Panola County Pocket Guide Fall 2023

CHAM CARTHAGE CON

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CARTHAGE CONVENTION/VISITORS BUREAU

POCKET GUIDE FALL 2023

Making your holidays Merry and Bright For

121 Years FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY

FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST COMPANY 903.693.6606 | VB 903.693.9150 | 110 W. PANOLA STREET, CARTHAGE | FSBCARTHAGE.COM

LETTER FROM THE CITY OF CARTHAGE H E Y FO L K S ! Now that we’ve gotten the heat wave behind us, it’s time to start planning for some fun and exciting events this fall and holiday season.

Kicking things off is Potlatch on Saturday, September 30, with a day full of activities, food, contests and arts and crafts vendors.

Next on the agenda is something new – the Heritage Festival on October 21,which kicks off the Dodransbicentennial, celebrating 175 years of Carthage history. Events planned are a beard growing contest, a chili cookoff, the Main Street costume contest, several interactive 19th century demonstrations, and much more to make this a day for the entire family.

Jump to October 31 for Halloween on the Square where just about every child in Carthage is dressed in costume and lined up for treats from the local merchants. It’s like a big reunion of friends, family, and people you haven’t talked to in years!

Santa and Mrs. Claus make an

appearance downtown on Saturday, November 25 for photos. Kids can bring their letters for Santa to read, and it’s been said that Santa loves to write back! This is also Small Business Saturday, so bring your money and shop local for all those Christmas presents!

To cap the season off with some fun and laughter, attend the Hee Haw Christmas Show at the Esquire Theater downtown on December 9. Now, start marking your calendars, make arrangements with family and friends and let the fun begin!

Sincerely,

TERESA DENNARD

Administrative Assistant City of Carthage

PANOLA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CARTHAGE CONVENTION/VISITORS BUREAU 300 W. Panola St., Carthage, TX 75633 | (903) 693-6634 | cvb@carthagetexas.com www.PanolaCountyTexas.com | www.CarthageTexas.com Find us on Facebook!

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C A L E NDA R OF EVEN TS

September R I B B O N C U T T I NG S September 21 | 10 a.m.

SDZ Shuttle September 28 | 10 a.m.

Jewel Med Spa FA R M E RS M ARK ET Saturdays in September 8 a.m. -12 p.m.

Panola County Chamber of Commerce 300 W. Panola, Carthage. TX SE N I O R E X P O September 26 | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Carthage Civic Center 1702 S. Adams St., Carthage, TX

September 30, 2023 C ARTHA GE CIVIC CENT ER

PO TL ATCH September 30 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Carthage Civic Center, Panola County Expo Hall 1702 S. Adams St.,Carthage, TX

October PANOLA COUNT Y SENIORS MEETING October 5 | 10 a.m.

Chamber of Commerce

WHAT THE ALE

October 7 | 6 p.m.

Merket Tree Farm 785 FM 1794 W., Beckville, TX Hosted by the Panola County Cancer Coalition C A RTHAGE H E RI TAG E F E STI VA L October 21 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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M AIN ST REET HA LLOWEEN C O STUME CONT ES T October 21 | 10 a.m.

Anderson Park Gazebo H AL L O WEEN ON T HE S QU A RE October 31 | 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Downtown Carthage Square

CALENDAR OF EV EN TS

November

PA N O L A C O UNT Y SE N I O RS M E E T I N G November 2| 10 a.m.

Chamber of Commerce SW E ET L U C Y F E S T November 4 | 9 a.m.

Downtown Beckville

December

C ITY O F CA RT HA GE D O DRAN S BICENT ENNIA L (1 7 5 TH) CELEBRAT ION November 11 | 6 p.m.

Carthage Civic Center 1702 S. Adams St. Carthage, TX H O L ID AY PU NCH CA RDS November 17 - December 21 Every $20 spent downtown equals a punch and every full card can be turned in for a chance to win a holiday gift basket stuffed with goodies from our local businesses!

Turn in full cards at participating businesses!

SM AL L BU S INES S S AT U RDAY November 25 PIC TURES WIT H S A NTA November 25 | 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Anderson Park, Downtown Carthage

PANO L A COU NT Y C HRISTMA S PA RA DE December 4 | 7 p.m.

Downtown Carthage Theme“Celebrating 175 years of Carthage” H EE H AW CHRIS T MA S S HOW December 9 | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

The Esquire Theater 114 W. Sabine St.,Carthage, TX AM BASSA DOR & BOA RD AP P RE C IAT ION/ OPEN HOU S E December 13 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Christmas Classic

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& ARTS

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Come Visit our Pumpkin Patch Sept 28-Oct 31 10am-6pm Mon-Sat 1pm-6pm Sun

BILLY BOB’S ZIP LINE

Monday-Friday (appointment only)

Book online at billybobszipline.com or call 903.720.6149 • 903.754.8474 Walk-in

Saturday 9am-5pm | Sunday 2pm-6pm 4079 US 79 North Carthage, TX 75633

903-693-5227

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2 0 2 3 C H A MBER MEMBERSH I P Platinum Members

Big Chief Vapes

East Texas Aviation

Bigg Dawg Truck Parts

East Texas Title Co. - Carthage

Brookshire Brothers

Billy Bob Zipline & RV Park

ETEX Communications, LLC.

BNB Cleaning

East Texas Professional Credit Union - Carthage

First State Bank & Trust Company

Boo-Yay’s, LLC.

Elliott Auto - Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge

Briarcliff SNF

End Tech Computer Repair

Humana

BRK Meats

Epic Office Solutions

State Farm Insurance Patsy Meck

Bulldog Automotive, LLC.

ETX Innovation Center

Burns Insurance Agency

Excel - Ford/Lincoln/Mercury

Calabria Italian Restaurant

Excellent Teen Choice

Card My Yard

Eye Central

Carter Blood Care

Fairplay Nursery

State Farm Insurance Tate Barber UT Health - Carthage VERABANK

Members 2A Energy 903 Bakery A & E Catering Above Average Health Care & House Calls accentCare Home Health

Carthage Furniture Carthage Hardwoods, LLC. Carthage Healthcare Carthage Independent School District Carthage LTC Partners, Panola Nursing Home Carthage Noon Lions Club Carthage RV Campground Carthage Self Storage

Faith Assembly of God - Carthage Farmers State Bank - Carthage Fidele Boutique Fidelity Communications First Baptist Church - Carthage First Methodist Church - Carthage Five Star Realty Flow-Zone, LLC. Fridas Paleteria

Carthage Service League Thrift Shop

Fundamental Restoration and Construction

Carthage Veterinary Hospital

Gary Independent School District

Active Touch Therapy

CASA of Harrison, Marion & Panola Counties

Gecko Pest Control

Adkins & Co. Photography

Caught by Design

AEP/Swepco

Central Baptist Church

Glaze Manor

Afterschool YEP

Chicken Express - Carthage

Aliign Mineral Management, LLC.

Christian Love Private Home Care

All Hours Fitness - Carthage

Citizens Bank - Carthage

ALLELA/The House of Ruth

City of Carthage

American Red Cross

Classic Café Catering Co., LLC.

Amway by Amber Byerly

C-ME Locksmith

Animal Medical Center Antique Lawn Tree Services

Coldwell Banker/Home Place Realty

Auto-Brewery Syndrome Information & Research

Commiato’s Machine & Repair Shop

Auto Express Lube

Community Healthcore

Holiday Inn Express - Carthage

Automated Business Concepts

Complete Printing & Publishing

Holmes Millwork

Cook & Son Roofing

Hometown Realty - Theresa Hull

Copeland Group USA, Inc.

Hope Community Medicine

COR Boutique

Hospice Plus

Country Roots Realty

ACE Hardware - Carthage ACM Fabrication, LLC Action Towing

Automatic Gas Company Bankhead Attorneys at Law Bearcat Stop

Genpak - Carthage Golden Eye Associates Goodwill Industries Graves RV Park Hal’s A/C & Electrical Harrison County Glass Hawthorn Funeral Home Heard, McElroy, Vestal, LLC. Heartsway Hospice of NE Texas HEB Foods - Carthage Hill Family Chiropractic

Beauty Sense by Patricia

Dallas Custom Homes

HSC Line Striping & Pressure Washing

Beckville Independent School District

DCP Midstream - Carthage

Hudson Financial Group

Dee’s Mobile Solutions

Jalapeno Tree - Carthage

Beckville Masonic Lodge

Denny’s - Carthage

Better Business Bureau

Donald Eye Care

Beatty Properties, LLC.

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Louisiana Pacific

50 Years of Building Solutions

Carthage OSB

1199 CR 201 • 903-694-2414

2 0 2 3 C H A MBER MEMBERSH I P NCT Service Parts, LLC, NAPA Carthage

Panola County Farm Bureau Insurance

Schieffer, Ray CPA

Jewel Med Spa

Panola County Groundwater Conservation

Seaman Appliance Repair

Jewel’s Co. Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Kelly’s Collision Center King Aultman Group, LLC. KGAS Radio Kutting Korner Beauty Salon LaGrone Air Conditioning Lake Murvaul Marina Lazy K Boutique Le Pre de Laurent Legacy Field Services, LLC. LifeShare Blood Center Logging Tech Forestry, LLC. Lonestar Nutrition & Energy Louisiana Pacific Corporation - Carthage Love’s Travel Stops March Outdoors, LLC. Martin Marietta - Carthage McAdams Propane Company McDonalds - O’Reilly Group McLane, Judge Rodger, Attorney at Law MEP Live Merket Christmas Tree Farm Miracle Ear Mission Carthage Monroe Bros. Paint & Body MPLX (MarkWest) Mr. Odd Job MWN Consultanting, LLC. New Sound Hearing Systems - Carthage Northside Christian Center OMD Pest Control Origin Bank - Carthage Pam & Mia’s Little Bit of Everything

Panola County Historical & Genealogical Association Panola County Lions Club Panola County Republican Party Panola County Republican Women Panola County Veteran’s Relief Fund Panola Dental Panola Orchard & Gardens Panola Schools Panola Senior Community Patterson Insurance Payne, Rachael CPA PLLC. Peppermint Fence Daycare Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP. Pinnergy - Carthage Pippen Motor Company Pizza Hut - Carthage Pool & Pool Apartments Popcorn Place Propes Relaxation Massage Prosperity Bank - Carthage Pure & Simple Lifestyle Solutions Quality Inn - Carthage QuickVisit Urgent Care - Carthage R. Lacy, Inc. Ransom Drilling Service, LLC. Red Dog Oil Tools Red Oak Insurance Agency Revival Threads & Co. Revive & Restore Health & Wellness, LLC. Ridgway CNC Rock Hill Bed & Bale Rock N Roll Express Car Wash

SDZ Shuttle Security Finance Securlock & Safe, LLC Sharp Travel Planners, LLC Sharps Compliance of Texas, LLC. Shoe Sensation, Inc. SIG Insurance Skypine Roofing Smith Energy Services, Inc. Solid Rock Sookie Sookie Southern Bliss Nutrition Southside Baptist Church Star Cravin Photography Stepping Out Community Tax 2 Stock Show Supporters of Panola County, Inc. Sunflower Mercantile Super 8 - Carthage Tacos Coahuila Telephone Directory of East Texas Texas Country Music Association, Inc. Texas Country Music Hall of Fame The Bulldawg Stop The Hobby Horse The Joffrion Agency The Master’s Blend The Panola Watchman The Phillip’s Law Firm The Store Next Door The Village Salon The Vintage Hen Timberwolf Mercantile Co. Timber Tree Service Top Line Rentals, LLC. Total Lawn Care Solutions, LLC. Tucker’s Transmission

Rollo Insurance

Turner Alumni & Ex. Students Association

Panola College

Rotary Club of Carthage

Tyson Foods - Carthage

Panola County Abstract, J. Ken Muckelroy

RPA Dance Company Rusk County Electric

US Health Advisors Angela Almanza

Panola County Cancer Coalition

Rusk-Panola Children’s Advocacy Center

USA Donuts

Panola County Democrat Club

Sanchez Odd Jobs

Utility Tax Consultants

Panola County Development Foundation

Sanctuary of the Pentecost

Wake Authority

Scarborough Realty Group

Walker, Charla - Stylist

Panola Archery Club

Panola County Conservatives

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2 023 CHAMBER M EM B ERSH I P Waste Connections

James & Jayne Browning

Clarissa Moon

Whataburger - Carthage

Pat Browning

William Morris

Wings & Whitetails

John Cain

Winkler Court

Cynthia J. Carter

Bill O’Neal

Wolf Pack Rentals, LLC. Carthage

Carthage Fire Department

Women’s Center of East Texas Woods New Hope Baptist Church

Clayton Volunteer Fire Department

Younger, Ryan Handyman Services

Coats Family

Jean Thomas Jeretta Thompson

We would also like to recognize our individual & honorary members for their support.

Community 4 Volunteer Fire Department

Cliff Todd

Danny Buck Davidson

Lynn & Carol Vincent

David & Kim Everett

Mark Whitaker

Clardy, Rep. Travis

Larry & Sarah Fields

Mike Parker Donna Porter Dr. John & Jane Ray Judy Ritter

Dena Wilson

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Judge David & Elizabeth Anderson

Elinor J. Humphreys

Linda Bagley

Inter Community Volunteer Fire Department

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Judge Terry Bailey

Adana Woods

Woods Volunteer Fire Department

Kathy Ballard Worley

Bob & Sarah Baker

Vickie Lacy

Gary Volunteer Fire Department

Beckville Volunteer Fire Department

David G. Leary, Sr.

Dr. Glen Hambrick

Joni Lee

Gloria D. Holland

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