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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
AWARD WINNER1
1987
Vol. 100 No. 10
10 pages in one section
Wednesday, July 29,1987
Home receives extensive damage
Extensive damage was received by reported about 9:30 p.m. Friday. and smoke. ferent ways to get to the fire because
the home of Lona Lucas during a fire “Our preliminary finding is the fire Warner said firemen were the onlookers had blocked the road-
Friday evening. was caused by smoking,” said hampered in their efforts to ex- way,’’said Warner.
Assistant Fire Chief Paul Warner Warner. tinguish the fire by onlookers who had Warner said the pumper was final-
said the home, located at 125 W. The family lost clothing and bed- stopped to look at the fire, or those ly able to get to the fire by driving
Sheridan, was' about 75 percent ding to the fire. Warner said other who were driving by slowly. through a vacant lot traveling bet-
destroyed by the blaze. The fire was possessions were damaged by heat “Our pumper had to try three dif- ween a tree and an electric pole.
Firemen learn methods to douse fires
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Smoke Blackens The Sky-Fireballs flash in the huge column of black
smoke created by a pit fire at the 58th Annual Municipal Texas Firemen’s
Training School at Texas A&M in College Station. The correct way to ex-
tinguish the blaze was among the many different firefighting techniques
taught during the week. Attending the school last week were Dublin firemen,
James Fritts, Joey Billingsley, Ken Jumey, Charles Malone and Doug Poor.
(Progress Staff Photo)
Woods recalls days
of covered wagons
By
Sherry Pilkington
Elmer Woods, 95, remembers the
days of covered wagons and farming
as he had travelled in the early
19-teens to East Texas and to the
Plains.
“We spent one year on the Plains. I
couldn't see nothing out there. We liv-
ed in Floyd County and my wife got
homesick. We went out there in a
covered wagon and it took 11 days,”
said Woods.
Woods also made two trips to East
Texas to pick cotton in 1917.
Woods grew up on a farm in Purvis
Community. He farmed all his life.
“I milked many a cows in my day.
We lived on a farm until 1945. When
everyone moved from the communi-
ty, we moved to,” said Woods.
Woods enjoys thinking back to past
days, remembering many memories.
“At singing school in Wilson is
where I met my wife. I went with her
for 12 months. We married and
started life out together,” said
Woods.
Woods and his wife, Viola Kerley,
were married June 5,1910. They were
married for 75 years before she pass-
ed away.
Weather
by Arra Lee Nelson
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Woods also remembers other
things in the past. One of main ac-
tivities in the community where he
grew up was 42. He said they’d get
together every Friday night at dif-
ferent houses and play.
He also remembers purchasing a
donkey for his son to ride to school.
“I paid $10 for that donkey, but I
think it gave me over $100 of trouble,”
said Woods.
“I look back over them years and
they’re just as plain to me as they
ever was,” said Woods.
Woods has seen a lot of change over
the years. He has seen transportation
in the form of covered wagons to the
form of automobiles. One thing he has
also noticed is separations in
marriages.
“We never heard of separation in
those days. Now, married two weeks
and they’re separated and gone. I
think those days were a lot better
than these,” said Woods.
Woods continues to be active. He is
a resident of Golden Age Manor, but
still owns a house down the road from
Golden Age. He says he still mows his
lawn once a week until it gets too dry.
Woods, the oldest of seven children,
was bom on Sept. 4,1891. He has two
sons, four grandchildren, and 13
great grandchildren.
“The Lord has been good to me.
The only disappointment I had is
when I lost my wife. We had a good
life together,” said Woods.
By
Marie Helm
Progress Managing Editor
Huge fireballs rolled up the enor-
mous column of pitch black smoke as
firemen braved intense heat to fight
towering flames.
Following the direction of their in-
structors, firemen brought the huge
pit of burning oil under control and
extinguished it in minutes.
Simultaneously, just yards away,
firemen learned a different method of
attack to douse ‘cottage’ fires, or to
extinguish fires in a retail store or an
apartment complex. Other firemen
were learning correct methods of put-
ting out LP gas fires.
There were firemen learning to
rappel and also learning how to use a
rope, ladder and pulley to rescue vic-
tims from heights or depths.
Roaring in the distance were power
supplies for Jaws of Life equipment
as other firemen learned how to open
a wrecked vehicle to remove victims.
There was even a group dealing with
the special rescue problems which
arise in a farm machinery accident.
This year 2,312 students and 400-500
instructors and staff members at-
tended the 58th Annual Municipal
Texas Firemen’s Training school at
Texas A&M University in College Sta-
tion. Firemen from municipalities,
industries and armed services,
representing over 775 cities from ap-
proximately 25 states and numerous
provinces and countries attended the
week-long school. Among them were
Ken Jumey, Doug Poor, C. E.
(Charles) Malone and instructors
James Fritts and Joey Billingsley, all
of Dublin.
“The school increases knowledge of
the individual fireman,” said Fritts,
fire chief of the Dublin Volunteer Fire
Department. “He can also bring that
information back to the local fire
department for the benefit of other
firemen.”
Fireman J. C. Swadley of Grand
Prairie said the school is unique
because all instructors volunteer to
lead the training. According to
Swadley, W. P. (Uncle Buck)
Hallmark of Dublin was one of the
early organizers of the annual fire
school.
“Col. H. R. Brayton, a chemistry
instructor at Texas A&M, is the one
that started the firemen's training
school,” said Swadley. “The State
Firemen’s and Fire Marshalls’
Assocation saw it was a benefit to the
firemen of Texas, so they became
part of the school’s advisory board.”
During the early years, the school
was held under shade trees. Today,
most classes meet under pavilions.
“In the beginning we had to be very
aware of any danger involved in what
we were doing,” said Swadley. “Here
at the Brayton Firemen Training
Field, safety factors are built in. We
have valves we can turn off if it's
necessary.”
In addition to improving the fire
training facility to offer on hands
training for all kinds of fires and
rescue situations, the fire school has
increased it’s curriculum to meet the
needs of those coming for training.
In 1954 the school had five projects
with approximately 20-25 students in
each group. When Swadley first
began attending the school more than
30 years ago, the curriculum was
limited to Class A fires (put out with
fire extinguishers), Sprinkler
Systems, Class B fires (such as oil
fires), Ladders, Hose Evolutions,
Fire Salvage and Special Fires.
“We had a special fires class where
we yould bring magnesium and bum
it,” said Swadley.
Today the school has 26 different
classes dealing with firefighting, fire
prevention, rescue, officer training,
pump maintenance and pump opera-
tions. A second week of training has
been added just to deal with hazar-
dous materials.
“What we experimented with years
ago is real valuable in using on
chemical fires today," said Swadley.
Swadley said firemen have to con-
tinue learning new techniques of
firefighting because new materials
are being invented each year.
“One of our goals is to get
firefighters better trained to serve
ti.eir community better,” said Capt.
Tommy May with the Beaumont Fire
Department. “The uniform training
they receive here makes it possible
for various departments to work side
by side on major fires."
Help Is available now for
victims of family violence
By
Marie Helm
Progress Managing Editor
"Notice to Adult
Victims of
Family Violence
It is a crime for any person to cause
you any physical injury or harm even
if that person is a member or former
member of your family or
household. ”
This notice is part of a brochure be-
ing prepared by the Dublin Police
Department. The brochure will also
contain information about the legal
rights and remedies available for vic-
tims of family violence.
Why is a brochure like this
necessary?
“We have a lot of family violence
here in Dublin,” said Dublin
policeman Benny Noel. "In the
average month we’ll have 15-22 calls.
Some months we don’t have any and
other months we’ll have a lot.”
Dublin policeman C. E. (Charles)
Malone said family violence seems to
be worse between Thanksgiving and
Christmas. (Family violence is defin-
ed as the intentional use or threat of
physical force by a member of a
family or household against another
member of a family or household, but
does not include the reasonable
discipline of a child by a person hav-
ing that duty.)
“The biggest majority of the time,
alcohol is involved,” said Malone.
"Drugs are also involved."
The two policemen said Dublin
Police Department has dealt with
everything from quarreling to
physical violence.
“A lot of times it’ll break down to
economic depression,” said Malone.
“The husband has lost his job, he gets
depressed and takes it out on his
wife.”
The policemen said victims of fami-
ly violence need to report the incident
to the police department. Victims can
also appeal to the court for
protection.
“Any adult member of a household
can apply for a protecive order for
themselves and/or their children,”
said Noel.
Provided spouses have not already
filed for divorce, the court is able to
order persons within a family or
household to refrain from acts that
may be harmful to other members of
the family or household.
Under current law, courts can
order that: the abuser not commit
further acts of violence; the abuser
not threaten harrass, or contact the
victim; direct the abuser to leave the
household; and establish temporary
custody of children and direct the
abuser not to interfere with the
children or any property.
Women who are needing to get
away from abusive spouses can seek
shelter from HOPE Inc. by calling
968-4001 in Stephenville or 325-1306 in
Mineral Wells. Project HOPE in
Stephenville, 965-2700, can also help
women get in touch with the shelter.
To talk with counselors, or for
direction to other available services,
victims of family violence can call
Crisis Intervention at 1-800-772-5987.
Crisis Intervention, provided by
MHMR (Mental Health/Mental
Retardation), is answered by
qualified counselors. MHMR can also
provide in-person counseling and can
make referrals to other services
which would be appropriate for a
family’s situation.
Football practice set
Shorts, shoes and helmets will be issued to high school football players
from 1-5 p.m. Aug. 6 at the field house.
“Only high school players need to show up for this,” said head coach Mon-
ty Sides. “Junior high football players will get their equipment when school
starts.”
High school football players begin two-a-days Aug. 10.
Morning workouts will begin at 7:30 a.m. The evening workout will begin
at 6 p.m. Football players will meet at the field house.
Shower set for Gerharts
WM about 75 percent destroyed by fire Friday night The
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