Aug. 18, 1922 The first bale of 1922 cotton was received in Dublin Tuesday. It was brought in by A.H. De Lay from his farm southeast of town. The bale weighed 1148 pounds in the seed and the bale 386. The cotton was sold to John Mc-Donald at twenty and one fourth cents per pound. The merchants and business men contributed to a premium amounting to $28 cash which was presented to Mr. De Lay. It was ginned by H.L. Kight for free
Aug. 22, 1947 The Texas State Board of Health of Austin notified the city officials of Dublin by letter that the dusting and poisoning of rat program that has been carried on in this city by mobile units of that department has been cancelled. The letter included the following information: “Since the City Council has seen fit without notifying or communicating with this department that they intended to nullify their part of the agreement and not avail themselves of the typhus fever and rodent control or participate in any way whatsoever in typhus fever or rodent control programs, in spite of recommendations of the Mayor, there is nothing left for this department to do except withdraw our personnel.”
Aug. 17, 1972 The Dublin School District has entered an agreement to participate in the National School Lunch Program for providing free and reduced lunches to children in the schools.
Determining eligibility for a free or reduced price lunch is on the basis of family income and number of individuals in the family.
The prices of lunches for children remain the same 1st-3rd 35 cents, 4th-8th 40 cents and 45 cents for the high school. The teachers and adults pay 55 cents.
School lunch menu for that time is as follows: Monday – Steak fingers, creamed potatoes, green salad, peaches and cookies and milk; Tuesday
Aug. 21, 1997 The Dublin City Council has voted to remove the Emergency Medical Service from the management of the police department and established a separate department accountable directly to the
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