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Eight debutantes, dressed in traditional gowns and carrying bouquets of red roses, were presented to society on December 28, 2023, at Texarkana Country Club. John Crisp, master of ceremonies, introduced each young lady as she stepped from the dais. Andrea Finley and Leisa Arnett played the chosen debut song for each debutante as she and her escort circled the room. This season was coordinated by Miss Blaire Barlow.
Troy’s influence on the Boy Scouts doesn’t end with the fact that the first Scoutmaster in America was Troy’s Simeon F. Lester. The Boy Scout uniform so familiar across America was designed by Troy’s Charles M. Connelly. He also helped design the scout badge and various other marks and insignia now familiar in the scouting […]
Sidney Earle Clark was born February 21, 1939, in Clayton, New Mexico; a Catholic Hospital was nearby. Ben and Sid (her parents) took her there. The nuns were enamored with
Members of Pi Beta Phi voted to disaffiliate from the sorority’s national umbrella organization, citing financial strain and cultural and political motives as their main reasons for severing ties. The vote was unofficial, as a representative from the national organization needs to be present for the vote for them to disaffiliate following the vote.
Helen Mathes, of Buffalo, passed away peacefully Friday, Dec. 1, in a hospital after battling COVID-19 a second time. She was 77.