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The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
Thursday, April 16, 1981
Classified Rates
L REAL ESTATE
NOTICES
FOR SALE
— NEW RATES —
Effective as of June 1,
1980, classified ads will be
$2.50 per week if paid in
advance, and $3.50 if billing
is required.
Legal Notices, Memorial
Tributes, Resolutions of
Respect, and all other
matter not news will be
charged for by the column
inch. This includes articles
where admission charges
are stated, or where goods
or wares are offered for
sale.
FARMS RANCHES
Rusty Burkett — Broker
Phone Star Ex. 915/948-3388
Route 2, Hamilton, Tx. 76831
286 acres, 140 cultivated, balance timber.
Good 3-bedroom home. On FM 2005.
2-bedroom home on small acreage.
Good water. Close in to
Goldthwaite.
5-ACRE RANCHETTES
No charge is made for Adjacent to city limits of
news of church or other Goldthwaite. Good building
public gatherings where no sites. Contact Jim Smith,
admission is levied. day time 648-2284, call
Cards of Thanks (4 col. 648-2475 nights.
inches & under), $4.50.
No charge for write-ups
on weddings - if picture is
included, a $5.00 charge.
All advertising is cash
with order except where
accounts have been previ-
ously established.
_______________11-1-tfc
FOR SALE - Nice
3-bedroom, l-bath home.
Storage building, fruit trees,
FOR SALE - Cabin on
Lake Merritt. 2-bedroom,
2-bath, large kitchen, living
room. Central heat & air,
140 ft. dock, with share or
without. C. D. Lindsay,
648-2487, or 985-3762 after
6 p.m.
4-9-2tp
FOR SALE - 297.9 acre
chain link fence. Reasonably ranch, good improvements
priced. See at 1210 Sth
Street, or call 648-3692.
4-2-tfc
Farm & Ranch
Weeping T Ranch
Registered
Red and Red Speckled
Brahman Bulls
915/938-5338
Tom and Sidney Carlisle
and fences, 2 wells, 3 tanks,
several pecan trees, good
grass, timber for deer and
turkey. All weather road,
school bus and mail. 15
miles SE of Goldthwaite.
Selling to settle estate.
Priced right! Call for
appointment. Curtis A.
Davis, REALTOR, P.O. Box
738, Gatesville, TX 76528,
Phone 817/865-7286.
4-9-4tc
LEGAL NOTICES
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO ISSUE MILLS COUNTY
TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF
OBLIGATION
flor
Services Offered — I will FOR SALE — Highly
drench your sheep and, Fertilized Coastal Hay.
goats after 5:00 p.m. and on $2.00 per bale. Telephone
weekends. Contact Robert 985-3544. ‘ 1-1-tfc
Hall, 648-3485/ 4-9-2^
COASTAL HAY - Begin-
ning about May 1, $2.00 per
bale in the field. Jack
Davis, Big Valley, 938-5581.
4-2-tfc
250-acre ranchette with im-
poved pasture (Klein and
Coastal grasses). Only 1 mi.
north of Goldthwaite, on old
Brownwood Hwy. Beautiful
view from 3-Br., 2-bath,
brick home with fireplace.
Large barns, pipe corrals,
2 wells, pecan trees,
swimming hole, plus fantas-
tic hillview sites to subdi-
SERVICES
. vide for profit. Telephone
1 915/938-5361. 4-16-ltc
LAND CLEARING and Dirt
Work — J. C. Partin. Phone
966-3710, Priddy. 5-12-tfc
FOR SALE - Okra Seed,
at Ranchers Feed & Supply
in Goldthwaite. 4-9-2tc
FOR SALE - Semmental
Bulls - Percentage to full
blood. Some with part
Brahma blood. Ernest L.
Fisher, Mullin, Texas.
7-10-tfc
HEART OF TEXAS
ROOFING & SIDING
Roofing - Storm Windows -
Siding. Contact Jerry Peel,
Rt. 1, Comanche, TX 76442,
phone 817/879-2597, or
Fred Brown, Goldthwaite,
915/648-3466.
2-19-tfc
FOR SALE
REAL NICE NEW HOME
3-bedrooms, 2-baths, locat-
ed in new addition of
Goldthwaite. Large liveoak
trees, complete built-in
appliances and carpeted.
Ash cabinets, central heat &
air, with 2-car garage. Brick
veneer exterior. Contact Jim
Smith, 648-2284 days, or
648-2475 nights.
KLEIN GRASS SEED for
sale
New crop of
Selection 75 seed. Purity
99%, germination 81%. Call
Willard Partin, telephone.
817/372-4646.
4-9-3tc
MILLS COUNTY
WELL SERVICE
For your windmill & pump
sales or service, call Jimmy
Wigley, 948-3574, or Sam
Bell at 948-3517.
5-4-tfc
3-6-tfc
SERVICES OFFERED
I will build concrete water
storage tanks, 8 ft. high and
10 ft. across. Also concrete
FOR SALE —
House at 901 Hutchings,
corner lot, 5 rooms and
bath. All reconditioned, all
new carpet - $18,000.00 -
Reduced to $16,500.00
Also, Business Building,
2200 sq. ft. 2 miles north of
Goldthwaite on Hwy. 84.
Completely reconditioned,
Registered Angus Bulls
Ready for Service
Herring & Son Angus
Lometa, Texas
512-752-3435
7-10-tfc
---------------------------648-3633. 5-15-tfc included on 2.8 acres of
BAIRD BEEFMASTERS —------------------land - $65,000.00 - Reduced
60 males and 40 females, Will do fence building and to $62,500.00
April 25, 1981, 1:00 p.m. hole digging. Also metal Contact GLENN DeWITT
building and welding. If I Ph.: 915/648-2584
can be of service to you, call 1-15-tfc
948-3590, Ronny Beard.
12-11-tfc
water troughs. Contact Lan- Electricity, heat, air, and
ny Dowell, Goldthwaite, carpet, 2-bedroom home
Brownwood Cattle Auction
4-16-2tp
Have Dekalb seed, Milo,
corn and hay seed. For in-
formation, call, Leonard
Buffe, 817-372-3244, Route
2, Hamilton, Tx. 76531.
CARPET CLEANING
Two operations. Heavy
shampoo followed by cold
1-22-tfc water rinse with 140-lb.
Coastal Sprigs For Sale
Contact Ronnie Martin or
Randy Guye, Comanche.
Ph. nights 817/842-5289.
2-5-tfc
suction extractor. Removes
all dirt into disposal barrel.
Local references. D. T.
Boyd, phone 915/356-2454,
BRICK HOME for Sale-
3-bedrooms, 2-baths, living
room, dining room, kitchen,
fireplace. Central heat/air,
all carpeted. Closed in
garage, Covered Patio,
cyclone fence around back
yard. Call Charles R. Head
at 648-2432.
3-12-tfc
Comanche.
4-10-tfc
Wanted:
Young Angora
mammies — dry
or pairs.
Call
Lewis Bratton
915/597 1406
RAW
Furniture and
Floor Covering
• Carpet
• Linoleum - Tile
• Furniture
1110 Fisher St.
Goldthwaite, Texas
Ph: 915/648-3100
HOME FOR SALE - Extra
nice 3-bedroom, 2 bath,
living room, den, kitchen &
dining area. Over 2,000 sq.
ft. Garage and storage area.
Chain link fenced back yard.
Contact Gilbert Davis, 1411
Fisher St., Goldthwaite,
phone 648-3590. 2-26-tfc
FOR RENT
Green Plants
for
all Occasions
FOR RENT — Furnished
apartment. Call 648-2589
nights, or 648-2111 days.
l-l-52tp
* We Deliver *
Earlene’s Plants
648.2478
BUSINESS BUILDING
FOR RENT - 1012 Fisher
Street, next to Farm Bureau
Office. Call 648-2293.
3-12-tfc
City Iron
& Metal
Paying highest prices
for scrap steel, iron,
tin, clean casi, dirty
cast, motor blocks,
scrap brass, copper,
radiators, aluminum
and junk batteries.
We also have new and
used steel for building
purposes.
Sth & Brady Hwy.
Phone 915/646-9391
BROWNWOOD
Sealed proposals addressed
to the Honorable Wallace
Johnson, County Judge,
Mills County, Texas, will be
received until 10:00 o’clock
A.M. on the 6th day of
May, 1981, at the office of
the County Judge, Mills
County Courthouse, Goldth-
waite, Texas, for a contract
to be let for the construction
of public works, to wit:
furnishing all labor, materi-
als, equipment and perform-
ing all work required for
constructing and equipping
of new County Jail facility.
All bids received for said
contract will be -publicly
opened, read aloud at such
time and place and, there-
after referred to the
County’s architect for tabu-
lation and checking. Should
an acceptable bid be sub-
mitted for said contract, the
TAKE NOTICE that the
Commissioners’ Court of
Mills County, Texas, shall
convene at 10:00 o’clock
A.m. on the 11th day of
May, 1981, at its regular
meeting place in the County
Courthouse, Goldthwaite,
ELECTRIC
MOTORS
Good Assortment
In Stock —
HEAD ELECTRIC
Texas, and, during such 648-3133
meeting, the Court will
consider the passage of an
order authorizing the issu-
ance of certificates of obli-
gation in an amount not to
exceed $325,000 for the
purpose of paying contrac-
tual obligations incurred for
constructing and equipping
a new County jail • facility
and professional services,
such certificates of obliga-
tion to be payable from ad
valorem taxes. The certifi-
cates are to be issued, and
this notice is given, in
accordance with the provis-
Goldthwaite
12-4-tfc
HYDRAULIC HOSE — %"
to 1” - Shelton Auto Parts,
Goldthwaite, 648-3312.
9-25-tfc
Commissioner’ Court pro- ’ions of Article 2368a.1,
V.A.T.C.S., as amended. *
poses to award the same
during a meeting of the
Court to be held at 10:00
o’clock A.M. on May 11,
1981, at its regular meeting
place in the County Court-
house. i
Wallace Johnson
County Judge
Mills County, Texas
4-9-2tc
FOR SALE: 8’ new type
and top condition aeromotor
wellhead 1/3 rd. price. Very
heavy duty 4wheel trailer
with 550 gal. water tank -
complete $400. Continental
Boom Sprayer $150. 8’ x 10’
x 7’ insulated storage room
with fan - complete $750.
Calf creep feeders on metal
legs $25. John Deere equip-
ment. Much more. Bertram
Geeslin, 948-3341 and
646-4833 by 10 a.m. or after
6 p.m. By appointment
only. 4-9-4tp
READY TO GO
EMPLOYMENT
Drawings, plans, specifica- * WANTED _ TVN2
tions, bidding and contract . . 1 .
documents (including a MRONor NOFSINE center,
scheule of the general Goldthwaite, Ph. 648-2247.
prevailing rates for per 4.16
diem wages in the locality ----------------------1-----C
for each craft or type of HELP WANTED - Wait-
workmenship needed to exe- resses and Dishwashers,
cute such contracts and the Apply in person - Wagon
prevailing rate for legal Wheel Cafe, Goldthwaite.
holidays and overtime work) 10-23-tfc
may be obtained from the
County’s architect, Robert HELP WANTED - Secretary
E. Webster, P.O. Box for Barnes & McCullough
15467, Fort Worth, Texas General Office. Working
76119 (817/478-8361), upon hours should be 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. (1 hour for lunch) 5
made therefor and examin- cpiciestutPaiqilquanes
ed without charge in the Call Jim Smith for an
office of the County Judge, appointment for interview,
County Courthouse, Goldth- phone 648-2284. 4-2-tfc
waite, Texas. ---------------------------
NEEDED — Nurses Aides,
A cashier’s check, certified call 648-2258.
check, or acceptable bid-
der’s bond made payable FARM HAND WANTED
without recourse to Mills Call 985-3544. 4-19-tfc
County, Texas in the -----------------------
amount of five percent of POSITION AVAILABLE -
the largest possible total for Someone to work in hospital
the bid submitted, must ac- lab and X-Ray departments,
company each bid as a Trained or registered person
guarantee that if awarded a preferred, but will consider
contract the bidder will ‘on the job’ training to right
| 2 used chest type Freezers-
. One Big Un- One Little Un.
Little one has new compres-
sor. Big Un runs like a
Deer, quiet as a Mouse,
looks like the Devil.
HEAD ELECTRIC
The Appliance People
Goldthwaite
3-19-tfc
1-8-tfc
promptly enter into the
contract and execute such
bonds as are required.
No bid may be withdrawn
for any reason for at least
thirty (30) days after the
scheduled closing time for
the receipt of bids.
Mills County, Texas, re-
serves the right to reject
any and all bids and to
waive any formality or ir-
person.
Apply at personnel office,
. Childress General Hospital,
Goldthwaite, Texas.
4-9-2tc
FOR SALE - Caliche Fill.
Will deliver in 20-yard
quantity at $8.00 per yard.
Also available in yard load -
you carry.
Henry Concrete Co.
Goldthwaite, Texas
Phone: 648-2279
_______________________4-10-tfc
WE BUY USED
APPLIANCES
HEAD ELECTRIC
THE APPLIANCE PEOPLE
Goldthwaite, 648-3133
3-5-tfc
FOR LEASE
By day, week, or month
Case 450 Dozer
Case 480 C Backhoe
Small Farm Tractor and
Equipment
WW II Articulated Loader
Kellner Equipment, Inc.
Hwy. 281, N., Lampasas
512/556-6207 or
512/556-6208
4-3-tfc
NEEDED — Welders -
have to pass 7018 hydrogen
test. Also need Iron
Workers, experienced.
Apply in person - No
phone calls. W. D. Henry
Welding, Hwy. 16, south of
Goldthwaite.
4-16-2tp
regularity in any bid ‘
received.
Wallace Johnson
County Judge
Mills County, Texas
_______________________4-9-2tc
I will not be responsible
for any debts other than my
own. Leonard Joe Griffin.
4-16-4tp
Finish College Three
Years Sooner...
by concentrating on
your career.
CENTRAL TEXAS
COMMERCIAL
COLLEGE
Building Business
Careers for 15 Years
Financial Aid Available
315 N. Center Brownwood
CALL COLLECT:
(915) 646-0521
W &W Service
1102 Fisher Street
Goldthwaite, Texas
Specialist in
Plumbing - Heating
Electric Service
Air Conditioning
Home Improvement
Darrell Wilson
915/648-3478
Ervin Wilson
915/648*3452
AUTOMOTIVE
FORD MOTOR CO.
Is the only previous
. owner of these cars
Granadas - Fairmonts
New 1980 Fiesta, $4800.00
New 1980 Granada, Power
and Air, $7,000.00
1976 Ford Ranger XLT, only
10,000 miles, P/S P/B,
8-ply tires, extra fuel tank,
loaded - you must see to
believe! $5700.00
You’ll not make a better
buy. Financing available.
Building behind the Post
Office - Brownwood, Texas
Ph: 643-1207, or 646-8401
2-19-10tp
FOR SALE - 1978 Bonne-
ville Pontiac, fully loaded
and full power. Excellent
condition. See at 1210 Sth
St., or call 648-3692 after
5:00 p.m.
3-19-tfc
FOR SALE - 1974 Chev.
Pickup, recently rebuilt
motor and transmission.
$1700.00, call after 6 p.m. -
915/966-3537. 4-16-1tc
FOR SALE - 1962 Falcon,
runs, will sell whole or
parts, 6-cyl., auto, trans.
Can 948-3348. 4-16-ltp
FOR SALE - 2 cutting
torches, 2 right angle
grinders, 4 bench grinders,
2 air hoses, extension cords;
2 propane bottles (5 & 25),
2 used lawn mowers, 2
tillers. A 1966 Chevy w/250
6-cyl. motor. One 8 x 18
portable bldg. Pickup tires
and wheels all kinds. Elec,
motors, V-pulleys, switch- .
boxes, and lots of good
merchandise. R.A. “Pat”
Parker, 904 Lee St.,
phone '648-2502. 4-9-2cp
We have DIEHARD BAT-
TERIES in stock for im-
mediate installation. Sears
Catalog Sales, 648-2423. ,
_________________10-9-tfc
COME SEE
Used Televisions
We Trade
HEAD ELECTRIC
The Appliance People
Goldthwaite
_____________________3-19-tfc
We now have a Huth Tail
Pipe Bender and can make
tail pipes and exhaust pipes
for any car, truck, or pickup
at a fraction of the cost of
factory pipes. We also have
mufflers in stock for all
makes and models. Com-
plete line of new tires and
batteries.' CAROTHERS
GULF, Fisher St., Goldth-
waite, 648-3225. 4-19-tfc
Padgett
Floral
ST AUGUSTINE
GRASS IN STOCK
• SPECIAL •
On Rose Bushes
$3.00
FTD Service
648-2612
PERSONAL —
Am sending in a little
news. The relatives of Mrs.
Daisy Laughlin, who ate
lunch and attended her
funeral were:
Buck Ford of Oklahoma
City; Mr. and Mrs. Mitch
Hoover of Pecos; Jim Ater
of Arlington; Gene Ater of
Odessa; Mr., and Mrs.
Dave Williamson of Willis;
Peggy Drake of Clovis,
N.M.; Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Ford and Luckie
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Spillers, all of Houston.
Also, Mr. & Mrs. Rob
Ravenhill of Marshall, MO.;
Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton Ford
of LaMarque; Faith Ford of
Dallas; Lorene Smithwick of
Stephenville; Wanetta Smith
of Seguin; Mr. and Mrs.
Junior Russel of Ft. Worth;
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Lee
of Ft. Worth; Mrs. Lillian
Kay of Hillsboro; Mr. and
Mrs. J.C. Trammel of
Pasadena.
Mrs. Joe Beth Kerr, Mrs.
FOR SALE - Dayton Wilma Bond, Mrs. Sylva
Brand 3/4 hp, 12 gal.. White, Clyde Ford, all of
mobile air compressor, Austin. Mrs. Dr. Buck Ford
of Waco; Mr. & Mrs. Pete
Specialty - $279.95.
HEAD ELECTRIC
THE APPLIANCE PEOPLE
Goldthwaite, 648-3133 <
________________________3-5-tfc
Small Flea Market
(Several Families)
Friday & Saturday, April 17
and 18, from 8 to 5 each
day. On Brownwood Hwy,
in front of Kirbo residence,
south of Mullin. Many
items, including 2 Dune
Cycles, pedal bike, 25-gal.
butane tank, doghouse,
children’s clothes, Antiques,
and much, much more.
4-16-ltp
Laughlin of Bowie visited
with his mother and
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Laughlin Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. Arvin Myers of Grand
Prairie.
Portraits-Weddings
Copies - Frames
Wicker Studio
WANTED TO BUY - 2 or 3
bedroom house with 1 or 2
baths, frame or brick.
Prefer carport and outbuild-
ing storage space. Contact
B. B. Geeslin at 948-3341,
or 646-4833 by 10 a.m. or
after 6:00 p.m.
North Parker Street
Goldthwaite, Texas
Phone: 915/648-2471
Open 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Monday thru Saturday
3-26-4tp
She married a fisherman
Woe is her lot -
His heart may be true
But his stories are not.
Card of Thanks
PICK-A-PAIR Words are inadequate to
Used Maytag Washer and express our sincere thanks
A 108 Model. and gratitude to the friends
and neighbors for their
expressions of sympathy
and kindness shown us in
the passing of our father,
Hobson Miller.
For every word, every
kind deed, for each desire
to help, for the contribu-
tions, beautiful flowers and
the delicious food, we are
deeply grateful. May God
bless each of you.
Featuring this week - Bed- The children of
room Suites, chests, sewing Hobson Miller 4-16-ltp
Dryer
THEY’RE NICE
Head Electric
The Appliance People
_______________________3-19-tfc
FOR SALE - Dachshund
Pups, $20 each. Call
938-5381 after 5:00 p.m.
4-16-ltc
We wish to express our
sincere appreciation for the
flowers, food, visits, memo-
rials, every prayer and act
of kindness and friendship
in our hour of sorrow in the
loss of our loved one. i
Marvin Laughlin
and family
4-16-ltp
Lindsay’s
TRADING POST
West Side of Square
I wish to thank my many
friends for their prayers,
cards and especially to the
Mills County State Bank
employees for the lovely
flowers and gifts, while I
machines, automatic clothes We wish to express our was a patient in the
washer, B/W portable TVs, sincere thanks to the many hospital.
antique dressers and chests, friends and neighbors who
and other antiques. offered help, prepared food,
•Buying ®Trading eSelling for the floral offerings, and Carl and I would like to
is our business. Come by especially your prayers thank all our friends and
and visit, or call 648-2487, during the illness and at the neighbors for their prayers,
or 985-3726 after hours, death of our loved one, cards, visits, help and calls
C.D. & LaVerne Lindsay Estha Lee Connor, while-Carl was a patient in
____________________4-2-5tP A special thanks to the the local hospital. We also
At Auldridge Building ladies of the Wesley appreciated the visits and
Center we replace screen Workers S.S. Class and Bro. prayers of our local pastors.
Wire replace window glass, Ben Welch of the Methodist and the care and kindness
cut and thread pipe, saw Church. of the doctors and hospital
lumber and plywood into In the most humble way, staff. All these wonderful
special lengths etc. we say, may God of Divine things made my stay seem
No job too small or too love watch over, keep and short and more pleasant,
big. See us for all your sustain you in just such May God bless each of
home repair and building hours as these you.
needs 5-26-tfc The family of C“l & Alyne Letbetter
needs.-----------22 Estha Lee Connor 4-16-1tp
FOR SALE - Sable and 4-16-ltp ------------------------
white English Collies. ----------------------We wish to express our
$60.00. Call 915-643-2389. The family of Arvel sincere thanks to the many
4-16-2tc Adams would like to thank friends and neighbors who
offered help, sent food and
flowers, and other acts' of
kindness shown at the
passing of our husband and
father, Ernest Chesser. In
the most humble way, we
say may God watch over,
keep and sustain you, in
hours such as these.
4-16-ltp
WE GOT U M
Used Washers - Plenty to
choose from. Used Dryers -
Plenty to choose from. Gas
& Electric.
Reconditioned - Ready
HEAD ELECTRIC
The Appliance People
3-19-tfc
all the wonderful friends,
neighbors and relatives for
the prayers, kind words,
flowers, cards and food
shared with us during the
loss of our loved one.
Betty Scrivner & family
Joy Hunt & family
4-16-1tp
A. L. Cagle
4-16-ltp
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