The Walters Herald Oct. 20, 1938
Hill Clark, of Oklahoma City, came to Walters Friday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark. He will spend the weekend in Kansas City, Mo., from where he will go to Minneapolis, Minn., next week. He has been transferred to a permanent position in the head office of General Mills, with whom he has been associated for the past several years...A little girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. James T. Martin, of the Union Valley community, Sunday, October 16. The child’s name is Shirley Ann...Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mayes are parents of a baby boy born this week...Iva Rae is the name given to the daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eder on October 12...Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thorne are parents of a son, Delmas Thyron, born October 14...A son, Johnny Ray, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Calfy on October 5...A son, Horace Dean, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bridges, on October 17.
The Walters Herald Oct. 17, 1963
Still sharp-witted and able to carry on his oil business from his home in Norman, Willoughby Dean (Wib) Priddy, former county farmer and oil man, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth Friday, October 18. He was born October 18, 1863, in Tazewell county, Illinois. The family moved to Iowa in 1881. He married Florence Mae Essex in 1898. They moved to the farm five miles east and three and one-half miles north of Walters in 1908. His son, Everett, still lives on this farm. His father, O. C., and brother G. G., moved here in 1907. Since 1916 the interest of W. D. Priddy has been in oil development and production. That year he wanted to see oil produced in his neighborhood, and rounded up about 1200 acres of land on lease, but had to turn back some of the leases because he wasn’t about to immediately interest a drilling or producing company. He made a deal with J. F. O’Donohoe of Wichita falls to drill a well on March 30, 1917, and production was obtained for the first time on the G. G. Priddy lease, just west of the W. D. Priddy home place. This was the start of the productive oil field northeast of Walters... Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Breuer, Temple, will be honored by their children at an openhouse reception Sunday, October 20, at their home at 404 Ohio street, in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary...Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goode were honored September 22, with an open house at the Masonic hall in Randlett to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Goode were married in Van Zandt county, Texas, in 1913. They moved to Randlett in 1943 from Falls county, Texas...Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Fletcher, Walters, announce the birth of a daughter born October 15. The new mother is the former Edith Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mason, Walters. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Fletcher, of Cache...Mr. and Mrs. Don Minnich, Fort Collins, Colo., are parents of a daughter, Dawn Marie, born Friday, October 11. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. X. L. (Tim) Minnich, Walters, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Oakes, of Okmulgee.
The Walters Herald Oct. 13, 1983
The October 3 cover of Newsweek magazine featured Ed Harris as Astronaut John Glenn in the movie “The Right Stuff.” Ed is the son of Bob and Margaret Harris, of Evanston, Ill., and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harris, long-time Walters business owners...A marriage license was issued to Bobby Lee Sanders, Jr., 22, Walters, and Vickie Lynn Wiedeman, 20, Faxon.
The Temple Tribune Jan. 28, 1960
Voters in the Temple school district narrowly approved a $168,000 bond issue to construct a new gymnasium, remodel the auditorium and installation of a new science lab...Dr. and Mrs. Charles Prather are parents of a son, Richard Charles, born January 22, in Southwestern Hospital in Lawton... Mrs. A. F. Wright was honored on the occasion of her 88th birthday, Sunday, January 17, at the American Legion hall in Walters...Army Specialist Four Billy G. McKay, whose wife, Patsy, and parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Olen R. McKay, live on Route 2, Hastings, recently qualified as expert in firing the automatic rifle while assigned to the 4th Armored Division in Germany.