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Longtime scorekeeper honored
<i>Our Town</i> column
PALESTINE — Palestine resident L.E. “Cush” Reeves recently was honored by the Palestine Independent School District’s board for his almost five decades of service to athletic department as a time keeper at Palestine High School football games.
Reeves began his service to the district by running the down box on the sideline during games — a responsibility he held for about eight years. He then served for about five years as an official with the Southwest Football Officials Association.
“Then coach Luke Thornton asked me to run the scoreboard at Luckett Kolstad Field,” Reeves said. “And in 1980 I moved over to do the same thing at Wildcat Stadium.”
Reeves’ last game with the district was Sept. 19, 2008.
“I have seen a lot of great players and teams come and go through the years — like Bill Bradley, Guy Brown, Adrian Peterson and the 1964 state championship team,” Reeves recalled. “And I have been able to watch my three grandsons take the field as well.
“Running the scoreboard has been my main hobby for almost 50 years,” he added. “I will miss it.”
Reeves, retired from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is a member of First United Methodist Church of Palestine and a Mason. He recently took on a new hobby, golf.
Reeves and his wife of almost 50 years, Melba, have three grown children, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Frankston woman honored
Another local resident, Cynthia Bennett of Frankston, was honored by the City of Lewisville for her service to the community’s library for three decades — renaming the children’s area of the Lewisville Library as the Cynthia Bennett Children’s Wing.
The Lewisville Library Board had recommended that the area be renamed in honor of Bennett, a former library director and manager who served in the city library for 31 years, between 1968 and 1999.
On Jan. 22, 1968, the city of Lewisville adopted an ordinance establishing the Lewisville Public Library as a city department. The city hired Cynthia (Cindy) Bennett, a graduate of Texas Woman’s University on Sept. 1, 1968.
After her retirement in 1999, she continued to work on a book about the history of the library.
Bennett and her husband, Mike Bennett, now live in Frankston.
Altrusa Club annual luncheon set
Altrusa Club of Anderson County will hold its annual Chicken Spaghetti Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Southside Baptist Church.
Tickets are $7, which includes chicken/spaghetti, salad, dessert, bread and tea.
Funds will be used for area scholarships.
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