The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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The Way It Was
In Mills County
ESTABLISHED IN 1894
AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE
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By Hartal Blackwell
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977
VOLUME 84 — NUMBER 15
GOLDTHWAITE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS 76844
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Farm Bureau Queen’s Contest
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Mullin started the program
and kept everyone enter-
tained with their fine music.
Dick Roberts, Master of
Ceremonies, introduced Rev.
Ben Welch, who gave the
invocation, and the speakers
for the evening Stan Schlue-
DANNA BERRY
... Queen Contestant
DEBRA EVANS
... Queen Contestant
(Continued next week)
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square in downtown Goldth-
waite. Fire Chief Roger
Horton expressed his thanks
to Ranger for its services and
noted that the knowledge
gained was most needed.
Fire department members
learned through classroom
According to announce-
ment received this week, the
Gold-Tex Finals Rodeo and -
Queen Contest will be held
Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday, August 11, 12 and 13.
The three nights of excit-
ing rodeo action will be con-
ducted at the T.A. Head
Arena, north of the Elemen-
tary School in Goldthwaite,
beginning at 8 P.M. each
night.
The top two winners from
17 area rodeos will be
participating in the finals.
There will be a small entry
fee for Thursday night only.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Shel-
ton wish to announce the sale
of Gene Shelton’s Body Shop
and Garage to Mr. Jesse
Hammond. The change in
ownership will be effective
August 1, 1977.
Gene and Ruby Shelton
have operated the auto-
mobile painting and body
repair shop at its present
location on the San Saba
Highway for the past 13
years. They wish to thank all
their customers for their
patronage during these
years, and would like them to
know their business has been
greatly appreciated.
The name of the shop will
be changed to Mills County
Bodyworks, and will be
operated by Jesse Hammond
and Gene Shelton. They will
continue the courteous, de-
pendable and quality service
for which the shop is known.
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Memorials and Donations to
the Mills County Historical
Museum.
Memorial to Mrs. Lanie
Kesler and to Mr. R. F.
Daniels, Mr. Marlin Mc-
Casland and Mr. George
Moore by Mrs. Tom Mc-
Arthur.
Memorial to Mrs. Rube K.
Wrinkle by Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Kauhs.
Donation given by the City
of Goldthwaite.
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Action was brisk around
the registration table of the
Independent Cattlemen’s
Association meeting Friday
night. Over 200 people
attended the barbecue, held
in Mills County Park in
Goldthwaite. It is an annual
type applications as well as
through actual fire fighting
techniques. Both “Christmas
Tree” and butane fires were
demonstrated by the com-
pany.
--Laughlin Studio Photo
The Independent Cattle-
men’s Association of Mills
County Barbecue, which was
held Friday, July 22, was
Lindsay, Carol Schlueter,
Mrs. W. A. Cline, W. A.
Cline, Mrs. Ray Lindsay,
Stan Schlueter, Carmalita
and Jack Peoples and Martha
Becker.
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attended by 240 people.
Joe Langford processed
the calf that was furnished by
Hollis Blackwell, Don Gees-
lin and Charlie McLean. The
barbecue was cooked to per-
fection by C. J. Wood, Kurt
Zant and Carl Letbetter.
JRB Supermarket, The
Wagon Wheel and Schwartz
Grocery also donated food.
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Dyer.
Rep. Schlueter discussed
the various bills that had
come before the legislature,
the ones that passed and the
ones that failed.
Mr. Peoples told how
government regulations and
other factors in the proces-
sing end of the cattle
industry have a bearing on
the amount a rancher re-
ceives for his cattle.
The regular meeting of the
ICA will be September 12,
1977. Watch your paper for
exact time and place.
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better way of life. They lived
in oil field shacks and helped
pump the “liquid gold” from
the ground for the growing
oil companies.
Eventually, billboards be-
gan to dot the roadsides to
tell travelers, re-discovering
America in their shiny new
cars, about hot dog stands,
diners, tourist cabins and
newly opened filling stations. .
In the decade that followed |
the first World War, the
automobile became an in- <
stitution. Overjoyed with i
their new mobility, people j
took to the road.
They saw the mountains,
the oceans, the big cities and
their far away relatives; they
honked at each other, helped
fix flats and grew accus-
tomed to the nearness of the
Colorado River for fishing
and picnics, to adjoining
county fairs, and found col-
leges not too far away for
their young to attend.
The new automobiles freed
millions of Americans from
Sunday afternoons on the
front porch — the porch
rocking chair was replaced
by a seat in the Model T —
the scene of courtship was
shifted from the parlour to
the picture show.
The Nation was beginning
to enter an age of frivilous
boom.
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affair of the orgmhization. Dr.
T.C. Gravesend B. B.
Geeslin are wnown at the
table. In the swer photo, a
group of persins posed for a
picture at the gathering.
Shown, left to right, are Ray
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from I to 4 p.m. Covered
dish dinner on the 2nd Wed-
nesday each month.
THURSDAY — Exercises
at 9:30 a.m. 2nd Thursday -
Special musical group at 2:30
p.m. 1st and 3rd Thursdays -
Gospel Singing. 4th Thurs-
day, Health Clinic. Also,
Social Security representa-
tive will be here each
Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon.
FRIDAY — Exercises, at
9:30 a.m. Bingo 1:30 to 4
p.m. (Please bring any gift
you may have for bingo
prizes).
You are invited to come
out to the Center any time of
day, any day of the week, to
play games. Bring your
partner with you!
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A schedule of activities has
been worked out for the new
Senior Citizen Center in
Goldthwaite, which will be
effective beginning Monday
August 1, 1977.
This will be a weekly
repeat schedule, but subject
to change to fit our Sr.
Citizen’s needs and desires.
Each weekday, Monday
through Friday, we will have
exercises at 9:30 a.m. —
come on girls (and boys) let’s
get back in shape, as well as
have fun.
MONDAY — Exercises at
9:30 a.m. Remainder of day
held open for crafts.
TUESDAY — Exercises, at
9:30 a.m. Quilting any time
throughout the day.
WEDNESDAY — Exer-
cises at 9:30 a.m. Games
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The article on the meeting
of the Goldthwaite City
Council in the July 21st issue
of the Goldthwaite Eagle was
in error concerning the
report of the Water District
Board of Trustees contained
therein.
The Water District Board
did not deny an election in an
official manner. Only legal
procedures are postponing
an election. When methods
and procedures of holding a
water district election are
worked out, an election will
be held.
The Water Board voted
unanimously last Friday to
seek Attorney General opin-
ion on the procedure and
time of holding a water
district election. Members of
the board pointed out that
the district has held two
elections of board members,
one at its inception and
another in 1969.
Members of the Water
District Board expressed a
desire to work toward one
interest in the city. Members
receive no pay for their
services, and the only re-
sponsibility of the board is to
pay off bonded indebtedness
and to set the tax rate for the
district each year.
The members of the board
are O. O. Smith, Hollis
Blackwell, W. G. Saylor,
Victor Williams and Jack
Reid.
The 1977-78 Mills County
Farm Bureau Queen Contest
will be Friday, July 29, at the
First Baptist Church Youth
Center. The event is sched-
uled to get underway at 8:00
o’clock p.m.
The competition has been
narrowed down to the two
following Mills Countians:
Danna Berry, daughter of .
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Berry,
and is a junior at Goldthwaite
High School. She is a
member of the National
Honor Society and the Stu-
dent Council. Danna also is
active in other school
organizations.
The other contestant is
Debra Evans, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Evans
of Mullin, and she is a junior
at Mullin High School. She is
presently z active in the
F.H.A., Pep Squad, Drill
Team and is a Cheerleader
for the Mullin Bulldogs.
Debra is also a member of
the basketball team.
The two contestants will be
judged on the catagories of
appearance, poise and per-
sonality. Both of the girls will
be required to give a
one-minute talk on “Why
I’m Glad My Family Belongs
to Farm Bureau”.
Winner of the Queen
contest will compete at the
District level August 12, in
Coleman.
The County Committee in
charge of this contest in-
cludes Mrs. Floyd Daniel,
Mrs. DeWayne McCasland,
Mrs. Rodney Carlisle and
Mrs. W. J. Hopper.
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Donnie Humphries, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Humph-
ries, will graduate August 19
from the refrigeration
mechanics program at Texas
State Technical Institute.
Humphries, 19, is a 1976
graduate of Goldthwaite
High School.
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America in the ‘20s is re-
membered as a land of pros-
perity. Although the first two
years saw a sharp recession,
conditions quickly reversed
and almost every part of the
economy, showed improve-
ment except agriculture.
The marvelous growth and
boom in the ’20s stemmed in
large from Henry Ford’s idea
of inventing the Model T
automobile, often called the
wonderful “Tin Lizzie”, first
manufactured in 1908 - the
last in 1927.
“I think people are going
to buy a passel of these
gasoline buggies”, quoted
Frank Phillips; he promptly
went about founding Phillips
Petroleum Company to pro-
duce the gasoline to make
’em go. But he and others
were really astounded at the
rate the car business grew.
Between 1920 and 1929,
the number of registered
cars in the U.S. jumped from
8 million to 23 million.
As the revolution of wheels
swept over Mills County and
the nation, a new way of life
came to the people.
The “Tin Lizzie”, and
other cars that followed,
brought forth a great change
to the lives of all — town and
country were drawn together
by the network of roads built
to accommodate the new
cars — then town and city
were eventually drawn even
closer.
Within one generation the
plague of mudholes was re-
placed with speeding traffic
for the American motorist.
Growth fed on growth A
farm woman was once asked
why she did not have a
bathtub when the family was
able to afford a car. She re-
plied, “Well, you can’t drive
a bathtub to town.”
Will Rogers, the famous
American humorist, saluted
a Model T “flivver” one day
and said, “So good luck, Mr.
Ford. It will be one hundred
years before we know if you
have helped or hurt us, but
you certainly didn’t leave us
like you found us.”
Soon the rival car, the
Chevrolet, was selling strong
and in time outsold the Ford.
Kelly Saylor owned and
operated the Chevrolet Ag-
ency in Mills County for
many years. Another popular
car was the Overland, sold by
Jim Brim; there were also
Pierce - Arrows, Buicks,
Chryslers and many others.
The bone rattling Model T
touring cars sold for $850 in
1908, and for $290 in 1924
after they were produced on
the assembly line. It was the
first car within the reach of
the average wage earner’s
pocketbook.
Highway building boomed
with the tremendous in-
crease of cars. In 1909 the
United States had only 725
miles of paved roads — in
1930 there were more than
100,000 miles paved.
As the new highways were
built, gasoline was impera-
tive; a search for oil began.
Gasoline stations were intro-
duced to the public and built
beside the roads. The State
of Texas formed a Highway
Department to replace the
volunteer policy to maintain
public roads.
Oil towns over Texas were
a lure to Mills County
citizens. As every phase of
the economy boomed except
for agriculture, local farm-
ers, ranchers and business-
men found no boom here, so
they left their homes hoping
for more money in the oil
fields. Many commuted to oil
towns, such as Mexia, Lu-
ling, Liberty, Ranger and
others — leaving the family
at home while they worked
during the week and re-
turned on weekends.
However, many leYt never
to return to their home
county, and spent the re-
mainder of their working
lives in the oil fields.
It was almost a mass
exodus from Mills County as
people left in search of a
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1977, newspaper, July 28, 1977; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1596420/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.