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Volume 5 No. 44
Reflecting our PAST, our PRESENT end our FUTURE
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been married for 33 years and moved
to Texas shortly after tying the knot
dren and they have one grandchild.
Please see Blazer page 9
1991-1993.
In 1985, Cdrlson began her in-
volvement in chambers and tourism
Birth announcements
Engagements announcements
Thank You's
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cently retired Chamber President live up to its motto of "Busiest Town,
Monitor now offering
free garage sale ads
$100 REWARD
Offered for the arrest and conviction of
persons responsible for break in of local news-
paper racks. Call 893-NEWS
Poking around
By Charles Chupp
Monitor Publisher
This weeks paper includes a
letter from an old coinpadre of
mine who holes up in the Russian
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Monitor publisher Charles Chupp Gorman. and Desdemona will get
"I want this to be a benefit to all
our readers, but HI balk if Randy
Farrow calls me from Colorado aak-
Recent rains have caused more erosion
Adcock appears to be a
lock for City Manager
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took a reader's suggestion to heart thejree acte
County Red Cross, Midland Ameri- last week and has announced that
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Red Cross, De Leon Chamber of sale ads free of charge.
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of Texas' Outstanding Rural Lead- people were inspired to hold garage motorcycle parts, t hupp saia
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Bom and raised in southern New city." Chupp said. "The suggestion
Mexico, just five miles from the was to give a discount, but I think
Texas border. Carlson considers her- that if it might help beautify De Leon
City and school
elections set for
Saturday, May 6
It just may be the quietest and
cleanliest election ever in Texas as
De Leon voters prepare to hit the
polls Saturday without having to
view a single election sign for city
council or school board.
While other towns are clogged
with the "elect me" signs stuck in
yards and along roadways De Leon
candidates have kept their cam-
paigns low-key and mud free.
John Robert Adcock is running
unopposed for Mayor after current
Mayor Norma Jo Locke decided
against running. Gayle Stroud also
has no competition in the City Coun-
cil Place 2 slot.
While there is heavy run for the
De Leon Independent School
District's board the campaigns have
remained centered on the issues.
Candidates running for DISD
school board include Maxine
McLearen, Karen Stone, E. Ray
Smith, Trent Thomas, Larry Don
thistle wilds of Stiuiton, Texas. Bud Womack and Day Ion Whitehurst.
There will be no election for the
De Leon Hospital Board of Direc-
tors after incumbents Betty Terrill
and John Mack Weaver received no ____ „„
so it’s plain to see that it is a divine challengers and the hospital district Joanna Garcia. Shelly Hight, Crystal Gilder Talisha Rogers, Nikki Chavarria* (Back) Ryan Schuman. Michael Reyna, Russell Morganstean, Dusty Man
creation. Bud and I have a recipro-
cal trade agreement which allows
me to pirate his writings, and vice
versa. Most likely, I come out on
the long end of that swap arrange-
ment, since some of Bud’s literary
creation actually make sense.
Anyways, Bud questioned my
spelling of Poke Sallit. His research
has convinced him that the correct
name for that fence row herb is
actually Poke Salat.
The week before that Mr. H.M.
O’Brien of Sidney Texas, claimed
that the correct classification is
Poke Salad. Mr. O’Brien is also a
valued creator and contributor to
both ZV Monitor and the
Messenger. His letter was also
carried in our paper, much to the
delight of Editor Russell Huffman.
Additionally, I’ve been beset,
beleaguered and blasphemed in the
caffeine dens around our fair city,
with my ignorance of the Poke
Weed as the current item of
belittlement. I’ve also been berated
by e-mail, fax, letter, telephone,
telegraph and pony express.
So, I’ve stooped to a level that I
seldom frequent-1 looked it up in
my handy dandy 1924 edition of
The Americana, which I now take
pleasure in quoting verbatim: To
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Pokeroot, or Pocan, a strong
smelling perennial herb (Phytolacca
americana or the family
Phytolaccacce). It is a native of the
United States from Maine to
California and westward to
Minnesota and Texas. It is 3 to 12
feet high, bears smooth entire
leaves, and long racenes of small
flowers followed by dark purple
berries which ripen in late summer
and autumn. The young shoots and
pie seedlings are often eaten; the
former like asparagus, the latter
like spinach; the berries are a
favorite food of birds, especially
Robins, whose flesh is often tinted
by the deep crimson juice, which is
used for coloring and adulterating
wines. Its name is said to be
derived from the Indian “Pocan,” a
dye yielding plant; for example,
blood-root Other popular names
are Garget Pigeon Berry, Inkberry
and Scoke. The dried roots have
been used in medicine for reducing
corpulency, but they seem to be
losing in favor. In Europe the plant
has become naturalized and there,
as at home, is sometimes a trouble-
some weed. Two Asiatic species,
P.escutenta and P.acinosa as well as
the above species are occasionally
cultivated for their young shoots
and foliage.”
My grandmother Mrs. J.J.
Brownlee migrated to this clime
around the turn of the century. She
was fifty percent Cherokee and her
jumping off place when she
embarked for Texas was Water
Valley Mississippi, and although
I’ve not been there it’s likely that
the Poke plant flourished in the
area. She firmly believed that a
spring dose of Poke was necessary
for a person’s well being, and, she
lasted might nigh a century despite
the delivery and raising of an even
dozen offspring. Most of her kids
Please see Poking page 8
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The position of De Leon City Friendlist People."
Manager appears to be filled at least During the Council’s most recent
in the mind of outgoing Mayor meeting, Mayor Locke announced
Norma Jo Locke who said she felt that she hadn't submitted resumes
very comfortable with the job being for review because she was more
done by incoming Mayor John Rob- than satisfied with the way things
ert Adcock. were currently being handled.
Adcock, a current City Council- "John Robert has the City of De
man volunteered to take over the job Leon at heart when he goes to work
several months ago and is doing so and he keeps that in mind when he
without pay. Mayor Locke said she is making decisions," Mayor Locke
thought that Adcock had been do- said.
ing a fine job and at the same time Adcock has kept city workers
j was saving the salary it busy. Included among the most re-
Helmer. moved to De Leon. Carlson wou|d take to pay a city manager,
brought some big city ideas to a t
small town and then had the drive t>,e cjty user friendly" and has quite
side that is going to come down
soon," Adcock said.
According to property owner
Ronnie Golden he approached the "That means they won't have to wait
De Leon City Council about the until the next budget year before they
problem three years ago. Heavy can start work. We were told it would
flooding had started to wash out the be about eight weeks and that was
retaining wall and he was worried two weeks ago."
about a collapse. Meanwhile there is the second
The wall was reviewed by the City retaining wall and large concrete
Council, city employees and officials slab that is losing its foundation of
dirt.
The head-high wall is about 100-
line and expressions of concern, but feet long and appears to have started
in the end the retaining wall was Please see TexDOT page 8
The De Leon Chamber's Betty Terrill and Mary Golden know that
Lynne is a valuable asset.
De Leon’s Lynne Carlson honored
by Texas Forts Trail as a Blazer
De Leon's Lynne Carlson has tai in organizing the De Leon His-
been honored as a Trail Blazer by torical Society and Develop De Leon
the Directors of the Texas Forts Trail Today.
She continues to serve as a valu-
_ , able resource and volunteer for the
"This busy lady had to retire, she Chamber of Commerce and is in-
didn't have time to go to work," volved with De Leon Historical So-
wrote Texas Forts Trail as it intro- ciety, RC&D Council and Develop-
duced Carlson and her accomplish- ment, Texas Council of Govern-
ments. ments Tech Prep Council, Texas
Carlson has recently retired from Department of Economic Develop-
the De Leon Chamber of Commerce, ment Agri-Cor Regional Committee,
where she served as Executive Di- and the De Leon First United Meth-
rector for five years. odist Church.
Beginning with an empty build- Carlson has spent most of her ershipAwanr
ing, Carlson built an information career involved with nonprofit orga-
center and created a Chamber of nizations. She worked and volun-
Commerce in De Leon. teered with the American Red Cross
She fort virv<vt on the Texas Forts from 1975-1980, as a consultant
Trail Board of Directors since its until 1984, and then again from
inception and is proud of the role she
has been able to play in regional
tourism.
Carlson has also been instrumen- at the Sweetwater Chamber of Com-
Red Cross, National American this newspaper will run all garage
”l~ece^ed a Suggestion that if ing to ran a garage sale for Harley
Free garage sale ads wtff be lim-
ited to 30 words
Mnody Free
„L, i In addition to free garage sate ads
relfal^xan. She'andHeimer have I want to iw all garage sate ads for other already free items include:
free."
Chupp didn't limit his new
Together they have raised four chil- change to just De Leon and an-
nounced all Comanche County resi-
dents and people living in Dublin,
Mexico, just five miles from the
LYNNE CARLSON
merce.
When she and her husband, the city
Adcock has preached, "making dow for City Hall and the razing of
’ s an unsafe building along Texas
to prove that they could work. Re- voca| jn saying he wants De Leon to Street.
Bodie Weaver acknowledged there
was some balking at the time, but
De Leon is very proud of its Cham-
ber of Commerce and also is proud
of Carlson and her accomplish-
ments.
Over the years, Carlson has re-
ceived numerous awards for "Out-
standing Service" from the Ameri-
can Cancer Society, Sweetwater
Chamber of Commerce. Nolan
Area Softball Champs and fans. (Front) Becky Stephens, Jennifer Stephens, Smith, Teresa Lesley, Emily Nowlin, Dosha Singleton, Jonie McLearen.
Amanda Morganstean. (Middle) Tania Reyna, Erica Ramirez, Kimberly Zandt, Clint Morgan, R.J. Newby, Ashton Schuman, Andrew Leal
TexDot emergency funds may be
used to correct erosion problem
The Texas Department of Trans- pushed into the ditch rather than
portation is expected to use emer- being repaired,
gency funds to repair erosion dam- "My concern is for the bridge on
age north of the bridge at the S-curve Texas Street which was washed out
on Texas Street. by flooding in 1990," Golden said.
City Manager John Robert "That's why I granted an easement.
Adcock brought the problem to the I'm having to give up several feet of
attention of TexDOT and Sunday my property, but this correction is
evening's rains confirmed there is a something that needs to be done."
real problem. Two weeks ago, Adcock visited
"We've got a concrete wall that's with TexDOT officials who have in-
already at the bottom of the ditch and spected the site and found there is a
there is another wall on the other problem that will only get worse.
"They said they thought they
would be able to do the work with
emergency funds," Adcock said.
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