The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1996 Page: 2 of 18
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The Dublin Citizen
TWadav, April 11,1996
LETTERS
Dear Editor.
In attempting to trace my family
‘history. I have reason to believe
that some of my relatives livcAiave
lived in Krath County and/or Dub-
lin. '
My great-uncle. William Bailey
Sikes, bis wife, Celia Ann Powell
Sikes, and family moved front'
Tennessee to Texas about 1890.
settling in Fannin County, Texas.
In the 1920's lie and some of his
children moved to Brown County,
where William Bailey died in Au-
gust, 1927,. The man providing
information for his death certificate,
was W.T. (William T.) Sikes, his
son.
W.T. Sikes also provided infor-
mation on the death certificate of
William Henry Sikes in Stephens
County, Texas in 1930.
Other children of William Bailey
Sikes were Robert A., Anna or
Annie E.. Sarah M.. James L.,
Caroline Zilpha, Mary E., John B.,
and Green M.
I would greatly appreciate hear-
ing from anyone who might be
able to help in continuing the
William Bailey Sikes line or any-
one who might be interested in
going back into Tennessee and
beyond on his line. Please contact
me.
Robert W. Sikes
Route 1, Box 315
Greenville. TX 75401
(903) 455-5989
Dear Friends:
You may know that Texas has
the largest prison population of all
the 50 states. You may not know
that over half of all Texas prison-
ers and more than three-quarters of
those convicted of violent crimes
were abused as children. Abuse
begets abuse. The rampant increase
in violent crimes committed by
teens is only one aspect of this
pattern.
April is Child Abuse Prevention
Month. We want to focus public
attention on the critical need to end
the cycle of abuse. We at The
Arrow Project are prepared to help
in any way we can. The Arrow
Project is one of the largest foster
Care agencies licensed by the
Texas Department of Protective
And Regulatory Services. Ou?more
than 450 foster parents and staff
professionals care for abused and
fieglected children all across Texas.
We are committed to the care of
these children and to addressing
the conditions that brought them to
Ds.
' We invite you to join in the fight
against child abuse during Child
:Abuse Prevention Month. Please
tcall me at (512) 388-2400 or (800)
r552-5750 for more information,
i Sincerely,
i Richard Ehrlich
i Program 'Development Officer
i The Arrow Project
Saying JJuudiA
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MEET YOUR
NEIGHBOR
Texas Trash Off setfor Saturday
Editor. jlSkSik
PI .AY BAIJ.lH
HE’S OUTTA THERE!!
AND IT’S OVER THE FENCE!!
We really had a good time at the
“Screamin’ Balls” Softball Tourna-
ment at the city park in our latest
effort to raise money for the Aca-
demic Boosters of Dublin High
School. Thanks to your article
from a few weeks ago, many more
citizens of Dublin understand that
we are raising funds for Senior
Scholarships.
I would like to express some
very well-deserved appreciation to
people and businesses that helped
us have such as Successful project:
Mark Kloster and the Dr Pepper
Company (these guys are AL-
WAYS giving us help); Bobbie
and Keith Nichols and the LTC
businesses who, with Dr Pepper,
got us the prize shirts; Walmart of
Slephenville; Daylight Donuts;
Golden Age Manor; Dublin Nurs-
ing Center; Dublin United Super;
Dublin’s Dairy Queen (which also
seems to employ half the student
body at one time or the other);
Pattie and David Johnson for pay-
ing for the lights and the “killer
barbecue" and the First National
Bank of Dublin.
Thanks also to the teams which
participated. You know, though,
these guys probably don’t expect
thanks. They’re fanatics about
playing ball and have a great time
doing it; however, they paid the
fee and all behaved in great sports-
man-like ways:
Chuck Fowler and the Hit Men
featuring Bill “Big Willy" Acker
(my advertising man), Rusty
Weaver and the FMC Red, “Need
It" from Tarleton, Frank Gaitan
and “The Angels”, J.P. Stephen
and the “Buddy Balls", FMC’s
Outlaws and Hammer Time.
Many of the teachers gave up
precious Friday night and Saturday
time keeping score, organizing
games and working in the conces-
sion stand:
Mary Jane Atkins, Jeanette
Anderson, Lisa Beck, Sherry Ger-
ber, Chuck Harris, Judy Lockhart,
Teresa Loudermilk, Monty and
Jace Parchman, Joylyn Rainey,.
Mindy Sides, Carolyn Smith,
Tjwanah Smith, Lynda Stafford,
Vicky Stone and Mary Worthing-
ton.
A million thanks (and 30 more
Easterburgers) go to Letha North-
cutt and Benita Harmon who really
made the whole thing happen.
Thank you, guys.
Thanks to you too, Dublin Citi-
zen, for the coverage'of our events.
Sure, I could have written THANK
YOU notes to all of them (and if I
can get all these tests graded, I
might), but I think that everyone
who reads the paper should know
fofe
who are contributing to the im-
provement of the Dublin Indepen-
dent School system and thereby to
the community in general.
Those ball-players exhibited that
sports presents an opportunity for
people to get together for positive
fun and these community members
put their money and their time into
helping the students in our schools.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I’ll go
count the scholarship money and
do a little batting practice - and
grade the tests.
Jim Easterling
DHS teacher and SBDM com-
mittee member
Dear Editor,
We want to thank all of our
family, friends and co-workers for
all their help during our recent
hospital stay. It made us realize
how many friends and family we
have that care.
Many thanks to Dr. Harris and
Dr. Boucher and nurses who took
care of R.C. They were very
caring.
Many thanks for all the flowers
and cards, phone calls, food and
visits.
Most of all we are thankful for
all the prayers. Prayers really
work. God has really touched R.C.
God bless you all.
R.C. & Jewel Whiteley
Linda Sanders
Janies Whiteley
BRIEFS
CLOTHES CLOSET
The Clothes Closet at First Bap-
tist Church will be open Tuesday,
April 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. Mens,
womens and childrens clothes are
available for anyone who needs
them.
The Clothes Closet is located in
the rock house at the comer of
Live Oak and Camden St. just east
of the church.
CIA MEETINGS
The Christmas in April commit-
tee will meet at 5:30 p.m. every
Monday between now and April 20
which is the official workday.
Meetings will be at city hall.
ST. PAT'S FOLLOW-UP
The St. Patrick's Day Festival
follow-up meeting is set for 7:30
p.m. Thursday, April 18 in the city
park building.
SCHOOL BOARD
The Dublin ISD Board of Trust-
ees will meet in regular session at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 in the
high school annex.
First National Bank of Dublin
ACROSS
1 TXism: "wouldn't
know him from_’
5 this Linares is
TX lottery director
6 Guadalupe St. near
UT is "The_*
7 TX Stadium feature:
_of Honor
8 TXism: "sneaky as
an___"
8 pianist Van Cliburn
is the "Texan _
Conquered Russia"
9 TXism: "was around
when___
was only sick" (old)
1 in Montague Co.
on 82: _Jo
2 TXism: "his axles
_hot" (active)
3 TXism: "popular _
__-eyed Jack in
a poker game"
£4 lack of vitality
29 TXism: "camps out
in the_ corner"
(religious)
30 hunter's quarry
£1 TXism: "let'_rip!"
532 TXism: "a day late
___short*
:B4 killer_came
up from Mexico
£}5 in Amarillo: "_-
State Fair"
36 pastry served in
Fredericksburg, TX
)37 TX Fender's
‘Before the Next
_drop Falls"
^8 advertising organ,
located in TX (abbr.)
39 Dallas mayor's '93
Super Bowl bet:
__of chili
41 TXism:"_wet
behind the ears'
42 college entrance test
43 Sunday dinner
44 TX bidness transactions
45 TXism: "all _ born days"
46 TXism: "guilty as_*
47 box for TX Ruby Reds
48 King William is a _-
_st. in San Antonio
Presents,
The Original
50 book:
"The.
San Jacinto"
51 Jayton is seat
of thg. county
52 NM Indian
53 TXism: "snap
beans" (in the
DOWN
1 west of Martin Co.
(2 wds.)
TXism:"_-_
boys' (police)
Doroteo.
TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley & Guy Orbison
Copyright 1996 by Orbison Bros
Pancho Villa was a
Rio Grande bandit
4 Oiler lineman Don
9 "_nonsense'
10 Charlie __ Isa
st. in San Antonio
11 Francis Scott_
was Sam Houston's
atty. in Washington
12 TXism:"_have
to get better to die"
13 closer
14 natural & propane
USS Texas aided
Omaha Beach during
_ landings
early name of
Bronte, TX *
TX Davis & Hamil-
ton in the Civil War
20 you can get an
_view atop
TX's Ranger Peak
22 Rockwall is the
_co. in TX
24 Moody h.s. class
25 Cowboys Nate (init.)
26 TX Ross Perot's
old company
27 "Tex" star actor
Dillon, et al.
28 TX Hagman TV
show:"__
of Jeannie"
29 TXism: "shaking
like__"
30 TXism: "two _
in a pod" (alike)
33 TX Lynda of "Mission
Impossible" (init.)
34 TXism: "hell_for
leather" (determined)
35 TXism: "bright eyed
and bushy_*
37 TXism: "has__
_on a mirror to
comb his hair" (ugly)
38 TX to U.S.A.
40 _Hill, TX
41 Spurs' Elltott
44 beach find:_wood
47 exactly duplicated
49 TXism: "we're seeing
__eye" (agree)
First National Bank of Dublin
825 N. Patrick • P.O. Box 440 • Dublin, TX 76446
(817) 445-4400 a . Member FDIC
Keri Simmons
Student at Dublin High School.
Family - father Randy, mother
Micki and brothers, Brandon and
Brady.
Q: Where were you bom? A:
Dublin. I have lived here all my
life.
Q: What's.your worst habit? A:
Playing with my hair.
Q: What's your pet peeve? A: I
have two - people who turn
without using their blinkers and
people with no table manners.
Q: Do you have pets? A: I have
a miniature greyhound named Tay-
lor, a greyhound named Keri (she
was already named when we got
her) and seven puppies.
Q: What are your hobbies? A:
Dancing, reading, spending time
with my friends and studying.
(NOTE: The Citizen staff wel-
comes Keri Simmons. Keri is an
aspiring young writer who will be
taking over some of our favorite
weekly features such as "Turning
Back the Pages" and "Meet Your
Neighbor.")
Turning Baclc
The Pages
By Keri Simmons
50 YEARS AGO
The Dublin High School music
class presetted “The Slip of a
Slipper.’' Among the actors and
actresses were Josephine Abbott,
Gladys Sparks, Trula Jean Land,
Carroll Vincent, Joyce Spikes,
Rudean Palmer, Betty Jo Bramlett,
Ruth Ann Brown, Ruby Mae Sha-
fer, Madge Tackett, Dorothy Wil-
son, Jimmie Cogbum, Sybil Bliz-
zard, Eva Marie Graves, Wansyl
Hudson, Judy Underwood, Char-
lotte Lay, Charlene Mote, Fay
Reese and Ruth Burney.
Movies showing included “Ran-
cho Grande” starring Gene Autry
and “Miss Susie Slagles” starring
Sonny Tufts and Veronica Lake. >■
25 YEARS AGO
Everett Hightower took the oath
to become mayor. Mike Brashear
and Mike Boucher of Dublin High
School spoke at a meeting of the
Dublin Development Club con-
cerning the narcotics problems in
schools.
New high school cheerleaders
included Mickey Hodges, Donna
Stevens, Sherie Traweek, Nancy
Grissom and Carmcla King.
Browning named
to Who’s Who
A Tarleton State University stu-
dent from Dublin has been named
to Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universi-
ties.
Daryl Ann Browning was one of
37 students from TS1J included in
the 1995 publication.
She is a human resources man-
agement major who is a member of
the College of Business Adminis-
tration Student Advisory Board and
the Delta Mu Delta national soci-
ety for Business Administration.
She is also a Distinguished Stu-
dent and was indicted into Chi Eta
Sigma, the national scholastic
honor society for freshmen.
DUBLIN CITIZEN
(USPS 006412)
404 N. Patrick Dublin, TX 76446
(817) 445-2515
FAX (817)445-4116
Published by Karen Wright at 404
N. Patrick, Dublin, Texas 76446.
Second Class Postage
paid at Dublin, Texas.
POSTMASTER: Send
• address changes to
The Dublin Citizen
404 N. Patrick,
Dublin, TX 76446.
- Area
will be oat in force Satunhy
morning to participate in the Great
Texas Trash OB, the one day of
the year set aside to clean ip
Texas highways.
Heading the local cleanup effort
will be the Keep Dublin Beautiful
committee.
Local volunteers will meet on
the east side of the library at 8
a.m. Saturday.
A Waste Management trash roll-
off will be located on the vacant
lot across from Bill's Dollar Store
on S. Patrick.
Several merchants are donating
refreshments and supplies for the
county-wide groups which will
participate in the cleanup. They
include Dublin Dr Pepper, Higgin-
bothams of Dublin, Waste Man-
agement of Slephenville and Dub-
lin and Wayne Blue Ford of
TV annual event is sponsored by
the Texas Department of Transpor-
tation which will furnish safety
vests and trash bags for all volun-
teers.
Any group interested in being
part of the Great Texas Trash Off
or in adopting a section of highway
in Enth County may contact TX-
DOT at .965-5951 for more infor-
mation.
Kathy Brewer of Keep Dublin
Beautiful said the group extends an
invitation for local businesses to
participate by allowing one or
more employee to pick up litter
along their storefront.
“The only requirement for join-
ing Keep Dublin Beautiful is for
each member to participate in at
least one cleanup project a year,”
she said.
LIBRARY NEWS
Elmer Kelton's new Western
novel. The Pumpkin Rollers, deliv-
ers an exciting story with several
side benefits. Set in the post civil
war period, most of the action
takes place in West Texas, where
there were more coyotes than ban-
dits, more bandits than other
people and the people who settled
the country had a lot more nerve
than money.
A little history, a lot of local
color and a reader's eye view of
how the west was settled are side
benefits, but the best one is the
wonderful quotable quotes that
crop up every few pages, to elicit a
memory, a laugh or at least a
smile.
"Even a blind hog picks up an
acom once in awhile," will have a
familiar ring to some readers. Or
try this for character description;
"the man don't seem like he
knows for sure who he's workin’
for. He'll talk awhile about God
and heaven, then first thing you
know he's talkin' about sendin' a
bunch of men to hell.” Or come
away with this one: "The only
thing sure about this life is that
there ain't nothin' certain."
"Elmer Kelton is a six time
winner of the Golden Spur award
and is highly honored among the
novelists of the American West,"
gurgles the dust jacket blurb. True.
But better than that, he's fun to
read.
According to Librarian Carolyn
Holden, Mr. Kelton has been in-
vited to the Dublin Public Library
for a book signing June 8. A lot of
fingers will stay crossed until then,
hoping he will accept.
Please remember to deposit any
folding green you can spare with
the Library Building Fund. You
might be delighted with the direc-
tion it grows.
Library hours are 1 to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
SILVER SENIORS
By Winnie Austin
Could you believe the weather
we've had this Spring, especially
last week when we had the njee
rain and the sleet and snow, then
wonderful weather for Easter. God
is so good to give us all these
wonderful things! I'm sure we will
all have lots of yard work to do
soon.
We had a good group at Perry
Hall on Tuesday even though sev-
eral were out of town visiting
relatives and still some sick ones.
Hayward and Francis Moore made
a trip to Abilene to see some
relatives there and Maggie Will-
iams is out of town visiting her
sister.
We were so glad to have Eula
Mae Doggett with us again. We
hope she can do that more often.
It's always so good to have lots of
friends with us and always the food
is plentiful and very good. Also,
our thanks to Cruz for doing our
blood pressure and blood sugar.
She comes over from DflbNn Nurs-
ing Home. ' I’ '*> - ' 1
At 11 a.m. on April 23, we urge
you to be with us to leam more
about nursing home care: how we
can afford to be there and not have
to dispose of our property and lots
of other interesting subjects. It will
be presented to us by Kenneth
Chisholm, the administrator of
Dublin Nursing Home. Mark your
calendars, bring a covered dish and
have lunch with us. You will enjoy
the information as well as the
visitation and food. Don't forget!
Thought for the week: "Science
may never come up with a better
office communication system than
the coffee break."
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER, INC.
By Hazel Lane
Things can change so fast at the
Center. By the time you get it on
paper, it’s a new ball game. One
thing for sure, it's a busy place.
You need to check us out and see
if you can keep up.
Hope you had a happy Easter.
We remembered those we have lost
recently. Our memorial board is a
constant reminder of those who are
no longer with us.
You can still come play dominos
every morning. Come every Tues-
day for blood pressure 10 to 11:30.
Treadway Hearing representative
and Bro. David Roberts of First
Baptist were scheduled for Tues-
days program and Bro. Blagg.
Wednesday.
Bro. Calvin Shoup's wife has
said she would bring the program
on his day — and we are so pleased
about that. Hope you will come by
and support her. She is a special
person. We will have two more
memorials for those we lost this
week.
We had several visitors for lunch
this week and we invite you to
visit or join us. And by the way,
we need help in the kitchen. If you
would like to make a little money
for two or three hours a day, why
don't you call 445-2006 and plan to
come down to check us out, or if
you know of someone who could
use some extra money, ask them to
call.
Next week our Band goes to
Stephenville Nursing Home and
Tuesday to Golden Age Manor.
We hope to have Bill Hensley
and wife back for pickin' and
singing on Wed, the 17th.
Dance class starts at 9 a.m.
Thursday - come get your exercise
and Friday the 19th join us and the
Three Stooges for another big fun
party 7 to 10. Bingo is Saturday
night, the 20th. Join us.
We have some birthdays: Lena
Jewel, April 9 and Jewel Turney,
April 29. Happy Birthday to these
special friends.
Be kind to someone special this
week.
BRIEFS
VOLLEYBALL
First United Methodist Church
will host a volleyball tournament
starting at 9 a.m. April 27. It will
be a four player mixed teams event
with a $50 per team entry fee.
Teams will compete in recreational
and competitive divisions. For
more information, contact Pat
Jones at 965-2406 or the church at
445-2157.
HOSPITAL-
Cont. from page 1
because of IRS regulations. T!
building was then offered to ti
industrial foundation for $25,000.
Harris Methodist indicated
would file a request for an exemj
tion from the IRS ruling but hr
not received a response.
Murphy told DIF directoi
Wednesday night that he was ui
der pressure from his board t
make a decision on the buildin
but he wanted to give the right c
first refusal to the industrial four
dation.
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Wright, Karen. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1996, newspaper, April 11, 1996; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth762771/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.