Danae Corley, daughter of Tommy and Susan Corley, and a sophomore at East Texas Baptist University, will be spending the summer in Slovenia, a European country west of Italy and south of Austria. Corley was accepted through GoNow Missions, the short-term student project commissioning agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. She applied for this project in January, as she was exploring various summer options, but didn’t hear anything until the end of February.
Shreveport Chamber Singers will be presented in concert Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. in Q.M. Martin Auditorium at Panola College by Carthage Federated Music Club. The 23-voice Chamber Singers is a group of auditioned experienced choral singers dedicated to the performance of choral repertoire for the smaller ensemble. Founded during the summer of 1985 while performing with the Summer Music Festival during the celebration of Shreveport’s sesquicentennial, the choir is in its 22nd year with its conductor, Larry Brumley. The acclaimed group prepares two concerts a year to perform in various venues. They have sung with the Shreveport Symphony, the Marshall Symphony, a Russian Chamber orchestra and the Shreveport Summer Music Festival.
Martin Cemetery will hold its annual homecoming on Saturday, May 17. This historic cemetery sits on the Panola and Rusk County line, and is the resting place for some of the earliest settlers to these two counties. The business meeting will begin at 11 a.m., and a picnic lunch will be served immediately following. Cemetery upkeep is paid through donations. Anyone who has family buried at Martin Cemetery, that will be unable to attend the homecoming, please send your donations to Ann Tuttle, 731 CR 258, Beckville, Texas 75631.
Local nursing home residents participated in the Super Bowl VI at Davis Park. Carthage Mayor Carson Joines read a proclamation and Project String Power presented music to the bingo players throughout the event.
It was a mild, sundry day approaching high noon when the dust began to blow in from the traffic at Davis Park. The noise level inside rose as the Panola County Senior Bingo Players got in position for a last meal before SUPER BOWL VI. The excitement of the big day increased, as the soon to be world famous "Project String Power" sat in their chairs and began to tune up for the pre game concert. The time ticked and moved without hesitation, the mayor was ready with his proclamation; High Sheriff Jack was on duty, and it was time. The bell rang and First Baptist's Brother David Yarbrough lead the packed house in the singing of the national anthem as Korean War veteran Ruben Hall and Mr. Clarence Porter proudly held Old Glory.
