LONGNECK
(Princeton)
JOTTINGS FROM LONGNECK
Daily Courier Gazette, February 21, 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
Longneck proper is
located one mile north of Princeton, at the junction of the
McKinney-Farmersville-Greenville Highway No. 24 and the Longneck Road, running
north from Princeton to High Point, or what was formerly Ardath, and on to
Altoga. Mrs. Nancy McGarrah, who formerly was the Daily Courier-Gazette and
Weekly Democrat-Gazette reporter, here, lately moved to Frisco with her family
to reside. She and her husband sold their stock of groceries and filling
station, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edmonds. At the time of our visit Mrs. Edmonds
was in charge of the store and busy serving customers. We were happy to form her
acquaintance and to learn from her as our new representative at this point, that
she was pleased at having the opportunity of serving the Longneck community and
vicinity as our correspondent here. This duty will be a work of pleasure to Mrs.
Edmonds, because it affords her the congenial task of keeping Longneck items and
happenings represented in Collin County's oldest Weekly - the Democrat-Gazette,
every week or two.
This is one of the
old communities of East Collin, formerly, for a number of years, a schoolhouse
stood at this place where many youngsters, now mature men and women, received
their elementary free school education. However, a number of years ago, Longneck
School was absorbed in the Princeton Independent School District, at which time
a large two-story brick school building was erected, at Princeton, hardly one
mile away, which the children in all grades attended and now have school
advantages, equal to any community of its size and development, with Prof. E. L.
Gantt as superintendent. The prominent young school man was born and reared just
a few hundred yards north from the two Longneck stores and filling stations, he
being a son of M. C. Gantt, a veteran farmer, still residing on his old home
farm. The Daily Courier-Gazette will also carry the weekly or bi-weekly
communications written by Mrs. Edmonds. Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds have one young son,
Leonard, only five years old.
We also had the
opportunity and pleasure of visiting in the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Skipper, located about three miles north of the Longneck store. We arrived
during the noon hour, finding Mr. Skipper quietly resting from his farm work. He
stated that he was rather behind with his farm work due to continued rainy
weather, which has kept him out of his fields much of the time since he moved
onto his recently purchased place on the first of the new year. He, his wife an
daughter moved into this excellent farm home on the first of the year, coming
from Waxahachie, Ellis County. Their place is well located on the highway with
good improvements and conveniences for country life. This good Ellis County
family are well pleased, so far, with their recently acquired Collin County
blackland farm and also with the people of the community with whom they are glad
to become neighbors and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Skipper
have reared a family of ten children, all married except their two youngest
ones, a son and a daughter. Their son, Eugene Skipper, is holding a position at
Waxahachie. The other child at home, a daughter, Audry, attends Boyd High School
in McKinney. Another of their married sons and family occupy one of the rent
houses on Mr. Skipper's recently purchased farm, which he will help his father
cultivate and run in the future.
Some mighty good
farming land and well improved farm homes and places are located on the Longneck
Road from Princeton to Altoga. This was formerly a Bois-d'Arc wooded strip of
country that became some of the most productive farm land that the county had
after it was cleared, fenced and put into cultivation, a number of years ago.
Some of the Houston land of several acres extends from Bomar's Chapel to the
Longneck Road on the east. It is bounded on the north by the McKinney-New Hope-Viney
Grove No. 1-Ardath and Altoga road. A thrifty class of residents live in this
section - all law abiding, hospitable people. We like to visit among them and
hope to have the pleasure of calling on others in the Longneck vicinity as time
passes along, and we have opportunity.
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
"Longneck
- Collin County Communities," Collin
County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of
Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
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