The Walters Herald
Sept. 27, 1934
Work was scheduled to start this week on a new two-room school building in the Pecan Grove District, nine miles west of Walters, to replace the building which was destroyed during an electrical storm early this month. Students from this school are being transported to the Emerson school which is not in session at this time...R. P. Sessums Feed Store will open Monday, October 1, at 210 N. Broadway... Announcement has been made of the birth of a baby son to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mallow on Monday, September 24. He has been named Glen Dale...Approval of a 40-acre lake project on the Bob Mooney farm one mile west of Temple has been made by the state FERA Department. The project will call for an expenditure of $12, 204 in building a dam approximately 18 feet high which will impound water over an area of between 35 and 40 acres. Site for the lake was donated to the City of Temple by Mr. Mooney.
The Walters Herald
Sept. 24, 1959
Hugh Fitzsimons has entered into a partnership with Walter Hubbell in his law firm and has asked that the City Council set a release date of November 1 for his leaving the City Manager position...Henry and Billie Branch have purchased Trammell’s Cafe and have re-named it Branch’s Cafe...Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dilks, of Walters, announce the arrival of a daughter born September 23 in a Waurika hospital...Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Cagle, Jr., of Durant, announce the arrival of a son, Phillip Craig, born September
11. Paternal grandfather is E. R. Cagle, of Temple, and maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sampson, of Duncan...Walters High School All-School play, “Mr. Beane from Lima,” has been scheduled for presentation October 20 in the auditorium. The play is a comedy and cast of characters includes: Melba Simpson, Cherie Sanders, Pat Purkey, Betty Washington, Jo Ann Fletcher, Eddie Chambers, Pat Barbee, Lynn Wilson, Janie Todd, Paul Tilley and Bob Jones.
The Walters Herald
Sept. 27, 1979
Kendra Gayle Hicks and Dale Wilson Elliott were united in marriage August 18, in St. Paul Methodist Church in Amarillo, Texas. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lee Hicks, of Amarillo. Mrs. Hicks is the former Joe Ann McClung, formerly of Walters. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Elliott, of Amarillo. Mr. Elliott is also formerly of Walters...Grover and Emma (McCleary) Bridges will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, October 7, in the Cotton Electric Civil Room. They were married October 9, 1929, in Walters, and have spent most of their married life in and around Walters... Richard and Diana (Shaw) Goss are the parents of a son, Brandon Duane, born September 8. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Wallace Richard Goss, Sr., of Lawton. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Minnie Ruth King, of Walters...Miss Ila Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monk Simpson, was selected as Temple Homecoming Queen. The crowning escort was Barron Richmond...Selected by the Temple student body for Grand Marshal of the Homecoming parade Friday, was Gordon Williams, former football coach of the Temple school.
The Temple Tribune
Dec. 26, 1946
John J. Cole, 18, Seaman 2/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cole of Route 2, Temple, is serving aboard the USS Mount Olympus, which is en route to the Antarctic.