KENEFICK ACTIVITIES CLUB
(The following is an account from Reporter Iva Votaw on her perspective of small-town life in Kenefick, Texas, since 1967. She quite pleasantly relates not only her personal feelings but also the cohesive spirit of Kenefick Activities Club and all that they have accomplished and continue to do since the creation of the club.)
Kenefick is a small community located five miles north of Dayton, Texas. It has beautiful little hills with lots of pine trees and you cross three little creeks if you travel to Kenefick from Dayton.
I moved to Kenefick in March of 1967. It was a quiet community with friendly neighbors and there was one little store run by Maggie Simmons and her son, Gordon and his wife, Clarabelle. Everyone knew you by your first name, and if they didn’t, they would make it a point to get to know it. We had party lines and everyone knew what was going on in the community. Sometimes, you had to wait your turn if you were on an eight-party line. I was always thankful that we didn’t have to climb up the telephone pole to make calls like they did on Green Acres.