2013 Old River-Winfree Founders Day Contest Sponsors Announced

The businesses in our area are always there for us when we need them.  Supporting a small community like Old River-Winfree in their celebration of history and pride is what these businesses do.

They are your friends and neighbors and deserve so much recognition, because they never let us down.

The following businesses were announced as Contest Sponsors at the May 13, 2013 Old River-Winfree City Council meeting for the 2013 Old River-Winfree Founders Day, a City Sponsored Event.

• Barbers Hill Bank – 3K/5K Run/ Walk Benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project in Memory of Pfc Wesley R. Riggs
• Sam’s Express – “My Best Friend” Dog Contest Sponsor
• Carnes Engineering – Pie, Cupcake, Cake Bake-off and Auction
• Dane Listi, Attorney at Law – Old River Country Natural Beauty Contest
• R&L Auto Supply – Classic Car and Truck Contest

We also are sponsored by the City of Old River-Winfree as a City Event, as mentioned above;  Advertising Expense is sponsored by Chambers County Commissioner’s Court.

Visit their website at orwfoundersday.com and their Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/ORWFD

To volunteer, email info@orwfoundersday.com

 

R & L Auto Supply in Old River-Winfree Presented With 2013 ORWFD “Business of the Year” Award

John Farley, Manager of R&L Auto Supply in Old River-Winfree, receives the ORWFD 2013 “Business of the Year” Award from Colleen Fontenot, ORWFD President and Old River-Winfree City Council member

R & L Auto Supply established in 1984 is located on FM 1409 in Old River-Winfree.  In a long held tradition, R & L has supported it’s community by providing dependable, quality auto parts and hardware for your home, inside and out.  They have this and much more.  See their link below from the Old River-Winfree Community News page.

They have also backed Old River-Winfree Founders Day since it’s inception in 2008 with the ORWFD Classic Car and Truck Contest.  2012 was a record breaking year for entries and they look forward to the 2013 Event the second weekend in October.  R & L sponsors the entire event with unique trophies, food, and even a band!

So thanks R&L for backing Old River-Winfree and Old River-Winfree Founders Day.

For more information what R & L Auto Supply carries click on this link  R & L Auto Supply.

Like them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RandLautosupply?fref=ts

Liberty Jubilee this Weekend March 22 & 23

Office/Business Space Available to Lease in Old River-Winfree

Been thinking about opening a business or bringing your business from the house or backyard to the public.

Space is for lease in the Heart of  Old River-Winfree, just north of the historic Old River bridge.

Space leases for $800/month and the terms of lease are negotiable.

No Food Businesses, please.

See the friendly staff at Sam’s Express #1 on Hwy 146 or Sam’s Express #2 on FM 1409 in Old River-Winfree.

Sam’s Express #1 281-383-7084

Sam’s Express #2  281-385-0000

 

 

2012 ORWFD Classic Car and Truck Show a Complete Success

Nowhere but Small Town USA can you find the best people and the most fun, and Old River-Winfree is a perfect example.

R&L Auto Supply, Page’s Paint & Body, and Mont Belvieu Auto Supply really put on the Ritz, hometown style.

Lots of Classic cars and trucks, PLUS a vintage Tractor and Motorcycle, really showed their shine at the 2012 ORWFD Classic Car & Truck Show.

It doesn’t get any better that this ORWFD Event put on at R&L Auto in good old Old River-Winfree.  

See some of the pictures below!

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The Month of October is Family Month in Old River-Winfree HARVEST FESTIVAL at Old River Baptist is NEXT!

Entries are Still Coming in for Old River-Winfree Founders Day

It is not too late to get your entries in.  Moms are scrabbling, pet owners are calling, vendors are registering, bakers are baking.  It is so great to see how our communities are coming out to support Founders Day.

So, it is not to late, even up to an hour before the event.  Come one, come all!

We took some pictures of the trophies for the Mr/Miss Old River Country Natural Beauty Pageant with the sashes and crowns.  The pictures do not do them justice!  They are bigger and better than ever.  Participation trophies, too lets everyone go home with something!

Contact Linda at 281-385-1735 (City Hall) for information on entries OR contact the Chairperson listed on the entry forms.

Go to http://www.orwfoundersday.com for all the forms, events and information!

See you’ll there!!

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1800′s Publication – “New Settler Heading to Old River Country”

We are still heading West,not much luck here,lots of swamp land. Too boggy for settlers,scouts are ahead of us by 1 day.We have word sent back from him Indians are present and river is near to high flat ground….With this high technology we have on board our wagons,we will be arriving where our scout is in 3 days…. just pulled the tents up and headed west….  

 

Come join us at Old River-Winfree Founders Day to greet these settlers!  See how they lived, cooking utensils, what they faced when they settled here in Old River and Winfree!

See Old River-Winfree Historian and Artifacts Caretaker, Boyce Morris, with unique artifacts from the 1800′s.  BRING THE CAMERA!!

Lots of Contests for the whole family!

 

2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Day Sponsors!

Judging for “My Best Friend” Dog Contest Changed From 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, October 12

Please share this post with all your friends.  We realized with buses for the kids running so late bringing the kids home, that we should change the judging time to ensure everyone has a chance to get there on time.  Even the parents!  

If you need a form, you can stop by most Old River-Winfree businesses or go to http://www.orwfoundersday.com, click on forms, and find your page for the Dog Contest.  It will have the form on it.   Just print and send it in or drop it by City Hall.

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Over-The-Street-Sign Goes up in Old River-Winfree Today

It’s that time again for the Over-The-Street-Sign to go up in front of City Hall on FM 565.

Thanks so much to City Secretary, Linda Murphy, and CenterPoint Energy for always getting this done!

Spread the word and be sure and visit the website at orwfoundersday.com and click on EVENTS to find out the wonderful Events that are going to be going on this year!

Also, visit and “Like” our Facebook page at:  https://www.facebook.com/ORWFD

Old River-Winfree Founders Day has FREE Rock Wall, Mini-Carousel, Mechanical Bull, and My Little Farm Moonwalk

Come spend the day with us at Old River-Winfree Founders Day on October 12 and 13!  Free rides, DJ, Fun, Fun, Fun Contest, Chambers County Historical Commission, Ken “The Dauber” Pridgeon (Portrait of a Warrior Museum), Jean L. Epperson Book Signing, Old River-Winfree Historical Artifacts, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Birds of Old River Country Exhibit, Historical Reenactment, and much, much more.

Go to orwfoundersday.com to find out what a FUN, FAMILY event we offer!

2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Cake, Pie, and Cupcake Bakeoff Cash Prizes

Old River-Winfree Founders Day 2012 Pie, Cake, and Cupcake Bakeoff is Cash Prizes to the First Place Winners and a $200 Cash Prize to Best Overall.

This year we have added the “Teen Excellence in Baking” Award with a Cash Prize of $100. T

his is to encourage our young girls to bake.

All entries must be from SCRATCH, beginning to end. Please see the entry form below for more information!

The Bakeoff is sponsored by Carnes Engineering, Inc.

Miss Old River Country Natural Beauty Pageant Part of 2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Day

Forms are ready and interest is rising.  Age groups revamped, sleeker one page form, it’s all good!

Chairman Bobbie Reagan met with All Star Trophies & Awards today and ordered the Pageant trophies.  They are more gorgeous than ever!  Just stunning!

See the forms below and enter your Natural Beauty!

 

Due to Many Requests, “My Best Friend” Dog Contest is Open to Everyone!!!

Many adults were contacting us and wanting to enter their dog and wondered if we could make room for them.

So, we listened and opened the “My Best Friend” Kid’s Dog Show to everyone!  The new name is “My Best Friend” Dog Show.

Perfect!

Fun, fun, event!  Also, look at the new categories to enter!  

Teen Baking in Excellence Award Will go to the Best Girl/Boy With the Best From Scratch Recipe with a $100 Cash Prize!!!

New this year is the Teen Excellence In Baking Award!  Whether it be Girl OR Boy, the winner gets a $100 Cash Prize, plus a Trophy that can be handed down from generation to generation!

So, come on teens, get those recipes out and BAKE!  Oh yes, you need to enter first.

Each Category of Cake, Pie, and Cupcake will also receive Cash Prizes and a Full Rosette, Red, White, and Blue Ribbon.

The Overall Best Baker will receive a $200 Cash Prize and a Trophy.  The Best Baker will come from all categories, but can not WIN in those categories.  In other words,  the overall winner get the $200 Cash Prize and Trophy in ONLY that Event.  They can not win TWO Trophies and Cash Prize to make it fair.

We welcome all cooks to join this fun event!  Recipes MUST be from scratch or will be disqualified!

Below is the easy to fill out form!  If you have any questions email at info@orwfoundersday.com

 

Registrations Coming in for the Old River-Winfree Founders Day 5K Run/Walk Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project in Memory of Pfc Wesley R. Riggs

Online registrations and Mail-in Registrations are coming in, so be sure and get registered to run or walk for a deserving project, The Wounded Warrior Project!

The first 50 get a T-Shirt with their packet!

Not much time left until Race Day on October 13th!

Go to orwfoundersday.com and click on FORMS to register online or print and mail in your entry with your payment!

While you are on the website, visit the events page to see what else is going on that day.  Stay with us and experience HISTORY!

See you there!

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Third Annual Country Market Days Set for September 14-15 in Beach City

Some People’s Trash is Other People’s Treasure – Be a Vendor at Old River-Winfree Founders Day This October 12 and 13, 2012

• Flea Market Vendors
• Arts and Craft Vendors
• Retail Vendors
• Businesses
• Food Vendors
• Churches
• Fundraisers
• Antiques

These and more are welcome at the 2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Day.

We are accepting Vendor registration for the 4th Annual 2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Day.

In the hard economy we are in, everyone is trying to make a dollar last.  ORWFD has a way to help you make a little extra cash on things you don’t use any more, grandma’s antiques, hobbies, crafts, etc.

Stuff in the attic or around the house or garage gathering dust could be just what someone is looking for!

BUT, no junk!   Bring the things that will give you the most return and, at the same time, make you look good and help your family out!

Old River-Winfree Residents are discounted on registration fees.  

Print the Registration Forms below and check out the Schedule of Events, too!

Visit the ORWFD website at Old River-Winfree Founders Day to find out more information!

2012 ORWFD Miss Old River Country (West Chambers County)

We are so thankful to have Ms Bobbie Reagan of Hair and Body Bar located in Baytown, Texas as the 2012 ORWFD Miss Old River County (West Chambers County) Chairman this year.  Visit her facebook page at Studio Bobbie.  She is an expert stylist and colorist with all the latest hair trends.

We know she will work hard to make this a gloriously, fabulous event!

The entry forms or below or may be obtained at orwfoundersday.com website. Just click on “Event” or “Forms”.

For the fourth year in a row, Dane Listi, Old River-Winfree City Attorney and Attorney-at-Law is the sponsor!

The following is the Entry Form and the Questionnaire that must accompany every Entry along with the Entry Fee.  Fees for each category are on the Questionnaire Sheet.

Any questions?  Email info@orwfoundersday.com and someone will get back to you ASAP.

Judges for the 2012 Old River-Winfree Founders Day Cake, Pie, Cupcake Bakeoff Announced

Again this year, we have a prestigious line up of Judges for the Old River-Winfree Founders Day Bakeoff Contest to be held October 13, 2012 at the 4th Annual Event.  This event is open to boys and girls, men and women.  The judges are:

• Ryan Holzaepfel, Emergency Management Coordinator and County Fire Marshall;
• Scott Peal, Chambers County Attorney;
• Constable “Butch” Bean, Constable for Precinct 4; and
• Mayor Billy Combs, Mayor of Beach City.

After the winners are announced, the highly anticipated and lively auction starts with 90% of the proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project and 20% going to the Pfc. Wesley R. Riggs Memorial Scholarship Fund.  Wes graduated from Barbers Hill High School in three years and a deserving Senior there is a recipient of the Scholarship.

New this year are cash prizes to the Overall and 1st Place Winner in each category (Cake, Pie, Cupcake).  

Also new this year, is the Mrs. Ethel P Ramsey Teen Excellence in Baking Award  for the best Teen cook overall.  Founders Day hopes to encourage our young people to continue the art of baking and baking from scratch.

The Event is Sponsored by Carnes Engineering, Inc. and has been for four (4) years in a row!

Prizes this year are:

$200 Prize and Cup Trophy for Grand Overall Champion of Bake-Off

$100 Prize and Trophy  First Time Award:  Mrs. Ethel P. Ramsey Teen Excellence in Baking Award 

$25 Prize for Best in Cupcakes

$50 Prize for Best in Cakes

$50 Prize for Best in Pies

1^st Place Prizes in each Category

The Entry Form is below OR you may go to the Old River-Winfree Founders Day website at orwfoundersday.com and click on the “Events” or “Forms” tab at the top of the page.