20 years ago…
June 15, 2006
EAKIN NEW PASTOR AT COLLINSVILLE BIBLE BAPTIST
Dan Eakin will begin duties this Sunday, June 18, as the new pastor of Collinsville Bible Baptist Church.
Eakin (pronounced Akin) has been in the ministry for over 40 years and has been pastor of churches in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. A former evangelist, he has preached more than 100 revival meetings. His last ministry was as interim pastor of First Baptist Church of Achille, Oklahoma, just north of Denison.
Eakin attended Ouchita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. A graduate of Bible Memory Association, he quotes an average of about 50 verses from the King James Version of the Bible in most sermons. He has also memorized more than 100 inspirational and humorous poems, which he often quotes in messages.
Collinsville Bible Baptist Church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
30 years ago…
June 13, 1996
CITY YOUTH PROGRAM RECOGNIZED
Texas Attorney General Dan Morales recently honored the City of Whitesboro at an awards presentation in Austin with state level recognition of the Whitesboro Youth Employment and Training Program. Traveling to Austin to receive the award at the May 24 presentation were: Janis Crawley, Whitesboro Chamber of Commerce; Penny Renfroe, PARD; Mayor Al Miller; and Royce Heath, former city councilman, who initially presented the idea for the summer program.
Morales announced the winners of the 1996 Criminal Justice Awards at the “Juvenile Justice and Minority Communities” conference in Austin.
Over 250 nominations for review were submitted from all over the state, with Whitesboro ranking as one of the top ten programs chosen for recognition. All of the winning programs help youth in some way to overcome today’s tremendous pressures and obstacles.
The Whitesboro Youth Employment and Training Program introduces community youth ages 14-18 to the work force by providing work experience and job readiness training, and provides additional temporary labor for the city. Hiring of the participants is on a competitive basis. All hired participants attend orientation and are then assigned to various departments. Workers are paid by the City and are under its jurisdiction. Jobs vary from painting to mowing to data entry. Participants leave the program with a sense of responsibility to the local government and an education into the procedures of its operation.
40 years ago…
June 12, 1986
AREA RESIDENT DRIVING SESQUI-CENTENNIAL WAGON
When the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train rolls into Whitesboro June 22, one Whitesboro wagon will be among several from the area to have participated in the 3,000-plus-mile ride which will have lasted six months.
Local participants have included William Reed, owner of the Whitesboro Nursing Home, and members of his family. Reed has made four stretches with the wagons, breaking stride to spend time at home and rest mules.
By the time the train reaches Whitesboro to camp near the Whitesboro Oakwood Cemetery west of town, about 100 wagons and a thousand persons are expected.