The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1960 Page: 1 of 12
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^" ^^ciy Truck. Herded Throucili Toeii
r ^ ousrdlan Angel, dleael down hill Into town on north side of the courts „_______ _
ud have b«*n covered
, gnd molasses.
£1*. semi trailer tank
Reded with mola-M WW
^through town at high
Fnarsday afternoon by Ita
I.. j person, with only
[dsmage to one car He
luns for the E. L. Duff
Ppany, Fort Worth.
„ failed as the driver
Inglng his loaded Mack
diesel down hill Into town on
Highway M. He was bringing
his load from Houston to Boy-
kin reed Store. In Ooldthwalte.
After the driver realised his
brakes were out he tried to shift
to lower gear and when this
failed It left the truck out of
gear and without brakes.
He herded the truck at an es-
timated 90 miles per hour across
two railroad tracks, through a
traffic signal at the northeast
corner of the square going west
through the busy block on the
north side of the courthouse
■quare, passing the post office
comer and out West Fourth
Street past the Methodist
Church and down a steep grade
to the end of the street through
a fence and out Into a mesqulte
patch where he made a turn
and stopped the truck.
S D ,(81g) Jernigan who had
a ringside seat toAthe event
gave this eye witness account of
what happened.
“I was driving north on Fisher
Street and came up over the
hill at the Eagle office.
"As I approached the traffic
signal at Fourth Street It was
green and I noticed the big
truck coming from the East and
I knew right away that he
couldn’t stop.
"I sat down on my brakes and
stopped. Some durn fool behind
me started to honk for me to go.
I kept holding my brakes and
looking at the truck coming on.
"About that time I noticed a
car coming from the North at
slow 8peed approaching the In-
tersection while the traffic
light was still on green. Just
then the big truck ‘barrelled’
across the intersection. It clip-
ped the front fender of the car
with Its right rear trailer wheels
and kept going.
“It went through the block on
the North side of the courthouse
with cars parked solid along the
curb and In the center of the
street and everything kept clear.
"I started to follow. As I did
the truck rolled past the post
office corner down grade and
up grade. When he went over
the hill and down the grade at
the Methodist Church I could
see a cloud of dust as he hit the
dirt streets below.
“When I got to where the
truck was the driver had It
stopped out In a mesqulte patch.
“The driver was pretty well
shook up and In a cold sweat. It
took one of the boys from the
Equipment Company to drive
the truck out of the field."
The car hit at the Intersection
downtown was occupied by five
women traveling from Throck-
morton to Austin. None were In-
jured.
8herlff C. F. Stubblefield, who
Investigated, said: “That was
most fortunate, the town was
fortunate, ir that truck had hit
a car or truck broad side down-
town and gone Into a building
no telling how many people
would have been killed and how
much property damage would
have resulted."
The driver commented later
that evening: “I died 900
as I went through town."
ESTABLISHED 1894
AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE
IN NO 7
lining Voting Boxes To Be
id Further On August 22
GOLDTHWAITE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS
SINGLE COPY. 10<
[County Farm
tu To Hold
n't Contest
McCaAiand. president
|Mills County Farm Bu-
tssued an invitation
friers of Farm Bureau
l to enter the Queen's
Ich will be held here
|2S at 8:00 p m , at the
I may be acquired from
|Z Cornelius, chairman
sens Contest, or from
I Bureau office In Dur-
nent building
I hr the contest are as
^untestants must be age
i by September .1 1960
I o*er 22 by September
i nut be daughters of
I^Wiu members and
(In county All girls ln-
Miould get their ap-
itn by August 17 to be
llor the contest, accord-
junouncement by Mrs.
L>re tore? main points
" they will be Judged,
1-appearance; 2 _
-personality Each con-
P1 required to speak
one minute on
febject pertaining to
WiU
| Cornelius and other
“1 the committee are
l»at a number of ghig
The matter of consolidating
voting boxes in Mills County is
making some progress, accord-
ing to announcement by County
Judge Wm. G. Yarborough.
The Commissioners Court
held a public forum Monday
morning to find out what pub-
lic sentiment U regarding com-
bining a number of voting, a
boxes In the county.
Combining voting boxes was
recommended to the Commis-
sioners at their regular meeting
In July by a citizens' committee
headed by the chairman of the
Mills County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee
After hearing from a number
of representatives from over the
county the Court recessed until
Monday, August 22. when the
matter will come up again At
that time definite plans for
combining boxes will be con-
sidered.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1960
Football Practice Starts Monday;
Two New Schools In District 9 A
v
WWI Veterans
And Auxiliary
To Meet Aug. 15
The regular meeting of the
WWI Veterans and Auxiliary
has been changed from the
third Friday night to Monday
night, August 15. according to
announcement by Charles L.
Llano All-Stars Win
First In Tournament
The three day... tournament
held here last weekend was a
big success from start to finish.
Llano All-Stars won first place;
Goldthwaite All-Stars, second
place and both teams received
trophies for their placings.
_. . .. Comanche All-Stars received
Stephan, Adjutant Meeting j the trophy for Best Sportsman-
time will be at 7:30 p m.
GENE GRAY
tots contest.
WEATHER REPORT
Ooldthwalte received 1.71 In-
ches of rain Tuesday night, ac-
cording to official report from
Harry Allen, Wednesday morn-
ing (
Other reports from over the
county were from a trace to
three Inches.
Here are some of the reports:
Moline Road .02 Inch; Prlddy
none; Caradan 3 Inches: West
of the Bayou 1.80: Bozar 180:
Durenvllle one Inch; South of
Star none.
JUNIOR ALL-STAR — Gene
Gray, 14, son of Mr and Mrs.
Horace Gray, was selected on
the Junior All-Star team at Big
State Baseball Camp, Meridian,!
Texas_it was announced this I
week
He has been at Big State |
Baseball Camp for the past four
weeks and is due to return home
today
The Junior All-Stars are
scheduled to leave Waco by
Chartered bus next Thursday,
August 18, for New Orleans for
a three day stay. While in New
Orleans they will play three ball
games In addition to being
guests at various entertainment
functions
Mr. Stephan urge^ all mem-
bers of the Barracks and Aux-
iliary to be present for this
meeting as the report of the
convention will be given.
Members of the Auxiliary are
asked to bring juices for punch
and cookies for the refreshment
period, according to Mrs. Char-
les Stephan
ship; Mike Livingston of Llano
received the trophy for Best
Pitcher; M J. Sullivan, also of
Llano, received the trophy for
Best All-Around Player.
I Hollis Blackwell, of Blackwell
Wool & Mohair, donated all of
the above named trophies, and
the Little League would like to
express its appreciation to Mr.
Blackwell for same.
Goldthwaite High School Eag-
les will begin their fall football
workouts Monday morning, Au-
gust 15 on Eagle Field, accord-
Grand Opening And Anniversary
At A&A Paint & Supply Company
truction Started On *300,000
er Line To Supply Goldthwaite
'' 15 now under-
89,ooo volt electric
to supply electricity
IS of Ooldthwalte.
|u*PrUnr 1* being bul,t
dorado River
8*n Saba to
“““ton to the
^ also in-
NfST"'' “•«
Th< lob l>
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J™* •“> ttbllon
. * toe city
the
Citizens at that time voted to
sell, or deed, the line to LCRA
for one dollar The line was
valued at $28,000 In the tran-
saction the City entered Into
new power contract with LCRA
calling for new metering point
the sub-station near Oold-
thwalte Instead of at Lorn eta,
and maintenance of the line
biased to LCRA. If this transac-
tion had not been effected when
It was the expense of the new
line could have been on Ooldth-
Wti J '"Paying the
1 * **» In excesa
T need* and In-
^•lUlsted electric
t0 rotn*.
C ^ m*nager,
C:rnt «* i»>»«
M their last
i o- “Ith* result of
IN th, *rt ot rlty
c|ty council
*°, wh«n they
"»r/sr
Coach Williams
Attends Coaching
School At Dallas
It will
Jackie Williams, Ooldthwalte
High School football coach,
spent last week In Dallas where
he attended the Coaching
School, along with almost all of
the coaches in Texas.
Main speakers for the meet-
ing were: Darrel Royal of Tex-
es University; Broyles of Arkan-
*es and Bridges of Baylor Uni-
versity. Waco
Mr. Williams ftela as though
he brought back many Ideas
which will be helpful In coach-
ing the Eagles this season
walte.
The line from San Saba to
Ooldthwalte Is to be extended
later to Evant where It will form
a loop of hlghline from Lam-
pasas through San Saba, Oold-
thwaite. Evant and back to
Lampasas
A proposal 1s being consider-
ed for a new feeder line from
the enlarged sub-station Into
Goldthwaite. This would provide
two feeder lines which could be
alternated In case of emergency.
A&A Paint & Supply Com-
pany will have urand opening
In their new location In the
Bradford Building on Fisher
Street this week. Saturday, Au-
gust 13.
In addition to grand opening
they are also celebrating their
10th anniversary. Truett Auld-
ridge, general contractor, is
owner of the establishment.
Special feature of the one day
event will be a guessing contest
with five gallons of outside
white paint to be given away
MISS PETSICK RESIGNS .
AS P-TA PRESIDENT
Miss Annie Laurie Petslck,
president elect of the local
Parent-Teacher Association, has
recently resigned
Miss Petslck stated she felt
honored by her selection to the
position and would have worked
gladly and enthusiastically for
the good of the school had not
a matter arisen which made It
necessary for her to resign.
Mrs. Walton Daniel has been
to fill
Free to the party who\ comes
closest to guessing the Correct
weight of the Auldridge family’s
Shetland pony. The pony will
be stationed in front of the
store all day Saturday.
There will also be free gifts
to everyone who attends the
grand opening and refresh-
ments will be served.
Complete details of the open-
ing and anniversary event ap-
pear In an ad on another page
of this paper.
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James McClement Jr. and
Richard Weems of Lubbock are
Eagle Band
Rehearsals To
Start Early
Members of the Goldthwaite
Eagle band will begin their first
workout for the new school year
on Monday, August 22, at 8 a.
m , it was announced this week
by Johnny Mllnor, band direc-
tor.
Milnor stated that this week
of planned activity before
school actually starts will go to
make this year’s Eagle band a
better organization.
All bandsmen are to report
at the band hall promptly at 8,
August 22, with their instru-
ments in good shape and their
feet ready to march.
elected
this vacancy.
Rex G. Tilly Is New Minister
For Goldthwaite Church Of Christ
vsliting Mr. and Mrs.
McClement and Judy.
James
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Skaggs
and son. Jimmie and Miss
Jeannette Johnson of Odessa
were guests of Mrs. M. M.
Skaggs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pass have
returned from a visit with rel-
atives and friends In Winters,
Sweetwater, Roscoe. Abilene,
Merkle and Brownwood.
Miss Ramona Flores of Dallas
spent the weekend with her
lng to Coach Jackie Williams,
who is expecting approximately
35 boys out.
Coach Williams will have as
his assistant Eric Looney, who
will also serve as Line Coach.
The coach has announced
that all members of the Eagle
Squad and all boys Interested
in starting football this year are
urged to be present Monday
morning at 6:30 a m. Equip-
ment will be issued at this time.
The boys will practice twice
each day. from 7:00 to 9:00 a.
m„ and from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Two new schools. Copperas
Cove and Marble Falls, have
been added to District 9A for
this year. Llano and Santa
Anna were in District 9A last
year and have been assigned to
another conference.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
Following Ls official schedule
for the Eagles 1960 season:
Date Team Place
Sept. 2—Hamilton, Here
8ept. 9—Santa Anna. Here
Sept. 18—Llano. There
Sept. 23—Evant, Here
Sept 30—San Saba, There
Oct. 7—Dublin, Here
•Oct. 14—Mason. Here
•Oct. 21—Open Date
•Oct. 28—Burnet, There
•Nov. 4—Copperas Cove, Here
No. 11—Marble Falls, There
•Denotes Conference Games.
Goldthwaite will have six
"\
mother, Mrs Juanita Flores, | home games, three being con-
and sisters, Louisa and Eletha. j ference games.
Church Of Christ Gcspel Meeting
At Big Valley August 14 Through 21
Rex O Tilly is the new Minis-
ter for the Ooldthwalte Church
of Christ. Mr and Mrs Tilly
and son. Robert, 7, moved here
last week and he assumed his
duties
Tilly Is a native of De Leon
and Mr* Tilly of Dallaa.
He graduated from Oumpton-
Jones College of Dallas In 1992
and has served as Minister In
De Leon. Bangor and Unity.
Maine They have been doing
mission work In the State of
Maine since June 1997, where
they taught in Bible Schools
and conducted special meetings
throughout the state. While
serving in Unity. Maine, a typi-
cal New England village. It was
their pleasure to observe and
learn many of the old tradi-
tions long practiced by those of
the North-East, Mr Tilly stated
The Tilly* have moved Into
the paraonage at 1313 Reynolds
Street and are anxious to serve
and become friends with those
In the communty..
AD FACTS
Number 7
U. S. citizens smoked a
proxlmately 456 billion cig-
arettes last year—4.5% more
than in 1958.
Consumers In the U. 8. and
Canada spent over 87,$M,-
9M.M9 for all kinds of tobac-
co products in 1958.
To sell the (reatest num-
ber of prospective customers,
the tobacco Industry, In 1859,
Incruosod Its investment In
newspapers an estimated
21.8% over 1858.
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
The annual Oospel Meeting of
the Big Valley Church of Christ
will begin Sunday. August 14
and continue through Sunday.
August 21. Services are schedul-
ed for 8 o'clock each evening,
with Bible Study at 10 o’clock
8unday morning and the wor-
ship service at 10:50 o’clock.
Silas Shotwell of Fort Worth
will be the evangelist and David
Mathis, minister of the church,
will direct the singing.
At the noon hour Sunday. Au-
gust 21. a basket lunch will be
served at the church and a
singing held at 3 o’clock
Everyone In Big Valley and
surrounding communities la
most cordially invited to attend.
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Koleber, Victor E. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1960, newspaper, August 11, 1960; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091043/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.