Dear Editor, This is a love letter to something that is very dear to my heart, The Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum.
I worked at the paper for three years and loved being in Gatesville.
I have history there. My father, fresh out of WWII, bought my grandparents a little farm for $2500 on what is now State Street. Spent many a weekend/holiday there with my cousins.
When I first heard that the paper mi…