Brown Bag Speakers and Subject Matter
from June 2002 - Present
Brown Bag Speakers and Subject Matter
June 2002 – March 2004
Ms. Steavy Jakubik – Ennis – Czech Heritage
Mr. Mike McMinn – Waxahachie – Cotton Industry
Ms. Joanna Dunn – Ferris – Ferris Brick Manufacturing
Mr. Horace Bratcher – Waxahachie – Horse Sense
Mr. Wilbur Stephenson – Midlothian – Hawkins Spring
Mr. John Percival – Ennis – HT&C & Ellis County Railroads
Ms. Jimmie Faye Bynum & Ms. Ann Bynum – Red Oak, Maypearl - Ellis County Rodeo Arena
Mr. Bill Pitts – Waxahachie – Downtown Waxahachie
Ms. Mattie Borders - Waxahachie – Oak Lawn School
Ms. Sugar Glaspy – Ennis – "Malinda and her Men"
Ms. Reeda Peel – Ennis – 10,000 Years of Ellis County Pre-history
Ms. Mary Ellen Dale – Waxahachie – Early Days of Teaching in Waxahachie
Ms. Jenny Kellum – Red Oak - A Family’s Role in Early Texas and Ellis County History
Ms. Virginia Duff – Ferris – Texas State Legislator
Dr. Jack Kelly – Waxahachie – Veterinary Medicine of the 40’s & 50’s
Mr. Bruce Webb – Waxahachie – Fraternal Organizations
Mr. Roy & Ms. Jeanette Burks, Mr. Weindell Stiles, Ms. Jean Heffernan – Waxahachie, Maypearl, Waxahachie - "Birds of Ellis County"
Mr. Warren Culbertson – Waxahachie – Weather, Technology, and Television
Lois Hacker, Elizabeth Sims, Mattie Matthews, and Helen Smith - Waxahachie - Nursing in Waxahachie
Mr. Alton Adams - Rockett - Farming in Ellis County
Mr. Jack Sparkman - Bristol - "Let Me Tell You About Bristol"
Ms. Shirley Campbell - Midlothian - Native Texas and Ellis County plants
September 2009 - Present
Ms. Shirley Williams - Ina Bess Lumpkins, Ellis County Artist, September 2009
Ms. Marietta Allen - The Ferris Brick Company, October 2009
Mr. George Weatherly - Trench Art - The Overlooked Folk Art, January 2010
Mr. Edward Burleson - A History of Burleson Honey, February 2010
Mr. Bill Abbott - The history of the town of Oak and Oak Branch, March 2010
Mr. Jim Chapman - Restoration of the M-K-T Depot, April 2010
Mr. Larry Felty - "Folk Art Constructions", September 2010
Mr. Chad Hicks - The Calaboose and Wyatt Real Estate Office, October 2010
Ms. Nancy Cannaday - "Bonnie & Clyde", January 2011
Mr. Mark Singleton - The History of Citizens National Bank, February 2011
Mr. Billy Ray Hancock - "The Evolution of Richards Park", March 2011
Ms. Anita Williamson - "Waxahachie Main Street Program: A Brief History", April 2011
Dr. Tommy Stringer - "The Pearce Museum at Navarro College", September 2011
Ms. Ellen Beasley - "Discovering Historic East Waxahachie", October 2011
Ms. Glinda Felty & Ms. Chris Bhore - "The Hawkins Street Family of Waxahachie", January 2012
Ms. Karen Kay Esberger - "Some History of Midlothian - Founding through the early 1900s", February 2012