High school was different in the 1950s

The 1950s were a time of strict rules and expectations for high school students. School life was regimented, with a focus on discipline and conformity. Boys wore jeans and collared shirts, while the girls wore dresses and skirts of appropriate length. No caps or hats were allowed.

Christmas is a fur piece away

Newsflash: Fur coats are in. Especially old ones.Not so long ago, society frowned on fur-wearers because animals had to die. Minks or chinchillas or whatever.Is it minks or mink? I just looked it up. The “s” is optional. It’s enough to make me think of Minsk, but we won’t go there.

Christmas 1968

I was 8, and it had been a pretty crazy year for our country. My father was always a busy doctor, but this Christmas season, he found the time to bring three of us to an evening Christmas carol event, perhaps on Christmas Eve. My mother stayed home with the baby.

Ponder Points

The 1950s were a time of strict rules and expectations for high school students. School life was regimented, with a focus on discipline and conformity. Boys wore jeans and collared shirts, while the girls wore dresses and skirts of appropriate length. No caps or hats were allowed.

The 501

Newsflash: Fur coats are in. Especially old ones. Not so long ago, society frowned on fur-wearers because animals had to die. Minks or chinchillas or whatever.Is it minks or mink?I just looked it up. The “s” is optional. It’s enough to make me think of Minsk, but we won’t go there.

Financial Focus

Your smartphone buzzes with an alert: Your budgeting app has spotted an unusual spending pattern and suggests transferring $50 from your savings account to your checking account. Later that day, a robo-advisor automatically rebalances your investment portfolio.

Financial Focus

When it comes to saving for healthcare costs, few tools are as powerful as a Health Savings Account (HSA). Y e t , many Americans d o n ’ t take full advantage of it. HSAs oer a rare triple- tax bene .

The 501: Keen truth from a poetic song

Thee road goes on forever, and the party never ends.You’ve heard that line from Robert Earl Keen’s classic song. Maybe you know all the lyrics. I didn’t previously. Call me illiterate. But I just now read every verse. Let’s just say I was late to the party. Wow! What a story!

Collingsworth Chronicles

William “Bill” Janes and his four children, Mittie, Andy, Ollie and Mattie, moved from Lampasas County to the lower Elm Creek area of northeastern Collingsworth County in April 1884.

End the Streak

Not even Covid could stop it! Over the last 25 years, Texas has made important improvements to our highways, but every day, since Nov. 7, 2000, there have been deaths related to motor vehicle accidents.