Kinsey Thomas, a seventh-grade FFA member from Dalhart Junior High School, earned Reserve Junior Champion

CORRECTION - Kinsey Thomas, a seventh-grade FFA member from Dalhart Junior High School, earned Reserve Junior Champion Female with DJC Alexis Pride 304L in the Shorthorn heifer division at the 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on January 25. The Dalhart Texan apologizes (especially to Kinsey and her family) for running an incorrect photo on the front page of the Feb. 8 edition, due to a mix-up by the FWSSR press office.

R&R MachineWorks acquires Farmac Industries to launch R&R Industrial

R&R Machine Works in Dalhart is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Farmac Industries—a milestone that strengthens their dedication to providing cutting-edge solutions in the feeding industry, millwright services, industrial automation and electrical contracting.

Scouts Govern Dalhart Saturday

February 13, 1950 – 75 years

As part of their activities in observance of National Scout Week, Boy Scouts took over the government of Dalhart Saturday.

Those who participated and the offices they held, follow: Joe Henderson, sheriff; Robert Halsel, Richard Morris, Joe McCleskey, Karl Penner and Bobby Neal Williams, deputies; Bobbie Zimlich, E. W. Heugatter, R. E. Frazier, Billie Gene Wills, Don Joe Lang, chief of police, David Monroe and Jimmie Allday, policeman; Jackie Heald, fire chief; Wayne Maytum, Ralph Dowling, Cloys Wallace, Don Vinson, and Johnnie Williamson, firemen.