Mark your calendars for September 29th-October 1st, as Erick is planning a “Purple People Eater Fest”, with a pancake breakfast planned, a street dance, plus a three day market for vendors to display and sell their items. Vendors are needed, so please contact Megan at Erick City Hall at 580-526-3924 for all of the details. More information will follow closer to the event timeframe.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Terry Lee Horstman. Services will be held on Saturday, 7/22, at 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church here in Erick.
Our Sympathy is also extended to the family of David Vines. Graveside services were held Friday, 7/7, at the Erick Cemetery.
Happy Anniversary to Isaac & Nicole Ahrens on 7/20 and to James & Marianne Greer and Gary & Kenna Wilson, with both couples celebrating on 7/23.
Birthdays to celebrate for this issue (7/19-7/25) will be: 7/20Lois Miller, Traci Brinkley, Randi Leach, Ericka Dorrell, Tony Carter, Heidi Ross, and yours truly, me-Gail Pritchard; 7/21-my daughter Sarah Pritchard Cox, Nancy McIntyre, Carolyn McGuire, Jacob Needham, Cash Walker Hobbs, Dalton Greer, Penny Savory & Kenny Flanagan; 7/22-Amy Janz, Andrew Strickland & Suzanne White; 7/23-Leah Barker, Larry Mabry, Grace Lindenfelser & Darren Sharp; 7/24-Susan Harkins, Charlotte Viola, Gary Manning, & Hunter Pair; and on 7/25-Jo Miller, Renee Moad, Gary Harris, Jeorgia Johnson, Marlene Gamble & Tyler Wade Brooks.
Due to the power outage last Sunday, I couldn’t meet the deadline to turn this column in since the power didn’t come on until 9 that night. This has to be in to them by 6:00. Here are the anniversaries and birthdays for those of you who asked me about it.
Belated Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Willie Joe & Joni Smith on 7/14; Jim & Sandy Downs on 7/15; and to David & Barbara Brinkley on 7/18.
And the birthdays for last week’s issue (7/12-7/18) were: 7/12-Jo Ann Carpenter (my Mom), Jolene West, Cindy Young, Ron Whipkey, Kayson Brinkley, Kyler Brinkley & Leigha Guy; 7/13-Pat West, James Greer, & Brooklyn & Alicia Hunt; 7/14-Connie Ferrero, Aubree Walker & Vicki Albert; 7/15-Kristi Austin, Norma Jean Austin, Karissa Harris, Eryn Smith & Donald Melton; 7/16-Patty Redmon & Laura Harrison; 7/17-Joy Mayfield, Gail Prather, Caleb Carter, James Lewis Cunningham & Kimberly Holley; and on 7/18-Tammy Davis.
If you enjoy reading this column and would like to help keep it interesting, please call me at 580-243-8923, or mail your news to me at P.O. Box 773, Erick, OK 73645. For your convenience, you can email your items to me at [email protected]. It would nice to be able to post any showers, meetings, and town happenings etc..., for the people of Erick and the Mayfield-Sweetwater areas to be aware of. Sometimes seeing it on Facebook is too late for the paper’s deadline of Friday by noon for the following week’s edition.
