Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 2001 Page: 3 of 8
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By Sid Miller, State Representative, District 59
prohibiting open containers in
whole programs with “theme” last song we ever did. She
the family land at Cottonwood is not currently against the law
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Publisher/Editor
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Come see the difference.
tastes evolved somewhat and
they began to sing popular
music and even developed
Advertising sales
Clint Rainwater
Lori Belcher
together and “I May Never
Pass This Way Again” is the
“I’ve sang “How Great
Thou Art” more than 400
to drink and drive. House Bill
5 will make it against the law
to drink and drive and will
require a device be installed in
the vehicle of repeated, drunk
drivers to make their vehicle
A pistol is not
half so dangerous
when the owner
is not loaded.
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New Laws Affect
Drinking and Driving
Assistant Editor
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and each has a son who lives
near them. Ermanell’s
husband died and she married
Independent living,
With all the comforts of home.
together,” she says, “every
time I came home, but it
wasn’t as often as it had
sisters continued to sing
together, even after they
married.
sewed us matching outfits. It
was a contest but we didn’t
win anything.”
“Well, we did get honorable
The 77th legislature has
adjourned. In the following
weeks I will take time to
inform our communities about
laws that will affect them and
all of Texas. Today, I would
like to bring to your attention
changes in laws regarding
drinking and driving.
Drinking and driving is a
problem that is very costly to
Texas. Not only is it a
financial burden, but the
impact of the injury and death
of loved ones killed by drunk
drivers is immeasurable.
Texas must be pro-active in
curbing drunk driving.
Contrary to popular belief, it
without Merle was very
emotional. They never sang
Merle’s last song again.
After Johnnie Bea’s death it
was down to just two.
Although they still sing
together some, Fannie, who
has been the musical director
at Cottonwood for almost 50
years, does a lot of solo work.
“I started keeping a record in
vehicles. This law would
bring Texas into compliance
with federal regulations.
This law would also require
Rentals, sales and service
Free delivery • 24 hour service
Currently, Texas does not
receive all tne funds
appropriated for highway
maintenance and construction
because we do not have a law
was averaging 60 to 65
funerals a year but more
way home Merle said, ‘I don’t
think we’d better plan on
doing any programs for
awhile, I just don’t feel well.’
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a two-old-year and a
six-year-old. It was just
devastating to say the least.”
The remaining sisters
didn’t plan to ever sing
together again. “Those
feelings were so strong,” '
Fannie says. “When you’re
meeting in Comanche. We
ended the program with a
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Charles Chupp
Joyce Whitis
Phil Tate
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Nursing Home
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That was the last time we sang Great Thou Art”
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Hospice Services
Helping families cope with a fact of life.
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been drinking.
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would be wired into the
ignition system of a vehicle
driven by someone previously
convicted of driving while
intoxicated. The device
would require the driver to
blow into a tube attached to a
machine. The machine then
would determine whether the
driver had been drinking. If
alcohol is detected, the car
would be prevented from
starting. This is a tool that
can be used to keep drunk
drivers off the road.
The law would also require
the suspension of a drivers
license of an individual who
has previously been convicted
of a drunk driving offense.
While government cannot
prevent people from being
irresponsible, it is my hope
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music. Their mother was barely 3O-years-old when though I do those songs over
continued to make matching she died. And she left three and over I try to keep them
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1959, Merle was diagnosed
with breast cancer,” Fannie
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treatnit it, of course, but after 1972 of the funerals I sing
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a locking device installed in
people are using just organ
song called I May Never Pass music and having graveside
This Way Again” and on the services now and I only sing
for 35 or 45 funerals a year.”
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for singing.”
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lives, Fannie says, except The bill, which will take effect
for when Ermanell was gone. September 1, 2001, will make
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place and then our dads. This container of alcohol in the
is where we ve grown up and passenger area of a vehicle
where we learned to sing. that is on a public highway.
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Kestner, Laura. Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 1, 2001, newspaper, July 1, 2001; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528147/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.