Winners, champs, superstars! You should see the Museum’s current exhibit. Though you were forewarned of our Madison County Champions (Plus Bedias) exhibit, of the 88 visitors that signed in on October 14, few were locals.

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

Rosa Wolfe McWhorter-Alphin worked at the Elite Café here for a year and a half after graduating from high school in 1939. In 2010, she wrote her memories of that establishment, and I’ve borrowed her information below.

Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune reported.

Bethel Cemetery lies in Grimes County, just south of our county line. It has a state historical marker and is older than Madison County, which was created from Grimes, Leon, and Walker counties and by the State legislature on January 27, 1853, and organized in August 1854. Dates are illegible on some Bethel gravestones, but John Hope Byers was buried there, having lived 1802-1850. Obviously 1850 preceded 1853.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared information about the Bedis School consolidating with Madisonville, and today I’m covering that occurrence with Midway, with background info. J.A.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct.

The column represents the thoughts and opinions of Gage Matthieu. Opinion columns are NOT the opinion of the Madisonville Meteor.

I’ve read that at times in history, Madison County was a wild and woolly place. Old newspaper articles that were printed around the state and copied below support that premise.