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Texas A&M Singing Cadets
Coming to Cleburne in
It was a tremendous win for the Lady Zebras. Brock had-
n’t lost a district game in 5 years until now. The coaching
staff was extremely proud because it was a total team
effort. According to Coach Montgomery “These types of
wins can help propel you to where you want to go. Brock
is a good, solid, team with a great tradition. But we have
to remember that it's only one win in a very long season
and a very competitive district. Proud for the team.
Looking forward to seeing where is group can go.”
Courtesy Photo Lisa Sullivan
The Legacy of the F&M Bank Building,
Part Three
Texas A&M University Singing Cadets will be performing
at Field Street Baptist Church in Cleburne on Tuesday,
January 12, 2016 at 7pm. Tickets may be purchased at
www.johnsoncountyaggies.com or at the door. For more
info, contact Bobby Mayes at 817-933-4495. The concert
is sponsored by Excel Roofing and Construction.
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The 2015 First Financial Bank All-Johnson County volley-
ball first team, front row (I to r): Keene’s Eboni Smith,
Cleburne’s Kelsie Nichols, Centennial’s Marissa
Thompson, Alvarado’s Damyani Collier and Godley’s
Jaycee Pannell. Back row, from left: Centennial’s Hayli
Galupi, Godley’s Cheyenne Barnes, Rio Vista’s Hailey
Webb, Alvarado’s Chandler Ferguson and Grandview’s
Emily Little. Representing Grandview but not pictured:
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recalls her lather Cad T. Wilkirson s Chevrolet shock waves through the corridor with several other
Dealership didn't come until about 1937. All those businesses also receiving blown-out windows. Oscar
years between the 1920 s -1937. she remembered her and brother Pat were welding in the back of the
father had an office in the F&M Bank building. F&M Bank building when it happened. They were
Cad put in the Chevrolet dealership by joining both wearing welding helmets at the time of the explosion
the F&M Bank and Aztec Theater buildings togeth- and couldn’t immediately see w hat had happened,
er. He installed a door on the east wall of the F&M Oscar described it as feeling like a bomb had gne
Bank joining the two buildings. Grandview native. off. The Wilkirson’s decided the best course of
Rudolph McDuff said he remembered they drove action was to board up the w indows on Hwy 81 side
two automobiles into the front showrooms of both to permanently block the heal of the western sun.
buildings from the back. The back areas served as A special antenna was’also installed in the back of
offices and mechanic’s shops. the F&M Bank building. The Wilkirson’s had a CB
The original F&M Bank building windows and & dedicated frequency radios that they used in the
front door were upgraded to the aluminum style to 1960"s and 70’s for communication while traveling
enhance the new Wilkirson Chevrolet Dealership, to the farms outside town.
The original front door was relocated to the Hwy 81 Mr. Oscar Lee Wilkirson carried forward the
side for entrance to a side office. A large warehouse- Wilkirson legacy with pride and strength building
style door on hinged rollers was installed at the back his own resume of success and achievement. Oscar
of the building so that cars could be driven into the called Grandview home his entire life only leaving
front of the building for display in the showroom, to earn his degree at the University of Texas at
Midway inside the building, a pulley was installed in Austin and to serve in the Navy. He was married for
the ceiling and the wall put on hinges. They pulled more than 57 years to Mary Anne Pollan, originally
the wall up so cars could be driven through. The wall of Seagoville. They had two Children. John and
was then lowered into a closed position. A door was Anne.
located here, connecting the front show room with Son John wrote of his father “He (Mr. Wilkirson)
the back work shop. The back area was utilized both enjoyed life to the fullest and ensured others around
. as a shop and office. In order to accommodate the him did as well. From childhood, he thrived to be
new car business, all the teller's cages and marble outdoors whether working with cattle, being one of
walls were removed. Most of the pieces of marble the first to waterski on the new Lake Whitney or just
were taken to the home of a family member and uti- traveling to Texas Longhorn sporting events. He was
lized as a back yard patio and sidewalk. a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church of
Mrs. Boswell’s daughter, Jeanette Stokes remem- Itasca. Prior to graduating from Grandview High
bers the Chevrolet Dealership located in the School in 1943. he earned the area’s first Eagle
Grandview F&M Bank building from the 1950’s. Scout award. He enrolled in the University of Texas
She says it was there until closing in 1960. The mid- at Austin and was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi
die door joining the two buildings was later closed fraternity. After his two years of U.S. Naval service
back up and re-mortared when the car dealership concluded, he returned to Austin and earned a BBA
closed. in business administration in 1949. Upon graduation.
The bank building windows on Hwy 81 side were he came back to Grandview to begin his ranching
blown out in the middle 60’s when a very large piece and business career. During his lifetime, he served
of farming equipment was being driven through the community in numerous ways. These included
town. Mr. Oscar Wilkirson recounted the story to more than 20 years as a member of the Grandview
Lisa Hill. He said a “yuke” blew a tire as it was ISD school board including president for several
being driven between the F&M Bank building and years, chief of the Grandview Volunteer Fire
the three story hotel/Masonic Lodge (currently home Department, president and auction superintendent of
to a one story building where the Grandview the Johnson County Junior Livestock Association
Masonic Lodge #266 is located). and a director of the Johnson County Rural Water I
Yukes are very large pieces of equipment and the Supply Board. He was named an Honorary State
tires are huge. too. Yukes are defined as articulated Farmer by the Texas Future Fanners of America. In
dump trucks that are highly adaptable to rough ter- addition he was a long-time director of the First State
rain. They are very effective and used to haul and Bank of Rio Vista. He and Mary Anne were named
dump heavy loads over rough terrain. The steering is as Johnson County Outstanding Fann and Ranch
unique because the cab itself is pivoted by hydraulic Family in 1982 and to the Greater Grandview
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