The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1996 Page: 1 of 16
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Established in 1894
and the Mullin Enterprise
Volume 103, No. 10 • Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844 • Thurs., Sept. 19,1996
County Court
will meet Mon.
The Mills County Commis-
sioners Court will be in regular
semi monthly session on Mon-
day, September 23,1996 begin-
ning at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is
held in the Commissioners'
Courtroom in the Mills County
courthouse. Agenda for the meet-
ing is as follows:
1. Opening prayer.
2. Approval of minutes.
— - . • 3. Audience with individuals.
1996 Homecomta 4. Review of Mills County
• Bridge Inspection Report pre-
A7 77: sented by TxDOT representa-
queen and AInS tives and engineers.
.t 1 1 j 1. 5. Consider and act on con-
A fine crowd was on hand at Eagle Field last Friday night to tract with Taylor County Juve-
see the Goldthwaite Eagles and Burnet Bulldogs football nileDetention Center presented
game. That same crowd also witnessed, in special pre-game by James Williams, Chief Juve-
ceremonies, the crowning of the 1996 Homecoming royalty nile Probation Officer, Brown-
who were selected by fellow students. Pictured above are the Mills County.
two senior students at GHS selected. They are Cassidy Wat- 6. Discussion and consider-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Watson, and Ryan Seward, ation of Scott and White Insur-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Seward. Cassidy and Ryan were Rance for Mills County retired
recognized on the field by Iva Cockrell, retired Goldthwaite employees.
teacher and former School Board member. More photos of 7. Court to amend current
other honors presented will be published next week. Budget for purchase of Voter
Photo courtesy of Leon Sutherland Photography egistra ion ompu er. r
%8. Recommendation of appli-
cant to fill position for County
Extension Agent-Family and
Consumer Services.
9. Consider and act on allow-
ing Precinct 2 to do soil conser-
vation work for Clinton Miles,
Leroy Harper, Charles Parker
and Sammy Harper.
10. Consider and act on reso-
lution in support of Texas Lot-
tery Commission to, return five
(5) cents on every Lottery sales
dollar to the city or unincorpo-
rated area in which it was sold.
11. Consider and act on Mills
County Sheriffs fees.
12. County Judge's report.
13. Adjournment.
Farm Bureau
Convention
Here Sept. 21
The Mills County Farm Bu-
Parker with an interception
Eagles linebacker Roger Parker goes high to pick off a pass in the second quarter of action
in the Burnet game here last Friday night. The Eagles defense managed a shut-out of the AAA
Bulldogs 14-0. Shown backing up on the play are Scott McConnell, 73, and J. T. Auldridge, 89.
The Eagles will travel to Wall to battle with the Hawks Friday night. Kickoff for the non-
conference game will be 8:00 p.m.
Eagles blank Burnet;
travel to Wall Friday
Eagle Photo
Wall Football
Game Information
The annual Lewis Harris Me- you don't play, so sign up now.
morial Golf Tournament will be Underwriters for the event are
. held Saturday, October 5, 1996 Schuster's of Texas and Mills
at 1:00 p.m. at the Goldthwaite County State Bank.
Municipal Golf Course. This The tournament will include
has been an annual event for the a closest to the pin and long
past sixyears. Mr. Harris served drive contest and a putting
e as the Goldthwaite High School contest. .
principal for some years. Before Tommy Adams will be at the
his death he organized the first grill Saturday night preparing
tournament in appreciation of homemade hamburgers for the
, the help the cancer society pro- contestants and their guests,
vided for him and for his family Entry fee is $40.00 per per-
during his illness. It has been son. Call the Goldthwaite Golf
the main fund raiser for the lo- Course (915) 938-5652 to sign
cal Cancer Society since then. up for the tournament.
This year a new sponsor has
been added. Tiemann's, owned Blackstock Among
by Speedy and CarolynTiemann 2 0008,00 45
of Priddy, manufacturers of fine
outdoor clothing, have donated
a $750 gift certificate to be given
- away the day of the tournament.
Tickets for the gift certificate
are on sale at Mills County
State Bank and First National
Bank of Goldthwaite, at
Tiemann's and at The Toddy
: House in Priddy, in. Mullin at
Downtown Grocery, and in Star
at Duke's Grocery. Also, selling
tickets are Gerald Hale, Tommy
Adams, Cynthia Partin, Carol
’Graves, Becky Dennard, and
Georgie Bridges.
, Be sure to get your ticket and
get your name in the pot for this
$750 prize.
Steve Gist Motor Company is
sponsoring the "Hole In One"
. contest as he has done in the
past. You can't win this prize if
Top Exhibitors At
West Texas Fair
Joy Blackstock of Goldthwaite vention Saturday, September 21
was one of the top youth exhibi- at the Mills County Civic Cen-
tors in the clothing division of ter in Goldthwaite. Meeting time
the West Texas Fair held in is 6 p.m. The agenda includes a
Abilene, September 9 through business session, entertainment
16. Joy had eight entries in the . and a meal.
youth clothing, 14 to 18 years Members are asked to bring a
division. dessert. The barbecue, beans,
Miss Blackstock received first drinks, plates, cups, etc. will be
place in suits, first place denim furnished by Mills County Farm
outfit, and first place on her Bureau.
blouse. Joy placed second with The main purpose of the meet-
her suede jacket, second in skirts ing js fa exchange ideas on poli-
and also received second place cies to be adopted for the next
on her two-piece sportswear en- year. County Directors will be
try. A child's dress placed third elected.
and her sequined vest received Entertainment will be pro-
sixth place, vided by Joe Paul Nichols of
Joy is the daughter of Jay and Jacksboro, Texas. Door prizes
Nancy Blackstock, will be given.
It seems like a long time since for the point after.
the Eagles played a team 0-0 for More good defensive efforts by
the first half at Eagle Field, with Matt Patrick, Scott McConnell,
the fireworks usually flying all j T. Auldridge, Steven Miles and
over the place. Parker forced Burnet to a three
This past week, however, the and out situation and the Eagles
Eagles and the Burnet Bulldogs took over on their own 45 after
battled without a score for the the punt.
first half. It was a good defensive On a third and 11 play, Parker
battle with a good hustling type of cut upfield and went 40 yards for
footballdisplay ed on both sides of a touchdown, but the Eagles were
the line of scrimmage. called for an illegal block in the
Some nifty individual plays back. A 15-yard penalty ensued
were recorded by the Eagles of- foom the spot of the foul and the
fensive machine in the first half, team faced a third and eight situ-
but a play with no gain or a loss, ation.
or a penalty always jumped up to Parker dropped back on the
stop the drives. next play and hit Todd Co-
All the while though, the Eagles canougher at the one-yard line
defensive unit was keeping the for a pig play. Parker was cred-
fire lit for a time when the fire- ited with the Eagles second score
works might start exploding. on a sneak with 5:17 to go.
That time arrived in the wan- Again, Manuel’s kick was good
ing moments of the third quarter and the Eagles had the victory
as the team started at its own 31- 14-0.
reau will hold their annual Con- yard line. It would have been much "We finally played some good
farther upfield but the Eagles solid football in the last quarter,”
were called for a clip on the Bur- Coach Gary Proffitt said. “We
net punt. played pretty good defense from
Senior back Carlos Martinez the start in keeping them from
ran for positive yardage in huge scoring, but really turned up the
chunks as he hit for eight, nine, heatinthe final period,” he added,
six, and then 15 yards on a sweep (Please see EAGLES, Page 2)
around left end.
The Eagles set up shop with a
first at the Burnet 13 but seemed
to be falling back into the old
groove of earlier in the game. Two
plays netted only two yards. Then
quarterback Roger Parker, faked
a handoff, rolled left and found
Daniel Navarrete in the end zone
for a touchdown. The Eagles led
6-0 with 11:33 to go in the game.
Wesley Manuel’s kick was good
Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m.
Friday, September 20, for the
non-district game between the
Goldthwaite Eagles and the Wall
Hawks to be played in Wall.
School will be dismissed and
buses will run at the normal
time for Goldthwaite students.
However, at the High School
campus students will follow an
abbreviated schedule for the af-
ternoon so that they can have a
pep rally for the football team at
3:05 p.m. The football team will
leave immediately following the
pep rally at 3:35 p.m. The band
and cheerleaders will load after
the pep rally and depart for Wall
at 4:00 p.m.
Admission at the gate in Wall
is to be $3.00 for adults and
$2.00 for students. There will be
no advanced ticket sales this
week for the Wall game.
Also, for the game the next
week at DeLeon, there will be no
advanced ticket sales. Admis-
sion at the gate in DeLeon will
be $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for
students. The DeLeon game is a
non-district game and kick off
will be at 8:00 p.m. Pep rally at
the High School for the DeLeon
game will be at 3:40 p.m., imme-
diately after school is dismissed.
PREDATOR ASSOCIATION
RANCH RODEO SAT.
* Democratic Rally
Mills County Democratic Chairman Charles Studer, standing, introduced the Democratic candidates and representatives at
the Democratic Party Rally held at the Mills County Civic Center last Saturday night. Moderator for the evening was former
. State Representative Layton Black of Goldthwaite, shown at the far left. Delivering addresses and answering questions were
• Guy Brown, between Layton and Charles, campaign manager for the Chet Edwards for Congress committee; Dick Miller of San
Saba, candidate for State Representative; Rick Rhodes of Sweetwater, candidate for State Senator; and Debbie Ellis,
representing her husband Steve Ellis, candidate for District Judge. Candidates and representatives voiced their concerns and
ideas on issues pertaining to their respective races. Eagle Photo
The Mills County Preda-
tor Association is sponsor-
ing a Ranch Rodeo Saturday
evening, September 21st, at
7:00 p.m. at the T. A. Head
Arena in Goldthwaite. This
Rodeo is to benefit the Preda-
tor Association.
Everyone is invited to see
the fun as local cowboys
show off their skills and com-
pete for prizes.
Come out and see your friends and neigh-
bors who will be competing in Team Penning,,
Team Branding, Goat Roping, Wild Cow Milk-
ing, and some other events.
A concession stand will be selling hamburg-
ers, Frito pies, and homemade brownies, along
with other good foods and drinks.
This Rodeo will also be the first place that
people can purchase raffle tickets on a new
Remington 700 ADL4.270 rifle that will be
given away Saturday, December 14th. Dona-
tions for this rifle are $1.00 each.
Some of the contestants at this Ranch Ro-
deo will be Russell McCoy, Monty Carlisle,
Chad Boykin, Kirk and Jack Edington.
The public is invited to come out and enjoy
a night of good country entertainment.
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Bridges, G. Frank & Bridges, Georgie. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1996, newspaper, September 19, 1996; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1658655/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.