Jimmy's History of Longview, Texas

Originally Published in  The Longview Daily News on January 1, 1947 . It was last February when R. G. LeTourneau arrived in Longview with a pocket full of blueprints and a heart full of hope that Longview and East Texas would welcome and profit by his vast expansion program. In the eleven months that followed, you have seen the rapid growth of the huge factory, the enrollment of the faculty and students of the LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas---the recognition of the Institute as a full-fledge Junior College---the vee-hive of LeTourneau Earthmovers, Dozers, and Cranes in operation---the development and proving the startling Turnalayer, the concrete housemaking machine---and the growth of the housing project for LeTourneau employes.  It is a truly fantastic, but nevertheless, it has already proven to us that our faith in Longview and East Texas was well founded. This is just the beginning. R. G. LeTourneau Inc., and LeTourneau Technical Institute wish greater Longview an...

Originally Published in  The Longview Daily News on January 1, 1947 . We wish to thank everyone who attended our formal opening Saturday, December 21. We deeply appreciate the marvelous turn-out, your good wishes and expressions of satisfaction with the new cars. We sincerely regret that we could not accommodate each of you who wanted to "Drive one home" but we'll do our best for you in "1947" DON ROLAND MOTORS 341 W. TYLER LINCOLN-MERCURY                        Authorized Sales and Service Don Roland Motors - Photo originally published in The Longview Daily News, April 11, 1948 ******************************************************************************************************************* Resources “Don Roland Motors” Advertisement, The Longview Daily News, Wednesday, January 1, 1947, Page 14. Don Roland Motors Photograph, The Longview Sunday News-Journal, April 11, 1948, Page 10. 

Originally Published in The Longview Daily News on January 1, 1947 . The W. P. Hurst Motor Company, founded in 1931 by Walter P. Hurst, has kept pace with the growth of Longview by offering an ever increasing variety of machines and services to its customers in Longview and surrounding territory. This company is the dealership for the well known International and McCormick-Deering line which comprise trucks, farm tractors, farm machinery, dairy and refrigeration equipment. The line of Interantional trucks is complete from the 1/2-ton pick-up to the new West-Coast models of up to 90,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.  This new line of extra heavy-duty models was developed for on-and-off highway work in mountainous territory, and for heavy oil field service.  Each truck model of this complete line is available in various wheelbases; a variety of gear ratios and such optional features as tire sizes, two-speed axles, increased cooling capacity, increased braking, power brakes...

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I obtained for my collection an original copy of the October 4, 1957 Longview Lobos vs. North Dallas Official Football Program from my friend Paul Jones .  Below is the entire program for the historical record. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36