75 years ago
Aug. 1, 1947
Everett Colborn and Gene Autry announced the eighth annual Dublin World’s Championship Rodeo was to be held September 4-7. Autry was to perform at each of the night shows. Ther personnel of the Madison Square Garden Rodeo was also assembling at Dublin to take part in the rodeo here before heading to New York.
Ted Robbins had begun the construction of an additional building next to the wholesale grocery building behind the Dublin National Bank. The new 45 foot by 90 foot structure was to be used for additional space for Robbins’ wholesale business.
50 years ago
July 27, 1972
Dublin’s all-star team received the silver in the three-day little league tournament that ended July 22. Hamilton took top honors and DeLeon received third.
The little league field was reportedly looking fine for the event thanks to the donation of 1,500 pounds of fertilizer by Gene Thompson of Poston Feed Store and Harry Bradberry of Farmers Feed Store as well as water donated by the city to keep the grass green.
25 years ago
July 31, 1997
More than two dozen boy scouts and a halfdozen parents from Dublin’s Troop 30 embarked on a 50-mile hike through the hills of Erath County.
Former scoutmaster Wade Cowan and former scout Eddie Leatherwood shared a memory of taking the hike in the mid-60s as scouts and parents prepared, saying the troop several decades before discovered a watermelon patch on the route and tried to sneak in a snack that made several sick by the time they stopped to camp in the evening.