Diboll High School Cl- Wood chip truck tips over in front of the Diboll Police Department causing traffic to slow to a crawl during the morning commute.
Current NFL Cleveland Brown lineman/former Lufkin High School Panther Rex Hadnot hosts his second annual free football camp with over 500 kids participating.
Faith Community Ministries Church host the Angelina Southern Gospel Quartet Singing. Featured guests are the “Narrow Road Quartet from Lufkin.”
Diboll police and fire departments host Guns N’ Hoses Blood Drive to boost summer supply.
Diboll’s Bobby Lovell’s 2003 Yamaha Classic motorcycle nicknamed the “Gray Ghost” wins People’s Choice Award as best bike at the Classic Car Show sponsored by the Diboll Police Department.
Members of the Diboll 7-8 year-old Dixie League All-Stars are Drew Richard, Camran Cheshire, Jose Hernandez, Luis Montoya, Nomar Flores, Waylon Jones, Calvin Morgan, Irvin Hurtado, Eule Mann Korey Kubiak, Aarrin Miles and coaches Phillip Richard, Chuck Mann, Nick Martinez, Rodney Cheshire and Brent Morgan
Five Years Ago
Andra Self receives 2005 Silver Spike Award from Angelina County Chamber of Commerce.
Lufkin Veterans Affairs (VA) Out Patient Clinic is renamed in the honor of former Congressman Charles Wilson.
Diboll High School senior Lindsey Wallace receives Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Scholarship.
LaShaun Arcneaux represents Diboll in the national American Miss Pageant held in Houston.
Newly named officers of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments are Joe Folk, president; Dennis Robertson, 1st vice president; Willie Kitchens, 2nd vice president; Elgin Davis, 3rd vice president; Charles Simmons, secretary; R.C. Horn, immediate past president; and Jerome Owens, treasurer.
Hudson teammates Wesley Musick and Brandon Belt share “Most Valuable Player” honors for District 20-3A. Hudson Head Coach Glen Kimble is named “Coach of the Year” for the fourth time in his five years he has been at Hudson.
Ten Years Ago
Diboll ISD board of trustees accepts Superintendent Carolyn Henderson resignation and approves contract settlement to Henderson to the amount of $98,000.
Diboll ISD Asst. Superintendent Dr. Ed Walker is approved as interim superintendent for the district until a search for a permanent replacement can be complete.
Diboll volunteers plan Operation Clean Sweep with landmarks such as the Albert Mitchell statute, Diboll City Cemetery and the house of Lillian Mitchell as special projects.
Angelina County Chamber of Commerce members welcome new businesses to Lufkin: La- Vane Consultant Services and Marcia DeLarue Law Office; Spinal Care Associates; and Suzanne’s Floral Designs.
Diboll High School student Clayton Pavlic travels to nation’s capitol as a participant in the debut of Presidential Classroom’s Media and Democracy Program.
Hudson High School Jimmy Lawrence plays in the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game at The Ball Park in Arlington, Texas. Lawrence is the starting catcher and is 1 for 2 with a double in the game.
Twenty Years Ago
City of Diboll receives Governor’s Community Achievement Award for the city’s beautification projects. Fran McClain is Diboll Beautification Committee Chairman.
The Angelina County district attorney’s office receives $18,000 as part of money confiscated or property seized from drug offenders.
Polk County Judge Wayne Baker is awarded the Dr. Ralph W. Steen “East Texan of the Year” Memorial Award.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine tabs the Diboll Lumberjacks 3rd in District 22-3A race behind Corrigan-Camden and Woodville.
Dozers are constructing a dam for a lake that will front the number two green on the new Diboll Municipal Golf Course expansion.
Diboll First Baptist Church softball team wins Lufkin Recreation & Parks Summer Church League championship with impressive 21-5 win over Denman Avenue Baptist Church. Diboll banged out 18 hits led by Jay Wyatt’s four-for-four performance.
Thirty Years Ago
Lufkin Jaycees annual 48 hour water slide marathon taken place in Burke at the Oasis Water Wave Slide for Muscular Dystrophy Association raise $3,000.
New officers of the Burke Mason Lodge #833 A.F. & A.M. are Robert Conner, treasurer; Larry Cook, senior warden; Curt White, worship master; Thomas McBroom, junior warden; Jim Dunlap, secretary, Melvin Ivy, senior steward; Russell Swetland, senior deacon; Bill Jones, junior steward; Bill Carrier, chaplain; Max Jones, junior Deacon; and David Dial, tiler.
The Axmen, Diboll’s Dixie Majors team post 9-3 record to capture second place in league standings behind Shepherd. Leading the Axmen is Robert Fenley with a .360 batting average and posting a 6-3 pitching record.
Texas Power & Light Company presents City of Diboll with franchise check of $161,398.
Lufkin Jaycees plan 40 year reunion of ex-members. The ex- Jaycee membership committee consist of Ben Weber, Cooper Castleberry, Ed Lemke, Jimmy Hunter and Davis Mackenzie.
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