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THE GOLDTHWAITE (Texas) EAGLE— THE MULXJN ENTERPRISE—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER
1952
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THE GOLDTHWAITE EAGLE
AND
THE MULLIN ENTER-PRISE
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
MEMBER, TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Pirtltabed Every Friday at Goldthwaite. Mins rount>. Texas
H. R. EKINS — EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
WHEN THE OLD BIRD
WAS YOUNGER
10c
10 YEARS AGO-
(Taken from Eagle Files
of September 4. 1942.1
John H Bowman, son of Mr
and Mrs F P Bowman of Oold-
thwalte, will graduate from the
Army Flying School at Lake
Charles, La., on September 6
and receive his wings and com-
mission as Second Lieutenant.
Fifteen Mills County, boy? left
Ooldthwaite Tuesday for the
Abilene Army induction center
to begin training for armed
service in the United States
Army They are: Henry Allen
Bennlngfleld, Raymond O u y
I Huffman. Ernest Earl Denton,
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OCR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR SCHOOLS
The title of this editorial is the title of a talk that
was made from the stage of the Grammar School
auditorium last Monday morning by E. B. Gilliam,
jr., on the occasion of “Parents’ Day"—a day on
which the school term opened in Goldthwaite with _ „
parents ana citizens generally in attendance lor the 1 Wayne Roberts. Haskeii Oran
purpose of gaining a better understanding of what | oatiin, Aaron weidon stacy,
all of us must Jo if our children are to have better
educational opportunities.'
In his ’alk fast Monday Mr. Gilliam started with
iccugnition tbatVith all too many persons the very
word ‘ 'Responsibility" is not popular and he said
that “we someSfnes close our eyes to our responsi-
bilities,, including our responsibility to our schools."
Then Mr. Gilliairuwcnt on to say this:
We would like to shift that responsibility to our
School Board, to our School Superintendent and to
our teachers. And we would like to believe that they
are the ones, and the only ones, who have any respon-
sibility to our school. But actually we know that their
responsibility is of one kind — administrative and
, Noah Charles Karnes. Ramsey
j Gordon Waddell, James Dunlop
I Koen, Ralph Rountree. Ira Lynn
! Griffin, Hulon H. Montgomery, __________ ____ _________ ... ______
John Stores. Cecil Floyce Huck-1 home In Oklahoma City, after j
a month's visit »nh their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. VV. A. Bay-
ey. and family.
i H. A. Nowell and Miss Minnie
Waddell were uriited In marri-
age last Monday evening at 8:00
o'clock, Rev. J. D Long, of the
Center Point community, per-
forming the ceremony at his
home. Mrs. Nowell is ‘-he young-
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Waddell of Star, and was
reared In that community,
where she has a host of friends.
Bryan Ware of Amarillo came
In the first of this week to at-
tend to some business connected
with his ranch, the C —.
Mr. and Mrs. W W Queen
spent Friday evening m 8an
Saba. K
Mr and Mrs. Toni-Whitley of
Salado spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Holland of this
city. Sunday a son of Mr.
Whitley's, Jeff, and. bis family
came up for the day There were
forty-four present for lunch at
the Holland home A chicken
dinner with lots to go wrth It
was served. Miss Ella Holland
went home with them for a
two weeks visit.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E Dyas and
children left Monday for their
editorial ;Tlie lifIbs lory
By The Editor
campaign
a letter
(Editor's Note: David Law-
rence has made an analysis of
the Presidential election cam-
paign to date. Since he has a
great deal to say that ought to
be pondered by the partisans
of both Dwight D Elsenhower,
Republican, and Adlal Steven-
son. Democrat, we reprint the
article by Mr Lawrence be-
low:)
B.v DAVID LAWRENCE
Two of us were comparing died at the Hudson home on
abee.
Mr and Mrs. O. H. Shaw re-
ceived a cablegram last week
from their oldest son, Louie A.
Shaw, stating that he had land-
ed safely In Great Britain, and
was well and doing fine,
by adding a new office and new
furniture. It r? very attractive
i and is arranged so as to better
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teaching — while ours is entirely separate and dis- i serve his clients-.
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tinvr-and of just as much importance, if not more,
■ thai-of herrs-: ....................; - ...............................
Now. just what is the responsibility of a school
patron- r
“First, I would say that it is our responsibility to
have a- personal interest in our schools. By that, I
mean that we should acquaint ourselves with our
schools, know what the school program is, and we
should know what our school consists of, so..far as
the physical plant is concerned. NX e should know
what particular problems are confronting our school.
NX e Miojid know where our school is weak and where
if is strong. *t we have this kind of a personal inter-
est. tuen we wni be in a much better position to dis-
charge our indiv idual duty to our school.
Next. I would say that it is our responsibility to
be lair with our school. Today, as never before, in
one community after another you read and hear of
schools that are hampered and handicapped by local
discords and controversies. ... If we, here in Gold-
thwaite. are to escape such undercover discord and
controversy, then we are going to have to make up
our minds that we shall be fair and open in our
criticism of our school.
“Now. if we are fair with our school, we are going.
to'’realfze and admit that our schools cannot be main-
tained upon the same bhdget in 1952 that maintained
them in 1932. NX e are going to admit that the cost of
building and operating schools has increased in the
same proportion as other services. . .*?"! In other
words, you cannot get now the same things for $1.00
that you got for a dollar twenty ysars ago.
*" Mr. Gilliam went on to explain that Goldthwaite’s
present school tax rate is $1.00 per hundred dollars
ot rendition — the same as it was two or more de-
cades ago.. He pointed to higher rates in San Saba,
Hamilton. Lampasas and Comanche and he asked:
“How man)' times have you and 1 said, 'I wish we.
had a school system like San Saba or Lampasas or
another in some adjoining County?’
Do we really wish this? If we do, have we been
fair to ourselves and our school-. ... I have- merely
been saying that we get what we pay for.”
. The paragraphs above represent only the high-
spots of what Mr. Gilliam had to say at the Grammar
•School auditorium last Monday. They are food for
though^ for everybody. Also to be pondered is this
paragraph from his remarks:
“In troubled times.like these it is worth remem-
bering that faith in public education has always been
an integral part of the American character. The Ord-
inance of 1787, a landmark in the development of the
American way of life, declared: Religion, morality
and knowledge, being necessary to gcEod government
and the happiness- of mankind, schools and the
means of education shall forever be encouraged.’ So
long as Americans subscribe to that doctrine — and
the overwhelming majority do today — our schools
can be saved.” '
There was one more line in Mr. Gilliam’s talk that
ought to be underlined here. He defined responsi-
bility. He said:
Responsibility.....is that for which one is
answerable: a duty or a trust-.”
Certainly, we are answerable to the responsibility
of giving our children the best possible educational
opportunities Certainly, our responsibility to our
schools is both a duty and a trust.
Incidentally, last Monday’s “Parents’ Day’’ in-
novation was well worth while and if each year school
opens with ever increasing interest by parents and
patrons generally, the goals toward whicn those with
a real interest in our schools are working ought to
be attained.
Miss Etolle Thomas of East-
land spent a part of this week ^ ........
here with Miss Nortua Frlzzcile. in many a state during the pre-
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Weaver |
This week Arthur Cline has j and Mrs. McCord left Tuesday matriy* W'^'cent or more of
enlarged his real estate officej morning after a visit here with! the Republican vote, any sub-
relatives. | stantlal defection presents 3
grave problem to Eisenhower.
3. That unless Elsenhower can
^ . poll the full Republican vote, he
Dickerson. Janice Smith of Aus- ^ lose the election. If he loses
tin, and Annie Beth Vick of as much as 25 per cent of the
f-Beltoo- spent- -last-. .Friday
lin of Goldthwaite, has enlisted Brownwood.
as a second lieutenant In the1
Along with the flood of ballots
in the Ragle's straw poll on the
Presidential election caui
there came this week
from Lhs “Old Friday” Walker,
formerly of Mills County ana
now of Austin. In his letter Mr.
Walker, who definitely Is home-
sick for Mills County, paid mow-
ing tribute to the late Dr.
Joseph B. Townsen. father of
Mrs Dow Hudson. Dr. Townsen
Fisher Street In Ooldthwaite
late In July. And this week Mr.
Walker wrote to the Eagle as
follows:
notes on the presidential cam
palgn as It shapes up this far.
My consultant happened to be
an expert.In the field of elec-
tion statistics but who possesses
a good deal of political Judge-
ment of his own besides and
who, like myself. Isn’t wedded
to any candidate.
Each of us independently had
reached the same conclusions:
1. That, based on the strategy
since the conventions, the de-
feat of Elsenhower Is a strong
probability.
2. That while the Taft lead-
ers will campaign earnestly and
sincerely support Elsenhower,
serious disaffection exists In the
lower echelons of the Republi-
can party organization and ______ „ _
among the rank and file. Since walker have not been In good
the Taft strength, as measured 1 t’ealth The editor sugguU that
■ the nre-1 Mncc Mr. and Mrs. Walker can-
"There was sadness in the
hearts of my wife and I when
we read of the death of Dr. Joe
Townsen. We loved him so
much. H», was a good man and
he was a good doctor. He waa
honest In his profession.....”
Mr. Walker reported that he
and Mrs. Walker have been
feeling the summer heat and
he said: "We sure would like to
visit Goldthwaite and chat with
oui* old friends.” Then Mr.
Walker added that he and Mrs.
Walker have not been in good
Despite the heat huh
health Mr. Walker com A
take a keen Interest 5 hSU
since he has placed him*nif *
"*°fd *0 many tlmTj?'
where he stands nnmu.r
editor thinks
violating a
convention primaries, was Ge-j
their
Miss Maxine Geeslin UtNqght-
■er- -of Mr.,. and- Mrs.. JL. C.. Gees.-.
^4rs. J,H. Randolph, Miss Dora;
Oden, May Dennis, Ruby Lee
peatedly shown to be- approxl-1 he .,Hood,J* , .. ----- —
- - would write to them—If only a
post card — In Austin, where
their address is 2015 Holly
Street.
In Taft vote, he Is a beaten candi
rctate;.....—...........---------------------
politics In handling Issues that
user
Nurses' Corps and is stationed1
at Fort Sam Houston Miss Gees-
lin is the first girl from Mills
County to enlist as a Nurse in
the U. S. Army.
, Miss Cleda Geeslln, who has
been attending an aircraft .n-|
strument school in New York
City, has received her promotion
as junior electrician, and Is
stationed at Duncan Field, San
Antonio
Miss Ruth Faye Mayes and
Delma Featherston were united j
In marriage by Dr Barton at I
4. That there
enough Indepenae
may not be
lent votes swing-
ing to Eisenhower to offset the
Republican stay-away vote.
aplexlty of charges and coun-
eh arges Back In 1918 Charles
50 YEARS AGO-
(Taken from Eagle Files
of September 6 1902.) | analysis an entirely different
The Old Settlers’ Reunion
and celebration Of the Seven- Stevenson campaign which al-
teenth anniversary of the sale ready has made mistakes even
are not In themselves overrld
lng or very clear due to the
com
terei
Evans Hughes, the Republican
presidential nominee.'1 snubbed
Oovernor Hiram W. Johnson,
the Republican senatorial noml-
5. That despite the foregoing f nee. on a visit to California, and
It cost Hughes the election. For
Johnson carried California by
of lots in Ooldthwaite was one
of the grandest affairs In the
history of the town and County.
E. O. Priddy has accepted . a
position In the Trent bank. He
will move his family here next
week and will occupy the Van
the Methodist Parsonage In San1 residence.
Angelo. Wednesday night,
gust 19. ..
John Bohannon passed away
at his home in Llano Tuesday.
His remains were, brought to
Ooldthwaite and funeral serv-
ices were conducted at the
Church of Christ by Elder I. A.
Dyches at 10:00 o’clock Thurs-
day morning. He was laid to
rest In the North Brown Ceme-
tery.
Mrs H C. Geeslin and daugh-
ter, Ada Margaret, spent last
J. C- Street and family have
returned from the Indian Terri-
tory, where they spent the sum-
mer on his ranch.
Our public school will open
Monday. September 8, at 9:00
a. m. It Is asked that pupils
bring with them therr last year's
report cards as they sw ill assist
in placing the pupils for the
coming term. v
The west bound passeifger
train which passed through
Goldthwaite at 8:00 o’clock on
a few miles above Mullln and a
long list of people were Injured
and one lady was fatally hurt.
weekend in San Antonio with. Tuesday evening was wrecked
Mrs, Geeslln's daughters, Misses'
Cleda and Maxine Geeslin.
' Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cave paid
’’a short visit to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Cave, and Mlssi day night for Blanket, where
Ruby CaveT Thursday of last j sbe will engage In the millinery
week, leaving Thursday for| business this season.
Plainview, where Mrs. Clyde j Rev j t. -Weems returned
Thursday night from a visit to
worse from a political stand-
point thap those of Elsenhower.
6. That the vote-getting pow-
er of the entire Democratic ma-
chine has been grossly under-
estimated by the Republican
strategists In the last four pres-
idential campaigns and that If
Stevenson does get the 100 per
j cent activity of the federal
) officeholders, the C. L O and
A. F of L. organisations working
smoothly and enthusiastically
with the big city machines of
the Democratic party, he can
win but to do 10 he must avoid
. taking "pot snots" at Truman
which could cool the ardor of
the campaign workers in the
‘ left wing” groups.
T. That polls and political an-
alyses and judgments made in
the last week of August are oft-
en changed materially by, de-
velopments in October.
The chief trouble with the
Elsenhower campaign to date Is
that It Is evidently being run by
people who are addicted to a
' theory" bub don’t understand
that It's a “condition" which
they face If they whnt to win
A concrete example of bung-
a big majority while Hughes lost
the electoral vote of the state
by about 3.000 votes.
The political Rame may be the
subject of sneers and cynicism
by the amateurs but the fact re-
mains that professionals run or-
ganizations and theae do In-
fluence apathy or enthusiasm In
election campaigns. This is es
(Continued an Page 7)
will not'
voted FOR Dwight d a-
^r ballot. “Even though
both Democrats, We &}?»
fore^ke)"mOCrat, wh0 4lso
To get back to the Hu*™
Mr. Dow was rummaging in
the other day when he
a framed certificate
March 28. 1908 The
thinks that the certificate"
be of Interest to many rev
who recall the Order ol
American Boy." an organlat
that was the forerunner of t
Boy Scout movement hi
country
The faded and yellowedj
tlflcate that Mr. Hudson fo„
represented Charter number I
of the “Order of (he Ameri
Boy" and It was issued
the organization s headquL
In Detroit to Louie Miller, I
Hudson, Wilbur Kairman, V
die Martin and Alvin
They were Rranted autl
to act ax a Company of i
‘“Order of the American 8
under the nam» of the Tn_
Lone 8tnr Company number Jfl
Mr Dow thought very L
of the news fhtrr^st of
certificate but in " the edito
opinion It Is not on!v late
lng but also likrly to bring t
some good mrmnrles to tb
whose thoughts m«v dvefig
the names of those to «tt
the certificate was issued
So long as the subject
youth, the editor may as well (
his wife out of his ha>r a: til
time. She has been nagging 1
him for a long time in bo|
persuading him to print ‘E
Ccmmandlhents for Trad
They were printed origlailljj
a professional magazine.
Indiana Tbacher ’’ Here are t
(Continued on Page 7.)
ia une iaay was iaiauy nun. wiicicvc wampic 01 Dung- _ v, ■
Mrs. Oliver Bigg, left Thurs-!^
Cave will teach school while
Clyde reports at Fort Sill, Ok-
lahoma. for military service.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walker of
San Saba were Sunday after-
noon guests in the Marsh John-
son home. They also visited
Mrs. H B. Johnson.
Quests in' the Misses Ervins'
home for the weekend were
— .fit's hand-
ling of the McCarthy issue. Any-
one with an ounce of political
judgement would have been able
weeks ago to “brief” the Repub-
lican preridentlal nominee on
this question. Prior to the Wis-
consin senatorial primary, the
succeaaful general should have kept his
Ups tightly sealed on the Issue,
saying merely It was up to the
Republican voters of Wisconsin
to decide whom they
Runnels County, where he as-»|
sis ted in a very
meeting.
Rev. L. L. Hays of Trigger
Mountain was In the city yea- to decide whom they wanted to
terday. He Is one of the best| nominate. If McCarthy became
men Mills County has ever -
claimed as a citizen.
1 W D. Cowan, editor of the
their brother, J. P. Ervin andi san Saba Star, accompanied by
wife of San Antonio^ I big wife and little son, came
the nominee, the general could
have done what all other nomi-
nees have always done—support
the ticket but say that doesn’t
mean Indorsement of the views
of the senatorial candidate on
f
25 YEARS AGO-
< Taken from Eagle Files
of September 9, 1927.)
Messrs. T. H. and W. E. Rahl
are Installing fixtures In the
Everly building next door to the
Wen Side Bargain Store, for a
cash and carry grocery store,
to be known as Rahl Bros.' Cash
Rotary Orocery.
Texas’Tint cheese factory U
almost a realisation. Work on
the building has been rushed
and will be completed by Sat-
urday night.
Wdhc has stopped on the
Chadwick No. 2 well, the drill
having reached the 1,027 foot
level, while casing can be aet.
A lime has bean struck which
it.is possible Is the Ellenburger,
however, teats ark being made
by the state geologists and
should It not be the EUenburger,
drilling will be resumed at once.
The following recent births
have been reported to the
Eagle: Tb Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Woodsey, August It, a girl; to
Mr and Mn. Dixie Webb, Au-
gust 22, a boy: to Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Seabourn, August II,
a boy; to Mr. and Mn. Crafc
Wesson, September I, a girl.
t0 *ttCnd th“ S&ftaSto? McCarthy'fvoS?.
celebration.
Grandmother Johnson, moth-
er of Mr. Thomas Johnson, who
lives near Payne, Mills County,
Texas, died at the home ot her
son August 29, 1902.
J. O. Swindle of Indian Oap
was In the city Monday.
R. D. Yarborough, one of the
leading merchants of Richland
Springs, was here the first of
In the senate have supported
Republican party policies.
One Eastern newspaper, which
is editorially supporting Elsen-
hower, says that defeat of Mc-
Carthy by Elsenhower pronoun-
cements of outspoken opposition
Is not too high a price for Eisen-
hower to pay, even If that one
defeat means loss to the Repub-
licans of a chance to control the
THEY WILL UVE
/
FOREVER
™e>rt«l trade fuSSS'ttle? ■BltTTlj.iSJ
good In his town.
The friends of A. B. Chapman
and family, who formerly lived
here, were grieved because of
the death of lira Chapman,
which occured In Lome la last
Sunday. /
Mrs. J. A. Biggs and little
EXBe Stegall left Tuesday night
for a visit to relatives In Ark-
Miss Behrns of Cherokee, who
Is one of the newly elected tea-
chers in the public school, ar-
rived In this dtp Wednesday.
J. D. Harris shipped a car
load of fat cattle to the Hous-
ton market last weak. He waa
well pleated with the returns
from the shipment.
F. R. Stump expests to start
next week for the Indian Terri-
tory,^*™ be expects to locate.
— —......—- -•—» - > super-
ficial appraisal. The real issue
from a political viewpoint In
repudiating McCarthy’s candi-
dacy M whether the 12 electoral
votes of Wisconsin are worth
having, and theae might be the
very aame 12 needed to make
the necessary majority of 28«.
For the McCarthy followers In
Wisconsin, Hke the Taft follow-
em in ether states, can’t be won
by being hit over the head with
a crowbar of denunciation. If
Elsenhower's statements about
McCarthy to date result in his
defeat for renomtnatlon or tend
during the campaign to help his
Democratic opponent, enough
Republicans out of sheer resent-
ment at such Interference In the
Wtsconetn election wtU refrain
from voting for the top of the
ticket and the state’s electoral
votes may go by default to
Stevenson.
Lose of the presidency la too
big a price to pay for a hit of
simple education In practical a.
... Through the
reverent tribute
of a fine granite
or marble memorial
. .. . your way of
expressing eternal
love. Consult with
us, today.
E.B. AD.
ON SAN BABA.
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