LEFT: You don’t need the hump-day camel to know when Granbury’s Old-Fashioned 4th of July activities are approaching. This year’s parade is 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4 on the square. ON THE COVER: These kids know a quick way to cool off. Enjoying a recent snow cone outing with siblings and friends are (front from left) Braxton Pugh, 7; Branton Pugh, 3; and Brock Holmgreen, 13. Back row from left: Brayden Pugh, 5; Reese Holmgreen, 11; and Payton Holmgreen, 16. Related story, P. 14.
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4 Red Hot & Blue July 3 car show benefits needy children.
7 Celebrating big in small town Lipan offers softball, fireworks and probably apple pie.
10 We all scream for ice cream 4 quick and easy ice cream recipes
12 Panic mode Fireworks terrify some dogs.
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CONTENTS 14 Snow Cones If you can’t stand the heat, get out to the snow cone stand.
16 Clothes make the man Tennis pro delights others with costume collections.
18 Toy story Stick horses were shipped across the world.
25 Boys, girls on the Brazos Granbury’s yesteryear summers like a Tom Sawyer read
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&D Rockin’ Rods will return for a seventh appearance at Granbury’s Old Fashioned 4th of July. Founder Donna Wilson, half of the D&D, is returning without her husband Dale, who passed away a year and a half ago. Granbury is the top show for D&D Rockin’ Rods, and Donna has picked up where the pair left off. “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue with it after Dale died ... these people are like another family for me,” Wilson said. “You’re with them all the time, and it’s been comforting to be around them.” The extended “family” rallied around 4 | Prime | July 2015
Wilson, and the group’s Facebook page is filled with supportive and positive messages for her. Wilson decided it was important to carry on the project the two of them started together. They founded the group 16 years ago based on a mutual love for classic automobiles. “He had a ’34 threewindow coupe, and I had a 1950 Ford original, and together we had a 1929 Model A roadster,” Wilson said. “We were both really into cars and constantly taking ours to shows.” Friends of the Watauga couple, who were already attending the same event, suggested that the Wilsons start their own show. “They said they would come if we had one, so we did ... as a joke,” Wilson said. “And it grew from there.”
Car show benefits needy children at Christmastime.
The D&D Rockin’ Rods Show brings classic cars, rat rods and motorcycles to Granbury on Friday evening, July 3, at Mike Brown Hyundai on Highway 377 East.
Donna Wilson lost her husband Jeff in 2013 but has chosen to continue the car shows in his honor. The two shared a mutual love of automobiles and owned several classic cars between the two of them. This year’s Granbury event is expected to have between 300-350 cars, by far the group’s largest. Over the years it has outgrown several locations and will take place at Mike Brown Hyundai this year. It will feature everything from wellloved classic cars to modern rat rods and motorcycles. Entrants will be divided into
Donna Wilson is bringing D&D Rockin’ Rods car show to Granbury for its seventh appearance at Granbury’s OldFashioned 4th of July. The show has grown so large over the years that it has had to be moved three times.
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categories, and prizes will be awarded. The Granbury Chamber of Commerce will choose a best in show. Wilson uses all of the proceeds from the group’s shows and adopts needy children at Christmastime. She used to do it in several areas, but now concentrates on one section in northeast Tarrant County. The Birdville school district works with her to establish a list of names that can’t be adopted by any other charity, and Wilson’s team loads up and goes to work. “We take some trailers and fill them up and go house to house, one about every 15 minutes,� Wilson said. “Sometimes we are still doing it late into the night.� At one time, Wilson and her husband were serving up to 300 people. The number now is a little lower, she said, around 190. Her group gives each kid three changes of clothes, multiple presents, a week’s worth of groceries for the family and a gift card for meat. Wilson said she has a little time to go before she’s ready to give it up. “It’s a lot of work, doing the trophies and the emcee and everything else. As rewarding as it is, I think I’ll only do it for a year or two more.� The show will run Friday night, July 3, from 7-11. Q
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Cheri May gives her granddaughter Lexie Mercer a big hug. They will help prepare for the annual Lipan fireworks show put on by the First Baptist Church and the Lipan Volunteer Fire Department.
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John Ingram III doesn’t at all mind admitting that he requires more closet space than his wife. In fact, he requires a whole closet just to store his costumes and his collection of 50 caps and hats. Ingram, the new head tennis professional at the Pecan Plantation Country Club, enjoys dressing in costume for special events. People he encounters seem to enjoy it, too. He is often asked to pose with them for photos. When Ingram was director of tennis at the Prestonwood County Club in Dallas – a job he held for 30 years – people would express disappointment if he didn’t wear a costume, he said.
STARTED YOUNG Ingram’s love of costumes dates back to when he was a boy. His mother bought him “all kinds” of costumes, he said. There was a U.S. Marine costume. A U.S. Army
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costume. Pirate and cowboy getups. At a recent French Open tennis mixer, Ingram didn’t wear a costume, per se, but he did sport the same type of look as men attending the real French Open in Paris: a white shirt, bowtie and straw hat. At tennis events, Ingram frequently wears traditional allwhite clothing. “It’s sort of a vintage tennis look,” he said. He also has been known to give a nod to golf. He owns classic golf knickers like the ones worn by golf professionals in the 1920s and 1930s. Ingram’s family is Scottish and is part of the Clan Colquhoun. He said he recently attended a Celtic concert at the Fort Worth Symphony dressed in full Scottish Highland dress, including a sporran and a sgian dubh. Sporran is Scottish Gaelic for purse. A sgian dubh is the small dagger that sits in the stocking.
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ittle Joey shrills with glee. The bounce house just can’t send him high enough in the air. In the nearby friendly softball game, neighborhood pride is at stake as a runner rounds second trying to stretch a hit into a triple. He huffs and puffs as the throw comes in from the outfield, sliding in centimeters ahead of the accurate throw, one eye on the table with the fluffy pink fruit salad soon to be served at the picnic. It’s all a prelude to the day’s climax, the annual Lipan fireworks show presented by the First Baptist and the Volunteer Fire Department. Shortly after dusk, the skies in the small town in northwest Hood County will be glowJuly 2015 | Prime | 7
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ing in an assortment of colors that would put the most glorious rainbow to shame. For about 30 minutes the ooohs and aaahs range in octave from the tiniest of children, some barely old enough to speak, to the most elderly of adults, assuring each year it is the most beautiful thing they’ve seen.
NEED FULFILLED “Over 15 years ago we started this,� said Richard Ator, a deacon at Lipan FBC. “FBC felt there was a need for a midsummer event for the community. We took up a collection to buy fireworks and contacted a member that had a stand that could get the best bang for our dollars. “A pot luck dinner was organized and invites sent out to the community. We really did not know that it would be so well attended.� But it was, and it has been since. The event is held annually at the Lipan ISD baseball field, usually on the Sunday evening closest to July 4, said Ator. “The school has always supported this event and provided a legal letter authorizing us to do the fireworks on school property,� he said. The event is free. And it’s more than fireworks. Things start in the late afternoon/early evening with a softball game (usually around 5:30-6). “Everyone can play, even youngsters,� said Lipan Fire Chief Kevin Andrews. “We just let them bat and make sure to take care of their safety if they do go onto the field.� There is an inflatable water
slide for the young ones. After the game, the church has a short devotional followed by a hot dog dinner. By this time, it’s starting to get dark, and they get everything ready for the fireworks. “This is a community event, and it gives people a chance to get out and mingle,� said Andrews. “Unlike the larger cities, most of the people know each other or get a chance to meet their neighbors in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
HONORING VETERANS A special part of the day is always the singing of the national anthem and recognizing the veterans who have served their country. Ator said the event often includes folks in town visiting friends and relatives. “They are amazed that events such as this can take place,� he said. “My kids grew up watching this, and now my grandchildren show up from Stephenville to take part and enjoy the visitation time,� said Ator, who has lived in Lipan since 1973. The fire department helps keep the environment safe with a medical truck and supplies on hand. Andrews said wearing shorts and athletic clothes, or any other attire suitable for warm weather, is advised. Ator said not only is the event an opportunity for the community to get together, it takes the community working together to make it happen. “It takes lots of work to put this on and many volunteers to support it,� he said. “And I feel truly blessed to live in the Lipan community.� Q
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ere’s the scoop on making ice cream at home. Don’t let making homemade ice cream intimidate you. It’s not rocket science. It doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t have to use eggs. And you don’t need to buy an ice cream maker if you don’t want to. While there may be some ice cream purists who scoff at the following recipes, there will be some people proudly enjoying their homemade frozen treats. These recipes are quick to make, and the hardest part is waiting several hours while the ice cream sits in the freezer.
FIVE INGREDIENT ICE CREAM 1/2 cup cold milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 pint heavy cream Flavors or mix-ins Directions Q In a medium bowl, stir together cold milk, vanilla, condensed milk and salt. Set aside. Q In a large bowl, beat heavy cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
Q Fold milk mixture into whipped cream. Q Add flavors or mix-ins. Q Pour into shallow 2-quart dish, cover and freeze for 4 hours, stirring once after 2 hours or when edges start to harden. Q Serve or store in an airtight container up to 10 days.
EASY COOKIES ‘N MINT ICE CREAM 10 Cool Mint Cream Oreos 1 tablespoon softened butter 1 can (14 ounces) regular or fat-free sweetened condensed milk 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 8 ounces regular or fat-free Cool Whip, thawed Green food coloring, optional Directions Q Pulse Oreos in a food processor until you get a fine crumb. Q Add butter and pulse until chunks form. Set aside. Q Stir together sweetened condensed milk and peppermint extract in a large bowl. Q Fold in Cool Whip. Q Add 3-5 drops green food coloring, if desired, to get the green “mint” color you want. Q Add the Oreo crumbs to the ice cream and gently fold them in. Don’t mix too much or there won’t be chunks of them to bite into. Q Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours, but overnight is best. Note: If you prefer not to use Cool Whip, you
can use fresh whipped cream by beating 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form and sub it for the whipped topping.
EASY CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2/3 cup chocolate syrup 2 cups heavy cream Directions Q Line a 9x5 inch loaf pan with aluminum foil. Q In a large bowl, stir together condensed milk and chocolate syrup until color is even. Q In a separate bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks form. Q Fold cream into chocolate mixture and pour all into prepared pan. Q Cover and freeze 6 hours, until firm.
FIVE MINUTE ICE CREAM 1 10-ounce package frozen sliced strawberries 1/2 cup sugar 2/3 cup heavy cream Directions Q Combine the frozen strawberries and sugar in a food processor or blender. Q Process until the fruit is roughly chopped. Q With the processor running, slowly pour in the heavy cream until fully incorporated. Serve immediately or freeze up to 1 week. Q July 2015 | Prime | 11
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Panic mode Some dogs terri¿ed of ¿reworks TEXT BY MARK WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY VINSON
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ome dogs react quite badly to fireworks, thunderstorms or other loud noises. Sometimes they run away – or worse. Dr. Scott McCall of The Pet Hospital of Granbury has seen some remarkable reactions. “I even had a dog go through a window one time during a storm,” McCall said. The dog survived, but suffered lacerations from crashing through the plate glass. Sometimes in the panic of running away, dogs become more vulnerable to traffic. McCall said he generally doesn’t recommend taking a dog to a fireworks display “unless you know they are not bothered by those types of loud noises.” Animal Control Sergeant Kelly McNab said her office gets busier each July. “And I think it is due to dogs getting out during fireworks,” she said. “They go into a state of panic.” Hood County’s Animal Control statistics for July 2014 show that 175 dogs were taken into custody compared to the average number per month, 135. July 2014 was also AC’s busiest month last year, with 457 calls. That’s compared to the average 395 calls. “We do get a lot (because of fireworks), because they want to run and hide,” McNab said. “They tremble, and they start panting. They can’t calm themselves.”
TRAINING TAKES TIME McCall said that some dogs can be trained to become desensitized to fireworks, but said “it takes a lot of time.” Some beagles, pointers and hunting dogs are among the most sensitive to such noise, he said. “It’s very difficult to train them away from that,” McCall said. “It’s probably just that they are over-reactive to the problem. They never learned to be desensitized. Some of it may be genetic. A 12 | Prime | July 2015
Popi, a 4-year-old male Chihuahua, is a little jumpy and nervous. With the Fourth of July celebration coming up, pet owners should pay close attention to how their pets react to being around fireworks and
make sure they are in a secure, safe area. Some dogs are overly sensitive and react badly – sometimes even running away from home.
lot of it is an acquired reaction.” “Medicines can help, along with a desensitizing program,” McCall said. There are products that can help as well, according to McCall. One clothing item for dogs, called a Thundershirt, can help calm the pet, McCall said. “It makes them feel like they’re secure,” he said. If you know your dog is going to be exposed to fireworks around Independence Day, McCall said “the best thing is to try to get them into an interior room. Sit with them and help them to relax.”
McCall said that sometimes a dog trainer can “work a dog through that.” One odd factor is that pets and their owners sometimes feed off of each other’s anxieties, McCall noted. “If you’re calm, that can help calm down the pet,” McCall said. Most such problems begin when the dog is a puppy. “It usually has to do with the first few times they experience that,” McCall said. “A puppy will either decide to be calm, or not like fireworks. It can dictate how your pet is for the rest of his life.” Q
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Sweet, sweet summer When you can’t stand the heat, get out to the snow cone stand TEXT BY MARK WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY VINSON
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ne snow cone customer had a perfect description of the popular icy treat. “It’s a symbol of summer,” housewife Amy Pugh said. She brought her kids and some of their friends to the Frigid Frog snow cone stand the day after school was out. One customer has become so familiar that he simply drives up and honks to order – once for peaches and cream, and twice for cherry. “We do have great customers,” said Sherry Carlisle, who has owned the stand with husband Avery Carlisle since 2009. “We know almost everybody by name.”
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It’s at 1366 Highway 377 East, in front of Granbury Printing in the Plaza Shopping Center. “It’s addicting,” said 11-year-old Reese Holmgreen, who will be a sixth-grader this fall at Granbury Middle School. “I just like the flavor, kind of creamy and the ice is really good. They have unique flavors.”
‘We have fun flavors like Barbie, Spiderman, Batman, Cinderella and Frog in a Blender.’ --Sherry Carlisle Amy Pugh’s son Braxton, a 7-year-old Oak Woods School student, said that Wedding Cake flavor is his favorite – the same as Reese. If 55 basic flavors aren’t enough, the
Frigid Frog offers 56. The most popular are Blue Coconut and Tiger’s Blood. “We have fun flavors like Barbie, Spiderman, Batman, Cinderella and Frog in a Blender,” Sherry added. New varieties this season are Dr Pepper and the pickle-based Salty Lizard. Reese’s younger brother Brock said the fun snow cone flavor names make the experience seem more energetic. He said the type of ice – shaved – is what makes the snow cone. “Some ice melts in your mouth, some is crunchy. You want some that melts in your mouth,” Brock said. Payton Holmgreen, a 16-year-old who will be a junior at Granbury High this fall, plans to be a frequent snow cone customer this summer. “Absolutely,” said Payton, who is on the GHS swim team and is competing on a local club team this summer. “When it’s hot outside, you want something cold. When you think hot, you think of snow cones. That’s what I always look forward to when I get out of school.” Q
Far left, Granbury High School students Pheebe Price (left) and friend Alexandria Azevedo, regular customers at the Frigid Frog, enjoy their snow cones during a recent visit. Hayden Sellmeyer, 16, whose grandparents own and operate the stand, is inside giving a thumbs-up sign. Above, Sellmeyer brings lots of enthusiasm for the business, helping his grandparents Avery and Sherry Carlisle run the Frigid Frog snow cone stand.
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CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN Tennis pro delights others with costume collection TEXT BY KATHY CRUZ PHOTO BY MARY VINSON
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ohn Ingram III doesn’t at all mind admitting that he requires more closet space than his wife. In fact, he requires a whole closet just to store his costumes and his collection of 50 caps and hats. Ingram, the new head tennis professional at the Pecan Plantation Country Club, enjoys dressing in costume for special events. People he encounters seem to enjoy it, too. He is often asked to pose with them for photos. When Ingram was director of tennis at the Prestonwood County Club in Dallas – a job he held for 30 years – people would express disappointment if he didn’t wear a costume, he said.
STARTED YOUNG Ingram’s love of costumes dates back to when he was a boy. His mother bought him “all kinds” of costumes, he said. There was a U.S. Marine costume. A U.S. Army costume. Pirate and cowboy get-ups. At a recent French Open tennis mixer, Ingram didn’t wear a costume, per se, but he did sport the same type of look as men attending the real French Open in Paris: a white shirt, bowtie and straw hat.
At tennis events, Ingram frequently wears traditional all-white clothing. “It’s sort of a vintage tennis look,” he said. He also has been known to give a nod to golf. He owns classic golf knickers like the ones worn by golf professionals in the 1920s and 1930s. Ingram’s family is Scottish and is part of the Clan Colquhoun. He said he recently attended a Celtic concert at the Fort Worth Symphony dressed in full Scottish Highland dress, including a sporran and a sgian dubh. Sporran is Scottish Gaelic for purse. A sgian dubh is the small dagger that sits in the stocking. Both are a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress. “I have a Colquhoun tartan,” he said. “I have the kilt, and I have the sporran and I have the sgian dubh. I’ve researched all of this. “I wear my kilt around St. Patrick’s Day and to Irish and Scottish festivals.” Ingram doesn’t just like Irish and Scottish festivals. He also enjoys German Octoberfests. As you may have guessed, he has a German get-up that he wears to those events. He has lederhosen, and even a Bavarian Alpine hat that he got specially made in Munich. Ingram’s interest in costumes isn’t just in the areas of sports and heritage. He’s got a Santa suit, cowboy attire and a pirate costume complete with dreadlocks. He plans to wear the latter to a Granbury Pirates game. One vintage look of which Ingram is particular proud is his World War II khaki pants and khaki shirt with pins, which he wears with the tie that his dad wore in 1944 and 1945 as part of the Army Air Corps. John Ingram Jr. was a co-pilot on a B-17 in the 388th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. “I was wearing that for Memorial Day,” he said. “It’s an honor for me to wear it.”
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Ingram said that many people in Pecan Plantation, where there is a large number of pilots and veterans, recognize the relevance of his attire. “On military days and patriotic days, I’ll wear that, and the people here recognize it,” he said. “They know what I’m wearing, so that’s very special. That’s a way to honor my dad.” Ingram and his wife, Karen, have lived in Pecan for only a couple of months. They have two grown children. Son John Ingram IV, who goes by Jay, lives in Brownwood. Daughter Katherine lives in New York, where she works at a theater conservatory and has her own closet full of costumes. “Maybe it runs in the family,” Ingram laughed. He said that wearing costumes makes special events and holidays “more fun.” “And, hopefully, it makes it fun for the other people, too,” he said. Q
John Ingram III, the new tennis professional at the Pecan Plantation Country Club, delights crowds by dressing in costumes appropriate for various occasions. His collection includes a Santa suit, cowboy attire and a pirate costume, complete with dreadlocks, as well as Scottish Highland dress and German lederhosen. Ingram is pictured wearing his favorite attire, which is a nod to his father, who served in the Army Air Corps in the mid-1940s. John Ingram Jr. was a co-pilot on a B-17 as part of the 388th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.
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Mattie Mangold, left, is pictured with her sister Eula Fisher and Eula’s granddaughter Judy. The Mangolds employed up to 60 people at one time while they operated the stick horse factory.
TOY STORY Stick horses built in Granbury, shipped across the world TEXT BY ROSEALEE HOFFMAN COURTESY PHOTOS
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indy Mangold Strong and her cousins stormed the Mangold Toy Factory in Granbury much like soldiers riding into battle. To them, it wasn’t a place of business where toys were manufactured and shipped across the world. It was the back of her grandparents’ house where a workshop held fascinating wonders. “We would watch them do everything like paint the stick and put all the pieces together,” said Strong, daughter of J.C. Mangold. “I loved to see the details like the bridles. Some of the horses even had a 18 | Prime | July 2015
little mane.” The adults in Mattie Landers Mangold’s business would patiently show the children step by step how each piece worked. Strong saw the process go from each part being handmade to the later years, when her father designed machines to streamline the process. “I’m sure we made them crazy running around, but to us it was a big adventure,” Strong said.
NO. 1 IN TEXAS It was a big business too – the Mangold Toy Factory was once the No. 1 toy manufacturer in Texas.
Mattie Landers Mangold began making stick horses as a hobby that grew into a business in the 1940s, selling her product to stores in Fort Worth and Dallas. By the 1950s the company was shipping over 600,000 stick horses a year throughout North and South America, as well as Australia. It employed around 60 people. Mrs. Mangold scrounged for her own materials during World War II, searching broom factories for discarded handles she could turn into stick horses. The heads were made of oil cloth, cut by machine and sewed together on each side. The details were painted on by hand at first, then later silk screened.
All the Mangold models were simple sticks, with a stuffed saddle added in later years. Each year at the New York City Toy Show, Cody Martin Sr. and J.C. Mangold would set up a booth. That’s when the operation expanded to sell nationwide, including shipments to Australia and Puerto Rico starting in 1960, according to Cody Martin Jr. J.C. Mangold also worked in the plant and took over management in the late 1950s. His father died in 1963 and his mother in 1968. The factory began in the Mangold home on North Travis Street and eventually expanded to include a building on the square. Strong said there were about 10 women working at sewing machines there.
MAKING HUNDREDS AT A TIME “They did all the painting and cutting in the buildings at the house, and the ladies who sewed them worked on the square,” Strong said. “That was around the time they’d gotten a contract with one of the department stores, and they were making hundreds and hundreds at a time.” In 1960 Humble Oil, forerunner of Exxon, did a short television clip on the factory and how the horses were made. Strong was featured in the film on her stick horse along with several other Granbury children, including her cousin Cody Martin Jr. Mattie Mangold discontinued her share of the business as she got older and her health began to fail. Eventually the company closed down. Q
| TOY STORY To view the film featuring the Mangold family and the toy factory, go to www.youtube.com and search “Mangold Toy Factory.”
R.P. and Mattie Mangold relax in the yard of their home in 1955. Eventually the stick horse factory took up the entire back of the house and expanded to a building on the square.
Mindy Mangold Strong, granddaughter of R.P. and Mattie Landers Mangold, still has one of the stick horses produced by her grandparent’s factory. Strong and her cousin were featured riding stick horses in a film about the company made in 1960.
Mrs. Mangold used discarded handles from broom factories to create the stick horses. The heads were made of oil cloth, cut by machine and sewed together on each side. The details were painted on by hand at first, then later silk screened.
Cody Martin Jr., Mindy Mangold Strong and an unknown child play in a boat in front of their grandparents’ house. Cody and Mindy were featured in a short film that was made in the 1950s about the stick horse factory.
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The old jail off the northeast corner of the Granbury square operated from 1886 to 1978. Records indicate that sheriffs, city marshals and deputies lived downstairs. The museum is located at 208 N. Crockett St.
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Ground-breaking ceremonies were held in 1972 for the Pecan Plantation clubhouse. The clubhouse was designed to follow the theme “a touch of the old south� as a stately colonial building. The official opening was in March of 1974.
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Boys and girls on the Brazos Jacqueie Durham Overstreet (Lee Overstreet’s mother) and Charles Durman (his uncle) tend to cattle in the late 1940s-early 1950s with Granbury and the court-
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tired of taking us to Glen Rose,” she said. “We lived where City Hall is now, but we had horses in town. We sometimes even ong before Internet, cell phones and rode them to the pool.” Miley Cyrus, summer in Hood CounRealtor Lee Overstreet grew up playing ty was a lot different than today. on the Brazos River before Lake Granbury You left home in the morning on was created in 1969. your bike, or horse, or “Whether it was huntsimply walked to your ing or fishing, I was friend’s house. always playing on the Perhaps just the two river. Those are my finof you would spend the est memories of growday together, but most ing up,” said Overstreet, likely you’d end up with 61, a 1972 GHS grad. three or four more, all “When I was 11 or 12 of you exploring and they were surveying having fun. land, getting ready to “From approximateput in the lake. I’d kick ly age 6 or 7 through those survey sticks age 13, when I started down. I was going to working during sumsave the family farm.” mer months, we would Of course, he didn’t Lee Overstreet spend basically all day save the farm, the lake roaming up and down came in, and life around the Brazos (River), riding bicycles around here changed. But the memories of a childtown or playing at friend’s houses,” said hood growing up in pre-Lake Granbury are Cody Martin, 62, a 1971 graduate of Granstill strong today. bury High and owner of Martin’s Office “We lived eight miles north of Granbury Supplies. on Highway 51, and most of the time we “At some point the municipal swimming would not meet one or two cars while we pool opened and that became an additionwere coming to Granbury,” said former al focal point of summer days.” Granbury Lady Pirates coach Leta AnThe pool provided some of 1963 GHS drews, a 1955 GHS graduate. “Now, it is graduate Kathy Purselley’s greatest memo- hard to get on Highway 51 because of the ries. heavy traffic.” “A bunch of our fathers built it. They got Andrews, likewise, recalled having a COURTESY PHOTOS
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The Rains children, (from left) Walt, Shirley and Leta, were always very close as they grew up in Hood County in the 1930s-1950s. great time on the Brazos River. “One of my most favorite activities was our family outings on the Brazos River. It was a one- or two-night stay. Lots of family, fun and recreation.”
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Alba Rains with her daughters Shirley (left) and Leta during a simpler time in Hood County, long before the lake, cell phones, computers, etc. The next day was a repeat. “It was pretty much a Tom Sawyer existence,” he said. “Having lots of friends about the same age to stir up trouble with was a blast.”
NO COMPUTERS There were no iPads or computers on which to message friends. If you wanted to see someone, you called them or, better yet, went to their house. “The radio and Hood County News were all of our social media,” said Andrews. “Just about everybody knew everybody,” said Overstreet. “You’d go down to the square and everyone would visit with you. You’d see a car coming from two blocks away and not only recognize it, but most likely be able to predict who was driving. “It was like Mayberry RFD back then.” Q
Among the things a young Lee Overstreet, shown here in 1970, liked to do while growing up in Granbury was compete in rodeos.
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hat do Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. have in common? Granbury’s Ted Dolan has played in their bands. In fact, he played on one of their albums recorded in 1963. The album was released 44 years later, in 2007. “They gave us autographed pictures,” Dolan said of the three performers known as The Rat Pack. “Sinatra gave everybody a bottle of scotch.” As a professional musician in the 1950s and 1960s, Dolan played in the band for many big-name entertainers, including Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Liza Min-
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nelli, the Paul Winter Sextet and the list goes on and on. “Barbra Streisand’s performance was at the Fourth of July extravaganza at Soldier Field in Chicago, where the Bears play. It was a pretty big deal,” he said.
nally thought he would become an engineer. Instead he earned his degree with a double major in music and mathematics. He spent two years in the Navy where he played with the Fourth District Navy Band and Jazz Band based in Philadelphia.
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After two years in the service, Dolan began working in the Chicago area as a full-time musician at show lounges, ballrooms, country clubs and theater shows. At various times in his career, he’s played the baritone, tenor sax, bass clarinet and flute. “I began to really concentrate on music and the saxophone,” Dolan said. “My goal was to become an established player.”
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The Granbury Saxophone Quartet plays at various functions around town. Members (from left) are: Ted Dolan, David Talmage, Earl Haberkamp and Hainds Laird. Dolan worked as a full-time musician from 1958 until he married in 1967. “Then it was time to get a regular job. Pat had two kids when we got married,” Dolan said.
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While working for Yamaha Corporation, Dolan was district manager for Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico. He worked the school band division and built the Texas market. He also worked the national and international shows for Yamaha, retiring after 35 years. The Dolans moved to Pecan Plantation from Arlington in 2001. “I quit playing for 35 years,” he said. “But decided to take it up again in retirement.” He began practicing two hours every day and joined the Dynamic Swing Machine in Fort Worth. And then he saw an ad in the Hood County News. “Janice Horak was forming the Langdon Center Big Band,” Dolan said. He was in. Nowadays Dolan also plays with the Dixieland Band and the Sax Quartet in Hood County. He continues to play golf and shot his age at 77, 78 and 79. “I hope to shoot 82 this year,” he said with a smile. Q
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Everett Berry caught this scene of the swollen Brazos River flowing over the old bridge leading into Pecan Plantation. His comment was “glad they built the new one.”
John Joffrion entitled his photo submission “Local Vagabond.” This nomadic fellow is a common sight in Hood County. He is often seen collecting cans with his donkey-powered cart.
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