75 years ago
Dec. 15, 1922
Dear Santa Claus, Will you please bring me a rocking chair and a sleeping doll and some apples and a cinderella book. I also want a pan to cook in. I have been trying to be a good girl. Thank you Santa.
Your little girl, Harriet Franks Dear Santa: I am a little boy one year old just now getting large enough to enjoy toys and will you please bring me a rubber ball and a little red chair so I can sit before the fire and rock and also all kinds of nuts and candies.
Your little boy, Verdett Porterfield
Dec. 19, 1947
The aim of the Goodfellows – that no Dublin child be hungry or unhappy this Christmas – is a little nearer its goal with each passing day, as local residents are responding generously to the please sent out in recent weeks.
The Goodfellows club is an organization made up of Dublinites who want to do something for underprivileged children and needy families, and though its work was only recently started, is getting cooperation and is showing promise of accomplishing its purpose.
Donations of money, clothing, food and toys are welcome and many have already been made. Already brought to the Progress office have been many packages of candy, cookies, articles of clothing and several toys, but many more will be needed to help Dublin’s needy, not only to enjoy Christmas, but to keep them adequately clothed in the cold weather ahead.
50 years ago
Dec. 21, 1972 Approximately 100 Dublin Volunteer Fire Department members, family and guests attended the Annual Firemen’s Christmas Banquet Monday, Dec. 18 at the school cafeteria. The group was welcomed by Fire Chief James Fritts and the invocation was given by Fireman Leslie Billingsley.
The banquet was catered by the school cafeteria staff and the menu consisted of turkey and dressing, green beans, hot rolls, and cherry cobbler. Each fireman introduced his family and guests. Miss Judy Prukop entertained the gathering with several folk songs. Pat Johnson, Mascot, and Fire Chief James Fritts were presented gifts from the fire department by Fireman Bill Crouch.
25 years ago
Dec. 18, 1997
As a young man, Sid Miller used to make extra money in his hometown of DeLeon by digging trees and selling them on the side of the road.
From that humble beginning, he has developed a highly visible business which reaches coast to coast: from Bradford pear trees donated by Miller and planted this week at the Dublin Public Library to the 18-foot memorial pecan trees planted at the nation’s capital, to theme parks and zoos across the country.
Miller’s love for horticulture began to bloom as he worked at Pair Nursery while attending Tarleton. He pursued it as a hobby while he taught school. But finally, in 1985 he bought the old Pair nursery which became Miller Nursery.
(These excerpts were previously published in editions of The Dublin Progress and The Dublin Citizen over the past 100 years.)