The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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The Only Newspaper
In The World That
Gives A Hoot
About Dublin
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VOLUME 78—NUMBER 28
DUBLIN, TEXAS 7GU6, THURS., NOV. >4, 1966
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Community Chest Fund Inches
Forward Toward Half Way Mark
Community Chest funds re-
ceived to date now total $2,-
420 89, reports Everett High-
tower, president of the 1 o cal
Community Chest. Funds are
coming in from the rural com-
munities at an accelerated rate
now that most of the peanuts
have been harvested, he said.
Money is also coming in
from workers in the city of
Dublin at a faster clip now, he
said, but many of the workers
have not contacted their pros-
pects. This should be done as
soon as possible, he urged, so
that claims of the fourt e e n
agencies included in chest funds
may be paid off in full.
President Hightower pointed
out that many of the fourteen
agencies reserve the right to
make separate drives on their
own initiative unless they re-
ceive at least 85 percent of
the amount alloted to them by
Community Chest.
Workers who have not made
their contacts are urged to do so
as soon as possible, he said.
Total budget for Dublin and
surrounding communities is
$4,950.
J. T. Higginbotham Dies InDallss
Services for former Dublin
! native John T. Higginbotham,
j whose name was synonymous
j with the dry goods business in
! Texas, were held Monday at
Cub Scouts
Psck Meeting
ters, Miss Rosa Nell Higgin-j
botham, Mrs. C. Edward Ack-j
er and Mrs. Stewart Campbell The Cub Scouts of Dublin
of Dallas; a brother, R. W. will hold their first Pack meet-
Higginbotham.r. of Dallas; ing Mortday night, November 28
4:00 pm. in the Highland Pre-jtwo sisters, Mrs. Robert H. at 7:30 p.m. at the First Metb-
byterian Church in Dallas. Mr. Stewart of Dallas and M rs. odist Church.
Higginbotham was 66 years old I George Nalle of Austin, and Mrs. L .E Malone and Den
and died Sunday. five grandchildren. j I are in charge of the program.
Higginbotham was chairman _ , , . «. V ...
tss r-JK Exhibition of Primitive Art in
firm, and was president of Hig-
ginbotham - Pearlstone Hard-
ware Co, and Higginbotham
Bros. Co., which operated
general stores, lumber yards
and and an implement compa-
ny. He was also a director of
the First National Bank in Dal-
las, Dallas Power Light Co.,
Brenham Cotton Co., De Leon
Peanut Co. and Higginbotham
Bartlett Lumber Co.
A native of Erath County, the
deceased moved to Dallas in
1914, when Higginbotham - Hail-
ey was established. He was the
son of Rufus T. Higginbotham.
Survivors include his wife;
a son, John T. Higginbotham
Jr., of Dallas; three daugh-
LET US ALL BE THANKFUL-On this Blessed 'Thanksgiving Day. As
we gather around the holiday table with our families and friends, let us pause
to remember our boys in Viet Nam. Acknowledge the source of all prosperity,
our Almighty Creator and may He continue to Bless Our Homes and Country!
Give Thanks Everyday!
Carter Cook, director of the Dublin High School
Band shows the trophey they received in winning
first place at the TSC Homecoming parade.
Dublin Band Brings Home 1st Class
Trophy In TSC Homecoming Parade
The Dublin High School
Band, under the direction of
Carter Cook, has completed the
most successful marching sea-
son in the history of the school.
Following an outstanding se-
ries of halftime performances
this season, the local band en-
tered competition at the Tarle-
ton State College homecoming
parade. The Dublin Band was
judged first in their class and
returned home with the winner’s
trophy.
After football season, the
band prepared themselves for
the Region VII University Inter-
scholastic League Marching
Contest,. The competition took
place in Brady on November 15.
At these contests, the bands
are rated by a panel of three
judges. Bands are judged at
these contests by a set of
standards rather than in com-
petition with each other. The
entrants are judged on a scale
of I to V, division I being the
top and so on to division V,
the poorest rating. The local
band was rated division IL
Band Director Cook said that
he felt that one or two acciden-
tal errors in the band’s per-
formance kept the band from
the coveted division I rating.
Other area band’s ratings
are: Stephenville HI, Coman-
che II, Cisco II, Eastland n,
Albany I, De Leon HI, and
Ranger I.
The local band’s next pub-
lic appearance will be the an-
nual Christmas Concert, follow-
ed by the Stock Show parade in
January in Fort Worth before
the television cameras.
Dublin To Observe
Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving holiday
will be observed in Dublin by
businesses, schools and public
services, W. D. Raley, Cham-
ber of Commerce manager, an-
nounces, as one of the legal hol-
idays voted on by the C of
C and the local merchants.
Th irsday and Friday will he
school holidays, and re p or t
cards will go ou t Dec.l in-
stead of Thursday, according to
Vernon Gibson, high school
principal.
The Post Office will be
closed Thursday, Postmaster
Bill Cowan states. There will
be normal service on incoming
and outgoing mail dispatches,
but no delivery service within
the city or on rural routes, and
no desk service on ’Thanksgiv-
ing.
Little 'IT
★ FIRST CONGREGATIONAL BAKE SALE
A Bake Sale will be held November 22 in
Courtney’s Store, sponsored by First Cbng.
Methodist Church.
★ WMS HOLDS BAKE SALE
The WMS of the Highland Ave. Cong. Meth-
. odist Church will hold a Bake Sale November
28 hr Henderson’s Super Market.
★ J)HS SENIORS TO GET TOGETHER
The 1963 DHS graduates will meet November
26, 4 to 8 p.m. in the Dublin lunch room.
★ THANKSGIVING SERVICES at HIGHLAND
-----Thanksgiving * services* will be held all-day
Thursday, November 24 at the Highland Bap-
----fifitCHilreh.............
L’Ville Vo. Aq. Boys
Compote Fn District
the Lingleville Chapter, James
These four FFA boys from
Lingleville Chapter, James
Voss, Roger Armstrong, Pat
Bays and Randy Parks, wilt
compete with 23 other chapters
in the Cross Timbers FFA dis-
trict on November 30. The boys
will take examinations over the
official FFA Manual which
they have studied in VA
Rusty Harris is advisor for the
chapter.
Two Dublin Students
Among Scholorship
Recipients At A.C.C.
Two Dublin students are
among the more than 700 schol-
arship recipients of Abilnee
Christian College for the fall
semester.
George Luker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Luker, Rt. 1,
is a recipient of an academic
scholarship. Luker is a sopho-
more history major. Academ-
Vote Registration
Triples For 1967
Free voter registration al-
most tripled the same period
for 1965 with records of the
tax assessor - collector show
ing 700 registrations as com-
pared to 240 a year ago.
Registration continues
through January 31 with the
first free vote for all people to
become effective February 1,
1967.
lie scholarships are awarded to
high school valedictorians and
salutatorians.
Becky Shillinburg, a sopho-
more psychology major, is a
recipient of the Cantrell scholar-
ship fund for worthy students.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Audrey Shillingburg.
Two Injured In
3 Vehicle Wreck
Here Saturday
Two persons were hospitalized
following a collision betw e e n
two cars and a pickup truck
on Highway 377 a mile north-
east of Dublin about 1:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Miss Dixie Lynn Hugh&, 21,
Of Smithville suffered a cut
lower lip and lost some teeth.
She was reported in fair condi-
tion in a Stephenville hospital.
"Raymon Lazono, 22, from
Dublin, who received a cut
over his eye and bruises on
his arm, was reported in good
condition in the Dublin hospital.
Lazono was traveling north
on the highway in a pickup
truck pulling a load of turkeys
when a pickup truck in front
of him slowed for traffic, the
Lazono trailer jacknifing and
swerving to the left and into
the path of the in-coming car
driven by Miss Hughes, of-
Amen Carter Museum Sunday
An exhibition of primitive art | dren and numerous cousins and
old friends. Also among the 500
people who crowded around
Mrs Williamson’s wheel chair
in the museum were those at-
tending strictly for art’s sake.
The paintings for the most
part, show the life in Iredell,
Bosque County, during Mrs.
Williamson’s girlhood. The
artist can identify every person
in her paintings — an aunt,
sister, mother or cousin. Some
of her relatives were trying
Sunday afternoon to locate their
kin in the pictures.
The exhibition was opened to
the public Tuesday, and will con
tinue through January 23.
by Clara McDonald William-
son, a former Dublin resident,
was held Sunday afternoon at
Amon Carter Museum of West-d
ern Art in Fort Worth. Mrs.
Williamson is a cousin of Mrs.
Jack Noel of Dublin. ‘Aunt
Clara” as commonly called, will
be remembered by many Dub-
linites as she lived on E. Live
Oak, 638, in Dublin with her fa-
ther and mother, Tom and
Mary McDonald, and had many
friends here.
Aunt Clara was also celebrat-
ing her 91st birthday Sunday
and the reception was more
of a party than an art open-
ing. Mrs. Noel and daughter,
Mrs. K. W. Lunsford of Dublin
met Mr and Mrs. Larry Noel,
Mike and Rose of Grand Prai-
rie and attended the reception
and met Mrs. Williamson’s chil-
Apply Dec. 1 For
Personalized Auto
License Plates
Application for personalized
license plates may be made at
the office of Jim’ Walswo r th,
Erath County tax assessor •
collector beginning on Thurs-
day, December 1.
Applicants are asked to show
three choices, in order of pre-
ference, and are advised that
the $10 annual fee for personal-
ized license plate is in addition
to the fee prescribed hy law.
Personalized license plates will
be issued only to those ve-
hicles that are currently regis-
tered in Texas.
ficers said.
The driver of thepreceding
pickup was not injured and the
pickups and both cars were
badly damaged.
Timmon Girl
Thrown From
Panicked Horse
Dublin High School Majoret-
te Benna Timmons sufferd a
skull fracture here Saturday af-
ternoon, Nov. 26, when she and
her 16-year-old companion, Lyla
Lee Martin, were thrown from
the horse they were riding bar*
back.
The 15-year-old sophomore,
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Methodist To Hear
Deatn Bradley In
Series On Christmas
“Preparing For and Observ-
ing Christmas” will be the
theme for a series of sermons
beginning November 30 and to
continue through December 4 at
the Greens Creek Met h o d 1st
Church. The pastor, Rev, Dean
Bradley will be the speaker and
extends a cordial invitation to
all to attend. Time or each
evening will be 6:45 p.m.
Twins, a boy and girl, were
born November 18 to Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmie Whitehead. The
boy, Jimmie Dan, weighed (
lbs. 1«% ozs. The girl, Kim
berly D’Ann, Weighed 7 lbs. 14
ozs.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. George White-
head of Dublin.atera lgna-dn
head of Dublin. Maternal grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tutt
Garnett of Matador.
Rites Held For
David Proctor
Services - for David Michael
Procter,. 23, were conducted in
the Morgan Mill Baptist Church
Sunday, November 13, at 3:00
p.m. with, the Rev. Ronnie Fox
officiating.
Proctor was bom in Runnels
County, October 21, 1943 and
died in the local hospital Sat-
urday1. He was the son of Mrs.
Mary Garrett and the late Gil-
bert M. Proctor.
He is survived by his moth-
erf his step - father, T. J. Gar-
rett; one brother, Dan Proctor
one step - brother, Thomas
Garrett; one sister, Mrs. Jo
Ann Rasberry, Morgan Mill;
four step - sisters, Mrs, Shir
ley Huey, Milsap, Mrs. Emma
Jo Torbet, Weatherford, Mrs.
Margaret Allison, Atlanta, Ga.,
and Mrs. Gloria Brooks, Min-
eral Wells; his grandmother,
Mrs. Bertha Fisher, Dublin;
and step - grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Garrett, Mil-
sap. .
v Tnlflnmanf u/M in 114 TUn
Cemetery, <•’
Gathering of Hunters! Was seen by all Dublin
Residents over tlhe two-day Duck Hunt sponsored
by the Erath County Sportsmans Club. They are
pictured here at the Deer Bar-B-Que cooked by
Jack Gerheart and others.“We’ll Be Back,” was
the last words spoken by the departing hunters.
cSSSdlKT” 175 Happy Duck
Hunters Here..
The Erath County Sports-
man’s Club met Thursday, No-
vember 16, at the Parish House
to round out plans for the Duck
Hunt which was held in Dub-
lin last weekend.
Boat and blind details were
completed and guides assigned
to take care of the visiting hunt-
ers.
• Frank Ethredge of the
Parks & Wildlife Department
was contacted prior to the
meeting and arrangements
made for him to be in Dublin
Saturday night to entertain the!of
at the recreational building. A
said ‘We’ll be back’. It isciub, Vandervoots, Meads,and
The 173 hunters who regis-
tered for the Duck Hunt on
November 20 were very much
impressed with the hospitality
of the people of Dublin ond
representative from the Purina
Co. was also contacted and
plans made for him to be pres-
ent also Saturday night to en-
tertain.
Dr, Clay Salyer is president
the Erath County Sports-
V-'*UU.
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hoped that the Duck Hunt can
be an annual affair, stated the
President of the Erath County
Sportsman’s Club, Dr. Clay Sal-
yer. He said many hunters ex-
pressed their desire to return
to Dublin to hunt and fish not
only because of what they saw
but because they “just liked
the-people of Dublin.1
Dr. Salyer states, “As you
can tell, this was a Communi-
ty Project, we need many,
many more community porjects
in Dublin.”
“We wish to take this
nortunity to thank the C
her of Commerce, The Lion I
Jack Gerheart, Misses Clair
Grauke and Linda Shaffer,
Mayor Ed Leatherwood and
the City Council, the City em-
ployees, Rev. Bob Perrin, the
Fire Cepartment, The Develop-
ment Club, the ladies who fix-
ed the sandwiches on Satur.
day, 7 - 11, Higginbotham’s,
Roy Y antis, Western Auto,
Hamilton Feed Mill and the
Purina Company for the door
prizes, also Mrs. H. C. S^arp,
Mrs. Cecil EOff and
le Looney and Mr. W.D.
who helped in more wx
imagine and all
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