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VOLUME 80 — NO. 34
THE DUBUN PROGRESS, THUR., JAN. ll 1968
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DUBUN, TEXAS 76446,
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Chamber Singers to Perform This
Thursday at School Auditorium;
Two Members Are Dublin Boys
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SHOWN HERE is part of the new off ee Headquarters of Henderson Sales
Company and Feed Mill. Joe Hendcrs m, owner and operator for the past
twenty-one years, invites all his frien is and customers to come by and visit
him and his staff at their new location.
Water Association Formed To
Survey Water System for Procter
At a special meeting held De-
cember 29. the Proctor Water
Association was formed and a
steering committee elected to
survey the Proctor Community
and make other arrangements
toward obtaining a water sys-! roughly with the old
tern for the Proctor Area. j hool District
‘’Those elected were Pie* Csr- William T. Cal
operation. For this rea-
son, you are urged to contact
one of these men immediately
if Sou are interested to having
frfsh, pure, filtered water. The
area being surveyed
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tor Chairman; Paul Hamburg,
Vice-Chairman; Jim Roberta,
Sec; B. C. Howell and G. E
Free, members Survey sheets
are now being circulated by
this committee, an engineering
firm will study the information
and the area to be served, and
arrive «t a .monthly water rate
sufficient tn\ maintain the sys-
tem and pay jff tbs- loan. While
it is the intention of these men
to contact everyone living to
the Proctor community, you
can help by contacting one of
them now. R is expected that
the survey can be completed by
January 15- _
The system will be for uses
other than irrigation,,and would
be a real asset to the Proctor
Community. The committee ii
reasonably sure that the sys-
tem could be in operation! at
the same time the new fitter
plant lit Lake Proctor begins Feb. 16.
Pres-
ident of the Upper lx>on Water
District, and Ben Suddrcth, of
Comanche were also present
for the meeting.
Through the cooperation of
Bob McElroy, refreshments for
the group were furnished by
Higginbotham’s
Wanda Bridges Goes
To McCfennan Co.
As Assistant HDA
Bjjss Wanda Bridges, Ererth
County Home Demonstration
Agent, will be transferred to
Mclennan County as assistant
Home Demonstration Agent ef-
fective Feb. 16, according to an
announcement made today by
Miss Annie Lucy Lane
Mm Bridges will finish her
work in Erato County Feb IS
and report' to the Waco office
Services Held
For N. A. Feagan
Services were conducted in
the Harrell Funeral Chapel at
4 p.m. for Nathan Aaron Fea-
gan who died in Harris Hospi-
tal Thursday Rev. Carmton Har-
I tsftWdv pastor of Second Bapt-
ist uhurch officiated with buri- j
al ill the Roach cemetery, Har-
rell Funeral Home directing.
Feagan was born Sept. 5.1^94
in the Roach comanuhity and
has been a resident of Fort
Worth the past 19 years.
He was married to the former
Mattie Thompson,
Survivors include his daugh-
ter, Mrs, Justin Kennedy, Gra-
peland: son, Nathan I* Feagan,
Fort Worth, three grandchild-
ren. a brother, Ray Reagan,
Sweetwater, fourststers, Mrs.
C. D. Campbell, Lubbock.. Mrs.
Earl Benson, Mrs. Riggs Hous-
ton, Austin, and Mrs. J. Camp
bell, Littlefield.
The Chamber Singers of Sul
Ross State College at Alpine
will be in Dublin at 2:30 Thurs-
day afternoon, January 11, for
a performance. This group drill
perform in the main auditorium
at Tarleton College on Thurs-
day night at 8:00 p.m. There is
no admission for these programs
and the public is invited to at-
tend especially here in the high
School auditorium Thursday af-
ternoon. This will be for the
high school and junior high as-
rnbly.
This grr. j> which is compos
fed of 16 raerrT>ers, 12 singers,
the director and 3 musicians,
I is making a 10 day tour almost
circling the state. Two of thsee
members are Dublin boys, Mike
* Shafer, the son of M!r. and Mrs.
Delbert L. Shafer, 220 Grade
St., and Jimmy Parker, the son
of Mrs Mickey Parker, 303
Grade St. Both of these boys
are senior music majors at Sul
Ross.
JERRY R. BOLTON
Grandson Receives
Combat Award
lioweii Tackett, is, of the sev- Training in La.
enth Marine First Division has
Completes Basic
received the Commendation Me-
dal for heroic achievement and
out of his line of duty in conn-
ection with operation insurgent
Viet Cong, force* in Vjrtnam.
The award was presented to
him in a special service.
Tackett continues his three
years of assignment in Camp
L-guns, North Carolina where
he received his training. He has
just completed thirteen months
in combat duly in Vietnam.
He arrived home on Thanks*
giving day with his mother, Mrs.
Violet Tackett and gramdmoth
er Mrs. Ellon Reeves who lives
in McComb, Mississippi. Tack*
ett is the grandson of
Mrs. Frank Perry of Dul
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POWN COME THE PECORATIONS
CITY EMPIjOYKS hnrd at work Monday taking
the Christmas lights down and putting thorn back
into storage for next year.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Progress will insert announcements for (he
various offices in the order they are received at
the rates listed below:
Legislature and Senate.....................$27.50
District Offices $27.50
County Offices, including , -
Commissiners ......................... $25.00
Precinct Offices, Justice of Peace, County
Surveyor, and Constable........*.......$12.50
A short notice of not over 300 words will be run
as part of each announcement The candidate’s
name is placed in Hie Announcement Column. All
other notices or article* will be charged for at
the regular advertising rate f 4c per word. Dto-
er-srs? «
for political advertising, as do sonur
Social Security
Representative
Due Monday
' A representative^ from the
Fort Worth District Office is to
Dublin to? second and fourth
Mondays of each month to pro
kte social security and Modi
re inLnratian. He may he
•o’ttct d in the Director’s
Jfajga, Dublin National Bank,
between 9:30 a m. and 12:00
noon:
Q— When 1 was to toe hospi-
al recently, I had to pay the
first $40 of my hospital bill. Do-
es this mean that 1 now only
have to pay the first $10 of my
doctors’ bills -before Medicare
pays 80 per cent of them?
A No- The $40 deductible un-
der Part A Of Medicare (hosp-
ital Insurance) is a separate de-
ductible from the $50 deductible
under Part B (Medical Insu-
rance), Before the Medical Ins-
urance will pay 80 per cent of
doctors’ bills or other cov-
ered services, you haw to in-
cur the first $50 per year of
such expenses.
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POLITICAL
Announcement
Dublin Progress has been
ized to announce the fol-
_ perMtu as candidates far w
subject to tho First Dem-
c Primary to be held In
1968:
/ A (Jim) Walsworto /
ptramiiRnran
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Pvt. Jerry R Bolton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Bol-
ton. Hurt St., Dublin, recently
completed his Basic Training
at Fort Polk, La.
There be. is receiving advan-
ced trai ing in the he of the
Army’s largest missile, the Pu-
shing Missile. Jerry recently
spent an 18-day leave with his
parents. '
COMANCHE MAN
COMPLETES TRAINING
Airman Michael W. Boyd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Boyd,
Jr., of Route 1, Comanche, has
completed basic training at
Amarillo AFB, Texas. He, has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Chanute AFB, 111, for specializ-
ed schooling as an aircraft
maintenance specialist.
Airman Boyd is a* graduate
of Irving (Tex.) High School.
His wife is the former Iillie
Johnson of Irving.
This group of singers sing in
six different languages and sing
all type's of songs. One of the
mule members of this group
was asphyated in his apart-
ment in Alpine on January 1
leaving only" 11 members of the
choir.
Funeral Services
Held for
James Chisholm
Services were conducted Mon-
day in Proctor Methodist Chu-
rch for James Hayden Chisholm
who died suddenly Saturday
night in the Dublin hospital.
Rev. Eugene Robertson, pas-
tor of First Methodist Church,
Dublin, officiated, with burial
in Proctor cemetary. Rev. Ray
Elliot assisted. ,
Chisholm was born July 12,
1921 in Rising Star and^ was
parried to Phyllis Edwards
March 17, 1950 in Petersburg,
Va. He was a retired Capt. of
the U. S. Army, having served
in the European and Pacific the-
aters, retiring in 1962 and has
resided on the family farm ne-
ar Proctor the past 5 years.
He was a 1939 graduate of
Brownwood High, attended Tar-
leton State College and Texas
A & M college.
A member of the Proctor Me-
thodist Church, he is survived
by his wife, Mirs. J. H. Chis-
holm. Proctor; daughter, Debo-
rah lotgh, sons, Daniel Dale
and Charles Randolph of the
home, parents. Rev.- and Mrs.
D. A. Chisholm of Brownwood;
sister, Mrs. Pat Boye, Waxaha-
chie, and a brother, Donald D.
Chisholm, Fort Worth.
Funeral Services 40% Absence Throughout
Held for All Grades At Dublin School
Grace Salyer
Services were held Friday,
January 5 at 2:00 p.m. in the
First Christian Churfch for Mrs.
Grace Rebecca Salyer who
died Wednesday in the Hico hos-
pital after an illness of one
year. Mrs. Salyer was a mem-
ber of the First Christian Chu-
rch.
Rev. Harmon Swink, Pastor
of the First Christian Church
officiated with Rev. Wayne Ro-
binson assisting. Burial was in
the Barbee Cemetery, under the
direction of Harrell Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Salyer was born Septem-
ber 27, 1919 in Kascnsko, and
was the daughter of Mir. and
Mrs. Ralph Wooten. She marr-
ied James R Salyer in March,
24, 1952 and one child, a daugh-
ter, was born to this union.
Survivors include her hus-
band, James R. Salyer, Dublin;
a daughter Susan Salyer, Dub-
lin; step-daughter, Mrs. Marie
Crouk, San Antonio; stepson,
James Earl Salyer, Temple; two
sisters, Mrs. Willie Jinkins, Ba-
ton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Joe
Kimble, Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Salyer as been a resi-
dent of Dublin 15 years and was
active in church and school ac-
tivities. She was also a Camp
Fire Leader for eight years
and active in 4-H work.
Funeral Rites
Held for
W. Williamson
Services were Conducted Fri-
day at 3 p.m. in'HarrelfcFuner-
al Chapel for William Cleveland
Williamson who died Wednes-
day in Harris hospital. Fort
Worth.
Rev. Eugene Robertson, pas-
tor First Methodist Church, off-
iciated. Burial was to Lower
Greens Creek cemetery. Harr-
ell Funeral home directing.
Williamson was bom March
5, 1885 in Alabama and was ma-
rried to Alice Alexander Aug.
1, 1905.
Survivors includes his wife,
Mrs. Alice Williamson, Fort
Worth; a daughter, Mrs. Marie
Morrison, Fort Worth; a son Ro-
bert L. Williamson, Abilene; a
brother, J. C. Williamson, San
Angelo, arid a sister, Mrs. Pe-
arl Abies, Brady.
Pre-Registration For
Spring Semester At
Ranger Jr. College
Pre-registratiori for the spring
semester at Ranger Junior Col-
lege in Ranger got under way
Monday. January 8.
The fall semester at the col-
lege does not end until Janu-
ary 18, but Director of Guid-
ance and Counselling, Larry
Hunt, has slated a one-week
pre-registration period to en-
able students to avoid the crush
of the regular registration lines,
Regular registration for the
spring semester will be* held on
only one dayJanuary 22. Class-
es will begin on January 23.
Students or potential students
desiring more information about
registering for the spring se-
mester are urged to contact
Mr. Hunt at the college.
state. .
Basketball games which had
been scheduled for Monday and
Tuesday were called off due to
the extreme weather conditions.
Banyan Thurs. Club
Enjoys Luncheon At
Mrs. HowelTs Home
The Bunyan Thursday Club
met in the home of Mrs. James
Howell on January 8 for a cov-
ered dish luncheon.
The afternoon session open-
ed with a song led by Mrs Guy
Snivelyi "Learning on the Ever-
lasting, Arms”. Scripture read-
ing, Mil. 4:4B, and prayer.
Mrs/ Humphries led recrea-
tion iri the form of a quiz game.
Mrs. /Georgia Logan won high
score-
program followed in
of Mrs. M. M. Logan.
Put A Smile in Your Voice”,
Mrs. Ed Gryder.
A poem Irritant - Mrs. Ellie
If.
Three Samaritans - Mrs. John
umphries.
Social Security - Mrs. Geor-
gia. Logan.
Those present were: Mrs. H-
lie Self, Mrs. Guy Snively,
i? i Charlene Howell, Mrs. Ed Gry-
F ir st Methodist Chureh. ^ ^ Dov3y TnmAt Geor.
gia Logan. Miude Humphries,
Ava Thiebaud, arid the hostess,
Antha Howell.
The meeting adjourned to
meet with Mrs. John Humph-
ries on February 1.
Classes were resumed Wednes-
day morning in the local schools
after two “nan-scheduled holi-
days” occasioned by icy road
conditions. Much of the ice still
remained Wednesday morning.
Am early morning attendance
check, indicated from thiry to
forty percent absence through-
out the grades. It was expected
that some additional students
would arrive at school later in
the day.
It was reported that school
buses experienced no special di-
fficulty in making the routes
other than requiring much slow-
er speeds than normal.
Walks and steps were very
slippery and dangerous but salt
applications improved the con-
dition somewhat.
A large percent oj the absent-
eeisms was attribute to various
type's of illnesses prevalent in
the local schools as well is in
the schools in general over the
Meet in Basement of
First Methodist
Den II, Cub Scouts, will
meftt Thursday in front of
the Grammar School build-
ing directly following Hie
school bell. Meeting place
is in the basement of the
The meeting will be over at
4:00 p.m. Mrs. Hicks will
furnish all ways home un-
less mothers are able to
pick their scouts up. See
you this Thursday!
GUEST IN HOME
OF OTTO GILBERT
Guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Gilbert this week
end was Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ba-
ker and Jane of Richardson,
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Parkam
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gil-
bert of Stephenville. Mr. and
Mrs. I L Baker spent Satur-
day night with their daughter
and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Gilbert of Stephenville.
IN PERRY HOME
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Perry from
Amarillo visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Perry during
the holidays.
TWO OFFICIALS FILE
FOR RE-ELECTION
The
political pot began to
boil this week, with one county
official filing for re-election
and one district official filing
for re-election.
First to announce a. candid-
acy was J. A. (Jim) Walsworth,
incumbent County Tax Asses-
sor-Col lector, who will seek re-
election to the May 4th Demo-
cratic Primary. \ / :
Second to file was Tom Hol-
mes, Representative, who is
seeking another term of office
Johnny McCarty
Servos With First
Aircraft Whig
Marine Lance Corporal John-
ny M. McCarty, son of Mr. and
MnO Fred D. McCarty of Route
1, Dublin, is at the Marble
Mountain Air Facility, near Da
Nang, Vietnam nerving with
“ * garters and Maintenance
cm 16, Marine Aircraft
16, First Marine Aircraft
tag.
Members of h» squadron
serve In various administrative
and maintenance sections of
and
tq that post. ;
Big election interest during
1968 appears to center around
the Governor’s race, arid later,
that of the Presidential cam-
paign. ' ■
In Fox Home
Visitors in the home c
and Mrs. M. T. Fox a
holidays were Mr. and
W. Ascue of Odessa,
Mrs. 0. T. Ascue of F<
Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Dana of Arlington v
Tanner of Pharr,
Tanner and Mr.
Hardwick and
Wanda
Mr. and
children
of Abilene,
Harold Fox
Waco.
Employers
toyera are reminded that
Form W-2, showing income
and social security tax informa-
tion for 1967, must be furnish-
ed all employee* oh or before
Wednesday, January 31, 1968,
according to EUis Campbell, Jr-,
District Director of Internal
Revenue tor Northern Texas.
VOTIR REGISTRATION
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Rules for W-2 Forms
Employers are required to is-
sue W-2 forms for each of thei
employees during. 1967
January„,31. Getting a
W-2 from your emplo;
portant for each taxM^r. In-
ternal Revenue has jmese tips
for you: 1) Be su*^ to get a
correct form W-2#that shows
the correct wagtef' and tax that
you have paid:#) If you have
changed jobs/knd, or mbved,
make sure Jrnat your former
employer kpowi where to mail
your ForrarW-2: and 3) Be sure
to get aj|f your Forms W-2 be-
fore ypu prepare your tax re
turn.
In Self Home
isitors in the Sam Self
ome during the recent holi-
ays were Mr. and Mrs. T^re.|
Rock Self and Miss Sarah Ras-
sart. The Selfs are living in
Dobbin, Texas and he is teach-
ing in Montgomery, Texas. Mrs.
Self is a graduate student at
Sam Houston State.
Miss Bassart is a high school
senibr at Baytown, Texas, and
is the sister of Mrs. Tyre Self.
’ 1 JUST HAVING FUN
CREATING A FROSTY WINTER scene is Suzan-
ne Gibson, daughter of Mr.j and Mrs. Vernon Gib-
son, in front of the Dublin High School building.
She issuing bn a wash tub which she used for her
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WEATHER FACTS
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Wed. 3
Thurs. 4
Fri. 5
Sat- 6
Sun. 7
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Tues. 9 . -
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The 9 degrees Sun. morning
was the low for the winter.
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COLONEL WARREN SLEEPER
LIEUTENANT COLONEL WARREN 0. SLEEP-
ER, receives his second award of the Bronze Stftr
Medal during ceremonies at Norton AFB, Calif.
Presenting the award was Brigadier General Jack
C. Ledford, U. S. Air Force director of inspection.
Colonel Sleeper was awarded the Bronze Star Med-
al for meritorious service as deputy for materiel ad-
visor to the 41-St Tactical Wing, Vietnamese Air
Force, Da Nang AB, from April, 1966 until April, g
1967. He was cited for his outstanding ability in id
vising and assisting the 41st Wing towards becom-
ing a self-sufficient fighting force. The - -
1934 graduate of Porter Military
eston, S.C., served in the European
erationa (taring WorW War n. He *
A&M University and the Municipal
Omaha (Neb). Colonel
Air Forte Commendation
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