SAM
C. HOLLOWAY
Sam Holloway was born Nov. 23. 1888 in Lancaster, Tex.
and married Lucille Stevens in Paris, Tx Feb. 20, 1948.
He began his journalism career as a newsboy at the
Dallas News and later the Dallas Times-Herald, and learned
printing at commercial plants in Dallas and at the Dallas
News, where he moved to the editorial department in
1911. He purchased the Deport Times in September 1912
from Claude Council.
He established the Talco Times in 1936 after the discovery
of oil there, and purchased the Bogata News in 1937.
His obituary cites his love of hunting and fishing as
his reason for leaving the big city of Dallas for Deport,
where he remained until his death May 11, 1960, shortly
after this photo was taken in the Deport Times office.
His newspaper won numerous awards including best small
town weekly at the State Fair of Texas in 1933 and runnerup
the following year.
In 1926 Holloway, Sam Fryer of Clarksville and Lon
Boynton of Paris organized the North and East Texas
Press Association. Holloway became its second president
in 1927 and was president of the Texas Press Association
in 1935.
He was awarded the American Legion Distinguished Citizen
award in Deport in 1935. He served as president of the
Deport Chamber of Commerce, master of the Deport Masonic
Lodge (twice) and was a member of chambers of commerce
in Bogata, Talco and Lamar County. He was a member of
the Dallas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional
Journalists) and a member of the Deport Baptist Church.
“Sam Holloway will be greatly missed by his fellow
workers and employees, friends and acquaintances, and
the area has lost a real newspaper man,” his obituary
said.
He is remembered in Deport as a typical crusty newspaperman,
tight with a dollar but dedicated to his profession
and ideals.
Sam C. Holloway Award Recipients:
1958 Sam Holloway, Deport at Tyler
1959 Arthur Lefevre Jr., Houston at Marshall
1960 Billy Akin, Crockett at Nacogdoches
1961 Burt Lockhart, Pittsburg at Mt. Pleasant
1962 Jack Callan, Kaufman at Tyler
1963 R.N. & Zaner Robinson, Royse City at Kilgore
1964 Charles K. Devall, Kilgore at Irving
1965 Victor Fain, Nacogdoches at Longview
1966 Russell Bryant, Italy at Nacogdoches
1967 U.O. Clements, Lewisville at Paris
1968 George Hawkes, Arlington at Waxahachie
1969 Ellie Hopkins, Longview at Marshall
1970 Tom Steeley, Paris at Kilgore
1971 James Smith, Carthage at Longview
1972 Bob Cantrell, Bonham at Palestine
1973 Jim Bass, Mount Vernon at Arlington
1974 Barnes Broyles, Jacksonville at Nacogdoches
1975 Dick White, Pittsburg at Tyler
1976 Charles Hawkes, Arlington at Sherman
1977 John Kilgore, Rosebud at Bridgeport
1978 Doris House, Carthage at Tyler
1979 Ed Leach, Longview at Longview
1980 Buddy Camper, Allen at Fort Worth
1981 John Crawford, Denison at Nacogdoches
1982 Jack Hawkins, Groesbeck at Paris
1983 Sarah Greene, Gilmer at Denison
1984 Harlan Bridwell, Bridgeport at Tyler
1985 Bob Hamilton, Iowa Park at Marshall
1986 Tom Mooney, McGregor at Waco
1987 Roy Eaton, Decatur at Sherman
1988 Bob Wright, Mt. Vernon at Tyler
1989 Jerry Tidwell, Granbury at Longview
1990 Dolores Hamilton, Iowa Park at Granbury
1991 Ken Roselle, Decatur at Nacogdoches
1992 Pat Wright, Mt. Vernon at Denton
1993 Warren Flowers, Gainesville at Arlington
1994 Rosemary Bridwell, Bridgeport at McKinney
1995 Tom Pendergast, Winnsboro at Marshall
1996 Bob Buckel, Azle at Duncanville
1997 Dave Lewis, Celina at Tyler
1998 Bonnie Mullens, McGregor at Wichita Falls
1999 Leon Aldridge, Naples at Arlington
2000 Jim Bardwell, Lindale at Waco
2001 Phil Major, Henrietta, at Burleson
2002 Bill Ellman, Whitehouse, at Jefferson
2003 Randy Keck, Aledo, at Fort Worth
2004 Skip Nichols, Decatur, at Bossier City
2005 Roy Robinson, Graham, at Ft. Worth
2006 Marshall Day, Gatesville, at Galveston
2007 Kari Collins, Iowa Park, at Arlington
2008 Joyce Hathcock, Mineola, at Tyler
2009 Fern Woodwall, Grand Saline at Granbury
2010 Joe Thompson, Granbury at McKinney
TOM MOONEY
Tom Mooney was born Dec. 6, 1923 in Shreveport, La.
and lived in Mooringsport, La. until he was 11. After
the death of his father he moved to McGregor with his
mother and graduated from McGregor High School in 1940.
He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World
War Two as a staff sergeant with the 20th Armored
Division. He and Bonnie Hall were married Nov. 8,
1944 in Hopkinsville, Ky. After military service,
Mooney returned to college and earned a BA in journalism
from Baylor University in 1948.
He began working at the McGregor Mirror in 1945, attending
school in the mornings and working at the paper in the
afternoon. When the publisher, his father-in-law Charles
B. Hall, died in December 1964, Mooney became editor
and publisher of the Mirror, a position he held until
his retirement in 1992. He wrote a weekly column, “This,
That and the Other.” He died April 8, 1994.
Mooney was president of the North and East Texas
Press Association in 1987 and served on the board
of the Texas Press Association. He received the Sam
C. Holloway Award from NETPA in 1986 at Waco.
He recorded 48 years perfect attendance in the McGregor
Rotary Club, which named him a Paul Harris Fellow in
1980 and inducted him into the Rotary Roll of Fame in
1985. He was active in the First United Methodist Church,
serving on the board of stewards, board of trustees
and as Sunday school superintendent. He was a manager
and president of youth baseball, director of the First
National Bank of McGregor, and served 10 years on the
McLennan Community College board, a year as chairman.
He served on the McGregor Airport committee, chaired
the McGregor Housing Authority, and was a member of
the MCC Foundation board and Bryant-Oliver Legion Post
273. He was awarded McGregor’s first outstanding
citizen award in 1977. He was an honorary member of
the McGregor Ambulance Association and was an avid golfer.
Tom Mooney Award Recipients:
1996 Dolores Hamilton, Iowa Park, at Duncanville
1997 Bob Hamilton, Iowa Park, at Tyler
1998 Robert Burns, Stephenville, at Wichita
Falls
1999 Scott McCloud, Shreveport, at Arlington
2000 Don Houston, Athens, at Waco
2001 Marshall Day, Gatesville, at Burleson
2002 Kari Collins, Iowa Park, at Jefferson
2003 Phil Major, Henrietta, at Fort Worth
2004 Jim Bardwell, Gladewater, at Bossier City
2006 Roy Robinson, Graham, at Galveston
2007 Ken Long, Texas Press Service, at Arlington
2008 Jerry Tidwell, Granbury, at Tyler
2009 Sandi Baylis, American Profile at Granbury
2010 Randy Keck, Aledo at McKinney
2011 Roy and Jeannine Eaton, Decatur at Fort Worth |
