The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 2003 Page: 1 of 32
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Volume 14, No. 6
Dublin, Texas 76446
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003
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75 YEARS AGO
OCT 12TH 1928
Tax collector, Fred Winn
announced that 1929 license
plates for cars would be offered
not later than December. The
annual tax paying period had
already begun in other areas.
J.W. Edge was the first to pay
his school taxes and the
American Express Company
was the first to pay city taxes.
The Woman’s Thursday Club
met with Mrs. Mark
Rockingham. Mrs. Right pre-
sented the readings.
Mrs. L.B. Milner began man-
ufacturing of potato chips at
Dublin’s only potato chip com-
pany.
Mr. E.D. Talley, a newcomer
to Dublin, assumed charges of
the J.W. Edge filling station,
which he had purchased.
Mrs. Mary Pitcock was hired
as manager of the telephone
office at May in Brown County.
Mrs. Pitcock was planning on
leaving Dublin by the end of the
month with her two sons and
mother Mrs. N.P. Shelton.
I.L. Hammond’s car load of
Hereford cattle brought the top
price of the day, 12 cents per
pound, at the Fort Worth mar-
ket.
50 YEARS AGO
OCT 16TH, 1953
Veteran fireman, Wm.P.
(Uncle Buck) Hallmark made
his annual trip to the grammar
school and spoke during Fire
Prevention Week.
Kickoff breakfast at the
Sunset Cafd began the 1953
local fund-raising campaign, for
the Comanche Trail Council of
Boy Scouts of America.
Heading the drive were Robert
Crouch, Fred Fletcher. Joe
Henderson, Clyde King, T.C.
Granberry and A.S. Jackson.
Others participating were
Nathan Seigel, Carl Hall, L.R.
Daniels, Bill Gaines, George
Skeen, Paul Hamilton, O.J.
Etthington, A.W. Hickey, J.C.
Jumey, D.E. Allison, Jerome
Shillingburg, Sam Wolfe, Dr.
Vem Scott, Dr. Harlan Raley
and Paul Daniel.
Rotarian Henry Turney spoke
on “Community Service,” at the
Dublin Rotary Club meeting.
The Elizabeth Truly Circle of
the First Baptist Church met in
the home of Mrs. Right Lane.
Mrs. T.R. Bone and Pat
Humphries led the group in
bible study. Hostesses were
Mmes Wilma Hall, Yvonne
Howell, Iona Kloster, Verda Lee
King, Oma T. Jumey, Dee
Stephens and Marjorie Bone.
25 YEARS AGO
OCT 12,1978
The Dublin City Council
passed an ordinance creating the
office of City Manager in
Dublin.
A barbeque supper was to be
held at Robbins Mill to benefit
the Dublin Historical Society
according to Lila Utterback,
president.
The Dublin O.E.S. Chapter
#910 observed its 32nd birthday.
Charter members recognized
were Bertha Whitfield, Lavade
Hall and Avia Lee Nelson.
Soccer began in Dublin.
Members of the new Gold
Shamrocks Soccer Team were
pictured. They were Roger Cox,
Andy Blain, Kevin Crouch,
John Mark Underwood, Jon
Pate, John Paz, Bobby
McCormick, Scott Andrle,
Richard Cox, David Mulloy,
Richard Nedbalck, Cody
Yarborough, Sid Underwood,
Trent Quirl, Bruce Zimmerman,
Troy Craddock, Mike Murray
and Coaches Steve Andrle and
Marc Tinstman.
The Green Shamrocks Team
was composed of Judy Johnson,
Michael Underwood, Bryan
Everett, Steve Gilbreath,
Mickey Cash, Todd Taylor,
Mike Eoff, Landon Northcutt,
John Pat Mow, Randy Johnson
and Kevin Goin.
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
The final meeting of the
Dublin Economic Development
Commission’s housing commit-
tee was held Tuesday night with
recommendations to go to the
EDC board and to the city coun-
cil to start moving on ‘building
the next new house in Dublin.”
The primary concern is first
to remove the perception that
Dublin doesn't want to have
new housing, and then to offer
incentives to those building a
home with a suggestion from
City Councilman Tom Gordon
that the amount be equal to 1%
of the total cost of building the
home.
er by EDC Executive Director
Sandy Reed on grants and low
interest programs through the
United States Department of
Agriculture on new home and
remodeling. And work will start
on condemning substandard
housing to clean up the city and to
have city cleanups with the help
of the new trash pick-up company
that will provide big dumpsters
for clean-ups.
Plus work will be done to
make building codes and require-
ments more builder friendly and
suitable for people wanting to
build smaller homes.
The theme of all this is the
message “We want you as a resi-
dent of Dublin and we will do
Seminars will be put togeth- whatever it takes to get you here."
The thought has been that a
lack of affordable housing has
held back efforts to attract
industry to Dublin. Part of the
problem, in addition, is that
32% of the teachers here live
somewhere else as they can't
find housing.
A number of rent housing
owners have attended meetings
and have noted that there is a big
demand to rent nice houses.
There is also said to be a big
demand for housing as many
people want to move to Dublin,
particularly from the Metroplex,
due to the lower cost of living
here and low crime rate and the
See HOUSING on page 2A.
Chamber plans busy 2004
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
The calendar for a busy 2004.
Dublin's 150th birthday, is
quickly filling up with a number
of special attractions.
The end of 2003 is also going
to be busy.
Those activities were the sub-
ject of the monthly chamber
board meeting Monday.
Chamber manager Jeanette
Ward reported that the Chamber
had a net profit from the All-
American Dinner of $1,017.90
which was down from last year
as the steaks cost more this year.
That was after a $580 donation
to Dublin EMS.
A total of-2332 tickets were
sold and 220 dinners served.
The rain that came resulted in
the dinner being moved from
Wright Park to City Perk and
was thought to be the cause of
few walk-in tickets being sold.
Ward reported that she has
submitted a request to have the
Vietnam "Wall of Recall" for
next Sept. 11. This past Sept. 11
it was in Abilene and was
viewed b 50,000 people. She
said she believes Dublin has a
good chance of getting it
although it might be a different
date and would stay here for a
week. Location will be deter-
mined at a later date.
Another display of note com-
ing to Dublin when the Texas
Myths & Legends will be here,
Those are the lifelike wooden
figurines that each tell a historic
story..
That display will be in line
with the theme of Christmas
Dublin, Texas Style observance
with a number of special events
including a parade and open
houses for businesses and a
home tour.
Extra safety for crossing
streets will be in place for the
annual Safe Trick or Treat
Halloween falls on a Friday
which is the day before the
opening of deer season and
Dublin traffic is bumper to
bumper for miles. Safety of chil-
dren was the concern plus it is a
home football night. Contests
will be held at the comer lot
starting at 4 p.m. with the trick
or treat going from 4:30 to 6
p.m. at tables in front of busi-
nesses.
Chamber President Bill
Campbell reported that the
Texas Farm, Ranch and Dairy
Show went real well with 90
booths and big attendance. No
figures are now available.
Campbell said a meeting will
be held soon on the buying com-
mittee for the county livestock
show set for Jan. 8-12.
The next week on Jan. 19 will
be the annual chamber banquet
with a speaker and entertain-
ment being lined up. That will
be the kick-off for the year-long
150th birthday party for Dublin.
That is also when a new
chamber director/calendar will
See CHAMBER on page 2A
PAULINE AND HUBERT HANCOCK
Life was not easy
in 1918 in Purves
(Editor's Note: The follow-
ing article was written a number
of years ago but only recently
surfaced. It tells a story of the
struggle of a local family during
a tough time. This is the story as
Hubert Hancock recalled it. He
and his wife, Pauline Hancock
both grew up in the Purves area
and later farmed and had a ser-
vice station there, selling gas for
12.5- cents a gallon. They now
live in Dublin. The article was
written by their neice, Paula
Dupree Bylsma, daughter of
Mrs. Hancock’s younger sister,
Henrietta. Mrs. Bylsma died of
cancer a few years ago. The arti-
cle is presented so that people
can understand the trials of liv-
ing in the "good old days".)
By PAULA DUPR BY LSMA
Special to the Citizen
October 6, 1994 Dinner is
finished at Pauline and Hubert
Hancock's home in Dublin.
Texas. What a dinner --roast,
potatoes, corn, radishes, rolls,
Salad, apple pie and pear cake.
Pauline, her "baby" sister
Henrietta. and Henrietta's
daughter Dena are laughing as
they clean the kitchen. Pauline's
eyes sparkle as she tells stories
of the sweet little great grans,
and Dena tells of smiles from
her first grandson.
Hubert has moved to the
comfortable chairs of the living
room with Henrietta's husband
Bob. her daughter Paula, and
son-in-law John. Hubert tells a
story.
It was 1918. seventy-six
years ago. but just about this
time of the fall. The Great War
was sending terrible news back
See HANCOCK on page 6A.
NATIONAL
REAST CANC^R^SAmENESS
MONTH
By SARA TALBERT
Staff Writer
(Editor's Note: In honor of
National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, we continue
our awareness campaign.)
Cancer is an enigma. The
devastating disease still baffles
and invade nearby organs and tis-
sues. Cancer can also find it's
way to the blood, where it can
effect other regions of the body.
Breast cancer is the most
malignant form of cancer in
women, affecting one out of
every eight women.
LOUISE ARMSTRONG
doctors, scientists and
researchers alike. What exactly is
cancer? According to the M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, it is a
large and complex family of
malignancies that can effect vir-
tually anywhere in the body.
The body's cells are constant-
ly dividing and multiplying, in
order to replace damaged cells.
Cancer's beginning stages are
when the cells begin to divide
unnecessarily, which in turn,
form excess tissue known as a
tumor. Tumors can vary in size,
depending on location in the
body and some may be life
threatening, if malignant. These
malignant tumors grow rapidly
Breast cancer can be genetic
with several cases of breast can-
cer appearing in one family.
Such was the case for Louise
Armstrong and her family.
Armstrong, who was diagnosed
with breast cancer in 1986 has
beaten the odds and wanted to
share her story, in hopes of possi-
bly helping others.
Armstrong found a lump dur-
ing a self-exam and went to her
doctor. He told her it was nothing
to worry about and sent her
home. At her check-up, a year
later, the lump was still there and
Armstrong's un-diagnosed cancer
had spread to her lymph glands.
“My sister, Shirley, was
already dealing with breast can-
cer when I found out my diagno-
sis,” Armstrong said. “She told
me, which I want everyone to
understand, that when there's a
lump, don't go home. Find a sec-
ond opinion. Request a biopsy.
It's better to be overly cautious.”
The day Armstrong told her
sister that she was diagnosed
with breast cancer, her oldest sis-
ter, Gloria also announced that
she was diagnosed with breast
cancer.
Armstrong and her sister,
Gloria, went through chemother-
apy treatments together in
October of 1986.
“Shirley was with me in the
hospital. It was nice to have her
there because she knew what to
say and how to help me. She had
already been through it. I had a
full body scan. 1 was so afraid of
the results. Sure enough, it came
back saying that I needed treat-
ment. I went through chemo for
six months."
In her first treatment,
Armstrong lost all of her hair,
which is common with patients
undergoing chemotherapy.
“Losing my hair really made
it real for me,” Armstrong said.
“During the treatments, when the
medicine was going in, it some-
times felt like my body was on
fire. I was sick for several days
afterwards.”
Tragedy struck the family
when middle sister, Shirley,
passed away in March of 1987.
“Gloria's cancer spread to her
brain and she passed in 1988,”
Armstrong said.
Armstrong eventually was
faced with having a mastectomy.
“So many women have a hard
time with that because they feel
like it takes something away
from them,” Armstrong said.
“Being a women is what is inside
of you."
Armstrong, who grew up in
Stephenville, has three children.
Charlotte. Richard, and Melenda.
She also has six grandchildren.
"I had to trust in God to get
me from one day to the next. 1
also had to keep myself healthy
for my next treatment,"
Armstrong said.
Armstrong has been cancer
free since her chemotherapy and
mastectomy.
“I couldn't have made it
though without my friends,"
Armstrong said. “Without them it
would have been very hard to get
through all of it "
In offering advice. Armstrong
advises young women to do their
self exams.
“Doctors have diagrams and
pamphlets that show how to do it
the right way." Armstrong said.
“Don't be afraid to do it "
She also advises those who
are dealing with breast cancer to
be honest.
“When someone asks you
how you're doing, tell them the
truth. It's not good to hold it in
and hide it all. Let it out."
Facts about
Breast Cancer
not
your doctor and schedule an
*
* Mammography is a low-dose X-ray
examination that can detect breast ameer up to
two years befij|| it is large enough to be felt
* When hreast cancer is found early, the
five-year survival f*te is 96%.
* Women age 65 or older are less likely
to get mammograms than younger women.
* Federal funding for breast cancer
research has grown 600 percent, from $92.7
million in 1991 to $660 million in 1999.
(Information
Cancer Foundation
from the National
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