Provided by: Beverly McClure

If you're a "young thing" this was before your time. If you're a bit older, like me, you may remember the photographer on the streets of downtown Wichita Falls, his camera ready to snap your picture as you were shopping. I don't actually remember the above photos being taken, but they're proof they were. I thought I'd share. Do you have any great shots taken here or...
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Provided by: Gabriela Nesbitt

Christian Women's Job Corps has just finished another successful year with the last session of the year. On December 5th family, friends, Pastors, churches and Community leaders gathered in the celebration of these fourteen remarkable women who have completed a fourteen week comprehensive program to self-sufficiency. A new life, filled with God's love and a positive sup...
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Provided by: Child Advocates

MSU Graduate Recognized by Texas CASA Wichita Falls, TX October 15, 2008 - Byron Webb has received the Lone Star Proud for Kids Special Recognition Award from Texas CASA. Webb, a volunteer for the Wichita Falls Child Advocates program, is a Wichita Falls resident and graduate of Midwestern State University. The award was announced at the 19 th Annual Texas CASA C...
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Provided by: Beverly McClure

The last true orphan train arrived in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on May 31, 1929. Advance placement had been made for all the children. There were many reasons why the Orphan Trains stopped running. In the beginning the CAS's Emigration Plan seemed to be the solution to the problem of thousands of homeless and destitute children. At this time, poor children were commo...
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Provided by: Ann Weyant

Many of my stories begin with a thought, then it just keeps building, and my fingers have got to type. Growing up on a farm, I remember we had no television, no air conditioner, well we didn't even have electricity so what would be the use of having an appliance that depended on such a thing. We had an outdoor toilet, but better watch out for the spiders lurking th...
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