The Walters Herald Dec. 15, 1938
A workshop has been constructed on the upper floow of the city hall where all old toys donated by the citizens of Walters are being remodeled. A plea for all old toys is being made by local Fire Chief James Ballard...Dear Santa, I am a little girl 8 years old. I go to Gregg school. I want a pretty doll, some candy, nuts and a parka hood to wear to school. Betty Jo Lipscomb...Dear Santa, I have been a good little girl. My little brother wants a car with a horn that toots. I want a set of dishes, a nurse’s set and a big doll that says “Mama.’ Mildred Fletcher...Dear Santa, I am a little boy six years old. I want you to bring me a barn set, a pocket knife, and a little car. Baby Paul wants a little tractor. Don’t formet my little cousins, Dale and Frank. Jerry Cleat Barbe...Dear Santa, I am six years old and my sister says that I have been a good little girl. I want a doll that cries, sleeps and drinks water, a little doll bed and trunk that has clothes in it. And I want a Shirley Temple color book. Nadine McClung... We, the members of the Assembly of God church, wish to express our sincere appreciation to the business people and townspeople of Walters who donated so liberally to the cause of building our new church. Thanks to these donations, we have completed our new church in the south part of town, and are now holding services in it.
The Walters Herald Dec. 12, 1963
Doyal Auto Salvage Yard located 1/2 mile south of Walters on SH 5, will open for business on January 1, according to John M. Doyal, owner... Officers for 1964 of Walters Kiwanis club were installed Tuesday night. Installed were: Jack Witt, president; Don Garrett, vice president; K. K. Dowlen, secretary; Curley King, treasurer; Homer Welden, Charlie Moore and Loyd Wiley, directors; and Bill Thorne, immediate past president...Walters Cub Scout pack meeting will be held Monday night in the school lunchroom. New officers for the cub pack include: Ivan Tompkins, chairman; A. B. Thurman, institutional representative; Elmo Avery, secretary- treasurer; Vernon Broberg, awards chairman, John A. Penn, Jr., cubmaster; Bill Durbin, Jr. and Dr. Leon Kidd, assistant cubmasters.
The Walters Herald Dec. 8, 1983
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thomas, of Walters, will be honored with a reception Sunday, December 11, at the Cotton Electric Civic Room, to celebrate their Fiftieth Wedding anniversary. Lester Thomas and Meral Costen were married December 23, 1933, in Walters...Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sheppard were honored at a family dinner on Saturday, November 26, to celebrate their Fiftieth Wedding anniversary. Tom Sheppard and Louise Bible were married in Lawton on November 26, 1933...Members of Temple’s Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star Chapter will install officers Sunday, December 11. The Masons will install W. O. Zachry, Worshipful Master; Les Hines, Senior Warden; Andy Ryland, Junior Warden; Eddie Laxson, treasurer; Dan McCoy, secretary; Russell Rylant, trustee, and George Page to complete the unexpired term of the late W. A. Yeilding. Appointive officers are: Senior Deacon, Ray Redden; Junior Deacon, Dennis Tate; Senior Steward, Russell Rylant, Jr.; Junior Steward, Bob McIntyre; and Chaplain, S. M. Witt. Eastern Star will install Dorothy Simpson, Worthy Matron; Wandy McIntyre, Associate Worthy Mason; Flo Beasley, secretary; Eddie Laxson, Worthy Patron; Associate Patron, Bob McIntyre; Maedel Jones, Conductress; Ruthina Tucker, Associate Conductress; Adele Zachary, treasurer.
The Temple Tribune Mar. 24, 1960
Robert Spurlock, farmer and construction worker living south of Temple, was elected to the Temple Board of Education. Spurlock replaced R. H. Dick Evans, Temple contractor, who has served two terms on the board...Junior class favorites have been announced as: Most Likely to Succeed, Reba Hefler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hefler, and Charles Coulston, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Coulston; Most Athletic, Mary Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Graham, and Albert Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Anderson; Best Looking, Billie Wood, daughter of Mrs. Beryl Wood, and Ralph Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Speedy Sparks; Cutest and Wittiest, Jimmie Whiteley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Douglass, and Lynn McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll; Best All-Around, Dian White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd White, and Donald Rodolph, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rodolph.