Jerry and Alvis Cramer’s will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. The couple was married on July 9, 1955, and together have four children; Jerry Jr., Terri, Ann, and Kay. The Cramer’s also have 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the anniversary celebration will be scheduled for a later date. Contributed photo
The Rotary Club of Breckenridge introduced Yuri Huntington as the new President of the club, making her the first Hispanic female President in the club’s history. The introductory ceremony took place at the Rusty Rooster restaurant.
Along with members of the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce, A & S Diesel and Automotive representative cut the opening ribbon on Tuesday, June 30 at 701 South Breckenridge Avenue. A & S Diesel and Automotive will provide complete auto and light diesel repairs to members of the community. Contributed photo
Family, friends, and members of the community are looking for support for the All His Children Charity. The charity will hold a memorial softball tournament to honor the legacy of the charity’s founder Raymond Baladez.
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center is creating an opportunity to see a living exhibit, presented by the Picketville Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Seventh and eighth-grade students were taken to the exhibit on Friday, March 6, to see first hand how butter is made, how baskets are made by a woman who inherited the knowledge from her grandmother and mother and has baskets that are 100 years old.
Retired teacher, Maretta Wulfjen, presented a program to her colleagues about a book, "Sam Houston and the Alamo Revenge," by Brian Kilmeade.
Wulfjen thought it was a timely subject since this is the month Texans celebrate their independence from Mexico. She also thought they would love the book because it is full of factual information, great footnotes, accurate maps of the time period and great photos.
How serious would the situation be if it were your child? On drugs, inserting syringes into their arms or toes for a high. Taking prescription pills in an attempt to escape the harsh reality of the world.
The severity of this situation can’t be underestimated because America may lose the battle against the drug culture. The outcome and the individuals who will suffer will be the children of the future.
Imagine being submerged underwater inside a diesel submarine. The unbearable heat, lack of space and threat from adversaries during the Cold War could cause extreme anxiety for most men.
But Bill Brannon is no ordinary individual. Known as Bill with two L’s by his shipmates, Brannon joined the Navy in 1961, at the age of 17.
By 1963, he was in Vietnam fighting alongside his American brothers against the threat of communism.
Deborah Moran is a retired drama teacher who has further honed her skills by injecting herself into several characters in the 1800s. One of those characters is Clara Barton and others are Ben Franklin, George Washington, Abigail Adams, Molly Goodnight and Dolley Madison. Additionally, Moran portrays a Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Mary Virginia Ellet Cabal, who was one of the four founders of the DAR.
People were clearing the dance floor to go home, like any other night at the Breckenridge public dance hall. Except, on this night, Deputy Constable Ollie Park, 35, will never see home again. It was around 12:15 a.m. on March 17, 1932 when he died en route to a hospital from gunshot wounds received while attempting to make an arrest.
According to Breckenridge American archives, eye-witnesses said the shooting started just as the dance ended. “Officers were informed Roberts came with two male friends.” One of them was William Hilton Bybee, 26, of Pampa.
