The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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Number 39
Thursday, January 1, 1976 .
GoIdthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844
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By Ernest Lynn Fisher '
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Goldthwaite Businesses Support
First Baby Of 1976 Contest
Students Resume
Masonic Lodge
Classes Monday
Honors Past
Mrs. Hohertz
Fire Dept.
Receives Check
little as people mate it.
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Mullin Livestock Show
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Results Announced
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CTCOG Annual Membership
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son stretches a little further
than that, like from Dec. 24th
to Dec. 25th of the next year.
Of course, decorations end
tinsel would get pretty worn
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Sth Dm Jackson, 6th Monty Car-
lisle, 7th Cinthia Hasley, 8th
Delton Whisenhunt, 9th Shawna
Shelton, 18th Kim Shaitan, 11th
Dutton Whisenhunt, 12th Don
Jackson, Itoh Jay Bearden.
Medlum Wool, Light Weight
Class- let Joe Mangham, M
Ted Hasley.
MARKET
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of thanks for the Department’s
work on the property of Nan
Roberts, Route 3, Goldthwaite,
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The money will be need tor
their loss prevention program.
The Texas Farm Bureau In-
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Goldthwaite, Mullin, Star and
Priddy Schqol students will end
their Christmas holiday Mon-
day, January 5, 1978;
All four county schools will
resume classes on regular time
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1st. Lance Johnson,
Delton Whisenhunt; |
let, Amy Maders.(2
The Goldthwaite Volunteer.
Fire Department received a
check for $75.00 recently from
Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
Companies as aa expression
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Aino, Jud
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will rep
Harris of Bell
ltamentarian.
Directors elected wereCom-
Md Mar plhmrdrnnt°mku
leen tor Bell County; Judg
Christmas Eve, Wednesdag,
the local area imhiilitan
% and % tech of raintall.
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Mrs. Carl Hohertz ofMul-
____-_________ ttn„recetved-a certificate of
doesn’t wear out. it’s a con- coylmendation from Mr. Car-
stantly renewed gift of God, rollB. Bryant, President of
and it can be as big or as -r the Texas Association for Mao-
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Something simply must be
done about the cost at this
year’s Christmas trees! One
fellow says he bought one for
37.56 and Ms wite is wearing
it as a corsage.
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tant to prevent fires.
Wrongaway to look at it...
Most people think of the
Christmas season as being from
about Thanksgiving until about
Dec. 26th or 27th.
Hajy^Stfori^ Area Receives
•5 Christmas Showers
Some cool weather mixed with
wind and some much needed
rain covered the MUls County
area over the Christmas holt-
days. -
Water
ander .
CheBridqe:
BY G. F. EM *
Its streets filled with wagons,
buggies, hacks, surries, wooden
sidewalks and a generally happy
group of people.
One might find any of the
following early settlers at a
gathering in Mullin: the Kirk-
patricks, Caseys, Fishers,
Abshers, Fairmans, Summys,
Chassers, Wares, Pyeatts, Bur-
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representing Em soll end water
conservation districts, and Col
Robert Gosney, Fort Hood,
representing the tnttttary.
Speclal advisors totem
ecutive usumlttoe are Lovett
Ledger of Copperas Cove,
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A total of nineteen Goldth-
waite business firms are sup-,
porting the ‘'First Baby For
1978” contest with that number
of prizes being offered to the
first baby and his or her
parents.
A list of the business firms
and prizes offered are:
Horton’s Wagon Wheel Cafe -
two free lunches for Mom
and Dad
Woody Drug Store - Johnson
Baby Gift Set
Kauhs Variety Store - Baby—
Booties
MUls County State Bank - $10
Savings Account
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Established in 1894 And The Mullin Enterprise
if.left out 811 year long, bt
the love to Ite hearts of man
The seventh annual General
Membership meeting of the
Central Texas Council of Gov-
ernments met Thursday, Dec.
18 at Ma Holiday ten of Kil-
leen.
Tamale Mayor David Beady
was elected as president of
the Executive Committee for
1978. Other: new officers on
the sealmEta i .am Mpa
James Seales of Hamton
Mau egunstuvter.mmsident
Copperas Cove as 2nd vice
President, Mro. paline Hard-
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school. Mr.’Stbley was the first .
teacher. It was in this little
one-room combination school
and church that many circuit
riders braved Indian attacks,
lawlessness and weather to
bring their messages to the
people. The people of the com-
ctlman Collier Perry will rep-
.resent Milam County, Judge
Herbert Faulkner and Goldth-
waite Councilman Frank
Bridges will repreaeet MUls
County, and Judge Jim Baker
and Commissioner Calvin Bush
wUl represent San Saba
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ley, 4Ei Tim Lawson, Sth *
6th Delton Whisenhunt, 7h
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Members Wives
At their regular December
meeting the Goldthwaite Mas-
onic Lodge No. 694 held a
Christmas dinner honoring
members of the local Eastern
Star Chapter and local Masonic
widows.
..Right Worshipful Bob Weath-
ers, former pastor of the United
Methodist Church in Brown-
wood, now in Killeen and pre-
sent Grand Chaplain of The
Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. &
A,M,, was the principal speak-
er at the dinner.
The Honorable M. A. Camp-
bell of Goldthwaite was appoint-
ed as a member of the Com-
mittee on Grievances and
Appeals No. 1 for the ensuing
Masonic year.
The Most Worshipful Thomas
C. Yantis of Brownwood, Grand
Master of The Grand Lodge
of Texas, A.F. A A.M., paid
an informal visit following the
dinner hour.
More than 150 members and
Sat"ce Sudgj.F.Clzwo.
Immedlate past-president.is
San Ma Mayor H. D. Chad-
' Ctattte*
S3T f -Gnsng Chmoro
Keit Kensing, vocational
agricultural teacher at Mullin,
reported a fine turn out for
the Mullin Livestock Show
which WM held Saturday, Deo-
ember 20th.
Judge for the event waa Gene '
The land for the cemetery
was given in 1908 by W. D.
Kirkpatrick and was deeded to
the ladies of Mullin provided
they form a cemetery associa-
tion for the sale of lots and
care of the cemetery. These
ladies have faithfully kept the
trust placed to them. The first
person buried there was young
John Tuggle, the boy killed by
the train.
The poet office was estab-
lished to Mullin on July 26. .
1886, and T. & Baird was post-
master. The bank was chartered
in 1908 with 810,000.00 capital,
and was robbed on February 1,
1928; the robbers were appre-
hended. During the depression
years of the 1930‛s the bank
failed, as did many others dur-
ing this period. The old bank
building has been remodeled and
in recent years has been used
as a community center where
most activities of Mullin are
held.
The Masonic Lodge was or-
ganized to Mullin to 1897, and
has been active all through the
years.
The first school Was taught
in a one-room house that was
used for church as well as
Carol Hickman, 8th Steve
The Way It Was All About Mullin
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stars when someone was caught
unaware; it was used by the law
to sober someone that might
have over-indulged himself at
the bar; at times a new groom
found himself to the horse
trough just after the wedding if
he didn’t hide fast enough. The
well wm located to the middle
of the street near the old bank
building and is now covered with
a farm-to-market road.
The first windml to Mullin
was owned by Mose Kirkpat-
rick, and people from near and
far and near to see this "thing" _
that brought water up from the •
ground.
Other citizens who played an
important part to the founding
of Mullin were the Brocken-
boughs, Wards, Reynolds, Cole-
mans and the Woods.
As an illustration of the hard-
ships which were endured by
these early settlers of Mullin
community, on June 10, 1877,
when the corn was to the silk
and tassel, there came a kill-
ing frost that destroyed all
the crops. On January 8, 1888,
a blizzard struck that killed
many head of livestock and
was almost the death of
several people to the area.
These are but two of the
many hardships our forefathers
had to overcome when they came
here; a place many said was a
bad place to settle. But settle
they did, and today Mullin to a
thriving little town and proud
of its heritage.
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highest per capita (39.9c) in
Mal Ito for communities with a
population between 100 and 500.
The Texas Association for
Mental Health netted 315 thou-
sand for the May"75compa-
ign, with Mullin contributions
totaling 881.00.
Head Electric - 82.50 to trade
Receives Certificate Barnes andMepuilqugh * One
Southern -savings and Loan Ridge Sunday, January 4th
- 016 ita.ina At ■WE------------from liM until 4 pa Awry-
Full dets of the "First - one is invited to come.
Baby For 1976” contest ap- There wil NOT be a New
pear in an ad in this iaeut of Year’s Eve Party at Ridge
the Eagle. this year.
tal Health.
Mrs. Hohertz raised the
L. R. Waters, Italh, "P
pson,Gt-Gule, wgrtaoartig
the school districts; A. B.
Craig, KHtaw, lags—wEtaytIM.
water imprMomata distrietsi
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Beards and Leet.
Stamps, 9th Phil Hickman, „ ^atar camethe1Pattersons,
;■ Stebbins’Stagietans.’CooksMS,
Lm“fdmam—
4hAms.angers,sth wSri? At one time there were six
£ ™ ric^ 8tt Deltai doutors in MnUta. foefirst be-
Whisenhunt, 9th Carta Rigsby.
Ertteu Class Ile*s tat
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kilt a fire in- bak yard to
[ heet kettle of rain water,
let tubs ‛so‛s smoke won’t blow
[ in eyes if Wind to pert,
■have om hole cake of lye
I soap inblin’ water,
Sort things; make three piles;
Tonepile white, one pile cul-
I lord, oris pile old work
britches and rags,
Stur flour to cold water til
| smooth, then thin down with
I bilin water for starch,
Rub dirty spots on board, scrub
herd then bile.
Rub cullord clothes, don’t bile,
Take white things out of kettle
| with broom stick, thenrench,
blew aad starch,
Spread tea towels on grass;
hand old rags and britches
on fence, ,
Pore rench water to flower
beds,
Scrub porch with hot soapy
water.
Turn tubs upside down, put on
a cleen dress, smooth hair
with side comb,
Brew cup of toe,
Set and rest and rock a spell
and count your blessins.
munity looked forward to these
visits by the circuit riders sad
invited them into their homes
for meals. At times, the tare
wm small, but these brave men
appreciated what wm
them and were thankful___
Mullin, m all early towns,
had a public well. People went
there to haul water to their
homes and businesses. It also
furnished water for the many
horses that were usually” in
town. Hitching posts were in
front of every place of busi-
ness, and the public horse
trough served several purposes
other than for watering horses.
It wm a dunking pondfor prank-
2raminas
of Dr. W. dkirkpatrick, de-
iivered Ma first baby born to Nome
Muliin. The first death to Ms
MW town was urtimely and aad
when John Tuggle wm killed Mike Lee
""" *" of his _
Geeslin Gas Company - 82.50
to trade
Padgett Floral - Bouquet of
fresh flowers
Goldthwaite Eagle - One year’s
subscription
1 Dsn’s . Minimax - One dozen
Pampers
Village Garden Center - Baby
Flower Arrangement
Yarborough’s - One dozen
Curity diapers
Steen Hardware - Diaper pail
‘ Kreative Korner - Ceramic
dinner set
Schwartz Food Store - Two
dozen jars of baby food
Western Auto - Wastebasket
City Cleaners - 85.00 worth of
dry cleaning
Hudson Drug - Diaper beg
Submitted by Hartal Langford
Blackwell, History Apprecia-
tion Chairman
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In 1857 a family named Mullin
was moving westward when they
came upon a little creek filled
with clear spring water. They
liked the fertile soil and roll-
ing hills surrounding the creek
and settled there, thereby be-
ginning a community in the
southern fringes of Brown —
County which later became a
part of Mills County. The Mullin
family was, followed by others,
and soon there were four white
families and one Negro family
living in the vicinity.
. When it became known that a
railroad would pass through
this area and that a new county
would be formed, three new
townsites were established, all
hoping to be elected as the new
county seat. One of these sites
was located three miles north
of the already thriving town of
Williams Ranch and was to
later be known as Mullin.
As the railroad was being
built to 1885, this site was
known only as "The Switem$
for a short time because of a
railroad switching point located
there; but shortly a group of
citizens gathered and named the
town Mullin to honor of the
Mullin family, the first settlers -
on the little creek that still
bears their name.
When the election was held
for the county seat, Mullin lost
by a mere thirteen votes, but
the disappointing setback didn’t
stop the little town. It soon
began to grow and progressed
from a single business housed
under a tent to a thriving
community and town to the
1880’s, 1890’s and 1900’s.
The first building to the town
was a barber shop owned by
B. J. White. In the-spring of
1885, Messrs. Lee'and Ware
opened the first business
places - a saloon and a hotel.
Several other businesses
followed to 1885, and Mullin
continued to progress until on
its streets could be found three
hotels, a drug store, five com-
bination dry-goods stores, sev-
eral grocery stores, a band, a
lumber yard, a hardware and
furniture store, a number of
blacksmith shops and numerous
other businesses. Cottom be-
came king of the economy and
at om time Mullin could boast
of three gins; the ginneraware
Fairman, Scarborough, Casey,
Martin and Dorbandt.
If one could go beck to years
and see Mullin at thia state at
Results at Eta ehom ere M
follows:
BREEDING SHIEEPRamboui-
llet Ram Letabe let & 2nd
Tammy Shelton; Yearling Eten-
Tammy Shelton; Ewe ambs- -
let, 2nd, A Mb Tammy Shel-
ton, 4th Sam Shelton, Mh Tam-
my Shelton; Southdown Ram
Lambs- 1st, TM Rasley; Ewe
Lambs, 1st, 2nd, 3rd * 4M,
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976, newspaper, January 1, 1976; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1492642/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.