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lips Baptist Church and active in other things.
Dixie and Ed had two sons, Drew, who was
born in Borger, and Lynn, at Phillips Medical
Center. Drew and Lynn were both very active
in sports, and various other things and were
members of the Phillips Churches.
Drew married Barbara Smith (Bunavista)
daughter of the late Clarence and Helen
Smith. They are the owners of Alexander's
Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Borger and
Stinnett.
Drew and Barbara have two children:
Angela Nicole (Sept. 21, 1966 and Drew 11
(October 25, 1970).
Lynn married Rovena Lovell, Cordell, Okla.
Lynn coached football several years, and is
now associated with Villa Olds, Lubbock, Tex.
Rovena teaches school.
Lynn and Rovena have two children: Kim,
(Feb. 17, 1968) and Kasi (July 5, 1978).
Dixie and Ed made our community a better
place, always doing for others, and their
memories are cherished by many friends and
relatives. Lynn AlexanderEd and Dixie Alexander
Wedding
Aug.19,1938
Gale Alexander Family
Gale's family, J.C. and Cassie Alexander,
came to this area in 1926 where J.C. was the
drilling superintendent for Phillips Petroleum
Company. Cassie Alexander was instrumental
in the organization of the first Methodist
Church in Phillips, Texas. The Alexanders
maintained their residence in Phillips until
about 1956 when Phillips Pet. Co. needed
their land for expansion of the Refinery and
they moved their home to Borger.
Marilyn's family, Ed and Lillian Ralston,
moved to Borger from Oklahoma in 1935
where Ed was Superintendent of the Phillips
Pipeline Co.
Even though our homes were no more than
five blocks apart and we both attended Phillips
schools, we did not meet until Gale was
home from the service in 1946. We were married
in 1947 and made our home in Borger.
Our first son, Gary, was born in 1949. In 1950,
our second son, Curt, was born followed by a
third son, Brian, in 1954.
When J.C. Alexander decided to quit Phillips
Pet. Co. and go in business for himself, he
formed Hutchinson Drilling Company. The
company went by this name for about 30
years, but was then changed to Fora Co. as
they had sold all of their drilling equipment
and retained their oil producing properties.
Gale has worked in this family business since
his high school days.
Two of our sons and their families still live in
Borger. Gary works with Gale and Curt works
for Phillips Petroleum Co.
We have spent most of our lives here and
recall the years with much joy and happiness
and naturally some grief and sorrow, but
never any regrets. Hutchinson County is awonderful place to live, raise a family, and
enjoy your grandchildren! Submitted by Gale
Alexander
Alexanders Family
In 1926 my great grandfather, Grover
Cleveland Alexander, brought his five children
to the small town of Borger in Hutchinson
County.
At this time, Borger was a boom town. It
looked nothing like the town you see today.
The streets were unpaved, the houses were
not painted, and there were very few lights. It
became a boom town when oil was discovered
all around.
My great grandfather and his family came to
Borger from Spur, Texas. In Spur my greatgrandfather
was a Baptist preacher, but after
moving, he acquired a small cafe on the corner
of Tenth and Main.
There were not many places in which to live
at this time. So they set up housekeeping in a
tent in back of the cafe. The tent had a
wooden floor.
Later, they traded the cafe for a house that
was located in the seven hundred block of
Harvey. It was a large house that later was to
accommodate five families. My great uncles
and aunts married and lived at this location for
a few years.
My grandfather, Doc Alexander, and my
grandmother, Nelma (Riney) Alexander,
bought two lots in the eight hundred block of
Harvey, where they lived in an old tin garage.
In time, they built a small house in front of the
garage, which consisted of two rooms and a
bath.
My grandparents lived here until they built
another, larger house on the same lot. Here
they raised four children, one of whom is my
mother, Nancy (Alexander) Hillhouse. The
other children were Nelda Bauert, John Alexander,
and Peggy Hobbs.
My mother and her sisters and brother went
to the Borger Schools, for their schooling.
They started school at East Ward, which is
now the Administration Building. Then they
attended Borger Junior High School in the old
school that was torn down on Sixth Street.
They all married and had their own families.
One of my aunts still lives in Borger, and also
my uncle. My other aunt moved to Flagstaff,
Arizona, about fifteen years ago.
Doc Alexander, my mother's father, was a
policeman in Borger at the time of my mother's
birth. On the night she was born, he was
on stake-out at one of the warehouses. After
this he became a guard for the rubber plant.
Later he became a real estate dealer.
My grandfather (Doc Alexander) went into
real estate with his father Grover Alexander.
They had their own office in the block east of
Main on Fifth. It has since been torn down,
and made into a parking lot.
My great-grandfather retired and my grandfather
started his own business in a small
office next to his residence. There he worked
and practiced until bad health forced him to
retire. In October, 1971, my great-grandfather
passed away at the age of eighty-seven.
About one year later on June 7, 1972 my
grandfather died of a heart attack.
My dad, Homer Hillhouse, came to Texas in
1958 from Newton, Mississippi, and began
working in the oil field. He married Nancy
Alexander (my mother) in 1960. They have
three girls Tamie, Mylinda, and Debbie. We
lived in Borger for eleven years; then we
moved to Denver, Colorado, for two years in
1971. We returned in 1973 and have lived in
Stinnett for the last six years.
Debbie, who is 14, is a freshman at the Stinnett
High School and is the youngest out of us
three girls. She is very active at school and in
church. She goes skating nearly every Fridayand Saturday nights.
Mylinda the middle girl is 16. She goes to
the Borger High School. She always loves to
stay at my grandmother's (Nelma Alexander)in
Borger. She also goes skating but not as
frequently as Debbie.
I (Tamie) am 17, a senior this year at the
Stinnett High School, and the oldest of the
three girls. I work in Borger at the Dairy
Queen, so I can make my own money. I enjoy
working very much so I do not have time for
activities at school. I do go to all things they
have at church.
My whole family attends Riverview Baptist
Church, located about 2 miles out of Borger.
My Dad, who works at Gunn-Campbell, is
the operator of a rig. He seems always to have
time to take us places even when he does not
feel like it.
My mom is manager of the Dairy Queen in
Borger. Though she has to spend a lot of time
there, she seems always to be available when
we need her. Tamie HillhouseHoyt and Dena Allen, 1955
Hoyt Allen Family
Hoyt Allen, a pioneer of the Panhandle territory,
arrived in his Model-T Ford in Borger,
Texas back in March of 1926. Tulsa Rig and
Manufacturing Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
sent him to the Panhandle to set up a firm. He
first started a store in Panhandle near the
Panhandle ball field. From this location, he
came to Borger to establish a new building
site for his company at 400 East Second
Street.
Allen was born in Cove, Arkansas, on October
19, 1894, and attended school there. He
moved on to Smithville, Oklahoma, in 1907,
where he lived until the outbreak of World War
I. He served nineteen months in the Army,
spending most of his time at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, and Ft. Scrivens, Georgia.
After his discharge from the Army, Allen
moved to the boom town El Dorado, Arkansas.
Here he worked in the oil fields for one
year. After his roughneck days, he was
employed in 1924 by Tulsa Rig and Reel at
Keystone, Oklahoma. From here Allen was
transferred to Panhandle, Texas, arriving in
Borger in 1926.
Hoyt and Dena Allen came with their two
girls, El Marie and Martha Sue to the raw
town. In 1928, Allen was transferred to
Pampa, where he established another store
for Tulsa Rig and Manufacturing Company. In
1931 he was employed by the company subsidiary,
working in the Pampa area until 1942.
Tulsa Rig and Manufacturing Company
transferred Allen back to Borger in 1942 to
assume the management of the firm until
1954.
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Hutchinson County Historical Commission. History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 Years, 1876-1980, book, 1980; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20204/m1/66/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Genealogical Society.