The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1978 Page: 1 of 18
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DUBLIN. TEXAS 76446
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1978
91st. YEAR NUMBER 12
Ctty Council
Schedules
2 Meetings
The Dublin City Council will
hold two opecial meetings on
Thursday, September 7, at
City Hall beginning at 7 p.m.
and 8 p.m. respectively.
The purpose of the seven
o’clock meeting will be to
allow the Council members
and members of the public an
opportunity to review and
comment on the proposed
budget for the City of Dublin.
The second meeting, to be
held at 8 p.m. will be to hear
citizen comment concerning
the proposed use of General
Revenue Sharing Funds. The
reserve and anticipated
funds equal approximately
$50,000,
All interested persons are
invited to attend.
Fall Fair Schedule Approved
Plans for the activities of
the 24th Annual Dublin Fall
Fair were completed at a
meeting held Monday night.
L.H. Jones, general chair-
man of the 1978 Fair, presid-
Saturday, Oct. 1
9:00 a.m.—Dairy Goat
Show (all day) Bruce Han
chairman.
6:00 p.m .—Fair Auction
9:00 p.m —Queen’s and Lit-
ed at the meeting where the tie Miss Drawings
following schedule was ap- 9:00 p.m.—Country West-
proved:
Wednesday. Sept. 27
5:30 p.m—Downtown Pa-
rade - $225.00 in cash prizes to
be awarded and competition
for ribbons in seven cate-
gories: Out-of-town entries,
local entries, riding clubs,
drill teams, marching bands,
pets and owners, and bike
riders. Margaret Jones and
Carolyn Holden co-chairman
& representative and Mrs.
Ed Mayes, Parade Mar-
shalls.
em Dance to 1:00 a.m.
Other attractions at the
Fair include: community
booths, commercial booths,
open class contests (canned
foods, bread spreads, quilt,
rugs and pillow cases, hob-
bies, and Art), and art (oils,
water color, drawing and
china painting). Mrs. Mamie
Gatlin is Superintendent of
open class contest.
Concessions and food will
be provided by the FHA girls.
1st Meeting
For Little
Miss Set
8:00 p.m.—Judging of the Mrs. Lynda Stafford and
Dublin Little Miss Queen Mrs. Karen Keith are super-
The first meeting of parents
and girls who will be entering
the “Little Miss Fall Fair”,
will be August 28th at 6:30
p.m. at the ball park. All girls
who will be entering kinder -
garden or first grade this year
will be eligible. Last day to
enter will be Tuesday Sept-
embers.
For information call: Phyllis
Morton. 445-2488; Sandy
Smith. 445-3443; or
Ripley. 445-3615.
contest.
9:00 p.m —Coronation of
Dublin Little Miss Queen.
Mrs. Chuck Morton, Mrs.
Linda Botik, Mrs. Eloise
Ripley, Mrs. Donald Smith
co-chairmen.
Thursday Sept. 28
4:00 p.m.-Queen's Tea
8:00 p.m —Judging of Dub-
lin Fall Fair Queen Contest
9:00 p.m.—Coronation of
Dublin Fall Fair Queen. Mrs.
Stromy Armstrong, Mrs. Te-
resa Salyer co-chairmen.
Friday Sept. 3(
7:00 p.m.—Old Fiddlers
Contest. J.W. Abernathy
chairman and MC.
7:00 p.m.—Open Holstein
Elois Show. Bobby Traweek,
chairman.
visors.
Coffee, cake and pie will be
served by Dublin Senior
Citizens, Inc., Jake McCor-
mick, President.
Parking will be handled by
the Dublin Quarterback
Club, Dr. Joe Robert Pate,
President.
Bingo and a cake walk will
be offered by the Dublin
Jaycees.
Other activities under con-
sideration are: a cutting
horse competition, carnival,
musical festival, paintings
for sale, exhibits and gospel
singing.
Present at the Monday
meeting were L.H. Jones,
Margaret Jones, Carolyn
Holden, Teresa Salyer, Stor-
my Armstrong, Lynda Staf-
ford, Karen Keith, Bobby
Traweek, Dr. Ron Huse,
Jack Pratt, J.W. Abernathy,
Mamie Gatlin, Phyliss Mor-
ton, Cindy Aldridge and Bill
Grimes.
Cemetery Assn.
To Elect Officers
The annual meeting of the
Barbee Cemetery Association
will be held Saturday. August
26. at 7:30 p.m., in the TP&L
Building in Dublin.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected, and everyone
in the association is urged to
attend.
4th Sunday
Singing Set
The regularly scheduled 4th
Sunday singing will be held at
the Highland Avenue Metho-
dist Church in Dublin. Sun-
day. August 22 beginning at
1:30 p.m.
Stephenville Rodeo
To Begin Next Week
The time is drawing near for Jack Berry,
the annual Erath County In charge of the parking
Livestock Association’s Labor facilities will be Stanley
Day rodeo. A parade will kick White and Perry Elliott is
off the event, and featured taking care of the publicity,
will be all type of rodeo Donating to the rodeo so far
PTA’ers Discuss
Coming Session
President Mrs. Gary Yar- the parade. Anyone wishing
borough called an executive to help should contact Mrs.
meeting of the Dublin PTA on Yarborough.
August 15. Plans for the The PTA is considering
1978-79 school year were having a Halloween Carnival,
discussed. Suggestions were made for a
The PTA plans to have a Spook House and a Queens
food booth at the Fall Fair. Contest. It is hoped that each
Nachols andT drinks will be class will be able to hive a
sold. Volunteers are needed booth,
to work in the booth and also AMPI cheese will be sold by
to help decorate the float for PTA members in November
and December.
Banners will be awarded to
room count winners. The
class having the highest
percentge of parents in PTA
will be given free tickets to
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SPLISH-SPLASH—A quick but rabatau-
tlal thundershower passed through Dublin
Monday, as is evident In this photo taken at
a downtown intersection. It only lasted
about half an hour, but ther«L.was plenty to
fill gullies and gutters, and make travel
much more difficult than has been the case
most af the summer.
—Dublin Progress Photo
but theroewas pk
Commissioners Schedule
Discussion Of Budget
events, plus a dance.
Rodeo chairman Robert
Elliott and co-chairman Gla-
dys Bodine are working out
arrangements for the annual
event.
In charge of the ticket sales
will be Rusty Tackett. The
grounds committee will be
headed by Kenneth Wyantt.
The parade will be under the
direction of Bill Cogbum and
arc G.K. Lewallen, Dan
Malone (Dairy Queen), Mc-
Donalds, and others. Gladys
Bodine is seeking further
contributions.
This year the Miss Rodeo
Texas contest will not be a
part of the ECLA Rodeo.
Robert Elliott, one of the
The Erath County Commis- missioners. behind the calculations. After proposed budget to reflect
the Halloween Carnival (one sioners, in a meeting Monday Mary McCoy, Democratic some discussion, it was these changes, specifically
per child). morning at 9:30 a.m., decided nominee for county judge, determined that there might naming the Speedy Trials
The first meeting for 1978- to take no action on the questioned discrepancies in be some errors in the Act.
79 will be held on Tuesday, proposed budget until Sept- the budget, especially in the calculations, so the salaries District Attorney Bob Glas-
category of salary increases, would have to be recomputed, gow, along with Stephenville
She stated that she could find McCoy also mentioned sev- Mayor Don Jones, requested
no apparent percentage used eral new laws which have or the commissioners consider
in figuring the salary increas- could possibly become effect- the hiring of a joint criminal
es, and asked for assist- ive, and urged that the investigator lor the city and
ance in determining the logic commissioners amend
September 5, in the Dublin ember 5. The public hearing,
School Lunchroom at 7:30 which was held to discuss the
p.m. Snacks and drinks will new budget, was attended by
be served. several citizens and groups
Mrs. Jim Harrell who made proposals and
PTA Reporter recommendations to the com-
the the county, with the city
providing $700 per month
plus a vehicle, and the county
providing $700 per month
plus gasoline.
Dear Parent or Guardian: Children from families at or below the levels shown pay. In the operation of child jJ^a injjinvesti'gatoMn
The Dublin School serves whose income is at or below on the scale. feeding program, no child will . ^at the present case
A i r minntnrl anainri ®
School Meal Info Is Announced
co-chairmen of the event, nutritious meals every school levels shown on the scale To apply at any time duri.ng be discriminated against be- ,ogd ®gs more (hgn hjs off|ce
says, "We certainly appreci- day. Students may buy lunch below are eligible for free or the year for free meals and cause of race, sex, color, or cou(d handle, as his office
ate the people who have for 50 cents if they are in reduced-priced meals. If the free milk or reduced-priced national origin. prepares cases for Erath.
contributed prizes to this grades one thru three, 55 children are eligible for free meals for your children, Snack bar will be open at Hoos gnd pgjo pint0 countl
Lunch will be served in the James Noland. Concessions rodeo. We really appreciate cents if they are in fourth thru meals, they are also eligible complete the attached appli- noon in gym for Junior High jes He g)so gdded thg( whUe
Fellowship Hall of the church
at noon.
will be directed by Kenneth
Lamer, Perry Elliott, and
it, and know the contestants eighth grade, and 60 cents for for free extra milk. The
will too.’
grades nine through, with reduced price for lunch is 20
extra milk for 8 cents, cents. If your income is
Breakfast will be 30 cents.
Pool To
Close
Sept. 2
cation and return it to the
school. Within ten days of
receiving your application,
the school will let you know
whether or not your children
are eligible. If you do not
agree with the school's deci-
sion, you have a right to a fair
hearing. This can be done by
calling or writing Mr. Vernon
Gibson, Superintendent oi
greater than those shown, but
you have unusualy high
medical bills, shelter costs in
excess of 30 percent of your
income, special education
expences due to the mental or
physical condition of a child,
or disaster or casualty losses,
your children may still be
elibible.
The school children of
Dublin City Manager Fred parents or guardians who
Johnson announced this week become unemployed are eli- .
that the City pool wil be open gible for free or reduced- foster children living with you h^°nth (Jack Pratt), unicer pecgn y#|| Cental Health
in the afternoon until Satur- priced meals and free milk and wish to apply for such °f the Month (Jack White), __A u__r-„
See MEALS, Pg. 6
Locals Sparkle
At Granbury
Visitation
was
Granbury was the host
School, Dublin I.S.D., Dublin, chapter for July’s Visitation,
Texas. and the Dublin Jaycees were
In certain cases foster constantly on stage Dublin an th
children are also ehgible for swept honors or Dtstnct 228 had responded favorably,
these benefits. If you have ¥^hey ‘ook J«y«*e of Reprc^matives from ,hp
Mrpn tivino with vnu Month (Jack Pratt), Officer n____i,u__i,_ 'i
it is great to have a large
number of employees working
in criminal prevention, the
area of criminal investigation
can become crucial aftu a
crime has been commftted:
When asked by the commis-
sioners if the city council
would accept such a proposal.
Mayor Jones said that al-
though the proposal had not
been presented to the Coun-
cil, he had spoken with
day, September 2. Johnson during the period of unem-
stated the pool will be open ployment, provided that the
immediately following school loss of income causes the
and remain open until pprox- family income during the
imately 7:00 p.m. period of unemployment to be
Johnson Announces
Police-Trash Policies
--•act:-.. afcWC«
same regardless of ability to Jac* White and the Holiday
Rest Stop also repeated in . . . ..
.. .Ia . ur. No action was taken by the
Char he Hamilton s Super . .
_ commissioners concerning
Four selections and the . . ... _ *
home the ‘"y budget .tern.
WIN8 QUILT—Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith,
center, are shown with Do vie Traweek, left
and Lina Cook, far right, receiving the
quilt they won at the 8enlor Citizens
Country Music Show Saturday night in the
Dublin High School Auditorium.
, The quilt top was pieced by Lina Cook,
which she donated to the Methodist Church
to sell for the Lords Acre. Flo Dixon
purchased the top add donated It to the
Senior Citizens, who quilted It and sold
contributions for the drawing Saturday
night.
—Dublin Progress Photo
Fred Johnson, Dublin’s new
city administrator, told the
Dublin Progress this week
that the City Police Depart-
ment will be working to
strictly enforce the speed
zones In and around the
school during this school
year. According to Johnson,
the police force will patrol
the area frequently during
the hours of 7:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. and that the 20 mile
per hour speed zone must be
adhered to, or tickets will be
written. He also said that
there will be frequent spot
license checks.
Johnson also announced
that the City will only pick up
brush and limbs on the first
and third Mondays of each
month, and only if the trash
is bundled or bagged to weigh
no more than 30 pounds.
He added that limbs and
brush weighing more than
thirty pounds, such as trees
and large items will be
picked up, but a fee will be
charged according to the
amount of debris.
Burleson
Announces
Assistance
Wives brought
Travel Trophy. JoAnn Glenn
and Marc Tinstman each took JAYCEES GET-TOGETHER
2nd place in Speak Ups for PLANNED FOR SATURDAY
their respective divisions. The Dublin Jaycees will hold
And Charlie Hamilton pre- a barbecue picnic for mem-
Congressman Omar Burle- sented Fort Worth Cow Bells bers and their families Satur-
sons announces the reservat- to Larry Early, Ron Hope, day, August 26. beginning at
tion of $42,528 for Erath Mike McFarland, Jack Pratt, 2 p.m. at Dublin City Park.
County for the Section 8 Lynn Holden. Travis Calder gating will take place at 6
Existing Housing Assistance and Larry Walker for recruit- p
Payments Program. ing 3 or more Jaycees. According to a Jaycee
These funds from the Dublin was well represented mcniber, this is the first real
Department of Housing and 8s Ron and Pat Hope, Jack event established for
Urban Development will be Pratt and JoAnn Glenn, ,he Jaycees in Dublin and will
channeled through tha Texas Larry, Donna, Terry, Travis, be a good time to visit with
Department of Community Todd Early. Dick Spencer, olher nien,bers and enjoy
Affairs and will provide Dot Stephens, and Marc recreation such as baseball,
housing for 25 families Tinstman attended for Dub- horseshoes, and so f.\wK
including 13 elderly families., fin.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1978, newspaper, August 24, 1978; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779452/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.