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The Dublin Process
Dublin’s newspaper since 1888
Wednesday, March 12,1986
Town starts 'Painting Dublin Green' Friday
A number of special events are
planned Saturday. These include the
dedication of the sesquicentennial
pavilion at W M. Wright Historical
Park, the parade, the Irish Canter
foot race, pig races and hog calling,
Horseshoe Pitching Contest and Stew
Cookoff.
Other Saturday activities include
the Road Runners Square Dancers, a
pet show, Freedom Singers Gospel
Quartet, Ceilidh Country Dancers.
Breakdance and Lip Sync Contests,
Hay Hauling Competition and Blind
Tractor Driving.
There will also be a stew supper
and a country western dance
Saturday.
Throughout the day Saturday
booths, including the fishing booth,
and exhibits will be open The air gun
competiton and the softball tourna-
ment will continue competition begun
Friday and a Cessna fly-in will be
held at the airport.
'Sunday activities include a presen-
tation of the key to the city to a par-
ticipant in the Dublin-to-Fort Worth
bike race, the beginning of the race,
team roping competition and the
fishing hole fish sale
For more information about the St.
Patrick's Celebration activiUes see
the special St. Patrick's edition in-
cluded with this, week's Dublin
Progress
Pageants are Friday
Artist* Enter Annual Art Show-Jackey Clough of Gustine, far nght. was among several people submitting entries
m the annual Art Show, Judged Hobby Show and Photography Show Sunday ifcrnoon Euia M„e Doggett, left, and
Frances Moore, both of Dublin, assist Hough as he enters paintings for his wife, Debra Mrs Doggett is chairman of
the art show, held in conjunction with the annual St Patrick s Celebration
• Progress Staff Photo i
Sesquicentennial Wagon Train
Hammonds' travel in covered wagon
’BAJ
Marie Helm
For two days recently a Dublin
family stepped into the past to ex-
perience one of the ways families
moved to Texas in frontier days
lonme and Melinda Hammonds,
and their fourth grade son Mark,
spent two days the first of March
traveling with the Tens Ses-
quicentennial Wagon Train, a trip
lonme won through the WBAP Com-
munity Service Hub
The two days were great, but 1
wouldn't want to stay on the wagon
train for six months," said lonme
“It makes you really appreciate the
folks who used to travel this way,” he
added
The Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon
Train is composed of approximately
60 wagons in addition to horse riders
The Hammonds family traveled in
the WBAP wagon, which had no spr-
ings and was pulled by two mules
The wagon would get into a
The wagon train took three water
breaks each day and Melinda said the
teams were watered first before
anything else was done
"You don't get a drink for yourself
before you water your team," she
said
At night the Hammonds slept in the
wagon they rode in during the day
'[The wagons were real narrow,"
said Mark 'The one we slept in was
onl\38 inches wide inside," he said
jThe wagon train puts in long
days," lonme said "It’s not just a
joy ride."
Mark said thev were awakened at 5
Festivities for the annual St.
Patrick's Celebration begin Friday
and will continue through Sunday as
the community "Paints Dublin
Green."
"We have something planned for
just about everybody,” said Karen
Wright, chairman of the celebration.
Activities begin at 9 a.m. Friday
with the air gun competition and the
seilior citizens games getting under-
way At 3 p.m. the senior citizens
band contests begin.
The Men s Invitational Slowpitch
begins at 6 p.m.' nd the first round of
pig races and hog calling will be also
be held at 6 p.m. Friday.
Wanda Wade Dancers perform at
6:30 p.m. and the Little Miss Dublin.
Senior Ms. Dublin and Miss Dublin
pageants begin at 7 p.m.
All day a fishing tank and the car-
nival will be open at city park. From
MO 30 p.m. Friday booths and ex- The Little Miss Dublin, Senior Ms Building at Dublin City Park this
hibits will be open at the Fair Dublin and Miss Dublin pageants will year.
all be held Friday night at the Fair Pre-pageant entertainment will be
provided by the Wanda Wade
Dancers beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Friday.
This year there are 29 girls com-
peting for Little Miss Dublin
"They will walk across the stage
time for their stops and tpms."
lid Linda Scott, coordinator for the
pageant. "Then we’ll line them
across the front, after which they will
be introduced individually and then
crowned,” she said
This year there will be four young
men serving as escorts and they will
assist with each pageant
In the Little Miss Dublin Pageant,
judges will be choosing Little Miss
Dublin, first runner-up and second
runner-up. A $25 gift certificate will
also be presented to the girl with most
ticket sales.
Assisting Mrs. Scott with the Little
Miss Pageant is Laura Young and
Missy Murphy
Building
Pig races slated
(ompetition is expected to be very Saturday,
intense this week when the Ham Hock The pigs, and their sponsoring
Derby takes place during the St. businesses, are Piggy Bank, First
Patrick's Celebration activities. National Bank of Dublin; John the
Eight pigs will be competing in the Jet. First Sta^ Bank of Gustine;
three races scheduled on Friday and Speedy Andready, Dublin Medical
Center; Car Crash, Armstrong
Motors; Arnie Airway, KSTV; Gore
Hog, Gore Bros.: Premium Pride,
Dublin Insurance; and Back Cracker,
Sharp Chiropractic Clinic.
In the Senior Ms. Dublin pageant,
Hammonds tells tale
(Editor I Note: TV following arti-
cle was written by Mark Hammonds
of Dublin, fourth grade too of Lonnie
aad Melinda Hammonds. This is
Mart's account of the trip toe Ham-
monds family took with toe Texas
Sesqalctateaaial Wagon Train
earlier this mouth.)
My Own Tale of the Trail
By Mark Hammonds
When you go on a wagon train
rhythm of bouncing on the paved you're in for a surrmse' That day at
roads and that wasn't too bad. " said when 1 learned that my family
Melinda, but when we got off the and I had won a two-day trip on the
stopped for lunch and had pre-made
tuna sandwiches A school bus full of
high school kids stopped and the
highschoolers looked at the wagons.
.After lunch, we were on our way to 'Continued on Pg. 2i
Spring Branch
At 3:00 I was a little worried about
the dark clouds ahead Winnie and
Glyn Pearce put a cloth that had
plastic windows and slits for reins
over the front of our wagon just as it
began to rain One horse behind us
loved the rain as it stuck it’s tongue
out to catch raindrops
When we got to our campsite we
Dublin’s races will pit four pigs
a.m the first morning when the against each other in two separate
driver of their wagon jacked it up to heats in a semi-oval track in the blue
take the wheels off in order to grease building at city park. The races are
the axle set for 6 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m.
At the time the Hammonds were 'and 6 p.m. Saturday. *
riding on the train it had traveled Between the two heats at each race U1 U1C ^1UU1 m3. L,UUUJ1 pa^ean[
about 1,050 miles and still lacked 2,000 event. participants will Compete in an Senior Ms. Dublin and runner-up will
miles old-fashioned hog calling contest with be crowned. There- are eight women
In addition to the thrill of actually firsL second and third place awards competing for the honor
nding on a wagon train, the Ham- being presented to the best callers.
monds enjoyed the many experiences The Miss Dublin Pageant drew 12
...... The pigs are called Rapid Razor- contestants this year. Out of town
backs by owners Animal Behavior judges will be selecting Miss Dublin.
Enterprises, Inc. of Hot Springs. Ark first runner-up and second runner-up
The races gained such unexpected Miss Congeniality and Most Ticket
response at the recent Fort Worth Fat Sales will also be honored
Stock Show that a number of races Contestants in the Miss Dublin
were doubled and standing room only Pageant will meet with judges at 4
crowds attended every race. p.m. Friday for a tea. *
of their trip.
Children from schools we passed
would line the streets,” said Melinda
"One group sang Happy Birthday'
and several had large banners made
up
School board
draws eleven
candidates
- • Eleven candidates filed for the
found it a real mud hole We waded three seats on the Dublin Independent
p.-.dro^.rci.uttrfhti^rocfa '’JZLT/Z Z f b“ *nd Tr1 'S'*100* District School Board which
•nd unmr ground it „,s r»U, Zte Z Zf JXZ aboart But then «t tad Utf Wll be lillad In,the April S election.
SSWaStSM
Gilmaii.CharlesF.ClSSee,DaleE.
and Winnie Pearce in the WBAP Antonio to pick up our car. We drove Yount Delbert I Shafer Rnnnie r
«*» .muni the »e«on.ere t„o back to the campsite <o, mudhole. iZwTyZ
Uy mu. turned Pat aad Kit We had to part 2-4 mite a.ay iron,
aa ZZiZ camp. When .chad earned allot our These ei«ht candidates are running
Zh luMagcla our ate «e touiKlth^t it lor the seats currently held byZrden
road By the tune we got out to the was a little cozy. Our wagon was only Reeder and Lane Jones.
rough
"There's a lot of difference in
nding in the back of the wagon and on
the spring seat," said Lonnie
Mart said he could really tell a dif-
ference in the nde when he rode on
the spring seat and drove the team.
The wagon train is composed of
wagons all sues and kinds, most highway, a large crowd was waiting
sponsored by businesses by ^ ^way m us off Poll*
'T sUg*CM,ches'JFys bad to stop the traffic for us to roll
fnn*<Lon_ ^«les through the intersection. When a
without tops, schooners and chuck school bus came by all the children
wagona, said Melinda. She said seemed to wish they could join the
three feet wide on the inside Three candidates filed for the two-
At 4 30 a m. we were awakened by year unexpired term currently held
the sound of Glyn jacking up our by Travis Barnes. They are Barnes
wagon to grease the wheels with us in Bill G Ellis and John L. Underwood,
it! He removed the wheels in order to
grease them. w
By 5:00 we decided to get up and get
STZfnZZ'Z.'SSS ”?r P. „ By 5:00 we decided to get up and get _ _ _ _
After an hour or so went by we had ready. It was easy since we had slept A A UP tn k ft Ct
a water break, thank goodness! We in our clothes. Tw nU5l
candidates
horses or mules
The Hammonds said the wagons buckets from the water wagon
were circled every night and each for ^ horses and mules Thirty
ittoming the wagon master shouted uter the wagon master
Wagons ho! ’ to get the train shouted, "Wagon ho!” and we were
oft. We had three water breaks each
day. -
moving.
Contestants for the Dublin school
board election have been invited by
the AARP to speak during the
meeting held March 13 at 6 p.m. in the
Senior Citizens Center.
Each candidate will be given five
We left that morning at 7:38 a.m.
To get out of there we had to climb a
steep, slippery hill. So the two mules
put it in 8-hoof power and went up the
hill at about 10 m.p.h. Behind us we
saw a team of runaway mules and an
, A t . outrider stopping them Later when
I thought to myself what beautiful we arrived at Blanco we had the
scenery there is out here. Bluebon- whole town as a welcoming commit- «« vmiuiuaie win oe given nvt
n^i were already blooming along the tee. We went around the square and minutes to state their platform.
r°Srlde . _, . , ate lunch. There will be no questions asked dur-
eekmetoteGuadalupe River. It After lunati we still had 14 miles to ing the speeches,
was so wide it looked like the Johnson City. Winnie and Glyn taught After the meeting, there will be
'onfmays Soo*e me how to drive the mules. Finally, at refreshments served and a question-
r^T1 second thoukht-s about about 5:30, Dad drove up in the car answer session for those who want to
ti n and I said my goodbyes to Pat and speak with the contestants
At Bulverde, children were outside Kit, Winnie and Glyn. We were on our
waving, singing, and holding signs way home. It’s "wagons whoa!” for
that they had made. A little later we me \ ,
--------— —----- First Team All District Named-Two Dublin basketball players were nam-
AARP reporter, Lois Carr, said all ed as first team, all district They are Tom Ellis (left) and Torn Nelson
persons are invited to attend the (right). 1
raeet‘n* (Progress Staff Photo J
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