The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1976 Page: 3 of 10
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Spirit Cake Winners- Quinna Pair, high school;
Tammy Grant, junior high; Angela Durham,
elementary school. These cakes are presented each
week at the Lions Pep Rally, 3 p.m. Friday, high
school gym.
PTA Slates Meeting
Join Your Local PTA
The New Spirit of ’76
• Belong to the largest organization
in the world working for and with
, children and youth;
• Support your own child as he goes
from home into school a"d com-
munity;
• Become involved with the school
on behalf of your child and all
children;
• Offer your friendship and support T
to the teachers and administra-
tors who serve in the school;
Announcing
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY
Part Time Work: Man to clean
shop part time. Dulbin Indust-
ries, Inc., 717 Sheehan, Dublin,
Tx. Apply in person.
9-16-ltc
Card of Thanks
I extend deep appreciation to
all my friends and to the Dublin
Volunteer Fire Department who
tryed their darnedest to save
what they could when my house'
burned recently. I am indeed
comforted by your kindness
shown me after I returned home
from Arlington.
Herman Young
9-16-ltp
Notice Ttf Ail Persons Having
Claims Against The Estate Of
Pearl Gray, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that
original Letters Testamentary
for the Estate of Pearl Gray
were issued on September 3,
1976, in Cause No. 4348,
pending in the County Court of
Erath County, Texas, to:
Donald R. Jones
The residence of such Execu-
tor is 908 Mockingbird Lane,
Stephenville, Erath County,
Texas.
All persons having claims
against this Estate which is
currently bejng administered
are required to present them
within the time and in th£
manner prescribed by law.
DATED the 3rd day of
September, 1976.
Donald R. Jones
• Help guide and improve programs
and policies in the school; Remem-
ber, ‘the schools' are our schools,
yours and mine;
• Join with friends and family in
shaping our children's future.
The Dublin P. T.. A. will meet pr^S'?ng' _
... . _ , c Officers are : 1st Vice-Pres-
I ucsdav, October 5 at 3:30 p.m. ., „ . , , .
r ident, Barbara Jones: 2nd
Vice-President, Eloise Ripley;
3rd Vice-President, Pat
in the High School Auditorium
with President Pat Harrell
Broughtons l o
Attend Conference
M. Leon and Peggy
Broughton will attend the two
day Scouter’s conference held at
Lubbock, Texas on September
17 & 18. M. Leon Broughton is
District Commissioner for the
Noreast District, Comanche
Trail Council BSA.
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GET 72 TABLETS FREE
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ot .ill 26 NFL teams
DUNCAN DRUG
102 S. Patrick Sf. - Phone 445-2221
Some Birds Don’t
Need Harvesting
by Will Ray Long
When Ray Long asked me if I wanted to go bird
hunting I jumped like I was bee-stung! Ask a brown
bear if he wants a fish. I guess since he was a man
grown up, he figured I’d never make it, and he might
as well entertain me while he could.
For the uninitiated, doves are doves, but birds are
quail! Mr. Bobwhite. Just about the most important
game bird in a kid’s life, especially a kid that had
never had his hair combed and would considered a
comb an affront to manhood at age 13. I wanted to go
bird hunting with Pop and Old Dan, the pointer, just
the same way a deer wants apples.
Maybe you’ve never spent the last hour before
going to sleep hearing the whiirrr of quail wings, or
visualizing Old Dan on point, tail as straight as an
Indian arrow, and smejl the deliciousness of burned
shotgun powder, but I had, and my twin-tubed .410
bore was as sparkly clean as a fresh minted dime. And
he asked if I was ready!
In those days ten shells at a time was like owning
the Kimberly diamond mines, but he bought me ten
for 30 cents and we hit the field. “Watch Old Dan,’’
he said. “If you’ve got an ounce of sense you can learn
something from a good bird dog." Dan was running
and drooling, and I was drooling and scared to run.
We must have been about a hundred yards from St.
Peter because I could almost see the Pearly Gates. No
one ever got closer to Heaven without going in or
getting turned away. And then it happened!
Dan froze, evidently realized his mistake and broke
point, but off the ground came the bird. The buttplate
hit my shoulder, my finger slapped the trigger, and
down came the bird! My spirits came down just as
fast. It was not a bird, just a sparrow hawk. Dan
looked at me, shook his head and slunk off, Pop just
looked. It was when I looked at Pop that I knew
something had hit the fan that wasn’t supposed to be
there.
“Boy," he said softly, “let’s go to the fence row
and sit a spell, I’ve got talking to do to you." And we
did and he did.
To a kid with tennis shoes and holes in overall seats,
anything that wasn’t fit toteat wasn’t fit to be around,
and that’s how I felt. And how wrong I was!
The explanation he gave was without malice in tone,
but firm in direction. That bird I just shot down and
nudged in disdain with my shoe was protected by law.
And we talked some about law. Laws, he told me,
were good and bad, but there was also an
unwritten law that I could learn and follow, or else he
was going to see if my shotgun barrel would bend
double if stuck in the forks of a mesquite tree. He
might as well have told me he was going to jerk my
arm off and beat me to death with it. The real law was
under the heading of sportsmanship and conservation.
And conservation, he said, was using without using
up. Some 546 birds make their home in Texas or come
Kennedy; Secretary, Charmon
Yarborough; Treasurer,
Margaret Jones; Historian,
Carolyn Holden; Parliamen-
tarian, Ann Gibson; Hospitality
Sherry Sears.
“The Dublin P. T. A. is
contributing more than you through here on migration. The ones to kill were game
might realize to this commu- species with an open and closed season, and all the
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nity’s children and youth,” says
President Harrell. “Many im-
provements in our schools have
been made possible through the
P.T. A.”
We would like to invite all
^concerned citizens to become a
part of this year’s organization.
You need not be a parent or
teacher to take part in the
worthwhile activities, or just
enjoy the programs planned for
monthly meetings.
The October program is to be
presented by “The Tarleton
Players”. Another month’s
interesting and entertaining
presentation will be on self-
defense for women. These are
only two examples of the many
programs planned for the
coming year.
Please join your local P. T. A.
and be counted with those who
care.
4*^
!!! PEANUT FARMERS!!!
CLEAN OLD CROP PEANUTS
OUT OF
YOUR EQUIPMENT AND TRUCKS
/
About half of Seg. 3 Peanuts
we handled last year
were caused by old crop peanuts.
DUBLIN PEANUT CO-OP INC.
others except English sparrows and starlings were to
be let alone.
If God hadn’t wanted ’em here, he wouldn’t have
put ’em here in the first place. The hunt, I knew, was
over for the day until I’d digested the lesson. I was
demoted to being captain of a sunk ship.
That sparrow hawk, he told me, would have eaten
290 field mice in a single year. All nature was against
bird life, with the average life span of a bird being
about a year to two years, and any man worth
dragging a shotgun around would have sense enough
to let such creatures be. Besides rodents, most of our
song birds eat grubs, worms, bugs, insects of almost
all kinds.
And besides, the beauty of a bluebird, a cardinal, a
robin, a scissortail, has yet to be captured by man on
canvas or film. They’re God’s handiwork, and even I
couldn’t argue with that kind of reverence. I’d done a
no-no, and I knew it.
I snubbed a little, partly from ruining the hunt;
partly for goofing, partly because I was little lower
than Old Dan’s behind in his eyes, but he just tousled
my hair some and took a drink of water from the
sack-covered fruit jar, and he told me another jewel or
two I ’ve never forgotten.
Birds eat different foods, and you can tell what kind
from the shape of the bill. The hawk has a sharp beak
for tearing prey, the grosbeak has a blunt beak for
seeds. The food they eat isn’t missed, but if we had no
birds we’d likely some day have no human life. Game
birds can stand shooting only because the shooting is
regulated to take only the surplus and not the brood
stock. Laws or no laws, never kill for killing. Alieady
I’d had a seat-pants swat for shooting a sitting bird
instead of giving it a chance to fly, so I was listening *
for the future.
And Dad, you have a boy at home probably, and if
you do, teach him now, before he has his first chance
to make his first blunder. All creatures have trouble
staying on earth with man, and we could make it
easier for them by ....that's right ....sportsmanship!
How’s the
Plumbing?
Total plumbing: service Prompt
service .
FRANK GAITAN PLUMBING
327 N. Camden_445-3489
Clairette
Community
WRITTEN LAST WEEK.
by Luctle Mayfield
Mrs. Cora McEntire, 88, of
Stephenville was laid to rest in
the Clairette Cemetery Friday
afternoon. Her funeral services
were held at 2 p.m. in the
Stephenville Funeral Home.
Survivors include; one daugh-
ter. Mrs. Vada Noland; two
sons. Dalton McEntire and
Estes McEntire of Stephenville;
4 grandchildren; and 6 great
grandchildren. Her daughter.
Mrs. Vada Noland and family,
were residents of Clairette
several years.
News came from Rev, A. L.
Cronk of Itasca that he was
improving some since suffering
a severe heart attack several
days ago. He was a patient in
All Saints Hospital several days.
Mrs. Myrtle Thompson was
hostess to the Busy Bee Club
Thursday. September 2, from 2
to 4 p.m. It was their first
meeting since disbanding
through July and August. All
members were present to enjoy
visiting, games, and refresh-
ments. They adjourned to meet
with Mrs. Dona Wolfe next
time.
Mrs. Hub Alexander was
hostess to the H. D. Club Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wolfe and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Koonsman
attended Mrs. Cora McEntire’s
funeral in Stephenville Friday
afternoon.
The Clairette area received
2 6/10 inches of rain late
Tuesday, August 31. It was the
best rain we had had here in
months. It rained heavy showers
through Friday. This area had
over 4 inches in all. The
pastures are greening up some
since the rain came.
Misses Eunice and Nola Lee
had several relatives visit them
during the weekend. Visiting
were Mrs. Jessie Lee of Denver
City, her daughter, Betty
Landes and family of Denver
Misses Eunice and Nola Lee
had several relatives visit them
during the weekend. Eunice and
Nola Lee, Mrs. Jessie Lee of
Denver City, her daughter,
Betty Landes and family of
Denver City. Mr. and Mrs.
George Lee of Stephenville, Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Wacha of
Palestine, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Lee of Odessa, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Wolfe of Dublin, Mrs.
Mozell Lee and Michael of Ft.
Worth, Buster and Franklin
Roberson, Mrs. Janell Garner
and Mrs. Dorothy Reed all
stopped by to see their Mother's
sister, Mrs. Jessie Lee awhile.
Also, neighbors called for a
visit.
Tull Havens has returned
home to California after a visit
with his mother, Mrs. Zena
Havens.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Carter of
Jonestown spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Zeph Carter.
Several Masons from this
area attended the Masonic
Lodge meeting at Iredell Satur-
day night. A bar-b-que supper
was held on a mountain top.
Comyn
Community
WRITTEN last week
by Mr*. A. M. Derrick
The biggest news is a week of
nice slow rain. Our gauge
registered better than 4 inches,
while others have gotten larger
amounts.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Huggins
have had as guests his son and
daughter-in-law from Grants
New Mexico. Mrs. G. J.
Huggins spent a few days in the
Dublin Hospital, but is home
now recuperating nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnes
had visiting them their daughter
and granddaughter. Mrs. Jack
Corbell and Teresa from Mona-
hans.
Mr. and Mrs. Pretty of
Stephenville were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lyon.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Nance
visited Thursday afternoon with
their son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nance of
Stephenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Cotton Jones
visited Friday in Hico with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Jones.
Jim Chandler is a patient in
the Dublin Hospital.
Labor Day guests of Mr. and
Mountjoy Joins
Gulf States In
Tyler Office
Howard E. Mountjoy has
joined the Tyler staff of Gulf
States-United Telephone Com-
pany as security director,
according to Verne E. Hix,
company president.
Mountjoy, a native of Sharon,
Pa., was employed for twenty-
eight years by Pacific Bell
Telephone Company in South-
ern California, as senior security
agent. In his new position at
Gulf States-United, he will
develop and co-ordinate effec-
tive preventative security tech-
niques and controls for the firm.
A graduate of El Monte
(Calif.) High School, Mountjoy
attended Los Angeles City
College and has attended
various professional seminars
on criminal law, law enforce-
ment and investigation.
Mrs. George Caraway were
Ralph Caraway, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Buchanan and Sarah
ofLaPort.
Word has been received of
the death of Nellie (Parker)
Mims. She lived here as a chile
and is a half sister to Dave
Floyd. Sympathy is extended to
the family.
AVISO PUBLICO
RESUMEN DE
LAS ENMIENDAS PR0PUESTAS A LA C0NSTITUCI0N
ELECCION GENERAL DEL
2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1976
NUMERO UNO EN
LA BOLETA
(S.J.R. 49)
Revocando Secciones 49-d
and 49-d-1 del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas, S.J.R. 49 enmienda
Section 49-c del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas para disponer y
autorizar $400 millones
adicionales de bonus para
el desarrollo de agua en
Tejas que se puede enhtir
a la aprobacion de dos
terceras partes de los
miembros de cada eamara
de la Legislatura para
tales fines de desarrollo
del agua que la Legisla-
tura pueda prescribir.
La enmienda contiene
prohibition especifica con-
tra el uso de fondos del
tstado para el desarrollo
de recursos acuatieos del
Rio Mississippi y tumbien
requiere que antes de que
pueda encargarse de cual-
quier proyecto partieular
para el desarrollo de agua
que requiere un gasto, de
mas de $35 millones de
produeto de los bonos,
debe de scr aprobado por
resolution de la Legislar
tura.
La enmienda remueva
el requel imiento constitu-
tional que ciertas rentas
deben de ser usadas para
retirar bonos para el des-
arrollo de agua y el en-
carecimiento de la calidad
de agua y remueva el
limite constitutional de la
tasa de interes en tales
bonos.
La frascologia de la
enmienda propuesta tal
como aparecera en la
boleta es lo siguiente:
“La enmienda constitu-
tional autorizando un in-
cremento de $400 millones
de la cantidad de Bonos
del Desarrollo de Agua en
Tejas que podran emitirse
al ser aprobada por dos
terceras partes de la legis-
latura; enmendando y
cnnsolidando disposiciones
de Secciones 49-e, 49-d, y
49-d-1 del Articulo III de
la Constitution de Tejas;
v revocando Secciones
49-d y 49-d-l del Articulo
III de la Constitution de
Tejas.
NUMERO DOS EN
LA BOLETA
(H.J.R. 99)
H.J.R. 99 propone una
enmienda a la Constitu-
tion de Tejas para aumen-
tar de $100 millones hasta
$200 millones la cantidad
principal agregada de
lxinos para el desarrollo
de agua cn Tejas que se
jiuede emitir y que estdn
en circulation por el
Texas Water Develop-
ment Board para proveer
donneiones y prdstamos
para la mejoria de la cali-
dad de agua como esta-
blccido por la Legislatura.
La fraseologia de la en-
mienda propuesta como
aparecera cn la boleta es
lo siguiente: “Una en-
mienda constitutional para
inerementar desde $100
millones hasta $200 mi-
llones la cantidad de
Bonos de Desarrollo de
Agua en Tejas que podrdn
ser emitidos con el prop6-
sito de mejorar la calidad
del agua."
what makes
a fine
furniture
business?
it’s something
to talk about
The obvious answer is Volume,
but the answer to that is:
What makes Volume?
‘Volume is merely proof of a fine
"business, but it is a long way
from being the secret.
The secret of thisbusiness, as we
see it, is something that makes people
who have bought furniture from us once
think of us instantly and automatically
when they need furniture again.
That/ something" is confidence.
That "something" is all that
we have to sell.
And FURNITURE is the form
in which we sell it.
MART
136 E. Black jack
Dublin, Texas
Phone 445-2331
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Hicks, Linda. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1976, newspaper, September 16, 1976; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776167/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.