The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2003 Page: 1 of 24
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The Dublin
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TEXAS PRESS
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SOUTHWEST MICRO PUBLISHING
2627 E YANDELL DR
EL PASO, TX 79903
Volume 13, No. 31
Dublin, Texas 76446
Thursday, April 3, 2003
75 YEARS AGO
MARCH 30,1928
The home of Mr. & Mrs.
B.G. Utterback on North Patrick
was destroyed by fire. Mrs.
Utterback was across the street
visiting when neighbor Mrs.
Duke next door discovered the
fire. A match thrown into a trash
can apparently started the fire.
One of Dublin's 1st settlers,
W.D. (Uncle Dan) Holland
passed away.
Mr. Holland was born
February 14, 1846 the son of
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Holland
and came to Dublin in 1854 with
the A.H. Dobkins family.
A crew from the State
Highway Department began
working on Highway 67
rebuilding and laying a new
gravel road from the Comanche
County Line to Waco.
Dublin Fire Department was
called to help fight a huge fire in
Gustine. A number of Dublin
Fireman answered the call and
fought the blaze with over 300
additional volunteer firefighters.
The fire destroyed an entire sec-
tion of the business district of
Gustine resulting in over
$100,000 in damages.
Businesses destroyed were
Higginbotham Hardware,
Dawson and Company, Cale
Drug Co., Elm Drug Co.,
Corb'n’s Cafe, and the vacant
Lee building.
50 YEARS AGO
APRIL 10 1953
Fifty-six votes were cast in
the election of school trustees
for the Dublin Independent
School District. Due the consol-
idation of the Dublin and Purves
schools the previous year, the
entire membership of the board
were required to stand for re-
election. All members were re-
elected, each receiving 56 votes.
They included Herbert Bell,
Arthur Compton, Joe B.
Henderson, Clyde King,
Kenneth Stevens, Jimmy
Walker and Lee White. Henry
Turney, candidate for county
school trustee, received 52
votes. He had no opponent.
The Zero Locker Storage and
Home Ice Company owned by
Southern Properties, Inc. since
1927, was sold to L.M. McCarty
and Sam Cowan.
McCarty had been manager
of the plant for 11 years.
In city elections, Sam Wolfe,
city secretary defeated Charles
Minchew. Harney Jones, City
Marshal defeated Curtis Salyer.
The incumbent Mayor M.
Hoffman received 425 votes,
with Edward Leatherwood, Joe
Henderson and Cullen Walker
each receiving one write-in
vote.
Ward 1 went to Edward
Leatherwood; Frank Edmonds
won Ward 2, Robert Welch,
Ward 3 and J.J. Farley, Ward 4.
25 YEARS AGO
APRIL 6, 1978
Dublin elected 4 new city
councilmen, Pat Leatherwood,
Ward 1; Dr. Ron Huse, Ward 2;
Mike Tackett, Ward 3; and
Borden Reeder, Ward 4.
514 voted in Dublin Trustee
election. The three -year term
was won by Gene Thompson,
the incumbent and Harry
Bradberry. Sam Taylor won
one-ytar unexpired term.
The Dublin High School fac-
ulty selected Mike Jones and
Ginger Bryant and the most
likely to succeed.
The Lion Country Singers
were expected to perform for the
Chamber of Commerce
Banquet. Under the leadership
of Mike Shafer, singers to per-
form were Cathy Jeta, Callie
Ethridge, Melinda Baker,
See TURNING page 2
Patriots come
in all sizes
Thursday night's rally to support U.S. troops in Iraq
was well attended with some 150 to 200 on hand includ-
ing a wide variety of age groups. Boy Scouts passed out
Hags and then raised the flag and then lowered it to half
staff.
A number of patriotic songs led by Ronny Barnett and
then John Grimland sang Lee Greenwoods' "God Bless
the U.S.A." Bill Wiley recognized local troops who are
serving in the war and members of American Legion
Post 219 were recognized along with local veterans. See
related photos on Page 7A.
Raises for city workers?
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
Dublin City Council's
finance committee Monday
night decided to recommend to
the city council for action a pay
boost for city workers who have
received 4.6 percent in pay
increases in five years.
The last pay increase of 3 per
cent was in February 2001
which followed a 1.6 percent
increase in 1998.
It was recommended by city
staff to keep pace with inflation
and to help keep city employees.
The pay raise was one of two
items on the agenda, the other
being consideration of a request
from Waste Management for a 5
Today deadline
for registration
Thursday (today) is the dead-
line to register to vote, in the
upcoming city election.
City officials note that you
must get an application from
City Hall or the tax office no
later than 5 p.m. today in order
to vote in the May election.
This also pertains to anyone
who has moved from one city
ward to another.
per cent increase in rates due to
increase in landfill costs and
fuel costs.
Their current contract
extends through March 2004
Dublin Graduation
Celebration will be starting to
"Bowl" Dublin on April (>. As a
Furi-Raiser, the Seniors will be
available to deliver old toilet
bowls to the yards of unsuspect-
ing friends and family.
In order to raise money for
the all night drug and alcohol
free graduation party. Dublin
citizens are invited to send a
"bowl-a-gram" to any friend or
foe for a small fee. The Seniors
will be ready to deliver these
great gifts at your request.
Upon delivery, a small lee
will get the bowl removed from
your yard, an additonal fee will
get it delivered to another
friend. To insure the bowl or
bowls do not return to your
yard, you can purchase a No
Return coupon.
The Seniors and Graduation
Celebration 2003 ask that the
community join them in this fun
activity We ask that the Dublin
businesses be excused from
and in that contract they are
entitled to an increase equal to
the CPI, consumer price index.
Such an increase
See CITY pg. 8A
receiving any toilets, as many of
them have already made gener-
ous donations to the group.
To be included in the start tip
of this project and to get in line
to send one of these great yard
ornaments, please call Donna at
445-4013. Sue at 445-3560, Gay
at 445-3559 or 968-0437, or
Celinda at 445-4743 Please feel
free to leave a message.
Deliveries md removals will be
as prorrif time allows
file fees are as follows $5 to
place a bowl in someone else’s
yard. $5 removal from your
yard. $10 removal and replace-
ment in a yard of your choice.
$15 removal, replacement and
no return ot that particular color
bowl coupon, and the Mother ol
all deals. $20 removal, replace-
ment. and no return of any color
bowl coupon.
Please join in the fun as we
attempt to have a little fun and
raise money to support a great
cause.
Seniors to 'Bowl' Dublin
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Peanut business goes on all year
WATERFALL OF NUTS- Nuts come off the conveyor belt after
passing through large oven to loosen skins.
Bv ALEX HOLLOWAY
Staff Writer
It is well known that a large
commodity produced in this
area is the peanut. After harvest-
ing, peanuts are mechanically
dried keeping the moisture point
below 12 percent. This pre-
vents aflatoxin molds found in
grains from growing. From the
peanuts mill, the goobers are
then sent to be processed. One
type of process is blanching.
What exactly is blanching?
Blanching peanuts is the same
process used when canning
fruits to remove the outer skin.
Blanching removes the skin as
well as dust, molds, and other
foreign material. There are four
types of blanching: dry blanch-
ing, water blanching, spin
blanching, and air impact
blanching.
Dry blanching, which is pri-
marily used for peanut butter
production, takes the peanuts
through a series of large ovens
where they are heated to about
138°C (280°F) for 25 minutes,
causing the nuts to contract,
cracking and loosening the
skins. The peanuts are then
cooled and rolled through
another machine which takes
the loosened skins off with
either brushes or ribbed rubber
belting.
Water blanching passes
peanuts through fixed blades
that slit the skins. Hot water
sprayers are then used to loosen
skins and oscillating canvas-
covered pads remove the skins.
With water blanching, peanuts
need to be dried back to a mois-
ture content ol six to 12 percent.
Spin blanching uses steam to
loosen the skins of peanuts
After being steamed, the
peanuts are spun on revolving
spindles as the peanuts move,
single file, down a grooved con-
veyor. This spinning process
unwraps the peanuts skins.
Air impact blanching uses a
horizontal cylindrical drum
Peanuts are rotated inside the
drum where its abrasive surface
helps remove the skin. Jets of
air blow the peanuts in the
opposite rotation of the drum,
which creates air impact which
loosens the skin. The combina-
tion of the abrasive drum ami
the air impact remove the skin
from the nuts.
Dublin is home to one of five
branches of a major peanut
blanching company. Universal
Blanchers, a blanching compa-
ny out of Blakely, Georgia The
Dublin facility specializes in
blanching and dry roasting
peanuts. Universal Blanchers
built its 30,250 square foot
blanching facility in 1990 and
their 30,(XX) square foot roasting
facility in 2<XM) here on 10 acres
out west Highway 6.
Universal Blanchers was
See BLANCHERS
Sec A, pg. 10
BAGS OF NUTS - Once peanuts have been blanched, they are
packaged in these large bags to ship out to companies.
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McMillian, Tracy. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2003, newspaper, April 3, 2003; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770310/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.