The Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1975 Page: 2 of 20
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This house at
1150 W. Washington
was a part of the
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sell for $1.00 a
package. Custom-
ers are encour-
aged to buy a
case of -12 pack-
ages for $12.00
to have on hand
for entertaining.
The cookies will
keep indefinitely
when frozen.
Funds from the
cookie sale bene-
fit the Girl
Scout program in
a number of ways.
Part of the pro-
fits are kept by
individual troops
to finance their
own projects
Fart of the pro-
fits which go the
Council provide
partial .camper-
ships for indivi-
dual girls attend-
ing Camp Wood
- Lake. To enable
more girls to at-
tend camp, re-
quirements for
camperships have
been lowered this
year.
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Hawkins, who was
the publisher of
the "Stephenville
Empire" for more
than 20 years.
Mrs. Stramler
still resides in
this family home.
Mr. Carroll
King, long con-
sidered one of the
best building
contractors in
the city’s his-
tory, told me that
the construction
of this house was
one of the finest
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their return from
the Phillipines 9
in 1938, the 0
Stramlers made 4
this their permen- ▲
ent home.
Mrs. Stramler
is the daughter of ?
the late W.H. •
The Annual Girl
Scout Cookie Sale
gets under way in
Stephenville
Thursday at 4:00
p.m. and will con-
tinue through
by
Richard L. Thompson
he had ever seen.
Mr. King also
said, "They don’t
build houses like
this anymore."
In this article
I’m using the
uathentic spellinc
of "Huckaby." It
was spelled this
way for about 100
years. The town
was named after
James Huckaby.
Several years
back the Highway
Dept, changed the
spelling to "Huck-
abay."
at Southern Meth-
odist University.
Mrs. Hale died
in 1917 and this
house was sold
to Mrs. Hawkins
(no relation to
Mrs. Stramler).
Mr. Robert Straff
ler, a mining en-
gineer, accepted
a position with,
the Benguet Gold
Mine in the Phil-
lipine Islands in
1931. Realizing
that they would
eventually return
to Stephenville,
the Stramlers pur-
chased this house
in 1934. Upon
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The Tarleton
Center Committee
of Tarleton State
University will
sponsor a dance
March 13 featuring
Mel Tillis and
his orchestra.
The dance will be
held from 7 p.m.
to 11 p. m. in the
Tarleton Center.
Tillis, singer,
comedian and song-
writer has been
featured in most
of the nation’s
auditoriums and
fairs as well as
television variety
shows.
A spokesman for
the committee said
Tarleton students
with SAF Cards
would be admitted
free, TSU students
with ID cards $3
each or $5 a cou-
ple, others $4
each or $7 a cou-
ple ,
In addition to
performing at
fairs, auditoriums,
and TV variety
shows, Tillis and
his orchestra now
have their own
TV program. The
Tillis band fea-
tures a variety of
music and comedy.
Tickets will be
available at the
Tarleton Studen
Center.
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Huckaby in 1917.
It was the north
front section of
the Academy build-
ing. The east
and south section
of the Academy
still stands at
its original loca-
tion in Huckaby
and is now a pri-
vate residence.
At the turn of
the century there
was no public high
school in the
Huckaby area.
C.H. Hale and Elza
Dee Jennings found
ed this privately
owned school for
students who want-
ed a high school
education. This
school opened in
1901. When a
public high school
was opened, the
Huckaby Academy
closed its doors.
Mr. Hale, who
later became Dr.
Hale, was profes-
sor of Education
at Tarleton until
his retirement in
1945. Mr. J enn-
ings later became
Dean of the Arts
and Science School
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Lancaster, Barbara. The Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1975, newspaper, January 30, 1975; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528060/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.