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Scripture of THE WEEK
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 12:00am
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
2A State Cross Examination Debate Competition
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 12:00am
Ari Livingston (senior) and Carter Hinson (senior) placed third at the 2A State Cross Examination (CX) Debate Competition on March 15th and 16th. Ari Livingston also earned the most speaker points, winning the Golden Gavel Award, the top speaker award at the state level. Carter and Ari’s medals recently arrived from the UIL state office and were presented to them in a ceremony at Olney High School on Friday, April 23, 2021. Ari and Carter have competed in CX debate since their freshman year. Coach Lani Caffey stated, “These students have been integral members of the OHS Speech and Debate team. They set a standard for excellence and a tradition for winning. They will be missed next year.”
Olney High School: Dillon Sandlin
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 12:00am
Dillon Sandlin is a Senior at Olney High School who recently enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for aviation mechanics.
The Neff-Hammond House
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 12:00am
Leol Marvin Neff, Sr. (1895 – 1959) and wife Gladys (1905-1948) (Tate) bought the lot in 1930 and took out a mechanics lien for $5,400 to erect a five-room house on the lot. Mr. Neff ad come to Olney in the early twenties to open a dry good store on East Main in the early oil boom days, having come from McGregor in McClennan County. He and Gladys married in Burkburnett in 1926. Only one child came from this union—Leol Marvin Neff, Jr. (1928-1986). Mr. Neff was a native of Illinois, and Gladys was born in Miami, Roberts, County, Texas. Neff was a Mason and a member of the Maskat Shrine Temple in Wichita Falls. In 1943, Mr. Neff returned to McGregor to go back into his father’s store. As a side note, Mrs. Neff died in 1948, and the obituary listed her father, B.L. Tate as a resident of Eliasville.