The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1969 Page: 3 of 10
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rBLIN PROGRESS, THl'H, MARCH 18, 1969
ell-Davidson Post Celebrates
rican Legion 50th Anniversary
1, what turned out to
Irst meeting of the
n Legion was held in
»ican Club. 4 Rue Ga-
teris France. Present
lumber of WWJ officers
^ted men then on ac-
f overseas, four months
■ days after the Armis-
lov. 11. 1018
Meeting had been called
il. Theodore Roosevelt.
IB other officers to dis.
forming of a veteran's
IJon How many were
ho one knows for sure,
fre 463 registered but
»e scores who did not
men met for three
t|ey selected the name
ijkN LEGION for their
Son. They appointed a
a committee to write a
Jon An executive com-
•ade up of men from
Ite in the union was
il. The find duty of
♦utive committee was
)Ut a large attendance
tens to be held in the
fithin six weeks. St.
Ip., was selected as the
this caucus.
ty 8-9-10, 1919 delegates
ftates met in Caucus in
its. They molded the
td recommendations of
I caucus into a pernian-
mization, The American
Henry D. Lindsley of
Texas was elected to
» new organization,
tvember, 1919. the Leg
684,000 paid up rnern-
d you can search long
y for another voluntary
tion that grew so big so
fall of 1919 a group of
iterans met at the Fire
Dublin and organized a
Post. Bill Cody was el-
dfnmander, John Galag-
lltant and Raymond Laf-
Inance Officer They
the Post Harry Powell
this | in honor of Cpl, Harry Powell,
son of Mr. and Mrs W. E. Pout-
ell, who h»d died in the Camp
Bowie base hospital April 19.
1918. And wg$ the first WWI
casuality front Dublin.
A charter from the Depart-
ment of Texas-and the National
organization was applied for fr
was approved to Harry Powell
Post No. 219.
In 1946 the name <rf the Post
was' changed $o Powell-David-
son, in honor of Walter Fischer
Davidson, who died in • Japan-
ese prison camp in Gapian Nueva
Ecija, Phillipine Islands. May
26, 1942 He was the first Dub-
lin casualty in WWIJ.
The Powell-Davkison Auxili-
ary was organized in 1933 and
for 32 years has been serving
the Post and community
The accomplishments of Pow.
ell-Davidson Post are many. Be-
ginning as a WWB veterans or
ganization it now includes WW
II. Korean and Viet Nam Veter-
ans For the 50 years of its ex-
istance it has had an approxi-
mate average of 100 members
peT year. The Post has been
awarded many citations by the
State Dept, and the National
organization for work within &
outside the Legion.
The Post has always had good
relations with the District, State
and National Departments. El-
even State commanders have
visited the Post during their
tenure of office, one National
Chaplain and one Past National
Commander. 17th district com-
manders come by often.
From a financial zero start,
the Post now owns three build-
ings in downtown Dublin. One
building is rental prqperty and
the other two have been com-
bined into one building which
is used as club rooms by the
Legion and Auxiliary. The coun-
ty service officer and the High-
way Department Drivers License
office are furmthed space in this
building, rent free.
Besides serving the veterans
lear'out the % /
jet-weather jungle
ith an electric dryer 4
t weather outside often causes a jungle
drippy wash-day laundry to grow Inside
and nobody likes it! So why do it? An
ctric dryer costs little to buy and operates
'only pennies a load. Lets ydu dry your
sh quickly, gently, regardless of the
Ither, Saves you time and heavy work,
jr clothes dry cleaner, fluffier, too. And
ryone agrees it's the only way permanent
jss can live up to its no-iron promise.
ml go back into the jungle. Get an
fctrk: dryer.
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HIGHLAND COMMUNITY
By Mrs. Orval Pair
Norman W. Ktllum
Killed In Vietnam
CONGRATULATIONS to our
basketball girls. , Even though
they lost their regional game at
Dentw^ Saturday they are to bo
congratulated. Those from here
playing were Wendy Truesdale.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Frank
Truesdale; Mlartha Thiebaud,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Thiebaud. Those from here at-*
tending the game ^izi Dentom
Saturday were, Mr. and Mrs
Wayne Thiebaud and Martha,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Truesdale,
Becky, Wendy. Susie and Mike.
Mrs. Wayne Keith, Ruby Lee,
Robert, Don. Timmy and Wanda,
and Sonny Thiebaud.
Attending the Bi-District game
at Eastland Tuesday night be-
tween Dublin and Santa Anna
were, Mr. and Mrs Wayne
Thiebaud and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Trueisdale and fam-
ily, Mr ami Mrs.. Thurston
House and family, Mr and Mrs.
Wayne Keith and family, Har-
old Dean Keith and Rickie
Mathis.
Sorry to hear that S E.
Keith is in the Stephenville hos-
pital and in traction for a back
ailment. Do hope that he is able
to return home soon
Sunday dinner guests in the
home of Mr, and Mrs. Philip
Keith were. Rev. and Mrs. Bob-
by Paxton and family from
Gatezville,'Mr. and Mlrs. Hardy
Hazzard. Mr and Mrs Bill
Keith and Bobby, Mr. and Mrs.
Travis Barnes, Walter Rippetoe
from Dallas, Bernice Ward from
Comanche and Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin House.
Katie, Mrs. Philip Keith, re
ceived a telephone call from
hen sister, Vera, Saturday night
telling her that her husband.
Tom McCanjlees had surgery
last week in Houston. A cheery
Hello Uncle Tom from Phil and
hope you are better soon.
Darla Stokes and her brother
John from Dublin were Sunday
dinner guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston House &
family
Visitors at the Highland Bap.
list Church Sunday were, Ber-
nice Ward from Comanche.
Walter Rippetoe from Dallas,
John Stokes from Dublin, Billy
Mack Barnes from De Leon, Mr.
and Mrs. G. J. Smith and Mike
Truesdale.
Walter Rippetoe and Edwin
House were visitors at the Ra-
dio Program at the Washington
Street Baptist Church Sunday
morning over station KSTV.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Barnes,
Bill Keith, Mrs. Thurston House,
Bobby Paxton, Walter Rippetoe
Mr. and Mrs Hardy Hazzard,
-Philip Keith, Rev awl Mrs.
and Bernice Ward, attended
singing at the Primitive Baptist
Church in Be Leon Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Katy Keith visited her
sister, Mrs. Bertie Eoff in the
Nursing- home while the others
were at the singing. After sing-
ing Walter Rippetoe, Bernice
Ward, Norma Nell House, Philip
Keith and Mr. and Mis. Travis
Barnas visited in the Nursing
Home. Rev. and Mrs’. Bobby
Paxton and Billy Keith visited
S. E. Keith in the Stephenville
hospital following the singing.
Mrs Lem Thiebaud visited
last week several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Milford Armstrong &
Mr and Mrs. Garland Thiebaud
in Dublin.
Mrs. OrVal Fair and son Paul
Dean visited for a short while
Friday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Thiebaud.
Mrs. Gladys Nichols' visited
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Gary, Mr. and Mrs.
Wes Newton and the- Brumbe-
low girls at Victor,
Paul Dean Fair attended a
Skating Party Friday night at
Stephenville, given by his Sun-
day School teacher, Mrs. Gayle
Mahan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ma-
han accompanied the party of
skaters.
Jimmy Neal Fair "and Richard
Thiebaud were in A&M Univer-
sity at College Station. Saturday
with their Vo. Agriculture spon-
sors, Mr. Weldon Whitehead
and Mr. L. R. Arnnstrong and
several other boys. They were
each op a judging team.
Mr and Mrs. Wayne Thiebaud
and Martha stopped by in Ben-
brook, Saturday afternoon, on
their way home from Denton
and visited with his nephew and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Glyn
Wayne Thiebaud and family. I
Min. and Mrs. Keith Marshall
and family from Dublin visited
Friday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Thiebaud and family.
Wayne Thiebaud attended
the County School Board Meet-
ing in Stifjihenville Monday
morning.
Mrs. Becky Culpepper from
Comanche and Mr and Mrs.
Hamilton from, El Paso, cousins
of Edwin House, visited Sun-
day afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin House.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin House
and Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Cor-
bell visited their sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Bays in Stephenville
Saturday night.
DevelopententClub Pays Tribute
'Id Memory Of Walter Hamilton"
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and their families the Post has
always participated in the civic
life in Dublin. It has always
been a stout supporter of the
public school. Back in the thir-
ties the Post and its members
were leaders in getting the
Dublin Memorial Stadium built.
The Post has been giving School
Awards for years. Every year
it sponsors and with the help
of other organizations in town
sends one or two boys from the
school to Boys State at Austin.
The Auxiliary sponsors & sends
a girl from the school to Girl’s
State at Austin every year.
Since its beginning the Au-
xiliary has had a Poppy sale
each year and-the entire pro-
ceeds from the sales are devot
ed to Child Welfare and Reha-
bilitation. Several thousand dol.
lars have been raised through
these sales, of which two thirds
has been spent in the local com-
munity and one third on a na
tion wide basis.
The Legion Post has hospital
beds, wheel chairs and other
sick room aides w'hich are loan-
ed to people of the community
for periods of emergency.
Powcll-Davidson Post 219 will
celebrate the Legion’s and the
Post’s birthday Monday, March
24, at 7:30 p.m. with a dinner
and program at the Dublin
school lunch room.
W. H. McGregor of Austin,
Texas, Department Adjutant
will be the principle speaker
17th District Commander Bill
D. Lipham and Mrs. Bill D.
Lipham, 17th District President
of the Auxiliary from Abilene,
Texas will be on the program
All members of the Legion &
Auxiliary, their wives and hus
bands are urged to attend.
Cpl, Norman W. Kellum
18, killed in action in
Vietnam February 25.
Marine Lance Cpl. Norman
W Kellum, 18, grandson of Mrs.
Mae Mcllroy of Dublin and son
of Mr and Mrs. Johnnie V. Kel-
lum of Corpus Christi has been
killed in action in. Viet Nam. -
His parents were notified that
Kellum had died February 25
of a gunshot wound from hos-
tile rifle fire while engaged in
aciion against enemy forces
during a ground attack in
Quang Tri Province, S. Viet
Nam.
V
Kellum had joined the Ma-
rines in July, 1967, and had
been in Viet Nam since Novem-
ber 1968. He had attended Car-
roll H. S. in Corpus Christi. He
was an artillery man with the
3rd Batallion 12th Marines.
Norman w as a member of the
Windsor Park Baptist Church in
Corpus Christi.
Surviving besides bis parents
and grandmother are a brother,
Jonnie R. Kellum, and a sister,
Miss Karen Kellum, both of Cor-
pus Christi, and his parential
grandfather. Frank Holland of
De I-eon, Mrs. Nina Weems of
Dublin is his aunt.
— PERSONALS —
Mr. and Mrs. Roy George, Jr.,
and Roya and Ricky of Fort
Worth spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
George, Sr._
D. Gillman Attains
"A" Honor Roll
At Tarleton State
Dewey Gilman, a Tarleton
State College junior from Dub-
lin, has been named to the A
Honor Roll for the Fall Semes-
ter 1968.
In order to be named to the
A Honor Roll, a student must
make no grade lower than an A
in any class. He will receive a
Distinguished Student card rec-
ognizing the accomplishment &
allowing him certain privileges.
A student who receives the Dis-
tinguished Student rating two
semesters in a row is awarded
scholastic “T”.
Dewey, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alva L. Gilman of Route
7 in Dublin, is majoring in Ag-
riculture Education at Tarleton.
CLAIRETTE
COMMUNITY
By Mrs. Lucue Mayfield
Mrs. George Loden was hos-
tess to the Clairette H. D. Club
members March 7, at the Recre.
ation Center. Club president,
Mrs. Barr presiding, opened
with the group giving the club
prayer and pledge in unison, &
song “My Country is The
World", Mrs. Loden at the
piano.
For recreation, Mrs. Loden
gave a contest, "Baking A
Cake”. Mrs Edwards gave most
correct answers and was award-
ed a- gift as was Mrs. Alexan-
der as Lucky Lady.
Roll Call was answered with
"A Hazard in the Home", Com-
mittees gave their reports. 1970
Recommendations were read &
approved.
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■V BESSIE ARMSTRONG
Dublin Floral Co.
359 W. Live Oak
THE EASTER LILY
There is much to say about
Easter It is the most sacred
day of Christendom, and cele-
brated by more people in the
world than any other. Next to
new clothes, w'hich are a sym
boi of new life, flowers are an
important part of Easter. The
outstanding flower, of course, is
the Easter Lily.
The Easter Lily is a beautiful
flower which has come to be
the sign of Easter. It is the sym-
bol of light and purity, and
most lillies grown by florists
usually have the pollen stalks
removed because nonfertiliza.
Lon keeps the flowers white.
We will be happy to supply
your Easter flowers Phone 445-
2355 and they will be delivered
to your door.
The fallowing tribute to Wal-
ter Hamilton was read Friday
at the Dublin Development
Club by Bill Cowan, secretary,
at the instigation of the presi-
dent of the Club, John Hodges.
A copy wa# placed in the club
files, and copies were mailed to
his wife and to dignitaries who
were friends of the deceased
Washington knew Walter
Hamilton as one of the nation’s
most outstanding leaders in
many areas such as soil and
water conservation, farm and
ranch improvement, rural elec-
trification and rural telephone
development.
The State of Texas knew him
as one of the state's foremost
exponents of good rural roads
and a tireless leader in promot-
ing the Farm-to-Market Road
construction program.
The City of Dublin knew him
as a Mayor and City Councilman
of great vision and foresight, a
highly successful businessman
and bank director, interested in
every worthwhile project that
helped build or improve Dub-
lin, and the splendid relation-
ship that exists between Dublin
and its surrounding communi-
ties. _ , .,
The Defense Department knew
him as a dedicated, patriotic
leader in its food and tire ra-
tioning, bond selling, and other
essential programs in war-time
6eores of servicemen and their
families and countless needy
individuals and families knew
him for his unselfish work as
chaiiunan of the local chapter
of the American Red Cross.
His church and lodges knew
his as * Christian who lived his
religion every day in the week.
His wile, relatives, and a host
of friends knew him as a warm,
friendly, kindly, thoughtful,
considerate man who unselfish-
ly devoted his time and money
to helping others.
The Dublin Development
Club knew him as one of its
charter members, a past presi-
dent, and one of its most faith-
ful and active workers on be-
half of the farmiers, ranchers,
and dairymen of the Dublin
area.
Described by one of the
states leading clergymen as a
man "with a mind like a steel
trap . a man who had the cour-
age to think for himself and to
back his convictions with ac-*
tion,” Walter Hamilton left his
beloved Dublin the finest leg-
acy a person can bestow - - a
lifetime of devoted service to
his fellowman. As long as there
is a Dublin, the name of Walter
Hamilton and his many contri-
butions to its welfare will never
be forgotten.
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-^PERSONAL—
Mr. and Mrs Roy Green of
Wichita Falls' were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs Ferrell
Abercrombie ai Purves. stop-
ping here on the first lap of a
journey that will take them to
Houston. Corpus Christi, and
Falcon Dam-
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Hicks, Linda. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1969, newspaper, March 13, 1969; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775424/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.