20 years ago…
Feb. 10, 2005
WHITESBORO EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO HOST CIRCUS
The Whitesboro Education Foundation has signed a contract with the Kelly Miller Circus for the exhibition of an all new 2005 show.
The circus will roll into town March 4. The community is invited to come out and see the animals as they are unloaded and fed, while the elephants raise the big top.
Activities will begin at 7:30 a.m., the tent will be raised between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and guides will be furnished for school groups and anyone attending.
The traditional “old style” circus will present two performances at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
The 2005 season promises to be more exciting than ever with many new acts and entertainers to amaze and amuse you. Come out and enjoy a day of fun filled excitement at the circus.
30 years ago…
Feb. 9, 1995
LIBRARY BAKE SALE FRIDAY
The fundraising effort for automation of the Whitesboro Public Library will continue at 1 p.m. on Friday with a special bake sale.
Volunteers from Collinsville, who will hold the special event at Security Bank, Collinsville Branch, hope to gain “substantial contributions to help the cause.”
Donation of any type of baked goods, including cookies, cake, pies, breads and candy is requested for the sale.
COLLINSVILLE VFD HONORS YOUNG HERO AND FIREMEN
Two Collinsville firemen were honored on February 2 for their years of loyalty and dedicated service to the community and to the Fire Department.
Sherwood Holmes, Public Relations Officer for the Collinsville Fire Department, presented plaques of appreciation to C.C. Stephenson, with ten years of dedicated service and loyalty; and Marvin Adams, who has served in the community and Fire Department for over 35 years, much of the time as Fire Chief.
Also honored was Dustin Sandmann, who received recognition as a hero for his quick action during a structure fire at his family’s residence on December 19, 1994. Through the boy’s efforts and concerns for his family he was able to save his father’s life, plus most of the residence when he alerted his sleeping father and called 911 as quickly as he did.
40 years ago…
Feb. 7, 1985
ROTAN ADMINISTRATOR TO HEAD WHITESBORO SCHOOLS
Jerry Douglas Dickson of Rotan, Tex. has been employed by the Whitesboro Independent School District to serve as the new Superintendent of Schools for a two-year contract effective July 1, 1985.
The 45-year-old Dickson will succeed Wayman W. Chilcutt who is retiring from WISD after serving 19 years as the district’s superintendent. Chilcutt’s retirement becomes effective May 31, 1985.
Dickson is currently employed as school superintendent of the Rotan Independent School District where he has served in this capacity since 1981.
COUPLE STILL ‘COURT’...BUT AS JUDGES
Although they’ve been married over 11 years, Al C. and Shirley J. Miller of Whitesboro, continue to “court.”
They were once worlds apart in careers, but their marriage has pulled them together in a bond of love while directing them into the same profession as municipal judges.
Al is Whitesboro Municipal Judge and Shirley is Collinsville Municipal Judge and they are believed to be the only husband and wife team in North Texas serving in this capacity.
Al, 53, became a judge in 1981 after serving as Whitesboro Chief of Police. He started working with the Whitesboro Police Department in 1975 as a patrolman and became chief of police about 18 months later.
Shirley, 49, was appointed Collinsville Municipal Judge several months ago. She works three days a week as court clerk for Justice of the Peace Maye Mills, Precinct 6, where she has worked since March 6, 1984.
60 years ago…
Feb. 5, 1965
GRANDSON OF LOCAL COUPLE CHOSEN FOR STATE HONOR BAND
Robert Floyd Tamplen, Jr., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tamplen of Whitesboro, has received recently outstanding honors after competition with other high school students throughout the state of Oklahoma.
Tamplen was selected to participate in the Oklahoma high school Honor Band. The Lawton, Okla. high school student plays trumpet and is a senior at Eisenshower high school.
LAKE TEXOMA IS LEADING INDIVIDUAL ATTRACTION
The number of visitors to giant Lake Texoma grew only 12 per cent during 1964, however, it far outdrew all other individual attractions in the state with 8,197,400 visitors. This exceeds the previous record of 1957 by 160,000.
Other state attractions were visited by record crowds during the past year.
Accounting for an increasingly significant portion of the increase was a rising volume of out-of-state guests. Note was taken also of swelling Mexican and Canadian markets.
Included in the tabulation were 18 attractions plus the state parks. They were situated in every part of Texas and included such attractions as Six Flags Over Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the John F. Kennedy Causeway near Corpus Christi, the Southwestern Historical Wax Museum in Dallas’ Fair Park and Wonder Cave in San Marcos.