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Mummy and Me Highlights Halloween at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum

BJ Kirkpatrick News 10/07/201807/23/2025Halloween Event, Kid Friendly

Mother and Son Event Promises Thrilling Evening!

Mummy and Me will be a special Mother and Son event at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum. The event will be held at the Children’s Museum on October 20 from 6:30 to 8:30. With a Patron Sponsorship by Oncor and Family Sponsorships by Commerce Funeral Home and Commerce Veterinary Clinic, the evening will include all the fun parts of Halloween.

A Haunted House with a Witch, a Haunted Ship with a Witch’s Brew, and a Hearse with Mummies will attract the braver young boys. Boys who want to escape the witches will have plenty of other attractions throughout the Children’s Museum. The many play areas in the Children’s Museum will be open for the visiting Halloween ghouls. Crafts will include decorating small pumpkins and Halloween magnets. Mothers and Sons will participate in a Mummy Wrap and dance to the Monster Mash. These activities will be judged and directed by Jim Ayers.

“Young boys and their mothers will have special haunting food including WitcheFingers, Witches Wands, Bat Chips, Coffin Dip, and Mummy Pizza. Decorations in the Party Room will reflect the season of ghosts, witches, and goblins, ” said Brenda Estes, Food Chair for the event. “These should be treats that moms and sons will enjoy.”

Included in the ticket price of $35 is a costume for the young mummy or his mom. Not included in the ticket price is the price of a photo by David Hambrick. With activities that thrill and some that don’t , with mummy food and monster dances, the Mummy and Me event should be a time that each mother and son will remember. Tickets can be purchased at the Children’s Museum or by calling 903-886-6055.

For more Halloween festivities in Texoma, be sure to check out the Halloween Event Calendar.

Halloween and Día de los Muertos at The Sherman Museum

BJ Kirkpatrick News 10/03/201807/23/2025Sherman Museum

On Oct. 31^st, The Sherman Museum will be having half priced admissions during normal 10 am-4 pm hours for all who show up in Halloween Costumes. There will be showings of “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,” as well as Halloween arts and crafts. Patrons that visit this day will receive Trick-or-Treats on their way out of the museum.

On Nov. 1^st, The Sherman Museum will be hosting for the first time Día de los Muertos festivities. “We are very excited about this event and we hope for a great turnout. Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a beautiful tradition of honoring and remembering loved ones that have passed away. We want to not only teach the community about this great tradition, but to also share it with them, while having fun,” states Natalie R. Bonner, Assistant Director of The Sherman Museum.

The museum will be having half priced admission during normal 10am-4pm hours to all those who come in traditional Día de los Muertos dress, or Halloween costumes. Half priced admissions will continue from 5pm-8pm during the after-hours celebrations. The museum will have arts and crafts, an ofrenda for guests to draw their loved ones and honor them, as well as showing Disney’s “Coco.” Patrons will receive traditional Día de los Muertos candy on their way out of the museum.

About The Sherman Museum

The Sherman Museum is a non-profit 501(c) (3) educational organization devoted to collecting, preserving and interpreting objects of historical significance for visitors and residents of Grayson County and the Greater North Texas Region. The museum was previously known as The Red River Historical Museum prior to a name change in March 2011.

For more information about The Sherman Museum contact us at www.theshermanmuseum.org.

Preston Trail NSDAR Celebrates Constitution Week with Special Events

BJ Kirkpatrick News 09/30/201807/23/2025

Preston Trail NSDAR has been proud to be involved in many activities this week concerning Constitution week. They have had the honor of six (6) Daughters reading books about the Constitution to K-4th grade while dressed in Revolutionary costumes to five elementary schools in the Sherman ISD.

The chapter received five official Proclamations of the observance of Constitution Week from the cities of Sherman, Denison, Pottsboro, the Grayson County Commissioners, and from the Governor of Texas. They have had the pleasure of decorating display cases with Constitution Week information at the Denison Public Library, Pottsboro Public Library, Neblett Elementary School, and Dillingham Intermediate School.

The biggest honor of all was to present a program with the Public Reading of the Constitution and Bell Ringing ceremony at 4pm EST. on September 17^th at the Grayson County Courthouse with more than 50 citizens participating.

This was all made possible by our Commemorative Events Chair and Constitution Week Chair, Catherine Giles and committee members Raye Nilius, Lisa Lettie, Gay Hilbert, Vicki McComack, Natalie Bauman, Michelle Alverson, Yvonne Carson, friend of the committee Linda Miller and the public. We thank everyone for such a wonderful response to this great celebration! Truly a Happy birthday to our Constitution, a gift to each American to which there is no equal.

The speaker and topic for next month’s meeting will be Julie Avedikian teaching us “How to use the GRS (Genealogical Research System) & GRC (Genealogical Records Committee) for Genealogical Research.” The Preston Trail NSDAR next meets Thursday, October 4th, and thereafter through May on the first Thursday of the month at 5pm for refreshments and social hour and at 6pm for programs and chapter business meetings, with the exception of December. For the meeting location please contact the chapter at prestontrailnsdar@gmail.com.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 177,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. DAR members are committed to volunteer service having served more than 12.5 million hours in communities throughout the world during the past three years. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org or connect with DAR on social media at facebook.com/TodaysDAR, twitter.com/TodaysDAR and youtube.com/TodaysDAR