By Jack James
Picture it. In just a little less than a year from now, the city of Lavaca will be celebrating its Centennial. The 100 year anniversary of Lavaca becoming an incorporated town. Our 100th birthday.
That’s a pretty good milestone for just about anything. Think about it for a minute. In 1919, flying planes was what we recognize as the Red Barron from WWI, cloth and balsa wood, of sorts, barnstormers. One hundred years ago our cars were tin jalopies. The Ford Model T of that year had a 20 horse power engine that pegged out at 30 mph.
Woodrow Wilson was our President. World War I had just ended. The Lavaca Senior Class graduated five students that year.
Lavaca had dirt streets and wagons and horses were the main source of transportation.
The Lavaca Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Lavaca are planning a bonafide celebration; a real whoopty-do! The plans are in early stages but it promises to be a real ‘one-for-the-books” major event unlike this town and area has ever witnessed before.
All area businesses, churches, organizations, schools and so on, should start looking for ways to commemorate this very special time of our city history.
I look forward to reporting it and showing it to you!
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