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VOLUME 90 NO. 51
THE DUBLIN PROGRESS, THUR., MAY 14th, 1970 DUBLIN, TEXAS 76446
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trash removal, or
trash hauls slated
1st. - 3rd. TUESDAYS
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Easily handled trash such as
small limbs of trees, and rubb-
ish heading disposal will be pic-
ked up twice monthly, on the
first and th:,-d Tuesdays of each
month, according to D. M. Shel-
' ton, city manager. Such trash
must be placed near the curb to
be hauled by the city.
Troop 30 Scouts
See Philmont Films
Twentv-six Boy Scouts of
Troop 30 mustered at the Scout
Hut at Fair Park Monday night
whin Ronnie Huse showed slides
taken at Camp Philmont
One new recruit, Dennis Wil-
liams, was introduced 10 Troop
30 and plans were made for a
Scout Campout the first week
in June to be held at Proctor
Lake.
The regular weekly meeting
will be held at 7:00 p m. Monday
at Hair Park recreation building
when scouts will have 22 rifle
target practice
Troop 30 is making headway
with plans for the week at
Young Farmers
A group of young farmers in
this rural community has set
June 3 as a public dcmpnstra
iion toward the government.
Not a demonstration by a bunch
of far out ingrates, but a public
display of “thanks" to our gov
eminent for assistance given
this rural community in its
struggle for economic and social
equality with the rest of Am r
lea, stated Harry Bradberry,
President of the Dublin Young
J .Trners. Hany elected official
’and Washington level personnel
have accepted invitations to re-
.csive these thanks of gratitude.
Following the “thank you”
1 -eakiosl the group will tour
several of the community pro-
jects to see how the taxpayer’s
money has beep used.
Congressman Bob Poage will
make the opening remarks at
the scheduled 1130 a m. tour
of the Dublin Peanut Coopera-
tive and Lt. Governor Ben
Barnc will conclude1 the pro-
gram at the barbecue beginning
at 12:30 p m. Barbecue tickets
are available at the Chamber of |
Camp Billy Gibbons June 21 to Commerce office or at Allisun :
27 | Insurance Agency at $2.50 each.
Jaycee VP Met At Dublin Airport
By City Officials To View Housing
; Upper Leon Conservationists Win
4 Top Awards At Area V Program
?! Gene Gilbreath, chairman of Peters. Hamilton. Hamilti
Gene Gilbreath, chairman of
the Upper Leori Soil and Water
Peters, Hamilton, Hamilton-Cor-
ed SCD; and Brenda Jones,
Burleson To Address Cla$s of 70
Commencement Exercises* Msy 22
Conservation District, welcomed , Prosper, CoHin County SCD.
the 336 Cansenvationist^ andj Entertainment was presented_
their guests attending the-silver by the Glen Rose High'Seho i'
anniversary Soil and Water Con-: Choir under the direction of
serration Program for Region V, Harold Parnell,
sponsored by the Fort Worth Attending the program from
Chamber of Commerce, and Dublin were Gilbreath and his ,
held at Methodist, Camp, Glen wife, Maxine, Bill Heizer, exec-
Rese. Banquet hosts wtre Bas-: utive secretary, Upper Leon
que and Upper Leon SCDs, and sCD. and Mrs. Heizer; Cullen
the Glen Rose Somervell County ' Dansby, District Conservation-
Jimmy leatherwood, DHS junior, welcomes Michael
O’Shea with Debbie Greenway when O’Shea landed
at Dublin Airport at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to
Junior-Senior Prom he Emceed following the ban^
quet in the Dublin School gym.
Chamber Aids Uplift Program;
Works With RC&D To Supply Needs
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Uplift Rural America and the
June 5 program and tour spon-
sored by Dublin Young Farmers
were discussed at the regular
meeting of the Dublin Chamber
of Commerce at the TP&L hos-
pitality room Monday night, pre-
sided over by Joe T. Kennedy.
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The Chamber voted earlier to
; support the Young Farmers in
j their Uplift Rural America ap-
preciation breakfast and tour
for government officials and ag-
encies who have shown1 interest
i in and aided 'commercial and in-
dustrial expansion heTe.
Kennedy will head a Chamber
of Commerce committee in wor-
king with the Upper-1 jeon, Bos-
que and Sommerville County
Resource Conservation and Dev-
elopment committee. Chamber
committee members serving in
this capacity will be T. C. Gran-
berry, Bill Crouch, Roy McKni-
ght and W. D Raley, Chamber
of Commerce manager. The com-
mittee will work closely with
RC&D o determine and supply
local needs.
Financial discussion relative to
Chamber of Commerce. Mac Mc-
Conal, Chairman of Basque SCD,
was Emcee.
Walter Humphreys, Editor
Emeritus of the Fort Worth
Press and originator of the
awards program presented
ist, and Mrs. Dansby; Henry
Turney, State SCD Board repre-
senting Area V, and Mrs. Tur-
ney; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Raley;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bradberry;
Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Palmore;
Mr. and Mrs. WVette Jurney; j
T. C. Granberry, holder of the
awards to the Upper Elm-Red J1968 State ConservaUonist
SCD, accepted by Harold Skaggs Award, businessman, and Mrs.
of Sherman; E. F. Harrison of
Gorman, Outstanding Rancher,
Upper Leon SCD; Elmer Porter
of Hubbard, Comeback Rancher,
Nolan Aquilla SCD; Elmon Ker-
by, banker of DeLeon, Outstand-
ing Professional or Businessman
contributing to Conservation,
Upper Leon SCD, award plaque
contributed by the North Texas
Chapter, Soil Conservation Soci-
ety of America, Fort Worth:
Mrs. E. R. Lewis of Haslet, Out-
standing Homemaker, Dalworth
SCD; Mrs George V. Smith of
Greenville, Outstanding Teacher,
Upper Sabine SCD; Ennis Cham-
ber of Commerce, Outstanding
FM Road Paving
Approved Here
The Texas Hignway commis-
sion today approved develop-
ment of 2.9 miles of Farm to
Market Roads in Erath County
as part of the 1970 Texas Farm
to Market Road Program.
District Engineer R. W. Crook
of the Texas Highway Depart-
the recent annual banquet of the S ment said the estimated cost of ,
Chamber of Commerce copclud- K-^^r^Wichita Falls, Outstand- 4^ wofk JS $115100.
Granberry. Some 100 persons
were present from the Upper
Leon District.
ed major business discussions.
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
LIVELY FUNERAL, HICO
Mrs. Charlie Wilkerson and
Mr.-. J. B Prisk attended the
funeral of their uncle, Ed Live-
ly, in Hico, Sunday, May 10.
The work will be under the
supervision of George W. Black,
Supervising Resident Engineer
at Stephenville, who defines the
area as from F. M. 2303 at
Omar Burleson will speak to
the 1970 graduating class of
Tommy Hicks, president of Dublin JayCees, greets
a fellow JayCeee Robert S. Buck at Dublin Mun-
icipal Airport at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Buck is im-
mediate past president, State of Texas JayCees and
National JayCee VP. ’
Robert S Buck, architect, rep- Buck was Stale President last
resulting Robert S. Buck and 1 year ard is presently .serving
Company of San Antonio, was as U S JayCee vice-president,
nut by a delegation of digm- j assigned to Texas, Kansas, Mich
taries in Dublin when he landed ,gan, Delaware and Georgia. He
at Municipal Airport Tuesday will be a candidate for National
morning to talk about housing j President at'ttie upcoming 50th
anniversary convention of Jay-
Cees in St Louis, Mo, which
President Nixon is expected to'
attend. J
with city officials
Meeting his plane were Tom-
my ttirks. president of the Dub-
lin JayCees, Linda Hicks, Mayor
Coy Perry, Bill Gaines, chair-
man of the Dublin Housing Au-
thority; Clarence Leatherwood,
manager of the Dublin Housing
Authority; Dick Harbin, and W.
T. Culpepper.
The architect, whose firm is
presently responsible for over
20 million dollars in multi-fam-
ily housing, told city officials
• I strongly feel that housing
throughout the United States is
mu iif the ino-t rfverc crises
we f ee today. Rreing inr
rates and increases in costs of
construction and NOT technol-
ogy
Little League Maps
Plaits For Season
Little league Fans, parents,1
coaches and others interested j
are invited to attend the Little
League meeting at 7 30 p.m
Thursday at Texas Power and
Light hospitality room*
Games will be scheduled and
teams set up at the meeting
Thursday for anyone interested
in helping with rhe Little
League 1970 Season, according
to Jack Johnson, LI, secretary.
Glen Duncan, president, John-
son, and Tom Humphries, treas-
urer head the 1970 Little
League Association, and predict
an exciting season ahead this
summer with enthusiasm gen-
erating among baseball fans and
players Cooperation from fans
and parents is needed to get
ing Radio Station, accepted by
Earl Sargent, Farm Editor,!
Wichita SCD; and KXII-TV,
Sherman, Outstanding Televis-
ion Station, Upper Elm-Red
SCD _ _
sJSr*srtsars«« °z
^ ' £*£* l/ST provide SttSSTtSS S
.relocation assistance and con-! Wolfe, Principal. Baccadaureate
truct grading, structures and services will. he held at the
Omar Burleson, Congressman, 17th District, will
speak to Class of ’70 at graduation exercises Fri-
days May 22 at 8.00 at the school auditorium.
“St. Louis is the birthplace
of JayCees,” Buck told Dublin the „i,ow on the road
JayCees, "who now have chap-
ters in over 6,000 communities
with a membership of over 300,
000.”
Invited to Dublin by Mayor
Perry and other city officials
Buck is a world traveler having
studied in Europe and represent-
ed JayCees in travels to Argen-
tina, Brazil and Peru in South
America, and has traveled
throughout tho United States
from California to New York.
.____. . „„ | In January he attended Prep-
are making adequate how- \ Pr Breakfast
mg unavailable to more and: ,__' r
more American famflU. eVh m
Buck received his bachelor of i I Aa|# Wflft'c WPW
arts and bachelor of science de- j l»W» If IIV 0 llVfl
grees from Rice University in SON, FABURN, BORN
Houston and was awarded a fel ! TO HAROLD FOXES
lowship to study architecture in Mr and Mrs H»hold Fox an-
Europe in 1959 He is a meriiiber nounce the arrival of a son,
of the Board of Directors of the Faburn Paft, born May 5 at
Texas Mental Health Association; Gatesvill, weighing six pounds,
on the board of the Texas Jay-1 four ounces, and 18 inches long.
Cces Hospital Foundation; and He is welcomed by a brother,
a director in Partners in Peru Barry,9, and twin sisters, Anna
—a JayCee International in-
volvement.
and Jana, 7.
Grandparents art* Mr. and Mrs
A JaVCee for eleven years Son Fox, 719 N. Camden,
Contributions Aid
Girls' Shirttails
Contributions continue to drib
ble in to help continue the all-
girl softball program eoached
by Frank Truesdale at Fair Park
ballpark Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons at 6:00,
Donations this week were
made by Lynn Bolton, Ernest
Dove, Mr. and Mrs. Onie Keith,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Keith, Earl
Jacks, Mrs. Gladys Nichols, Mr
and Mrs S. E. Keith, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Torres, Johnnie Wil-
son, Mr. and Mrs. *A. B. Single-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Travis Barnes,
J L.. Corbett, Eula Grisham,
ME and Mrs. Jewel Humphreys,
Mr. and Mrs. Herscheli Hudson,
and Mr, and Mrs. Cleavie Keith,
DR. CLYDE CLANTON
HERE FROM NASA
Dr. Clyde Clanton, head geol-
ogist at NASA, Mrs. Clanton
and their two children spent the
Mother's Day weekend in Dub-
lin with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. U* S. Clanton.
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surfacing.
Work authorized in this couil-
Mgr.
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as Farm and Fanch to Market
loads earmarked for develop-
ment in the new program.
The program includes 144
projects in 109 counties. Esti-
mated total cost of the program
is $22 million.
New construction totals 377.6
miles, with an estimated cost of
$18.2 million. The remaining
.$3.8 million represents addition-
al financing oh 165.5 miles of
previously designated roads.
Earnest L. Sikes, TP&L manager, ably assists
Young Farmers Harry Bradlberry and Bill Crouch
hang UPLIFT RURAL AMERICA signs on both
the Stephenville and Comanche highways. Signs
will remain up to remind motorists of the June5
UPLIFT appreciation program and to welcome
distinguished visitors to Dublin for the tour.
Martha Hamilton Is Valdictorian,
Rasberry 2nd High Honor Grad
school auditorium Sunday, May
it, at 8:GQ p.m., with ihe Rev
ix part of 543 1 miles of T”N;fBob Perrin, pastor of the First
Baptist Church as spea|er.......,.„i ,
Burleson, Congressman repre-
senting the 17th Congressional
District of Texas, has been re-
elected to Congress through the
current 91st Congress since first
taking his seat In the House in
January 1947. A Democrat whose
home is in Anson, he resigned
chairmanship of three House of
Representative Committees and
assignment to a fourth to. ac-
The additional new mileage cept his unanimous election by
brings the designated Farm and the House in 1968 to the Ways
Simmons University.
Burleson was a special agent
af the FBI in 1940. resigning to
enter the Navy in World War II.
After three and a half years
with duty in the North At lam
and South Pacific he was
charged as a Lieutenant Com-
nander in the U. S Navy He
is married to the former Ruth
DeWe-se.of Anson.
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“UPLIFT RURAL AMPP rCA” -dem swung over Patrick St, by Dublin Young
Farmers will welcome distinguished Vi jitors expected to attend the ‘JUNE 5’
tour and prograrp..
Martha Hamilton is Valedic-
torian of the 1970 graduating
class of Dublin High School, an-
nounced Sam Wolfe, Principal,
and Brenda Rasberry is Saluta-
torian.
Martha will graduate from
DHS with a four year average
of 94 30. She is the daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. John Paul Hamil-
ton, 305 W. Clinton, and her
family has supplied Dublin High
with previous honor graduates,
including her brother, Tom, Val-
edictorian of the Class of 1969,
and lather, Paul Hamilton, Sa-
lutatonan of DHS Claas of 1932.
Paul's senior year average of
98 50 missed highest honors by
one eighth of a point and Vale-
dictorian honors went to Bonnie
Goodwin whose average was
98.58, Martha’s grandparents in
Dublin are Mr. and Mrs, Frank
Hamilton.
Danny Poor Races
Austin fn Mexico
Mr and Mrs. Danny Poor left
Dublin Wednesday morning for
• Mexico City, where Danny will
race his Austin-Cooper S, in the
Avandaro Circuit. Danny will try
’for places after arrival in Mex-
ico City, Friday and will pra-
ctice and qualify Saturday before
: racing on Sunday,
i Danny and Linda expect to
spend their first night out on
the trip at Eldorado, where they
j will mem thr^e or four other
racers and drive into Mtexico
together. * v
| The Poor’s son, Douglas is
looking forward to a visit with
his grandparents until his par-
ents return horry* Tuesday. The
Sky-Tel Drive-In Theater will be
npen during Dannyl’s absence,
nightly and for Sunday matinee.
Brenda Rasberry has a four
year high school average of
94.22. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Travis Rasberry, 619 N.
Camden, and grandparents in
Dublin are Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Cline.
Bernice Speer is third high
honor graduate with a four
year average of 92.61. Eleven
honor graduates were named,
whose four year averages were
above 90, including Pam Wolfe,
92.22; Brenda Miller, 91.91; Deb-
bie Lively, 01.85; Carl L. Hall,
High Honor Boy, 91.68; Brenda
Tiuweek. 91.25; Neal McKinney,
90.90; Mary’ Wilson, 90.51; and
Martha Tompkins, 90.43.
Dublin Natl Bank
Shows Deposits Gain
The Dublin National Bank re-
ports deposits of approximately
$700,000 over the call at the
same time last year ini the state-
ment of condition prepared for
publication in me nuojin Prog-
ress hfis week.
Deposits of $8,128,231.93 were
reported at the close of busi-
ness April 30, said Jimmy G.
Johnson, cashier, a noteworthy
gain over last year’s report of
deposits of $7,404,108.48.
Loans April 30,. 1970, were
aver $450,060 ahead of last
year’s April 30 report, refleet-
ng a local prosperity in keep-
lig with the general trend.
Loans at this year s call were
54,391.428.26. The 1963 report
,vai 13,824,236.31.
Ranch to Market network in
Texas to 39.8 thousand miles.
This is l‘/2 times the combined
total of all state-maintained
highways in the six New Eng-
land states.....
Originally planned to help
“get the farmer out of the mud,"
the network has enhanced the
social and economic well-being
of millions of rural Texans.
In the new program, 77 per
cent — 235 miles — of the new
mileage is used by school buses.
Sixty-seven per cent—107 miles
is included in rural mail routes
Health Dept. Ok s
Sewage Disposal
A telephone has been instal-
led at the Munieiple Dublin Air-
part and a gasoline pump order-
ed, reported Dr. Harlan Raley,
councilman, at the* regular meet-
ing of the Dublin City Council
at City Hall Tuesday night, Ma*
’2. Dr. Raley and Ed Malone
serve the council as Airport co-
mmittteemen.
Mayor Coy Perry, presided at
the meeting attended “by eight
councilmen, Dr. Raley, Ed Mal-
one, John A. Johnson. Joe Hum-
phries, . T. ;H. Cleveland. Mrs.
Marvin Farris, Jack Johnson,
and Means Committee, which
he now serves.
He attended Abilene Christian
College and Hardin - Simmons
University in Abilene before
taking his law degree from
Cumberland University Law
School. He did graduate work at
the University of Texas Law ! an(U- H Humphreys.
School and was awarded an hon- j Other e officials present
orary LL.I). degree by Hardin 'vere ^ E. Edwards, city sccre-
----—--------- j tary; Dick Harbin, city attorney;
Hazelwood Laundry 1 St)n Fox*chiel (,f police, and b.
2 * ”.y M- Shelton, eih superintendent.
Opens New Location The State Health . Depart ment
Hazelwood Laundry is now | checked the sewage treatment
Many farm and ranch to in
Many Farm and Ranch to Mar-
ket Roads provide access to rec-
reational areas for urban and
rural resident alike.
The FM System also includes
some of the most scenic travel-
ways in Texas. One-third of the
total mileage of the 10 Texas
Travel Trails is over roads in
the FM-RM system.
Many industries are served by
roads in the Farm to Market
network. The system has been
credited with opening up new
building. Patrons and visitors 1 creek ard reported it to he as
are invited to come in and see j; ood a, ny in !h state Sh -Ifm
the new quarters between 7:00 i s-umiticd a budge! to the (’oun-
a.m. and 11:00 p.m, 1 jcil, which will be'adopt ’d sub-
Thr new building has been jject to the’approval of the coun-
eompietely renofated and rem- cil members,
odeled; and Mr. aW Mrs. Hazel- The Council p i - I a resolut-
wood are eager to welcome their ! ion to eio-e th ■ -hive mip-y)
regular customers and hope to ! from the southeast corner of the
see many new ones at their new Dublin Hospital, Inc. in orderly
location.
direction to a point west of the
alley running east and west.
IN. W. D. RALEY HOME
Mr. and Mrs. R D. Muff tt joe kfnnedys have
and son Bri**** 1V»h<*’«« ? vie. i WEEKEND VISITORS
areas for industrial growth, fa- *te(i ‘n l^c ® home
over me weekend. Mrs. Motiett
______. ■ . returjned to Dallas from San The junior Kennedys have just
D jtl *e j Diego where they have jived , *• turned from a vacation trip
Head I n© wiaSSiilGa Ifor the past four years. j to the Bahamas.
mwt
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Kennedy
of Austin spent the Mother’s
Shop Dublin First
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Robert' Buck, AIA, TSA, archictcct ofSanatonio, is met at Dublin Airport by
Mayor Coy Perry, Clarence Leatherwood, Bill Gaines an<j other City officials
when he arrived to discuss housing needs here,
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