Hood County News from Granbury, Texas • Page 3

HOOD COUNTY NEWS, GRANBURY, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1980, 3A Newcomers offer tickets to play's opening night Births I Hood County News 573 1 177 Time is running out to purchase tickets for opening night at the Opera. House's performance of "The Women" scheduled for Friday, March 7. The Granbury Newcomers Club has purchased all the tickets for the opening night' performance and spokesman 'say there are only about 50 tickets remaining unsold. Tickets are selling for $5 each and available through Freddie Crawford at 573- 8312, Dodie at the Opera House and Jo Ann Akers at 573-2373. Tickets to the after show party to be held at Four Doors Down are all sold out due to the limited seating available at the.

club. For more information concerning the Friday night performance call Helen Shorter at the Welcome Service at 106 W. Pearl or call 573-5305. Come Gill Mr. and Mrs.

Jimmy GDI of Tolar are proud to announce the birth of their Corrie. She was born Feb. 25 in Harris Hospital in Fort Worth weighing 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and 21 Vi inches in length.

Mr. and Mrs, George Robinson of Stephenville are the maternal grandparents and Mr. and Mrs. L.F. GDI, also of Stephenville, are 7 ty Theatre March 7 and will run for two weekends.

Photo by Ray Kordek HISS THE School-ar, drama instructor of Granbury High School will play the leading role of Munro Murgatroyd as Sherry Flanary of Glen Rose plays the helpless Nellie in "Dirty Work At The Cross Roads." The play is set to open at the Glen Rose Communi VISA' the paternal grandparents. Amber Rae Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Norvefl Thompson of Lipan are the proud grandparents of a new baby girl, Amber Rae, bom Feb. 8.

She weighed 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 19 inches in length. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.

Dean Bridges of Waco. Mr; and Mrs. Charles Bridges of Victoria are the paternal grandparents. Cassie Dalynn Orr Miss Donna Orr wishes to announce the arrival of her new baby sister, Cassie Dalynn Orr who was born in Campbell Memorial Hospital in Weatherford last Wednesday afternoon. The new baby is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Butch Orr of Granbury. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bfll Orr of Santo and the maternal grandparents are Mrs.

Juanita Collins of Santo and Mr. and Mrs. Bfll Green of Granbury. The babyweighed 7 lbs. and 9 ozs.

and was 20 inches long at birth. PACE NEWSOM MOATES. Inc. MORE MERCHANDISE FOR LESS MONEY! Granbury teacher to star in play Granbury High School students will have the rare opportunity to hiss, boo and throw popcorn at one of their teachers as GHS drama-journalism-English instructor Steve Schcolar stars in "Dirty Work At the Cross Roads" at the Glen Rose Community Theatre. The play, discribed as an old-fashioned melodrama will be presented for two weekends, March 7, 8 and 9 and.

14, 15 and ft with evening performances Friday and Saturday at 8 cm. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. A special benefit performance for EVERYBODY HAS A STORY The hanging: an eyewitness account tnnanMMaMBWHMiB theatre seats only 70 and can be made by calling 1-897-4312 days and 1-897-2371 nights. DyviJJe also announced auditions for the final show of the theatre's season will be held Thursday, March 13 and Monday, March 17 at the theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. The play will be "Gypsy" and this production wfll serve as Dyville's thesis presentation through TCU.

All actors, singers and dancers are encouraged to attend the auditions. There are many roles and casting is open. gathered to witness what was to become Hood County's only hanging. The crowd was curious-anxious to see if Mitchell would actually hang. He had a large family and it was known they had hoped to free their patriarch.

Only two days be-- forerMitcheD's youngest sonr-v Jeff, had been killed by jail guards as he tried to sneak a gun and some poison to his father inside. Suddenly a group of several young horsemen rode into the crowd with guns drawn, shooting wildly into the air. There was a moment of panic in the crowd as they thought the Mitchells had come to free the old man. Turner remembered hiding 'behind a wagon and watching through the spokes as the horsemen noisfly made then-way through the frightened throng. Eberhardt took off running for his life not to be seen again until after the hanging when he was found down the lull in Granbury.

The riders turned out to be only rowdy pranksters and they eventually tired of their game and rode off, leaving the crowd to thankfully compose itself. Finally, a wagon pulled into view. Sheriff A.J. Wright was driving and in the back sat Mitchell. One of the young boy's most vivid memories, one he carried with him for life, was of the condemed man's appearance as he approached the hanging site.

He rode sitting straight-backed on the top of the homemade coffin in which he was to be buried. The noose was already around his neck Opening ZD rl. SEMIGNY SAVINGS! N6t' available in all stores. Western Shirts Imperfections may be slight but 1st QUALITIES, TOO! All permanent press shirts in fancy patterns and asst. solid colors.

Hurry in! OR GABARDINE SOLIDS WITH to coordinate TWIN FULL QUEEIi KII1G 12.99 16.99 22.99 27.99 (P) jo 2M BRIGHT OR CRUSHED B0UCLE the GHS drama department is planned for Tuesday evening, March .11 at 7:30 p.m. Contact Schcolar at the high school for more information on the special presentation. The show will also star Rose Mary Cavasaos, Sherry Flanary and Paul Hancock, Jr. all of Glen Rose with featured performances by Blake Hammond, Juanita WHley, Jan Shackelford, Majel Sullivan, Dana Faa and Harlos Bohannan. Jack DyvQle of Granbury is producer-director of the theatre.

Reservations are a must as the on to her by her father. What had been intended as an exciting boyhood outing, turned out to have a lifelong impact on Turner a memory that was with him throughout his life. It was stOl dark outside that morning of Friday, Oct. 9, 1875 as 10-year-old Dave Turner and his friend Parks Eberhart excitedly got ready to saddle their horses for the long ride to the county seat in Granbury. A group of the people from the area, about five miles east of Tolar were going into town to see the hanging of Cooney Mitchell and the boys had gotten permission to go along.

Mitchell had been convicted of murder in a controversial trial and was still declaring his innocence. The group rode out to the area presently known as the reunion grounds and joined the huge crowd that filled the hillside. People of all ages, even whole families, had 7 1313 S. Morean. t.

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Mitchell was then given an opportunity to speak and apparently delivered quite a speech proclaiming his innocence. Young Turner was deeply moved and remembered crying as the crowd began chanting ''Goodbye and the wagon was pulled from beneath his feet. The details following the hanging grew hazy with the passage of time with the exception of the heavy sense of sadness which Turner could not throw off. The party of riders mounted up, went to find Eberhart and headed home, a destination they did hot reach until long after dark. As an old man, Turner related to his family he didn't sleep that night at all.

The memory of the hanging was with him for a long, long time. Turner died in the middle sixties at the age of 100. He had made sure to pass along his memones of the young Hood County and expecially those of the hanging of Cooney Mitchell along to his family. by LINDA MURRAY March 8 1979 221 Hwy. 377 i Editors note: Mrs.

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