1956 GRADUATES | R.L. PASCHAL HIGH SCHOOL Class reunites, gives back The group gives a $1,956 scholarship check to a Paschal senior and donates two stone benches. by BRYON OKADA STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH -- The class of 1956, the first class to graduate from R. L. Paschal High School in its new location on Forest Park Boulevard, had 492 students.  They have gone on to … [Read more...]

Did anyone see Marion Wiley Fersing on the Wednesday, Sept.29 segment of the show "Inside Edition" on NBC? She and a group of ladies in Port Aransas decided to put together a "Pinup" calendar to sell to raise money for the local Community Theater. The calendar is on sale now for $20 each. So far, they have raised $40,000 for the theater! I can't remember which month Marion is, but she was one of … [Read more...]

You'll never guess whom I saw Saturday. Talk about coincidence. Talk about small world. I almost didn't tell you, lest you think my life nothing but a madcap whirl of fame and frivolty, but this is so amazing I simply must share it with you, my dearest friends in all the world. … [Read more...]

Reported by David Casstevens, Star-Telegram Staff Writer ~~ July 5, 2006 ~~ David Broiles, a partner in the Fort Worth law firm of Kirkley, Berryman & Broiles, was given the Blackstone Award by the Tarrant County Bar Association last month. Star Telegram/ Joyce Marshall David Broiles, a partner in the Fort Worth law firm of Kirkley, Berryman & Broiles, was given the Blackstone … [Read more...]

Reported by Bill Knight of the El Paso Times ~~Monday, October 24, 2005~~ The man, quite simply, owns the most precious of gifts. He carries it deep in his heart, way down there in his soul. Bill Eschenbrenner journeys into each new day with a joy, a love ... with a deep passion for what he does. "It's funny," he said. "I can't explain it. But it's something I've loved since I found my … [Read more...]

Reported by Victor Godinez of The Dallas Morning News ~~Monday, December 18, 2006 12:30 AM CST ~~ He'll act as a mentor for an emerging firm in troubled industry. Morton Meyerson is getting back into outsourcing. Dallas-based Alsbridge Inc. is announcing today that Mr. Meyerson has made a multimillion-dollar investment in the firm and is joining the company's board as a non-executive … [Read more...]

~~ February 3, 2004 - Fort Worth Star Telegram ~~ Don Whitfill, a retired dairyman living in Overton Park, said it was one of those surprising phone calls. Completely out of the blue. A woman's voice said, "You might know me and maybe you don't, but I was the little girl who you saved from the railroad tracks." Whitfill, 68, said that sometimes when he stopped for a passing train, he … [Read more...]