Frankston Garden Club, TX
Frankston Garden Club Fundraisers
Every year the Frankston Garden Club awards a $1,000 and $500.00 scholarship to a graduating senior from Frankston High School. Due to the support from our community and recent successful fundraisers, FGC was able to increase our monetary amount and increase the recipients from one to two scholarships. Thank you for your continued support!
FGC Commemorative Christmas Ornament
In 2021 the Frankston Garden Club decided to design and offer Commemorative Christmas Ornaments. It’s the first in what we hope to be the line of many for years to come. Each year members of FGC come up with ideas of historical significance to the area of Frankston, and those suggestions are voted on, designed and made. The Frankston Garden Club has a booth at Frankston Square Fair each year where we have the ornaments ready to sell. You may also purchase ornament by clicking on the "Buy Now" button under the ornaments you would like to purchase. We also have them available to purchase any time throughout the year by calling Judy Scoggins at 817-913-1982.
Ellis Mercantile Company $15.00
The town of Frankston, TX was founded in 1902 when the Texas and New Orleans Railroad was built in the area. Originally called Ayers, the town was renamed Frankston after Miss Frankie Miller who donated the land for the downtown park In 1911, C.P. Jones & Co, built a brick building on the Northeast corner of what is now known as "The Square" in downtown Frankston. Mr. Clyde Ellis bought the building in the 1950's and opened a General Store. Among other things, Ellis Mercantile sold food, hardware, plumbing supplies, fishing gear and work clothes. Mr. Ellis retired in the early 1970's and sold it to his son, Ralph. He operated it for another 20 years. The building is currently a sawmill. Ellis Mercantile provides a trip into Frankston's past and is the Frankston Garden Club's 2024 Commemorative Ornament.
2023 Primitive Baptist Church $15.00
Third in the FGC Commemorative Christmas Ornament series is the Primitive Baptist Church also known as the Pilgrim Church, which is the oldest Baptist church in Texas, located 5.5 mi. South on SH 155, then 0.5 mi. E on CR 327, Frankston, TX. On the back of this beautiful ornament is the historical maker.
According to the historical marker, the Rev. James Madison McCarty (1802-1869) is the first Primitive Baptist minister known to have served in this area. In 1853 Bethel Primitive Baptist Church of Christ was established as a member of the Union Association organized by Daniel Parker. Church services were held one weekend a month. Members of the congregation participated in holy services of communion and foot washings during conference meetings. Singing for the services was performed in the non-instrumental sacred harp method. The church was the primary religious and social gathering place for the Sandflat community. The oldest documented burial in the Bethel Cemetery is that of the infant child of Daniel and Elizabeth Willingham Cook, who died on August 7, 1855. Among those buried in both marked and unmarked graves in the cemetery are veterans of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. After the railroad was built through the county in 1900, bypassing this area in favor of Frankston to the north, the Sandflat community began to decline. Worship services at Bethel Church ceased in the 1940s. The cemetery remains as a reflection of the area's heritage.
2022 The Park Gazebo $15.00
The Frankston Garden Club's second Commemorative Ornament features the Park Gazebo. A gazebo was built around 1920 and became the site of different social events in Frankston. The square continues to serve as the town’s social and business center. The park was designated with a
According to the historical marker, in 1900 the Texas & New Orleans Railroad built a line through this area and plotted a townsite here on land owned by Frankie Miller. The town was named for "Miss Frankie" who donated this site, known as the Town Square, for a city park. By 1908 a city park existed here, and a post office and many of the town's earliest businesses had opened around the park square. A gazebo, built about 1920, replaced a small bandstand and became the site of various local festivities and social events. The park square continues to serve as the town's social and business center.
2021 Frankston Garden Club Logo $15
Frankston Garden Club's first commemorative Christmas Ornament is the yellow Knockout Rose, which is our official flower for Frankston Garden Club. The Frankston Garden Club was established in 1967, when it became affiliated with the Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.
Past Fundraiser Events:
Christmas Tour of Homes 2024: Dec 14, 2024
Elevenses Spring Tea: March 25, 2023
An English Tea Party 2020: April 17, 2020
Christmas Tour of Homes 2021: Dec 11, 2021
Garden Tour-Beyond the Garden Gate: May 20, 2020
Bake Sale 2015: December 5, 2015
Home Flower Garden Tour 2013: May 24, 2013
