The Dublin Shamrock News (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1976 Page: 3 of 8
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THE DUBLIN SHAMROCK NEWS, NOVEMBER 25, 1976 .. PAGE 3
"Sands make the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles, life."
Edward Young
by Frances Turney
If Pauline Wellborn and
Merle Black decide to
open a detective agency of
their own in Dublin they
can count on two recom-
mendations: mine, and my
sisters.
Martha missed her
stamps on Tuesday, when
she started to mail Bill’s
birthday card. She’d put
them in a folder, along
with some first day of
issue stamps you can
hardly afford to save these
days, and a picture of
days, and a picture of
Alexander Hamilton she
carries for patriotic
reasons, since you don’t
need mad money in Dub-
lin. Yet-We looked every-
where, like the floor, be-
hind the seat, in the glove
compartment. No luck.
Stocially, she accepted
her loss.
Pauline called Wednes-
day morning, from the
drug store.
“Did you or your
sister lose some stamps
yesterday?” she asked, de-
scribing the folder.
“You bet,” I inter-
rupted.
“Well, they fell in the
file with the B.C. powder
packets,” Pauline explain-
ed. “We thought maybe
one of you had dropped
them while you were in
here swapping money.”
Swapping money at the
pill counter is a favorite
pastime of ours. I needed
fifty more cents, so she
handed me a five then I
gave her back four so she
wouldn’t have to break the
ten sjgr’d already lost but
didn’t know about.
There are forty-nine
little files across the pres-
cription counter, separat-
ing B.C. from aspirin and
Alto Seltzer, ind I don’t
know how they found (he
stamps or pinned them
down to us. Merle and
Pauline did a mental re-
play of all the counter
customers that after-
noolT'and voted us the
most likely candidates.
Elmo Hallmark and
Robert Dale Burnett were
drinking coffee at the
soda fountain when we
went back to claim our
loot. Clemme Landes said
there was only bne cup of
coffee left and she was
going to pour it out, so I
said I’d drink it.
“That’ll be fifteen
cents,” said Clemme,
draining the coffee pot.
“But you vere going to
pour il out,” I protested.
R.D and Elmo, gentle-
men to the core, dug in
their pockets.
Elmo left the scene. 1
drained my cup and turn-
ed to thank Robert Dale.
“I don’t deserve
thanks,” he said. “Elmo
paid the fifteen cents. I
Noilly paid the penny tax.”
“How did you get by
with such gross inequity?”
I asked.
“I was the first one to
come up with a penny.”
said Robert Dale.
1 didn’t tell Bryan Thie-
baud about Martha los-
ing her stamps when I
got to the post office.
I just complained about
being forgetful and ask-
ed him to weigh my
package, then turned to
go.
“Hey,” Bryan yelled
ward snowflake. Then
Sunday, Sara came home
in short sleeves, to Dublin
immersed in snow. It was
a switch.
“Dublin is colder than
anywhere,” she decided.
Sadie Ethetton was
basking in the glow of
new grandmotherhood, de-
scribing the chams of Les
and Betty’s production,
Kimberley, in Childress,'
when Page Whitfield came
on the scene to contri-
bute a witicism of his
five year old grandson.
Like most five year
the Whitfield scion is re-
luctant at bedtime. He’ll
try anything to obtain*a
postponement. On
election night, he hit on
one
the civic mindedness of
WHY DO CHILDREN MISBEHAVE?
WHY DO CHILDREN
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is
the first of a two-part
series on children’s be-
havior.)
NEW PRESIDENT -Donna Tidwell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Tidwell, 542 North Grafton St., Dublin, has
been elected president of District II of the Texas Assoc-
T/TV ‘7 nrnved iation of Student Councils.. The district includes junior
and senior high schools in Brown, Callahan, Coleman,
Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Jones, Runnels,
mother. “I haven’t been to Student Council Assn., at which Dublin High was
the polls to vote for elected president school, were STephenville EJigh,
vice president and Abilene High, Secretary-treasurer.
after me. “Where do you
want me to collect the
ninety-nine cents? From
Bud McKinney?”
I started telling Bud
about Elmo and the
but he took both hands
out of his pockets, turned
around and walked away.
Sara Harris wanted a
chance to wear her winter
woolens before stocking
the Checkerboard with
spring things, so she flew
to New York City. She
really had a better excuse.
Her sister, Bobbie Regan,
lives in New York. They
hadn’t seen each other in
two years. It was balmy in
the city. Sara and Bobbie
spent their days viewing
art exhibits, Andrew
Wyeth, Alexander Caulder,
and carried their coats,
hoping to glimpse a way-
Carter and Ford.”
Early Christmas shop-
pers aren’t in much of a
rush. Yet.
“What are you doing,
now that you’ve retired?”
Lillian Cowan asked
Dorothy Nell Stevens be-
tween stores.
“Nothing,” said Doro-
thy Nell.
“Why, that’s just what
I’m doing,” said Virginia
Turner.
“Not me,” shimed in
Aline Cook.
“Why not?” asked
Dorothy Nell brightly.
“I don’t have time,”
said Aline.
Peggy Broughton has
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COLLEGE STATION-
Have you ever wondered
why your tittle ones seem
so naughty at times or if
they ever will grow up?
Adults sometimes for-
get that children misbe-
have just because they are
children, Mrs. Ilene Miller,
a family life education
specialist, reminds.
“Young children are
immature and lack the
experiences, which adults
have had, to help them
make wise decisions. With-
out thinking about the
consequences, a child may
act implusively, such as
chasing a ball into the
street or pulling a hot
pan off of the range.”
Mrs. Miller is with, the
Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, The Texas
A&M University System.
“Children are also cur-
ious, and it is their cur-
iosity which often gets
them into trouble. They
are so intent on learning
why or how something
works that they forget the
rules and touch or taste
things which are ‘off
limits.’ Parents think the
child is disobedient when
really he is just being
normally curious about
his surroundings,” she
added.
Bordom and a desire
for attention are other
reasons children often
seemingly misbehave..
Parents help a child leam
acceptable behavior by
praising acceptable actions
and ignoring inappropriate
actions, as long as the be-
havior is not dangerous to
the child, to others or to
property. Mothers and
fathers can also guide
their little ones into more
acceptable activities if the
children are bored or seek-
ing attention.
If your youngster seems
standing and respect-
ing the child’s feelings
also helps create a good
climate in which accept-
able behavior can be learn-
ed more successfully, she
said.
STORK NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Ethetton of Childress
to * be "especidly" difficult ™ P™"* °[ a11dau^
to live with, perhaps he is **?“'• bom
letting you know he is ^obet 24 at 7:45 p.tn. tn
growing mote indepen- ™dress. Children s Hos-
dent. For example, the P‘ta1' w'‘8h‘n8 7 P°unds-
typical 2 year old goes l0°un“s1
through the “no" stage to K^b'ri!' bas °"e s,ster
demonstrate his indepen- Angela Kay, 8.
(jence Grandparents are Mr.
Older children may an<| Mj5' J EtJ*e“®n*
exert their independence ^ ^re*
by insisting on doing Jo"cs *1°^' .' .
things themselves. If par- ^ Ethetton is District
ents understand this is a Conservationist with the
normal process of growth. Sod Conservation Service
- at Chddress. He and his
it is easier to maintain a ^he former Betty
sence of humor and Barrett, are graduates of
patience even if the chdd- Dublin Hieh School^
rens actions are ex-
asperating.
Learning to act appro-
Dublin Hum School.
priately in different sit-
uations is a slow, some-
times painful process for
children. Parents help a
child leam right from
wrong by providing
patient and consistent
guidance based on the
needs and abilities of the
individual child. Under-
BY PATRICK EDWARD
THIS WEEK’S LETTEK: I am ^
. 14 years old and the boy 1 like®!
one thing in common with is 14, too. I was going with himflj
adolescents. Her voice is and he told me he didn’t want to2
changing. It’s not unusual 8° with me, but..
for people to round husky |JjS|My"rlSd",fs
when they had bad colds. always with me.
Most people sing bass, Everytime we are
but not Peggy. She had to the beach, my
be different. When she boyfriend doesn't
presided at the Rottty
Annes luncheon Wednes- my girlfriend. I get very jealous
day she had a bad cold. He went away and when he came
She’d actually lost her he told me he didn’t like me ®
voice. I don’t know whose b?ca“*e1I,he liked it
voice she borrowed, but AU my fri^ t^S £ld?t !
she called the meeting to like him. What do you think I ®
order in a lyric soprano, shoulddo? £
---- OUR REPLY: We think you
should take it easy. It’s difficult £
to determine whether your ®
"boyfriend” said he likes you or It
doesn’t like you —as you said fj
both in your letter. The point is,
before you can handle the *
situation, you have to make cor-
tain you’re clear on what t< ft"
situation is. Don’t worry aboiu«_
what your friends say. Make up **
your own mind on how you feel *
about this person and let him ft
know. If he doesn’t want to go ft
with you, it wouldn’t be much fun a,
to spend time with him, would it? “
And don’t worry about him®
“messing around” with your ft
girlfriend. It’s alright to like ^
more than one person at the same ®
time. The world needs more
sharing of love and less jealousy.
You are cordially invited
Our Special
PRE-CHRISTMAS EVENING of SHOPPING
Friday, Nov. 26,1976
5:00 to 9*00
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Fashions from Donovan Galvani featuring
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Lee, Bill. The Dublin Shamrock News (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1976, newspaper, November 25, 1976; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779409/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.