The Walters Herald May 12, 1938
Oklahoma’s first experiment in using convict labor to make her school land more productive is working at Camp Walters in Cotton county--and the prisoners like it. Each week day 56 men convicted of crimes ranging from forgery to murder go to the fields in Cotton, Comanche, Stephens and Jefferson counties to set up soil conservation control systems under the direction of 12 technical men employed by the State Commissioners of the Land office. Located eight miles east of Walters in the center of the four-county area, the project resembles a typical CCC camp in appearance and operation. Entering the camp site over a road built on the contour, the visitor sees only a group of similar, unpainted shacks. Closer inspections will reveal a large camp office, a large mess hall, two long rows of bunkhouses, a laundry with showers adjoining, a light plant and boiler room, a latrine, a water storage tank and a small lake which provides a reserve water supply and a swimming pool. Inmates built the shacks and in their spare time have planted 500 trees, bermuda grass and flowers on the grounds...Mrs. H. A. Watts is in the Walters hospital as a result of leg injuries she received in the storm at her home in the Taylor Store community last Friday...Jack Benge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Benge, is now taking some schooling with the Venezuela Gulf Oil company at Houston, Texas, and will sail in a week for Venezuela, where he will be stationed probably for the next year as an employee of the Venezuela Gulf Oil Company and the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.
The Walters Herald May 9, 1963
Mrs. Alta McClung, fourth grade teacher, has decided to retire from the teaching profession. She began teaching in the Walters system in 1945. Prior to that she taught two years in Tillman county...Clint Allmon, of Walters, received the best supporting actor award at Oklahoma State University’s annual speech, radio and TV awards banquet. He received the award for his role in the current Theatre Guild production of “West Side Story.”
The Walters Herald May 5, 1983
Big Pasture High School will graduate seventeen seniors on May 13. Valedictorian of the class is Carla Dobbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dobbs, of Devol. Salutatorian of the class is Jennifer Bales, daughter of Anita Ingram...Kim Dwyer and Jimmy Banks were selected by the coaches as Athletes of the Year at the Walters All-Sports banquet... Janice Flanagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Funston Flanagan, graduates May 11 from South Texas College of Law at Houston, Texas. The becomes the fifth member of the Flanagan family to join the legal profession.
The Temple Tribune Aug. 20, 1959
Mrs. Clarence Glenn has assumed operation of City Cafe effective Monday. The City Cafe has been operated by Mrs. Odie Courtright...Mrs. Grace Kilpatrick is now manager of Pauline’s Sportswear in Temple. She replaces Mrs. Wade Sparks who is entering the cafeteria business. Mr. and Mrs. Wade have been remodeling the Farmers and Ranchers Cafe...Two Temple teachers will be among those receiving degrees August 28 from Midwestern University. Mrs. Stark Boles, junior high English instructor will receive her master’s degree in secondary education and English. Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper, elementary teacher, will receive her master’s degree in elementary education.