The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 61 YEARS, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1950 Page: 1 of 12
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Serving Dublin and Surrounding Community Sine* 1888—Advocating City and Community Interest
DUBLIN TEXAS, FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1050
Number 44
Whiskered Wlanrda In Exhibition Basketball Came Here
A meeting wu held of the Dablln
VTA Chapter Tuesday and (he date
of Saturday. February XI tu set
for their Livestock and Poultry
Show ThU la the annual FFA
ahow that haa been wry successful
over the paat few yearn
The date waa later this year than
ordttuirtly aa die a took *>a not quite
In condition for showing until thla
time. The rule* and classes will be
announced In The Frogree* In a
later Issue, Mates V. A Underwood,
local agricultural teacher
Mrs Stanley of Holbrook Aria Is
visiting In the home of her mother,
Mrs W V Held and Mra gillie
Richards.
since that tune. 638, of (his amount
was given by the Dublin KnUtry
Club. The drive wlii continue
through January gist.
Containers iiave been put up over
town so that anyone who wishes U*
coutrihute may drop their donation
in these. Audrey ShiUihgburg la in
charge of this. Other commlttae
members are Chaimiai), Ur. J. J-
Pate, W U. Haley and Praucia Par-
ry. Mr. Haley stales that a cam-
paign for lunds will be conducted la
! the schools.
The slogan for Erath County in
I the current drive is "Help the help-
less' Join the March ol Dimes."
The Ouuniy quota has been set
j at $7,000,
In 1Mb alone 2.35a persoua In
Texas were stricken with this dread
, disease. Many were left crippled
[ and now get about in wheel chairs
or crutches, some are still bed-rld-
| den and a few were cured. A tre-
mendous mjqi of money is needed
to care Jor these patients. Your
| help is badly needed hr securing
the lunds to meet these expensae
and lor addiliotral monies lor ex-
tensive research
Dublin lias had numerous cases
and several deaths from polio
| during the past two years Tills dis-
ease l* no respector of persons; It
may strike anyone at any time.
I (live now so that these patients may
] receive the help they need.
Muss El 1/41 belli Me Junk in ol tills
cltv. will receive her degree from
NThc in Denton at the mid-term
graduation excertaes fo the school.
$2 ISM TOT A L \ MOL XT ( ()LLE( TED
TOR QOODEE FLOWS
Ooudfellow* organisation that took: The Oxtldkeu operate on
tare of a group of per*.mi at ( hrtsl- j jjyr, :y voluntary basis and there
mas time », submitted by the r*w-
nut lee chairman, Joe llrrau-rvon
Twenty two 1 amilie acre taken
-are nf by this organUalton Rep-
frarn’.rd in dua group were about
*7 uiuiil h.ldwti wbo» < liriatmas
• at made brighter by the sell tilled
boaes Ifc.xre were aasorlrd n to
the ilar id live lamb) and ages
rtvey n.italated of fond, wearing ap-
•»rei (runs, nuts and tor* tor the
r.l.ildren A total of tJDOe was
itaiateO to this cause ara! the mon-
ey an •-,«riit as follow* among tiw
merchant* Onwerto* • 11i 30. dry
i -«U t*i M. toys M U In addition
to the money aprnl tor various
Items the following people and. ur-
ea, Date in donated feric-'r.»l> ot
• arbax, types of merchandise Rt>-
10 ban (Tub. Toys Amr■ k an Legion.
m Uni »rwl tood A 8 of ttai-tut
church, food. 8 R of Mrthodlat
-:,urch. !<»•!; WgglnboC am How
1^,1 stud cm c.-thing. While Auto toys
r»j Alton Dana, bread, (Hr! Mrouts,
ygt toys. Fird Martin merchandise
Vcstta. meTTiiaftdlse Wafer* iwr-
c|H rhandtM ITt* Oandteltow* want to
v. rt.ieesas (heir gfgkrSglSf i to each
Indlekhaal thai helped m the drl-
l<w terry of (lie botes and for earn per-
tf, sect eg firm thal helped carry rail
„ thts crawl week fa mat.r lielred
I*. and donated and a grew! many
sn, Inggjesl k«w change In the Urs
,,4 (hat were located In (own Kb err
W P Hallmark Attends
Brazos River Board
Meeting
W P Hallmark wan Iji Mineral
Wrlla M»»m2ay tn a't«»nfl a quartff-
ly n\r*4\ug of the Hra/.oH ftltfr1
Kivlamat »i*n Bo*p1 whrrv many
lirma *<f Important hu*!n« *• w»*rr
Uj» f'»r dlapztaal Two i»ro)*rt8 Iti-
vnlvinif tho fNinatruction <*f damo
thr llraxon Hiv«w n«»ar
Minimi Wrtl* f»rvt another a' I>r
('<ird«v* Viottd. near (Iranbury
• rrv tak«Mi up for rll»ru**i<>n
) I Alim ark m (MH*r«*tary •>( th«'
SoaiM and box Brrvrwi in that rapa
• if» for a niifiilfft1 nf Hun
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ku CUifga** Tfcs* w a r«s* Mi .was pi swkerwee m «t»wtr. < Vwsnty i
j aswi an* that agasagM w*«* w*v*r. «#’ am sens to • total of |
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ke sees * • U a SV to Awe rr.*i.ed oat to akrssS twsr rswtolf.1
TVkis wanes tt a «orp4as to 'be in•,
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yes ia fbeylbse.sttto Os Cfc# sa —
tbanr «f (torts d r If D' f r
MR QROVER JORDAN
KILLED IN CAR
ACCIDENT
Wutdi H lle* 1* onr of the pw
Ur (iilldrvn for thr 1*M» Mmrch
of iHmrs Campaun. Shr will
lour «nrn rlUrt In thr drive In
appraj for fund*, for thb orfanl-
MUun
Polio Drive Is Subject
at Rotary Meeting
Mr. F. M. Christian
Laid To Rest
Funeral arrvtres for Mi Francis
Marion Christian were held Sunday.
Jan. 15th in the Harrell Funeral
Home with Hev Murray Kay offic-
iating Mr Christian is an old-
time resident of this section and a$
the time of 1,1s death, was making
hl» home in the Highland Comma-
Ity. He was born March SI. IMS
and imssed away Jan. 14, i860, be-
ing 88 years of age
He leaves two sons, Rufus Olifli
tian of Clalrette and B. D. ChrttO-
tan of Highland.
Interment was In the I-lngleTfllB
West End Cemetery with the Har-
rell Funeral Home In charge of all
arrangements
Re rival Meeting In
Progress A t
Pentecostal Church
NEW OFFICERS
ELECTED BY C of C
15 The Dublin C of C elected new
** I officers for 1850 at a meeting Tues-
** I day night at the Legion Hall
| Fred Fletcher was elected President
*°! C K leather wood vlee-prealdent.
j and Joe HeV‘. treasurer
“ The new directors elected are
■ i Fred Fletcher, Dick Harbin, Robert
Crouch. Joe Reid, T C Oranbury
I and U M McCarty
There are fifteen directors In all
1 including the officer*. Five direc-
tor* are elected each year, but this
year six had to be elected became
of the realgnalkm of Earl B Moore
I TV holdover nine director* ant
Audrey RhUUngburg. Psge Harrell,
lee White. D E Allison. Rich Cow-
an. Calvin Haxlewood C. E leath-
erwood. Oeo Nkeen and Joe Hend-
^■Sr:.r. t: Show Changed To F
toaeary (feat •* to <*t tfva rw ,
•mS to arttor we« to to a« ftotoiiA Day at tie Fl W trAh »
'»(**» aegrb Ml* 181* ;«*.»••; a**4 Fat fltowk RltoW has
■Arses brfto* tl m toifgwsrt been rbeOsast flwsa February la* to
«e WbmiM tee Anuf F« 8 Frxgat Febr-asey knl TbM <h*«F
haa INto 6WB»i—iMg l-,a« • waa* •Non H ,m Wined that
We mh*4 Antia,g fns mu- the date tue* art waiM tse-Uwt with
A tea Antlars 1S astort to An the ttosbali b^gurt her* P*ui
to toSfbf to As lAtU rn, » Bksto-Xto, eg! ef the C *4 C stafeg
K* tM* year . that twSesi her thr cent mUi g* (At
^«|>. Mb Mtowtey They stli to- H each.
I 18 tMMto he,, been ..uh The Uuhto, Wand WU1 t*w-«H a
> '--Tirrrttirf of the tel*a>- vtoewrt In frr*»» at the Wdl Rogers
■■» rdf Itotyer Itoo lUg.n tbwtoi CVUmsm aAA «tll be
Mg Ubw, he a tmm tot Mr ***** mb keiA Ihr twfuenm Mr*
srtMl an* «*Im» gtofer bw thr ** *A» fcrwdlry wilt repewtont Duh-
«g a bW «—s»niiTr- • .o fa* • -to *e IN* 'Ctoegiri Aveethean.
, Mtor be.«*g be*B ta (Tw ttoe NuoAered urbeto hare toast
* Iff r Mght frtga aa to*** h* Mu* pfrgtsu* It I* hap-
bfkr inlbfl Mat n Far- «> that a large number frrmt Mb-
Blbtsa* g torauee Hen Ihr- (HU attend
FIRST SOOITT POW WOW
IN DE LEON TONIGHT
The first meeting for the aoout-
ln« program was held Monday night
A training film was shown from
« so to 7 30 p m. for the explorer
Scouting group. Coy Roden, scotit-
mester, states. Then from 7:JO tn
R 30 p m a color film was shown
which was made at the summer
camp. BiUv Gibbons. These films
were very helpful tn showing the
boys who were not privileged to
attend summer camp what scoot-
ing really mean*.
Under the 1850 program, W. T.
Morris has taken over the leader-
ship of the cub scouting group and
Dr. H A Pott* will to the scout
master for troop JO, Joe Parry wfll
be the Explorer group advisor and
Mr. Roden will continue as eo-or»
dlnator between the three group*
The first pow-wyyw of the year wfB
be held in DeLeon Friday etenhw
January JO. It la requested that BA
many troop oonunltteemen and
scout leaden as poedbly can; attsod
this program itataa, Mr. Roden.
A large crowd was In attendance
for this meeting, there being about
one hundred preeent The retiring
president, Oblvln Haxlewood. waa
given a big hand for the fine wort
that he has done during hie term
of office.
A complete explanation of the
Dublin huualng project waa given
by Mr. Bentley of Dallas, who wa*
present Every phase and operation
of iht project waa explained tn de-
tail.
The Dublin housing project
money for this project la expected
to be appropriated In the next 10
day*, said Mr. Bentley When ask-
ed when he expected actual con-
struction of the M unite to start, ha
estimated that It would to the first
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Production Credit Holds State
Meeting In Houston Jan. 2324,25
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Perry, Francis E. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 61 YEARS, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1950, newspaper, January 20, 1950; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth532517/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.