Flames destroy Diboll landmark
     Big Tin Barn leveled in early morning fireAn early morning fire this past Saturday swept through Diboll's Big Tin Barn and within a 2-hour period, all that remained of the massive building was smoldering timbers and twisted metal beams
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Big Tin Barn: The early years
     The Big Tin Barn as we know it today, began as a retail lumber yard belonging to Temple Lumber Company in 1951 and supplied building materials to Diboll and surrounding area customers interested in building homes and businesses
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All Around Lufkin
     Sharon and Jim Wark were in Austin Sunday through Wednesday of last week and on Monday they attended a Texas Democratic Party meeting of the Senatorial District Executive Committee and Democratic Party County Chairs, which lasted all day
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History Center Press Clippings ... Local events from the pages of The Free Press
     A Public Service of The History CenterONE YEAR AGONewly elected officers of the Angelina County Genealogical Society are Vivian Cates, president; Fred Preston, vice president; Karen Kurth Hall, secretary; and June Moffett, treas
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Rash of burglaries centered on Lynn Street in Diboll
     Sometime between January 4 and January 11, perpetrator(s) entered a locked storage building located behind 1122 Lynn Street in Diboll
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Diboll residents appointed as members of Historical Society
     The Angelina County Commissioners' Court members met in regular session yesterday and approved a number of items that will affect some residents of Angelina County
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