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A quilting bee pauses to show their work in the 1940s.
Standing: Faye Hudler, Hattie West, Mae Turner, Mrs. O’Dell, Imogene Gilbert, Kathryn (Morrow) Autrey.
Seated: Virgie Estill, Pat Baldwin, Billie Wolf, Pauline Morrow, and Mary Johnson.

Richland Lodge 1348 of the Masonic Order, at 7115 Glenview Drive. Clarence Jones, H.L. Arnold, and Claud Griffith were some of the founders of the lodge. The lodge was chartered in 1954 and built the next year. Clarence Jones donated the land which…

The Cornerstone of Richland Hills Lodge 1348 leveled by the Grand Lodge of Texas A.F & A.M. June 10, 1955, George Moffett, Grand Master.

Joe J. Hicks bought land from Haly Parchman in 1956 and built a 24-hour, full-service station, Hicks Oil Company at 6955 Grapevine Highway.

The first post office in North Richland Hills was located on Blaney Avenue. The land was donated by Clarence Jones, the developer.

A first and second-grade play at Smithfield Elementary, 1948-49. Notice the advertising for B.C. Redding’s Grocery Market/Filling Station above the curtain.

Pictured here is the home of Kenneth Nace and Dayle Nace at 7105 Turner Terrace. The picture was taken in 1952.

Bill Perry seated at the center of the table at his impeachment trial on May 28, 1960, only a few months after his mayoral election.

Northeast National Bank located on the corner of Grapevine and Vance Road, it was built following an expansion in 1967.

The very first stop light in the city was installed at Grapevine Highway, Blaney and Pipeline Road, now called Glenview Drive.