Southeast Texas Senior Activities – First Baptist Vidor Senior Ministry

Senior Ministry Southeast Texas – First Baptist Church of Vidor 1st Baptist Church in Vidor provides fun activities for Golden Triangle Seniors. For Southeast Texas senior citizens, activity = longevity. The more we are plugged into our families, enjoyable activities, and meaningful groups, the happier and healthier we are. Today’s featured Southeast Texas Senior Activity is “Encore Adults”, the senior ministry of First Baptist Church Vidor. The group offers Vidor... Read More

Horsin’ Around. FREE Wildcatter Weekend at Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown 11/10

On November 13, 1925, Spindletop produced its second major oil boom when the Yount-Lee Oil Company used new technology to drill on the flanks of Spindletop Hill.  As a result of this discovery – and the wealth that followed, Miles Yount and his wife, Pansy, soon became known as some of the most important breeders of horses in the United States. Gladys City will celebrate this historically important second Spindletop boom with a historical lecture in the morning. There will... Read More

Lamar Football Homecoming

Lamar Football and Homecoming: Cardinals vs. McMurry As SETXseniors, we grew up watching football. Some Southeast Texas seniors fondly remember the day of leather helmets and gifted players regularly playing both offense and defense. When the temperatures dip below ninety degrees, we remember all of the glorious activities of youth- drifting a live mud minnow for fall flounder, following a spirited dog sniffing for quail, and watching football. Football was gone from Lamar for... Read More