The Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1975 Page: 1 of 12
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HUGH WOLFE—Discoverer of what was
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THE ERATH OBSERVER
The West Side
Church of Christ,
minister Alton M.
Counts,will deliven
free samples of
the Erath Observer
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ART SHOW--Walt Cude, ]cft,had the incredibly hard job of
deciding on the winners in the Spring Art Show.With him are
Chairman of the show,Alice Hoelscher and member Virginia
Dorris.
iginal oil paint-
ing of a mother
and child won 3rd
place.
First was won
by Wanda Coley of
Fort Worth and
Carole Sudderth
of Comanche won
second best of
show.
Other Stephen=
Ville and Erath
County winners
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Wood,honorable
mention for oil
still life origin-
al; Mildred Brown
Dublin,honorable
mention oil still
life;Kathy Allen,
oil landscape,
One person from
Stephenville was
among the top 3
in the Spring Art
Show held here
last weekend. Mrs.
Pat Taylor’s or-
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SENATOR SPEAKS--sen. Tom Creighton
spoke on the Equal Rights Amendment
at the Long Hotel Recently.He is op-
posed to it,because he says it will
take away rights from women.
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"As chairman of
the Ft.Worth Shady
Oaks Country Club
tree committee, I i
started a study to
find out why thou-
sands of our live
oak trees die every
year. The club had
lost several hun-
dred giant oak that
could not be re-
placed at any price
"Our committee
called on the ex-
perts at A&M,and
they did a thorough
study and came up
with several possi-
bilities such as
Oaktree decline
Lavinia Brown of
Dublin won first
in the Oil Sea-
scape original;
Pat Taylor in the
portrait division;
Eula Mae Doggett
of Dublin won the
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pollution, ~migh
water table, etc.
Like people, sever-
al things can kill
an oak tree. But I
felt that the cause
should be identi-
fiable and not just
suspected."
Hugh tells of
how the answer just
came to him "One
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my car under a big
live oak at the
club. After a poor
round of golf, I
left for the
Green Oaks Motel
and could hardly
see through the
windshield.
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Lancaster, Barbara. The Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1975, newspaper, May 1, 1975; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528072/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.