The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 2006 Page: 1 of 22
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Goodfellows
helping people
The Dublin 8"
Lions and Lady
Lions win tourney
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Grand Jury
Indictments
Pg B6
Citizen
Volume 17, No. 15 publisher@dublincitizen.com www.dublincitizen.com
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 50 cents
Missing in action, a POW’s story
BY JANA JORDAN
Staffwriter
(DEEP CONCENTRATION - Taylor Stone puts the finishing touch-
es on his Gingerbread House Thursday. He, along with many other
•area Dublin children, were enjoying a Christmas workshop at the}
[Dwelling Place Ministries. The activities are open to any child ele-|
mentary age through middle school age. For more information on
ithese activities call the Dwelling Place 445-2228. >
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Lions pledge to memorial
Dublin Lions Club has pledged $1,000 to the Veterans’ memori-
al that is being worked on for Dublin area veterans. The memorial
was the idea of Dublin Chamber Manager Jeanette Ward.
Cost of the Memorial is expected to be about $20,000 and
$1,000 has also been pledged by Post 219 American Legion Post of
Dublin. Other clubs and organizations have been challenged to
match those pledges.
It is hoped that money can be obtained from grants as well as
pledges so the Memorial can be completed by Nov. 11, 2007,
Veterans’ Day.
All veterans from the Dublin area will have their names
engraved on five stones. They will be placed in order of the era in
which they served.
A special pedestal will be in place for Medal of Honor Recepient
Maj. George Davis who was killed in Korea.
Names are also being collected to be included on the memorial
with space left to add names in the future. Anyone who wants to
contribute a name with their rank, branch of service and time
served should contact the Dublin Chamber, 445-3422.
Santa draws a crowd
Wendell H. Cathey
Described as one of the
biggest losses for the American
Army in World War II, the
Battle of Bulge was an epic bat-
tle where hundreds of thousands
of men lost their lives. The bat-
tle took place on an 80 mile
stretch on the German/Belgium
Border. Of the 640,000
Americans who fought in the
battle, 19,000 were killed and
23,534 were captured. Wendell
H. Cathey was one of those men
captured during the battle.
Wendell H. Cathey was bom
on Sept. 29, 1921 in Purves,
Texas. He graduated from
Dublin High School in 1940.
After graduating from Dublin
he attended Tarleton for one
year, studying Agriculture. He
then took a year off from school
to work at Higginbotham’s, and
marry Claudine Turney, whom
he'd gone to school with. The
two were married on Dec. 20,
1941
“Claudine and I had planned
to get married in June, but we
had a date on Dec. 7th (the day
the Japanese bombed Pearl
Harbor), and after we heard of
the bombing. At that point, we
decided that we needed to get
married in a couple of weeks, so
we did,” explained Cathey.
The next year Cathey
returned to Tarleton State and
joined the reserves. “Back then
all the guys who wanted to go to
school had to be in the ROTC
program,” said Cathey.
Cathey was called to active
duty on June 3rd, 1943 and
immediatly reported to Mineral
Wells Camp Wolters. He attend-
ed basic training for 3 months at
Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas.
“In September of 1943 I was
assigned to the ASTP 4813 in
East Texas State Teachers
College in Commerce to study
Engineering,”
See POW on page A10
DANCING IN THE STREET- The Dandi Lions drill team danced down the street
for the Holly and Shamrock Christmas Parade. (For more pics of the parade B10)
James named public works director
Santa Claus was in his ele-
ment with the cold weather, lit-
tle children and candy canes.
Children with eyes sparking,
hearts full of belief and antici-
pation of Christmas morning
waited patiently to visit the jolly
man in the red suit.
The lighted
parade did not dis-
appoint those that
gathered to watch}
the Dublin High School
Band, Dandelion Drill Team,
Miss Dublin court, cheerlead-
ers, horses and floats. This
year’s Shamrocks and Holly
parade winners were:
Floats (1st' place)Miss
Dublin and court ( 2nd place )
American Legion ( 3rd place)
Dublin Lions Club. Lilly G
Riding Club won 1st place for
the animal division.
Organization (1st place) Dublin
High School Band
, and Dandelion
Drill Team (2nd
EBIlM? place) Middle
School
_ Cheerleaders (3rd
® place) Cub Scouts-
Pack 35. Best-Out-of -Town
(1st place) Comanche Chamber
of Commerce (2nd place)
Proctor Fire Department.
See SANTA on page A6
Dublin native Cory James,
28, was named by the Dublin
City Council Monday night to
replace Jimmy Williams as the
city’s director of public works.
Williams retired at the end of
November after 20 years with
the city.
The Council had a busy agen-
da, approving expenditure of
$48,669 to purchase the soft-
ware and for training and
$5,025 for annual fees. The city
staff reported the existing pro-
gram was antiquated and no
longer fully functional.
There was a workshop on
purchase of the software pre-
ceding the meeting Monday.
In other action, Dublin
Citizen Publisher Mac
McKinnon asked the council
once again (for the third time) to
consider painting a commercial
message to promote Dublin on
the water tower and pointed out
the importance of tourism. He
also urged the council and
police to be able to attend the
tourism seminar planned for the
spring with Dr. Peter Tarlow
making the presentation as he
did here in October.
McKinnon thanked the coun-
cil for their help in publishing
the new tourism guide that has
just been received from the
printer.
In other action, the council
tabled a rate increase request
from IESI as the man who was
to present it is in the hospital.
Fire Chief James Fritts asked
the city for possible assistance
on refurbishing one of the rural
trucks. The fire department now
has about
See COUNCIL on page A10
Cory James
‘Worried About Water’ poses questions to board
“Since the Middle Trinity
Groundwater District started we
have done public comments at
the end,” these were the words
of current Chairman Rodney
Stephens discussing the place-
ment of the “public comments”
section in the agenda. Stephens
went on to say that, “It has been
brought to our attention that
people would like a chance to
speak before the meeting,” so
the board has now accommodat-
ed everyone by moving the
“public comments” to the start.
Dwane Gary was the first
person to speak but his message
was directed more at the people
at the meeting rather than the
board. “You (speaking to the
board) can't change these
things. If someone is unhappy
and they want changes they
need to go over your head. They
need to rattle the cages of the
Governor down.”
Elaine Smith,
founder of “Worried
About Water”, got up to give
the speech and ask some ques-
tions of the board. Smith point-
ed out that the group “whole
heartedly” endorsed the board
requiring deeds when people
apply for a permit.
They also were glad that the
board chose to adopt the Janet
Guthrie/Hemphill County plan,
but they would “like to see
some more teeth put into it.”
See WATER on page A10
Dublin project show coming up
On Saturday, Dec. 16th the Dublin FFA and 4-H
Livestock show will be held in the city park beginning at
9 a.m. Steers, market hogs, market sheep, and market goats
will weigh in between 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
If you are a member of the Dublin FFA/Jr. FFA member
or a Dublin 4-H member you may enter the local show by
contacting Darren Price at 445-0476 with the number and
specie of animals you plan to show.
The following types of animals will be shown in the fol-
lowing order: meat goats, market sheep, breeding swine,
market swine, beef heifers, beef .steers, and dairy heifers.
Animal sizes and ages must be according to today’s jun-
ior stock show standards. Mature animals will not be
allowed in market classes.
DEAR SANTA - A lot of kids didn’t have to send a letter to Santa
this year, as he made a personal appearance right here in Dublin.
Kids of all ages enjoyed whipsering into Santa’s ear their Christmas
wishes.
County to tlx unmarked
CR outside of Dublin
NOW AVAILABLE - A new Dublin
tourism & visitor’s guide, is now available.
It was received this past week and was pub-
lished by the Dublin Citizen under the aus-
pices of the City of Dublin, Dublin
Chamber of Commerce and Dublin
Economic Development Corp. It is being
distributed all over the state to let tourists
know about Dublin and invite them to stop
by on their travels.
■AXiilniizcn
Veldhuizen
Family Farm
County Roads were the main
topic of the Erath County
Commissioners meeting this
week.
Bill Grubbs, who lives out-
side of Dublin, on FM 1702
spoke to the court about closing
a county road that had no num-
ber and is currently not being
used. The road is currently not
on any maps after the 1976
County Road map and is not
being maintained by the county.
Grubbs pointed out that the road
had “no useful purpose” and the
county “would have to spend a
lot of money to fix it.” He also
stated that the road was blocked
by trees and debris and “you
have to get on a 4 wheeler or
walk to go down it.”
A neighbor, Jim West, com-
mented that, “The only people
who use that road are kids mak-
ing out, people drinking beer,
and hunters parking.” West also
added that, “There is no reason
for the road, that's why I think it
needed to be closed.” The coun-
ty can close a road if all the
neighbors are in agreement that
it needs to be closed. In this
case there isn't a 100% compli-
ant, two of the neighbors are
requested that the road stay
open.
See COUNTY on page B6
1
100 YEARS AGO
DEC 14,1906
In order to give their salesper-
sons more recreation time, the fol-
lowing businesses decided to
close their stores an hour earlier in
the evenings: Tom Miller,
Higginbotham Bros., Utterback
and Harris, Mistrot Bros. & Co.,
Dublin Co-operative Ass., Latham
Co., Jordan-St. Clair, and M. J.
Woods. New hours were from
7am until 6:15pm and Saturday
nights open until 9:30 pm.
Officers elected for the Dublin
Lodge of Odd Fellows were Dr.
W. B. Goodner, W. F. Alexander,
M. D. Gallagher, S. A.
McFarland, George House and
Dr. O’Brien. Capt. H. A. Smith
was to be master of ceremonies.
75 YEARS AGO
DEC 11,1931
D.W. Sheehan heralded the
coming of Christmas by display-
ing a life-size Santa Claus in the
window of his store for the chil-
dren to enjoy seeing.
Dublin school basketball play-
ers began practicing for the season
under the training of Coach
Hallmark. Players included Dow
Self, Doe Thomas, Paul Hamilton, .
Carl Stevens, Ed Sikes, Jack
Branum, Hal Word, Louis
Bradberry, Paul Warren, Luke
Barrett, John Gamer, James
Bowden, Henry Thompson, Ward
Wilkerson, and J. T. Brown,
Willard White, Paul Blain, J. L.
Bradford, Belton Hallmark Jr., Joe
Reeves, Jack Scott, Joe Kennedy,
Allan Reid, Billie Dudney, W. B.
Morgan, Jesse Pilgrim, Jack Ellis,
Joe Reid, Bill Durham, Winter
Hair, Hubert Kiker, Francis
Stevens, Audrey Shillingburg,
Carl Spruill, Ralph White, Lloyd
Teague, Alton Jones, J. D.
Daffem, Frederick Burnett,
Clarence Williams and Glenn
Norwood.
50 YEARS AGO
DEC 14,1956
Mrs. E. L. Sikes and Mrs. Lois
Gee attended a district meeting of
the Girl Scouts in Brownwood at
the Heart of Texas Scout Office.
The Dublin City Council gave
its approval of a petition by the
Dublin Public Library Board for
permission to enclose the open
porch on the south side of the Girl
Scout building in Shamrock Park,
in order to enlarge the badly over-
crowded library.
The American Legion and
Auxiliary held their annual
Christmas dinner and party in the
Legion Hall. Mrs. J. C. Jumey Sr.
was program chairman. The Rev.
Loyd Richardson gave the invoca-
tion and words of welcome were
expressed by John L. Wilson, post
commander and Mrs. Sam Self,
auxiliary president. Special music
was provided by Jimmy Wilson
and readings were given by Carla
Nell Stevens and Mrs. Marvin
Farris.
25 YEARS AGO
DEC 16,1981
All-District Band members
photographed for the paper were
Sherry Brashear, Trumpet; Bobby
Cox, Percussion; Robin Earl,
French Horn; Gary Anderson,
Alto Sax; Gina Broughton,
Clarinet; Lance Brown, Trumpet
and Mike Cowan, Tuba.
Jack Pratt, Dublin Chamber of
Commerce president, added the
finishing touches on the down-
town Christmas tree.
The Cross Timbers District
Future Farmers of America held
its annual banquet. Those attend-
ing from Dublin included Mr. &
Mrs. Weldon Whitehead, Mr. &
Mrs. Durl Cook, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Hamann, Mr. and Mrs.
Sweeny, Barry Whitehead,
Durlyn Cook, Heath Bamber,
Randy Hair, Avery Carlisle,
Jimmy Wilson, Patty Lewis,
Karen Augustyn, Karen Lisso,
Shane McClung, and James
Stephens..
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