The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1996 Page: 4 of 16
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Page 4 - The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise - Thursday, September 19,1996
Kid’s
Corner
WHO DISCOVERED ELEC- trons or other charged particles.
TRICITY? The curious thing The word "electricity" comes
about electricity is that it has from the Greek word electron.
been studied for thousands of And do you know what this word
years -- and we still don't know meant? It was the Greek word for
exactly what it is! Today, all "amber"! You see, as far back as
matter is thought to consist of 600 B.C. the Greeks knew that
tiny charged particles. Electric- when amber was rubbed, it be-
ity, according to this theory, is came capable of attracting to it
simply a moving stream of elec- light bits of cork or paper.
Not much progress was made
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in the study of electricity until
1672. In that year, a man called
Otto von Guericke produced a
more powerful charge of electric-
ity by holding his hand against a
ball of spinning sulpher. In 1729,
Stephen Gray found that some
substances, such as metals, car-
ried electricity from one location
to another. These came to be
called "conductors." He found
that others, such as glass, sulpher,
amber, and wax, did not carry
electricity. These were called "in-
sulators."
The next important step took
place in 1733 when a Frenchman
called du Fay discovered positive
and negative charges of electric-
ity, although he thought these
were two different kinds of elec-
tricity.
But it was Benjamin Franklin
who tried to give an explanation
of what electricity was. His idea
was that all substances in nature
contain "electrical fluid." Fric-
tion between certain substances
removed some of this "fluid" from
one and placed an extra amount
in the other. Today, we would say
that his "fluid" is composed of
electrons which are negatively
charged.
Probably the most important
developments in the science of
electricity started with the in-
vention of the first battery in 1800
by Alessandro Volta. This bat-
tery gave the world its first con-
tinuous, reliable source of elec-
tric current, and led to all the
important discoveries of the use
of electricity.
Project 2000 To Consider Leadership Training
Project 2000 Committee of the Mills County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is
inviting local businesses and individuals who may be interested in participating in a Rural
Leadership Program to complete the interest survey below. This purpose of the Texas rural
Leadership Program, an effort of the Leon-Bosque RC&D Council, is "to create and deliver an
exciting, effective leadership development program for rural Texas. The program is commit-
ted to providing small communities in Texas with the working tools for community revital-
ization with the ultimate goal of developing strategic plans for economic development.
This program has already been implemented in a number of communities around the state,
including Colorado, Marion, Caldwell, Nueces, Kleberg, Medina/Hondo, Houston, and Sabine
Counties, and the City of Hutto. The program includes a series of training workshops for up-
and-coming leaders, business people, and anyone else who is interested in becoming more
involved in local planning for our future. The program provides each participant the benefit
of gaining leadership qualities and skills which can be applied in many situations.
The program is planned to kick-off in early February, 1997. Interested persons may return
the survey below to the Chamber offices, or pick up a survey at the office. We would especially
encourage our young people to take advantage of this course, as we "build better for the
future." We will have a meeting later this fall of all interested individuals to plan out the
schedule of the program. There will be a course fee, but corporate and individual sponsors are
being sought to help underwrite course costs.
Some of the partnerships involved in the training include: Central Texas Power and Light,
Lower Colorado River Authority, Prairie View A&M University, Rural Economic and
Community Development Service, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M Uni-
versity, Texas Association of Resource - Conservation and Development Areas, Texas
Department of Commerce, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas
Department of Health, Texas Electric Cooperatives, Texas Historical Commission, Texas
Municipal League, TU Electric, Texas Rural Development Council, U. S. Small Business
Administration, UT at San Antonio, and West Texas Utilities.
(Detach Form Here)
INTEREST SURVEY FOR PARTICIPATION
IN
“LEADERSHIP MILLS COUNTY”
PROGRAM
YES, I want to have more information on participating in the Texas Rural Leadership
Program. Please include me in the next planning meeting about this training program:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
Please return this form to the Mills Co. Chamber office no later than Oct. 15, 1996.
Back to School Special
Mullin Quilting Club
hears amusing stories
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The Mullin Quilting Club met In the last article, I com-
at Billie Webbs to quilt a beauti- mented about a story which con-
ful white king-size printed Pine- cerned E-we's. Well, would you
apple Delight quilt for Bonnie believe one ofthe members' hus-
Champie. There were 10 quilters band asked her what that was.
there to enjoy the day of fun and A ewe is 'a female sheep . . . the
fellowship. Two guests dropped word was just pronounced
by for a visit. ..Beatrice Ethridge wrong, but we all knew that
and Betty Farmer. Betty brought didn't we.
a lovely antique pieced quilt she In the "good old days" batting
had made after getting expert for quilts had to be made by
advice from experienced quilters cording raw cotton picked from
on how the blocks were to be set the fields. Clara Gravy told about
together. She had a treasure to her daddy going down to the
keep and pass on to her loved cotton gin to get the cotton and
ones. bringing it home for her mother
The group celebrated to make quilts for their use. It
Waunitta Geeslin's birthday was Clara's job to do the cording
with a chocolate-chocolate chip an(t she explained how it was
cake and she was delighted with done. Isn’t it nice to be able to
the gift from her Secret pal. just go to the store and buy bat-
Lunch was delicious as usual ting for our use now.
with fresh vegetables still being
served from gardens. Evelyn Smith told about her
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daughter-in-law trying to make
her first batch of homemade jelly.
She had cooked the plums,
squeezed out the pulp, threw
away the seeds and juice. Then
she called Evelyn to find out
how to make the jelly only to
learn she had thrown out the
juice from which the jelly is
made. Then there was the story
of how to make Hog Plum Jelly:
100 pounds of sugar and one
gallon of plums to make one pint.
I recommend you don't try this.
The group discussed the Hous-
ton Quilt Show and some are
still planning to go November 7-
8. Also, the group talked about
having a booth at the Craft Show
November 2 in Goldthwaite. We
voted to rent a space and sell
some of our little craft items,
homemade bread, and other in-
teresting things.
The Mullin Quilting Club will
meet again on Wednesday, Sep-
tember 18th at the Mullin Com-
munity Center. Plans are to fin-
ish the Double Wedding Ring
quilt for Hallie Wilkison's great
granddaughter who is getting
married in November. If there is
a change, we will let you know.
Submitted by Betty Griffin
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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/m1/4/?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.