The Walters Herald Mar. 16, 1939
Official approval from REA inWashington, for the Cotton Electric Co-operative to rent an office in Walters was received this week. The one year lease on office space on East Colorado street was formerly occupied by the Cotton County Wholesale Grocery. Duncan was making a serious bid for the project headquarters, but Walters was the winner in that contest. With headquarters set up here, both engineers and construction men will work out of Walters, bringing a new payroll to the city for the length of time needed to put up 234 miles of line...Workers in the Walters NYA shop will repair furniture of schools, city and county offices for only cost of materials, Ed Otis, shop supervisor, announced this week. Otis at present has a crew of 13 boys working at the shop. Each boy works 40 hours per week on a pay basis of 25 cents per hour. Boys are being instructed in woodwork, he said.
The Walters Herald Mar. 12, 1964
Miss Evelyn Marie Kidd, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leon Kidd, Walters, became the bride of Bobby Ray Bilbrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bilbrey, Temple, in an exchange of vows exchanged in the First Christian church in Walters, Wednesday, March. The bride’s father, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony...Miss Betty Louise Jarrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jarrell, Walters, became the bride of Dale Roy Fletcher in a ceremony March 7 in the Walters Bible Baptist church. Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Fletcher, of Walters...Walters Coop Elevator opened their Feed and Farm Supply and Garden Center at 201 W. Missouri, in the building formerly occupied by Cotton County Poultry and Egg and Coombs Meat Co., with Dale Reece as manager...Mr. and Mrs. Bill F. Crow, Hastings, have chosen the name Misha Lynn, for their daughter born March 4. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bacon Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Crow, all of Walters...Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel, Walters, are the parents of a son, Jimmy Lee, born Sunday, March 8. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Leland Daniel and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Washington, all of Walters.
The Walters Herald Mar. 8, 1984
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Potter announce the arrival of a son, Tyson James, on Saturday, February 25. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Davis, of Walters, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Adkins, of Hiawasse, Ark. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Don Potter of Eldorado, Okla...The Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beasley was celebrated Sunday, February 26, with a reception in the hall of the First United Methodist church in Temple...In a double ring ceremony February 25 in St. Andrew’s Episcopal church in Grand Prairie, Texas, Kayla K. Crimm became the bride of Kevin Paul Vardell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Crimm, Sr., of Grand Prairie and the granddaughter of Mrs. Agatha Stroud, formerly of Walters. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Vardell, of Walters, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mullins, of Temple
The Temple Tribune June 23, 1960
A foundation, undoubtedly that of the old red brick school house, was uncovered in excavation work for the new gym and for the gym foundation. A basement of the old building was found with only about two feet of dirt on top of rubble of bricks, concrete and general disorder. This means more excavation work than originally planned for...Lewis K. Knight has accepted a position as vocational agriculture instructor in the Ralls, Texas, school system. Knight attended Temple schools, OSU, and taught in the Temple system for 13 years.