The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 2005 Page: 1 of 46
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75 YEARS AGO
NOV 28,1930
Subscribers continued to
renew their Progress even
though money was tight. Some
of the subscribers were J. H.
Perkins, W. E. Hallum, D. R.
Carruth, C. E. Leatherwood,
A. B. Wise, G. F. Young, Mrs.
J. W. Clay, W. E. Sikes, J.Q.
Adcock, and S. J. Harber.
Mrs. Helen Latham
entertained a number of young
people with a dance at the
coTllitry club to honor Miss
Mary Elizabeth Cormany and
Miss Katherine Weiser, both
students of S. M.U. who where
home for the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Rev. E. W. Goss and family
were planning to leave Dublin
for South Texas.
Mr. W. T. Miller of
Crawford was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Pilgrim.
Mr. Miller was one of the
pioneer gin men and merchants
of Dublin and was 83 years of
age.
Funeral services were held
for Miss Minnie Bell Watson.
The famous magician S. S.
Henry and his Magic Show
were to appear in Dublin and
perform at the Dublin High
School auditorium.
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50 YEARS AGO
NOV 25, 1955
The Progress printed
instructions to aid Dublin
motorists in parallel parking
for their change over from
angle parking.
The Brownie Girl Scout
Troop 2 met and officers were
elected for another year.
Officers were Rebecca
Shillingburg, Connie Mackey,
Judy Noel and Sue Sikes.
Mrs. Carl Sanders was
hostess to the West Dublin
Home Demonstration Club.
Mrs. A. N. Alexander
instructed the club members in
making house shoes from
wash cloths.
Mrs. John C. Jumey, the
former Eula Irene Caldwell,
exhibited her first book of
published poems, titled “The
Rolling Stone.”
The following members of
the P.T.A, met for a study
course on parliamentary
procedure: Mrs. Billy Kloster,
Mrs. A. J. Havens, Mrs. Fred
Fletcher, Mrs. T. H. Cleveland,
Mrs. Frank Edmonds, Mrs. W.
L. Saunders, Mrs. Grady
Swindle, Mrs. J. D.
Hammonds and Mrs. E. C.
Hancock.
Local farmers and ranchers
working on their terraces in
cooperation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife were R. L. Lowry,
Mrs. Wayne Gilbreath, Herbert
D. Jones, R. L. Meeks, Tim
Bird, J. W. Barbee, J. A.
Beverly, R. G. Collinsworth,
E. C. Gilbert, Leta Gilbreath, L.
C. Jones, Mrs. Verna Sharp,
Red Moore, James T. Faulkner,
Jack Roberson, and R.S.
Vestal.
25 YEARS AGO
NOV 25,1980
The lone Clay Chapter of
the First United Methodist
Church met for a
Thanksgiving program in the
home of Mrs. Harvey Fisher
and Mrs. Robert Bellamy. Mrs.
Louise Ford opened the
meeting and Mrs. Rudene
Hallmark gave the devotional.
Chapter pins were presented to
Abbie Frazier, Mrs. Verdie
Hallmark and Mrs. Dorothy
East.
See TURNING page 2A
School children safety
cited as reason
Dublin Police Chief Lannie Lee and the Dublin
City Council agreed Monday night to put a stop
sign for the safety of school children on N.
Grafton at East Mesquite, a block away from the
Middle school and a popular route for kids
walking to and from school.
There are no stop signs on Grafton and
although the street is not suited for high speed, the
speed limit of 30 is pretty fast to stop in time to
avoid hitting pedestrians, Lee noted.
Councilman Tom Gordon and Mayor James
Red Seigars favored either having signs posted
and have a cross walk guard as is proposed for
North Patrick at the crossing sign.
However, the council voted 6-1 to have the
stop sign moved from E. Mesquite to N. Grafton.
City Manager David Carrothers noted other
signs will be posted throughout the area to make
note that it is a school zone and drivers should use
caution.
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For those
who served...
A special ceremony was
held last Friday at Comer Lot
in honor of Veteran's Day.
The Boy Scouts raised the
flag and the Dublin Middle
School drum line participated
in the event. A history of
Veteran’s Day was recited by
Legion President Richard
Throne (top picture at left)
along with a letter from a
soldier in Iraq.
Good Fellows spread holiday cheer
Christmas is busiest time for
local charity organization
50 years, spearheading the
By CALEB CHAPMAN
Staff Writer
More than 75 years ago, an organization came
to Dublin in the hopes of providing for those in
need. That organization was the Good Fellows.
Since its presence in Dublin, the group has
helped thousands of families in the area. Good
Fellows often provides assistance for things such
as high electric or fuel bills as well as financial
help with housing or medical needs.
Now, all these years later, Wilma Davis and
Patsy Tidwell continues the Good Fellow
tradition.
“About 115 families have received help from
us just this year,” Davis said.
With so much need in the area, she admits that
sometimes the organization can't handle it all.
Davis said that many times they will send people
to other local charities such as the Clothes Closet
at First Baptist or the food banks at First
Methodist and Patrick Street Church of Christ.
“There really is no process to go through to
receive help,” Davis said. “People just come to us
and we try our best to help them - no questions
asked.”
The fast approaching holidays are the busiest
time for the Good Fellows, and for Davis her
favorite.
“I just love this part of the year,” she said. “We
really enjoy Christmas time.”
Bringing joy to people's faces, who may rarely
get a chance to smile, is what makes it so special
for Davis and other volunteers during the season
of giving.
To give some the gift of a good Christmas, the
Good Fellows can provide families with food
boxes and toys. And for the elderly that may have
no one to celebrate the holidays with, the
organization provides “love baskets.”
Davis said that this chartable group wouldn't
have been what it is today, without the help of
Delbert and Nifa Shafer. They volunteered for
Dublin community
People helped
that the forms
need to be
returned to City
Hall or the
Housing
Authority office
by Dec. 7.
The toys and
food boxes will
then be distributed
between 8 a.m.
p.m.
Good Fellows has helped
115 people so far this
year.
Assistance provided
Help with high electric or
fuel bills, financial
assistance for medical or
housing needs.
Christmas time , _
Good Fellows provide less *nd VTt the
fortunate families with toys street
and food boxes as well as Methodist
“love baskets” for the m
lonely elderly. Although the
organization
receives some
help from United
Way, and Wal-
Mart usually helps
with donated toys, Davis said that help is always
needed and donations are always accepted from
the community.
For more information on the Good Fellows
please call Wilma Davis at (254) 445-2942.
Volunteers are at the Laurel Street Methodist
Church on TuesdaysJrom 9 to 11 a.m.
More information
Call Wilma Davis at
(254)445-2942.
Next week's Dublin Citizen
will be distributed on Wednesday
rather than Thursday due to the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Deadline will be Monday at
noon, a day earlier than normal.
The Citizen will be closed
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 &
25 in observance of
Thanksgiving.
Regular office hours will be
resumed Nov. 28.
We hope evetyone has A safe
and happy turkey day.
Annexation by
city proposed
By Mac B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
Developer and Contractor
Pat Bays proposed Monday
night to the Dublin City
Council that they annex 44-
acres north of town so that a
Chicken Express could be
constructed on one of those
acres and Thomas Street
extended to relieve pressure at
the red light at Clinton and N.
Patrick (Dairy Queen comer).
That proposal was one of a
long list of items on the
council's agenda.
Bays noted he would receive
$40,000 for the lot which would
be used to help pave the
extension of Thomas Street and
would open more lots for
development as well as more
areas for new businesses.
However, Bays fcaid he
would need help.
The Dublin Economic
Development Corp. has
discussed providing a sewage
lift station for that area on
North 377 for some time as a
number of other businesses
have expressed interest in
building in that area.
The council directed City
Manager David Carrothers to
work on programs that could
help provide assistance on the
streets and services for the
annexation. An area west of
town for annexation to build
new homes is also being
considered.
See CITY on page 11A
Budget issues
halt purchases
Low enrollment
among factors for
Lingleville crunch
By CALEB CHAPMAN
Staff Writer
Lingleville ISD's enrollment
numbers continue to drop and
as they do, so does the district's
budget.
According to Superintendent
Dennis Hughes, the budget
figured in an average of 228
students attending daily.
“With our current
enrollment, everyone of our
students would have to have
perfect attendance to keep our
budget the same,” Hughes said.
Each school district receives
monies from the state for each
student that attends on a daily
See SCHOOL on page 11A
Chamber says buy local
more than
organization.
“I don't see how they were able to do it for so
long,” Davis said. “We have been afforded great
generosity these past few years - something that
they never really had.”
She noted other important volunteers over the
years have been Bud McKinney, Wyatt Jumey
and Ray LaBume. More recently Ike Wade and
Red Pendleton have been faithful volunteers.
During the holidays, Davis said the members of
the Laurel Street Methodist Church also give their
time to the cause.
Good Fellows
... assistance this
What they do. Christmas can
Helps needy people in the now be picked up
at Dublin City
Hall. She added
Forget about driving 30 to 45
miles in bumper to bumper traffic
to Christmas shop this year. The
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
has a deal for you.
This Christmas, customers will
have the chance toregister and win
discount coupons from many of
their favorite Dublin merchants.
Sike's Movieland donated large
Christmas tins to the chamber and
those will be distributed to
merchants across town. Each tin
will be filled with coupons and
discounts from all 20 participating
businesses.
Each merchant participating
will then draw a winner, totalling
20 winners. The Dublin Chamber
of Commerce hopes this will
encourage residents to shop locally
this Christmas.
The drawing is scheduled for
Thursday, Dec. 15.
Businesses participating
include: Gotcha Photos, Diva's
Accessories, Christie's Arts,
Johnson's Gifts, Somervell Floors.
The Green Pickle, Golden
Butterfly, Higginbotham’s,
Bradberry's Best, Our Place,
Dublin Floral, The Checkerboard,
Dr Pepper, Ha' Penny Di'ne'ar.
CCS Medical, Paradise Floral,
Proctor Grocery, B&H Custom
Crafts, Sikes and Pendleton's
Cleaners.
For more information on this
contest, please see one of these
businesses.
Local churches host
Thanksgiving service
The Ministerial Alliance of
Dublin announces our annual
Community-Wide
Thanksgiving Celebration
Service this Sunday, Nov. 20, at
7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in
Dublin.
Many churches will be
participating in this year's
celebration service including
Community Baptist, Highland
Avenue Congregational
Methodist, Green's Creek
Baptist, Calvary United
Pentecostal, Primera Iglesia
Bautista Emmanuel, First
Assembly of God, Trinity
Episcopal and First Baptist
Church.
The Thanksgiving service
will include prayers for our
community, special music, a
community wide choir
(everyone is invite^ to
participate), and a special
message by the Rev. Mark
Stockstill of Trinity Episcopal
Church.
Everyone who would enjoy
singing in the community wide
choir is encouraged to be at
First Baptist Church by 6:40
p.m.
The ministerial alliance
invites everyone in our
community to attend this
holiday service. A.
benevolence offering will be
received which continues to
enable the ministers of these
local churches to meet
assistance needs in our
community. Refreshments will
be served in the fellowship hall
after the celebration to
encourage building
relationships between our
churches.
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