The Community Service Department of the Woman’s Club held their January meeting with Lisa Neely as the speaker.

Neely has been the archivist for the King Ranch for over 20 years.

Neely provided the members with an excellent slide presentation.

The slides portrayed Kleberg County’s rich history. She began stories about Richard King in the year 1847 and moved on to the present day.

Henrietta King, Richard’s wife made numerous gifts of land and funds to Kingsville. Of course, the coming of the railroad opened up trade in Kingsville in 1904. The members guessed many of the locations of buildings in some of the slides.

Some of these structures are no longer standing due to hurricanes and fires. Our cities streets are named after these first business men who settled here.

The ladies were familiar with the old shops and buildings, their parents and grandparents played a part in the history of Kingsville.

The business meeting followed with Jean Claire Turcotte presiding.

A general meeting of the Women’s Club was held Jan. 25 at HKCC.

Community Service, NOW and Charity Departments were the hostesses.

Commissioner Stan Laskowski was the speaker.

On Feb. 11 there will be a shower for the Women’s Shelter. They need household items.

The KSO will perform on Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. at The H.M. King High School.

A reception will follow at the H.E.B. Education Center.

On March 26 and 27 The South Texas District Convention will hold their meeting in Kingsville.

Sandy Chisholm will be installed as president. On April 13 through April 16, Texas Federation of Woman’s Club will hold their annual State Convention in Corpus Christi.

Other upcoming events include an evening reception at the home of Jean Claire Turcottes on May 10 at 7 p.m.

This is our last general meeting and we will have the installation of officers.

Our next meeting of the Community Service Dept. will be on Feb. 17 at 11:30 a.m. at The Cherry Tree Tea Room and our speaker will be Ann DeKoch.

The topic will be What About Your Money?

Members please be reminded our annual membership dues are due at this time.