Open House Highlights 10th Anniversary at West Texas Children’s Home
West Texas Children’s Home in Pyote marked its 10th anniversary with an open house. Senior Johnny Shults spoke about life at the home, staff and guests toured the campus, and local officials from Texas attended. The facility, opened in 1966, now houses about 150 students in cottages and offers extensive facilities and programs for education, recreation, and welfare.
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Johnny Shults
West Texas Children's Home
Pyote
Shults
West Texas Children’s
Pete Fuentes
Kosa-Tv
Odessa
Terry Burns
Austin
West Texas Childrens Home
Texas Youth Council
Air Base
Monahans
Grandfalls
Wink
WTCH
MY YEARS WITH BOB WILLS Reveals Texas Playboys saga
Al Stricklin and Jon McConal unveil the documentary MY YEARS WITH BOB WILLS about the rise of the Texas Playboys. The bookish tale covers Stricklin’s early life, his meeting with Bob Wills at KFJZ Fort Worth, and Wills’s churchgoing, then narrates friendship, touring hardships, and a New Year’s Eve moment when the crowd sang What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
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al Stricklin
Texas Playboys
Jon McConal
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Bob Wills
Naylor Company
San Antonio
Turkey
Texas
Alton Meeks _ Stricklin
Antioch
Johnson County
Zebedee
Annie Stricklin
Grandview High School
John McDonal
Pecos
Glen Rose
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Star-Telegram
McConal
National Observer
Ebony
KFJZ
Fort Worth
Bob
Wills
Mr. Stricklin
Lord
Devil
Jesus
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Don Childers
Fred Conradt
Pete Snel
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Midland
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Eastwood Baptist Church
Tulsa
Woodsy
America
Woodsy Owl
Forest Service
U.S.C.A
Washington, D.C