LUCAS
JOTTINGS BY THE WAY
Daily Courier Gazette, February 8, 1938
Mrs. O. S. Scott
En route to Lucas,
Tuesday afternoon, our first stop was at the one and only store at Forest Grove,
owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Martin. The latter was in charge and
busy as a "cranberry merchant" waiting on customers We noticed a row of mail
boxes in front of the store, to which the patrons come at noon after their mail.
Hence the busy hour. Mr. and Mrs. Martin live nearby in their pretty country
home.
We met Thos. J.
Jones, who lives nearby. He and his young wife are constant readers of our big
Weekly Democrat-Gazette.
Fred Petway is
Superintendent of Bible School at the Christian Church and Rev. Floyd Leggett of
T. C. U. preaches every third Sunday morning and night.
Lucas has one of the
first Home Demonstration Club houses built in the county. It consists of two
rooms and since the Home Demonstration members meet in the homes now, one of the
teachers Miss Adams and her mother, live in the club house, which is located on
the school campus.
Mrs. Martin says,
"They have no service at the Forest Grove Church now, since good roads and
automobiles are here. The members have gone to other churches." Occasionally
funeral services are held in the old church as Fitzgerald cemetery, one of the
oldest and best-kept burying grounds in the county is located adjoining.
We visited the
general merchandise store operated by Roy Biggs, who is a son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Coffey. Mr. Biggs informed us that there is Sunday School every Sunday
at the Baptist Church. C. M. Coffey is the Superintendent and Rev. J. Ben Snider
of McKinney preaches for them, each fourth Sunday.
We had the pleasure
of visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stratton, but they were absent. We
learned that Mrs. Stratton, accompanied by Mesdames Willie Spurgeon and Jim
Graham, had gone to Wylie to visit the latter's brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Burch, who are confined to their home with sickness.
Mrs. E. E. Graham is
our new correspondent at Lucas and will report weekly for the benefit of our
readers. Mrs. Graham is also press Reporter for the local P. T. A. and we know
she will receive the cooperation of the entire community in gathering its news
and reporting them for The Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette.
Our first stop in
Lucas was at the general merchantile store of W. D. Morrow. Here, we found some
fifteen or twenty men and boys gathered, some playing games, but all taking part
in the discussion of sports. The victory of the Lucas girls quintet over the
McKinney Class B girls, the night before caused much enthusiasm. Lucas has a
three-teacher school. Prof. James Pearce is principal; Miss Grace Adams and Miss
Clara Holbrook, assistants. They have an enrollment of forty-six pupils.
Prof. Pearce and
Miss Adams are the coaches.
The School Board is
composed of E. Eustace Graham, Chairman; R. S. Parr and Hobart McCollom.
Lucas boasts a live
P. T. A. with Mrs. Henry Millian President; Mrs H. M. McCollom, Vice-President;
Mrs. Roy Biggs, Secretary; Miss Grace Adams, Treasurer; Mrs. E. E. Graham, Press
Reporter. It being their regular meeting day we were invited by Mrs. Bob Parr to
stay and meet with them. We gladly accepted the invitation.
Preceding the
business session presided over by Mrs. McCollom.
In the absence of
the President, the following program was rendered by the pupils:
Reading, Louise
Strickland.
"America" led by
Miss Holbrook.
Reading, Doris
Roland and Iola Faye.
Motion song, Miss
Adams' room.
Reading, Joe Pearce.
Leader from program
on "Punctuality," Mrs. McCollom.
"Tardiness, a Social
Nuisance," Miss Holbrook.
"Parents Won't
Help," Mrs. Hallie Biggs.
"The Clock As an
Aid," Miss Adams.
"Mother," Mrs. James
Pearce.
"A Good Example,"
Mrs. McCollium.
The members present
were: Mesdames James Pearce, E. E. Graham, Bob Parr, Jesse Roland, Hobart
McCollum, Roy Biggs, R. C. Strickland, John Deat, Eva Lewis, Mrs. Adams, Misses
Grace Adams and Clara Holbrook. The Association voted and set a date to meet and
landscape the school grounds, make flower beds and plant shrubbery.
Delicious
refreshments were served.
Communities Index
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citation:
"Lucas - Collin County
Communities," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by
Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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