The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLlJME 48 — NUMBER 7.
DE LEON, COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS
Colorful Parade Opens 11th Annual De Leon Fair-Festival
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Drilling On Sells | to speak here | Congressman Ba%ZT£u£is At I Duchess of De Leon I Hodges dinner Of
Drilliiig On Sells
Well Delayed By
Faulty Strata
The Sells Petroleum Company well
now in the process of being sunk, has
encountered considerable difficulty In
drilling. First, wet weather caused
overflow of a nearby creek and sub-
merged the water pump; then a
crooked hole developed around 2500
feet, just when the casing was ready
fca-be- jam. This necessitated -the
use of about 200 feet of cement, and
72 hours had to elapse before the
cement plug could be safely drilled.
Drilling was resumed Tuesday, and
at the present time the well is drill-
ing slowly ahead at around .the 2400-
foot level. Standard equipment has
already been moved to the well site,
and a contract let for completion af-
ter the rotary rig finishes its work
and pipe is run at approximately
2500 feet.
This is the first serious trouble J.
S. Brown, drilling contractor, has had
in drilling his last 25 wells. It Is
thought that a boulder or faulted
condition may have caused the well
to drill off the perpendicular and
thereby interfere with the progress
of drilling.
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HON. CLYDE L. GARRETT
Lately returned from Washington,
Mr. Garrett will come to De Leon
to make an address at the Fair at
2:00 p. m. Saturday.
And Commander
Legion To Speak
~ Congressman Clyde L. Garrett of
Eastland will come to De Leon and
speak on the American Legion pro-
gram on Legion Day Saturday at
the Fair-Festival. Mr. Garrett will
speak at 2:0b o’clock p. m.
Following Mr. Garrett’s address,
Dr. W. J. Danforth, State Comman-
DESDEMONA DEEP
TEST PLUGGED AND
ABANDONED, 5200 FEET
The Gallagher and Lawson well at
Desdemona, the first to pierce the
.....EUenbergej limg to any great depth,
has been abandoned and plugged.
The drill was forced down to a
E nf 6200 feet. A formation was
T*m encounSefeA-^bezc so hard it was im-
possible to obtain a sample for geo-
logical study. Thfc test was half a
mile southeast of Desdemqnai, just
over the Comanche - County line, on
the Bobby Terry land,
LEGION BUSINESS
MEETING WILL BE
HELD FRIDAY, AUG. 12
Announcement is made that the
regular American Legion and Auxil-
iary meeting will be held Friday
evening of next week, and important
business is to come up for consider-
ation at that time. It is important
that all members be present.'
Old City Hall Is
Being Dismantled
And Remodeled
Party to New Orleans
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Horton and
daughter Marjorie, Miss Minnie Fish-
er, W. C. Fisher and son Willis, and
Mrs. Rex McGinnis, went to New Or-
leans on a vacation trip the past
week.
On Silver Screen
—At The Liberty—
Work is starting August 17th on
De Leon’s first large WPA project,
a new City Auditorium, which will be
built on the site of the present City
Hall.
The new structure will be 110x115
feet, and ~ will cost approximately
$15,000.00, will be a brick veneer, and
all the material from the old build-
ing possible will be worked into the
new structure.
A working crew of 45 men who
are on the Comanche County WPA
rolls will furnish the labor. The en-
gineer and contratcor is T. S. Ross &
C*aa« f* m —m ■ i_,___
Ovuo, UUi 11UIU. -T- ;
It is estimated approximately six
months will be reuired to
the structure.
The new building will house and
provide space for a modern fire sta-
tion, jail, justice court room, city of-
fices, public library, and a large au-
ditorium capable of seating 1200
people, which will serve also as a
gymnasium.
The old City Hall was built about
1912. Bonds were vited in 1911 and
again in 1918, in the sum of $9,000.
The old building cracked several
years ago because of sagging foun-
dation, and has been considered un-
safe by many. This city has felt a
need for many years for a place to
hold over-flow meetings such as the
new auditoruim will provide.
Baby Parade At
Fair Grounds At
7:30 P. M. Friday
Mrs. George Ellis has secured three
nurses from Blackwell Sanitarium,
Gorman, to serve as judges for the
Baby Parade, being held as a feature
of Do Leon Fair-Festival this Friday
ebening. The event is to be held at
the Fair Grounds at 7:30 o’clock and
more than, fifty entries have been
signed up for the parade.
The Parade has been divided into
different classes, and cask awards
offered in each divisian.
The judges are Miss Harirs, regis-
tered nurse, Miss Harrell, registered
nurse, and Miss Kimmell.
der of the American T^ginn, and.[ .for.-feat and second places ate beintj
who is also President of the Texas
Pharmaceutical Association, will ad-
dress the Legion and the public. Dr.
Danforth vPfll speak at about 2:30
o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
hear both these addresses, which will
b^^t the Auditorium at the Fair
grounds.
A play “The Rose of No Man’s
Land” will be given by a group of
players Saturday at 8 p. m. No ad-
mission. A free moving picture show-
ing scenes of the recent American
Legion Convention will also be
shown.
G. F. (Cur lie) Wests
Name And Vote
Left Off Returns
Duchess of De Leon | HodgCS Winner Of
Award For |
Melon Exhibit
Wolfe Nursery Won First,
Free Press Second,
* In Parade.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1988.
complete
Friday—More fun than a two
weeks vacation. “Tropic Holiday.”
Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Dorothy
Lamour,' and Ray Mill&nd. More
laughs! More love! More thrills!
It’s the big show of the season. By
all means see “Tropic Holiday.”
Saturday—A big triple program.
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in
“Boots and Saddles.” One of those
swell musical westerns. Also a good
comedy and “Radio Patrol.”
Sunday and Monday—Gene Strat-
ton Porter’s finest story, “Romance
of the Limberlost.” featuring Jean
Parker and Eric Linden. Here is a
fine show for everyone. You will
really enjoy “Romance of the Lim-
berlost.” Also Fox News and com-
edy.
Tuesday and Wednesday—It’s them
thar hill billies, the Ritz Brothers in
Moonshine,” with Tony
Marjorie Weaver, Slim 9um-
and a great cast “Ken-
is for laugh purposes only.
So grab your share of this big fun
show.
Thursday and Friday—Mary Car-
lisle and. Lloyd Nolan in “Hunted
Men,” a swell ’Paramount action and
thrill picture. Also Laurel and Har-
dy in “Bead Hunks,” four-reel spec-
ial comedy.
on—“Army Girl.”
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CHILD SUSTAINED
BROKEN COLLAR BONE
IN FALL AT NARROWS
tucky”
Little Miss iBettye Walker, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Walker,
has a broken collar bone and injured
shoulder as result of a fall at the
Narows last Sunday. A party was
spending the day at this interesting
natural park 12 miles southwest of
De I .con, when the child fell on hard
ground and sustained the injury. She
was treated at Blackwell Sanitarium,
Gorman.
Those making up the party in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walker
and family, Richard Moore and fam-
ily of Yuma, Ariz., Jim Sturdivant
and family, Weldon Hassard and
family, and W. W. Walker and fam-
ily.
THESE FINE HALE
PEACHES REALLY
GROWN AT DE LEON
Whoever said the peach crop at
De Leon was a total failure this
year reckoned without reason. There
are De Leon-grown peaches on exhi-
bit at the Fair, and they an fine
specimens, too.
The peaches an the J. H. Hale
variety and came from the orchard
of W. A. King, only a quarter of a
pile from the Fair Grounds. Mr.
King’s orchard it across the street
west from the cemetery. He only
grew a few, bat they were very f jne.
Thief Took Purse
In Bold Daylight
Robbery On Street ^°*'es
Mrs. W. J. Robinett is minus a
purse containing $7.00 which a bold
thief took from her car on the street
in front of Narry’s cafe last Friday.
Mr. Robinett had just sold a load of
melons and received $7.00. The mo-
ney was placed in Mrs. JRobinett’s
purse which she laid down in die car
while she stepped for a moment Into
the cafe. When she returned, the
purse—and money—were gone. The
incident happened about 2:00 p. m.
when the marketing area was crowd-
ed. Officers could offer little pro-
mise of recovery.
ENDORSE CLYDE GARRETT
FOR RE-ELECTION TO
HIS WORK AT CAPITOL
Clyde L. Garrett of Eastland is one
of 12 Texas Congressmen seeking re-
election who has the indorsement of
the American Good Government, ac-
cording to an announcement from
Washington.
The society designates itself as “a
national non partisan organization
with headquarters in Washington; D.
C.” Much of its activity consists of
preparing information for the press
looking toward better government.
Garrett is unopposed for re-election
and is serving his first term.
Other congressmen indorsed by the
league for Texas include: Represen
tatives Rayburn, Jones, Sumners,
South, Mahon, Thomason, Johnson,
Patman, Sanders, Maverick, and
Pcige.
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CAUGHT 104 POUNDS
CATFISH ON BAYOU
• UP BROWNWOOD LAKE
E. S. Waldrep, Tom Nance and Es-
tel Mathis caught 104 pounds of fine
catfish on the upper reaches of Lake
Brownwood on the Bayou last week.
The three men fished part of a day
ana night, finding the water just so
for good fishing. Two of the catfish
weighed 20 pounds each.
Vacation in South
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard are
home from a ten days vacation In
£outh Texas, visiting at San Antonio,
Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Val-
ley, and Reynosa, Old Mexico. Crop
conditions are fine in that section,
Mr. Ballard told the Free Frees.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The next election will be hel l
August 27, in the basement of the
Methcdist church. Hiis change is
made due on account of the dismant-
ling the old City Hall will be under-
going. —-»
Mrs. J. T. Edmondson and Mrs.
Mary Conley were in Dallas the first
of the week to buy new fall goods.
They now have many pretty things
on display and invite their friends to
call sod see them. —_
Through an oversight that escaped
the attention of Comanche County
Election Bureau checkers in making
up a tabulation of the complete re-
turns published in last week’s Free
Press, the name and votes for G. F.
(Curlie) West, candidate for Com-
missioner of Precinct 4, was inadver-
tently omitted. We regret the oc-
currence and hasten to extend our
to Mr. West for this over-
even though the Free Press
was not responsible for making up
the official tabulation.
In the ten boxes included in Pre-
cinct 4, Mr. West received the follow-
ing vote:
Na. 14 Theney________________6
' M«. f5 De Leon iW
Downing ______________ 19
Duster________ 6
Rucker_______________14
Beattie _______________ 18
Indian Mountain_______ 1
Robinson Springs _____, 12
Suez __—_________ 20
De Leon _____________37
Total J7-____________;___233
Mr. West received the second high-
est vote in this race, as well as tak-
ing second count in seven out of the
ten boxes. Complete results show
Emmett Rippetoe in first place with
a total of 1,084 votes; G. F. (Curlie)
West in second place with 233 votes;
and F. L. (Felix) Morris in third
place with 202 votes'.
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MOORE ft SNEAD
NEW MANAGERS OF
SINCLAIR STATION
R. C. Worthy relinquished the
management of the Sinclair Service
Station, on the comer opposite the
Travelers Hotel, and on Monday of
this week Emmett Moore and Robert
Snead took over the management.
Both will be actively connected with
the operation of the station. Sinclair
products will continue to be sold
there.
Both Moore and Snead have had
previous experience in this line and
know what the public wants. They
are prepared to give a high type of
service covering every motor need.
The station is brand new, and has
the most modern equipment obtain-
able, including new hydraulic lift and
the most modem greasing equip-
ment. Moore & Snead invite their
friends to call when in need of motor
service.
MISS LOVIE CADENHEAD *
RESIGNED GRADE PLACE
Miss Lovie Cadenhead, grade teach-
er in De Leon School the past two
years, has resigned her position to
accept a teaching position in the
Lawn, Texas public schools. Mix’ Ca-
denhead was popular here and her
many friends will regret to know that
she will not be back on the faculty
of De' Leon schools the coming year.
Jim Wllkerson Injured
While working on a bridge in the
Pounds community, Jim Wllkerson of
the Duster community met with a
very painful accident. He was
knocked off a bridge by a scraper.
He fell ten feet, hitting on his head.
The scraper fell on top of him. He
was knocked out for 20 or 80 min-
utes He was vary painfully bruised
out
MISS LELA DENDY
Chosen by De Leon LTiamber of
Commerce to he “Miss De Leon,”
at the Coronation Ceremonies.
The Light Crust
Doughboys Will
Broadcast At Fair
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The Light Crust Doughboys have
been secured for a Fair-Festival en-
gagement, the schedule calling for a
short program at the Fair Grounds
Saturday afternoon. This will prob-
ably bo before the free melon slic-
ing, which is at 4:00 p. m.
......In tbs evening the-Doughboys- wtB
present their regular one-hour broad-
cast ober the Texas Quality Network.
Their program may be heard by the
Fair visitors, it is said.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rippetoe and
little daughter, Barbara, were here
for a brief visit the first of the week
in the homes of relatives. Mr. Rip-
petoe, a former employee of the Far-
mers & Merchants Bank, has,,been
with the Yantis Bank in Brownwood
for more than fifteen years where he
has an excellent position.
De Leon F. F. A.
Boys Compete In
El Paso Contests
Lydel Coan tried out for a place
on the Statewide Future Farmers
Band, while attending the State F. F.
A. Convention at El Paso early this
week. Coan plays Sousaphone, the
big, bass hom, and he will not know
for a few days whether or not he was
successful in winning a place in the
band.
The State F. F. A. organization
wil send a thirty-piece band from
Texas in October to represent the
State at National F. F. A- Conven-
tion, to be in session there. Compe-
tition was keen for the places. An
all-expense trip to Kansas City is a
prize worth working for.
Truman Hornsby was one of 102
Texas boys receiving the Lone Star
Farmer Degree, according to T. E.
Denman, who accompanied the boys
to El Faso. Hornsby was the third
De Leon boy ever to have won this
degree, a coveted honor the winning
of*»which speaks highly of the ac-
complishments of the winner,
_ _ Wrights To WSco
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wright and
son Ieft„ Tuesday for Waco where
they will make their home. They
have lived here two or three years,
Mr. Wright being a conductor on the
Katy. He goes to Waco to become
passenger conductor on > the Texas
Central run from Waco to Stamford.
The Wrights formerly lived in Waco
for many years, and have a nice
that city.
home yin
BOYS ELIGIBLE FOR
NYA JOBS MAY 6ET
EMPLOYMENT SOON
Work is available for boys
low income families, relief
or from families where Old Age As-
sistance is being paid, Boys from 18
to 26 who are interested in securing
employment, should register at the
State Employment Service Office,
City Hail, Comanche, any Wednesday.
De Leon’s Eleventh Annual Fhir
and Festival got off to a good start
Wednesday with an estimated 5JM
crowd reached the peak at parade
hour, 5:00 p. m., and at the Corona-
tion of the Queen at 8:00 o’clock. The
morning attendance eras small.
Lester McNutt won first award
for Bluek Diamond watermelons. L.
S. Hodges won first in Tom Watsons.
The melon show this year is pro-
nounced the best in history. Tbs
melons are “out in front” where they
can be seen. Ribbons were placed on
the competing exhibits Thursday
morning, and tke judges announced
the following results: .............. v
Tom Watsons: First, L. S. Hodges;
2nd, C. C. Hodges; 3d, D. D. Lowrey;
4th, Glyn Hodges; 5th, B. G Cham-
bers.
Yellow Meats: 1st, Willie Carroth,
Jr.; 2nd, W. A. Gray; 3d, B. G
Chambers; 4th, A. G Hodges; 5th, J.
B. Hodges.
Black Diamonds: 1st, Lester Mc-
Nutt; 2nd, J. B. Hodges; Sd, T. N.
Grissom; 4th, Doe Carter; 5th, J. G.
Peters. ,
Booth Exhibits
Future Farmet and Futtffe Home-
Makers: 1st, Ds Leon F. F. A. and
F. H. A.; 2nd, Comyn F. F. A- and
F. H. A.
Community Booths, Canning Truck
—1st, Bowman; 2nd, Beattie.
Textiles, Future Home Makers —
1st, Comyn; 2nd, De Leon.
Textiles 1st Beattie; 2nd Highland.
Farm Booth and Truck 1st Bew-
man; 2nd Beattie.
Parade Awards
High schools were represented by
the following bands and directors: De
Leon, M. G. Snoot; Stephenville, G.
W. Cotlum; Cisco, Robert L. Maddox;
Comanche, Pet Howard; and Dublin,
Gary Macy.
Ross Wolfe’s float, depicting five
leading varieties of peaches, won the
Chamber of Commerce first award
for beauty and originality. Five De
Leon girls, chosen for their
ness, appeared on a gorgeously
ored float, as “Miss Elberta,”
Fsir Beauty,” etc. TTiey were
es Iva Jo Pittman, Eugena Gentry,
Faye Foster, Marcelyn Townsley, and
Naomi Caraway Cook.
The De Leon Free Press won sec-
ond award with an entry depicting
“Spring.” Miss Virginia Scott ap-
peared as the “pink lady,” wearing an
immense hoop skirt . Seated atop a
car, the skirt with a circle of more
than 40 feet, almost swept the
ground. Fred Adcock drove the ma-
chine.
De Leon American Legion’s entry
was awarded third prize, a purple
and silver creation being crowned
with a luxurious Morris chair <tn
which was seated Miss Virginia To-
lar, Legion sponsor. The coloring of
the float was one of the bright spots
in the parade, and the pretty spon-
sor appeared quite lovely in a white
costume.
Honorable mention is due a group
of splendid runners-up, including the
entries of De Leon Shakespeare Club,
Terrill Grocery, Hollie Hafford’s
“August Round-Up,” and the com-
mercial float of the T-P Coal and Oil
Co.
Bibby’s Variety Store won first
comic award with their “tall man,” a
solemn gentleman some 20 feet tall.
Second award went to Tate Count’s
“No Bull” entry. In the bicycle di-
vision, 1st place went to Bond’s Tin
Shop, 2nd place to Jackie Rowe. In
the horse division, J. B. Jeffrey’s en-
try won first prise.
Gay Cmuntrs Mark
Pomp and splendor
coronation of Queen June as
cort, Robert Cook as
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Scott, Mrs. R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1938, newspaper, August 5, 1938; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144147/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.