Vera Abbott worked her way through college during the Great Depression. She was studying to be a teacher at Commerce State College in Commerce, Texas. After she earned her teaching certificate, Vera moved to Smithfield, Texas, to live with her…
A newspaper published by "Dr." H. C. Allison (though he represented himself as a doctor Allison only briefly attended chiropractor school). The Smithfield Signal being his second newspaper after an earlier endeavor in 1939. The first paper was called…
Don Tipps began his 35 year career in education with BISD as an art teacher, with the last 23 years as a counselor at Richland High School, until he retired in 1994. In 1980 Mr. Tipps joined the NRH Park & Recreation Board. At the time NRH only had…