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Rev. H. V. Caraway, Program Chairman
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Closing Hymn
Benediction
Collie Andrews of Pilot Point
began work with a line crew of
Community Public Service Com-
pany Monday.
Invocation___
Group Singing
Speakers _____
The ladies of the Methodist
Church will serve turkey dinner
with all the trimmings, Saturday
at the Church Educational Build-
ing.
Serving will begin at 11:00 a.m.
and continue till 1:00 p.m.
Plan now to eat with these
ladies on this date.
The theme for the Methodist
Fannin County Group Ministry
to be held at Windom Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock is “The Year of Enlist-
ment.”
Rev. Bill Kent, pastor of First
THE LEONARD GRAPHIC,
LEONARD, TEXAS
The annual Aunt Jemina PSGtt—
cake Supper sponsored by Leos?.--
ard Athletic Club will be hakl.
Thursday night, November1 IS $»■<.
the school cafetorium.
Keep the date in mind and get
a ticket from any member of
club, or pay at the door.
All the pancakes yau can eaX.
sausage and coffee for 75c.
Serving will begin at 5:00 ©3SK
and continue till 8:00 p.nu
life.
are his parents, a
Baggett of Lake
one brother, Haskell
Leonard; one sister,
Fort
The Wolfe City Wolves came tfcfo.
Leonard last Friday night and
scored a 47 to 12 victory over iSfe
Leonard Tigers. The win gB»'-
the Wolves the title of Distwat
14-B, won last year by the Tigers..
The Wolves will play the winmE:
of Dist. 13-B in bi-district neaejfc
week.
Bobby Page, quarterback, pssg*-
ed the Wolves to victory. He pass-
ed for 3 touchdowns, and isbb.
for two.
Jerry Bench scored Leoomrcd;
first touchdown in the tftaxH
quarter, and scored the other S—
pointer a little later.
The Tigers ended the 1959 fotsfc-
ball season with 6 losses and JsS.
wins. ""
There will be a regular meet-
ing of the Leonard Volunteer
Fire Department at 7 p. m., Fri-
day night. t
All members are urged to at-
tend.
Each member is asked to bring
a bowl and spoon to the meeting.
Members of Farmers Union-
Local 127 will meet in a regular-
meeting Saturday, November K
at 7:30 p.m. at the Prairie H3121
School house.
Following the business meeting:
games of dominoes will be played..
All members are urged to at-
tend.
Wolfe Cify Wins
Dist. 14-B Title
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1959
No Christinas
Parade Planned
For This Year
Farmers Union
Regular Meeting
Joe Richards, chairman, re-
ports $2,205.89 had been con-
tributed towards the $2500.00 goal
set by Leonard Community Unit-
ed Fund for this year by Tuesday
afternoon.
All workers have been asked
to help bring the drive to a close
by Saturday, November 21.
If you haven’t given to
U F please do so now.
Turkey Dinner
Served By
Church Ladies
Aubrey Freeman, 51, died
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Freeman, 312 South
4th 'street in Bonham, Friday,
Nov. 6, 1959, after an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Wilson Funeral Home chapel
in Leonard at 2 p.m. Sunday with
the Rev. J. W. Holcomb, pastor
of the Pentacostal Church of God
of Bonham officiating. Interment
was in the Arledge Ridge Ceme-
tery.
A native of Pike, Freeman had
made his home in Fannin county
most of his
Survivors
son, W. B.
Charles, La.;
Freeman of
Mrs. George Edwards of
Worth and two grandchildren.
It is quite likely that
this you have heard rumors that
there should be a change in the
set up of our school. That is, that
a form of consolidation should
take place whereby, perhaps, some
of the grades would go to the
school of a neighboring town.
It is true that we need repairs
and improvements for our school
plant each year because we are
ever progressing. With the build-
ings, equipment, pupils, faculty,
and program of instruction which
we now have, we feel that we are
offering the pupils here just as
good opportunities (if not better)
than any neighboring town could
provide.
We have met the requirements
set up by the Texas Education
Agency, and in many departments
our graduation requirements are
higher than those prescribed by
the State. As long as we are able
to retain the number of pupils
and teachers we now have and
maintain the requirements set up
by the Board of Trustees, and
with no pressure from the State,
there is no reason why we cannot
maintain a fully accredited 12-
grade school in Trenton for an
indefinite time.
The Board of Trustees has no
intention now, or at any future
time, of having consolidation un-
less it will enlarge our school
and keep all grades here.
As you hear such rumors, let
people know you
Trenton schools.
Yours
W. L.
Superintendent
(Paid Adv.)
Leonard U F
Drive Nears End
Aubrey Freeman
Rites Sunday
At Leonard
Subscription rate, is $2.00 a year in Fannin and adjoin-
ing counties. Sent elsewhere, the price is $2.50 a year.
Pancake Supper
Thursday Night
November 19
Group Ministry
Meeting Sunday
At Windom
Enclosed find check or money order for $
Send the Leonard Graphic one year to
At the regular meeting of
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night members voted to discon-
tinue the annual Christmas Pa-
rade sponsored by the Chamber.
On a motion by Dr. James W.
Davis and seconded by Fate Park-
er it was voted to plan a sub-
stitute program for the parade.
A committee named by presi-
dent Ray Murphy to plan a give-
away program or drawing in-
cludes Barney Hudgens, Joe Gaul-
den and Jack Barbee.
The group set December 21 as
the date homes decorated for
Christmas will be judged. Any
one desiring to enter their home
in the “best decorated home for
Christmas” may register at the
Graphic office. Three cash prizes
of $75, $35 and $25 will be a-
warded for the three best decorat-
ed homes within the city limits.
Jim Blaine Leinart, Donald
Parks and Royce Minchey report-
ed on their trip to the National
F F A Convention in Kansas City.
All three boys are members
the Future Farmers Chapter
Leonard High School.
Refreshments were served
Frank Crawford and Joe Gaulden
at the close of the business.
Firemen Meeting
Friday Night
Methodist Church will
the speakers for the
Each member of the
expected to attend if
The planning committee as
very enthusiastic about this, jam-
gram because of the speakers
were able to schedule. Speakerssens
Rev. O. B. Rogers, Executivef-Sesa*
retary Town and County Core-
mission, Mr. M. E. Lee, Lay Leas-
er of the Sherman and McKinriey
District and Rev. Kent. They wall
discuss various phases of.the site-
listment program.
To All Interested
In The Trenton
Public Schools
____ J. Howard Mason
Rev. W. T. Stephenscan.
__ Rev. O. B. Rogers
Mr. M. E. Lee
Rev. Bill Kent
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Windom Methodist Church
November 15, 1959
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VOLUME 71
Jean Lorance Was Homecoming Queen
SHIPMENTS SOON
Slow Down And , Mrs. Nannie Sharp
Live Campaign
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LOSING GOOD WILL
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matter of deep
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THE AMERICAN WAY
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Conley Doyle was a patient at
M&S Hospital in Bonham this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lorance and
drum majorette of th£ pep suad.
Kenneth Deel placed the crown
on the Queen’s head during half-
time ceremonies.
Crownbearer was Dawn Craw-
put
be-
Eisenhower,
Ambassador.
“CARE is a
organization.
no
not
these
LEONARD, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS
Mrs. Roy Neale and Mrs. Mor-
rell James returned Wednesday
from visiting Dallas relatives,
Mrs. Neale returned to Dallas
Friday for a few more days.
who gave her
from the begin-
this good news:
Leonard High School senior
Jean Lorance was crowned Home-
coming Queen at the Leonard-
Wolfe City football game here
Friday night.
Miss Lorance is the daughter of
will reach nearly 100
children and adults. Or
supplement the present,
above starvation diet of a
G. L. Holman of Bqnham, chair-
man for Fannin County’s “Dol-
lars For Democrats” Drive re-
leased the following organizer’s
and goals for area towns and
communities.
Leonard, $75.00—-Wade Morris,
Tom Wright, Ray Murphy and
Les Abernathy.
Trenton, $75.00—Grady Riley,
Roy Robinson, Dolly Butler and
Pee Wee Reed.
Bailey, $25.00—Will Hale.
Randolph, $15.00—J. D. Cot-
ham.
Valley Creek, $10.00 — E. D.
Owens.
Edhube, $15.00, A. W. Wain-
wright and Tommy Johnson.
Mr. Holman suggests that every
Democrat in Fannin County
forth more effort than ever
fore in this campaign.
help tools.” The minimum gift is
$1. With your gift of $1 a food
package- containing about $10
worth of nourishing food will be
sent. With a $1 gift your bene-
volence
hungry
it will
scarely
single Arab refugee family for per-
haps a month.
“On top of this,” CARE’S Fred
Devine says, “we hope to provide
additional material for the refa-
gees to make their own clothing
and hopefully to arrange for self-
help projects which will make
the Arab refugees more self-sup-
porting and Iss dependent upon
aid from abroad.” This is of vital
importance. Much of CARE aid
throughout the world is in tools
and raw materials—stimulating
self-reliance which is the basis
of the only genuine economic se-
curity that mankind can achieve.
Mr. Baracat’s success, overcom-
ing formidable obstacles, is in-
spiring. It gives us a dramatic
answer to the question: “But,
what can an ordinary citizen do?”
REACHING THE
“FORGOTTEN PEOPLE”
Hundreds of thousands of Arabs
who were pushed out of their
homes in Palestine when the
United Nations created Israel, and
who have lived in miserable refu-
gee camps and communities along
the western border of Jordan for
more than 10 years, have finally
come within the reach of CARE,
the organization through which
Americans can share their great
material blessings with the less
fortunate people of the world. The
shocking plight of these Arab
refugees has not been adequately
reported in America. In fact, it
required an axtraordinary
sonal effort > on the part of
tired Texas business man to
the services of CARE, at long
last, available to them.
The Texan is A. K. Baracat,
Amarillo merchant. Born in Je-
rusalem, he came to Texas more
than 50 years ago. He worked hard
and saved, and in time establish-
ed his own business. For some
time I have known of his person-
al crusade to get CARE to extend
its helping hand to the 600,000
Arab refugees from Palestine who
for 10 years have been the “for-
gotten people” of the Middle East.
I have just received a letter from
Mr. Baracat reporting that CARE
headquarters in New York had
advised him that negotiations
had been completed with Jordan
for the extension of service to the
Arab refugees.
Dies At Home Al
Pike Tuesday
Mrs. Clapper,
personal support
lung, sends me
“CARE is right now accepting
contributions earmarked for Jor-
dan in any amount the donor
wishes to give. CARE will distri-
bute both surplus food and self-
Mrs. Andrew Sharp died at her
home in the Pike Community a-
bout 10:30 Tuesday night, No-
vember 10, 1959. Funeral services
were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday
at Pike Baptist Church with Rev.
Peck Williams, officiaing.
Burial was made in Pike Ce-
metery with Wilson Funeral Home
directing. Grandsons were pall-
bearers.
Deceased was born Nannie
Patty February 25, 1881 in Ten-
nessee. She married Andrew Sharp
October 18, 1900 and he preceeded
her in death in 1955. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are four sons and
four daughters, Granville Sharp
of Lubbock, L. T. Sharp of Ft.
Worth, Clyde Sharp of Farming-
top, N. M., Lee Sharp of Pampa,
Mrs. Maggie McCarley of Blue
Ridge, Mrs. Lillie Young of Lub-
bock, Mrs. Ollie Brewer of Farm-
ersville and Mrs. Dequita Gregory
of Ft. Worth. Also thirteea grand-
children and 18 great-grandchil-
dren.
ford, daughter of Mr. and
Bill Crawford. Duchesses
Sue Carol Havens and Fredlynn
Bramlett. They were presented
corsages of red roses.
Leonard’s Dollars
For Democrats
Goal Set At $75
A letter also has been received
from Fred W. Devine, deputy exe-
cutive director of CARE, and a-
nother from Mrs. Raymond Clap-
per, director of the CARE Wash-
ington office, both reporting that
a task force now is in Jordan
studying the specific needs and
that actual shipment of packages
will begin soon. As of this date,
CARE is accepting contributions
earmarked for this service. A
United Nations food program
gives them a meager ration,
food for a full day than
average American has for
meal.
When Mr. Baracat began
crusade to get recognition for
plight of these dispossessed peo-
ple,Ut quickly began to look like
an ^almost hopeless cause. His
first reply from CARE was dis-
couraging, although sympathetic.
Technicalities, political .turmoil
and other problems stood in
way, he was told. But he
determined.'
“Honestly now, what’s
hurry?”
This question was put to Texas
motorists today by J. O. Musick,
general manager of the Texas
Safety Association, as he sought
public support for TSA’s current
Slow Down and Live campaign.
“Each Texan can give the Slow
Down and Live campaign a boost
by simply becoming safety con-
scious. Most of us are familiar
wth the laws, rules and courtesies
of the road, but all too often there
is a tendency to forget them. At
this point we are most vlunerable
to an accident,” Musick said.
He reminded motorists that
traffic officials are doing all they
can to protect drivers and pedes-
trians by maintaining a firm en-
forcement policy,
nal responsbility
individual.
“Surely it is a
concern to all of us that the traf-
fic accident tpll is on the increase
in Texas (The Texas Department
of Public Safety reports an in-
crease of approximately nine per
cent for the first six and a half
months of this year), thus we owe
it to ourselves, to our family,
friends and neighbors to accept
the moral responsibility of prac-
ticing safe driving habits.
Mr. Baracat felt that very
people knew of the plight of these
people. He felt that with Ameri-
cans giving, through CARE and
other agencies, to other needy
needy people all over the world,
while apparently ignoring the
desperate plight of the Arab refu-
gees from Palestine, our nation
was losing a great reservoir of
good will in the Arab world where
America has been universally re-
spected and admired. He wrote
to an organization called, “Ameri-
can Friends of the Middle East.”
The discouraging reply said: “You
are beating your head against a
wall.” That made him all
more determined.
He was certain there was
legitimate reason for CARE
extending the service to
people. He wrote his Congressman
and Senator Lyndon Johnson. He
wrote Vice President Richard Nix-
on, and President
and the Jordan
Mostly they replied:
private, voluntary
We can’t do anything officially.
But, we’ll try to help get some-
thing done.” Mr. Baracat kept
after them. He began to attract
some attention at the White
House and in Congress. He began
to get action. Finally the last
“technicality” was overcome. The
task force now is in Jordan. Pack-
ages soon will be going to the
Arab refugees — as Americans re-
spond.
A GOOD IDEA
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