The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989 Page: 1 of 10
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Fine Show Expected
Mills Co. Youth
Fair January 19-20
The recent warm temperatures
have certainly been welcome but if
tradition holds true, this will most
likely change in the next few days.
This is not a weather forecast, it is
simply a reminder that the dates
for the Mills County Livestock
Show and Fair are rapidly
approaching and this normally
brings much colder temperatures.
Mills County 4-H and FFA
members are busy preparing their
* livestock and Home Economics
projects for competition in this
Annual Event. The number of
entries in livestock divisions is
once again very large.
“We are expecting a very
successful show again this year
and we wish to take this
opportunity to encourage all Mills
County residents to come out and
support the youth of our county,”
said Danny Long, Extension Agent.
The following is a tentative
agenda of activities for the two day
show.
Thursday, January 19:
All livestock must be on the
grounds no later than 6:00 P.M.
Market animal weigh-in.
Friday, January 20:
8:00 A.M. Official opening of the
show and introductions.
8:00 A.M. Hog Judging
1:00 P.M. Lamb Judging
5:00 P.M. Poultry Judging
, 6:30 P.M. Breeding Cattle
Judging
7:00 P.M. Market Steer Judging
Saturday, January 21:
9:00 A.M. Rabbit Judging
9:00 A.M. Breeding Sheep
Judging followed immediately by
Angora Goat Judging.
6:30 P.M. Sale of Livestock
“Again, I want to remind all
club members that all livestock
projects must, be on the grounds
' by 6:00 P.M. on Thursday evening,
January 1-9,” said Mr. Long.
“Market animals will be weighed
on Thursday night before the
beginning of classes on Friday,”
he continued.
wishes known before the sale
begins. This request is made to
speed up the sale and to have less
confusion on the office workers
during the hustle and bustle of the
sale.
Buyers should contact Bobby or
anyone in the Sales Office prior to
the sale.
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Established In 1894
Volume 95, Number 34
And The Mullin Enterprise
Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844
Thursday, January 12, 1989
Bobby Boykin, chairman of the
sales committee of the Livestock
Show has announced that his
group is asking the buyers at the
sale who wish to make add-ons to
certain exhibitors to make their
County Votes To Provide Funds
To Pay For One Trapper’s Salary
Another full house of people
greeted the Mills County Commis-
sioners Court at its regular
meeting Monday morning.
About 30 Mills County sheep
About 30 Mills County ranchers
gathered in the court room to once
again solicit funds from the county
for the Mills County Predator
Control Association.
Mills County Judge Wallace
Johnson had placed the proposal
on the agenda for the meeting and
asked for input fron any of the
group.
John Clifton, owner of the Mills
County Commission Co. told the
court that the association position
was made clear at the last meeting
of the court and that he was in
attendance this time to hear the
vote on the proposition of
providing more money to the
trapper funds used here.
Commissioners have been al-
locating $1,000 per year for the
trapper fund for several years, as
part of the routine county budget.
Commissioner Farrel Thorne said
he was well aware of the economic
impact of the sheep and goat
industry to Mills County, and its
help to everyone who lives here.
Commissioner Marvin Lindsay
said that many of the members of
the association have not given to
the program this year, and that
they should all support the
program.
Lindsay added that he favored a
referendum vote on the matter, to
be conducted along with school
board elections later this spring.
‘Big Tree’
Search Set
For County
$10,800 from county funds. He the card has been chosen over the
included a reference to the holding process of filing a clain for each
of a referendum on the idea, if it prescription through the company,
can be worked out practically. “Mills County is the cleanest
Commissioner Lewis Watson sec- and healthiest group of any of my
onded the motion and it passed more than 300 clients,” Watts told
unanimously. the court.
The Association had asked for Judge Johnson and Commission-
$16,200 from the county to pay for er Lee Roy Schwartz will make up
1%2 trappers for the coming year, a committee to work with Watts
Funds for predator control will be implementing recent changes in
negotiated again later in the year insurance law, including Section 89
when the county budget is of the Internal Revenue Code
formulated. concerning group health insurance
Phil Watts of Mullin, a plans.
representative of the company that Truman Long, who owns Bend
provides the county’s health In The River Ranch in western
insurance program, was in atten- Mills County, was at the meeting
dance at the meeting and said new asking for an order to cancel a
identification cards and a drug sub-division that had been drawn
card will be presented to up some time ago. The sub-
employees on the group insurance division had easements for county
plan. The drug card will entitle roadways included in the plat and
users to a flat fee of $8.00 for covered 359.336 acres. Long said
brand name prescriptions and he had had no action in the
$4.00 for generic prescriptions, developing of the sub-division. The
The card can be used only at matter will be handled at the Feb.
Wal-Mart. Watts said the use of 13th meeting, following the
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consecutive weeks. The application
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Mullin Stock Show Slated court.
In other court business, the
A + TT Caliool Catird * regular monthly and annual reports
AC 1ilgl DC0001 Daluruay of County Treasurer Gloria Marler
S were approved as presented. They
A noon Barbeque lunch will be are printed on page six of this
served in the cafeteria. Livestock week’s Goldthwaite Eagle,
will begin showing shortly after Marilyn Johanson, principal of
lunch. the Goldthwaite Elementary
All Mullin area residents are School, was appointed to the Mills
urged to attend the show and County Child Welfare Board,
bring their favorite baked goods The bond for Glenn Carr, new
and craft items to display. Mills County Sheriff, was unani-
mously approved by the court.
Commissioner Lindsay will seek
bids on the purchase of a new
motor grader for Precinct One. He
will apply precinct funds to the
purchase price, and then borrow
the remainder of the money from
the county’s depository Mills
County State Bank at a specified
interest rate of 6%. The grader
will be paid off in about five years.
Judge Johnson appointed the
Salary Grievance Committee for
1989. Five members from the 1988
Grand Juries of the county were
chosen by drawing from a hat.
They are Edward Sanders, Rita
Niemann, Layton Black, J. D. Hunt
and David Schwartz. Other
members of the committee are the
Judge, County Clerk, County
Treasurer and County Attorney.
Members of the 1989 Mills
County Historical Commission were
named. They included Caroline
Schwartz, chairman; Hartal Black-
well, vice-chairman; Wilma Head,
secretary; Flora Steen, treasurer;
Nell Weaver, reporter; Barbie
Renfro; Judy Wigley; Robbie
Kerby; Jan Benningfield; Ozelle
Cornelius; Von Dean Johnson;
Vrba Lee Auldridge; Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Campbell; Troy Berry;
Lorene Boykin; Emily Gilliam;
Oreta Sanders; Huldah Boykin;
Dorothea Schrader and Judge
Johnson.
Commissioner Schwartz reported
that he has all the deeds in order
for the construction of new Farm
to Market Road 3484, which will
connect 573 and 1029 in his
precinct, Fencing will be worked
out with the individual landowners.
Mills County received $513.83 in
interest from the Mills County
Appraisal District. The figure
represents the county’s 44.11% of
the district’s interest collections for
the year.
He said this would indicate what
the people of the county would
want to do on this particular
subject.
“There used to be wool and
mohair warehouses in many of the
towns east of Mills County,”
Charley McLean said. “They are
out of business for one reason
only, Coyotes,” he stated.
Lamb feeder Kent Geeslin said
they buy about one-tenth the sheep
they did a few years ago in
Hamilton County. He said the
sheep producers there have had to
go out of business because of
predators.
The group concurred that the
sheep and goat business was
gradually moving westward be-
cause of the predator situation,
and that Mills County would be
next if a strong trapper program
was not maintained.
Commissioner Thorne introduced
a motion to pay the salary of one
trapper for one year, amounting to
The Mullin Stock Show will be
held this Saturday, January 14 on
the school campus. Craft and food
entries will be accepted from 8:25 -
8:55 a.m. with judging to start at
9:00 a.m. Best of Show trophies
and High Point Silver Tray will be
presented at 11:30 in the gym.
Senator Dickson Town
Meeting Slated Jan. 12th
Newly sworn-in State Senator Temple Dickson will be on hand for a Town
Meeting in Goldthwaite tonight (Thursday), January 12th. The session will
begin at 5:00 p.m. at the District Courtroom in the Mills County
Courthouse..
Mills County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is the sponsoring
organization for the event.
Senator Dickson, who hails from Sweetwater, won a hard-fought battle
over incumbent Grant Jones in the primary, was sworn-in on Tuesday, January
10 at the State Capitol’s Senate Chambers in Austin.
The town hall format will be informal and all the folks of Mills County are
cordially invited to attend. The town hall meeting was used by Dickson in his
successful run at the office last year. He is a former legislator, serving from 1965
to 1971 in the House of Representatives. His father served as a State Representa-
tive, and his grandfather was a West Texas District Judge.
While in Austin.on his first round, Dickson was instrumental in the passage
of important bills relating to soil and water conservation, education, highway
safety and industrial growth and other matters of concern to his district and the
area. He was chairman of the House Common Carriers Committee and served
on State Affairs and several other standing and interim committees.
SENATOR TEMPLE DICKSON
... To conduct Town Hall session
City Utility Operations Are Proceeding
According To Annual Budget Expectations
Operations of the City of
Goldthwaite are proceeding along
very close to budget estimates,
according to the- regular report
filed by City Manager Dale Allen
last week. He presented his
regular quarterly treasurer’s report
through six month’s of the city’s
fiscal year which runs from July
through June.
Budget percentages for each
department are presented as
follows:
Department
Electric....
Water.....
Sewer.....
General ...
Overall....
Coll. Disb.
.53.89 50.09
.62.69 56.84
.48.63 46.08
.38.38 45.79
.50.89 49.70
Ideally, all departments should
be at a 50% level for the period.
Action on the city’s hiring of an
outside firm to collect garbage was
tabled until City Manager Allen
can visit the two transfer station
operations in Georgetown and
Gatesville. Transfer stations are
used by cities to hold garbage
picked up by regular city crews
and then transferred to the big
service at his Wagon Wheel Cafe clean them up.
and at the Eagle Office. Council- City Manager Allen presented
man Tom Cody Graves mentioned his regular monthly report. It
the unsightly junk lots of the city included:
and asked that citizens voluntarily • The Boykin Addition water line
is on line and completed. About 20
homes are being serviced at this
time, including Hillview Manor
Nursing Home.
• City crews handled 32 connects
and disconnects for the month,
along with two water and sewer
installtions and performed 11 work
tickets.
• The Christmas Lighting
decorations were removed and
placed in storage until the 1989
Christmas Holiday season.
• Electric crew has relocated the
electric line into town from the
sub-station prior to the rebuilding
of U.S. Highway 183 south of
Goldthwaite. A water line through
Mills County Park has also been
re-routed because of the highway
construction.
• Many applications have been
received after the city advertised
for two electric lineman positions.
The positions will be filled within
the next two weeks following a
review of the applications.
haulers of commercial garbage
firms.
The City of Georgetown owns
their transfer station, while the
City of Gatesville has leased the
unit from the landfill company.
Several members of the Mills Gilbert Delivers
County Golf Association were at
the meeting again pleading their Second Baby
case for reduced water rates at the
local golf course. Both golf December 30th
association president Randy Fletch-
er, and treasurer Warren Duren Mike Gilbert, owner of Goldth-
made proposals and gave informa- waite's Emergency Medical Ser-
tion on the proposition. vices and paramedic, delivered his
The Eagle erroneously reported second baby in a seven month
that the city charges $2.00 per period. The deliverytook place in
thousand gallons for treated water the back of the ambulance between
in the last city council article. The Mullin and Zephyr. Mr. Gilbert
amount should have been $2.30 was assisted by his wife, Theresa.
per thousand gallons. The golf - The little baby boy was born to
course is charged $1.20 for Lucia Arce at 5:07 a.m. on
untreated water from the city’s December 30, 1980 Mother and
reservour. baby reportedto be doing fine.
A poll will be taken of citizens of
the town about the proposal. A
special notice is included in this
week’s edition of the Eagle.
In the reports from the council
part of the meeting, Don Seward
thanked the city crews for the
recent improvement in water
EMS RESPONDS
TO 266 CALLS
The Goldthwaite Emergency
Medical Services reported they
responded to 266 calls for help
during the 1988 year.
The Mills County Historical
Commission has announced a
county “Big Tree” program
beginning Friday, January 20,
1989, which is Arbor Day, and
ending on July 20, 1989.
The Big Tree program is a
contest aimed at finding the
largest trees of five species ini
Mills County, said Caroline
Schwartz, chairman of the County
Historical Commission.
The species to be recognized are
Pecan, Live Oak, Spanish Oak,
Elm, and Post Oak. These species
were chosen because they are five ,
of the most common species found
throughout the county.
Any tree of these species,
whether growing in the wild or
planted in a yard, is eligible for
the contest.
Individuals wanting to enter a
tree in the contest should pick up
their nomination forms at the
County Judge’s office in the
Courthouse.
The tree’s initial measurements
will be the responsibility of the
nominator. Directions measuring
the tree are provided on the form.
Trees that are nominated and
appear large for the species will be
verified by the County Agricultural’;
Extension Agent, Danny Long, for
species and size.
The county winner for each
species will be notified by August
1. A certificate will be presented at
a ceremony to be held during the
summer or early fall. Local winners
will be sent to the state Tree
Awareness Committee which will
check them against present state
champions for Big Trees. Those
that may qualify for a state
championship will be sent to the
Texas Forest Service, which will
make an official measurement.
The county Big Tree contest is
conducted by a state Tree
Awareness Committee made up of
representatives of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service,
Texas Association of Nurserymen,
Texas Forest Service, Texas
Department of Agriculture, Texas
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. and
Extension Homemakers Clubs. The
committee was formed to develop
materials and programs to make
Texans more aware of trees and
the role they play in everyday
living, said Schwartz, The com-
mittee also will initiate an Arbor
Day Awareness program to get
more cities into the Tree City USA
program conducted by the National
Arbor Day Foundation.
Priddy School
Stock Show
Planned Sat.
The Priddy School has an-
nounced that they will have their
annual Stock Show this coming
Saturday, January 14 beginning at
9:00 a.m. The event will be held in
the Priddy School Bus Barn and
the public is cordially invited.
Thanks ToYou...
It Works For All Of Us!
Thank you to the citizens of Mills County for your
generous support of the Mills County United Fund. We have
met our 1988-1989 campaign goal of $12,000. The con-
tributions to date are $12,074.96. A special thank you to the
many volunteers who spent hours helping with the door-to-door
drive, the area campaigns, and the business drive. A successful
campaign depends upon the help of each and every one of these
volunteers. The Mills County United Fund Board of Directors
will be meeting very soon to disburse the campaign funds to the
14 local United Fund agencies. Once again, thank you Mills
County for your continues support!
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