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The Walters Herald May 5, 1938

The county contest-winning girls’ quartet from Devol highschool entertained members of the Rotary club here at their regular luncheon meeting Thursday. Members of the quartet are Wanda Lou Addington, Joe Ella O’Brien, Ethel Gammill and Marlene Smith, accompanied by Mrs. Jessie Mae Hines, their instructor...J. B. Bost, 16, and Paul Adams, 18, Temple highschool seniors, last week were chosen as two of 29 young Future Farmers of America to receive the Junior Master Farmer degree...Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Nelson are parents of a daughter, Mary Ann, born May 1...Mrs. Marcella Kerr and James Young Fender were married April 16 at Waurika. Mrs. Fender is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Morris. Mr. Fender is the son of the late S. J. Fender and Mrs. Jennie Fender, all of Randlett...Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Harris, of the Elm Grove community, are parents of a son, George Luther, born Sunday, May 1...Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gonzales are the parents of a daughter born April 25.

The Walters Herald May 2, 1963

Mr. Bruce Nelson, Walters high school vocational agriculture instructor, and Mrs. Nelson, junior high science teacher, for the past six years, have resigned their positions. They will go to Stecker rural grade school as principal and teacher...A son, Curtis Alan, was born April 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Combs, of Rocky. Mrs. Combs is the former Mary Linda Monson. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Monson, of Devol, are the grandparents...A marriage license was issued to Danny Roberts, 19, Grandfield, and Minnie Selby, 15, Walters... Two majorettes of Walters high school band were chosen last week to replace Janet Collins and Paula Wynn, graduating seniors. They are Patsy Bryant and Kay Brown, sophomores.

The Walters Herald Apr. 28, 1983

Kelly Dawn Hooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hooper, has been named Valedictorian of the Temple Senior class. Miss Courtney “Casey” Gunn, daughter of Ann Gunn, was named Salutatorian of the class...Billie Ruth Wiedeman and Richard Gerard Ward exchanged wedding vows Friday, April 22, in the First United Methodist church in Walters. The bride is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Wiedeman, pastor of the First Assembly of God church in Walters. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Ward, of Fort Wright, Ky...Born to Bob and Carolyn Palmer on Wednesday, April 6, at Oklahoma City, a daughter, named Blake Monet... Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pelz, of Wichita Falls, announce the birth of a son, Jason Scott, born Friday, April 22. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, of Walters. Paternal grandfather is August Pelz, of Austin, Texas.

The Temple Tribune Aug. 13, 1959

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zachary are parents of a son born Monday, August 10, in Bethania hospital in Wichita Falls...A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cooper Thursday, August 6, in Bethania hospital in Wichita Falls. He has been named Jack Daniel Houston. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fisher, Rusk, Texas...Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Champ of Grandfield announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Donna Fay, to Chester Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harper, Temple.