NEW HOPE
JOTTINGS FROM NEW HOPE
Daily Courier Gazette, February 14, 1938
by Mrs. O. S. Scott
New Hope is a widely
known community, located about three and a half miles northeast of McKinney. We
have the pleasure of visiting this community one day recently and meeting some
of its good people. En route we met a constant stream of cars, and a few wagons
too, loaded with both men and women coming in to McKinney for "First Monday" or
Trade Days. The pike running out northeast from McKinney passes through some
thickly settled country leading to New Hope, Viney Grove No. 1, Ardath, Altoga
and on to other communities located to the northeastern part of Collin County.
We made a brief stop
at the New Hope store where we found Mrs. R. D. McNeme in charge. Her good
husband was only recently up from a severe attack of flu and a relapse therefrom,
making him a seriously sick man for some days. This worthy couple have operated
the New Hope store for several years. By their honest dealings and obliging
service, they have built up a good patronage from the surrounding farms and
country homes. Mr. and Mrs. McNeme have three children. Their daughter, Evelyn,
is now Mrs. Roy Monk, who resides with her husband in Climax Community. However
at the time of our visit she was the guest of her parents here at New Hope. One
of the McNeme sons, Robert Jr., is a student in the Arlington Junior A. & M.
College at Arlington, Texas. Vernon, their youngest son, is a student in the
Boyd High School at McKinney. Mr. McNeme taught school for about sixteen years
before retiring from the profession and engaging in the grocery business. These
are intelligent people and appreciate the excellent school advantages that are
open to their children in McKinney.
We regretted that we
failed to find Mrs. John Curry at home when we visited her place. We made a stop
at the school, which has an enrollment of twenty-eight pupils. It was during the
recess period and we were greatly interested and enjoyed watching the happy
heralded children at play. This school is taught this year by Mrs. Exie Bomar,
who is serving her fifth year in that capacity in this same school. She reports
good progress in school work this year by the pupils. She speaks highly of the
cooperation that she is receiving on the part of parents, patrons and trustees.
The latter are R. D. McNeme and W. D. Lambert.
The church located
at New Hope is known as the Jacob Routh Baptist Church. At the present time,
however, there is no pastor and no services of any kind being held in the
building. This is a good community and should have church services and a Sunday
School in which to give the young children their advantages. The residents of
the New Hope community are a clever, sociable people of strict integrity and
hospitality.
Mrs. John Curry will
hereafter report the happenings of the New Hope community for the readers of the
Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette. We predict that she will make
an excellent reporter for our paper from this good community in which our papers
have many loyal readers and patrons.
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
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"New Hope
- 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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