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Volume 13, No. 42
Dublin, Texas 76446
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Turning
Back
The Pages
By
Sandra
Thomas
75 YEARS AGO
JUNE 15,1928
Dublin Firemen attended the
annual convention of Texas
Firemen in Denton. Official rep-
resentation from Dublin was:
Chief W.P. Hallmark, Jack
Noel, Bob Alexander, J.P.
Barber, Moody Wells, Edgar
Galloway, Wilbur Warner, Bob
Easley, Hub Buchanan, Casey
Walling, Lee Burnett and
Vernon Burnett, City Fire
Marshall.
Dr. 0.0. Gain left for
Minneapolis, Minnesota where
we attended a meeting of the
American Medical Society and
visited the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester.
Dr. J.M.Wright moved to
Dublin with his family and set
up offices in the Lewis Moore
building occupied by D..
Winters.
Mrs. Hicks Spencer honored
her daughter Loveda on her 14th
birthday with a delightful party
at her home. The little guests
attending were: Durwood and
Eugene Hazzard, Hortence
Rucker, Christine Painter,
Naomi Caraway, Jewel and
Mattie Spruell, Modell Garnet
and Cathreen Blanton.
50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 12,1953-
The First Baptist Church was
busy the week of June 12, 1953:
Members of the intermediate
B.T.U. of the First Baptist
church enjoyed a swimming
party and picnic at the
Stephenville municipal pool and
park. Mrs. R.H. Walker was
sponsor and Miss Mary Helen
Cowan the leader of the group.
Enjoying the party were: Mrs.
Sam Cowan, Mrs. Lela Spencer,
George Ann Beaver, Carolyn
Newton, Quida Sue Gibson,
Gordon Nelson, Jack Crouch,
Coleman Gulley, James Cowan
and Dick Yantis.
The Elizabeth Truly Circle of
the First Baptist Church met
with Mrs. Carl L. Hall for their
regular Bible study. Pat
Humphries reviewed the lesson.
Members attending were
Mfisdames: Scott, Hall, Bone,
McKinney, Jumey, Humphries,
Cason and Hall.
The W.M.U. circles of the
First Baptist church met and
song and prayer were led by
Mrs. J.C. Howard and Mrs. J.D.
Stephens led the program.
Present were Mesdames:
Jordan, Pipes, Whitehead,
Hamilton, Dolan, Stephens,
Allgood, Whitfield, Fisher,
Rucker, Sparks, Hampton, and
Morgan.
25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 15,1978
Dublin was preparing for
"Dublin Days" with a committee
composed of Joan Glenn, Sara
Harris, Ersail Hamrick, Bob
Bowden, and Chamber Manager
Bill Grimes.
The Dublin Chamber of
Commerce officially recognized
a new Dublin business. A tire
kicking ceremony was held at
Hudson's Car Sales. Attending
the ceremony was: David
Cleveland, Grady Roberson,
George Hudson, Pat Hudson,
Bill Grimes, Everett Hightower
and Dick Spencer.
The deadline for submissions
to the Erath County History
Book was nearing according
Lila Utterback, president of the
Dublin Historical Society.
Contacts for questions and sub-
missions were: Mrs. D. R.
Franks, Mrs. Ben Utterback,
Mrs. Bill Greenway, Mrs. Doris
Wall, Mrs. Floyd King, Mrs.
Vernon Gibson or Mrs. Sam
Self.
See TURNING page 2
IT'S NOW OPEN - The Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum was officially opened in ribbon cutting cer-
• ... _. . emonies Saturday with World Champion Rodeo performer and Dublin resident Harry Tompkins doing
WELCOME - Dublin Dr Pepper Owner/General Manager Mark honors surrounded by chamber and city officials as well as many workers who helped make the
Kloster officially welcomed Governor Rick Perry to Dublin^For the museum possible. More than 600 toured the museum during the day. Also pictured to the right is Dr.
second year, the governor ran in the 10K race, surrounded by secu- Vemon Wiujams of Abilene Christian University, who was made an honorary citizen of Dublin and
rity and finished just 17 minutes behind the winner with a time ot ,h cky PictUred to the left is Miss Dublin Shayla Fine and Museum President Dr.
48:20. He signed autographs, posed for pictures and passed out run- pon Henneke *
ning awards
The Power of Weather
the Promise of Safety
Lightning strikes
on Friday the 13th
By BETH GIBSON
StafT Writer
Robert Sides had a shocking
experience on Friday the 13th.
He had just been talking on the
phone, at about about 3 p.m.,
with his wife, Diane in
Stephenville. He was walking
past his fireplace, when he felt
the hair stand out on his arms.
The next thing he knew was
he was completely turned
around, thrown 15 feet across
the room and landed half
on/half off the couch. He was
looking up at the ceiling seeing
it swaying and moving when he
heard the thunder.
It was in that moment he
realized that his house had been
hit by lightning. A lightning
strike to an unprotected build-
ing can be catastrophic. Packing
up to 1(K) million volts of elec-
tricity and a force comparable
to that of a small nuclear reac-
tor. Lightning has the power to
rip through roofs, explode walls
of brick and concrete and ignite
deadly fires.
In addition to structural dam-
age. lightning surges through
out power lines causing wire
damage and destruction of valu-
able electronic equipment
including computers, televi-
sions, stereos, security systems,
etc.
He smelled smoke and
Weather transmitter tower provides
prudent warnings for Earth County
HALF GONE-The back of the chimney is half gone.
immediately called his wife, so
she could call for the fire
department. She had just been
about to walk into her job in.
Stephenville, when she received
the call from Robert. She
immediately headed home. He
decided that maybe he had bet-
ter call the fire department too,
so he tried to make a second call
out and the line was dead.
He first ran to the window to
see if he could see any damage,
then he ran outside to see what
damage had been done. He
noticed bricks strewn about.
See LIGHTNING on
page 12A.
United Coop
responds to
power outages
United Cooperative Services
personnel moved into action late
Wednesday evening when strong
storms moved across Texas.
Severe lightning and high winds
resulted in signficant and wide-
spread outages for much of
United's 14-county service area.
Over 1,000 consumers woe left
without power for an average of
See COOP on page 4A.
By SARA TALBERT
Staff Writer
When severe weather strikes
we want to know. A key instru-
ment in keeping the public
informed is the NOAA Weather
Radio transmitter near Dublin.
The transmitter, which is
located north of Dublin on
Hwy. 377/67, stands 300 feet
tall and is part of the national
NOAA Weather Radio
Network. According to Gary
Woodall, Warning
Coordination Meteorologist for
the National Weather Service in
Fort Worth, Weather Radio is a
24-hour broadcast of weather
information, which originates
from the National Weather
Service forecast offices suph as
the one in Fort Worth. Around
50 transmitters are placed
throughout the state of Texas.
"When the weather is quiet,
the Weather Radio provides
data suen as the current obser-
vations and the 7-day forecast,"
Woodall said. "When severe
weather threatens, Weather
Radio is at its’ best."
Whenever a watch or warn-
ing is issued for the broadcast
area of a particular transmitter,
the watch or warning informa-
tion, which is on an automated
programming system, is then
broadcast on the Weather
Radio.
The Stephenville/Dublin
transmitter broadcasts on a fre-
quency of 162.450 MHz. It is
located on Highway 377/67 just
north of Dublin.
"Because of this high fre-
quency, people need a special
radio to receive the transmis-
' sions," Woodall said.
See TOWER on page 4A.
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HAPPY DAY - The new Pretty Peggy Pepper for 2003 is Angela
Pack of Huckabay. She will receive a $500 scholarship and a year's
supply of Dublin Dr Pepper. First runner-up was Sara McNeil of
Dublin and second runner up was Melissa Moon who was also Miss
Photogenic.
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School talks dress code
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
The continuing saga of dress
code came up again at the
Dublin school board meeting,
this time as the student and
employee handbooks for the
coming school year- were
reviewed.
Superintendent Roy Neff
said the controversy will not
end until there are uniforms. He
has had requests for variances
on jeans and capris for the
teachers, especially on Fridays
and discussion on sleeveless
shirts and blouses.
Board Members Don Keith
and Joe Willingham noted this
is an agriculture community and
that big companies allow jeans
on Friday.
See CODE on page 5 A.
Dublin party is
huge success
WINNER - Kennedy Matolo
of Austin, was the winner of
the 2nd annual Dublin Dr
Pepper 10K run sponsored
by the Dublin Lions Club.
The weather threatened to
put a damper on Dublin Dr
Pepper's 112th birthday party
and the many other activities
going on in town Saturday but it
seemed that nothing was going
to get in the way of this party.
It was huge as thousands of
people poured into town from
all over the state as well as other
states to participate in the party,
the 10-2-4K runs sponsored by
the Lions Club, the grand open-
ing of the Dublin Rodeo
Heritage Museum and the annu-
al Dublin Reunion.
The celebration had been
stretched into two days for the
first time and then the rains
came Friday. That caused many
to close up shop early with
booths at the Alleyfest and the
Friday night opening of the
Pretty Peggy Pepper competi-
tion was pushed back until
Saturday although interviews
were held Friday night.
However, Saturday dawned
clear, at least early on before the
fog rolled in. That was a two-
edged sword as it created a
delightful atmosphere for the
hundreds of runners who came
into Dublin from all over the
See PARTY pg. 3A
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