 Our
Celebration has come and gone. A good time was had by all. Thanks to all those
who supported the Centennial Celebration, and all those who came from all over this great
land of ours to join us in our celebration. Click here to check out some of the photos of our
celibration.
Last year's compliments
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR OF PARMA..My Good
Friend Randall:
To you and your Centennial Staff may I say
WELL DONE! WELL DONE! Thank you for allowing me the opportunity go back in time to those
fantastic years of my youth - and re-live those things that I can now only remember with
fondness and love. Your homepage is not nearly large enough to explain my feelings as I
returned home. The five hour drive seemed like minutes as I drove in a daze with a smile
on my face and feeling as though I was about to burst with exuberance from the two
fantastic days I spent with my past.
When I arrived home... I had no voice left, to say nothing
of realizing that I had mostly survived with little or no sleep. I sincerely thank you for
allowing me the opportunity to re-new old acquaintances - and to make amends with a very
special friend who changed my life forever. The years have been very kind to most of
us and for that I am forever thankful. To those whom are no longer with us - Ruth, Rita,
Sonny, Helen, Lorene - I hope Heaven's reunion was everything that ours was.
Thank you again for getting us all together in the greatest
city in the world.
Bill Tom
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Pictures
of our Centennial Celebration
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celebration please e-mail them and a brief description to the webmaster. Keep checking back to see what
pictures have been posted. Click on the picture to see a larger view.
Randall & Cleta |
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Jo Emma Greenwood |
Bob Blair & Laura Jane (Johnson) Sutherland |
Norma (Brown)Holloway, Sue (Rogers) Parkman & Pop Parker |
Norma (Sifford) Hartman |
Archie Cunningham & Norma Hartman |
Chad & Don Cameron, Dean Medlin, Levonna & Ron Meier, Barba & Dennis Meier |
Bill Tom Knight |
Norma (Lape) Hatsfield and Chas (Bud) Henry |
Will Parker & Norma Hartman |
Marla Blankinship and others |
Bob Barney and others |
Don Ashley and James Thomason and others |
Some of the crowd |
Some more of the crowd |
Bette Morgan and Pam Adams |
Serving line |
A big thanks to Tommy Daniels for doing the cooking and running the serving
line. He is the one with the red apron on. |
Kenna Jo Melton, Sherry Ashley and Margarer Melton |
Bill Head, Paul Cunningham and others |
Big Tent |
More of the crowd |
Tonya Pulling selling T-shirts and Caps |
Even more of the crowd |
Denny and Brenda Meiers and others |
Don Ashley in the chow line |
Anita Blackman Tillman |
Johnny Parker |
Carolyn Veith Lutes and Will Parker |
Gertrude Patterson is the oldest living person in Parma. Standing behind her is
Toshia Long (granddaughter), to her right is Christal Long Austin a granddaughter holding
her new son, Caleb Austin and at the bottom right is David Long the third and then
Toshia and Christal's mother Nancy Long. |
From left to right is Ed. Holmes, Tom Ford, Emily Murray and Malcolm Holmes
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Bette Morgan and Sandra Gilmer Matlock |
Ted Morgan in the History display room |
Marva Womack in the Sales tents |
Lavelle Lindley Bailey and Jeff Womack in the registration tent |
Vernon Johnson, Rod Norman and Harold Norman |
Rod Norman, Margaret Weatherford, Tom Ford, Malcolm Holmes and Harold Norman |
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Our
Humble Beginnings
The City of Parma began with only team roads, then the
railroad, buildings, businesses and a thriving farming and logging town. It became a real
boom town as a farming community and as center for the drainage ditch construction.
In 1900 Parma was established as a village, but not large enough to be
called a city and therefore was not on the map yet as a city. The Houck Railroad was laid
in Parma about the year 1900.
In 1901 Parma was growing larger than Lotta and the Cotton Belt trains
changed their stop from Lotta to Parma.
1902 Mr. Boaz settled in Parma in March. His store was built in June 1902.
In 1903 Parma was incorporated as a village along with Lotta and the
resulting name was Parma.
1905 Parma was incorporated as a fourth class city.
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Thanks to our many Contributions for helping make the celebration such a success.
Contributors as follows:
Dambach Ins. Co.
Parma VFW
James Brown
Harlan Love
First Security State Bank
Mahan Gin Co.
Mrs. Christene Merick
B.P.S.
Smith & Co. Engineers
Lowrey & Lowrey, Inc.
Welton& Sharon Wagner
MFA Propane
Ellington Insurance Agency, Inc.
QMI Fertilizer & Grain, Inc.
Chem Star Agri Products, Inc.
Watkins & Sons
Mark Beaird
Oscar Sapp Farms
George & Sidney Husted
Trader Dick's Furniture
Casino Azstar
Julie's Florist
Gaylon Lawrence
Barton Farms
Wofford's Body Shop. |
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Last revised:
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