The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1975 Page: 1 of 8
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Established in 1894
And The Mullin Enterprise
kykti« wtteour local guns
IL Sebrlter, about
. Mcomtng bw uaiOB In
uouK) MUla Count* bo
LSTto mo tho follow Inc
yL« which happanad to him
, mt, Ho appraaeted a
i' Mor who was out got-
7au Writ dovoa oo tbs vary
„ *y of tho sooaon. Ha
i to Ok hunter after onn-
m bit hint Inc I icon oo, test
hlti hunting with • 1*73
L hunter ropHod. “Thnt’e
| right. I’m only shooting Ot
it I mlssod last yoar.”
I Cm often wonders If tho pro-
L gate of affbirs of tea
i govemmont (us taxpoy-
») happened that war purely
l chance or was thoro aomo
for our fodsral dt-
jraTl, it turni out that thoro
Mn "a fore-runner” In
aw.
name just happened to
kChriatopher Columbus.
[Firstly, he ditfo’t know where
i *ai going He was blinded
I bit ambitions. Secondly, ho
n't surely tell you whore
i au when he arrived and
y, he did tt all on bor-
I money . . .
John," exclaimed the
i after listening to her hue-
rehearse his speech on
j and economic a. ”1 think
I jut limply marvelous how
l know so much about money
I hiving any.”
you make your mark
| He world, watch out for the
i with erasers.
County
im Expands
i retired teachers and
pibiic spriritod women
been kreping the museum
for the peat two w«elu
i Mrs. Bertha Weott.jrs
I been (ai leave. The museum
saittter and the general pub-
' oor these ladies a vole of
ce at the musoten la be-
enlarged. Keep thoor pic
and other items of bv-
t rolling In. The museum
sitter hopes to aet up a
or kitchen and beteuom.
■yon,- has any Items that
Wt into either of the rooms
they would like to donate
loan, please contact any of
* committee or bring them
• Mac munrum.
Mr. Cuohe states that he will
1 visitor number t.OM o
foliar bill They are near
I mark now.
The museum Is open from 2
Uevrry Sunday. Wettoeadgy.
and feUirtey.
~ ss Hnus
Obsem
ly Monday
'*• September 1st. most
•Mr business firms and
l«*sl offices will be
l« observance of the
Holiday.
" me of the sis lw.il
^ topn.ved by In, a! mer
*»* 'Wire .ill be on
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|lW teat*rU**r* "VINM
‘fonfof* ** to Molt
*'**M HOLIDAY
■tea at QeMtewalte and
!**?*• have a botl-
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Voluma 82 — Numbur 21
Goldthwaitu, Mills County, T«xa? 76844
SingU Copy 15<
Thursday, August 28, 1975
Mills County Dove Season
Bogins “ ‘Sept. 1st
The 1975 rendition of the
Taxae season on tha mourning
dove begtoa In Mills County
on Monday.
Local Gama Warden, Danny
Schrlver, Mated Wa
morning that the dove popula-
te relatively
to aom pre-
vious years, but that the pop-
ulation In counties Immediately
north of Mills are heavily pop-
ulated.
The hot weather the last few
weeka has kept the birds north
of hare, Schrlver says, but In
a couple of weeka the birds
should move Into this area.
A good norther and some rain
would make the season good
Weather patterns have more
to do with dove populations and
migrations than moat people
think. Then’s usually plenty
of food everywhere for the
birds, they Just like cooler
temperatures. *
The regulations for dove
aeaaon In this north zone of
Taxes an basically the same
as in 1974. Dally bag limits
an ten and you may have 20
in your possession. A standard
Texas hunting license la re-
quired to hunt doves.
Hours for dove aeaaon rar«a
from noon until tha officially
set time for sunset.
Dove hunting la a growing
business hi Mills Comity, with
more and man landowners
leasing land every year. The
sale of guns and ammunition
la alao a growing enterprise.
GOOD LUCK. HIINTF.HSI
The Way It Was-
GoMthwaite Eagle • Then And Now
Submitted by Hartal Blackwell
In the month of
1885, the first sale of lots took
place for the building of a new
town called Gotdttmatte. At the
time of the sale, the site was
a village of tents, with one
brush arbor sheltering saloons,
grocery cuunvors, meat hang-
ing from open racks, shelves
laden with drugs, and a barber
shop This little town of tents
was destined to become the
county seat far the county of
Mills, and the future home of
"The Goldthwalte Fagie.”
After the sale of these Iota,
Goldthwalte was chosen as the
county seat, and the village
Immediately began to grow.
Business houses were quickly
established, churches were
built, the courts and city gov-
ernment organized and set into
motion, and the population of
this teeming young town sorai
reached 1200.
When there is a new town,
a new county *cat and people,
there must, alao, be a news-
paper.
Several attempts to set up
a profitable newspaper for
Goldthwalte failed until the year
1894, when Mr. VA. II Thomp
son (father of Scott Thompson
of the ItertUuM Home), as edi-
tor, and his nephew. Mr. R.
M. Thompson, as junior pro-
prietor. established a news-
paper cell The Mountain Eagle.
Both Mr Thompsons were
newspaper men from drat to
last. and their fine pa*
weekly, ptdrlished every fot-
urday, ««■ quickly accepted by
the people of the county. They
printed, primarily, local news
with a small amount of stale
and national nswa.
A ch-sf man. Jimmie McAles-
xnder, was a reporter for K.
M. Thompson around 1910. He
was assigned duty at the .'tents
Ke Depot where he and his pen
recorded visitors, their busi-
ness here, and hnw long they
would stay.
The utoerrtptton rate was
Football Ticket
Sales Start
Thors. (Today)
■Supt. Davis has announced
that football tickets will gn on
•ale Thursday, August 28, at
12:00 ntxst. Reserved seat
tickets for all the home games
will coat 98.75. Tickets at tar
gate will sell for 91.00.
students; and 91.75, adults.
Junior High and B team game
tickets will be $1.00 for
adults, and 75 cents for stu-
dents If there are three games
and 50 cents for students if
there are two puncs.
These prices are set by the
districts, not by the individual
schools, Mr. Davis reminds.
Bids far parking spaces will
also be accepted, with the high-
er offers receiving first choice.
All bids for car parking must
be in by September 8th
Scrimmage With
Burnet"So-So"
Friday night on Eagle Field
the Burnet Rullttogs pulled off
four touchdowns (the same
amount they racked up last
year) against the Eagles In the
first scrimmage of the '75
football season.
“At limes during the scrim
mage, the middle of our de-
fense appeared to be a little
woak.” commented Head Coach
(tone Auldridgv “However, we
are fairly pleased with the way
the boys performed on the field
Friday night. At least, we got
an Idea of where we need to
stress more practice. When
you consider Burnet has twice
as many players that arr twice
as big as we are. It doesn't
leave much to compare.-’
The Fagles sustained only
one injury during the Friday
night scrimmage-
Friday night, August 29th.
the Fagles will travel to Santa
Anna for (heir second sorim-
Scrimmage Action
Gokthwatte's Fagie football
team goes through some scrim
mam action In drills Monday.
The I aglea are practicing hard
and furiously every day In prep-
araii.m for the upcoming
seasasi The Fagles will scrim-
mage at hanta Anna cm Friday
•l«ht. beginning at 8 p.m,
- • taughlln studio Photo
Hospital Report
llttMY, Air.. 19
Admitted Willie H. Grrro.
Thomas M Mitchell, both of
f oldUvw site
IN sc barged - Winnie Mae
Brown. C lyde I. 1 ffteteteaM
WEDNESDAY. All. M
VdmMted - lame*-Woodson
Clary. mar. *Ultr F Platte,
) vant; handrs I lorener Hlx>
•it. Bdk) Girl Blanstt, (-rfd-
thwaMa
INachargad - Florence kmes
and )mm> Mm
THERM) AY. AW. tl
ifokbl - Gladys Mawring
Saute*. Mr; Anderson Arro-
woud. (toldIHnaite
INachargad • Gertruda Maly
FMDAY, AW. B
J | - t*m Setdte of
Tammy lal# Hmd,
Discharged lama» W.t...
Gladys Mvurlnr haites, Misty
Blanstt. stndra Ilian sit, Willi#
P Platte, kora INckarsnn
VATI Kim. AW 23
Idmttted * Cohn Man ( Ilf
km. (coithhwaite; Usunas Atr
gii Mahan, lAnttsvIHe
' Discharged - Miguel l alder-
Ml » ’ ** »
sl NDAY. U Q.M
Admitted - visa Moranc#
Junes, <<eurge law son hemp.
Gtrfdftwalte; INimltla Parrish.
Front
No IMachorges
MONDAY. AW. 29
Admitted Ora M. Mock,
I ornate, Uectruda
/•phyr; Roy KM
Kvanl
INackorgad <Nga %*dMr,
/.alma Hamilton. l.Ulla Pavia,
Imrfol Hamrick. Mm A. ( IMfon
«. niMAIA,
mage eg the season. The B squad
will begin playing at S-.30 p.m..
with the varsity following.
Coaches working with Auld-
rithte are Perry Earley and
Danny .*k>radley.
MB BARWXIIF
Football players and thetr
parcnls, and roaches are re-
minded erf the annual Quarter
back Club barbecue to be held
at Mills County Park at 7
pjn. Thursday ftonlght).
Head-On Collision
Injuries Local
Resident
IjikI Tuesday morning. Aug.
19, 7.8 miles north erf Goidth-
walte cat Farm Road 1029, a
two-vehicle accident resulted
In the hospitalization erf a Mills
County resident.
Earl EUars. driver of a 1970
Ford, was in head-on collision
with a 1985 Chevrolet pickup
tfe-iven by Willis Green. Hcrfh
men arc residents of MUIa
County.
Green, who sustained a
broken arm, was taken to
Childress Clinic and Hospital
by Wilkins Ambulance. Ellera
received only minor injuries.
Uveal law enforcement offi-
cers investigated
Memorials For
Courthouse Plaza
Anyone wishing to give a
memorial to the Courthouse
Plaza Project, sponsored by
the farfdttiwalte Garden Club,
la a shod to contact Mrs.
Teaul tne Raley. Box 588. Gold-
Urn a Hr, or phone 848 2768
Dow ntown
Bible Class
Meeting Sunday
ATTENTION ME N!
Come to the Atea,'s llnwntown
IHMe Class Wmdoy morning.
August 3lat at 9:99 A.M
We will have mt# hour of
gospel sharing and sever* I
Visitors ux ludtng the Itnovr.
Quartet.
City Council
Meeting Sept. 8
Aceardhig to aMMMWtaagt
Mr Major J. D. Itarper.
Early Eagle Staff
This old picture, a print
mads from an old zinc eo-
gravtng, shows tha FVagle staff
sometime In the late I890's
or early 1900'a. One of tha
gentlemen la probably Mr. R.
M. Thomp sot, an early editor
of the Fagla
H\xe
9 OFFICE 5UPPLIBS FU
If anyone has further iirfor
mation about the picture, pteaae
call the Fogle Office.
Bicentennial
Group Meets
The Mills County Blown
tennlal t ommlttec mot Monday
night for tha regular bi-monthly
me*< In*. Report* were given by
the Heritage (dmmtttoe and the
Horizons Committee concern
Ing current projects. The His
torlcal <tervey CommHtee has
made application to Austin for
three historical markers In
Mills County.
Projects Involving the
schools for the com tag year
were discussed, including a
program for all tow schools,
to be developed later this year,
with • patriotic lhama.
NBTMf*
Present Eagle Staff
Day ted May
above picture naaetndy
rfterwoon ta fnuu of
» (Nllce on Maher
art, loft to right.
Frank and Goarglr Bridge*,
owners; Klalna I ovkigtan.
bookkeeper; and Caruie
Warllck |vge*ertec.
. • t «_hlln tudh) Photo
there have been over 800 risk
tors to tee museum over the
past two months, some of which
have come from as far away
as Germany. Tha museum's
Mila were discussed by tee
mqmburs. and reports an tee
IlnistteF. bUffo* noted teat
over 9300 has been iiiNi footed
to (ha Bicentennial Fund by
local organizations.
Uto PeatlvD ( nmmlttee la
currently Involved In Bulling
flogs In tea public. Tbg BE
rantenatal ( ommlttec mould
like to tangran aeuryuna to
• show their entera” and buy
a Bag to fly EVERY day trf
tela
on# dollar per year, sod sub-
scribers looked forward to its
arrival, aapacially In the
rural areas. The ‘ Eagle” was
their one means of knowing
what was happening In tha ad-
joining communities, what was
advertised for sale In town,
and their ana small touch with
the outside world. Few fami-
lies subscribed to any paper
other than tha Mountain Eagle
Advertisement* of Business
and Prate»atonal People Ap-
pearing In The Mountain Eagle
In 1899:
“Paint your buggy for one dol-
lar with point bought from J,
D. UrmiK-"
Kirby nd Cunnfoghsi. selling
first doss groceriek.
Tailor made suits-W.E. Junes
B. A. Harris, tee Popular Dry
(kuds man Is still In the lead.
Hudson and Rahl - City Meal
Market.
“Do you want to sell your
home? Place It with Clements
and Harrison They will ad-
vertise It free."
W. O. Woody, Proprietor,
Stylish Hair Cutting
“W. E. Jamas, Barber clean
towels and sharp razors."
King Kartar, registered, white
Chester Mole - P. H. Clements
A Correction in The Moun-
tain Engle on January 17, 1895:
“WUI you please allow me to
correct a grave miatahe which
come not in your paper, lx
speaking of the MntstUin City
Comat Hand coming to Mullin
to the church supper given by
tee ladies of Mullin, you said
the supper was free—that was
oil right; but when you said
they aet ig> the wine, you were
sadly mlstaten The ladies Rad
nothing to d> with setting up
the wine, nor did they know
anything about It. I write this
In defense of the ladles of
Mullin: allied. J. W Mangrem.
In April, 1898, The Mountain
Etefo was sold by Mr. W. R
Thompson to hta nephew, Mr.
R. M. Thompson Mr. R. M.
Thompson changed the name erf
tha paper to “The Goldtewoltx
Eagle" and the newspaper re-
mained ta hla possession for
tha oaxt twenty-si» years;
through tea tarn of the cen-
tury; through tee first World
War; through floods and
itomiteNi. through good times
and bad times.
N was dUUculC in the early
hyt, for a newspaper editor
to receive news from outer
communities, as the mall a were
uncertain and telephones were
not yet Installed. His best
source of information was his
twice dally visit to the depoi
to meet the train. There, peopii
gathered fhwn over the entire
county at train time, and the
Eagle Editor could Interview
the fKeomlng and tepariiur
passengers and gather other
Items of interest for compu
log his news. One of tee engt
noers of the Gulf, ( olorsr* and
Santa Ft Railroad ust com
plained that (<uidUvwatte hod s
population «rf I m. and all 1200
were at tee depot every lime
his train rolled in.
The Goldthwalte Eagle was
•old by Mr. R. M. Thumps.<
to Mr. E. M. WUaon and family
la November. 1920. Mr. Wilson
changed tot name-plate of thr
peper by addtigi a picture of
an n|li. The newspaper grew
to sixteen pages and two vec
ttona.
In 1929. Mr. WUaon sold tee
Kag4a to Mr. and Mr*. Charlie
WUoaa. The pMJgr oantlnued
'■ to baue ehtet pages tetter Mr. •’
Wilma's oumerehfo
to I9M, ’ Mr and Airs.
Cbarite WUom adld The Gnlte
Ihwalte k> Mr. N. R
Ektna. fo Mgr. I9M, a wookly
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1975, newspaper, August 28, 1975; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090147/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.