Residents of Coulterville and

the surr ounding community

turned out in force to partake in

the holiday camaraderie and

enjoy a traditional holiday feast,

p rovided by the Coulterville

Community Club (CCC).

Record contributions of

turkeys and hams fed the 325

people who came by the schoolhouse

as well as provided several

dozen meals deliver ed to those

unable to attend. So much was

donated this year that bags of

sliced ham and turkey were distributed

to local chur ches after

the event. While ther e was a

temporary shortage of dessert

midway through the afternoon,

but additional tr eats wer e

quickly brought in for the final

hour.

There were two lucky winners

that afternoon, with Pete Moon

of Lake Don Pedr o winning the 50/50 raf fle and Coulterville’s

Leigh Williams winning the twonight

houseboat excursion.

“Th e proceeds of these two

drawings as well as miscellaneous

contributions of fset s a

large part of the cost of pr oducing

the dinner ,” said Melynda

Morey, CCC president. “But we

could not do this without the effort

of the entire community. In

addition to the outright contributions

of hams, turkeys, and some

of the trimmings, we ar e able to

purchase much o f t he rest at

wholesale prices.”

Morey added, “Then we have

all of the folks willing to spend

the time and ef fort to pr epare

everything in advance as well as

those who spend the entir e day,

or a good chunk of it, doing final

preparation and set-up, serving,

bussing and cleaning up. Thanks

to each and every one of you.”