The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1969 Page: 1 of 24
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GOLDTHWAITE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS
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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1MB
Foil Conservation
Issue
kventy-Four Pages
In Three Sections
SECTION ONE
(Goldth
ESTABLISHED 1894
1969 Graduation Schedules For
Mills County Schools Announced
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ter grating for ewes and lambs.
As a result of improvements
obtained by following a sound
complete basic conservation
ce then Roberson has done
Bdwately 2,000 acres of
1 control by such methods
*» dozing, chaining; rak-
basal treatment with 2,
r and kerosene and aerial
each of his pastures,
accomplished by con-
of 12 ponds and in*
of one pipeline and
exercises will be held in the
high school auditorium Thurs-
day night. May 22, at 8 p. m„
according to James Dean, prin-
cipal
Bob Baird, of Priddy, was
selected outstanding Conserva-
tion Farmer-Rancher for 1988
from zone 3, of the Brown-
Mills Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District for his accomplish-
ments in pasture Improvements
over a period of time dating
back to 1952. '
The condition of his cows and
the abundance of grass left af-
ter a winter of grazing at less
than five acres per cow are
some of the reasons Baird was
named Outstanding Conserva-
tionist of the year for sone 2 of
the Brown-Mills Soil and Water
Conservation District.
InSERVATION RANCHER-FARMER FOR 1968—Erie D.
Ln of Goldthwalte was selected as outstanding Conservation
br-Farmer for 1M8 from zone 4 of Brown-Mills Soil and
[conservation District. He is shown here looking at some
that have wintered on a summer deferred pasture. The
[ere fed a minimum of supplemental feed for three winter
I and yet they are fat and have big healthy calves. Rober-
qulck to note that the grass left over in the spring holds
water on the land thus increasing soil water storage and
Ung summer gram growth. —(SC8 Photo)
W. P. Durens Attend
Bankers* Convention
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Duren at-
MULLIN
Mullin High School will hold
Baccalaureate services in the
First Baptist Church. Sunday
night. May 11, at- 8:00 o’clock,
with Rev. Ernest Roper, pastor
of the United Methodist Church,
ranch, once densely cov-
by post oak and other
Pre-School Day
Is This Friday
i. hazel black
ST SPEAKER FOR
IT BIBLE CLASS
Hazel Black will be
t speaker at the Men’s
ntown Bible Clam this Sun-
morning May 11, Mother’s
elation for his outstanding
leadership during the past year.
A reception was held after
the banquet for the Jaycees
and their guests.
CONSERVATION FARMER-RANCHER FOR INS—Bob Baird
of Priddy, was selected outstanding Conservation Farmer-Ranch-
er for 1968 from zone 8, of the Brown-Mills Soil and Water Con-
servation District. He is shown here checking gram use by cows
after winter grazing on a pasture that was previously aerial
sprayed for shlnnery control and summer deferred for gram
improvement. —(8CS Photo)
mencement exercises on Friday
night, May 23.
Mullin will have Baccalaure-
ate services Sunday night, May
11, with commencement exer-
cises next Friday night, May 16.
Priddy’s commencement will
also be the 16th.
Baccalaureate at Star and
Goldthwalte will be Sunday,
May 18, with commencement on
Friday, May 23
Following is the schedule of
activities and speakers named
for the programs at the various
schools.
tty-five years of conser*
I ranching are being rec-
d this year by the Brown-
Boil and Water Conserva-
Mstrict in their selection
le D Roberson as out-
ing conservation rancher
s year from sone 4 of the
i-lfllls 8WCD. Roberson
e a cooperator with the
!t in 1944.
xnplete basic conservation
ras developed with him at
ime on his ranch of 2,448
N at 9:30 o’clock in the
room of Mills County
Bank.
The Goldthwalte Jaycees held
their annual installation ban-
quet here Saturday night at the
American Legion Hall. The
special ladies’ night event was
attended by approximately
forty persons, and was catered
by Horton’s Wagon Wheel Cafe.
Johnny Duncan served as
master of ceremonies, and Jerry
Ables from Granbury, incoming
State Jaycee Director, was in-
stalling officer. The following
officers for the coming year
were installed:
Roger Horton, president;
Gene Gray, 1st vice president;
Johnny Duncan, 2nd vice presi-
dent; Johnny Vaughan, 3rd
vice president; Mike Hoover,
secretary; James Knight, treas-
urer; and Donald Padgett,
shin oak
deferment
Wayne Knight and DeWayne
WCst, club directors.
Phil Duren gave the annual
report for the local Jaycees, and
Hollis Wiggins, outgoing presi-
dent. presented several awards.
Johnny Duncan received the
1969 "Jaycee of the Year” a-
ward. "Sparkplug” awards went
to Phil Duren. Hollis Wiggins,
Roger Horton, Larry Pafford,
Donald Padgett and Johnny
Vaughan. Gene Gray, Lester P.
Geeslin and Johnny Dufican re-
ceived "Spoke Awards.”
Max Shepherd presented
par-
May
M. Richards Dies
piday Afternoon
place Monroe Richards, 97,
loldthwaite, passed away at
1 p. m Tuesday In Childress
k k Hospital. Funeral serv-
I will be conducted this
Mng 'Thursday), at 10:00
» in the First Baptist
lrchx Goldthwalte. Burial
be in Goldthwalte Memor-
tenetery.
GOOD START FOR MAY
May rainfall is off to a good
start.
In Goldthwalte Weatherman
Harry Allen measured an offi-
cial 1.74 inches up to 5 p. m. on
Tuesday, May 6.
The Eagle rain gauge on Han-
nah Valley Road measured 2.80
inches up to 7 a. m. on Wednes-
day.
Weatherman L. V. Klmmons
of Mullin reported 1.64 inches
up to Wednesday morning.
preaching the sermon. Com-
mencement exercises will be
held in the high school gym at
8 p. m.? on Friday, May 16. Mr.
Dan Long, assistant Superin-
tendent of the San Antonio
Public Schools and brother of
Rev. Don Long of Mullin, will
give the commencement ad-
dress, according to announce-
ment by A. R. Whisenhunt.
Eighth grade graduation ex-
ercises will be held Saturday,
May 17, at 8 p. m., In the high
school gym with Rev. Don Long,
pastor of Mullin First Baptist
Church, giving the address.
FRIDDY
Baccalaureate services
Priddy were held Sunday night.
May 4, at 6:00 p. tn., at the Zion
Lutheran Church. Rev. Richard
F. Winkelman preached the
sermon.
According to H. Earl Culp,
commencement exercises will be
in the school gym on Friday.
May 16, at 8:00 p. m. Eighth
grade graduation will be held
along with the high school
commencement on Friday, May
16.
Annual Jaycee Installation Banquet
Held Saturday Hight At Legion Hall
Bob Baird Is Mamed Conservation
Farmer-Rancher For 1968 In Zone 3
n Is Selected Conservation
Rancher For 1968 In Zone 4
Rainfall Here
In Four Months
Is 8.79 Inches
Rainfall recorded in Goldth-
walte during the first four
months, January through April,
of this year measured 8.79 in-
ches. according to official rec-
ord kept by Weatherman Harry
Allen.
Bennett Creek And Brown-Mullin
Creek Projects Still Moving Ahead
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brush, is now mostly open
grassland Range seeding was
done on 100 acres of old fields.
Coastal Bermuda was put on 16
acres with another 35 acres re-
cently planned for coastal. K
R. bluestem was also seeded on
8 acres of pastureland.
Roberson is proud of having
water in
This was
struction
stallatlon
one water trough.
The 178 acres of cropland is
planted to annual grazing crops
and used mostly for summer
grazing. "This allows me to an-
nually summer rest about 1/3
or more of my rangelands.” says
Roberson. “Besides the Im-
provement of grasses on those
pastures it affords an abund-
ance of quality forage for win-
ter grazing.”
By combining Improvement
practices such as brush control,
range seeding, pasture planting,
farm po n d i, pipelines and
troughs for livestock water,
2,000 ft. of diversion terrace, 22-
000 ft. of field terraces and cross
fences with management prac-
tices such as proper grazing use
of range and pasture land, de-
ferred grazing in summer, high
residue crops, crop residue
management and contour farm-
ing my ranching operation has
been made easier and more
profitable,” says Roberson.
8C8 personnel report that
Roberson has carried out these
management practices every
year along with at least one im-
provement practice a year on
his ranch nearly every year
since he first developed his ba-
sic conservation plan. His be-
lief in conservation was further
shown when he developed a
haute conservaitesu4)Ian on the
Traylor ranch which he leased.
STAR
Supt. James Hibbs announced
that Baccalaureate services for
Star High School will be held
in the school gym on Sunday,
May 18, at 8 p. m„ with Dr.
Rex Kyker, pastor of the Star
Church of Christ, preaching the
sermon.
Commencement exercises will
be In the school gym on Fri-
day, May 23, at 8 p. m., with Ed
Marwhahm, director of Alumni
activities at Howard Payne,
giving the commencement ad-
dress.
Eighth grade graduation will
be held with the high school
commencement on Friday, May
23.
elation annual convention in
Houston the first of this week.
The three day sessions were
held at the Astro-World and at-
tended by officials and repre-
sentatives of banks
throughout Texas.
The Durens went to Houston
last Saturday and returned
Wednesday.
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NATIONAL NURSING
HOME WEEK TO BE
OBSERVED LOCALLY
National Nursing Home Week,
May 11-17, will be observed at
Heritage Home with open house
each day. Mrs. Marie Hamilton,
administrator, extends an invi-
tation for everyone to visit
someone in the nursing home
whether they are relatives or
not. She said this would be
tlcularly good on Sunday,
11, Mother's Day.
A special pro-school day
being planned at Goldthwalte
Elementary School this Friday,
May 9, for all children who will
enter the first grade there this
fall. Principal Jack Dean asks
that parents bring their chil-
dren to school at 1:45 p. m. and
leave them until 3:30.
Dean mailed out letters
earlier this week to parents of
these pre-schoolers, but extends
a special Invitation to all those
who did not receive a letter.
MT. OLIVE CEMETERY
WORKING SATURDAY
There will be an all
working at the Mt. Olive Ceme-
tery this Saturday, May 10. All
persons interested in the up-
keep of this cemetery are urged
to bring a basket lunch andjacres to provide succulent win-
tools to work with.
The first BaccalauqMte serv-1 concluded with the last corn-
ice for Mills County h«h school
graduates for 1969 from Gold-
thwalte, Mullin, Star and Prid-
dy, was held Sunday night, May
4, at Priddy. Graduation will be
GOLTHWAITE
Goldthwalte High School
Baccalaureate services will be
held in the First Baptist Church
Sunday night, May 18, at 8 p.
m., with Mr. Ed Markham, per-
sonnel director at Howard
Payne College, speaker.
Commencement exercises will
be held on Eagle Field, weather
permitting, at 8 p. m., Friday,
May 23, it was announced by
Supt. LeRoy Beard and Hoyett
____ ______ _ Browning, high chool principal.
Wiggins with a plaque of appre-l Elementary School promotion
tended the Texas Bankers Asso- plan Baird hopes to be able
1 1 eventually to support an ani-
mal unit of six or seven acres
year around.
In order to achieve this goal
three brush control measures
have been carried out on about
300 acres. Baird's first brush
control was with goats. “Over a
period of three years,” says
Baird, “I killed shin oak on
about 100 acres along with all
my goqd grass and
of goats.”
"Aerial spray of
along with summer
is controlling my brush and
bringing back the desired
grasses such as Indian grass
and bluestem,” says Baird.
A 35 acre field seeded to side
oats grama and K. R. bluestem
is now a productive pasture.
Kliengrass was seeded on 10
acres last year. Because of high
animal preference for Kliengass
Baird has seeded an addtlonal
50 acres of field to this produc-
tive grass, making a total of 60
acres of quality summer graz-
ing.
This? enables him to summer
defer more rangeland. Harding
grass is planned on another 47
Following is the record by
onths:
January ....
...1________ .23
February
..___...... 1.50
March______
...._________ 2.18
April _______
___________ 4.88
heating and cooling systems
and Lake Buchanan an-
in this issue.
with federal approval construc-
tlon in the near future is poe-
Cleaner water, and cheaper
road maintenance costs will
soon become a reality, accord-
ing to local county and district
8WCD officials as commendable
progress is noted in obtaining
easements for flood prevention
dams in the Brown-Mullin and
Bennett Creek Watersheds.
At the present time without
the flood prevention dams 24,-
i 870 tons of sediment are dump-
the last 12 months.
Construction in 1970 win be
possible in the Brown-Mullin
watershed if the remaining
sites are cleared by July 1989,
according to Doug Sellars, SCS
The Bennett Creek watershed
is among the top 12 watersheds
in Washington from Texas, now
waiting approval for operation.
Approval for operations is near
at hand according to letters re-
ceived by directors of the Ben-
nett Creek WCID from Con-
gressman Omar Burleson If
storage capacity and reducing
water quality
Also 42 road intersections
.... " "Icox And Johnny Head
Wilcox Electric Partnership
details can be worked out.
Official announcement of the
new business and what they
have to offer the public ap-
grand opening of Wilcox Elec-
tric in the near future. Announ-
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