The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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^ week. A total of 8,-
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_jrllngs. other classes
| increase or remaln-
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SHEEP
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, lie to 17.75 cents;
1, tc to 12c; stocker
to (9 per .head; old
I to 44c; ol(k bucjA, 4c
yearlings, lW"*fo 14c.
GOATS
| mutton goats. $5 to I*
wetghtni: kind, 4c to
I nannies S5 to $7. per
nannies. 3c to 4c;
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08, PER DOZ.
1 receipts were listed at
| he this week with pul-
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' rt. - ESTABLISHED 1894 AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE -
VOL. M. MO. il
GOLDTHWAITE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS
AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
Eastern Firm Asks For Labor Survey
Weather Report
Rainfall recorded here Tues-
day morning measured .31 Inch.
This brings the total for the
month o( October to 1 84 Inches.
Total recorded here for the
first 10 months of this year
measured 14.54 Inches.
YARBOROUGHS ATTEND
MEETING AT LUBBOCK
Mayor and Mrs. Wm. O. Yar-
borough attended the annual
meeting of the Texas League of
Municipalities which was held In
Lubboek, last Thursday, Frntay
and Saturday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Webb Karnes of
Borger spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Lather Ward, and
other relatives here. Mrs. Ward
and Odena and Mrs. Ida Sevier
accompanied Mrs. Karnes to
Ranger and Olden Sunday
where they visited friends and
relatives.
fy Vote Expected From Mills
Voters In General Election
|thii U presidential eiec-
wlth interest in the
| nee running high Mills
*n» are expected to
In record number to
ballot next Tuesday,
r I, In the general elec-
i »U Mills County vof-
*U1 be open from
until t oo p m. and
|Mumx will be tabulat-
*t 7:00 o'clock as
|Ae returns start com-
the various voting
¥ tumis rout nr iH
1 FROM ACROSS THI IMM
1 NO ■ if is kOi«*'IOWN^K
| nothin* iirvlll^H
“ TOU AND III IU
« Approximately 3,000
wteri in Mills County,
w 3.000 poll taxes were
M there are an estl-
• «r more qualified vot-
Ik.. C—
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Joty primary election
r- **17 votes were cast
r-t Sti oh
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"Rnty Four years ago,
general election,
hi were cast In Mills
JhffF “•»• iii
ill k. ■. ■ii
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BALLOTS
f clerk Walter A Bryant
““iced that about 50
t*Uot* had been cast
of thU week. Dead-
Application for
^taUot u this Friday
ill !«!- llii'kN B
night, midnight, November 2
Absentee ballots will be receiv-
ed until 12:00 noon on election
day. Tuesday, November 6.
In the general election nearly
100 absentee ballots were cast.
The total number Is not expect-
ed to be that high this year.
Mills County citisens have
been keeping rather mum on
their wntlments regarding the
presidential candidates and how
they may vote next Tuesday
While there has been some cam-
pa lnlng on the parts of Demo-
crate, Republicans and Texas
Democrats for Ike, the run of
the mill man on the street has
been keeping his opinion pretty
much to himself.
ELECTION RETURNS
Election returns will be post-
ed on the bulletin board on the
courthouse square as fast as
they come In from the voting
bokes on election night. Tabu-
lations Will be made In the of-
fice of the county clerk. Elec-
tion officials hope that Judges
from the various boxes will give
their cooperation so that all re-
turns may be reported on elec-
tion night and as early as pos-
sible.
i ,7^c wlth horse-
• lead model In
Packard's sedan
Prtce field which
Shelton Bros.
»t*rd*hWalt*’
laches longer, the
Mature two nu-
* adv»ncsments
Mitomotive "firsts"
Jr clMees. These
th® TtrtPbl*
"“•Wngwhkhi
Information Needed In Considering
Goldthwaite For Factory Location
\
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Weath-
ers and daughters of Llano were
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Reynolds and Mrs.
Bertha Weathers last weekend.
Weills CUne, who Is a student
at Tarleton State College, spent
the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cline.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dennard
and children of Fort Worth
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Faulkner and Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Dennard.
provide a new Luxury-Level
ride over rough surfaces as
standard equipment on all
Studebaker sedans; and the
non-slip Twln-Tractlon safety
differential which gives the
driver new control under slip-
pery or adverse road conditions
by shifting engine power to the
rear wheel with the best trac-
U*nte Studebaker line for 1967
coven the low price field with
il models of two- and four-door
In the President, Com-
-KAOLE PHOTO BT WICKEH STUDIO
AWARDS FOR J. H. PRIDDY
—Pictured here are members of
the Soil Conservation Service
ind the Ooldthwalte Lions Club
who took part In presenting
awards to J Hobert Priddy at
the last meeting of the club. ,
Left to right, David Watters,
holding the plaque he presented
o Mr. Priddy; Mr. Priddy; Scott
Lanford, guest speaker for the
evening, and Dr. T. C. Oravcs
who presented Mr. Priddy the
letter of recognition.
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Floyd Spradley Jr., returned
to Ooldthwalte Sunday night
after having "pent a week at
Prosper where he had charge of
song service at the Prosper
Baptist Church during their
revival meeting.
Priddy Honored For Fifteen Years
As Soil Conservation Supervisor
mander and Champion series
and a series of four station
wagons, which Include four-door
models for the first time. The
big design Of the sedans U in
harp contrast to the tong, low
styling of the Hawk sports-
type line to be announced later.
Non-fading, finned broke drums,
dashboard padding, new recess-
’d steering wheel hubs and
double eocket rear view mirrors
are among standard equipment
Items on the 1957 President
cia«lc. .....
By CHARLES HAENISCH
J. Hobert Priddy. supervisor of
zone three of the Brown-Mills
Soil Conservation District for
the past fifteen years, was hon-
ored by members of the Goldth-
waite Lions Club at their last
meeting. Approximately sixty
Lions, their wives and guests
were present to pay tribute to
Mr. Priddy for the fine work
he has done in the field of
roll, water, and plant conser-
vation. Mr. Priddy has recent-
ly retired as a supervisor of
the District.
As a cooperator of zone three
of the District, Dr. T. C. Graves
presented Hobert a letter from
the cooperators of his sub-dis-
trict. They expressed their ap-
preciation for his untiring ef-
forts In places of responsibility
during the past fifteen years;
not only In the field of agri-
culture but also In school af-
fairs, war emergency boards,
youth work, community proj-
ects, and many other worth-
while projects. ' A special
• THANK YOU” was extended
him for his work with the local
Soil Conservation District In
encouraging landowners to try
new conservation crops and
providing equipment for plant-
ing and harvesting these crops.
\Lso mentioned were the ser-
vices provided the local people
n the way of tours, trained
technicians, and assistance In
lood prevention programs.
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
AT STAR FRIDAY
The Halloween carnival will be
-held at the Star School this
vriday. Festivities will begin at
7:00 p.m. Final count of votes
for Halloween Queen will be
made at 9:15 p.m. and coro-
nation of the queen will be at
9:10
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STAR FOOTBALL TEAM
TO CROWN QUEEN
The Star football sweetheart
will be presented during half-
time ceremonies Thursday even-
ing (tonight). Star will be host
to Carbon and kick-off time Is
vet at 7:30 p.m.
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Mrs. Annie Armstrong and
Barbara had as their guests over
the weekend: Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Burns, Jackie and Debbie of
Midland, Mn. Duane Barron.
Diana and Mary of Hearns and
tUl Armstrong of Winters.
Scott Lanford of Blanket,
supervisor of zone three, was
the principal speaker for the
evening. Lanford related the
work that had been done In soil,
water, and plant conservation
In the last fifteen years. He
pointed out the need of each
one present In helping promote
the conservation of these re-
sources. In conclusion of his
portion of the program, Mr.
Langford read a letter from Hon-
orable O. C. Fisher, representa-
tive of the 21st Congressional
I District of Texas, commending
^Mr. Priddy for his efforts In this
jail important Job of soil and
water conservation.
On behalf of the supervisors of
the Brown-MUls Boll Conserva-
tion District, supervisor David
Watters presented Mr. Priddy]
with a rifteen year ■
plaque.
The work done by Mr. Priddy
In organizing and helping to
operate this Soil Conservation
District will long be remember*-!
ed by the people of this area.
•.—«-o-
Baptist Pastor
To Arrive Today
Rev. Presnail H. Wood, who
recehtly accepted a call to the
pastorate of the First Baptist
Church here, will arrive wltW
Mrs Wood in Goldthwaite
day.
Both Rev. and Mrs. WoodJH
natives of Vernon, Texas where!
they graduated from high
school. Both attended Baylor
University where they gradu-
ated in 1953. Bro. Wood then
attended the Southwest The-
ological Seminary, Fort Worth,
where he graduated In 1958. For
the past several months he has
been doing graduate work at
the seminary In Fort Worth.
Mrs. Wood has been teaching in
the Fort Worth schools
Bro. Wood has been pastor of
the Purmela Baptist Church for
the past throe years. He has
been active In Baptist Associa-
tions! work In Oeeyell County
for several years, while poster-
ing at Purmela and other
churches In that county
Members of the church will
welcome their new poster and
bis wife to the church family
this coming Sunday as Bro.
Wood assumes his duties here.
He will preach at the Sunday
morning worship service*.
Committee Needs
Information Now
The Ooldthwalte Industrial
Committee and a representative
from the Texas Employment
Commission are In the process
of making a labor survey of
Ooldthwalte. Mills County and
Parents Urged To
Caution Children
Shooting Air Guns
Sheriff C. F. 8tubblefleld this
week Issued an appeal to par-
ents to caution children who
shoot air rifles to be more care-
ful.
Some complaints have come to
officers about broken windows
In homes and business buildings
from air guns. Sheriff Stubble-
field said some of these broken
windows are probably accidents
which happened whUe boys
were shooting birds.
He pointed out that shooting
air rifles can be dangerous and
put out a_ person’s eyes very
easily. Officers will appreciate
the cooperation from parents In
cautioning children about
matter ,
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FHA To Execute
Drouth Freight «
Rates Certificates
Walter T. McKay, the agency's
8tate Director, was advised to-
day of the designation of Farm-
ers Home Administration to
execute certification forms In
connection with reduced freight
rates recently worked out be-
tween the President and rail-
road representatives to further
assist farmers and stockmen In
drouth stricken areas.
This revised tariff provides
for a reduction of 50 per cent
in the freight rate of hay for-
warded to destination due to
the drougtli, and applies only
In connection with hay pur-
chases of Individuals who are
entitled to assistance under the
Hay and Roughage program
Farmers Home Administration
is authorized to execute cer-
tificates In behalf of farmers
and ranchers only. Details of
the program and forms requir-
ed may be obtained from local
rmers Home Ad-
offices.
“ county j*1
minlsjjarfton
surrounding area to be pre-
sented to an eastern firm who
Is Interested In locating a fac-
tory In the aduthwest.
At the request of the eastern
firm the survey got underway
last week and It is hoped that
the Job will be completed by
the end of this week. The firm
Is compiling information to be
considered in connection with
selection of a location. Mem-
bers of the Ooldthwalte In-
dustrial Committee were in
contact with a representative
of this firm a few days ago
when the labor survey informa-
tion was requested. Employ-
ment requirements of the com-
pany are 100 to 150 men and
women.
The survey will cover an area,
or radius of 35 miles of Ooldth-
walte. Anyone 18 years of age
and older who is Interested in
regular or part time work la
Mills County Is requested to fill
out the labor survey question-
naire printed below and turn
It In not later than next Mon-
day evening, November 5. This
Information Is being compiled by
the local committee while the
Texas Employment Commission
representative Is making hts
survey In Ooldthwalte and sur-
rounding area. Information
from both will be compiled Into
final report to be presented to
the company as soon as possible.
It is important that the com-
pany get the details of this sur-
vey so that they will know first
hand about how many men and
women will be available for em-
ployment
Everyone Interested In em-
ployment Is urged to clip the
form printed below and fill It
out and mail It to the Industrial
Committee, Ooldthwalte. Or
the forms may be left at the
Eagle Office, Yarborough St
Duren or Glass and Clements
Insurance Agency.
Extra forms will be printed
and made available at business
firms throughout the county.
For additional information re-
garding the survey Interested
parties may contact Ray Duren.
Yarborough St Duren Dry
Goods, T. M Glass, Glass and
Clements Insurance or Vic B.
Koleber at the Eagle office.
Folks are reminded that (Ms
ia not an application for em-
ployment, It is simply a survey to
ietermlne how many men and
women In a radius ot 35 miles of
Ooldthwalte are available far
employment. If a factory were
established here.
LABOR SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Persons 18 years and older living within 35 miles e<
Ooldthwalte and Interested In employment in Mills County
pleaae HU out this form and turn It In not later than Monday
evening, November 5, 1958.
Age_____________Male---
Work wanted, fu^ time --------
Previous employment, nature
Mall this form to: Industrial Committee, ooldthwalte.
Tens or deliver it to Eagle office. (Mam * Clements Insur-
ance Agency or Yarborough A Duren.
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Koleber, Victor E. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1956, newspaper, November 1, 1956; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090866/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.