The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2003 Page: 1 of 42
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Volume 13, No. 41
Dublin, Texas 76446
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Sandra Thomas
Turning
Back
75 YEARS AGO
JUNE 8 J928
Purchasers of new cars in
Dublin for the week of June I
were: T.F. Bryan, 1928
Studebaker Sedan; W.II. Ward,
I928 Chevrolet Coach; Emma
Carnell, 1928 Dodge Coupe;
and O.O. Gain, 1928 Chrysler
Sedan.
The following young people
returned home to Dublin from
attending college at John
Tarleton in Stephenville
Misses Mary Robbins, Laura
Scott, Thelma Shaddox, Neva
Cox, Lotena Onstott, O’Marie
Whisenant, Cleo Hancock and
James Bridges.
Mrs. Walker Whitfield,
Captain of Division Two of the
Busy Woman's Class of the
Methodist Church, assisted by
Mrs. Pearl Newton, entertained
the members of the class with a
delightful lawn party at the
home of Mrs. Pascal Hallmark
on North Grafton Street. The
wide porches of the home were
decorated with a profusion of
wild flowers and tables for
forty-two. Fifty-two guests
enjoyed the games and refresh-
ments. Besides members of the
class, the guests were: Mr. &
Mrs. Lawrence Keller, Dr. T.F.
Bryan, Mrs. And Mrs. A.G.
Macy, Mr. H.W. Harris and
Rev. and Mrs. J.F. Adams.
50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 5,1953
Work was started on a face-
lifting job at the Majestic
Theatre. According to Mr. and
Mrs. J.W. Blevins, theatre oper-
ators an application of white
stucco would be placed on the
upper exterior and the theatre
sign would be redone. Also the
interior and exterior of the post
office was re-decorated. This
work was done by the buildings
owner, W.H. Novit.
Cedric W. Bettis and Cecil
Bryan Ellis of Dublin were
among the 166 graduates to
receive degrees from Southwest
Texas State Teachers College.
Both were granted the bache-
lor's degree.
Playing at the Majestic
Theatre was "Montana Belle,"
starring Jane Russell and Scott
Brady.
Members of the Dublin
Luncheon Club voted an expres-
sion of thanks to Edwin Keller,
Chamber of Commerce manag-
er, for his work in assisting to
secure right-of-way for the
Dublin-Eden Hill highway. The
club also voted to ask E.W.
Harris and Ernest Durham to
appear and tell of their recent
trip.
The West Dublin Ranch
Wives Home Demonstration
Club met in the home of Mrs.
Bud Bennett with eight mem-
bers present.
25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 8, 1978
The Dublin Junior 4-H
Sewing Group completed their
Spring Sewing Classes. Mrs.
Garvin Hendon was leader of
the group, and Eugenia
Broughton was the junior
leader. Participants were
Michele Morris, Andrea
Hendon, Cheri Roulston and
Kim Sears.
Women of Rotary closed
their meeting for the 1978 year
at the Shamrock Room of the
Sunset Cafe. Mrs. Elizabeth
Jones and Mrs. Agnes Hardin
were hostesses. Mrs. Jill
Granberry, program chairman
introduced Mrs. Helen Franks
who served as installing officer.
Officers installed were: presi-
dent, Mrs. Teresa Mulloy; vice-
president, Mrs. Wanda Stevens;
secretary, Mrs. Frances Turney;
See TURNING page 2
THE SWING IS BACK - Tuesday night, the Dr Pepper sign at the Corner Lot was officially
unveiled and a swinging Miss Pretty Peggy Pepper is in motion. The sign was hand painted
this time so it will last longer.
It’s a big weekend
Let’s get ready to party!
Council defers gas
rate hike for study
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
You need to have your run-
ning shoes on for more reasons
than the obvious this weekend
as it is probably one of the
busiest two days of the year for
this area.
Not only does world-famous
Dublin Dr Pepper celebrate it's
112th birthday, but the all-
school reunion is going to be
held with a number of classes
having special meetings and
there is the grand opening of the
long-awaited Rodeo Heritage
Museum. It commemorates the
World Championship Rodeo
held in Dublin from 1940 to
1960 and the fact that Dublin
has long been the home of many
champion cowpoys and cow-
girls.
The Dublin Dr Pepper birth-
day bash has grown steadily for
more than a decade and this year
will be held for two days. The
events start at noon tomorrow
with the Alleyfest arts & crafts
booths around the Dr Pepper
plant downtown and then at 7
p.m., the Pretty Peggy Pepper
contest will get started. Again,
that is something new as it had
been held only on one day. Now
that contest will go on for two
days, concluding Saturday after-
noon.
Always a big hit is the art
and photo contest with exhibits
in the warehouse across the
street from the stage area.
Throughout both days, the Old
Doc's Soda Shop and Dr Pepper
museum tours will be going on.
So many things on Saturday
revolve around the 10-2-4 as the
times to have a "Pepper" to keep
your blood sugar up.
On Saturday morning, the
4K starts at 8 followed at 8:10
by the officially sanctioned
10K. The Alleyfest will be
going on with tt large number of
booths offering a variety of
goods (a partial list can be found
inside today's special section).
Entertainment will be con-
ducted on stage at varying inter-
vals and the backyard circus
will take place at 10, 2 and 4.
The 2K kids run takes off at
9:30 u.m., the Pretty Peggy
Pepper contest starts again at
noon and there will be the cut-
ting of the birthday cake at 1:30
p.m. Art contest winners will be
named at 2:30 p.m.
The reunion activities start at
various locations Friday night
with classes of 58, 63 and 68
having gatherings and then the
all-school reunion will gather at
the high school starting at 9 a.m.
with a bar-b-q lunch starting at
11:30 a m. at the high school.
This is a major fund raiser for
the Dublin Historical Society
and the Dublin Historical
Museum will be open all day.
Right next door to it is the
Rodeo Heritage Museum which
will have a grand opening at 11
a.m. Saturday and will have
activities all day long featuring
a hamburger Teas! starting right
after the ribbon cutting. There
will be several stick horse
rodeos along with clown face
painting, roping instruction and
a branding wall ceremony.
Many of the reunion activi-
ties will continue through the
weekend.
Bv MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
A gas rale hike requested by
TXU during the regular Dublin
City Council meeting Monday
night was deferred to a coalition
of cities to study the 7.2% pro-
posed increase.
However, Councilman Sam
Lamkin opposed the move, say-
ing it would only give money to
lawyers.
TXU official Bill Tucker
requested that the city defer the
increase of the public utility
commission as TXU is attempt-
ing to get all rates it charges in
the slate equalized.
TXU purchased Lone Star
Gas in 1996, he noted, saying
efforts have been made since
that time to have the same rales
for customers everywhere the
company serves.
The proposal would have
cost local residents on the aver-
age of $3.41 per month while it
would have saved businesses
about $2.58 per month.
Tucker says TXU serves
about 852 residents, with 101
commercial accounts and one
By BETH GIBSON
Stall writer
Erath < Ounty Grand Jury
relumed three indictments last
week including one for murder.
District Attorney John Terrill
will be presenting another mur-
der case to next months grand
|urv on Donna Marie Parrack.
43 She is currently being held
in the Erath County Jail and is
accused of bludgeoning Carl
Bailey, an elderly man. to death
before Christmas of 2001.
Indicted were: Paul Pr< ciado,
44. individually and as an agent
tor My 3 Sons Dairy. Inc., mis-
application ot fiduciary property
or property of a fiduciary insti-
tution.: Jason Camron York, 26.
sexual assault and Albert Peek
57. murder.
industry Tucker asked that the
council defer the decision as
TXU wants a statewide rate
which he declared the company
was entitled to for a fair return
on its investment.
Lamkin chided that most
people would be happy with the
more than four percent rate they
are now getting. The new pro-
posal would make a return of
more than seven percent.
The council discussed at
length a number of items
including a proposal by Lamkin
to have police remove garage
sale signs from utility poles
which is against city ordinance.
Police Chief Lannie Lee said he
would be opposed to the police
taking down the signs and track-
ing down a garage sale to give a
ticket as officers didn't see who
put the sign up.
However, code enforcement
officer William Lowe often
does just that and wanted the
signs removed and he would
track down the offenders to
inform them of the violation and
possibly give a citation. It
See GAS on page 6A.
Albert Peek has been indicted
with first degree murder by the
Grand Jury, of his wife. Janet
Peek
The children of Janet Peek
have brought the civil suit
against Albert Peek and hired
the experts to dispute the
father's explanation of events
that surrounded their mother's
death
On March 15, 2000, Peek
said he left their home on
County Road 387 (the water
tower road) about 1 in the after-
noon, after having had lunch
with his wife, to go to their
ranch in Nimrod. He returned to
his home about 5 p.m. to find
his wife dead in the bed of the
See INDICTMENT page 5 A
Grand Jury indicts for murder
AT HOME IN THE SADDLE-Ronnie Sill sits atop his horse as
natural as sittin’ in an easy chair.
By BETH GIBSON
Stall' Writer
Horse training is a lifestyle,
that requires dedication Ronnie
Sill grew up in Medina working
with horses and cows all his life.
Alter graduating from high
school he lived in New Mexico
for a number of years working
as a cowboy ’
Settling in Dublin was a nat-
ural transition for him. His
daughters attended college at
Tarleton and he was familiar
with the area from attending
('liltin' Horse events in the area.
He had quit training cutting
horses about eight years ago.
bin decided about four years ago
to get back into the business of
training horses.
Sill keeps a limited number
of horses, because he feels that
the people who hire him to train
their horse expect him to be the
gives attention to detail by keep-
ing a smaller number of horses.
He doesn't advertise. He
believes in reputation and word
of mouth. To take a horse from
2 year olds to a finished horse
that’s ready to begin competing
takes a good year.
Cutting horse events grew
out of working with horses on
the ranch, doing what a quarter
horse is bred to do. The
National Cutting Horse
Association was begun in 1946.
It was a small grass roots organ-
ization then and now it's a thriv-
ing association with the goal of
promoting the sport of cutting,
standardize the rules and pre-
serve the cutting horse heritage.
Quarter horses are the breed
of horse that are used for the
spoil of Cutting. Cutting has its
beginnings in the wide open
spaces. On the ranch, the pur-
pose was to separate a cow from
the herd and not under the
watchful eye of a judge.
Cutting-what is the chal-
lenge? To put it simply it is to
gently guide a single cow troin
the herd, with lightening fast
starts and turns to prevent it
from ducking past the horse and
back into the herd.
Today's cutting horses can
trace their roots back to three
principal founders of the Texas
line: Steel Dust, Billy horse and
Rondo's.
The origins of the horse come
from the Spanish horses brought
over with Cortes. For 350 years
these horses had been working
with cattle, by the time they
reached Texas they were capa-
ble of unbelievable endurance
and endowed with a cow sense
that seem ingrained in the breed
In the 18()()'s these Spanish
horses were mixed with the
Quarter horse racers from the
Eastern and Southern states.
The Quarter horses had been
selectively bred for generations
to produce a horse that would
fly over short distances
The cow-horse had been bred
by the law of survival of the
fittest, for which its stamina and
endurance are unequalled. The
cross of the cow horse and the
Quarter horse is what is today's
Quarter horse.
This horse has the speed to
overtake the fastest calf, the
weight to hold the heaviest cow,
endurance to work day after day
and the desire and love to work
with cattle.
The Quarter horse is very
heavy in front, with his weight
directly over his forelegs, which
gives him his unusual stance.
Because of the horses powerful
and stocky legs, tills horse has
unsurpassed maneuverability.
He can stop and turn at
speeds other horses can't, which
is required for being able to cut
a calf from the herd.
Sill says that you know
before going into the herd which
calf it is you wish to cut You
want a fresh cow. so you can
show off the horse's ability
The purpose, in competition,
is for the rider and horse to work
as a team to demonstrate their
cattle handling skills.
The contest begins as the
team (horse and rider) cross the
time line and moves toward the
herd to quietly, deliberately and
without hesitation cut two to
three animals. When the "cut"
(which gives the sport its name)
is complete, the challenge really
begins.
Once the cow is isolated near
the center of the arena, the rider
must loosen his rein so the horse
has the freedom to demonstrate
its "cow sense" ability, by con-
trolling the cow with agility,
balance, speed and mobility.
The horse has to match the
cows every move. The cullin'
horse is trained to react instinc-
tively to the cows movements
without the need for direction.
A loose rein will give you high
marks, but a lost cow will result
in penalties.
To train a horse to do this
requires a constant supply of
fresh cows. Sill says he can use
his cows for about a month then
must gel fresh ones. Training
See SILL on page 5 A
one riding and training. He
COOLING DOWN-Training is daily. After a work out Sill
puts the horse on a walker for a cooling down time.
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