[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] This article contains the final part of the memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, as told ...
Author: Shirley Thornton
Retired from education after serving 30 years (twenty-eight as an English teacher and two years as a new-teacher mentor), Shirley enjoys her life with family and friends while serving her community, church, and school in Flour Bluff, Texas. She is the creator and managing editor of The Paper Trail, an online news/blog site that serves to offer a glimpse into the past and present of the little community of Flour Bluff. She wrote for The Flour Bluff Messenger, wrote and edited for The Texas Shoreline News, a Corpus Christi print newspaper that existed from December 2017 to April 2020, served as copy editor on three books, and continues to tutor students of all ages in the lively art of writing.
Stop It Right Now!Stop It Right Now!
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In one week, the local school children will be headed back to school, and ...
FBBA Honors Eddie Savoy with Spotlight AwardFBBA Honors Eddie Savoy with Spotlight Award
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Jennifer Welp, Flour Bluff Business Association President, presented Eddie Savoy, owner of Savoy ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, Part 3Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, Part 3
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] This article contains the third part of the memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, as told ...
A Visitor Named CeliaA Visitor Named Celia
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In the summer of 1970, Marcella Campbell McEnulty Slough faced Celia, a horrific and most unwelcome ...
Why Flour Bluff?Why Flour Bluff?
[spacer height=”20px”] “What brought you to Flour Bluff in the first place?” I asked Price Anderson. His answer – which ...
Tropic Isles, a Resort Community in Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was (#7)Tropic Isles, a Resort Community in Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was (#7)
[spacer height=”20px”] In light of the recent concerns by Flour Bluff residents over a proposed RV park on ...
Flour Bluff Citizens Consider Future Land UseFlour Bluff Citizens Consider Future Land Use
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Citizens of Flour Bluff were educated on area development plans (ADPs) at the July ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, Part 2Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, Part 2
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] This article contains the second part of the memoirs of Addie Mae Ritter Miller, as told ...