Golden Butterfly to celebrate 50 years!

Golden Butterfly is celebrating its golden anniversary! Originally founded in 1972, The Golden Butterfly Jewelers (118 N. Patrick St.) is inviting the public to celebrate its 50th anniversary in an open house on Friday, Nov. 18 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Grand jury indicts 7

The Erath County Grand Jury indicted the following individuals Nov. 9.

Police Log

Oct. 31 Two dogs running around in the road on North Patrick were reported. Animal Control was contacted. A reporting person advised that a young male juvenile ripped off her granddaughter’s Halloween mask and called her names. The same subject bullied her before she went to home school.

Monthly sales tax up

Dublin sales tax collections were up a bit in September, at 1.62%, compared to September 2021, according to the state sales tax report released by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar this month. In 2022, for the month of September Dublin received $55,383.20 compared to $54,471.44 in September 2021.

Where Are They Now?

As a child, Ashley Vera loved doing hair. “I was always wanting to do something different to my hair, and I’d do hair for whoever would sit still for me,” she said. “I’ve always loved doing it, and it just sort of blossomed from there.

Turning Back the pages

75 years ago Nov. 21, 1947 The Dublin Rotary Club made a trip to Dallas Saturday in a chartered bus and saw the SMU-Arkansas football game at Ownby Stadium. Rotarians and their wives and friends made the trip.

I’m not running anymore

The enemy was coming and with a mighty army. The people, mostly farmers and their families, saw no recourse but to run. And that they did. As the army of the Philistines approached, the people fled in front of them, running for their lives.

Chamber presents community awards

School Board Member Bob Cervetto presented a Footprint legacy award for Big Eddie Hernandez, a high school student who passed away last year but left a lasting impression on the community. Accepting the award was Elijah Gonzales a family friend of Eddie.

Berry's Picks

This year due to interest and demand we added a fall Walk Across Texas (WAT) event to complement our annual spring event. We had excellent participation with 12 teams and a little over 100 head of folks participating.

Fishing report

BROWNWOOD SLOW. Water slightly stained; 61-66 degrees; 8.05 feet low. Bass are slow to 3.75 pounds in 5-10 feet of water on jigs and topwaters early in the day, and late in 1-5 feet of water on the flats. Squarebill crankbaits and shaky heads around docks with brush.