The 2019 What-A-Melon Festival t-shirts have arrived and are available for purchase at Shelby Savings Bank main branch, Farmers State Bank main branch and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce office. All shirts are $15 each.

 

The What-A-Melon Festival starts Thursday, July 11th with opening ceremonies at 5pm and the Largest Watermelon contest weighing in at 5:30pm. The festival runs through Saturday, July 13th.

 

Hollie Adams, President of the Rotary Club of Center, revealed the winner of the 2019 What-A-Melon Festival logo contest to be Edwin Morin, a 2019 Graduate of Center High School. It's his design for the 30th Annual East Texas What-a-Melon Festival which incorporated the Rotary wheel in the design and is now displayed on all the festival t-shirts!

 

 

(Photo caption) From left: Rotarian's Mac Hughes, Dr. Robert Hughes, John Ford, Melba Gillis, and Cancee Lester