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Page 2 - Wednesday, Nov. 15,2006 - The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
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10 Years Ago,
Taken from
the Eagles Files
of November 14,1996
Two Goldthwaite FFA mem-
bers will attend the 69th annual
National FFA Convention in
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hen The Old Bird Was Youneei
A Look Back Through The Files of The Goldthwaite Eagle
Compiled by Jennifer Chavez
Kansas City, MO November 13- Kory Wood.
16. Charlie Campbell will be Dr. Douglas Dennis of Gold-
awarded the American Farmer thwaite accepted a porcelain
Degree, the highest degree Eagle and a beautiful engraved
awarded by the National FFA plaque during special pre-game
Organization. Charlie is cur- ceremonies here last Friday
rently a sophomore majoring in night. Dr. Dennis was honored
Agricultural Economics at with the plaque from Goldth-
Texas A&M University. waite ISD for his 15 years of
Ann Henson will also be at- dedicated support, service and
tend as a member of the Na- help given to the students and
tional Convention Courtesy athletes of the local schools.
Corps. Her selection as a mem- The Priddy girls basketball
ber of the Texas delegation at team won 43-34 over
this year’s convention will in- Lingleville. Scoring for the
elude convention responsibili- Priddy girls were Melanie
ties in the broadcast booth for Seider, 20; Cindy Wiedebusch,
both closed circuit and satellite 13; Melissa Grelle, 2; and
television broadcast of the con- Bonnie Grelle, 8. Robin
vention sessions. Tiemann and Renee Moore both
The Junior Varsity Gold played good games.
Eagles team finished the season Pete Tiemann, of Priddy, dis-
4-3-1 . The Gold team finished plays the big buck that he killed
up the season winning the last on his ranch located
three games against district 5 1/2 miles East of Priddy. The
teams, Bangs and Mason twice, buck had a massive rack of 10
The Gold team played Mason points and field dressed a whop-
here on Thursday night, Novem- ping 152 pounds.
Munoz, Heath Nuckolls, Alan $0.59; Pie Shells $0.39; 2 pound
Palmer, David Pellman, Kerry box of Velveeta $1.39; Lettuce
Reed, Keri Reynolds, Elayne $0.39; T.V. Dinners $0.49;
Rush, Werner Sutherland, Ray Chuck Roast $0.69 a pound;
Sutherland, Bobby Sybert, four ounce can of Right Guard
Gene West, Jerry Whitson, Paul Deodorant $0.69
Wiedebusch, Joanna Witty and
40 Years Ago,
Old Bird Column
November 3,1966
A display ad stated:
Notice!
Effective Tuesday, November 8,
haircuts will be $1.25. This is
the first increase in the price of
haircuts in Goldthwaite since
1953.
50 Years Ago,
Old Bird Column
November 1,1956
The Goldthwaite Industrial
Committee and a representative
from the Texas Employment
Commission are in the process
of making a labor survey of
Goldthwaite, Mills County and
the surrounding area to be pre-
sented to an eastern firm who
is interested in locating a fac-
tory in the
southwest.
meeting at the Priddy School
on Monday night. Benefit of the
community is the purpose of the
club. About 30 men who at-
tended the meeting elected
Walter J. Marwitz for president.
Other officers are Rev. A.H.
Muehlbrad, first vice chairman;
Tom Frank Priddy, second vice
chairman; and Emory
Muehlbrad, secretary/ treasurer.
70 Years Ago,
Taken from Eagle Files
of November 6,1936 ,
ROOSEVELT LANDSLIDE
SWEEPS THE NATION!
Incomplete returns in Mills
County show that President
Roosevelt, as was expected, re-
ceived a handsome majority in
the election Tuesday. Not since
the first administration of
George Washington has such an
overwhelming vote of confi-
dence been given to an Ameri-
can president. Maine and Ver-
mont were the only two states
of the 48 in the union to be car-
ried by the Republicans in the
national election Tuesday.
Con
Tex
ber 7th. We started out a little
slow the first half with a score
of 0-0. The second half we fi-
nally got untracked and scored
22 points:
Billy Deeds scored first from
20 yards out. Deeds connected
30 Years Ago,
Old Bird Column
November 11,1976
Friday night the hometown
birds took Cross Plains for a 25-
13 win for the final district
game of the ‘76 season. The first
with Greg Sanders for the extra six pointer of the game came in
point. Deeds again passed to
Sanders for the touchdown. The
extra point failed. Brit Berry
scored the third touchdown and
also the extra point. We had sev-
eral good runs by Jeremy Hale,
Brit Berry, Rocky Miller, Corey
Miles and quarterback Billy
Deeds. Kevin Wiedebusch and
Brandon McConnell played
well. Offensive players were
Dusty Duncan, John Henson,
the second quarter by Tim
Spradley who took the pigskin
for a total of 20 yards around
the left end.
30 Years Ago,
Taken from the
Eagle Files of
November 11,1976
Pictured on page one of the
Eagle, after concluding their ‘76
football season with a 25-13
win over Cross Plains, the
Michael Gillis and Robbie Eagles carried Head Coach
Hurst. These boys played hard Smokey Brister off the Eagle
all year and I was very proud of field.
the progress of the team. Phil Hickman quarterback
Seven bandsmen from the for the Mullin Bulldogs, takes
Goldthwaite Junior High Band the pigskin for additional yard-
were selected to fill the 1996 All age in last Thursday’s game, un-
District band at recent competi- til he was pulled down by Star
tion held at Dublin. Chosen Tiger Carl Hurst. Mullin raced
. were Desiree McCulloch, Jason for a 69-22 win over the Tigers.
Covault, Ryan Kramer, Tamara Pictured on page five of the
Hale, Alicia Johnson, Ben Eagle is Ray Owens, 4-H Club
Darter, and Danny Tollett. Jim member from Star, exhibited
Microvich is the director of the the third place heavyweight
band for the Goldthwaite crossbred steer in the Texas'
schools. State Fair in October. The cross-
The Goldthwaite 3rd-4th bred steer weighed 1225 pounds
grade 4-H Club met on Monday, on show day. The steer was pur-
October 28, after school at the
Civic Center. Club members are
trying to learn parliamentary
procedures. Tina McFarland
presented the program. Mem-
bers, 29 in all, made sack Jack-
o-lanterns. The sacks were
stuffed, painted, individually
decorated and then raffia was
added to the tops. The raffia was
donated by Schusters of Texas.
It was really fun!
20 Years Ago,
Taken from
the Eagle Files
of November 13,1986
Goldthwaite Elementary’s
fourth grade students performed
a musical program last week,
“Up With People” a presenta-
tion of America’s songs, music
and history. They were dressed
in costumes to depict the era of
America’s heritage for which
they were representing. The pre-
sentation was written and di-
rected by Mrs. Betty Smith and
Mrs. Charlotte Wetzel, fourth
grade teachers. Mrs. Anna Gene
Moreland, Elementary Public
School music teacher, accompa-
nied the group on piano. Mrs.
Brenda Rose, Development
Center teacher, assisted the
group and directed the lighting.
Elementary students participat-
ing in the “Up With People” pre-
sentation were: Maricela
Aguirre, Nazario Aguirre, Jus-
tin Baird, Luis Barrera, Cari
Barrett, Keith Cockrum, Dianna
Covey, Marianne Gilbert, Rob-
ert Higginbotham, Dusty
Horton, Josh Hudspeth, Damon
Hunt, Cordelia Kendrick, Travis
King, Candy Kitchens, Anabel
Lara, Amanda Lewis, Johnny
Locke, Shonna McGinn, Nancy
Miller, Christy Morrow, Concha
chased from Colonel Vance
Cornelius, of Goldthwaite.
Thanks, Colonel!
Prices on a few different
items: Cool Whip topping
J. Hobert Priddy, supervisor
of zone three of the Brown-
Mills Soil Conservation District
for the past fifteen years, was
honored by members of the
Goldthwaite Lions Club at their
last meeting.
55 Years Ago,
Old Bird Column
November 2,1951
Climaxing a highly success-
ful Halloween Carnival, Miss
Jean Ann Evans was enthroned
All but the first of the six
amendments to the state consti-
tution appear to have carried.
The one to lose was the liquor
amendment which would have
given the state the monopoly of
selling alcoholic liquors.
Mills County was gripped in
the icy claws of a norther this
week which broke previous
records for this time of year.
Freezing temperatures pre-
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of the Freshman class, was at- waite by three o’clock any af-
tended by Ray Campbell ternoon now will be delivered
Hudson, Martha Jane Schunke in the New York of San Fran-
and Penn Barnett, cisco the next morning, if it car-.
W.R. “Bill” Ship of Priddy ries a six cents postage, en-
said this week that so far he has abling it to go air mail. The
ginned a few more than 500 faster service is the result of a
bales of cotton at his Priddy gin. new schedule established this
A new organization to be week by the Creamer Stage
known as, the Priddy Commu- Lines, which will bring most of
nity Club was established at a the country within 24 hours of
Goldthwaite. !
Mills County’s
Courthouse Offices
will be closed
Thursday and Friday,
November 23 & 24
in observance of
Thanksgiving
Central Texas Weekend
Weather Forecas
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Thursday & Thursday Night
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest
in the afternoon. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Friday and Friday Night
Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s. Lows around 40.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
Saturday Night through Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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