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The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
Thursday, April 2, 1981
The Goldthwaite Eagle
The Guiness Book of
Texas Records-•
TheMoline Menace’s
by Bob A Itenloh r
AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE
Published Every Thursday at Goldthwaite,
Mills County, Texas
P. 0. Box 249 — Goldthwaite, Texas 76844
Phone: 915/648-2244
by Dennis Stacy
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G. Frank Bridges — Editor and Publisher
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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MEMBER 1981
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ON SEPTEMBERS, 1977,
Henry C. Marshall, of San
Antonio, started doing
me push-ups. Three hours and
55 minutes later, Marshall
had performed the mili-
tary’s favorite maneuver a
record 7,650 consecutive
times. At the end of 5
_ hours, with a total of 9,075
push-ups under his belt,
not, as Ripley used to say,
the greatest wildcat gusher
in history is still the senti-
mental favorite, Old Spin-
dletop blew in with a rumb-
ling that could be heard
more than a mile away.
800,000 barrels of oil poured
ground, huge flying lizards
ruled the air. Remains of
three specimens of ptero-
saur were found in Big
Bend in 1972. The largest
may have had a maximum
wingspan of 69 feet.
Wingtip to wingtip, a
BANKS AND OTHER
CORNBALL SUBJECTS
HAVE YOU ever watched
bank employees stack bills?
The Washingtons and the
Joneses must all be face , up
and stacked in the same
direction. Can you imagine
how many woman-hours
radio. I am sure he handled
his representation of his
newspaper quite well. But
to achieve real perfection in
wheeling a visiting dignitary
around town, there are a
number of rules that would
apply.
1. At the airport, before
shoving his head down as
he gets in the car, mention
the population of your city.
If it is 50,000, make it
$ 8.00
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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in
Goldthwaite, Texas, under the Act of Congress,
March 3, 1879
Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of
any individual, firm, or, corporation, will be cheerfully
corrected when brought to the personal attention of the
Publisher.
Extension News
Marshall had earned him-
self a paragraph in the
Guiness Book of World
Records.
Another Texan, 12-year
old Troy Lapic, of Corsi-
cana, did 1,834 push-ups in
only 30 minutes on August
19, 1978.
Marshall and Lapic are
only two of the many
Texans enshrined in this
year’s largest (704 pages)
edition of what is billed as
“the fastest-selling book in
the world”. Everything in
Guiness ends in ‘-est”,
whether it’s the fastest,
richest, slowest, highest,
biggest, or mostest what-
ever. And for a state that
has always claimed such
out in the first nine days modern F-4 Phantom jet- are wasted on this admini-
before the well was capped, fighter measures only 38 stration-directed compulsion
Eventually, Spindletop and feet. neurosis? (I use the term
the surrounding ground sur- BACK IN modern times, woman-hours because I 60,000. He won’t count
rendered some 142 million Texas has had its fair share haven’t heard of any men
barrels of the black gold. of human record-setters, handling money). If the
TEXAS IS pretty good at too, citizens intent on treasury department would
pouring out money, too, leaving their own footprints find something else to do
having paid the highest in the sands of time for besides blowing our minds
price ever for a printed future generations to marvel with nonsense like the Suzy
book. The University of over. The world’s worst B dollar and instead settle
Texas at Austin shelled out driver, for instance, hails down to some heavier think-
$2,400,000 for one of the 21 from McKinney, and, no, he ing they could deliver a
known complete copies of isn’t a woman. On October cost-saving respite from this
the Gutenberg Bible first 15, 1966, a 75-year old Me- mania,
printed in 1454, in Mainz, Kinney resident received 10 Print all the bills the
Germany. The purchase was traffic tickets, drove on the same on both sides. If a
made in New York on June wrong side of the road 4 president’s picture is a
9, 1978, through agents of times, committed four hit- must, print two heads of
Quaritch of London. and-run offenses, and these in juxtaposition; top of
An individual Texan also caused six accidents - all .in dome to top of dome. No
holds the record for the 20 minutes. matter which direction a bill
most money .ever laid out My OWN favorite, how- is stacked there would be no
for a broadsheet - $404,000 ever, is that great Texas need to turn it 180 degrees
paid in May, 1969, for one preambulator, Plennie L. or to its obverse.
BY: JUDY BEAVERS
Get ready for-' home can-
ning with inventories, tests,
checkups and plans.
Inventories: Inventory
jars, lids, rings, freezer
bags and any other equip-
ment necessary for your
special home canning pro-
jects.
Tests: Test dial-gauge
pressure canners every
year. Pressure canners will
be tested all day April 8 in
the Extension Office. This is
a free service offered by the
Mills County Extension
Homemakers Clubs.
Replace any worn parts.
Remove any corrosion by
soaking in vinegar.
Finally, when testing the
canner, be sure to look for
steam leaks around the
canner lid. If the lid has a
rubber gasket, make certain
it’s clean and grease-free. If
the gasket leaks steam, turn
it over, stretch it gently and
replace it. If the rubber has
hardened, replace it with a
new gasket.
Checkups: Check jar
rings. Discard any that are
bent, dented, or rusted.
Estimate the number of lids
you’ll heed. Check jars for
chips or cracks. Chips along
the jar mouth usually result
in an unsealed product after
processing. Cracked jars
usually break in the water-a
bath or pressure canner.
Plans: Make plans for
clean storage areas, and
plan ways to use leftover
canned food. Group “last
year’s” canned foods so
they’re easy to reach and
use -- and so they’re
separate from “new” can-
ning. Make sure the storage
area is cool, dark and dry.
qualities, deservedly or
otherwise for itself, it’s
indeed surprising to see
**************** how often Texas and Texans
CANNERS TESTED
APRIL 8
do come in first in the
world.
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
Mills
EQUAL HOUSING Few
LENDER X=
A canner testing session
will be conducted 9-12 and
1-4, Wednesday, April 8, in
the County Extension Office
in the Courthouse base-
ment. This is the only
scheduled testing for this
spring.
Those wanting to have
canners tested should bring
THE LID ONLY. Lids may
be left or can be waited for.
AS MIGHT BE expected,
a number of Lone Star top
standings have to do with
sports. Jhe world’s fastest
pitcher, for example? Nolan
Ryan, of Alvin, of course,
clocked at 100.9 mph on
August 20, 1974, at Ana-
heim Stadium, when Ryan
was still with the California
Angels of the American
League.
The largest indoor basket-
ball crowd? The 52,693
people who paid to see the
This is a free service pro- University of Houston play
vided by the Mills County U.C.L.A. in the Astrodome
Extension Homemakers.
on January 20, 1968.
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Fisher St.
BUT EVEN ATHLETICS
has its share of dubious
achievements. The greatest
“tonnage” ever involved in
a boxing match, for exam-
D AT 4e ple, was the 700 pounds
Iarking ofice recorded in Oklahoma City,
on June 1, 1971, when
340-lb. Claude “Humph-
rey” McBride met Jimmy
, Black of Houston. Black,
Patty’s of Texas has re- ... n
ceived . letter about their weighing in at 360 bs W &
employees parking on ,
Fisher Street. round.
w Of even more dubious
We would like to explain 1:1: + ca
why this is necessary. For distinction 1S the do
the past two weeks the con- nothing record awarded
tractors for the new sewer Texas Ranger Shortstop,
line have been working in Toby Harrah, for is oub-
the alley and using Patty’s Jeheads PeTrEmaECEra
teHi L pinved the enure is mines
piling their materials and chance ad Telaingy plays.
. _ assists, or put-outs.
The problem of parking NORMALLY where Texas
should be cleared within the . .
, is involved in setting
next week records, you might expect a
Dale Allen, CM few to have to do with oil
City of Goldthwaite and money. Believe it or
BeAveR, ERGEK LIVss
COMPANY
we Buy - SALE ok -
vs Reo
"Wilbur you'd try to stay in shape too if you had to deal
with as many mean traders as I do!’’
County State Bank
Member FDIC Goldthwaite
of the 16 known copies of Wingo, of Abilene. From
The Declaration of Indepen- April 15, 1931, until October
dence, printed in. Philadel- 24, 1932, Plennie walked
phia, in 1776, by Samuel T. 8,000 miles from Santa
Freeman and Co. Minica, California, to Istan-
MOTHER NATURE has bul, Turkey, backwards.
even seen fit to set several Forty-five years later, at
of her own records in the the age of 81, Pleenie cele-
state. On April 2, 1958, the brated the anniversary of
highest wind speed ever his reverse transcontinental
recorded in a tornado - 280 tour by walking another 452
m.p.h. - was registered at miles backwards from Santa
Wichita Falls. Monica to San Francisco, in
The remains of the only 85 days.
largest known crocodile Now there was a Texan
were discovered in Big who knew which way he
Bend National Park. Frag- was headed!
mentary fossils suggest that
Deinosuchus riograndensis ©1980 Texas Strange
measured more than fifty
feet long. Fortunately, it
roamed the swamps and
lakes of far west Texas
during the Jurasic era,
some 75,000,000 years ago.
Fossils of prehistoric tor-
toises, indicating a length of
eight feet and a weight in
the neighborhood of one
ton, have also been found in
Texas.
At the same time giant
crocodiles crawled the
-oOo-
I found a town in Texas so
slow the traffic light
changes only once a week.
7-000-
An Old Indian’s Philosophy:
When a rancher asked the
old Indian if he was lost,
the Indian replied, “Teepee
lost. Me not lost. Me here.”
Well .... when you think
about it...
-0O0-
SOME TIME AGO one of
my illustrious editors had
the occasion of meeting a
distinguished national col-
umnist and commentator on
them.
2. Enroute to his hotel
mention the names of a
number of residents that
have over a million dollars.
3. At the hotel have some
25 distinguished citizens on
hand to greet him. You may
have to borrow some from
another city for this.
4. When he gets in the
elevator to go to his quar-
ters, don’t tell him to
“wash up”. Use “freshen
up”, or something instead.
5. On the night of his
guest lecture and banquet,
on the way to Toad Hall,
convince him that your town
can do things. Suggest that
you can put together an
all-black minstrel show in
about a half an hour.
Mention that you are of
course building an opera
house, an armory, and a
new mental hospital.
6. At the hall introduce
him to your staff members,
and staff writers. Make at
least one of them a Count ..
like Count Eldo de Lash-
brookville. Point out that he
is an editorial coordinator
whose range is extraordi-
nary, quite full, from society
to astronomy and back
again.
7. Be sure the hall is
supplied with lounge chairs.
When the visiting news
biggie begins his speech
he’s going to thrill the audi-
ence with two features.
First, how he rose to the top
beginning as a bootblack in
Cincinnati. He’ll also tell all
on how hard he works. By
the time he gets to page
128, they’ll all be asleep.
8. A good editor has a
nose for news. For the next
morning’s issue write a sen-
sational piece on the speech
claiming mass hypnosis.
9. After the lecture,
talking to him informally
always Stand at about 45
degrees to the right or left.
Direct confrontation will
make him nervous. He’s
never stood up to anything
anyway, and he’ll be more
comfortable being address-
ed this way.
10. Always ask him ques-
tions he can answer without
thinking. This will send him
packing in a happy state of
mind. Things might be
asked such as, “Do you
think there will always be
enough news?” And .. “Do
you think oil prices and the
plane you are leaving in, in
45 minutes, will go up?” He
won’t think this is funny,
because he is in the throes
of a life-long romance with
himself and is not listening
anyway. He’s lost in
thought, wondering if in his
hour and fourteen minute
speech he may have left
something out.
After you’ve sold him on
the town, the paper, and
have given him tin ears on
the subjects’ key words,
growth and progress, you
can go back to normal. You
can then demote Count Eldo
de Lashbrookville to just
good old "Lash", and let
him get back to his new
article on the Spring sky.
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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
insurance Or face heavy fine
under a bill tentatively ap-
proved by the House. The
bill was sponsored by Rep.
David London, who told the
House his wife was killed
two years ago by a driver
who had no liability insur-
ance.
Regency
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The
Mills
Minister
Bob Smith, Pastor
First Baptist Church
, Mullin
AUSTIN—If anyone asks
you “whats up?” in the Texas
* Legislature, you can answer
• “the interest rate ceiling!”
* Last week the House end-
% ed its first real floor fight by
C voting 81-to-54, to allow
Dale Wasserman in the
musical The Man of
LaMancha challenged the
opinion that people cannot
be changed. In his adapta-
tion of Don Quixote, he
fashions a vulnerable ideal-
ist called, “The Knight of
the Woeful Countenance”,
who transforms a shady
lady named Aldonza, by
calling her Dulcinea, which
means beautiful. He sings
her new name and declares
his love for her until she
ultimately becomes what he
sees her to be.
Children, like adults,
need approval and affirma-
tion. Children will inevitably
become what they are told
they are; they will inevitably
lenders to charge higher in-
terests on several types of
loans, with an omnibus ceil-
ing of 24 percent.
The bill’s sponsor, Bill
Messer, D-Belton, was at the
front microphone for two
days, fighting off over 50
amendments aimed at killing
or weakening his bill. Oppo-
nents managed to lower the
ceiling from 30 percent to
24 percent.
The measure now goes to
the Senate where it doubt-
less will receive more heated
action.
Legislators who voted for
the controversial bill by and
large explained their position
as unpleasant but necessary
because of federal policy
slowing down availability of
money. The measure is need-
ed to keep lending money
from drying up in this state.
Redistricting
. . The U.S. Census Bureau
fired or quit their jobs to col- delivered the new population
lect unemployment benefits, figures to the Legislature a
The other prevents state week early, giving the mem-
employees from having bers a few extra days to beat
union dues automatically de- the June 1 deadline,
ducted from their state pay- If the Legislature does not
checks. - pass a redistricting bill be-
Clements also urged the fore it adjourns June 1, the
Legislature to prepare to cut task is banded over to a re-
state spending by $2.5 bil- districting board composed
News —
By: MRS. ALTON JONES
J L project upon others the way
W they feel about themselves.
N As such, it is vital that
you begin now to love and
( affirm all of the children of
A Mills County by sharing
with them that you love
them as much as God loves
them.
Remember, a bell is not a
bell until it is rung; and
I love is not love until it is
shared.
Comptroller Bill
The Senate passed and
sent to the House a bill giv-
ing Comptroller Bob Bullock
new authority to examine
the financial records of any
state agency or local govern-
ment that receives federal
funds.
While opponents feared it
lion because of loss of feder-
al funds under the Reagan
Administration.
Legislators, for their part,
chose not to respond to
Clements prompting, instead
keeping their noses to the
business at hand. A group of
three suggested Clements
was up to his old trick try-
ing to look good by talking
about cutting spending.
“We’re working day and
night to cut the budget and
we don’t need him prancing
into the limelight,” said one.
Bullock later commented
he saw no need to reduce the
state revenue estimate’s “just
because the governor thinks
it’s a good idea. I’m not go-
ing to be panicked into a
wholesale revision on the
basis of some rumor float-
ing around Washington.”
The political jousting will
doubtless continue.
of the Comptroller, the At-
torney General, the Lt. Gov-
ernor, the Speaker of the
House, and the Land Com- Coopers.
We missed a good chance
for rain this week, and we
sure need it.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Cooper and son spent the
weekend at Palestine visit-
ing their parents, the Mar-
shall Hodges and Homer
missioner.
Mr. and Mrs. Ish Tanner
and children of Grand
Ejected Twice Prairie visited us Saturday
Two months ago Rep. afternoon.
Anita Hill was ejected from Mr. and Mrs. Carson
Austin s prestigious Citadel Combs of Goldthwaite visit-
Club which had a male-only=
, , ,ed us Thursday afternoon,
lunch policy. . Legislators Robert, Diane and Junior' -
subsequently voted to boy- -9 4
cott establishments which Phillips of Goldthwaite had
excluded any lawmaker. supper with us Saturday
Last week. Rep. Hill n My sisters, Ada Sturd
thought she was getting the and Bell Stewart of San
same treatment again, only,,
this time she was being Angelo spent the week with
ejected from the Senate us last week. They returned
chamber. She had walked home Sunday.
onto the Senate floor to con- Norman and Idell Hard-
ier with Sen. Oscar Mauzy man of Spring Creek had
/ Rape, Ethics, Insurance
In other action last week,
the House toughened laws
dealing with aggravated
rape, legislative ethics and
PERSONAL —
Rex and Kitten Kelly of
Lake Brownwood have been
visiting their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kelly.
They made several pop
calls around town, including
a visit to the Eagle Office to
see Papa Kelly.
would allow the comptroller mandatory auto insurance.
to usurp the state auditor’s Under current law, a per-
role in auditing agencies, the son must be threatened by
. bills sponsor, Sen. Peyton death or serious- harm, be
McKnight, D-Tyler, said .seriously injured or kid-
chief fiscal officers in most napped before her attacker
other states already have the can be charged with aggra-
power Bullock would re- vated rape. The new defini-
ceive. tion includes placing the
McKnight had to bring victim in fear of death as
the bill up twice in one day grounds for an aggravated
to get it passed, failing by rape charge and stiffer pen-
one vote the first try. A vote alties.
change by Bill Sarpalius, D- The House also approved
Hereford, put it over the top a bill creating a 15-member
the second go-around. committee to study the
state’s ethics laws. The
Bills Signed panel will issue ethics guide-
Governor Bill Clements lines and make recommen-
signed two bills into law last dations to the 1983 Legis-
week. . lature.
One new law makes it Motorists will be required
harder for persons who are to carry automobile liability
about a bill they were co- lunch with us Sunday.
sponsoring.Laura and Pam Scott of
The Senate Sgt.-at-Arms Houston visited us Tuesday
failed to recognize her and afternoon.
attempted to enforce a rule Andy and Zora- Rowlett
forbidding non-legislators on and their granddaughters
the floor. ha(j supper Saturday night
When informed just who with Mr. and Mrs. Ross
he was trying to expel, the Rowlett and children of
sergeant turned red and Brownwood.
apologized amidst a roar of Amy Rowlett visited Scott
laughter. This just isn’t Sears Sunday, then came to
your session," he told Mrs. see Kay a while in the
Hill. They 1 won t let you „
stay anywhele” afternoon.
Alton Jones and Kay have
been on the sick list for
star 9 Iriddy quiteawhile. Andy Rowlett
- , . is also ailing.
Plan Testing Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parks
P of Locker stopped in for a
During the week of April while to see how all were
6, Goldthwaite, Priddy and getting along.
Star Schools will be con- Mrs. Henry Long of
ducting a Scoliosis Screen- Mullin (our Mail Lady)
ing Program. Those stu- came in for a few minutes
dents to be screened will be to check on us.
the 6th grade girls and the Mrs. Jerry1 Cooper was in
7th grade boys, thehospital a few days this
Permission forms and in- week with the flu and
formation will be sent to stomach virus. Their little
parents prior to the screen- son Gerald Wayne has the
ing. measles. *
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