The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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The Way It Was
In Mills County
The Sheep &
Pecan Industry
Established in 1894
And The Mullin Enterprise
Volume 84 — Number 4
Thursday, April 28, 1977
Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844
By Hartal Langford Blackwell
Several Advance To Regional
Proposed Beef Research
grazed on the open range and production was large here
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Eagles Second In District Track
Meeting May 3rd
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Sheriff Brooks
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flocks and varied the types of Goldthwaite.
Discharged: None
Prisoners
By Danny Long, County Agent
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Western Day Winners
served at the noon hour.
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little League
Eagles Win District
Senior Class To
Sets Meet
Present Play
10-A Tennis Meet
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Star To Host
Outsiders
V’Ball Tourney
Tennis Tourney Scheduled April 29 - 30
Mills
Reese And Sides
Take Blue Ribbons
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SUNDAY, April 24-
Admitted: Wilmot Louvell
Sides and Eloise Duren, of
Many of the earliest home-
steaders brought small herds
of sheep to this area. They
Workshop
Tonight
A specialmeeting of all
coaches, and the annual draft
of Mills County Little League
teams will be held at the Little
League Park on Saturday,
April 30, beginning at 9 a.m.
All boys interested in play-
ing Little League baseball for
this summer MUST be in
attendance in order to be
placed on a team. This is very
important to avoid conflicts
and confusion in the future.
MONDAY, April 25-
Admitted: Elizabeth Reese.
Discharged: Merle Burkett,
W.A. Berry, Lynn Medford
wolves disappeared complete- and Wilmot Louvell Sides.
ly from the area. Only in the --------------------------
The doubles partners, Rip
Welch and Rodney Scott, came
out on top to win that title.
The last match was a season
battle, with Rip and Rodney
coming out on top 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
These boys will participate
in Regional play.
SATURDAY, April 23-
Admitted: Jessie Maude
May, Comanche.
Discharged: Annie Louella
Lee.
Belle Sutherland, of Goldth-
waite.
Discharged: None
and was extradited by the
Governor’s warrant.
Pesina is now in custody in
the Brown County Jail await-
ing trial.
sheep grown.
During the very early years,
animal predators were a very
real hazard to sheepmen,
especially to the lamb crops,
but eventually the fox and
also.
The recent invention of the
pecan shaker by O.L. Sides
and his sons, W.L. and C.N.,
has been a major contribution
to the pecan industry. Mills
County ranks high among
producers of pecans in the
state, which is an important
product to the economy of the
county.
Jeanie Ratliff.
May 9 & 10—High School &
Jr. High; Wendell Tucker and
Winn Welch.
June 10 & 11—Mixed Dou-
bles; Tom Cody Graves and
Sue Cockrum.
July 8 & 9—Draw Mixed
Doubles; Charles Childress
and Judy Beavers. (Ice Cream
supper Saturday night after
finals).
August 12 & 13—Singles;
Herman Johnson and Rhonda
Yarborough.
A countywide meeting about
the proposed Beef Research
and Information Act has been
called for 7:30 p.m., May 3,
1977, in the District Courtroom
in Goldthwaite.
Details about the upcoming
beef referendum will be ex-
plained.
The educational program,
which is designed for all beef
and dairy cattle owners of the
county, will include two slide
presentations about the Beef
Research and Information Act.
One prepared by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
and the second by the Beef
Development Task Force.
There will be a period for
questions and comments from
producers.
Additionally, the chairman
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jumping bond. He was picked
up in Colorado on January 1st,
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The Goldthwaite Eagles won
the 10-A District Tennis Meet
on Wednesday by edging out
Cross Plains 60-40.
Rick Welch won the singles
by winning his first two
matches, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-1.
Rik then played Eddy Welch
in the championship game.
tomology demonstration in the
open class.
The boys demonstrated how
to make a catch net, and
pinning, stretching and dis-
playing insects.
Their leader'Mrs. W.L.
Sides accompanied the boys to
contests.
were kept together and pro-
tected by the sheepherders,
Ivy Richards, brother to Bill
Richard—an early restaurant
owner in Goldthwaite—was an
orphan boy and herded sheep
in the North Brown com-
munity.
Wool was clipped by hand
and sent to Houston by
wagon-trains in the early days.
At times two months were
required to make the trip if the
weather was wet. Animal
pelts, pecans, wool and hogs
were loaded on the freighter’s
wagons and sent along on the
trail. “At times cattle were
nickels” for their excellent
western wear. Winners were
named in each class for the
best western dress.
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Tommy Collier took first
place in the 100 yd. run with a
time of 10.05. Mike Williams
took fourth place with a time
10.37.
Again, in the 220, Tommy
Collier took first place in a
time of 22.56, while teammate
Mike Williams finished in
second place with a time of
23.2.
In the 440 yd. run, Mike
Connally placed sixth with a
time of 55.7.
David Miller finished sec-
ond in the hurdles, with a time
of 15.8. Eddie Martinez placed
sixth in the 330 Intermediate
Hurdles with a time of 45.1.
Then the rain came, causing
a 45 minute delay. After a
let-up in the rain, the mile
relay event took place. Robert
Berry, losing a shoe after the
first 100 yards, kept driving for
a sixth place win, in a time of
5:20.8.
The Mile Relay team came
home with a fourth place in a
time of 3:53.
The Eagles gave everything
they had, and we appreciate
all of the fans that cheered
them on.
Sheriff Horace Brooks made
a trip to Greeley, Colo., on
Sunday, April 17, to pick up
Steve Pesina and brought him
to the Brown County Jail.
Pesina was indicted for theft
of shearing equipment in Mills
County earlier and filed on for
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Star will host thirty-two
teams in their Annual Out-
siders Volleyball Tournament
being held May 2-7.
Teams competing are from
Jonesboro, Lampasas, Sidney,
Harmon, Izora, Evant, Duster,
Adamsville, Comanche, Prid-
dy, Goldthwaite and Star.
The games will start each
night at 6:30 P.M. Saturday
afternoon games will begin at
2:30 P.M., with finals Sat-
urday, May 7th at 7:30 P.M.
Three types of brackets have
been scheduled which include
Mens, Womens and Mixed
Competition.
Proceeds from this tourna-
ment will go to the Star School
Improvement Fund. First pri-
ority will go to the remodeling
of Kindergarten through 4th
Grade rooms.
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On Thursday, April 21,
Sheriff Brooks transported
Donald Hooper to Huntsville
penitentiary. Hooper was de-
nied an appeal and was
sentenced to serve 15 years
for sexual child abuse.
Sheriff Brooks said he had
put 3,000 miles on his car
within the week.
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last few years have the
predatory animals returned in
great numbers to once again
threaten the industry.
Sheep shearing time over
the county was almost as
exciting to a ranch family as
thresher time was to the farm
family. Sheep had to be
gathered and put in small
enclosures. When the shear-
ing crew arrived and set up
their machinery under a can-
vas tent—and with the sea of
Friday evening and will re-
sume Saturday afternoon, with
the finals to be played
Saturday night.
Fees for the tournaments
will be $1.00 for members and
$3.00 for out-of-town persons
who are not members.
The following tournaments
have been scheduled for the
summer:
April 29 & 30—Men’s
Doubles, Women’s Doubles;
Directors, Clyde Cockrum and
The first scheduled tennis
tournament for members and
guests of The Raquet Club will
be held April 29 and 30.
The event will be for Men’s
Doubles and Women’s Doub-
les. Anyone wishing to play
must contact Clyde Cockrum
or Jeanie Ratliff by noon
Thursday, April 28.
Brackets will be drawn up
and posted at the Methodist
Church tennis courts by Friday
morning. Play will begin
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Mills County 4-Hers entered
district contests on April 23 at
Stephenville.
Britt Reese, left, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Reese, and
Shawn Sides, right, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W.L. Sides, won
blue ribbons on their en-
snorting, bleating sheep—the
roar of the shearing machine
and the humming of the
clippers— the'boiling dust and
the sight of golden fleeces as
they tumbled from the sheep
onto canvas sheets was int-
eresting and exciting to the
ranch children. The wool was
put into hanging burlap sacks
and trampled by foot to pack
the bags and they were then
taken to wool warehouses and
sold.
For many years Mills
number of sheep in this area.
He was at times called
“Sheepman” Fairman.
Sheep and goats have con-
tributed more to the economy
of Mills County than cattle,
chiefly because of the more
stable prices and because the
climate and location of Mills
County are right for raising
sheep and goats. Ranchers,
through the years, have im-
proved the quality of their
Mrs. Authula Nickols, left,
and Mr. T.J. Williams, were
named winners in the Western
Day competition last Friday at
Goldthwaite Elementary
Jim McCoy. T.H. Johnson is a
large calf feeder in this area.
Mills County was once a
leading turkey producing
county in the state, and egg
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The County Crops and
Livestock Subcommittee has
scheduled a County wide
(emeterI Peanut Production Workshop
------ on April 28 (tonight) at 7:30
{X < • p.m. in the District Court-
W OTK1n8 room, Goldthwaite.
A cemetery working will be A team of Extension
held at Mt. Olive on Saturday, Specialists will present the
May 7th. program and we feel it will be
Everyone interested in the of interest and value to you. I
upkeep of the cemetery is will appreciate your encourag-
urged to bring tools for ing any other producers you
working. may know to attend the
A basket lunch will be meeting also.
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The Senior Class of Goldth-
waite High will be performing
in “West of the Pecos” in the
GHS Auditorium Thursday,
April 28 and Friday, April 29,
at 8:00 p.m.
The play is a western
comedy about the saga of
Judge Roy Bean and Lily
Langtry.
Tickets will be sold at the
door.
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Present Program
On Friday, April 29th, the tives of livestock organiza-
Kindergarten through Fourth tions.
Grade students of Star will To be eligible to participate
present a puppet show. in the beef referendum, beef
The show, under the di- and dairy cattle owners need
rection of Louise Bradford and to make two trips to their
Mrs. Cleo Carswell, will be county Agricultural Stabili-
presented in the Star Gym, at zation and Conservation of-
8:p.m. fices-the first trip to ‘register’,
The public is invited to and the second to ‘vote’,
attend. There will be no ---------------------------
admission fee.
County was second in pro-
duction of wool and mohair in
the State of Texas. Blackwell
Wool and Mohair Company
developed the largest market
for these products in the
Nation. Owners of the com-
pany were Hollis Blackwell,
Charley McLean, Tom Wom-
ack and Jack Kirby.
The local auction ring,
under the ownership of Seig-
nor and Malcolm Jernigan,
was for a number of years the
leading sheep and goat Com-
mission Company sale in
the State.
Today Mills County leads all
other counties in the State of
Texas in lamb feeding oper-
ations. In fact, the majority of
Texas lambs are fed in Mills
County. Large feeding oper-
ators are Don Geeslin and his
sons, Kent and Mark; Elam
Miles, Charley McLean, Bill
and Hollis Blackwell, Tom
Womack, Layton Black and
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School. Mrs. Nickols is the
fifth grade homeroom teacher
and Mr. Williams is Ele-
mentary Principal. They were
awarded big “wooden
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of BDT, the County Extension
Agent and Extension specialist The Goldthwaite Eagles fin-
will provide more detailed ished second to the Bangs
information about the forth- Dragons in Brownwood Tues-
coming beef referendum. day. Bangs accumulated 119
The Beef Research and points, while Goldthwaite ac-
Information Act serves as quired 101. DeLeon came in
enabling legislation and auth- third with 97 points.
orized the Secretary of Agri- In the Pole Vault, Mike
culture to conduct a refer- Williams placed second and
endum among beef producers David Miller placed fourth,
to determine whether they David Miller placed first in
want a beef development plan, the Broad Jump with a leap of
developed by an industry-wide 21’ 1%‛‛. Mike Williams
committee. finished sixth in this event.
The beef development plan In the High Jump, Rick
is a proposed national checkoff Welch placed fourth, with a
program that would be fi- jump of 5’10”. Lester Saathoff
nanced by assessment as also had a jump of 5’ 10”, but
spelled out in the beef due to the number of misses,
marketing order. If approved, he placed 7th in the high jump,
the plan would provide some The sprints were really a
$30 to $40 million per year for thing to observe. The eagle
beef research, consumer and sprint team finished 3/10 of a
producer information, promo- second ahead of Bangs to win
tion and market development, it. The relay consists of
Expenditures would be di- Collier, Johnson, Lee and
driven behind the wagon train TUESDAY, April 19-
of freight,” wrote James Rahl, Admitted: Frances Tucker,
one of the early freighters in of Goldthwaite.
the area. He also stated that Discharged: Benjamin Bry-
freighters charged seventyfive an.
cents per hundred weight, but WEDNESDAY, April 20-
later increased the price to two Admitted: Grover Dalton,
dollars after Williams Ranch Goldthwaite.
was established. Ox-drawn Discharged: Lewis F. Eu-
wagons could travel eight bank and Betty Perry.
miles per day and mule team
drawn wagons fifteen miles THURSDAY, April 21-
with an average load. Admitted: John Elbert Cox,
Eli Fairman, born in Eng- Mullin.
land in 1849, a man that was a Discharged: Edgar Burkett
wire-drawer by profession in and Annie Armstrong.
England and helped draw wire
for the first Atlantic Cable that FRIDAY, April 22-
connected the old world with Admitted: Meda S. Durst
the new in 1866, was also the and Addie S. Cox, of Mullin;
first local citizen to own a large Lynn Medford and Charlie
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1977, newspaper, April 28, 1977; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1596407/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.