De Leon's Monitor (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1998 Page: 1 of 10
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Thursday, July 2,1998
Record holder headed for Primetime
Bradford said Eastland County
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Miss De Leon."
Holding the title throughout the past year has been
satisfying in more ways than one, Amy said.
around on him," Bradford said.
When Gorman young people cel-
P&M queen Amy Stephens
... at last year's melon slicing
meet someone," Bradford said.
At first, Bradford said; Poynor
said, "Where's my six-shooter?"
"When he couldn't find his pis-
Monitor photo by Phil Tate
WORLD CHAMPION -- Jason Schayot of Bastrop raises his arms in tri-
umph after his world record watermelon seed spit in August, 1996. Schayot
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ahead and told my kids," he said.
"I've been getting a lot of 'good
luck' stuff from them. One girl even
gave me a bag of watermelon
seeds.”
two worthies employed. Their termi-
nology was far more picturesque and
precise, but this is a family oriented
newspaper and their exact wording
and many of the stories I cannot tell
suffer an editorial death. A deserved
death no doubt.
Somewhere along here other heckr
lers and fault finder* joined in on tlut
"Bash Gary” festival. Boomer Nowlin
was one of the more audible, and his
participation was welcomed by Eddie
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Guinness World Record hold-
ing Seed Spitter Jason Schayot,
who set his record at the 1996 De
Leon Peach and Melon Festival,
will be a featured guest on the
Nashville Network's Primetime
Country program July 7 at 8 p.m. L -' S
Primetime Country's host Gary
Chapman (raised in De Leon) and
Schayot will be talking about "wa-
termelons, seed-spitting, De Leon
and the Festival," Schayot said. f
"Then we're going to have a spit- ».
off and have a little fun with it." rB
"I'll be the third guest," he said.
Others scheduled to be on the show Rk
include the group Ricochet and
Chari ie Chase of Crook and Chase. RK|
"I have no idea how they found |1Q
me," Schayot said. "The first per- |y
son who contacted me was the per-
son with the idea, and they kind ~h-
ihf.
speed, or lack of it, by pointing out
that he’s always where he’s supposed
to be — when he’s supposed to be.
investigation completed," Bradford r “
said, "but I didn't want to release the 96-year-old Poynor began
' who sipped at his coffee, puffed at his
“I saw you the other day,” Eddie, cigarette and smiled broadly. If there’s
testified to Gary, “and I could read the
His time of departure is*geared to his lettering on your tire walls — and you
ETA, his velocity and his faithful con-
veyance “Whitewind.”
Eddie did not abbreviate his attack
recounting the foot race betwixt the
tortoise and the hare, Gary Burlison
fell victim to the assault of fast Eddie
Lindley just lately. Eddie’s contention
that it’s necessary to drive pegs to see
whether Gary is even moving as he
travels the highways and byways of exotfclitea fo7'disposaL~Apparently,
Super Spitter Schayot to guest on Chapman's TV show
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North.
The spectacular event is free to
the public. Activities and entertain-
ment will get underway at 6:30 p.m.,
when the Noon Lions Club will open ^^As’dhJ^whiA’is^hed?
the concession uled for 9:30 p.m.
S’ville hosts Fun Fair
Stephenville's 1998 July 4th Fam-
ily Fun Fair holds excitement for fair
goers of all ages. Fair-goers may
participate in many contests and
events as well as stroll through the
park enjoying the sights, conces-
sions and booths. A "Field of Fun"
will provide hours of excitement for
all, and a full slate of entertainers is
also scheduled.
The Fun Fair parade begins at 11
a.m. in downtown Stephenville.
There will be floats, marching
groups, performers, bicyclers, local>
dignitaries and more. Children and
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families may decorate bicycles and
join the parade from the Dairy Queen
parking lot. Bicyclers need to meet
at the Dairy Queen at 10 a.m. with
their bicycle helmets.
There are activities designed to
appeal to everyone. Bring your lawn
mower along for racing. Try to win a
1998 Chevrolet pickup and a million
dollar prize at the Bruner Motors
Hofe-in-One Golf Contest located
behind Optimist Field beginning at
12 noon. Dr Pepper's 4 on 4 Volley-
ball contest and Coca-Cola's 3 on 3
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COMANCHE
COUNTY LIBRARY
COMANCHE TX
a better man at bearing up under some-
one else’s problems in the wilds of
Desdemona, then his name is un-
known to me.
“I’ve been studying your vehicles
since I was but a tad,” Boomer
boomed, “And I’ve yet to see a single
bug meet his demise as a result of a
head-on collision with your vehicle!
That ain’t natural.”
“I’m a conservationist,” Gary said,
“not a conversationalist. And, if you’ll
walk outside and look at my wind-
shield I believa /ou’ll discover the re-
mains of a bug about midway between
the top of my steering wheel and the
top of the windshield. That ruined bug
bears moot testimony to a death by
collision!”
Gary spoke the truth. An exhaus-
tive investigation proved Gary’s claim
with only one complication. The
bug, a mosquito was smeared where
Gary claimed. But it was on the inside
of the windshield.
Fireworks
banned!
by Chief of PoUce
Wayne T. Parsons II
It is Illegal to discharge any type
of fireworks inside tbeeity finite
of De Leon.
Due to the extreme dry condi-
tions, there will be no warntegsb-
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fireworks will be confiscated*
This Strict nt the
safety of Be dttzens of Dg Leon
and to prevent uy fires fr^m bo-
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City&Library
closed July 3
The De Leon City Hall and the
De Leon Public Library will be
closed on Friday, July 3 in obser-
vance of the Independence Day boii-
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However, all flnwMBititn-
tions in De Leon wR be open on
Friday, Jidy 3 and Monday, July 6.
The U.S. Poet Office will be
open Friday, July 3 as well, but wfll
not deliver mail on July 4.
At this juncture I should pause and
admit to my legion of fans that the pre-
ceding quotations are not exactly the
snorted. “You impede the progress of phraseology or exact words that these
fthose of us who earn our keep trans-
porting the goods and supplies to keep
... out great industrialization humming.
Completely ignoring the Aesop fable You, sir are a dam in the flowing river
of life! In other words, you hold up
traffic.”
At this point I should explain that
Eddie Lindley is a licensed conveyor
of the brine solutions that must be
transported from our area oil wells to
the arep. Gary, of course, defends his Gary’s locomotion is at opposite ends
will be featured on De Leon native Gary Chapman's July 7 edition of
Primetime Country on the Nashville Network.
diem where they're attached to the has recieved encouragement from
watermelon, and placement on the students and co-workers.
tongue has a lot to do with it.” "One teacher found out about it,
Schayot, who lives in Bastrop, then a couple more, and when I
~ . I found out about the TV show, I went
Investigation results released
Shooting 'unfortunate'
The shooting death of a 96-year- may be empaneled as early as July
old Gorman man by law enforcement 8, but will probably not convene
officers was "a very unfortunate situ- until mid-July.
Bradford said the incident, which
By Cliff Coan "When we went to Abilene," Amy said, "the little
On Aug. 3, Amy Stephens will be handing over her kids wanted our autographs — they thought we were
famous. And you get all these whistles and catcalls from
boys (on the parade routes). You get to do interviews
correct:"
District Attorney Mike Siebert _. .
will take the shooting to an Eastland ebrating their graduation' began said her call was nothing like dug -
Grand Jury, according to Bradford, turning down a dirt road near the - that she only wanted help because
Bradford said notices have gone out Poynor residence, Poynor "thought her husband was upset over the
to prospective grand jurors, and they it was a signal for her to go out and
of picked my brain to find out if I
had ever spit before, and what my
ties with De Leon were."
Schayot's grandparents, Derrol
and Delta Hafford, live in De
Leon, he said, and he visits here
regularly, attending the Festival
every summer.
Schayot’s record spit in '96 of
75 feet, two inches bested the pre-
vious Festival record by nearly 30
feet and broke a record set by Lee
Wheelis of Luling in 1989 of 68
feet, 9 inches. It also earned him a g/"*
spot in the Guinness Book of
World Records. <
However, Schayot's spit last
year was a "dud," not even plac-
ing in thp competition.
"It seems like it's every other
year," said Schayot. "I've been
practicing to go on the show - not
nearly enough, though."
"It's a good thing 1 like water-
melon,” he added as an after-
thought. . . • •
"I've been doing different
things," he said. "I started with big
ones (seeds), and now I'm down to
little ones. The main thing is that
they don't have the little 'tail' on
mally get them - like, we went to a nursing home some-
where and gave the people there a bunch of watermel-
crown as Peach and Melon Festival Queen to a new- famous. And you get all these whistles and catcalls from ons - made me feel really good."
comer. boys (on the parade routes). You get to do interviews "Amy's been an unusally good queen," said Festival
The Queen's Contest will be held at 9:30 p.m. the open- and get your picture in lots of papers. The glory part of Executive Secretary Betty Terrill. "She feels her obliga-
ing night of the 84th Annual Festival on the Festival's it is really good. Getting all dressed up and pretty-look- tion’ has accepted the responsibility seriously."
Comanche skies to blaze
Fireworks will light up the sky at dogs and drinks for the low price of
the 8th Annual Fourth of July Cel- 25 cents each.
ebration and Fireworks Display to be There will be games and contests
held in Comanche on Saturday, July for kids of all ages. Musical enter-
4, at Indian Stadium on Highway 16 tainment will also begin at 6:30 p.m.
A patriotic, segment of the pro-
gram will include the Community
Choir, and a flag-raising ceremony
and veteran recognition just prior to
ation," according to a statement re- „ .
leased by the Eastland County Sher- culminated with the fatal shooting tol," Bradford said,~Mr. Poynor ob-
began as a "domestic dispute." tained his shotgun. He then said, 'I'm
The Sheriff said he did not per- going to stop this tonight.' He went
released the results of an investiga- sonally conduct an investigation of out in a jealous rage."
tion into the May 29 fatal shooting the shooting, but he did talk to f _2* L ~ ~
of William Euell Poynor. Poynor's wife at the couple's home Dispatch recieved a 911 call from
"I regret it took so long to get the immediately after the incident. Mrs. Poynor asking for help about
Earlier in the evening of May 29, 10:38 p.m. The text of the call, ac-
laccus- cording to Bradford, was "Husband
anything until I knew the facts ware ing his wife Maxine of "running has pistol. . . threatening me ... I
*.•• j __ ~— . .. nee<j help."
Mrs. Poynor has since reportedly
open-air stage at the grounds on Highway 6, preceded ing is fun."
by the Little Miss De Leon contest. Amy, along with Miss De Leon Crystal Banda and
Amy said she looks back on an interesting year. Little Miss De Leon Jaclyn Wise have attended seven
"I can look back on it and say 'I did that,"' the senior parades in other towns so far, but "there's a bunch com-
at De Leon High School said. "It's been a good experi- ing up now."
ence. It's fun. You get to go out and meet a bunch of "Fixing up the float is really fun," Amy said. "You
people ... get out of the house ... see a lot of other become really good friends with Miss De Leon and Little
towns ... spend the night places ... meet a bunch of T" ~ '
boys."
Throughout the year, the Queen, along with the win- satisfying in more ways than one, Amy said. To enter, would-be contestants should contact Terrill
ner of the Miss De Leon contest and the Little Miss, "’-----* -j —
represent De Leon in parades and at events around the to me. It's not just a beauty contest - personality counts 6600, Terrill said? At a July" 14 tea, the girls who enter will
area. a lot. And giving watermelons to people who don't nor- recieve more information.
were on
lin!”
“I got there,” Gary said. “On time,
at the revelation by Gary that speed is That’s why the railroad values me so
not a requisite for punctuality. “I just highly and accords me the esteem I
leave early and proceed at a rate that enjoy!”
allows me to eye the beauty of na-
ture,” Gary avers.
“And hold up traffic,” Eddie
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Any girls of high school age who live in the De Leon
Independent School District may enter the queen's con-
test, said Terrill. Girls who enter must have a sponsor
from among the local civic organizations, but the spon-
sor is not obligated in any way.
The girls must sell $200 worth of tickets to a 5300
merchandise drawing to be eligible, Terrill said. The con-
test consists of interviews with out-of-town judges at
an afternoon tea and evening dress and onstage inter-
views that night.
I earned it all by myself," she said. "It wasn't given or Susie Hodges at the Festival office or call them at 893-
a lot. And giving watermelons to people who don't nor- recieve more information.
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