75 years ago
Nov. 24, 1922
Erath County is included in the 11 West Texas counties where the Fifth Annual Poultry- Dairy- Livestock Campaign will be conducted during the present fall and winter. The campaign is under the joint auspices of the West Texas chamber of commerce, the Fort Worth Livestock Exchange and through assistance to be rendered by the A&M College of Texas.
Nov. 28, 1947
A corporation was formed the past week for the purpose of the purchase of the Dublin Hospital from Dr. G.G. Smith and a contract entered into with Dr. Smith for the completion of the deal and transfer of the property by Dec. 1.
The new corporation was granted a Charter in Austin on Saturday, the 22nd. At a meeting of the subscribers to the stock in the corporation J.W. Hall was elected as president, D.R. Franks as vice-president, and Joe T. Kennedy as secretarytreasurer. In addition to these officers the following will comprise the board of directors: W.B. Whitehead, Dr. T.F. Bryan, Dr. Joe J. Pate and Dr. Carl A. Jordan.
50 years ago
Nov. 30, 1972
An official State Historical Marker was unveiled in ceremonies held Sunday, Nov. 26 at Trinity Episcopal Church.
The Right Reverend William Paul Barnes, Suffragen Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas gave the address preceded by Evening Prayer, conducted by the Rev Warner Washington, Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Stephenville.
Mrs. Harry Tompkins welcomed visitors and introduced Bishop Barnes. A brief history of the church was given by Mrs. Lynn Holden, followed by Mrs. Betty Culpepper, president of the Dublin Historical Society who made remarks about the other historical markers in the city, stating this is the third marker to be placed in Dublin.
25 years ago
Nov. 26, 1997
Dr. Malcolm Cross presented a program on the Smithsonian Institute to the Nov. 20 meeting of the Woman’s Thursday Club, hosted by Gayle Crouch.
The Smithsonian, a center for learning and research in Washington, D.C., was founded by James Smithson, an Englishman who had never visited the United States. Smithson left $550,000 to the country in 1829 to establish an institution for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” Congress accepted the gift in trust and established the Smithsonian Institution on Aug. 10, 1846.
(Text for Turning Back the Pages is as presented in archive editions of The Dublin Progress and The Dublin Citizen.)