75 years ago
Nov. 10, 1922 The people of the United States will cease from their labors tomorrow, November 11th, to observe Armistice Day which has been added to the list of National Holidays. It is a day of tremendous significance – a day to be remembered by all nations as long as records shall last.
It should be a day of celebration in gratitude for the act which means so much in our country’s history. Let us not be forgetful of those who fought our battles and are back among us nor of those who sleep in Flanders Field as a price of our liberty.
In honor of our boys and in observation of this grand and fateful day we, the undersigned merchants and business men of Dublin, Texas, hereby agree to close our places of business Saturday, Nov. 11th all day.
A list of Dublin businesses was included in the story.
Nov. 14, 1947 Kenneth Huff, Secretary of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, announced that fifteen turkeys will be turned loose in Dublin next Third Monday Trades Day, November 17, at 3 o’clock. This stunt is being given just to create more interest in Dublin’s Trades Day for this month.
The turkeys will be turned loose from the top of a truck in the southeast part of the business section where the farmers usually bring their trades day stock to sell. Anyone who catches a turkey will be allowed to keep it.
The giving away of this many turkeys is expected to draw a large crowd. Where there is a crowd it is usually easy to sell things that rural people want to sell. Everyone is also invited to bring in their cows, calves, hogs or anything else that they might want to sell and take advantage of this large gathering of people.
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring this free turkey attraction.
50 years ago
Nov. 16, 1972 Local police officers will begin a program of spot driver license checks in an effort to curb non-licensed drivers. Chief of Police Bill Crouch advised the Progress that this action was prompted by complaints from parents of 12 and 14 year old students. Several reports have been received on 13 and 14 year olds driving to school and around town. Also the Texas Department of Public Safety is urging all departments throughout the state to cooperate with regular license checks.
Several license checks on Blackjack street have been conducted jointly by local officers and DPS patrolmen Chief Crouch noted that it is a violation of law to permit an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle and the parent or guardian is held liable and can be filed on.
Students are urged to enroll in the school’s driver education program which will enable licensing at 16 instead of age 18 without the driver’s Ed program.
25 years ago
Nov. 13, 1997 It was a solemn occasion but, at the same time, joyous.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 30 were perhaps too young to grasp the full meaning of what they were doing, but they understood that it was the right way to do something that has been done the wrong way too many times – sometimes out of ignorance, sometimes out of hostility.
With patriotic songs swelling in the background, the young scouts carefully cut between the seventh and eighth stripes of the American flags and then cut again, this time separating the blue field of stars from the stripes.
The pieces were draped over a fire – held above the flames until they ignited and crumbled in ashes into a blaze.
The smoke from the burning flags drifted upward, clouding the light which illuminated the flag on the pole and adding drama to the moment.
As the scouts slowly lowered the flag, concluding the ceremony, the simple crisp sound of Taps echoed in the night. The sniffles which could be heard in the audience, many of them veterans, were not all attributable to the cold temperatures.
When the ceremony was completed, more than 100 tattered, torn or faded American flags had been retired with honor.
The ceremony, hosted by the Dublin Rotary Club and Troop 30 which it sponsors, was a fitting tribute to Veteran’s Day and a meaningful reminder to the scouts and the audience of the price that was paid for the freedoms represented by the Stars and Stripes.
Most of the flags retired Tuesday night were from the Rotary Club’s flag program in which more than 300 American flags are erected throughout the community on national holidays.
RotarianPatLeatherwood, leader of Troop 30, was master of ceremonies for the event which was held on The Corner Lot. Dr. Paul Stonum lead the audience in patriotic songs and Taps was played by high school band director Mark Gerber. The invocation was led by Mid McKnight, minister of Patrick Street Church of Christ.