The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Page: 2 of 24
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Page 2 ■ Wednesday, May 7,2008 ■ The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
COW POKES
By Ace Reid
Then The Old Bird Was Younger
A Look Back Through The Files of The Goldthwaite Eagle
Compiled by Becky Gray
10 Years Ago
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 7,1998
Pictured on the front page of
dent of the Mills County His- - Bexar, Nacogdoches and
torical Survey Committee. Brazos. There were 21 munici-
Lt. Col. Allen Campbell has palities.
been assigned to Vietnam,
The Eagle, Eagle senior Bobby where he will be part of a group
_ 04/13/08
©) AcE KE
Deeds goes over the bar at the
Region II-AA meet last Satur-
day at Tarleton. He cleared
14’6” to win the event.
Goldthwaite High School se-
niors Tiffany Tiemann and
Brody Stacy, both pictured on
page 1 of The Eagle, were
named Miss and Mr. Goldth-
waite High School at the Awards
Assembly in the GHS gym.
of Military Advisors to the Viet-
namese Army. He will be lo-
cated at Saigon for a one-year
stay.
50 Years Ago
Old Bird Column
May 7,1998
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 8,1958
On 17 March 1836, Bastrop
County was created from
Bastrop Municipality and
Milam County from Milam Mu-
nicipality. Later several more
counties including Mills were
derived from Bastrop and
Milam.
house on Sims Creek, Phil
McCormick.
No 7: Big Valley, M V Now-
ell.
No 8: Rock Springs, J E
McGowan.
No 9: Regency, Sam Jones.
No 10: Buffalo School house,
H G Ratliff.
Judge Conner ordered an
election to be held on Tuesday,
“What do you mean pay some on my principle, I’m
doin’well to keep up my overdraft charges!”
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The graduating class of 1958 County. The number of settlers
The following winners in the selected Minister Charles J. Hill continued increasing and the
local school district and city as the Commencement Speaker Twentieth Texas Legislature
Between 1850 and 1860, August 30, 1887 in Mills
Texas population almost tripled. County and returns made to him
Some of the people established in Brownwood. He notified the
homes in present day Mills winning candidates to meet him
elections were announced:
for the Baccalaureate Service
David Schwartz, Ricky Stacy for the year, which will be held
and Keryn McMahan, all in- at 8 p.m.,May 18,1958. Hill is
cumbents, were reelected to the minister of the Church of Christ
Goldthwaite school board; of Goldthwaite, and is well
Thomas Burrus, Carl Greer known by the people. He is a
and Suzanne Prosise were all strong speaker of firm convic-
elected to three-year terms on tions, thus we look forward to a
the Mullin school board; sermon that all will enjoy, the
Larry Grelle,Ann Stegemol- article said.
ler and Angela Seider were all
elected to the Priddy school
board; and
Incumbents Ramona Flores
and Craig Smith were reelected
to Goldthwaite City Council,
Old Bird Column
May 12,1988
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 8,1958
L.B. Burnham, Mills County
along with newcomer Judy Bea- rancher, received the outstand-
vers.
15 Years Ago
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 6,1993
ing conservation farmer of the
District plaque from the Gold-
created Mills County on 15
March 1887 and provided for
Brown County Commissioners
Court to take steps toward or-
ganizing Mills County. The
same legislature named Brown
County Judge R P Conner to be
organizing officer.
On July 25, 1887, Brown
County Commissioners Court
met in a called session at
Brownwood. The court divided
Mills County into five Justices
Precincts and four Commission-
ers Precincts. The same court es-
tablished 10 voting places in
Mills County and designated ten
residents of this county to pre-
side over the upcoming election
on Monday September 12,1887
in Goldthwaite for the purpose
of qualifying and assuming the
duties of their respective offices.
That is the organization date of
Mills County. Officials who
took oath of office included: J
B Head, County Judge; G H
Dalton, Commissioner Precinct
1; D S Kelly Commissioner Pre-
cinct 3; S M Moore, Commis-
sioner Precinct 4; George W
Cunningham, Sheriff; Phil H
Clements, County Clerk.
thwaite Lions Club Tuesday of Mills County’s first officials.
night, April 27.
The new Thunderbird four-
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The ten voting places and
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year at the state level in Univer- Company in Goldthwaite. This No 2: Jon Ward’s house, AN
sity Interscholastic League is the new sport car put out by Perkins.
competition. A total of 16 stu- Ford Company, and according No.3: Center City, F M
dents will travel to Austin to to dealers, it is a very special car. Ragsdale.
compete. Priddy High School
Lady Pirates golf team: Christy
Seider, Janet Davidson, Jamie
DelBosque, Jackie DelBosque
and Misty Partin; and Priddy
doubles tennis teams: Janet
Davidson, Jamie DelBosque;
and Clint and Brian Davidson.
Star High School UIL aca-
60 Years Ago
Old Bird Column
May 12,1988
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 7,1948
Thomas F. Elliott, the oldest
pioneer in Mills County, cel-
ebrated his 85th birthday re-
No 4: Parson Priddy’s house.
A PKelly.
No 5: Goldthwaite, John
James.
No 6: Pleasant Grove School
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Darrell Adams, Noah Brown Pearl Carr, baked his birthday
and Michael Ozmun, odn cake with 85 candles on it, and
a Goldthwaite High School his nephew, Johnnie Elliott,
track team members: AnnHen- caught a 16-pound yellow cat
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“Boy, did we feast,” Mr.
Elliott said.
FILM
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20 Years Ago
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 5,1988
Several Mills County elec-
tions were slated for May 7, ac-
cording to an article on page 1
of this Eagle.
Two alderpersons and the
mayor were up for election in
the City of Mullin; three
alderpersons were up for elec-
tion in the City of Goldthwaite;
three school board positions in
the Star School District were up
for election; five men ran for
two positions on the Priddy
School Board; three men ran for
two positions on the Mullin
School Board; two positions
were up to be filled in the Gold-
thwaite School District; and the
director of Fox Crossing Water
District was up for election.
30 Years Ago
Old Bird Column
May 5,1988
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 4,1978
De Anna Henry will represent
District 10-A and Region II-A
in the high jump at the State
Track and Field Meet in Austin
on Saturday, May 6,1978. She
won the district and took sec-
ond at regional with a jump of
5’3”.
35 Years Ago
Old Bird Column
May 7,1998
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 10,1973
Only one word is needed to
describe the track season for the
Royal Ambassadors (RA’s) of
First Baptist Church of Goldth-
waite — “success.” The boys
won four trophies and hundreds
of ribbons in their three outings
this year.
45 Years Ago
Old Bird Column
May 7,1998
Taken from the Eagle
Files May 9,1963
“Every unmarked grave of a
Civil-War Veteran in Mills
County will be officially
marked and recorded,” accord-
ing to Mrs. Floyd Manuel, presi-
Interesting
Facts About
Mills County
by: Stella B Jaynes
Texas did not have counties
until 1836 when it began to cre-
ate them from old Spanish and
Mexican municipalities which
had been established in Texas
before 1836. The municipalities
were subdivisions of larger ar-
eas called departments.
By 1835 Texas, a Mexican
province, had three departments
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