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WATCHING GRILL COOKING BURGER PATTIES – These three members of the Community Brotherhood were among those who grilled the 250 hamburger patties on Juneteenth Saturday morning. They began working early on their holiday, to prepare the meat for the free drive-by hamburger meals. At the end of the event, about 240 meals had been served. Shown on duty are: William Thomas, Jr., Johnny Rosemond, and David Rosemond. Others also worked through the serving period. (Staff Photo by Joella Lovvorn)
Juneteenth (June 19, 2021) in Littlefield was a very busy day, with a variety of activities going on to entertain the public as they chose which they wanted to attend.
The first part of the day was observed as a celebration of Juneteenth (a state holiday) at the Van Ashley Pavilion in Dunbar Park.
Organizers of the Juneteenth day’s events have expressed special “thank yous” to the Community Brotherhood for grilling the hamburgers, the donations from Food King, and from Steve Castaneda at Custom Woodworking and Design for donating the plaques that were presented to the various winners.
They also expressed appreciation to everyone who participated in making the Juneteenth day the success it was.
A good part of the morning was dedicated to the judging of 17 pound cakes that were entered in a contest.
Taking first place and the $40 prize with her pound cake was Geneva Simmons of Lubbock. The second-place winner was Shawna Wagley-Hastings of Littlefield, who also won the $20 prize. Will Williams of Littlefield won third place and the $10 prize.
Before the burgers were delivered to the cars on the street, food trays were prepared and delivered to many shut-in people in the community.
A total of 250 burger patties were grilled for the hamburger meals, but they estimated that a total of about 240 meals were served.
This year’s Juneteenth was different from the community’s former celebrations, because of the COVID-19 virus, which did not allow a large crowd to gather together this year.
Organizers feel the event was a huge success, anyway.
Other Activities
The Early Risers Lions Club hosted a car show, cruise and Hotwheel Races for children 12- years of age and younger.
Book autograph, at Open House
The Duggan House Museum had an open house later Saturday, when a former Littlefield resident, Lisa S. McKinnon, autographed her recently-published book: “I’ll Tell the Moon”, which is about her family as she was growing up. She is the daughter of B.D and Elsie Garland, (but the names in the book are not the same.) Her brother, Brent is also mentioned in the book, but not by that name.
June 19, 2021 was a very busy day in Littlefield.