Rescheduled auction

Whitley May Auctioneers have rescheduled the Sweetwater sale. It will now be held on November 11.

County property sells

The Capitola Community Center, at the corner of FM 611 and FM 419, sold for $41,000 at a sheriff's sale this month.

The new owner is Casey Terry of Fisher County. 

The unused property was owned by the county.

The Sylvester and Longworth Community Centers will be the next county properties to go to auction. Minimum bid is $25,000, each.

The sale is scheduled for November 10, 10 a.m., at the courthouse. 

Upcoming big auctions

Whitley May Auctioneers will be holding the Sweetwater Equipment Consignment Auction next weekend, October 25.

It will be on the north side of I-20, take exit 240 to get there. The event begins around 9 a.m.

They have scheduled the annual Loraine auction for March 28, 2026, to be held at the old gin on Marchant Ave.

Be sure to bring your ag timber number or apply for one before the sale if you want purchases to be tax exempt.

#Texas

Faith

I hear people talk about faith a lot, usually in connection to religion. My greatest faith is a prolific belief in everyday things. The thing that gets me through life.

Everyday, I believe I will wake in the morning (although I know, in the back of my mind, that this will not always be true); the car will start; I'll make it to my destination; a paycheck will come; the sun will shine, even behind rain; grasshoppers will jump; clothes will dry on the line; the water heater will not explode; the propane tank will not be struck by lightning; on and on and on, little things that I have confidence in. I believe if I reach for a glass of water, my hand will close around it and I will lift it to my mouth.

Even though I don't adhere to being a Baptist, a Catholic, a Buddhist, I have faith. Without it, I truly would not be able to get up in the morning. I think it outweighs hope.

Most of these things are fallible, but I have faith that even when all my faculties have failed, the sun will still shine, even behind clouds; grasshoppers will jump; clothes will dry on the line.

I find comfort in these small beliefs.

Leaps

- The Box Tops -

I thought I better do some work today, so I took some photos of a 1970 South Plains College yearbook to sell on ebay.

There was a band, The Box Tops, mentioned in it. That school year, they had played in "The Dome", a sports facility in Levelland, Texas.

I wondered who they were, thinking they were some local band of the time.

Information online said that they sang the song "The Letter". Not that song, I thought. Not the one that the words start playing in my mind without me having to recall them: Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane... 

It is that song. I thought The Animals or someone like that had sang it. My mind was blown.

Then I wondered who wrote that song. A guy named Wayne Carson, who went on to write so many songs that you can't not know one. Always On My Mind, Satin Sheets, and on and on, performed by famous singers like Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck and Waylon Jennings. He also wrote a few more of The Box Tops top hits. Mind blown, again.

Next I wanted to know who sang the song that started all this unraveling. It was Alex Chilton, a sixteen-year-old boy from Tennessee.Wait, what?! He also wrote In the Street, covered by Cheap Trick, which was used as the theme for That 70's Show? Good grief, the leaping around my mind was having to do was staggering. Wait, though, there was one more great jump to make.

Alex Chilton was the singer for Big Star. He wrote Thirteen, one of the sweetest songs I've ever heard. I was having cataclysms in my mind. I thought these were contemporary songs, but they're from the '70's! I mean, Thirteen was on the Gilmore Girls soundtrack! It played in the background while Rory and Dean were courting.

The older I get, the more I'm amazed at what I don't know. It's very exciting, discovering new old things. Just dazzling. 

So, wow, The Box Tops, Wayne Carson, Alex Chilton, That 70's Show, Gilmore Girls, all connected. Now, I wonder where Kevin Bacon fits into all of this? 

More county properties to be auctioned

The sale of the Longworth Community Center and the Sylvester Community Center is on the Fisher County Commissioners meeting agenda for October.

The agenda states that the Longworth property consists of 1.36 acres and the Sylvester property consists of 8 lots.

The minimum bid for the properties will be discussed during the meeting.

The meeting will be held at the courthouse October 14, 9 a.m.

The passing of a Hobbs Community icon

- Howard Gordon, 2012 -

Howard Gordon died September 21, 2025. He will be sorely missed.

Obituary in the Double Mountain Chronicle. 

Hobbs reunion

The Hobbs School Reunion will be held October 18 at the school annex.

Registration is at 10 p.m. with lunch following at noon.

Rough Creek Catering will provide the meal. There will be a dessert.

County auction set

The sale of the Fisher County owned community center at the corner of FM 611 and FM 419 will be held October 14, 10 a.m. at the courthouse.

The minimum bid is $25,000.

The property consists of 1.676 acres with a building on it.

More information can be found in the public notices section of the Double Mountain Chronicle.