City of Locust, North Carolina

A City With a Soul

186 Ray Kennedy Drive Locust, NC 28097    704-888-5260

Christmas in Locust

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Christmas Parade

December 4th, 2021 at 1:00 PM

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Light Up Locust

Register online to have your home or display featured on our Light Up Locust Map. Eligible homes will have their lights featured on our map and website for residents to visit throughout the month of December. Participating homes will be entered to win a prize from a local restaurant. The winner will be drawn on December 20th! Email parks@locustnc.com for more information.
Light Up Locust Map of homes: (coming soon!)
To participate you must:
1. Live on a public street in Locust City Limits
2. Be the primary resident of the home
3. Have an appropriate holiday display on the exterior of your home
4. Live on a street conducive for traffic flow. (Dead-end roads with no cul-de-sac, etc., may be excluded)

Reindeer Bell Hunt

Help Santa’s reindeer find their bells!
The reindeer were practicing when they lost their bells in Locust City Park. Each week in December, new bells can be found in the park. Visit each week and find all 9 bells!
Please DO NOT take the bells. Just snap of photo of the bells where they are, and share it on social media, or by email to parks@locustnc.com.
Send photos to parks@locustnc.com or tag City of Locust on Facebook/Instagram each week! Find all nine reindeer bells by the end of December and win a prize! Email parks@locustnc.com to claim your prize.
December 1-7: Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer
December 8-14: Vixen, Comet, Cupid
December 14-23: Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph

Letters to Santa:

Kids are invited to mail their letters to Santa using the special North Pole Express Mailbox located in front of Locust City Hall from December 1st to December 24th. Letters mails before the 17th are guaranteed to receive a return letter from Santa himself!

Breakfast with Santa: Cancelled for 2021.

Locust Christmas Parade: Dec 4

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The City of Locust is proud to host the 2021 Locust Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 4th at 1:00 pm!
The C3 BBQ Truck will be at Locust City Hall from noon until 2:30 PM to serve lunch to parade guests.

GRAND MARSHALL

We’re excited to have Mrs. Myrtle Mae Barbee Tucker as grand marshall of the 2021 Locust Christmas Parade.

About Myrtle:

  • 101 yrs old
  • DOB:  November 10th 1920
  • Life time resident of Locust, NC.
  • Husband was the late Willie Brown Tucker also a life time resident of Locust, NC.
  • Oldest daughter of James Carlos Barbee and Lula Belle Eudy Barbee.
  • Siblings:   Roy Barbee, Tommy Barbee, Pete Barbee, Margie Barbee Thomas, (all deceased), and Charlie Webster Barbee current and lifelong resident of Locust, NC.
  • Grand children:   8
  • Great grand Children: 15

Myrtle was a home maker until her husband Willie died tragically in a farming tractor accident.  Myrtle never remarried and raised 3 kids putting all three through college.  Her 3 children are Sharon Hinson and Rick Tucker residing in Locust and Bill Tucker residing in Unionville.  She worked in the Locust School cafeteria, Allison Manufacturing plant in Albemarle NC, and as preschool assistant at Carolina Presbyterian Church Preschool.

She was a communing member of Carolina Presbyterian church where she still is a member today. Prior to that was a member of Locust Presbyterian church.

Myrtle was born in a residence between Locust and Stanfield and raised in the heart of Locust on Elm Street where her youngest brother “Charlie” still resides on the family land just behind The Local Room restaurant.

She has been a pillar of the community for over a century. The Barbee and the Tucker families have been very instrumental in the forming and history of Locust since it was commonly known only as “The Cross Roads” in the 1800s.

When asked what contributed to her long life, she just smiles and says “hard work”.  Her children say some stubbornness plays in there also.

 Myrtle with her husband, Willie

Myrtle celebrates her 101st birthday with her kids Bill, Sharon and Rick.

 

PARADE ROUTE

The parade route will begin at the Lion Club Dr Parking Lot, making a left onto Hwy 200, right onto Market St, left onto Ray Kennedy Dr, right onto Town Center Dr, right at Sassy Cakes Bakery, left onto Harrison, left onto Kerri Dawn Lane, right onto Kingston Dr, right onto Smith St, and ending back at the Lion Club Dr Parking Lot.
The City of Locust Parks and Recreation Department will begin seeking participants for the parade in the fall. Home designed floats, walking groups, golf carts, dancers, classic cars, equestrian groups, etc. are welcome! For more information, email events@locustnc.com.

Find ways to celebrate throughout the month of December by visiting the Christmas in Locust page!

Annual Leaf Collection

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It’s that time of the year……..LEAF SEASON!! Over the next few months, the City of Locust, with the assistance of Waste Management, will be conducting curbside leaf collection for all residents within the city limits. Please click here for further details regarding the event.

Dog Park Improvements

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The City of Locust is working with local resident Noah Watson to add new equipment in our Dog Park at the Officer Jeff Shelton Memorial Park.

Noah is a candidate for the rank of Eagle Scout. Service to others is an important part of the Scout Oath “… to help other people at all times.” Each year tens of thousands of Scouts strive to achieve the coveted Eagle Scout rank by applying character, citizenship, and Scouting values in their daily lives. One of the rank requirements is to plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, school, or community. Through this requirement, Scouts practice what they have learned and gain valuable project management and leadership experience.

Noah raised $5,135 for this project. Locust City Council contributed $1000 to support Noah’s efforts.

The plan includes adding a new bench, a tunnel, weave poles, jumping obstacles, and water fountain inside the existing dog park fence at Officer Jeff Shelton Memorial Park.

Installation of these improvements will take place on Saturday, October 2nd. The dog park will be closed on the 2nd and 3rd. The water fountain will be installed next week, with the assistance of the City of Locust Public works department.

Troop 202 website: https://scoutingwith202.wordpress.com/
Troop 202 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troop202stanlyconc/
Troop 202 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoyScoutTroop202

 

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