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“I can’t find it,” I cried… again… from the kitchen.
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Vernon is an All- Black town located in southwestern McIntosh County ten miles southeast of Dustin. Vernon was established in 1911 on the Tankard Ranch in the Creek Nation. Thomas Haynes secured much of the land for the townsite and played a large part in organizing the community. Its name honored Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who also served as registrar of the United States Treasury from 1906 to 1912 under President Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft.
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The Original Historically Black Towns of Oklahoma are the recipients of food boxes containing fresh produce and dairy for eight weeks. In collaboration with Emmanuel Tabernacle, New Life, St. Jude, and Ebenezer churches in Oklahoma City, they organized and are receiving food donation to be disturbed to a truly diverse area of OKC that has a great need of food. Angela Bush Scobey, daughter of Peter and Helen Bush of Clearview and wife of Pastor Derrick Scobey of Ebenezer, had the idea of setting aside boxes each week to be distribute to Black Towns. Angela contacted her cousin Shirley Nero to coordinate with towns to come to Clearview for pick up of food boxes for distribution in their own towns. They each receive at least 25 to 100 boxes each week. Towns served include all towns listed in the 13 original Black towns plus IXL and some residents in Weleetka. The towns are grateful to the work of the churches in OKC for sharing their gift of boxes and for the volunteers for their time and vehicles.
Read moreThe citizens are grateful for the food boxes. The next delivery of boxes will be on Friday at the Main Street Community Center. Please continue to remember our elderly community and our friends and family on the sick list: Sharon Johnson Patton, Elder L. C. Carson, Cornell Lucas, Marjorie Plunkett, Marguerite French, Billy Walker and Christopher Stripling. The virus is still alive, practice safe distances and wear your masks.
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This recipe is brought to you by Marie Frances Walker Bush
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For the first time since January 9, 2020 the full Wetumka City Council met on July 9, 2020; a full seven months without a complete council. Those present for roll call included Joanna Hulstine, City Manager; Norma Marshall, Mayor; and City Attorney, John Baca.
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Quote of the Week…“The destruction of our national monuments only impoverishes our sense of history.”
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The Seminole State College GEAR UP grant program team would like to congratulate Wetumka student Jackson Reid for being one of eight students selected to attend the 2020 National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships (NCCEP) Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) that was to be held in Washington DC in the month of July. The focus of YLS is to help students identify and maximize their leadership skills, create a national network of peers, and obtain the tools and training to make positive change happen in their communities and around the world. The eight students selected were among 200 out of 100,000 students across the U.S. invited to attend the summit. The application was rigorous including two essays. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NCCEP notified the Seminole State College GEAR UP program on May 18th that the Youth Leadership Summit would be cancelled. Please help us congratulate and commend Jackson Reid for his hard work and dedication. Jackson is the son of Darrell and Jennifer Reid.
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