The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977 Page: 1 of 12
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Impressions
by W. Leon Smith
The Dublin Chamber of
Commerce annual banquet is
Friday night at PAR Country
Club. It promises to be an
interesting event as local
recognitions will be made,
Representative Ed Mayes will
speak, and local musical groups
will be performing. ••
* This is an event which all
Dubliners should want to
attend, it being a chance for all
to unite and honor their city •
the one civic creation that all
have in common.
As is widespread knowledge,
a person’s city is the melting-
pot of its inhabitants. These
people's reflections are evident
‘ in the way a city conducts itself,
the methods in which a city
survives, and the goals a
municipality sets for itself.
• The Chamber of Commerce
serves as a link for alt these,
acting as a rewarder for good
will, a soundboard for opinion, a
prodder for enthusiastic pro-
gress, and a window in which
the future is seen and prepared
.’ for.
In most cities the Chamber of
Commerce is the major stead of
vitaltiy, most p rp g r e s s i ve
change stemming from advan-
ces made by the organization.
And these changes originate in
the minds of the everyday
citizens - those who must live in
the city, raise families there,
and prosper there.
If a municipality decides to
mark time, to try to stifle time's
progression, then the youths,
iwho must live in the future and
try to shape It toftftdfr
will leave such a place, as
common sense dictates, and
eventually the city will become a
town, then less than a town,
then a place where a town once
was.
A Chamber of Commerce
helps guard against this, keep-
ing lighted that link in which
citizens can work together to
assure that (heir city remains a
strong, unitecbforce upon which
the future may be constructed.
This banquet Friday night is
geared as an attempt to honor
the city of Dublin, and in doing
ao to honor you and me - its
citizens, those of us who make it
a city, those of us who want the
spark for its growth to glow .
There are still banquet tickets
remaining, this day before the
banquet, but they may only be
purchased in advance. So we
urge those who are interested to
stop by the Progress office and
buy yours or to contact the local
Chamber of Commerce. In our
opinion it is a smart move.
200 Attend
Hereford Sale
Friday The 13th-A Day
To Honor Us, Dublin
NEW HEADLINER AT PROGRESS •• Pictured
Is James W. Smith, co-publisher of the Dublin
Progress, operating the new Compugraphie 7200
Headliner obtained by the newspaper recently,
as staff member Susan Shafer looks on. See
related story .
-Dublin Progress Photo
New Electronic Typesetter
Should Improve ‘Progress'
The Dublin Progress, in a
move to manufacture a better,
more professional newspaper,
has obtained a Compugraphie
7200 ITG headline-and adverti-
sing display machine. The 7200
sets copy used in headlines for
neyvs stories and sets much of
the copy used in advertising.
Said W. Leon Smith, co-pub-
lisher and production coordina-
tor for the newspaper plant,
"This added electronic machine
built by Compugraphie in
Vermont should help The
Progress publish a much more
efficient, accurate, and better-
looking product. It will save us
much badly-needed time on
Tuesdays when we put the
paper to bed. and it should help
us streamline our whole opera-
tion. Although the 7200 is a very
expensive piece of equipment, it
will hopefully pay for itself in
time to come. It should also aid
us in some of our publishing and
printing involvements here and
elsewhere.’’
James W. Smith, publisher of
The Dublin Progress, and jiis
son. Leon, bought the newspa-
per, commercial printing plant,
and office supply business in
March of this year. Since then
the newspaper has upped its
average of weekly pages from
eight to twelve, a 50% increase
to be absorbed in all phases of
the new spaper business.
"We are already looking at
other improvements to be-
inacted as soon as we have time
to execute them.” said James
Srhith. "Dubtin has shown great
enthusiasm toward its 90-year-
old newspaper since our invol-
vement here, 1 and it looks as^
though the support will be
continued. Our goal first is to
put out the best published
product we possibly can, if it
means working at it all night
several days a week, which we
have done on occasion since
we’ve been here. This new
headline machine should help
us do a better job - faster."
Methodist Singing
Set For May 15
Laurel Street United Meth-
odist Church will have its 3rd,
Sunday night singing May 15 at
7;00 p. m.
Refreshments will be served
following the singing.
Everyone is extended a
special invitation to attend.
57 To Graduate From
i
Dublin Jr. High School
♦
About 200 persons atten-
ded the spring registered
Hereford sale at the Lee
Campbell ranch Tuesday. The
sale, held in Campbell’s ultra
modern auction facility, drew
buyers from all over Texas.
Among the more prominent
buyers were Dudley Brothers,
Comanche; Troy Wolf, Bowie;
Harry Hanson, Hamilton; H. G.
Nix, Stephenville; Weldon Da-
vis, Coleman; Dub Harvey,
Robv and Brad Bean of Mineral
Wells.
Before the Sale the buyers
were treated to a sumptuous
Bar-B-Que and listened to an
enlightening discussion of the
upcoming beef referendum.
•jj 96 animals went through Ihe
ring and were sold for an
average price of $512.00 with
the top selling bull going for
$2,000.00.
The Campbell ranch, located
six miles south of Dublin,
specializes in registered breed-
ing stock. Campbell Herefords
are regarded as some of the
finest in the industry and are in
great demand throughout the
country. /
Campbell, in an interview
with the Progress, said he was
"pleased" with the turn out and
expected to make the spring
sale an annual event.
Dublin Junior High School
graduation will be held .Thurs-
day, May 26, 1977, at 1:30 p.m,
in the school auditorium.
According to sponsor Grady
Baker, some 57 students will be
graduating.
Eighth Grade Honor Students
include Kelli ‘Bradley, Terri
Bradley, Christi Hudson, Wan-
da Keith, Dorothy Massarello,
Lee Morton, Robert Pettijohn,
Pam Pribble, Sam Taylor,
Danny Thiebaud, and Norma
Thompson,
Presentation of Honors will be
done by Delbert Shafer and
Grady Baker, and School Super-
intendent Vernon Gibson will
make the Presentation of
Diplomas. Lee Morton will bring
the Salutatory Address, and
Pam Pribble the Valedictory.
Class sponsors are Mr. Grady
Baker and Mrs. Virginia Little.
Those on the Class Roll
include Liz Barton, Kip Beck-
ham, Ralph Bellamy, Robert
Beverly, James Bishop, David
Bradberry, Kelli Bradley, Terri
Bradley, Paula Cassady, Troy
Childers, Gene Coan, John
Cooper, Lynn Crouch, Darran
Daniel, Callie Ethridge, Toni
Fain, (Hershel Foster, D. L.
Funderburgh, Will Gasaway,
Rhonda Graham, Mark Hick-
man, Myra Holcomb, Julie
Hooks, Christie Hudson, Wanda
Keith, Douglas Kilcrease, Su-
zanne Laquey, Denise Lowe,
Janet Martin, Eric McCamey,
Dorothy Massarello, Stacy Mat-
thieu, Lee Morton, Ronnie
Mund, Julie Murphree, Mary
Patton. Robert Pettijohn, Kelley
Prather, Pam Pribble, Ernestina
Quintero, Kevin Ratliff, Dorothy
Reid, Eddie Salyer, Micky
Singleton, Daniel Stephens,
Westley Sumpter, Mary Sutton,
Sam Taylor, Terry Templeton,
Danny Thiebaud, Teresa Thie-
baud, Norma Thompson, Char-
les Turner, Wes Welborn, Barry
Whitehead, Cyndi Yates, and
Stacy Yates.
v »
DFD To Take
Fire Course
The Dublin Fire Depart-
ment will have a basic firefight-
ing course on May 16 through 19
at 7 p.m. The program will be
presented by W. B. Doorman,
Training Specialist for Texas
A&M University Fire Protection
Division.
All firefighters are urged to
attend.
If black cats, broken mir-
rors, and leaning ladders
attempt to make you not want to
get out of bed on Friday the
13th, then feel safe. PAR
Country Club is the place to be,
as all Dublin, citizens are to be
honored that day at the annual
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Banquet. It will be held on the
only Friday the thirteenth in
May and the only one in 1977, at
7 j).m., with serving of the
buffet-type dinner to begin at
6:30.
Guest speaker at the banquet
will be State Representative Ed
Mayes of Granbury, with dinner
music to be brought by the
Dublin High School Stage Band
and the Lion Country Singers.
These two groups will perform
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and then
the program will begin as new
Chamber of Commerce officers
are installed.
Next guests will be recog-
nized and the main event,
presentation of awards to
Citizens of the Year, Woman of
the Year, Man of the Year, and
others, will be given.
Representative Ed Mayes will
conclude the evening with a
report on Austin legislation
which affects this area. Mayes is
currently serving his second
term as State Representative for
District 33 comprised of Erath,
Hood, Johnson, and Somervelk
Couhties.'His committee assign-
ments in the 65th regular
session of the Texas Legislature
are Transportation and Energy
Resources. He chairs the Motor
Transportation Subcommittee
and is vice-chairman of Appro-
priations for the Energy R e-
sources Committee. He and his
wife Penny were raised'on West
Texas farms and live near Acton
in Hood County. He was an Air
Force pilot during World War II
and the Korean War.
Rotary Club
Hears Energy
Possibility
Ed Fulton from Tarleton
State University was guest
speaker at the Dublin Rotary
Club meeting Tuesday during
the noon luncheon. Subject of
See ROTARY, p. 8
UFOs Sighted
Above Dublin
A report of sighting of a
group of unidentified flying
objects traveling in a straight
line from southwest to northeast
over Dublin last Wednesday
night sometime between 10:05
to 10:08 p.m. was made to the
Dublin Progress.
The person making the report
wished to remain anonymous,
but described the objects as
milky-white, almost oval in
shape, fuzzy in outline, and
traveling at a tremendous rate
of speed. The objects seemed to
be traveling in a formation of
five, and according to the
eyewitness were lower than the
spotty cirrus clouds that night.
“They were moving fast, like a
shooting star,” the eyewitness
said, "and they made no sound
whatsoever. Before this hap-
pened, I didn't believe in such
things. Now 1 do. It was eery;
gave me gooSebumps." , ,
The eyewitness said that he or
she would like to know if anyone
else had seen th^bjects, and
that if they had, to contact the
Progress office where the
information would be forward-
ed.
"The formation wasn't sta-
tionary," explained the eyewit-
ness, "which rules out the
chance that it was an airplane of
some sort. The speed and
silence rules this out, too."
Following the address by
Representative Mayes, the ban-
quet is scheduled to adjourn at
8:29 p.m.
According to Bill Grimes,
Chamber Manager, there will
be three meats served that
a
Rep. Ed Mayes
evening, three vegetables, sev-
eral salads, dessert choice,
coffee, tea, and hot rolls.
As has been . previously
stressed, there will be no
banquet tickets available at the
door this year, all to be sold in
advance so that food proportions
can be estimated. However,
there are several tickets still
remaining which may be pur-
chased at the Chamber of
Commerce office on Wednesday
and Thursday (today).
Grimes also noted that the
Chamber will provide a nursery
for all young children » on
banquet night, this to be held at
the First United Methodist
Church from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
This service is included in the
ticket price, so there is no extra
charge for this. Linda Stafford
and the Young Homemakers are
to supervise the children.
Grimes said that he did ask that
parents contact the Chamber
office as early as possible so that
proper child supervision could
be scheduled to fit the number
of persons taking advantage of
the service.
Theme of the banquet this
year is “Dublin •• We Honor Us,
Our Business, Our Employees."
Since businesses and employees
are being honored, employers
are urged to invite employees to
T
sit as groups with them at the
same table (for whit^i the
Chamber needs immediate noti-
fication).
Tickets sell for $5.00 each and
may be obtained from the
Chamber of Commerce office.
No tickets will be sold at the
gate.
City Council Approves
Electric Rate Hike
School Board Approves
Purchase of Bond Uniforms
The Dublin Independent
School District Trustees met
Tuesday night in the regular
,‘aonthly meeting to attend ty.
routine business and hear
proposals put pforth by Athletic
director Bill Bryant and Band
Director Mike Shafer accompan-
ied by members of the Band
Boosters Club.
Shafer told the board that the
bnd is in dire need of new
uniforms and estimated the cost
would be approximately $12,000
explaining the Band Boosters
were not able to obligate
themselves for that amoqnt and
that they would need consider-
able help in meeting this
financial obligation. The Board
approved the uniform purchase
with their obligation being
contingent on the passing of the
School Finance Bill which is now
under consideration in» the
budget for the coming year.
This budget of $18,000 allowed
for extensive upgrading of the,
athletic equipment and urn
forms with special emphasis on
protective equipment. Bryant
stated that the football uniforms
“leave something to be dcsjrcd
, but our first priority lies in the
area of protection." Bryant was
referring to the bad condition
that much of the football pads,
especially in Jr. High, are in.
Bryant further explained that
recent rulings regarding helm-
ets made it mandatory to make
some purchases in that area.
The board approved the budget,
again contingent on the School
Finance Bill, and instructed to
proceed with purchases he felt
were of an emergency nature.
Bryant also aprticipatcd with
the board in a discussion
regarding construction of a new
Dublin City Council held its
regular monthly meeting Tues-
day at 7 p.m. in the Texas Power
& Light Company Hospitality
Room.
Following the reading of the
minutes of the three previous
meetings, which includes the
last regular meeting, a special
called meeting of April 15, and
an emergency meeting of April
26. the council agreed to pay
April bills.
Then Jim Sykes of Texas
Power & Light Co. addressed
the board concerning a raising
of rates as approved by the
Public Utilities Commission
about a week ago. The $58
million increase (averaging a-
bout an 11.5% rate increase for
the rural area), would go into pissed, which read: “
vYtfcirdtvw 'itlfer June 26, upon ’* Rk4 fd make t(*a rity policy that
w hich bills would be rendered at any organization or parson that
stop, this being Highway 10 as
pointed out by a council
member. The Street and Alley
committee of the council was
instructed to look into the proble
m.
Councilwoman Helen Welch,
spokesperson for the Park
Committee then recommended
that the council hire Ronnie
Whitehead, a new coach from
Round Rock, as new swimming
pool operator during the sum-
mer months, him to be in charge
of park activities. According to
the council he is qualified and
licensed for the job. All
approved the recommendation.
Welch then presented the
council with a policy the park
committee recommended be
pissed, which read: "We would
see school Board page 8.
the next regular meeting.
Shafer also told the board that
he plans to field a flag corp
which coupled with the band
and the Dandi-LION Drill Team
would provide a combination of
sight and sound that would
present dynamic and exciting
half-time shows. Members of
the Band Boosters assisting
Shafer in his presentation were
Martha Greenway. Lanell Kahl-
bau, Jimmie Bear and Dorothy
Voshalike.
Bill Bryant in his presentation
handed out a prepared, detailed
the new rate after this date.
Sykes told the council that the
Commission only awarded about
38 or 39 percent of what TP&L
asked.
The council then unanimously
approved the increase as put
forth by TP&L, doing so on an
emergency basis, exempting the
rule calling for approval of the
proposal in three separate
meetings. One council member
noted that the council actually
had little choice in the matter,
the council's hands being tied.
A local 'resident named Mr.
Burke then confronted the
council with a problem of trucks
blocking a local street, using an
undesigaated area as a truck
P.T.A. Festival Is
Saturday, May 14
The P.T.A. Festival will be held
Saturday, May 14, from 5 - 8
p.m. in the Fair Park Building.
Events such as an arts and craft
show, games, a raffle, and a
dance will highlight the annual
affair. At 8:00 p.m. the P.T.A.
will raffle an enormous stuffed
toy lion. Tickets may be
purchased from members for
25c or 6 for $1.00. All proceeds
will be used to buy a
mimeograph machine for the
grade school.
A dance will be held from 8:15
till 12 a.m. featuring "The
Establishment." Tickets will be
$2.50 a person or $5.00 a couple.
DNB DIRECTORS - Directors of Dublin
National Bank posed recently for a Dublin
Progress photograph. Pictured are [back row
from left] T.C. Cranberry, president; Willard
Mann, director; Bob Traweek, director; and
A.E. Brooks, chairman of the board and chief
executive officer. On the middle row are [left!
Jim Johnson, cashier; and Jack D. Johnson,
vice-president. Op. (he front row from left are
Lusk T. Randals, executive vice-president;
Henry Turney, director; Joe T. Kennedy,
director; and Jim Harrell, director. Mann and
Harrell are nfew directors of the local bank.'
-Dublin Progress Photo
wants to construct or repair
anything on city property come
through the proper committees
to be approved before construct-
ion may begin. The committee
would then decide who would
pay for this construction and if it
would comply with the master
plan of the city. This .policy .
would become effective as of
May 10, 1977." All the council
voted for.
Councilman O.L. Smallwood
told the council that the city is
beginning to experience weed
and mosquito problems. "We
See City Council page 8.
Two Qualify
For Jr. High
All-District
Lynn Crouch and Terri
Bradley, eighth grade students
and members of the Dublin Jr.
High Bank, have qualified to
perform with the Region VII
All-District Band.
Lynn plays contra alto clarinet
and Terri plays clarinet. They
participated in the concert
Saturday night, April 30, in the
Comanche High School Auditor-
ium and are band students of
director Mike Shafer. *
Annual Round
Grove Singing
Set May 22
The annual 4th Sunday in
May All-Day Singing will be
held again this year, May 22, at
the Round Grove Baptist
Church. This annual singing,
known to many as the area
"Singers Homecoming,” has
been held each year on the 4th
Sunday in May since 1912.
The master of ceremonies for
, the event will be Billy Keith. His
group "The Highlanders," The
Larry Parham Trio and The
Homer Pendleton Trio, both
from Stephenville, will be
among many singers and groups
of singers expected to be
present. The second series of
the 1977 new books will be
there.
Everyone is invited to come,
bring a basket lunch, meet old
friends, make new ones, and
enjoy the day.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977, newspaper, May 12, 1977; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779250/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.