The Model A Club’s Thanksgiving tour this year consisted of 17 people and 9 Ford Model A’s from 1928-1931. Victoria was the hub of celebrating their 200th Anniversary. This tour combined the Brazos Valley A’s and the Greater Houston Model A Clubs with Tour Directors Ray and Sherry Hinnant coming from College Station, joined by other members from Brenham, Houston, Katy, Angleton, and the Victoria area.

The driving tour on Saturday took them to Seadrift to view the Art Center, then to see the La Salle Monument, and on to Port Lavaca for a wonderful lunch at Scully’s Seafood Bar and Grill before crossing over the bridge to Point Comfort and taking back roads on the return to Victoria. The driving tour was about 130 miles round trip.

January 15th thru February 14 is the filing period for running either for Seadrift mayor or councilman. The Seadrift election will be held on the first Saturday of May. You can pick up an application at the Seadrift City Hall.

Mary Neil

It’s “Ninety and Counting” for Mary Neil who has a zest for living and a devotion to the Lord! Mary along with her family and many friends came together on December 7th to celebrate her ninetieth birthday at Seadrift’s Assembly of God fellowship hall. Mary has been a longtime resident of Seadrift where she was born and raised.

Mary and her husband W.F. had two children, daughter Frances and son Miley. They in turn gave their parents five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild.

Mary was a homemaker and a lifelong member of the Seadrift Assembly of God Church. Her husband W.F. worked as a tugboat captain, was a truck driver, and had been employed by Parks and Wildlife.
-Tanya DeForest