Odds & Ends
by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN
Everybody is looking to the skies for rain. The oat fields, the pastures and hay fields are trying to survive with the cattle nibbling what they can find.
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Happy birthday to Chloe Schultz on her first birthday on Nov. 9. She is the daughter of David and Becca Schultz; granddaughter of Mark and Kathy Schultz and Dennis and Kim Heideman; great granddaughter of Daniel and Sharon Heideman and Kenneth and Barbara Baker; great great-granddaughter of Margaret Holt and the late Judge James Holt and Raymond and Myrtle Heideman, all from this area.
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St. John Women’s Guild met Nov. 5 at the Rec Center. A light carry-in lunch preceded the meeting. Barbara Hanna will have the Christmas party in her home on Dec. 10. It will be a noon luncheon. More information later.
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How long has it been since you went trick-or-treating? I have never gone. Living out on a farm and what seemed miles from town as a child, we never knew of “such a thing.” Not actually going trick-or-treating this year, but sitting on the sidelines near a haunted house was more fun than a “barrel of haunts.” So many happy, eager and neat-costumed young folks made this the best Halloween ever for me. Glad to see safety lights, groups of young folks and many, many parents accompanying their children to make it safe. Hope all had as much fun as I did. Thanks for the memories.
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The community was saddened when the news of the death of Marshall, Fuchs was reported. Marshall of Bellaire (Houston), fought a gallant battle with cancer for a long time. He passed away on October 31 and funeral services were held in Bellaire Nov. 2. Burial will be on Sat., Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. in the family plot in the Uhland Live Oak Cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the family.
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Well, it is deer hunting season already. The deer population has had a hard time surviving this year. Water and feed was hard to find. Many hunters hauled water and feed to their leases.
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Thanks to all who have sent cards, phone calls, prayers, etc. to Raymond. He is in Legend Oaks Rehab in Kyle and trying hard to walk again.
