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Planned Jubilee events include:

All Summer Kilgore -- "Reading Roustabout" reading program at Kilgore Public Library.
Aug. 8-13 Henderson -- Rusk County Library -- 1930s Week, and Diamond Jubilee Celebration 75th Anniversary of the East Texas Oil Field. "The Weeks Events"
Sept. 5 2:00 - Joinerville -- Activities at the new Gaston Museum For more information, click here
Sept. 17 White Oak -- Special "Roughneck Days" celebration
Sept. 20

5:30 PM - Kilgore Public Library – Ms. Jan Statman reviews Raisins and Almonds . . . . and East Texas Oil. Statman book review

Sept. 22 2:30 & 6:30 PM - Kilgore Public Library - Movie, "Strike it rich".
Sept. 28-Oct. 2 Kilgore -- Presentation of the "Daisy Bradford 3" play with professional actors.
Oct. 1 1 p.m. Joinerville -- Canceled.
Oct. 1 3 p.m. Henderson -- Dedicate a steam powered drilling rig at the Depot Museum. Events.
Oct. 1 3 p.m. Kilgore -- Kilgore College Homecoming.
Oct. 1 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., Kilgore -- Habitat for Humanity 1-mile run for kids (8 a.m.) Habitat 5-K fun run & walk for adults (8:30 a.m.)
Oct. 1 11 a.m. Kilgore -- Derrick dedication honoring former Mayor and Judge Mickey Smith.
Oct. 1-3 Kilgore -- Book signing by Mary Brooke Casad for her new children's book, "Bluebonnet at the East Texas Oil Museum.
Oct. 1 2-4 p.m., Henderson -- Book signing by Mary Brooke Casad for her new children's book, "Bluebonnet at the East Texas Oil Museum."
Oct. 2 All Churches -- 1930 type Oil Field Services
Oct. 3 2-5 p.m., Kilgore -- Flower Show by Garden Clubs of the 5 County area
Oct. 1-28 Kilgore -- East Texas Oil Museum -- Oil Boom Art Show by Larry Kitchen.
Oct. 3 11:00 A.M. -- 12:00, Kilgore -- East Texas Oil Museum --
Special Speaker: Kent R. Hance
Jubilee Celebration Ceremony and Other Activities
For more activities on Oct. 3, click here.
Oct. 3 12:00-1:30, Kilgore -- Bar-B-Q lunch $5.00 a person. Parking lot behind the East Texas Oil Museum. Tickets available at Oil Museum.
Oct. 3 Oct. 3 all day. Commemorative cancellation at the Joinerville Post Gaston Museum.
Oct. 3 Oct. 3 all day. Commemorative cancellation at the Kilgore East Texas Oil Museum Post Office.
Oct. 6 2:30 & 6:30 PM - Kilgore Library - Movie, "Boomtown."
Oct. 24-Dec. 14 Henderson -- Depot Museum, "Keep 'Em Flying! Every day life in a WWII Fighter Squadron" exhibit.

Contact Information

Claud Wallace
Phone: (903) 983-2834
jclaudwall@aol.com
or the Kilgore chamber of Commerce at (903) 984-5022 or Bill Gibbs, Kilgore College director of marketing, at (903) 983-8218 or bgibbs@kilgore.edu







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