The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1991 Page: 3 of 12
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Letter To The
Editor —
The Goldthwaite Eagle
Goldthwaite, Texas 76844
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Holiday
Dear Sir:
Recently your paper published
‘ - information regarding an award
for beautification that was given
. , to the local Texas Department of
Highways and Public Transpor-
" tation.
What I would like to know is
what they have been doing to
. make our highways more beauti-
ful? Unfortunately, I have seen
none of their “good work.”
The roads in my area, along
2 FM1047, are unkept and need
mowing badly. They have not
been mowed once this whole
year. In places the weeds are
taller than my car. With such a
large deer population on this
road, an accident is a certainty if
' they jump in front of your car
, ’ since the visibility is near zero
because of such high grass and
weeds on the highway right-of-
way.
Last week the state sent out
mowers, but the tall grasses and
(r weeds weren’t mowed. In fact,
the mowing performed was on
either side of the bridges and
c; driveways. The hazard is still
/ there and the road looks like
,r someone went to sleep on the
be tractors and skipped most of the
. right-of-way.
Along US 84, things are not
ne much better. If the right-of-way
le gets mowed, the land owners
must do it. A few frees were
planted last year, but 85% of
them have died. There are very
bi few wildflowers such as blue-
bonnets and paint brush found in
, No Mills County. I could understand
not mowing them, but weeds?
ge I do a lot of traveling
a. throughout the state during which
time I probably follow 30,000 or
- more miles of Texas roadways
each year. I regret to say that
the roads in Mills County are
among the most unkept.
A The road and bridge tax on
: vehicle registration in Mills
* : County will increase from $5.00 to
t $10.00 next year. I wonder where
- the current money is being used.
- It certainly isn’t on our roads or
E bridges. Perhaps they need to
: fund the pay raises that our state
" officials voted for themselves.
5 Sincerely,
- Mildred L. Henry
By: Danny Long, County Agent
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Oak Wilt: This article is
devoted completely to the topic of
Oak Wilt and while a complete
explanation of the disease is not
possible in a single article, we
will attempt to provide general
information and considerations.
Oak Wilt is a disease caused
by the fungus, Ceratocystis
fagacearum. It is a vascular wilt
and has been shown to infect
both the red and live oaks. The
Oak Wilt fungus is similar to the
fungus that causes Dutch Elm
Disease of elms. It was first
identified in 1941 as a disease of
oaks in Wisconsin. It is now
know to infect oaks in a large
area of Texas and a number of
other states.
The first step to controlling any
disease is a quick accurate
diagnosis. Oak Wilt infected live
oak trees have distinct symptoms
which can be used to identify the
disease in the field. Leaf
symptoms are less diagnostic on
Spanish, Shumrad and Blackjack
oaks.
Infected live oak trees will have
a general yellow appearance to
the foliage. The most character-
istic leaf symptom is when the
veins become brown and the area
between the veins is light green
or greenish yellow. Leaves de-
foliate soon after sympton deve-
lopment. When this symptom is
present, there is little chance that
G’waite Schools
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Room Menues
Dr. Raymond W. Stepp
Optometrist
406 N. Austin, Box 543
Comanche, TX 76442
Phone 915/356-3266 356-5246
Treadway
Hearing Aid
Center
will hold its regular
workshop on
Wed., Nov. 6,1991
from 9:30-12 Noon
SANDWICH LUNCH MENUS AT
ELEMENTARY CAMPUS ONLY
Thursday and Friday, October
31 and November 1: Peanutbutter
and Jelly or Salami sandwich,
chips, carrot sticks, fruit.
Week of November 4 thru
November 8: Bologna or Cheese
sandwich, chips, celery sticks,
fruit.
BREAKFAST AND HOT LUNCH
MENUS AT BOTH CAMPUSES
Thursday, October 31
Breakfast: Pancakes, Juice, Milk
Lunch: Pizza Burger, French
Fries, Fruit, Cookies.
Friday, November 1
Breakfast: Honey Buns, Juice,
Milk
Lunch: Chicken Fried Steak,
Green Beans, Sliced Potatoes,
Fruit, Roll, Cake.
Monday, November 4
Breakfast: Cereal, Roll, Juice,
Milk.
Lunch: Sausage Wrap, Potato
Salad, Pinto Beans, Fruit, Corn-
bread
Tuesday, November 5
Breakfast: Cream of Wheat,
Juice, Milk
Lunch: Lasagna, Salad, Corn,
Fruit, Roll
Wednesday, November 6
Breakfast: Cinnamon Toast,
Juice, Milk
Lunch: Tuna and Noodles,
Glazed Carrots, Fried Squash,
Fruit, Rolls
Thursday, November 7
Breakfast: Sausage and Biscuits,
Juice, Milk
Lunch: Sloppy Joes, French
Fries, Pickle Spears, Fruit
the problem can be anything
except oak wilt.
Trees become infected by either
the movement of the fungus from
tree to tree through root grafts or
common root systems or by the
sap feeding beetles. Once intro-
duced into a susceptible oak, the
fungus moves rapidly within the
current season’s xylem by hyphal
growth or by production of fungal
spores. The spores are carried in
the transpiration steam. When
symptoms are observed the tree
will be completely colonized and
the fungus can be isolated from
trunks, limbs and branches.
The oak wilt fungus causes
blockages in the xylem. Two to
five days before permanent
wilting, plugs are observed in the
current season’s vessels and
50-70% of the vessels in trunk
cross sections are normally found
to be plugged.
Mats are specialized fungal
structures formed on the woodigas
beneath the bark of shumrad,
Spanish and Blackjack oaks.
Sticky spores are formed on the
surface of the mat. Beetles are
attracted to the mats by their
odor. Sproes become attached to
the bodies of the beetles and are
carried to nearby trees. They
have been observed on diseased
Shumrad, Spanish and Blackjack
oaks during March, April, May
and early June and again in
October, November, and Decem-
ber.
Beetles are responsible for the
spread of the wilt fungus in many
cases and these beetles are
commonly most active during
March, April, May and early
June.
Oak Wilk management involves
an eight step program including
the following considerations: ;
1. Proper and quick identifica-
tion of the disease is the first
step.
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2. Creating a buffer zone
between infected trees and
disease free trees.
3. Sanitation practices including
dead and diseased tree removal.
4. Pruning practices should be
timed to prevent spread of the
disease.
5. Use wound paints on
pruning cuts to provide a
portective barrier.
6. Wood cut from diseased
- trees on which mats have formed
can spread the fungus. Wood
from diseased Spanish, Shumrad
and Blackjack oaks should be
used with caution. Diseased
firewood of the species listed
above has accounted for fungus
spread to areas that are several
miles from recognized oak wilt
centers. This is not to say that
we must fear firewood, but there
are considerations to make when,
using diseased Spanish, Shumrad
and Blackjack oak wood.
7. Trees within the buffer zone,
in a dieseased area or near an
oak wilk center can be injected
with the systemic fungicide Alamo
to prevent tree loss. Diseased
trees can also be injected as a
therapeutic treatment. This treat-
ment must be applied before
symptoms are observed on more
than 30% of the tree’s canopy.
8. Replanting of trees in Oak
Wilt problem areas needs consi-
deration. Select trees accordingly.
Oak Wilt continues to be a
serious problem in much of
Texas. While it is not likely that
we will eliminate the problem in
the near future, there are
measures which can be taken to
reduce chances of infection and
spread.
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McMahan Pharmacy
Services, Inc.
Mike McMahan, R.Ph.
1107 Fisher St. - Goldthwaite
915/648-2484 — FAX 915/648-3417
Down Memory Lane
By: Voyd Lee Doggett
Football - Anybody who was at
Eagle Field last Friday night and
didn’t get their “money’s worth”
didn’t go to see a football game.
As usual this “Ole Guzzard” was
at the wrong place at the right
time or at the right place at the
wrong time. While most of the
action was taking place the "ole"
man was in 1 the concession
stand. I rushed out when the
yelling started (I didn’t rush as
fast as I used to). I see this “ole
man” standing alone where the
“Railbirds” stand all during the
game. I go up to him and say,
“What happened?”
He looked like an older version
of T. Auldridge and that’s old.
He had on a big hat that looked
like it had been run through a
Maytag hand wringer. In fact he
looked like he had been run
through the wringer himself. He
had on a faded, patched, blue
chambray shirt and overalls which
were stuffed into a pair of
run-over boots. I shook hands,
and then told him my name. I
didn’t hear his and again I asked
him what happened.
He says, I was traveling
through town and saw all these
lights and asked somebody what
was going on. They say a football
game. Now I ain’t never saw that
game so when I walked in one of
the boys in white had the ball.
They say it was a pigskin. He
was running West. All them in
black was chasing him. Then a
tall, slim boy in black grabs the
pigskin and he heads East. Four
or five men looked like they had
seen in all my born days.
Someone said something to me
and when I looked back the old
man was hobbling out the front
gate. I say, “Where you going
old timer?" He says, “I’m going
back to the wagon yard. These
boots are killing me.”
broke out of prison, wearing
striped prison shirts. But they
didn’t have guns. They had
whistles.”
I looked around for the “hog Lee D. -Good Day!
law.” Somebody says how do you And that s the truth,
like that sheriff. The big man
with a badge and pistol says, I
like it.” So I guessed he wern’t
going to do anything about all
the fuss. Well, the boys in white
were about to catch ole slim.
Then here comes little shorty. So
he grabs the pigskin from slim
and he can run a hole in the
wind. Shorty runs on East across
a line and somebody yells
touchdown so Shorty touches the
pigskin down on the ground.
“Then the people on the south
side got as quite as a mouse and
the north side people go wild.
Five or six gals were doing cart
wheels and flips and a big old
Eagle was hopping around trying
to fly. Beats anything I’ve ever
Pre-Need Service Plans
Monuments of All Kinds
STACY-
WILKINS
Funeral Home
915/648-2255
Ricky Stacy
Tommy M. ADAMS
LOCAL AND NEIGHBORING EMS CHARGES
Attorney at Law
General Practice
Mills County Courthouse
Phone (915) 648-3024
at the
New Location:
The Golden Door
Next to the Senior Center
Old Priddy Road
Goldthwaite, Texas
• Free Hearing Test
• Cleaning and service
of most aids
• Battery sales
Licensed by the
State of Texas
I want to take this means of
expressing my sincere thanks to
may dear neighbors and friends
for all their kindnesses during my
short stay in Brownwood Regional
Hospital last week Monday and
Tuesday. I want to especially
thank Brother Doug Holtzclaw for
being there before I went into
surgery. His prayers made my
surgery much easier. Also, thanks
to the churches in the com-
munities for Sending cards.
May God bless each of you in
a special way.
Brownwood
(Private)
Lampasas
(County)
Hamilton
(Hospital)
Base Rate (Basic) (Advanced) (MICU) Mileage
Additional Charges
$100.00 $150.00
$145.00 $195.00
$200.00
$275.00
$150.00 3.00 per mi. Supplies Extra
$195.00 3.00 per mi. Includes EKG,
drugs and supplies
are extra
No MICU
Available
3.50 basic Supplies Extra
5.00 advanced
Ola Howell
10-31-1tc
Comanche
(Hospital)
$150.00
No Advanced/MICU
Available
3.00 per mi.
Supplies Extra
San Saba
(Volunteer)
$60.00
No Advanced/MICU
Available
1.50 per mi. No Charge for
Supplies
BRIDES REGISTERED:
Deborah Thompson, bride-elect of Trent Turner
Shana Headrick, bride-elect of Brannon Hamblen
Cly Gift Shupue
Mills Co.
(County)
$125.00
$145.00
$145.00 3.00 per mi.
Supplies Extra
Description of Level of Service:
BASIC: Oxygen, Bandaging/Splinting,CPR, Oral Poisoning and Diabetic Remedies
ADVANCED: All Above Plus I.V.’s and Advanced Airway Techniques
MICU: All Above Plus EKG, Defibrillation and Emergency Drugs
Pd. for by Mills Co. Ambulance
648-2415
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