commemorating “The Great War”. America entered the war against Germany and the other Central Powers on April 6, 1918, the topic of this year’s article is “Mason Remembers WWI” and how the war affected Germans living in Texas at the time.
Our guest speaker will be Dr.
