Floydada residents with Spur roots stop in at Spur newspaper office

Leathermans reminisce about Hesperian-Beacon, Palace Theater
  • PAGES FROM PASTEUP DAYS Dee Leatherman turned the pages of Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon issues from the 1980s, recalling the detailed process of composing newspaper pages when type was produced in long columns to be cut up and pasted onto pages with halftone photographs processed in the darkroom, then transferred onto metal plates for printing. | THE TEXAS SPUR
    PAGES FROM PASTEUP DAYS Dee Leatherman turned the pages of Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon issues from the 1980s, recalling the detailed process of composing newspaper pages when type was produced in long columns to be cut up and pasted onto pages with halftone photographs processed in the darkroom, then transferred onto metal plates for printing. | THE TEXAS SPUR

    At a newspaper building soon to celebrate a century of service in the community, it’s always gratifying to have surprise visitors who spent part of their working lives within its walls. The Texas Spur, in the heart of Spur’s Burlington Avenue business district, is accustomed to welcoming former staffers from far and wide.

    But it’s unusual to have one who’s worked at one of our sister papers.

    In mid-…