The 501: A case of mistaken identity

What’s in a name? In my case, three a’s. How is it pronounced? Beats me. I think it’s either Chickasaw or Choctaw. I speak neither. Your guess is as good as mine, unless you speak Chickasaw or Choctaw.The whole issue begs more research.

The Memphis onTNE Red!

Education was the central pillar of civilization when Hall County was founded. New settlers came for cheap, virgin farmland but stayed for the schools and churches.Many of our founding fathers had little or no education, but they wanted more for their children.

Ponder Points

Last year, slightly more than a million youngsters, ages 6-12, played flag football compared to about 725,000 who participated in tackle football. Is America’s favorite sport about to change?

The Memphis on TNE Red!

Virginia was born on Sept. 30, 1905, in Amarillo to Mr. and Mrs. James D. Browder. Her father came to Hall County in 1887, bringing with him a small herd of mixedbreed cattle. When he got the Pothooks Ranch, he stocked it with Herefords, a foundation stock.

Pigskin

India has these cows that they worship, but in Hall County, we idolize pigs… or at least, pigskin.Memphis has always loved football, win or lose. And, usually, we lose against the Childress Bobcats. We lost the first game to the Bobcats in 1913, but we won in 1974 on the way to the quarterfinals.

Hall of Fame songwriter has Wellington roots

Although many had never heard of him, I confess that I was jealous of JD Souther throughout my college days in the early 1970s, as I had a celebrity crush on his girlfriend, Linda Ronstadt.

The Memphis on TNE Red!

Come one, come all to the 89th Annual Hall County Reunion in Memphis.Estelline, Lakeview, Memphis and Turkey are getting everything ready for the picnic and reunion on Sept. 21.

529 plan can help ease college ‘sticker shock’

The school year will soon be here. And if you have young children, you’re one year closer to the day when they may be headed off to college. When that day arrives, will you be financially prepared? College isn’t cheap.

Headstone of Samnorwood airman missing

T/Sgt. (Technical Sergeant) Billy Kenneth Walker, a 1936 graduate of Samnorwood High School, was killed in action in Italy on May 13, 1944. It is assumed that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war, because on Dec.

The Davis Family

The City of Memphis,the Memphis onTNE Red and the Memphis Chamber of Commerce send a big thank you to the Davis family.The family has been serving the town and county for over 60 years.