The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 2004 Page: 1 of 20
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Voiumo 18, No. 12
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Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004
75 YEARS AGO
NOV 15,1929
Constable W.M. Gibbs and
City Marshall Vernon Burnett
assisted in the capture of a small
still on the farm of Mr. D.C.
George. The farm was located on
Highway 67, midway between
Dublin and DeLeon.
O. B. King, Superintendent of
the Dublin Schools obtained a
souvenir of wood from
Washington, D.C. The wood was
removed from the roof of the White
House during the renovation. The
wood was 112 years old and in
good condition.
The West Texas Chamber of
Commerce was divided into ten
districts. Dublin was placed in
District 10 and Postmaster
Hallmark was elected as director.
The girl's basketball line-up for
the 1929-30 year was Laura
Utterback, Jackie Fowler, Aleen
Shillingburg, Ruth Ann Williams,
Blanche Hennessee, Alma Barrett,
Irene Fulford, Gladys Looney,
Mona Wolfe, Waurine Ghafin,
Mamie Pilgrim, DeAlva Warner
and Margaret More.
The first talking picture to
launch especially composed of
musical song hits, "The Broadway
Melody" was showing at the
Majestic.
Vera Dee Onstott received an
honor roll blue ribbon in Mrs.
Bolinger's second grade class.
50 YEARS AGO
NOV 12,1954
Dr. C.T. Cole, member of the
Blackwell Hospital staff of
Gorman announced the opening of
offices in Dublin. Fie was to use the
offices formerly occupied by Dr.
H.P. Redwine.
The wives of the Dublin firemen
met in the fire hall to organize an
auxiliary.
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 4 was
presented with their one year
pendants. The girls were: Sylvia
Brown, Edwina & Laura Keller,
Patricia Campbell, Brenda Ross,
Marguerite Skeen, Patricia Bone,
Linda Robinson, Marilyn Chaney,
Dixie Lee King, Barbara Ann
Richardson and Cecilia Holland,
Barbara Bean and Donna
Clendenin. Guests were Mmes.
Winston Ross, Fannie Bolinger,
Geo. Skeen, Lewis King, Harriet
Humphries, T.R. Bone, Joe
Campbell, Edwin Keller and Mary
Doggett.
Three members of the local
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary, Jean Maikell, Mary
Moore and Hilda Gordon, visited
the U.S. Public Health Hospital in
Fort Worth.
25 YEARS AGO
NOV 15,1979
Dublin Seniors playing their
last football game as Lions were
Brad Hammonds, Blake Reeder,
Jerry Palmore, Dennis Woods,
Robby Duncan, Gary Bear, A1
Moncrief and Jay Rasberry.
Robert Callaway, owner of
Callaway Rope Co. started his
business three miles east of Dublin
on Highway 6. The company
manufactured nylon, poly and
Manila ropes.
Myrtle Bays, Nelda Spraggins
and Ina Barnes, personnel at
Dublin Nursing and Convalescent
Center received certificates for
training. Larry Roeger was the
coordinator.
Charmon Yarborough, P.T.A.
President announced the
Halloween Carnival was a great
success, netting $1,293.00.
Sixth grade students Jennifer
Harrell and John Mark Underwood
were elected class favorites.
DSA Booster of the week went
to Nancy Cash, coach of the Irish
Rovers and DSA secretary; Sharon
Henderson, coach of the Peppers
and DSA Vice-president; Mrs.
Harry Bradberry, of the Fighting
Shamrocks and Mrs. Deanna
Williams of the Express.
ALMOST COMPLETED - Prime Building Components has just about completed construction of a new metal framing shop on Highway 377 north of Dublin. It has almost
30,000 square feet of working space, more than the combined space of the two buildings at the Prime location just north of town.
Two killed in car wreck
Two Dublin residents received
fatal injuries and two more were
injured, one critically, in an
accident on farm Road 1476
shortly after 9 p.m. on Thursday,
Nov. 11.
The wreck occurred when
Nathan Parker, 23, driver of the
2002 Mitsubshi Montero and the
only one who for certain was
wearing a seat belt, hit a guard
rail at Sowell Creek bridge on
Lake Proctor just west of Proctor
and the car flipped end over end.
Killed in the accident was
Kenneth Ray Webb Sr., 63, of
Dublin.
Marie LeAnn McClatchy, 17,
a Dublin High School junior, was
fatally injured and died shortly
after midnight Friday at
Comanche Community Hospital.
Both McClatchy and Webb
were riding in the back seat and
were ejected from the car.
Parker was airflighted to
Hendricks Memorial Hospital in
Abilene, where he was in critical
condition in intensive care and
stiil lighting for his life at press
time Wednesday morning.
Frank Webb. Jr„ 24, was
treated for injuries and released
from Comanche Community
I lospital after a short stay .
The Department of Publius
Safety investigator Clint Cole-
said the car was east bound when
it went olf the road on to the
unimproved shoulder, then
overcorrection sent it back across
the road into the oncoming lane
and it hit the guard rail at a high
rate of speed. I he car catapulted
10 feet into the air before it
Hipped end over end. Alcohol
was involved, he said, with two
counts of intoxication
manslaughter charges to be tiled
w ith the district attorney.
Funeral arrangements are on
Page 4A.
DAMAGE — 1 he guard rail was
bent back and the pole snapped
on the Sowell Creek bridge at
Lake Proctor when it was hit by
driver Nathan Parker T hursday.
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TIES THAT BIND - Teresa Wall has cared for her mother-in-law,
Doris, for several years since she developed Alzheimer's Disease.
Wall is also a volunteer for Meals on Wheels.
By CHELSEA BEHYMER
Staff Writer
For some, volunteering is the
thing to do around the holidays,
when people are out in force
giving of their time and
resources. But for others, like
Teresa Wall, volunteering their
money, and more importantly
their time and love, is a way of
life.
"There are so many people in
Dublin who care for one another
and I don't think people realize
it," Wall said. "It's not like this
everywhere, you know. That's so
sad. People just don't take the
time to look at each other and
help when they see a need."
From her childhood, Wall's
parents instilled in her that being
generous to others is a priority in
life.
"When 1 was growing up, my
mom and dad took in every stray
person we met," she said.
"Whether they needed a meal or
a place to stay or just a hug, my
parents made sure that they had
it. My parents always said that if
we care for each other, God will
always look out for us - there'll
always be enough."
Since marrying David Wall,
she has continued her parents'
legacy of giving her time and
money to those in need of a
helping hand.
"1 remember one year at
Christmas, David and 1 had 14
kids staying in our house," she
said. "We always had kids
staying with us, because I'd
rather them sleep under my roof
than under no roof at all. David's
as bad as 1 am about taking in
people. Sometimes we get
ourselves into trouble, giving
away more than we have. But
God provides."
Wall also channels her
generous energy outside the
home, as she has been a Meals
on Wheels delivery woman for
two years.
"I go twice a week, and David
tries to go with me whenever he
can," she said. "Each run is
supposed to take about an hour,
but it never works that way. I
can't bring myself to just toss a
plate of food at someone and
leave. If you can get someone to
smile, even just a little, you
know you've helped them. That's
really what the whole thing is
about, isn't it?"
Wall said she would
encourage anyone with the time
to help with an organization like
Meals on Wheels. All ages, she
said, can be a blessing.
"I think there's a group of girls
from the high school that goes,
and that's so wonderful," she
said. "It's important for young
people to be exposed to the
elderly, so they can realize that
it's not a disease. We'll all be old
some day. I suppose that if an
older person loses control of
themselves, it can be scary to
kids, but most of the time they
just want to be loved like anyone
else."
Wall and her family are more
than willing to jump at the
chance to help a passing stranger.
But her love and compassion are
best displayed in the way she
works with her mother-in-law, an
84-year-old woman suffering
from Alzheimer's disease.
"Some people have to put
their folks in the nursing home
because they just don't have the
time to care for them," she said.
"Or maybe they just think they
don't have the time. Either way.
I've never wanted to do that with
Grandma. She's flown a plane,
driven a tractor on Wagner
Ranch, worked in Carlsbad
Caverns. She's done everything.
If we put her in a nursing home,
I'm afraid she'd just give up.”
lb accomodate the ever
changing situation, the Wall
family moved in with their
grandmother, onto the family
farm on 1 lighway 6.
Wall was also able to quit
work m order to spend more time
in the home.
Regardless of the energy or
finances it might consume. Wall
said she'd probably never stop
giving the way she does.
"There'll always be a need,
whether it’s Meals on Wheels
clients or a child without a
home," she said.
"As long as I am able to help
people, I know God w ill help me
and give me a smile to share."
FAMILY TRADITION - Bob Evans followed in footsteps of his
father, C. Buck Evans (in framed photo), ranching and rodeoing. C.
Buck, who died in 1980, was one of five all-time local rodeo greats
honored by the Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum Saturday. Bob
Evans and other members of the Evans family were on hand to
witness the event. See related photos on Page 12A.
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November is National Family Caregivers Month
Local hospice in need of volunteers
By CHELSEA BEHYMER
Staff W riter
We are looking on the advent
of a festive time of y ear a
season when people give
generously what they have to
make those they love happy . But
what about those we're not
related to? What about those
people we've never even met?
What about those people who
will spend this holiday season as
the last season of their liv es?
Volunteers are desperately
needed at CCS Hospice, an
organization that provides
specialized home and nursing
facility care for patients who are
terminally ill or otherwise
beyond treatment.
“Our job is to keep the pain to
a minimum, and to make sure
that the last phase of a patient's
life is as comfortable as possible
for both the patient and their
family,” said Jonna (Nichols)
Finley. “Most of the time if you
are terminally ill and you want
to spend the final season of your
life at home, hospice care is the
only way to stay comfortable
and get the medications you
need.”
At press time, CCS Hospice
cares for 24 patients, but that is
a number that Finley says
changes daily.
“We may work with some
patients for months, and others
we may see for only a day," she
said. “It takes a special kind of
person to be affiliated at all with
hospice care, because you're
forming relationships and
emotional connections with
people who are in the final stage
of their lives.”
Volunteers do a lot to ease
both the administrative and
emotional burden of those who
work in hospice care, but the
greatest help is to the patients
themselves.
“1 had a patient tell me once
that she believed I was a God-
sent angel,” Finley said. “She
had pfayed and prayed and
prayed for help and it hit her one
day that I was the angel God had
sent to help her deal with that
hard time "
Volunteers are required under
state law lo complete 20 hours
of training before they begin, to
help them learn to handle the
particular eases that crop up in
hospice care. But there is no
training required lor being a
friend to a patient.
"Most of the time, our
patients just want someone to sit
and enjoy the things they
enjoy.” Finley said. "I've eaten
pizza with patients, painted their
nails, watched IV whatever
they want to do at the end of
their life."
Many people are quick to
volunteer for causes helping
children, Hut I inley said she
believes it's just as important to
be helpful to those at the end of
their lives. "I honestly believe
that the ending is just as
important as the beginning of
life,” she said. “We mostly work
with the eldcily who have had a
chance to live their lives and
they're ready to go. But I've
worked with a 19-year-old, a
23-year-old, a baby, people in
their forties. You never know
when that last stage of your life
is going to start. I hose are the
hardest people who haven't
gotten to live the lives they
wanted to."
Volunteering . can be an
incredibly rewarding
experience, I inley said, and is
one she'd urge anyone to
consider during this giv ing time
of year.
"It's helped me to realize that
I have to live each day the best
that I can," she said. "It reminds
you what to be thankful for, and
it's wonderful to be a person that
someone thanks God for.”
Anyone interested in
volunteering at CCS Hospice
can contact Finley at
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The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 2004, newspaper, November 18, 2004; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770106/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Erath+County%22: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.