Past Presidents

Former presidents of the Panhandle Press Association:

1908-1910
Frank P. Jamison*
Canadian Record

1910-1912
L.G. Waggoner*
Miami Chief

1912-1913
Arthur Richards*
McLean News

1913-1914
Clyde Warwick*
Canyon News

1914-1915
Helton R. Greer*
Amarillo News

1915-1916
J.M. Adams*
Plainview News

1916-1917
L.G. Waggoner*
Miami Chief

1917-1918
Ben F. Smith*
Lockney Beacon

1918-1919
Lee Satterwhite*
Panhandle Herald

1919-1920
B.O. Brown*
Vernon Record

1920-1921
Sam Braswell*
Clarendon News

1921-1922
Seth B. Holman*
Hereford Brand

1922-1923
E.A. Carlock*
Paducah Post

1923-1924
L.P. Loomis*
Canadian Record

1924-1925
J. Claude Wells*
Memphis Democrat

1925-1926
J.G. Greaves*
Portales News, N.M.

1926-1927
R.H. Nichols*
Vernon Record

1927-1928
Oran Kelly*
Spearman Reporter

1928-1929
Deskin Wells*
Wellington Leader

1929-1930
Homer Steen*
Floydada, Floyd Co. Hesperian

1930-1931
Olin E. Hinkle*
Pampa News

1931-1932
T.A. Landers*
McLean News

1932-1933
Van W. Stewart*
Perryton, Ochiltree Co. Herald

1933-1934
T.E. Johnson*
Amarillo Daily News

1934-1935
David M. Warren*
Panhandle Herald

1935-1936
John McCarty*
Dalhart Texan

1936-1937
J.C. Estlack*
Clarendon, Donley Co. Leader

1937-1938
Albert Cooper*
Shamrock Texan

1938-1939
W.H. Graham Sr.*
Farwell, State Line Tribune

1939-1940
Ed Bishop*
Dalhart Texan

1940-1941
Mrs. Seth B. Holman*
Hereford Brand

1941-1942
Tex De Weese*
Pampa News

1942-1943
Wes Izzard*
Amarillo Globe-News

1943-1944
Jimmie Gillentine*
Hereford Brand

1944-1946
Douglass Meador*
Matador Tribune

1946-1947
W.R. Rutherford*
Dumas, Moore Co. News

1947-1948
J.C. Phillips*
Borger News-Herald

1948-1950
Forrest Weimhold*
Levelland, Hockley Co. Herald

1950-1951
J.C. Howell*
Wheeler, Texas

1951-1952
Herschell Combs*
Memphis Democrat

1952-1953
Allen Hodges*
Littlefield County Wide News

1953-1954
W. Glynne Morris*
Amarillo Globe-Times

1954-1955
Ben Ezzell*
Canadian Record

1955-1956
Lester Campbell*
McLean News

1956-1957
Arthur C. Haley Jr.*
Canyon News

1957-1958
Harold Hudson*
Perryton, Ochiltree Co. Herald

1958-1959
S.B. Whittenburg*
Amarillo Globe-News

1959-1960
Wayne Latham*
Borger News-Herald

1960-1961
G.W. Estlack*
Clarendon, Donley Co. Leader

1961-1962
Homer Steen*
Floydada, Floyd Co. Hesperian

1962-1963
Charles Sarchet
Silverton, Briscoe Co. News

1963-1964
Aaron Edger*
Munday Times

1964-1965
Ed Eakin*
Quanah Tribune-Chief

1965-1966
Bill Turner
Littlefield Leader News

1966-1967
Troy Martin
Canyon News

1967-1968
Dave McReynolds*
Stratford Star

1968-1969
Paul Timmons*
Amarillo Globe-News

1969-1970
Bill Ellis*
Friona Star

1970-1971
Don Nelson*
Dimmitt, Castro Co. News

1971-1972
John Getz*
Farwell, State Line Tribune

1972-1973
Kenneth Hogue*
Dalhart Texan

1973-1974
Trenton Davis
Amarillo News & Globe-Times

1974-1975
Dick Reavis
Dumas, Moore Co. News-Press

1975-1976
O.G. Nieman*
Hereford Brand

1976-1977
Nancy Ezzell*
Canadian Record

1977-1978
Dave McReynolds*
Stratford Star

1978
Thomas Marshall
Pampa News

1978-1979
Henry Wells
Wellington Leader

1979-1980
Lynn Brisendine*
Brownfield News

1980
Paul Simms
Hereford Brand

1980-1981
Wendell Tooley
Tulia Herald

1981-1982
Danny Andrews
Plainview Daily Herald

1982-1983
Linda Haynes
McLean News

1983-1984
Sandy Woods
Lipscomb Co. Limelight

1984-1985
Ron Filkins
Perryton Herald

1985-1986
Laurie Ezzell Brown
Canadian Record

1986-1987
Garet von Netzer
Amarillo News & Globe-Times

1987-1988
Jim Hudson*
Perryton Herald

1988-1989
Mauri Montgomery*
Hereford Brand

1989-1990
Brad Tooley
Canyon News

1990
Joe Norton
Borger News-Herald

1990-1992
Tom Higley
Sayre Journal

1992
John Brooks
Hereford Brand

1992-1994
Judy Luce
Abernathy Weekly Review

1994-1995
Cathy Martindale
Amarillo News & Globe-Times

1995-1996
Rollie Hyde*
Plainview Daily Herald

1996-1997
Susan Hogue Clay
Dalhart Texan

1997-1998
Mike Coggins
Dumas, Moore Co. News-Press

1998-1999
Roger Estlack
Clarendon Enterprise

1999-2000
Debra Wells
Fritch, Eagle Press

2000-2001
Doug McDonough
Plainview Daily Herald

2001-2002
Mary Dudley
Perryton Daily Herald

2002-2003
Kayla Parvin
Booker News

2003-2004
Mike Haynes
Amarillo College

2004-2005
Doug McDonough
Plainview Daily Herald

2005
Chris Bradford*
Castro County News

2005-2006
Larry Reynolds*
Moore County News-Press

2006-2007
Brian Brisendine
Hereford Brand

2007-2008
Debbie Aylesworth
Canyon News

2008-2009
Don Richards
Hale Center American

2009-2010
Laurie Ezzell Brown
Canadian Record

2010-2011
Mary Smithee
Canadian Record

2011-2012
Phil Hamilton
Olton Enterprise

2012-2013
Amanda Rogers
Canyon News

2013-2014
Wanda Brooks
Moore County News*Press

2014-2015
Jeff Blackmon
County Star-News

2015-2016
Ashlee Estlack
Clarendon Enterprise

2016-2017
Larry Thornton
Muleshoe Journal

2017-2019
Joni Yara
Booker News

2019-2020
Tara Huff
Fritch, Eagle Press

*Known to be deceased