Local 4-H and FFA youth are hard at work preparing exhibits for the 57th annual Angelina County Youth Fair Feb. 27 through March 3 at the Exposition Center on Loop 287 in Lufkin.
The Lufkin Interdenominational Choir celebrates its 32nd anniversary special services held at the Long Chapel CME Church, Goodwill MBC, First Missionary Baptist Church, Greater Shiloh Baptist Church and Lufkin Middle School Auditorium.
The organization No Texas Teacher Left Behind sponsor candidate forum, featuring the four candidates for State Senator District 3, held in the Temple Theatre on the Angelina College campus.
Local writer and historian Jeri Mills exhibits her family heritage quilt which serves as a chronicle of their family record at the Angelina Center for the Arts gallery during Black History Month.
Diboll City Council votes to seek bids and consider options for financing expensive work needed on the Deer Trace Subdivision street after hearing complaints from Dogwood Ridge homeowners.
The renowned professional touring company, Montana Repertory Theatre, present The Trip to Bountiful at the Temple Theater on the campus of Angelina College.
Winners in the Miss Snowflake Pageant held in Zavalla are Miss Teen Snowflake Shana Chambers; Junior Miss Snowflake Noell Rainwater and Little Miss Snowflake Payton Williams. The pageant is sponsored by the Zavalla FCCLA.
Former Diboll High graduate Elizabeth Ray is named to the President's List for the fall semester at Northwestern University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Diboll Junior High Renaissance Students of the Week are Bridget Chandler, Noel Alvarado and Steven Smith.
Diboll Lady Jacks basketball squad makes the playoffs for the first time in 12 years with 63-52 win over the Zavalla Lady Eagles. The Lady Jacks ends the regular season with 23-7 record.
FIVE YEARS AGO
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Murray Johnson, a 1999 graduate of Zavalla High School, reports for duty with Marine Corps Detachment, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Memorial Health System of East Texas announces the affiliation of its cardiac care program with the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center of Houston.
Central ISD approves the renewal of the following contracts: High School Principal William Norris; Junior High Principal David Flowers; Elementary School Principal Dianne Croom; Primary School Principal Karen Shumaker; Athletic Director Randy Carlisle; Junior High Assistant Principal Lisa Farrell; and High School Assistant Principal Ronald Lindgren.
Angelina County Judge Joe Berry presents $102,000 check to the Angelina Firefighters Association, as the county's contribution to support the nine volunteer fire departments in Angelina County.
Gary Whatley, President and CEO of Memorial Health System of East Texas, is presented with the 2001 Temple Wellness Award.
Clarence Shepherd of the Piney Woods Beekeepers Association offers basic course in beekeeping which is designed to give a person the basic knowledge and skills to maintain their bees in a safe and healthy condition.
Esteban and Tina Cavazos of Diboll announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie, to Scott Rees, son of Sue and Thomas Rees of Lufkin.
The Stephen F. Austin State University Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces perform their swing and jazz tunes in the Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University campus in Nacogdoches.
Bennie Ashworth celebrates 87th birthday at Trinity Mission in Diboll with friends, family and residents. Sons James and Nick Ashworth and daughter Joan Ashworth Oaks hosted the celebration.
TEN YEARS AGO
Diboll High School Senior Richard Lenderman is awarded 1997 Area Go Texas Scholarship from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
The Huntington High School Devilette powerlifting team, participating in only its first season, sends five lifters to the Class 3A State Powerlifting Meet. Team members are Crystal Reeves, Greta Redd, Angela Lane, Ashley Gullet, Tonya Ricks and Coach John Mahan.
Angelina County Habitat for Humanity conducts groundbreaking on its second home, its first ever in Diboll, located on South First Street and belonging to Jose and Sofia Carrillo and their seven children.
Diboll Police Chief Danny Ray is the first candidate to put his name on the ballot for a Diboll ISD trustee position.
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation host gathering and banquet for law enforcement officers, judges, city and county officials at the company's North Boggy Slough retreat center.
Diboll city councilmen take no action on the dispute between the city's first-response EMTs and Gaddy's Ambulance Service.
Members of the Diboll High School Academic Decathlon team are headed off to State Decathlon Meet in San Antonio. DHS competes for the seventh straight year at the state meet. Team members are Carrie Havard, Amanda Garrett, Melanie Mosley, Kristi Ward, Krista Wilkerson, Jeff Evertt, Gentry Wilkerson, Willie Vasquez, Shane Rivers, Tim Russell, Richard Lenderman, Kevin Martz and Chris Fisher.
Louy (Bill) Thompson is honored with surprise retirement at Old Orchard Park. Thompson retires after 46 years with Temple and was one of the first employees at the Fiberboard plant in Diboll.
Angelina College performs Elizabeth Diggs play “Close Ties” in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Leads in the play are Erin Sheffield, Monica Duke and Clay Black.
Diboll High School Principal Chad Baskin informs the DHS faculty he will not be back next year. Baskin is the fifth high school principal to serve at DHS since 1993 when Bobby Baker took the superintendent's position with Central ISD.
Two new businesses receive ceremonial ribbon cutting in Lufkin- Custom Design Beauty Salon and Buck's Mesquite Grill.
Hal Cordell, formerly plant manager of Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation's Diboll Particleboard Operation, is named operations manager, Particleboard. Cordell will be responsible for management coordination of the company's four particleboard plants located in Thomson, Georgia; Monroeville, Alabama; Hope, Arkansas; and Diboll.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Diboll ISD school board chooses more liberal dress code. Some changes include: wearing shorts to class is now allowed as long as they come to the knee; boys are allowed to wear hair to the bottom of their collar; and elimination of socks to be worn with shoes. Teachers reported a few cases of students overstepping the boundaries of the new guidelines within the first week.
Students in area schools jump rope to raise funds for the American Heart Association in a Jump Rope for Heart event held at the Lufkin Mall.
St. Valentine king and queen Clarence Capps and Lottie Dupree reign over festivities at South Meadows Nursing Home.
Eric Bolt is the winner of the Big Buck Contest sponsored by Angelina County Farm Bureau in the 1986 deer season. Bolt is presented with a Weatherby 7mm magnum rifle as his prize.
Former Texas Ranger Charlie Neel accepts the position of director of corporate security for Temple-Eastex Incorporated.
Stephanie Mashburn and Shannon Johnson, fourth grade students at St. Cyprian's Elementary School are the overall winners in the 1986 conservation poster contest which is sponsored by the Upper Neches Soil and Water Conservation district.
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Sifford of Pollok celebrate 50th wedding anniversary with reception held at O'quinn Baptist Church and hosted by their children.
Hamp Russaw, Arthur (Pop) Johnson and Billy Maness retire from Temple-Eastex and are honored with a reception held at the personnel office.
The Diboll Beautification Committee is offering cash prizes for good photos of Diboll. The photo contest offers $150 for first prize, $75 for second prize and $25 for third prize.
Fifth-ranked Diboll Lumberjacks dispose of the Central Bulldogs 67-52 as the Jacks run their season record to 25-5 and 13-0 in district play.
Dibollian J.T. McDonald hit his first hole-in-one at the municipal golf course in Diboll. McDonald's golfing partners are J.B. McConnico, George Davis, Eulen Parish, Kenneth Nelson and Robert Ramsey when he hit a four-iron 133 yards into the cup on N0.7.
Members of the Diboll VFW Post 8933 and Ladies Auxiliary travel to Trinity to participate in the organization and installation of a new VFW post and auxiliary to be known as Trinity County Memorial Post. Travelers include Carl and Alice Halsell, Marvin and Ora Hunt, Marcus and Opal Patrick, Ben and Ruth Bailey, Velma and Melvin Abbott and Clifford Conner.
Clyde Thompson, Diboll's first full-time mayor and one of its most active citizens for over 60 years passes away at age 87.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Danny Jones of Diboll is promoted to his present rank while serving with the 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan.
Diboll's newest church, The Church of Christ Jesus, is dedicated with preaching, singing and day-long services. Pastor Spencer White gives out special invitation to all to attend the new church.
Mr. Jewel Waller and Guy Williams are chosen St. Valentine queen and king at South Meadows Nursing Home when all the residents got together for a Valentine party with cake and refreshments
The Particleboard Division of Temple Industries passes another milestone, logging another full year without a loss-time accident.
Hudson Lady Hornets win District 17-2A title by defeating Warren. The Lady Hornets season record is 24-3 and 8-1 in district play. The Lady Hornets will play East Chambers in the first round playoffs.
Diboll Lumberjacks basketball squad ends with 16-10 season record. This is the third best record since the 1955-56 season under Coach Bennis Franks whose team posted a 17-6 mark.
Coach Richard Sheridan's Diboll Junior High Littlejacks finishes with 18-1 season mark.
Stephen F. Austin State University Athletic Director Charles Simmons announces that Tom Flood, veteran football coach will return to the Lumberjack gridiron staff as offensive coordinator.
James Grover is appointed Vice President of Sabine Investment Company of Texas.
Diboll High School football standout Ricky Conner accepts scholarship to play football at Lamar University in Beaumont.
Diboll City Council to decide whether or not to restrict the location of mobile homes to mobile home parks. The City Planning and Zoning Commission draft ordinance that will ban the placement of mobile homes anywhere in the city except in mobile home parks.
Polk County Commissioners Court approves resolution that seeks to outlaw hunting deer with dogs in the county.
U.S. Marine Private Homer Patton of Diboll completes recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California.
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