The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1977 Page: 1 of 10
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The Way It Was In Mills County
L a* pmntkMi u
lowboys of long ago.
[»,» men of a certain
Ll age and once their
had peited. It could
Intent.
| wetting, quick-draw,
I. fined, fight - prone
I we hive trVy of the
htvti* cowboyt - the
I ot bawling herd! of
Egg cattle moving slow-
knf la their own duet-
to-roaring. fait living
I gt the end of the trail
hit he true.
(n hat probably never
[a harder, more pun-
L job than the llfo the
bys lived on the trail
C. In all probability, ■
P written to the home
! to ana of them, if
had been poaitbie In
early daya. would have
Mwfting like thli:
hr lia and Pa:
I wan on my borne
IgM and it rained hard
i we had Indiana all
id as the other night
lay got one man. My
Mi la Wittered raw
■wilier man In our out-
a met all over him.
touch wagon turned over
after day croaalng a
i and all the grub got
hut It dbfei't make
difference becauae
waa weevila In the
myway. Moaquttoea
to here at night with
hit rain and I with
tod atop. We pulled
ad of hog holea yee-
t and Pm tore all over.
the wont I ever
eher and heel-flies gtv-
• aed them cow a plenty
tola. Everybody In our
i kata mad, and two
i broke out last night.
Itching something aw-
rlft all tola heat and
. I’m not homesick,
lahluaa home.
oe toe run from toe law,
and there was always the
boys called "saddU bum a”
who took advantage of the
hospitality of western cus-
toms and want from ranch
to ranch taking food mid a
night'■ free lodging. A com-
mon rule of etiquette was
to never, never ask a
Granger Ms name, “tontth
la toe name" would have pro-
bably been toe answer to
e question ao rude. But the
majority of cowboys were
ordinary country boys, not
very old, trying to make a
little money and maybe have
a little adventure along with
tola hardest of all work.
Those Texas cowboys
drove thousands of cattle
to market on long drives
to Kansas and Colorado, us-
ually during the summer
months. The averagecosvboy
burned himself out in six or
Established in 1894
And The Mullin Enterprise
Volume 80 — Number 50 Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844 Thursday, March 17, 1977
County Cancer
Society Pres.
The Mills County Unit of
the American Cancer Soci-
ety welcomed two new offi-
cers to Its board of di-
rectors at an organisational
meeting held Mar. 7. Col.
M.A, Campbell was elected
president upon toe resigna-
tion at Mr. L.a Burnham
who had served tn the ca-
pacity for several years.
Marj Head was elected to
serve as secretary. Other
officers who were re-elected
include Jeanie Ratliff, treas-
The Mills County Com-
missioners Court met in
regular session on Monday.
The court voted to re-
move toe county’s portion
of the government trapper
program. The county was
contributing $115 per month
for their share of the sal-
ary of a county trapper.
The trapper hired by the
Mills County Program Build-
ing Committee has not been
affected by this move.
In other court matters, a
salary grievance committee
waa appointed for a one-
year term. On the commit-
tee are the county sheriff,
county treasurer, county
clerk, county attorney, and
five members of the last
active Mills County grand
jury. This committee, one
of a type authorized By toe
Texas State Legislature, can
recommend salary changes
through the Commissioners
Court and the changes must
be implemented.
The court voted to take
applications for the position
of Justice of toe Peace, Pre-
cinct 6, the area surround-
ing Prlddy. The death of
JP Troy Williams prompted
this action. Interested per-
sons should contact toe
County Judges' office. The
court set the salary at the
same $315 per month level.
In an effort to protect
county records from damage
by (Ire or other elements,
the court approved the
microfilming of many of the
comity's permanent records.
This microfilm will be
stored In the bank. Total
and $8000.
The Commissioners dis-
cussed recent legislation
Proposals to change toe dis-
trict court which now serves
Mills County. Mills Coimty,
if the proposition passes,
will enter toe 15to District
Court of Brown and Coleman
Counties. Presently, Mills
County is In the 27th Dis-
trict, which stretches from
Gospel Music Festival -
Scheduled Here Mar. 22
Baptist Church Revival
:es March 20 - 25
The International Gospel
Music Festival of Nashville,
Tenn. Is scheduled to be at
the Goldthwaite High School
Audttorlian March 22, 1VT7
at S:00 p.m. Scheduled to
appear In parson, hnd par-
form, is all of the Fowler
family (8) members includ-
ing die bend. They are
acclaimed as sensational and
the only singing family In
the USA to exceed the per-
formance and sxcitemerit of
toe ‘Happy Goottnana’.
Also appearing Is the
"Tall That Gel” from
N a c o g doches, Jeanette
Lunsford, titled the ‘Kate
Snlfo of Gospel Music'. She
will be singing bar songs
from her hit LP album pro-
duced in Nashville, Tenn.
f^onsortng the event is
Goldthwaite, will hold re-
rival services March 20 -
25. The Sunday services will
be at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM.
The services Monday
through Friday will be at
7:00 PM.
Rsv. Jim Franklin, Vice-
President for Development
at Howard Payne University
will be the evangelist. Rev.
Franklin was born in 4920
in Ft. Worth, and gradu-
ated from Greenville High
School. He is also a gradu-
ate of Howard Payne and
Southwestern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary. He has
pa stored churches in Sadler,
Ragan, Edtoa and Kingsville,
Texas. He also served as
Vice President of toe Uni-
versity of Corpus Christ!
In 1970 - 1971. Bov. Frank-
lin la married to the former
Alice Weston at Beevtlle,
and they have three daugh-
ters - Gayle, age 25; Dabble
age 23; and Lisa, age 13.
Rev. Franklin Is an out-
220 Yd
Bangs Relays Saturday. He
set a new record for the
(Laughltn Photo)
bOATt
• AMFiNG
PKNICKiHb
SWIMMING
OMS.ftuV T
III rift M I
Charlie Brown Musical
Slated March 24
which an moments In toe
lives of Charlie Brown and
Ms friends including Valen-
tine's Day, the chaotic events
of the Very Little League’s
baseball game, and others.
Musicians for the show
an Mo Todd (piano), and
Drenda Lewis (bass
clarinet).
"You're a Good Man,
Charlie Brown" la the first
of ton# cultural events spon-
sored by the youth of toe
First United Methodist
Church, Goidthwalte.
Other events in tots spring
Fine Arts Festival will be
"The Extraordinaire!", a
singing group from South-
western University, George-
town (Saturday, April If),
and “A Man For All
Seasons" by toe Alpha
Omega Players, a pro-
fessional. drama company,
(Monthly, May 16).
For mors Information con-
tact any United Methodist
Youth, foylOT.
Happiness is going to the
Goldthwaite High School
Auditorium to see toe hit
Broadway musical comedy
"You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown”, baaed on toe popu-
lar Charles Schulz comic
strip "Peanuts”, on Thurs-
day, March 24, at 7:0D PM.
Under toe direction of Jo-
Ann Miller, this production
will feature David Riggins
as Charlie Brown, Jerry
Abbott as the lost-ln-anotoer-
world Snoopy, Joan Jenkins
as the know it all Lucy,
Chapman Locks as toe lov-
able, blanket-toting Linus,
Marty Van Kleeck as toe
utterly Innocent Patty, and
Ricky Pratt as the didteatod
musician Schroeder.
Musical and dance num-
Word.
Rev. Gone Talbot, Jr.,
Minister of Music and Ac-
tivities of First Baptist
Church, Goidthwalte, wUl
direct the music for the
services. Gene came to ua
from toe Parkview Baptist
Church in Arlington, in
January at this year. He
has also served on toe staff
at Calvary Baptist Church,
May and Live Oak Baptist
Church, Gateavtlle. Gena
will be presenting Inspiring
music In each service.
In each of the services
one of toe members of First
Baptist Church will share
Living Proof of God’s love
in their lives. The people
at Mill* County are invited
to there in these Living
Proof servicoo. IT you need
traniDortation to the aer-
vices, please call 648-3369.
Tan Goidtowatte busi-
nesses suffered damaged
plate glass store windows
Saturday night from an ap-
parent Co2 typo pistol or
rifle.
Sheriff H. G. Brooks In-
vestigated and reported that
JRB Supermarket, Oliver’s
Station, Saylor Hotel, Nathan
Carotoers, McLeans Cafo,
Hudson Drug, D Bar T,
Yarborough’s, Western Auto
and DeWttt house at toe
South 'Y\ had damages.
At press time some 1uve-
nt!# suspects had been
questioned about toe In-
cident.
An estimate at toe dam-
'AkJES B. FRANKLIN
Evangelist
WALLY FOWLER
Brings Gospel Show Here
Athletic
Booster Club
M««ts Tonight
Pole Vault swS?3
meet recently. _ .
(Laughltn Photo)
Austin -March 21 la Agri-
culture Day In Texas, and
Mllla County farmers and
ranchers can ha proud of toe
$11,857,000 contribution
they make to the economy
at their area and too state,
according to Agriculture
Commissioner, John C.
11 a 1."
(848-2629), or Ben T. Welch.
Pastor.
"Fins Arts Patron" tick-
ets, good for all throe events
are $10.00 with Individual
performances beta* 83-50
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1977, newspaper, March 17, 1977; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1168396/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.