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'Tis The Season...to CELEBRATE!
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Our Celina Volleyball team ended their season as the 4A State Runner Up and made history in doing so!
Editorial & Design Renee Marler Renee@4cMediaGroup.com
Our Bobcat football team is playing in December and that's certainly reason to celebrate.
Production Jimmy Marler James@4cMediaGroup.com
But we also choose to celebrate our families and friends each and every day, as well as being a part of such a loving and giving community.
Contributing Writers Renee Marler | Celina ISD | Lisa Ferguson
Letter from Publishers Countdown to Christmas New Businesss Keep History Celina HS Ambassadors & Preston Trails Rotary 9 CHS Theatre 10 Christmas on the Square 2021 12-13 What's In a Name 14 Celina Volleyball 15 Lykins Elementary STEAM 16-17 Friday Night Lights 19 Hey Sugar Teams w/Helping Hands Hemphill Ortho Sharing Joy 21 TV Star Visits Celina 22 School Zone 23 Celina Police & Celina Fire Dept. 24 City of Celina Inspection Scores 25 Celina Athletes Sign NLI
Obviously, it's the season to celebrate the birth of Christ first and foremost, but living in Celina gives us many reasons to celebrate.
Inside, you will find page after page full of examples of "Bobcat Heart" and that isn't because it's the holidays, it's because that's what Celina is all about! We are blessed to share and be a part of the wonderful things happening in and around Celina! Thank you for welcoming us into your homes since 2018! We look forward to December and the excitement a new year brings. We are so blessed and wish you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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ON THE COVER Pavilion in Downtown Celina decorated for Christmas 2021 Photo by: Renee Marler
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Celina Attracts New Business While Keeping Rich History Alive "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." - Martin Luther King Jr
The Silos is located at 300 N. Oklahoma Drive and is expected to open early spring 2022.
Mangiamo Italian Market will open at 203 W. Pecan Street in Celina by the end of 2021. www.facebook.com/MangiamoCelina
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Celina High School Ambassadors Partner with Preston Trails Rotary & Toys For Tots The holidays are synonymous with toys. It is a joyous time for most. But, for struggling families it is a time of stress and anxiety. Parents barely getting by still want their children to experience the joy and excitement of receiving the toys of their dreams. Which is why the Celina High School Ambassador class wanted to take our passion of giving back to our community, a step further. This year the Celina Ambassador class with the help of all CISD campuses, ran a district wide toy drive. We partnered with Toys for Tots and Preston Trails Rotary to maximize the amount of toys collected this holiday season! As Celina is known for its caring community, we hope to spread that generosity to those in need.
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Celina Theatre Presents: Into
the Woods!
The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family and the choices we make.
The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone's wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.
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Cel ina Christmas on th e Square
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What’s in a name?
By Lisa Ferguson
Photo coutresy of Jane Willard/Celina Area Heritage Association
An undated photo of the Bateman family's Celina home. Samuel E. Bateman represented Collin County during three sessions of the Texas State Legislature from 1925-1931.
Celina’s Heritage subdivision, located near County Road 94 and North Preston Road, is a treasure trove for fans of local history as most of its streets are named in honor of several of the city’s founding families.
and then wait until it rolled slowly in, to see what their parents had brought them from town.” Mr. Caruth was said to have “come in from McKinney on horseback nearly frozen more than once through the winter” prior to his death in 1889, “before getting to enjoy the comforts of modern day Reminiscences of Celina, a book published by the Celina life, but feeling, no doubt, that he had seen great change in Area Heritage Association and available for purchase at the this country.” Mrs. Caruth passed in 1932. Celina Museum, features brief biographies and photos of many of the city’s earliest residents, including those whose Also considered a pioneer settler of Celina, Dr. R.L. Clayton names grace the street signs in Heritage. Below are the sto- was born in Georgia in 1863, the son of a Confederate Army ries of four of those families, as culled from the book. soldier. He became interested in medicine early in life and began practicing in the field at age 17 after graduating from Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Caruth arrived in Texas 1856 from Leb- Emory University in Atlanta. Records reportedly listed him as anon, Tennessee, and spent a year living on the northwest the youngest certified physician in U.S. medical history. After edge of what is now McKinney. After moving to Grayson earning a medical degree at Tulane University, he relocated County for two years, they eventually settled about a mile to Texas and began a medical practice in Aubrey before relowest of Celina. Theirs is said to have been one of the first cating to Celina’s “old community” (before the entire city was families to reside in the community. For a time, the couple relocated in the early 1900s to be closer to the railroad). He would travel back and forth to McKinney to retrieve their and his wife, Harriet Greer, initially resided about 1½ miles mail. As was customary in those days, they also retrieved the south of town before moving their house in 1901 to Celina’s mail of their fellow Celina neighbors. current site. The Caruth children reportedly would sit on the front porch Dr. Clayton practiced medicine here for decades, treating of the family’s home “and listen for the creak of the old wag- patients regardless of their race or ability to pay, and made on, long before it reached home from a trip to McKinney, his services available to them around the clock. He was also 12 december 2021 | ourcelinacom
in 1929. Friends urged him to run for Secretary of Agriculture, but he opted not to seek the office. It was written that “he represented his constituents ably and faithfully during his stay in the legislature.” Following his wife’s death in 1963, Bateman passed away on May 9, 1965. The couple is buried at Old Celina Cemetery.
Photo coutresy of Jane Willard/Celina Area Heritage Association
The Claytons, considered one of Celina's founding families, are shown in an undated photo. Dr. R.L. Clayton practiced medicine here until his death in 1933.
active in the community, and at one time owned both the waterworks and the electrical plant. He also served as the bank president and co-owned the Clayton-Jackson Hardware store. He was written about in the Celina Record newspaper for having made “a remarkable trip to Pilot Point and back to Celina in one day in one of his first cars – a distance of some 25 miles.” In 1911, the Claytons built a two-story, five-bedroom home at 308 Main St. A member of both the Baptist church and the Masonic lodge, Dr. Clayton remained a practicing physician here until his 1933 death.
John Brewer became Celina’s mail carrier on January 1, 1904, a position he held for more than three decades. An Oklahoma native, he arrived in Celina in 1892 and worked for J. C. Ousley and Tom Finley as well as other area residents. On that fateful New Year’s Day, he carried out the city’s first batch of mail, which reportedly consisted of a letter, a paper and one circular. An account of the event reads, “Those who were here that day remember the muddy lane, prairie, etc., that made up the road along the mail route. It was all (Brewer) could do to get around on horseback.”
Born on April 29, 1879 and raised east of Celina, Samuel E. Bateman was the son of J. E. Bateman, a “prominent citizen of Celina.” The younger Bateman attended the Old Crossroads School, located east of the city, as well as other nearby schools. Photo coutresy of Jane Willard/Celina Area Heritage Association This undated photo is believed to include John Brewer, who carried Following graduation, he studied at Dallas Commercial Col- the first pieces of mail out of Celina on January 1, 1904. lege and nearly accepted a job at a department store before deciding to head back to Celina, where he took a position with the Blackland Townsite Company selling lots to local residents. Brewer’s daily route covered 24 miles. It featured 240 mailHe later married Mary Ethel Cunningham, the daughter of loboxes and served the 1,300 people who called Celina home. It cal merchant S.T. Cunningham. is estimated that he carried up to 15,000 pieces of mail each month. After retiring briefly in 1908 due to failing eyesight, he A father of four sons, Bateman reportedly held several jobs in returned to work four years later and served under eight postthe community. Between 1905-1910, he worked at the bank masters before concluding his career in 1937. Brewer died and for a time was a clerk at Yates Dry Goods store. He worked on April 6, 1950 at age 76. He and his wife, May Thompson in the real estate and insurance industries before eventually Brewer, who passed in 1943, were laid to rest at Old Celina taking over management of his family’s farm. Cemetery. Between 1925-1931, Bateman represented Collin County during three sessions of the Texas State Legislature. He chaired both the state’s agricultural and insurance committees
Reprinted from the June 2018 issue of OurCelina.
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UIL 2021 4A Volleyball State Runner Up!
Congratulations on your AMAZING 42-2 season!! You made HISTORY!!
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Lykins Elementary 5th graders creating with Magformers Engineers. NASA space rocket, Ferris wheel, and a castle. Some students engineered a Wall-E character with pipes and wheels. Talk about engagement! Lykins Steam Lab with Mrs. Brittni Rumage
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Hemphill Orthodontics Shares Christmas Joy Through Giving! It’s that time of the year again! Just like last year, we are asking YOU to help us spread some Christmas cheer to those in need! If you have a family/individual on your heart from our community that could use a little help putting Christmas presents under the tree, please write us a letter giving us a little background on the family/individual and their needs. We would LOVE to share our Christmas joy with them. Deadline for letters is Thursday, December 16th. We look forward to reading them and blessing others through you! Note: we pledge to honor the privacy of the families in need, and will not disclose any information provided.
Hey Sugar has teamed up with Helping Hands of Celina this holiday season. Grab a hand ornament from our tree in store and bring it back with your donation and drop it in the Helping Hands bin!
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Popular Television Star Visits Celina Restaurants Real award winning cowboy and actor Forrie J. Smith. who plays Lloyd on the uber popular television series Yellowstone, made visits to Jimbo's Pizza and Tender Smokehouse in Celina!
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Project Graduation Holds Festive Fundraiser
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Congratulations to the Celina High School Athletic Training Staff on being awarded the Children's Health Andrews Institute Team Behind the Team Award and for being selected as a finalist for the North Texas Student Training Program of the Year!
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The Citizens Police Academy is a great way to make new friends within the Celina community. Thank you Class #2 for your hard work and dedication to this program. The projected date for CPA Class #3 is March of 2022.
Thank you to the Ladies who Bingo for their generous donation of stuffed animals. These stuffed animals can be used to comfort children who may be experiencing a stressful situation. It’s acts of kindness like this that make partnering with the community so special in Celina.
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Celina Standout Athletes Sign NLI Huge congratulations are in order for Celina's Taylor Zdrojewski and Megan Hodges for signing their National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers at the college level. Taylor signed to play soccer at Texas Tech University. Megan signed to play volleyball at Tarleton State University
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