The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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COATS
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ill’s/ Church
Is Pastor
IFrsnall H. Wood pastor
I Baptist Church at Pur-
| Trias, has been extend-
ed by the First Baptist
I of Ooldthwnlte as pas-
Jthc local church.
ement was made last
f that Rev Wood has ac-
the call and will be-
lie pastor of the local
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from Fc" Worth to
in the near future
will assume his duties
i local field on November
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ESTABLISHED 1894
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AND THE MULLIN ENTERPRISE
VOL. 64, NO. »
GOLDTHWA1TE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1066
Eagles Defeat Santa Anna 26-0
In First Conference Game Friday
'BY XEBJtT COLLIER
f The Ooidthwalte Eagles de-
feated the Santa Anna Moun-
taineers with a score of 26 to
0, on the Eagle Field last Frl
day night. This was the
Eagles’ first conference game
of the season.
The Eagles received the ball
and Todd fumbled with High;
recovering for the Eag'es on the
22 yard line. Connie Todd made
a 13 yard run in the first play
of the game, in the second plav.
Tilmon Kirby completed a 45
yard pas-i to Connie Todd. The
Eagles fought their way down
to the one yard line and Kirby
carried the ball over for their
first TD. The try lor extra
point was no good The Eagles
kicked off to the Mountaineer;
and Beals was stoppeJ on the
36 yard line. The ball went over
to the Eagles or. the 45. On
the fourth down Kirby booted
the ball down to Ray who was
stopped on the 13 yard line by
Jerry Klght. > le Mountaineers
fumbled the ball and Leo Rey-
nolds recovered for tne Eagles
on the six yard line. At th;
end of the first quarter the bad
was on si.aut tl;e on. yard line
The Eagles made four first
downs tj *.'.ie Mountaineers one
In the first quarter.
Football Receipts
Receipts from the Ooldth-
walte-Santa Anna game last
Friday night hare been an-
nounced by 8upt. J. T. Jones as
follows:
Tbtal receipts. $624.75 Of this
amount $65.40 was paid to of-
ficials, leaving a balance of
$550.36, with Ooidthwalte re-
ceiving $275.67 and Santa Anna
$276.68.
Mrs. Dennis Auld-
I formerly of Lubbock, are
toddenti of Floyd tda,
hu purchased the T.
Center at Redd's T.
1 “d Appliance and
tor business under his
dp.
- 'u th« son of Mr. and
[***1 Anldrldye of Ooldth-
He sttendej high school
l«M has completed tno
lh* v 8- Navy. While
“ the navy he cor.*-
**° courses in naval
A*l( t his discharge
* navy he attended
CoUig* of Commerce
l Worth.
'moving to Floydaida he
»« wvlee 'mar-
I T- v- V.iopln Lubboc't.
■*0d“r,■ Gilbert Auldridge
v, Mfxlco recent-
ly ; P*»nu, Mr. and
•’•fore go-
l.8cott «nd White Hospital
•here he will gw
Prize Winners At
Loy Long’s Sale
Prise winners of the ten $10.00
baskets of groceries st Loy
Lang's Mg anniversary sale
last Saturday afternoon were:
Mrs. Brit Berry, Raymond
Oockrum, Paula McLean, Melis-
sa McLean, Lee Walton. Mrs. V.
T. Stevens, Loyd King, Joe
Orlffln, Deliner 8ears and Miss
Wallace of Mull'n. Also
Emily Shepherd and Omar
bertson were winners of a
set of six Oltsware Thurma
orirrin
Marie
jMrs. E
.Robert
Miss Betsy Smith, student at
Baylor University, Waco, spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. X). Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Auldridge
spent several days In Waco
last week with friends and re-
latives.
Mrs. L. R. Jackson of Wln-
nepog, Canada Is a guest of her
aunt, Mrs. L. E. Miller.
•Garland Barcus of Austin
t Speaker At Garden Club
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Shuw Jud.se and Lecturer. She
gave • very Instructive lecture
on "Flov.er 8b<»w Practice."
the was uiforopanlcr! vo Ooldth-
vralte by Mias Annie Giles,
president of the Violet C*own
Oarden Club of Austin.
ti of breakfast
pineapple chunks, pc-
crab apples and col-
served from a table
an Imported ecru cut
it and centered with
of yellow and
In the second quarter the ball
went over to Santa Anna on
about the one foot line. Santa
Anna fumbled the ball again
and Jerry Klght recovered for
the Eagles on the 13 yard line.
The Eagles pushed their way
back down to the five yard
line and Tilmon Kirby carried
the ball over the goal line for
another touchdown but again
the try for extra point failed,
-ach team made three first
downs lr. the second quarter.
The Eagles Kicked off to the
Mountaineers bu; thri. if.cy had
to kick on the fruiti. down.
A pass was completed to Jerry
Klght for 15 yards. Connie
Todd picked up 10 yards before
the ball went over. Santa An-
na completed three passes, one
for 10, another for 12, and the
last for 18 yards. The Eagles
made four first downs to the
Mountaineers three In the third
quarter.
One of the outstanding plays
of the game was at the first of
the fourth quarter when Con-
nie Todd broke through the line
on a quicky and ran the 54
yards for a TD. Tilmon Kirby
kicked the extra point, making
the score 10-0. The Mountain-
eers fumbled on the 17 yard
line and Pete Dellls recovered
for the Eagles. The ball went
over to Santa Anna on about
the 24, then the ball went back
over to the Eagles on about
the 45. Two passes were com-
pleted, one to Don Woods for
10 yards and the other to Eddie
Jones for 25 yards. Then John-
ny Vaughan carried the ball
the remaining 10 yards for the
Eagles final touchdown. Til-
mon Kirby kicked the extra
point. The game ended with
the score 26-0 In the Eagles'
favor.
Goldthwalte received 10 pen-
alties during the game for 75
yards. Santa Anna received
only one penalty for five yards.
Each. team attempted nine
passes. The Eagles completed
four and the Mountaineers com-
pleted three.
EAGLES TO PLAY
BUFFALOES FRIDAY
Thie Ooidthwalte Eagles will
play the Cross Plains Buffaloes
at Cross Plains this Friday
night. Cross Plains Is said to
have a pretty hot team, so let’s
all go up and watch the Eagles
cool them off and help boost
the Eagles on to another vic-
tory.
•B’ TEAM TO PLAY
LAMPASAS TONIGHT
The Eagles B' team will play
the Lampasas Badgers ‘B’ team
here on Eagle field at 7:30
Thursday (tonight).
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Boy Scout Drive
Totals $1134.50
An early bird breakfast at
Stacy's Cafe on Tuesday morn-
ing of last week put the vari-
ous workers for the Boy 8,:out
Fund Campaign In an energetic
mood xas the group of about 30
men, captains and executives
got ready for a cne day drive
which netted a total of $1,134.00
Harold Yarborough, cam-
paign chairman, expressed Ills
appreciation to all workers and
donors for -the excellent con-
tributions for this worthy cause
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kelcy of
Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Blue and Donnie of Orand
Prairie and Mr. and Mrs. Ptaak
Davis of Rock Springs were
guests of Mrs. Addle C. Davie
last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs.
I ted Sunday in
K L. Fast vls-
Oorznan with
friends.
Weather Report
Kninfall recorded by weather-,
man Barry Allen earl* Monday
morning In Ooidthwalte
measured .64 Inch. This brings
the official rainfall for thf
month of October to .87 inch
Other reports from Mills
County for early Monday morn-
ing arc as follows:
Mullln ...________....______i so
Chappell Hill 1.00
Scallom _____....._____1.00
West of Bayou ______ 1.50
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Emergency Feed
Grain Program
Being Extended
Walter T. McKay, State Direc-
tor, Farmers Home Administra-
tion, today advlged Aston W.
Cole, County Supervisor of the
extension of the Emergency
Feed Grain Program in Lam-
pasas, Burnet and Mills Counties:
Under tills extension, farmers
and ranchers may now file ap-
plications through December 3,
1056 for a supply of feed grain
necessary to carry basic -live-
stock herds through December
31. 1056.
This extension of the Emer-
gency Feed Program now coin-
cides with the assistance avail-
able under the Roughage Pro-
gram for Texas, and, enables
county FHA Committees to con-
sider total feed requirements,
both roughage and grain,
through December 31, 1956.
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City Officials
Attend Austin Meet
W. C. Barnett, City Utilities
manager, and Fred Laughlln,
water department superinten-
dent, attended a meeting of the
Municipal Electric Institute held
In Austin Wednesday of last
week.
After the meeting In Austin
they spent a day In San An-
tonio where they contacted
heavy machinery manufactur-
ers and distributors in prospect
of the possible purchase of a
heavy flat wheel roller for
street work.
Purchase bf a street roller U
being Investigated along with
other machinery and equip-
ment in connection with the
;lty council's long range plan-
ning program for street im-
provements.
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Guest Speaker For
Methodist Meeting
Dr.1 Marvin T. Judy will be
special speaker at the First
Methodist Church of Ooidth-
walte next Wednesday evening,
October 24, at 7:30. Dr. Judy
Is professor of the Rural Church
it the 8MU School of Theology
In Dallas. He was one of three
American Methodists to partici-
pate In the International Con-
ference on the Church and
Rural Life sponsored by the
World Council of Churches and
held In Swltserland this past
August. In addition, Mr. Judy
was one of the authors of a
‘Source Book” on Town and
Country Methodism published
last year.
Dr. Judy will speak In Ooldth-
walte at one session of a church
wide study being conducted by
local Methodists on “High
Hours of Methodism In Towij
arid Communities.” Previous
leaders In the services have
been M. Y. Stokes, Mrs. John T.
Hester, Mrs. Raymond Little,
Rev. M. O. Childress, Mrs. R. L.
Steen end the Rev. Walter J.
Cartwright.
The Study will cl gee the fol-
lowing week (October 21) with
a presentation of Methodism In
Mills County presented by a
special committee heeded by Dr.
T. C. Oravet.
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1957 CHEVROLET —Pictured
here is the new 1057 Chevrolet
Bel Air Coupe. New models will
go on display Friday at Saylor
Chevrolet Company In Ooldth-
walte. Longer, lower “In motion”
emphasis on design of Chevro-
let’s three series of passenger
cars for 1957 Is evident In this
view of the new Bel Air sports
coupe. Along with the exciting
exterior and Interior styling, a
higher performance peak and
marked mechanical advances
are among features announced.
As an added attraction to
showing of the new models Say-
lor Ohevrolet Company Is ar-
ranging to give away a Kiddle
Corvette as a door prize. Regis-
tration will be conducted Fri-
day and Saturday, October 19
and 20, and Is open to all chil-
dren from three to eight years
of age. The Corvette will be
given away Saturday afternoon
at 5:00 o'clock. Folks are In-
vited to bring their children
in to register for the Kiddle
Corvette and to Inspect the new
1957 Chevrolet.
Priddy Homecoming
Saturday October 20
The Homecoming at Priddy
will be held this Saturday night,
October 20, at the Priddy school.
The program Is to begin at
1:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon
with registration, tea, program,
a barbecue supper, pep rally,
football game and a climax.
The barbecue plates will be
$1.00 for adults and 50c for
children. Everyone Is cordially
Invited to attend.
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“Trick or Treat”
For CROP, Oct. 71
The Methodist Church Is
sponsoring ggain this year a
“trick or treat” for CROP.
CROP Is the Christian Rural
Overseas Program. The money
collected goes to help unfortu-
nate children who need food and
to help poverty stricken fami-
lies overseas to get a new staff.
All those Interested from any
church In town are requested
to be at the Youth Center at
7:00 p.m Saturday. October
27, to get district assignment
and badges and folders on
CROP. The town wUl be di-
vided Into districts so that
everyone will know where to go.
Smaller children should come
with their Sunday School teach-
er or parents, ,
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October Is P-TA
Membership Month
Oov. Allan Shivers of Texas
has proclaimed the month of
October as Parent - Teacher
Membership Enrollment Month.
Since Its Initial organisation
on October 10, 1009, the Texas
Congress of Parents and Teach-
ers has made consistent pro-
gress In Its efforts to promote
child welfare through the co-
operation of parents and teach-
ers.
Oood home-school relation-
ships are Indispensable to the
molding of happy, alert young
people and the standards ach-
ieved by our public schools are
determined by the Interest dis-
played by the parents. it
would be well for everyone to
encourage the largest member-
ship possible In this group,
which Is devoted to the Interest
of our public schools.
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GHS Ex-Students And Teachers To
Have Get Together On December 1
. The Initial meeting to formu-
late plans for the 1056 ex-stu-
dents and ex-teachers associa-
tion was held on Monday night
of this week.
Minutes of the original or-
ganization of an Ex-students
Association were read. The
history of the organisation dates
back to May 21, 1025. Superin-
tendent D. A. Newton and W P.
Weaver, County Agricultural
Agent, at that time, carried on
the organisational meeting.
The class of 1025 has the
■honor of having formed the first
alumni association. The object
was stated as follows: “To de-
velop and maintain friendly so-
Girl Scout Finance
Drive Ended Oct 13
The Girl Scout Finance Drive,
which was completed last week,
brought the total amount of
contributions for the year - to
$495.00, according to an an-
nouncement by Houston Duren.
treasurer for the local Olrl
8cout organisation.
Anyone still wishing to, make
a donation to the Girl Scouts
may do so by contacting Mr.
Duren or Dr. Childress.
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Mrs. W. P. Weaver and Mrs.
Myra McCrary spent Sunday In
DeLeon with relatives and fri-
ends.
dal relations and foster the
school spirit among ex-students
of Ooidthwalte High School and
promote cooperation In advanc-
ing the Interest of the school.”
The officers elected st that.
first meeting were: Mrs. Fred
Martin, president; J. T. Sanders,
first vice-president; Mrs. Flo-
rlne Renfro, second vice-presi-
dent; John Jackson, third vice-
president: Charles Hicks, cor-
responding secretary; Mrs.
Claude Saylor, recording secre-
tary, and Ernest Wilson, report-
er.
On February 22 of the follow-
ing year a committee of the
same organization met for the
purpose of bidding for a junior
college for Ooidthwalte.
The meeting this year will be
held on December 1, on Satur-
day following Thanksgiving.
Letters are being printed to be
sent to all names and addresses
available.
A program Is being arranged
by Dr. T. C. Graves. Plans are
being made for a banquet to toe
held at 7:00 p.m., following a
talk-fest to begin earlier tn the
afternoon at the school gym-
nasium.
Those of the ex-students, ex-
teachers or friends of the
school are invited to place reser-
vations with Mrs. Joe Palmer
and also to suggest other exee
and their addresses to her.
Rev. And Mrs. Don C. Jones Are
Appointed Missionaries To Korea
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Many of
Denton were gueets of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jses Mas-
sey and Mr. and Mrs. Vic K.
Koleber last weekend.
Miss Norms Royce Letbetter
of Austin spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy letbetter.
Rev. and Mrs. Don C. Jones of
Strawn, Tex., were appointed
missionaries to Korea by the
Southern Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Board at the opening ses-
sion of Its annual fall meet-
ing tn Richmond, Va., Wednes-
day of last week.
Mr. Jones Is pastor of First
Baptist Church, Strawn, where
he has served since July, 1963.
He vss formerly pastor of Pom-
pey Mountain Baptist Church,
Mills County, Texas; assistant
pastor of First Baptist Church,
Ooidthwalte, and summer work-
er for the Texas Baptist Music
Department
He served In the U. & Army
for two years, most of the time
In Korea.
A native of Galveston, Tea.,
he received the bachelor of arte
degree from Howard Payne Col-
lege, Brown wood, Tex., and the
bachelor of d trinity degree
from Southwestern Baptist The-
ological Seminary. Fort Worth.
Mrs. Jones, the former Juanita
Wheelock and a native >f Altus,
Oklahoma, moved to Children,
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Tex., with her family during
high school days. She received
the bachelor of music degree
from Howard Payne College and
the master of religious educa-
tion degree from Southwestern
Seminary.
8he has taught private piano
lessons In Strawn since Septem-
ber, 1062. Formerly she was
an office nurse at a clinks In
Childress.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones said that
they were both Interested In
missions and reached an agree-
ment that If God would reveal
dearly to them that he wanted
them to become missionaries,
they would respond. They later
frit God speaking to thplr
hearts, they said, and commut-
ed their lives for foreign mis-
sion service
They are among U young
people appointed fur ovoresas
terriee at the October meeting
of the Board, bringing the to-
tal number of active Bnathom
Baptist foreign
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Koleber, Victor E. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1956, newspaper, October 18, 1956; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090974/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.