March 30, 1923
The Dublin Fire Department at their meeting on last Thursday night elected officers as follows: W.P. Hallmark, Chief. W.H. Bateman, 1st Assistant Chief. Lawrence Rouleau, 2nd Assistant Chief. E.C. Fewell, Secretary. B.W. Lafferty, Treasurer.
Speaking of men who “stick” and whose faithful services are responsible for the present efficient organization of theDepartment,itmightbe mentioned the W.P. Hallmark has been elected this marking the 18th year and for the past twelve years E.C. Fewell and B.W. Lafferty has served as Secretary and Treasurer. The annual convention of firemen meets at San Marcos, May 8, 9 and 10th.
March 26, 1948 Miss Claudia Robbins has big plans for dressing up her building, the home of Chrysler and Plymouth in Dublin. The inside of the building was painted last spring and is now being repainted, as the outside gets some coats of white and maroon paint. New lattice work is being added between the back and front parts of the building. Miss Robbins hopes to get new boards into the floor of the right side of the building and paint them up to make a nice-looking show room in preparation when she will have use for a show room.
50 years ago
March 29, 1973 Do you really know the candidates running for Mayor and Aldermen, to be voted on Saturday, April 7 at City Hall?
Get acquainted with them, find out their views and then go vote. Filing for Mayor and Aldermen are: Mayor:JewelP.Humphreys, Early J. Knox and Denver A. Doggett, Jr.
Alderman Ward I: J.T. Brown and Edwin C. Stafford Alderman Ward II: Dr. Charles Crabtree, Jesse Barker, Roberta Clay and D.M. Shelton.
Alderman Ward III: Roy L. Gilleland, O.L. Smallwood and Mrs. Marvin Farris.
Alderman Ward IV: Tom C. Sparks and J.A. Johnson, Sr.
75 years ago
March 26, 1998
Trustees have given unanimous approval to the preliminary design and site plan for the new high school, pending “a little tweaking” by the architect and a decision on whether to add a practice gym to the facility.
The board met for three hours in special session Thursday night with school architect Lee Roy Hahnfeld and members of his firm to review plans and get a closer look at the price tag.
(Turning Back features excerpts from The Dublin Progress and The Dublin Citizen newspapers and reflect the writing style of that time).