Walter Clements:
CLASS OF 1953
Stephen J. Hay Elementary SchoolClass of 1953
Dallas, TX
East Texas State UniversityClass of 1963
Commerce, TX
Paris Junior CollegeClass of 1961
Paris, TX
Carthage High SchoolClass of 1958
Carthage, TX
Walter's Story
Walter is from Carthage, Texas. He is married with Sharon Nolan Clements. His schools include Stephen J. Hay Elementary School, Carthage High School. He later attended East Texas State University (Journalism, English). He works(ed) at Dallas Morning News/Irving Daily News, McKinney Daily Courrier Gazette, Mid-Cities Daily News.
Walter's interests include Watching Sports on Tv, Choir Practice, Dining Out. Music he likes includes Com, Easy listening, Seasons. Movies he likes include Seven Days in Utopia. TV shows he likes include Boston Legal, Closer, Boston Legal.
One of Walter's favorite quotes is:""On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of countless thousands."".
More about Walter:"The 49th Armored Division of Texas was mobilized three weeks into my senior year in college. We were sent to Fort Polk, LA for nine months. When I returne...Expand for more
d to college, I got back my job as Business Manager of the simi-weekly campus newspaper where I learned that the advertising, business side of journalism was for me...not editorial.
That was a big discovery and was a major reason that I came up through the ranks to General Managership/Publisher of a daily newspaper at age 27. Loved the work but got recuited into banking by a local bank president where I became Business Development/Marketing officer. Not nearly as much enjoyment as newspapers. But, got to know more area civic leaders. Local Chamber of Commerce board member for most of my years in newspaper and banking. Vice President and Man of the Year, also. That took too much time away from family but necessary for the job. Not too good for a marriage but that's the way it go. (Like Texas Rangers' manager says, "That's the way baseball GO"!".
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