The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1978 Page: 2 of 38
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THE DUBLIN PROGRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 16,1978 PAGE 2
“Freedom of the press is the staff of life
for any vital democracy— Wendell Wilkie
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Biggest Celebration
Important, Too
THE DAY FOR (he “Wearing of the
Green" It upon ut. Dublin, Texas
welcomes (he rest of (he state to the
Emerald Isle of the Heart of Texas, or to
the Texas Home of St. Patrick, where
green is an overwhelming favorite color,
“gold" Is In them thar hills In the form of
agriculture, and where luck thrives upon
the smart Inhabitants of the region.
THIS IS THE WEEK when the
leprechauns come out, when shamrocks
are abundant and symbolize everything
Irish, like Irish potatoes, Irish stew1, Irish
coffee, and Irish brew. There's Irish eyes
of smilin' fame, and Irish lassies, too. The
blarney stone, the Irish names, the
“Spring" In me and you.
IT IS A TIME when St. Patrick, the fellow
who long ago drove all the snakes out of
Ireland, Is In the limelight, and where In
Texas, Dublin makes live the legend of the
Irish heritage.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF festivities for
everyone, from a parade, to an armadillo
race, to a senior citizens Olympics, to an
Indian pow-wow, to a softball tourney, to a
carnival, to dances, to an Irish Stew
Cook-off, to events too numerous to list. It
should be a time of joy and entertainment,
when Dublin should be on Its best
behavior, for there will be thousands of
visitors experiencing part of that grand
Dublin hospitality.
we welcome visitors and former residents
to town, wish them luck and happiness In
their stay here, and most of all wish them
back next year—and always.
—W. Leon Smith
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Dublin
Outdoors
By W.R. Long
March isn't a month. It’s a
period wind and weather may
vent its anger on man. The
entire situation should be
taken off the calendar. Too
late for quail. Too early for
bass, too warm for deer and
too cold for camping. Who
acutallv needs it?
Forty years or more around
Dublin, without inside bath-
rooms. we never had to take a
bath in March. There’s
something about sitting down
in a cold M2 tub that's
unappealing. We did wade
the river and run frotlines and
that's enough washing for
anybody.
Back then we had no boats,
but then we had no lakes to
put 'em on either. But today,
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5 A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK g
An amusing example of changing times Is seen In this
PARTIAL guide line of requirements and restrictions for
teachers in Franklin, Massachusetts In 1870.
Men teachers may take one night each week for courting
purposes or two evenings a week If they go to church
regularly. After school, the teacher must spend the time
until supper reading the Bible and other good
books...Women teachers who marry or engage In unseemly
conduct will be discharged...Every teacher should lay aside
from each month's pay a goodly sum, for his benefit during
his declining years so that he will not become a burden on
society...Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor In any form,
frequents pool halls, or gets shaved In a barber shop, will
give good reason to suspect his worth, Integrity and
honesty...The teacher who performs his duties regularly and
faithfully, and without fault for five years, will be given an
Increase of 25 cents a week In his pay, providing the Board of
Education approves...
| P.S.—There was no shortage of teachers! |...
Harrell Funeral Home
445-3311-Dublin, Texas
MARCH 20
APRIL 17
with insulated underwear,
and more cars, roads and
shelter, wc are able to go to
the lake for a day rather than
the week of yesteryear. Since
bass aren't yet in shallow
water, and since the game
agency thinks we aren’t
entitled to a sand bass
stocking, we fail to catch any
fish, so we watch someone
else do it on television, and
spend the time cleaning last
year's hunting rifle and this
year's reel.
March is dabbling month.
All that'll be necessary for
crappie is a ten foot pole and
four feet of line. Around the
edges of lakes and in the
rivers the dabbling method
is simply the lowering of the
baid around trees, stumps
and brush piles. Raising and
lowering is time-consuming,
slow work, but highly pro-
ductive. The fish are either
scooping out a nest or near
the nest guarding it. Dabbling
never fails once spawning
starts. And now and then an
old male channel cat will
reach up and grab and
offering.
And a story is recalled. Back
before the Texas angler knew
there was much to fish with
and for except trotline,
throwline and catfish, we
headed for the Leon, near the
old White's Bluff. Here the
river was deep, cold and as
fishy as any stream in the
state. Here we had a
mile-long hole of water
working alive with big, saucy
yellow cal and sleek fat
channels. Seining the shoals
always produced baid. and
bait on (he hook was as good
as fish in the gunny sack,
except once we slipped up.
The willow bush was slap-
ping the water, and we knew
it was a big one. And it was. it
w as 26 pounds (our scales lied
a little but not much) of gar.
pur old toothv longnosed gar.
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ASSOCIATION:
for St. Patrick's Day. Have
you done your share?
Thank you.
Mrs. Barbara Bean
In those days we wasted
nothing, hence with the help
of hatchet and pliers, we
shucked hinfout of his armor.
He looked pretty. He fried
pretty. But one meal was all
we could tolerate so the rest
was iced down and brought
home to Ray Long, our papa.
Papa put mama to frying it.
and I was killing time telling
him how we had caught that
big old catfish and cut him
into steaks like slicing bol-
ogna. Mama cooked a mean
fish plate and soon he bit into
his first bite of home-fried gar
meat. Two chomps of his jaws
and he looked up at me, no
change of his expression
except a reddening around
the ears and a watering of the
eyes. He finished the bit. got
up. gathered all the filets
from his plate, and the fish
dish, and put the whole
kaboodle in a bread wrapper.
Mama wanted to know where
he w as going.
"I'm going." he said, "to
take my mother-in-law some
fish. I can't stand this much
prosperity without sharing it
with her." And he did. And
from that day forward neither
of them ever liked fish again.
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LETTER TO THE EDITORi
Dear Editor:
I live in a wonderful town
and a wonderful country. I
believe that Dublin should be
kept cleaner by its citizens.
This morning I have tried to
contribute to the upkeep of
this community bv removing
an eyesore close to home.
We live at the West Clinton
Apartments. Nearby is North
Patrick and the open area
between the Shell Gas Station
and the Double-Inn Drive/In.
This area is a favorite night
lime parking spot of young
people. These people, who
arc citizens, arc drinking
liquor and discarding their
empty bottles all along this
parking area which is highly
visible from the highway.
I kept hoping either the
young people would quit
being litterbugs. or some
great citizens would come
along and clean up the mess
of beer bottles and broken
glass. Finally. I remembered
that I. too. have a responsibil-
ity to mv neighborhood and to
the fair community of Dublin.
So, I took a grocery bag and
gathered empty bottles, but
there were still more liquor
bottles. It took three bags to
collect all of the litter. (This
deed goes back to my early
Girl Scout training. I feel
sure.)
Let's help "Keep America
Beautiful." as Mrs. Lyndon
Johnson suggested a few
years ago. Let's make Dublin
a showplace. and a home to
be proud of. Remember.
"Don't Be A Litterbug."
Remember, too. Dublin will
be having plenty of visitors
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Sergeant Johnny Hernan-
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Marcelo Hernandez of Co-
manche. recently participated
in annual winter training in
Grafenwohr. Germany.
The training included unit
maneuvers and live fire
exercises designed to test
their proficiency under simu-
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Sgt, Hernandez is regularly
assigned as a squad leader
with the 1st Infantry Divisioin
in Goppingen, Germany. He
entered the Army in May
1973. His wife, Beatriz. is
with him in Germany.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1978, newspaper, March 16, 1978; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth778209/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.