The Walters Herald
Mar. 12, 1936
Two women were in a Duncan hospital and two released after treatment following explosion of dynamite caps in a WPA sewing room at Randlett Wednesday morning. Mrs. Lillie R. Bates, sewing room supervisor and Mrs. Allen Green, sewing room employee are in the hospital after having pieces of the shells removed from their faces, necks and legs. Mrs. Edna Turner and Mrs. Eula Blair, two relief clients, were taken to Duncan for treatment and released. The dynamite caps had been raked from the shelf in an adjoining portion of the posto ice and had been swept up and placed in the stove. The women were standing close to the stove when the explosion occurred...At a mass meeting Thursday afternoon the people of Walters voted to accept the government’s o er to build a city dam to impound water for a municipal water supply. Dave Boyer, Walters abstract man, has been representative for the city of Walters in contacting the federal government in regard to the lake...Miss Nilsson Smith and Verne Thompson were married Saturday evening in the home of Rev. Ivan Dugan. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith. The groom is the grandson of A. M. Thompson, Sr., and the late Mrs. Thompson with whom he has made his home the greater part of his life.
The Walters Herald
Mar. 9, 1961
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Hart, Jr., of Walters, are parents of a daughter born Sunday, March 5... More than 30 business houses in Walters have subscribed to the new Flag Service project of the Walters Jaycees. Flags will be put out and taken down by the Jaycees on designated holidays...Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hardy, Walters, have chosen the name Pamela Dalene for their daughter born Friday, March 3. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hardy, of Elmore City, and the maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Walton, of Pruitt, Ark.
The Walters Herald
Mar. 12, 1981
A marriage license was issued to David Rex Lewis, 19, Wichita Falls, and Laura Lea Tipton, 16, of Devol...Mr. and Mrs. Rick Henson announce the birth of a daughter, Ashley Carol, born March 4, in Lawton. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob McIntyre, of Temple. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Henson, of Temple...Miss Mary Grace Benke and Maxwell Hayes Parrish, Jr. exchanged wedding vows Saturday, February
14, in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic church in Lawton. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benke, of Route 3, Lawton. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Parrish, Sr., of Walters, and Mrs. Faye Parrish, of Oklahoma City.
The Temple Tribune
June 20, 1957
Mrs. Scott Richardson, former Gregg resident and mother of the mayor of Temple, was reported to be doing fairly well in McBride’s hospital in Oklahoma City, where she is undergoing treatment for a broken hip whe sustained in a fall Sunday in her home in Waurika...Miss Billie Ann McIlhaney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Womack, Temple, became the bride of Cairl Tollett, Jr., of Walters, Saturday evening, June 15, in Wichita Falls. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tollett, Walters...Sfc. Marshall Stogner, son of D. T. Stogner, Sr., is spending a few weeks leave with his father before reporting to Fort Benning, Ga., for o icers candidate school.