The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1964 Page: 5 of 8
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Longer Post Office Window Hours AffeneKigM Is
Parcel Post Speedup Due December we(j ^ [:.nm
Miss Margaret Allene Kight
Longer post office window mately 7a offices with receipts
hours, expanded delivery serv- of $5 million annually and above
jars and large-scale extension of activated faster ZIP Code sort- an<1 Robert Jamfs tSrtnef ,the_ Spaco J ge
the ZIP-coded parcel p o s t ing and dispatch by September 1wei?m a r r 1 e ^ “* 3 * *va* w
speed up are planned for Christ-11 The 130 in Phase III includes j Methodist
mas. Postmaster General John offices ’with receipts of $1 to $5 1 *-°*°
A Gronouski has advised the I million.
"Mobility: Your Fifth Freedom"
Slogan For Highway Week In texas
local Postmaster. Bill Cowan.
In addition, many ether sec-
Gronouski outlined three ma- i tional center offices with small-
er steps he has taken "for the er reCeipts will have the pro-
gram in operation by early De-
cember. in time to help speed
delivery of Christmas gifts mail-
ed with the ZIP code. The Ste-
phenville Sectional Center,
which will accomodate Dublin
and 42 other post offices in this
area, will be activated Satur-
day. Sept. 26.
The Postmaster General ex-
master Cowan
plans are
part of a nationwide program
to, bring postmasters into more
responsible positions in postal
management as ‘‘real partners
in providing better mail serv-
ice at all levels.”
best Christmas mail service the
Postal Service has ever had:”
1. Expanded post offie win-
dow hours December 5 to 26 as
deemed necessary by the local
pqstmaster.
2. A six-day week December
7-31 for parcel post deliveries,
instead of a five-day week.-
3 Completion by November 1
of Phase III of Zip Code parcel
handling at about 130 more
“sectional center” post offices
(strategically-1 o c a t e d mai 1
massing points!, providing fast-
er delivery up to 24 hours or
more for parcels with ZIP Code.
In Phase I and II, apprxi-
We are living in what has been , in theater, or even the grocery
‘ store, calls for preparations as
at Lakewood * And in Texas — where J for an expedition-
Church. Lakewood. : "space” may be said to have But Texans take space lightly
Saturday, Sept- 12. The been invented — we have con- as thev skim over the world's
Rev. Walter J. Boigegrain of- quered this problem with the-finest highway system. Some-
ficiated at the double-ring cere-j motor vehicle. .times we take this matter of
mony k ' It is interesting to note that mobility so lightly that we fail
of; irr many areas a trip to a drive- to recognize the s gnificance of
The bride is the daughter'
Mr. and Mrs. Max Hamilton
Kicht of Lakewood, and Etl
11 nr ru»ima»tci vjv
plained to Postmaster
that the Christmas ]
part of a nationwide
Imported Noritake
Ironstone China
Detergent Proof - Oven Proof - Craze Proof
Chip Resistant
45 Pc. Service for 8 \
Santa Fe 4-H Award
these fine highways:
It isn’t- realistic' to believ^ that
our entire economy would col-
lapse if the State's highway sys-
tem suddenly should become
impassable. In periods of storm
whether hurricane or bliz-
whoie communities vvr-
only
34”
WILLIAMSON JEWELRY
Watch and Jewelry Repair Guaranteed
ST J! WSf Mi*Parhom Reee!ves
Parent^. of the bridegroom are
Mr and Mrs. Phillip E Rich-
ardson of Denver Twelve outstanding Texas 4-H
, Given in marriage by her fa- |C1 u b members have been «rd
ther, the bride wore a floor;named t0 receive 1964 Santa Te >ually are paralyzed until food,
length peau de soie gown with Fyducatlonaj Awards, sponsored medicine, physical aid are
scoop neckline trimmed in Alen-, b the Atchison Topeka & Santa brought in over reopened high-
con lace and seed pearls. The RailuL,ay §^tem Floyd ways, and communications re--
Lvnch. state 4-H Hub leader st<^d.
announced here today. Santa Fe,! Highways may be said to
Lynch added, has supported 4- j ‘ provide our d a«ly bread.
H since 1923 on a regional basis.! Huge vans carry food to our
Winners of the awards are: grocery stores, tank trucks haul
Sharon Parks. Hansford: Terry S^'iie to our senvice stations.
McCasland, Wheeler: Stanley Factories all «Ver Texas are de-
Young, Swisher; Larry Karrh, Pendent upon^lghways for de-
Hale; Danny Williams. Mon- ''very of raw materials and
tague; Linda Berkley. Ector; thehMfininhed products.
Paul Beaver. Cfligman; Bill Mbre' thAn 1.800 Texas com-
Parham, Erafh; Judy Ann Ban- munities are wholly dependent
duch, Karnes; S.dney Holec,j upon highways for transporta-
Fayetle: Kathry n Wrong. Har-:,lon- The 66.<X»-mile Texas high-
ris and Loyr Dee Miller, Hialgo- **»«» 15 unmatched by
i, e: any m the world — in size.
The Thiblin Progress. Thursday, October 1, 1%4
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Dwight Pittman Named State First
4-H Swine Program, Receives Trip
Dwight Pittman was named he does not end his leadership-
state w.nner in . the 1964 Sw.ne activities here He i% active in
progmm. Fluid Lynch 4-H Club schoql and Aher comir.umty af-
leader announced today.. As a fair' and has served as presii-
<;tate winner he will receive an dent and vice-president of his
all-expense trip to the National total FFA chapter
4-H Club Co-.gres; in Chicago ' '
Richard Gary. Erath C ounty
Dwight
has also- helped train team* for
county and district contests.
princess skirt was trimmed in
lace and terminated in a chapel
train. Her elbow-length veil was
held by a satin pillbox with
Alencon lace and pearl overlay.
She carried white orchids and
stephanotis on a white Bible
The bride's sister. Miss Ila
Kight, was maid of honor Eu-
gene P. Wurtz, the bride-
grooms brother-in-law, was best
man.
Other attendants included Mrs.
Eugene P. Wurtz, Miss Bernice
Getz, Robert Blizzard, Richard
Bill Parham, Krath County
4-H winner of one of IS Edu-
cational Awards sponsored by
A TASK Railway Company.
Whooping Crane
Seen On Plains
The award winners
One of the rare whooping
cranes was positively identified
this morning resting on the Salt
Plains National Wildlife Refuge
near Cherokee. Oklahoma Re-
• November 29- December 3. Do- . .
4hor of the award is Moorman „
! Mfg. Co of Quincy. HI. 135 £ a -an- <'h.b
j .The StephenvUle Community niemher and junior leader. He
' 4-H Club member is the son of
Mr- and Mrs* L- E. Pittman of
Route 3; Stephenville.. [- ". -
In July, Dwight was named Texas has more metropolitan
winner of a $2,000 H 'Piston Live- enters of .10,000 or more popula-
stock Show and Rodeo scholar- anv other state m the
j ship and attends Tarleton State ■ country 22 urban areas The
College. Texas Highway Department now
Dwight began ms program is engaged in transportation
with gilts he bought’from his bro- studies in each of these urban
- ther to feed out and sell. Later areas to meet traffic needs of
| he won a Sears Foundation gilt even 20 or 30 years from now.
He developed this project until he include studies designed
| is the largest registered Duroc
| breeder in Erath County.
|. Although Dwight has served as
; officer in his local 4-H Club, on impact and other vital highway
j the county and district councils, and urban information.
to analyze land use. population
trends, traffic flow, economic
"Get on the other phones, gang! Grandma's calling.”
Griffith, Jack Kemper and Har ^ .. ____
vey Pless. . , among Texas 4-H Club mem- quality and the numbers of peo- fUge Manager Lyle Stemmerman
A reception flowed at H10 i bers "representing the state at P'0 j*. s^rves- u was able to make positive identi-
the National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago, Nov. 29-Dec. 3.
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i church.
The newlyweds * will live in
j Englewood, Colorado
Mrs. R. M. Milhollin. aunt of
the bride, attended the wed-
ding arriving in Lakewood in
time to be present for several
; pre-nuptial festivities. Mrs. Mil-
! hollin returned to Dublin Satur-
day, Sept. 1.
Former Resident
Pauline Cannon
Mobility — as exemplified by fication of the bird.
I our highway system — makes Although Salt Plains National
it possible for us to live in the wi|dlife Refuge is on the direct
country and work in the city, migration path to the big birds' ]
or live in the city and seek rec- preferred wintering grounds, the
1 reaticn in the country. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
j The Four Freedoms were near Austwell, Texas, on the
| enunciated in the Atlantic Char- Gu)f Coa.3t.the sighting was un- *
| ter. ^ usual in that the bird is far ahead
Harwell hit a 202 high game “Freedom of press and 0f (he normal migration time-
with Shirley Ross notching a speech, freedom from want and table. A total of 33 whooping
198-307 series. Tejas Bowl rack- from fear “ cranes left the refuge in Texas*,
ed an 860 single game with aj Texans enjoy an unmeasura- |asj Sprjng heading for- their |
2237 series. >• j ble Fifth' Freedom which en-
’ In the men's Tri City late | Dances all the other four. I
tejas Bowling News
League Standings
in northern
league Herman’s Cleaners and
the Alley Katz remained in a
deadlock at the top of the lad-
Checkerboard News
from
Walter Hamilton Co.
249 South Patrick
Ph GI 5-3434
Dies In Amarillo
Mrs. Pauline Hunt of Amaril-
lo died suddenly September 23.
1964 Funeral services were held
Friday. Sept. 25, 10:30 am. at
the Forest Hill Methodist
Church of Amarillo of which
she was a member, with Rev.
Tommy Nelson officiating. Also
graveside services were held at
2:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept 26, at
the Lower Green Creek Ceme-
tery, Dublin, where the body
was laid to rest. Rev. Loyd
Sanders officiated here.
Pallbearers were H o b e r t
Campbell, Leander Kiker, Rex
Barber, Eloyce Jones. Hasten
Walker and Floyd Armstrong.
Mrs. Hunt was bom Septem-
ber 2, 1913 to Charlie Cannon
and Mrs. Howell Morton Can-
non. She spent all her younger
life in the Green Creek Com-
munity, later was married to
Charlie Htjnt of Amarillo. One
son was born to this union.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Charlie Hunt of Ama-
rillo; son, Dennie Hunt also of
Amarillo; her father, Charlie
Cannon of Dublin; two broth-
ers, Bruce Cannon of Amarillo
and Bryce Cannon of Dublin:
three nephews, Tommy and
Jackie Cannon of Amarillo and
Joe Cannon from Dublin and
one niece, Mrs. Thomas Pack
Amarillo.
Those attending the funeral
from out of, town were Mr. and
Mrs.'.Allen Morton of El Cam-
po and Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Yeats
of Wichita Falls.
der for the third consecutive
week. The Cleaners clipped the
De Leon Four Deuces 3-1 with
the Katz scoring over the Red
Skins 3-1. Summers Mattress
stopped Shell Oil of Dublin 3-1.
J. Evans hit a 203 high game
with Jack Hale posting a 199-
534 series. Chuck Eoff turned in
a 510 series.
Team Standings
Indies Twilight Ijeague
Starlites, 13-9; Tejas Bowl, 12-
4; Henderson’s, 11-5: Foggy’s
Five, 9-7; Wamock’s, 9-7; Chore
Girls, 7-9; Long Hotel, 6-10;
Pill Rollers, 6-10; Pat’s Team,
5-11; Hi Lo’s, 3-13-
Tri ($ty League
Alley Katz, 9-3; Herman’s
Cleaners, 9-3; Summers. 6-6;
Red Skins, 4-8; Shell Oil 4-8;
Four Deuces, 4-8.
The Salmon Starlites main-
tained their hold on the number
one spot in Ladies Twilight Lea-
gue .bowling Monday night with
a 3-1 win over Pat's Team. Te-
jas Bowl took over the second
place slot on a 4-0 sweep -over
Foggy's Five. Henderson's Su-
per Market of Dublin downed
the Hico Hi Lo’s 4-0, the War-
nock P.D.s of Bluff Dale blank-
ed the Long Hotel 4-0, with the
Dublin Pill Rollers ;and t he
Chore Girls dividing 2-2. Rosie
That is why it has been picked
breeding grounds
Canada.
Until the birds return to Aran-
as the theme for Highway Week sas this winter, it will not be pas-
in Texas, October 4-10:
dom.
Methodist Fund For
Ministers Education
The approval of some thirty
thousand dollars for the educa-
tion of ministers received a
unanimous vote at the Texas
Methodist Conference. This plan
was presented by Bishop W.
> Kenneth Pope as the conference
met in special called session.
The conference also set October
18 as the date for all ministers to
preach on the call to preach and
the necessity of a trained minis- |
try. A special offering Is to be
taken for ministers education at
this service.
In his first official session of
the conference s>nce he was
assigned to the area in July. Bis- j
hop Pope met with general ap-1
proval on all proposals and heard
reports of the various boards.
The Texas Highway Depart- j
menf is knowri as the largest |
landscape gardener in the State
of Texas. More than 80 000 acres i
are planted in grass and wild-
flowers along the Texas highway
right of way each year.
sible to make an accurate esti-
mato.of the success of this yeae'-s- j—
j reproduction.
Under complete and intensive t
j protection by state, federal and i
| Canadian wildlife authorities, the j.
whooping crane is staging an up-
hill battle for survival from the
all-time low of 17 birds in the:
1930’s.
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Turney, Frances. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1964, newspaper, October 1, 1964; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth530056/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.