Gorman Progress

I must begin this article with some corrections. In a previous article I mention one of our businesses and called it Rocking R. I was wrong. It is the Rockin H General Store and is owned by Olin and Shawndelle Harrington. I wish I could blame it on the R key being next to the H but I can’t. It must have been a senior moment. I use that excuse on many things now days! I also need to give credit to the right people with regard to people helping during the Peanut Festival. It was Mark Wilkerson that drove the pickup loaded with the Commissioners in the parade and it was Jeanene Roemisch and Billy Don Simpson who hung the light in the park. Other folks that deserve a big thank you for their part in the festival are Audrey Johnston, Julie Clark, and Jessica Maupin. There are many others I have failed to mention, but I am thankful to all of you! The festival was a great success! I especially want to thank our city maintenance crew for cleaning up the mess that was left!

ABOVE: Miss Gorman Natalie Torres, Jr. Miss Gorman Baylor Sellers and Little Miss Gorman Everly Ibarra, on a Gorman Chamber of Commerce float, and newly crowned Miss Peanut Queen Briley Sherman and Little Miss Peanut Queen Dallie Seay were perfect representatives for their town of Gorman in Eastland’s 2021 RipFest Saturday. Photos: Sheila Hickox

Desdemona, Texas has lost one of its best. Jerry Hansford “Boone” Buckley passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at his home with his loving family by his side.