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Report From Austin
BY JAMES D. COLE
Hunt Co. Representative
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I would like information from
the sportsmen in Hunt as to
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whether or not they desire to
have Hunt County placed under
regulatory authroity of the Game
and Fish Commission.
Since Fannin County has been
under regulartory authority since
1959, I would like to hear from
the sportsmen in Fannin as to
how they like being under regu-
latory authority.
At present, 121 counties—nearly
half the counties in Texas—are
under regulation of the Commis-
sion. Other nearby counties un-
der their authority are Red River,
Bowie and Titus.
When a county is placed under
regulatory authority by a local
bill being introduced and passed
by the Legislature for that coun-
ty, it means that seasons, bag
limits, and means and methods of
taking are set by the Commission
instead of the Legislature.
If Hunt County should choose
to give the Commission this au-
thority, the Game and Fish De-
partment will send in a crew of
biologists and technicians to Hunt
County. They will make surveys
of the soil, lakes and streams.
They will establish the game and
fish census. This work will be
carried on continuously from year
to year to know at all times the
status and conditions of fish and
wildlife.
On the basis of the findings of
these projects, hunting and fish-
ing seasons and limits are propos-
ed by the technicians and game
wardens.
If Hunt County should choose
to go under Commission authori-
ty, all of you who are interest-
ed would want to attend the pub-
lic hearing which would then be
held in Greenville, having been
advertised ten days in advance.
At this meeting, the proposed reg-
ulations would be read, explained,
and freely discussed.
After the public hearing, the
proposals would then be formally
presented to the Game and Fish
Commission at Austin, and if the
Board accepted the regulations,
they would become law within
ten to fifteen days thereafter.
Regulartory authority aims to
manage wild life resources on the
basis of scientific research.
If flood, fire, or drouth occur,
or if the game supply becomes
scarce—new rules can be made;
immediately to balance the take
with the supply of fish and wild-
life.
When a county is not under
the Commission’s supervision, it
could happen that a two year
waiting period elapse before any
change could be made, since it
must be done by legislative act.
Should a county which goes
under the Fish and Game Author-
ity ever want to secede from the
authority, it can do so by passing
a local bill—just as must be done
to place the county under the
Game and Fish authority.
While the Game and Fish Com-
mission can set bag limits and
seasons, it has no power to regu-
late fees charged at any lake
or park created by the Legisla-
ture.
I should like to hear from
sportsmen in Hunt immdeiately
as to whether or not you like
this idea. The time limit is grow-
ing short and I need to prepare
the bill to be passed if this is
your desire for Hunt County. Per-
sonally, I think it would be a fain
way and a more scientific way
to balance the supply of game
and fish than we now have. But
this is not for my decision. It is
yours. .
../As all of you know, we are in
we midst of a tax battle. It has
seemed that we are moving slow-
ly, but it took one week before
we could get a bill to the floor
because of the procedure we must
follow.
July 19 was our first really long
work day. We stayed in session
over fourteen hours this day. I
am hoping that we can proceed
speedily on the tax question and
put our State finances in bal-
ance to carry on in the least pos-
sible legislative time.
St- --------------
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Ruiz and
daughters, Becky and Debbie of
Dallas visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Brookins last
week end.
Kathleen and Robret Morton
of Dallas are spending this week
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Crawford.
VOLUME 73
LEONARD, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS
Rev, Tom (ox And Rev, Jerry Lemon Team
For Valley Creek Baptist Church Revival
JERRY LEMON
Pastor - Song Leader
TOM COX
Evangelist
Revival services will begin July
30 and continue each evening at
8:00 P.M. through August 6 at
Valley Creek Baptist Church.
The Rev. Tom Cox, pastor of
the Letitia Baptist Church of
Lawton, Oklahoma, will bring the
gospel mesages each evening.
There will be special music and
gospel singing led by the pastor,
Rev. Jerry Lemon. All children
interested in singing in the Boos-
ter Band are asked to be present
at 7:30 PM. each evening.
Vacation Bible School will start
at 8:30 A.M. Monday through Fri-
day of the same week. Prepara-
tion Day will be held Saturday,
July 29 at 2:00 P.M. All children
through sixteen years of age are
invited to attend the Vacation
Bible School.
Athletic Club
Members To Discuss
Annual Barbecue
Clyde Hale, president of Leon-
ard Ahtletic Club announces an
important meeting of members
called for Thursday night, Au-
gust 3, at 7:30 o’clock in the
school cafeteria.
The annual barbecue sponsor- j
ed by the club and scheduled for1
August 25, will be discussed.
A CARD OF THANKS
Mere words cannot express to
all of you friends the gratitude
in our hearts for your help in
our time of need. We can only
say thank you in our own inimit-
able way.
The nightly vigil of the Mason-
ic Lodge was a God send and we
are eternally grateful.
We say thank you to: Those
friends who brought food during,
our loved one’s illness;
The ladies who prepared and
served the food the day of the
services;
Those who sent floral offerings
and cards;
The neighbors who helped with
the household tasks each morn-
ing;
Dr. Davis for his patient and
constant attendance;
To the pastors who called. Rev.
Thompson, your visits and words
of inspiration will never be for-
gotten;
And last but not the least to
Jack Minchey for his weeks of
nightly vigil, and those who help-
ed in ways not mentioned.
May God be with you all of the
days of your life, and may you
have blessings rich and rare for
all of the gladness you gave us
in our time of need.
The family of C. H. Bunch:
Mrs. C. H. Bunch
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Bunch
and Tom
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bunch
and Larry
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Bunch
Mrs. Kermit Bunch
Mrs. Alec McBroom
Mrs. Bob Martin
Mrs. A. H. Henry of Bonham
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tay-
lor this week.
R. W. McKinney
Busy With Contracfs
In Leonard Area
R. W. McKinney Construction
Company of Nacogdoches and
Leonard has six road contracts
in four counties within 60 miles
of Leonard, all jobs now under
construction.
The contracts total $3,594,693.-
83 and employs a large number
of men. There are two contracts
in Fannin, one in Collin, one in
Grayson and two in Cooke coun-
ties.
There are a number of Leon-
ard families who are sharing in
the R. W. McKinney payroll and
the town benefits tremendously
from this local concern.
From The County
Agents Office
By WAYNE CRANFILL
ANNUAL BEEF CATTLE
SHORT-COURSE
The eleventh annual beef cattle
short course for cattle has the
theme of practical application.
Discussions will be presented from
the standpoint of putting infor-
mation into practice. This should
challenge producers as they look
ahead to make their business
more profitable.
The short course starts 8:00 a.
m., July. 31-August 2 at the Me-
morial Student Center at Texas
A&M College.
FAMILY GATHERING AT
CONLEY DOYLE HOME
Week end visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Conley Doyle included many
of Mrs. Doyle’s relatives who had
not seen each other over a period
of years. They were:
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Richard Hall,
Wanda, Carroll, Linda and Gail
of Riverside, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs.
L. Z. Norwood, Joe and Peggy
and Bud Key of Fort Worth; Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Hall of Denison,
Mrs. Jerry Stowe, Shelly and
Twila of San Antonio; Harvey
Hall of Sherman; Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Latimer of Trenton.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lati-
mer and Larry of Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Key and Mrs. A. L.
McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Price, Cathy and Dorothy Jean,
Mrs. Viola Duke and Donna, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Lewis, Ben Hall
and Sherman Latimer of Leon-
ard.
Miss Wanda Hall, who had vis-
ited here the past three weeks,
returned to Riverside with her
parents.
Week end visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul H. Taylor were Mrs.
E. L. Robinson, Betty and Ester
of Saltillo and Mr. and Mrs. Ter-
ry Anderson of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Martin
have been vacationing in Ca)i*-
fomia and other points of inter-
est the past two weeks.
Local Man's Nephew
Neil H. Wright, Jr.
Dies In Lubbock
Neil H. Wright Jr., 42, widely-
known Lubbock businessman,
died at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at
Methodist Hospital in Lubbock,
following an illness of about five
months.
Wright, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Neil H. Wright Sr., a pioneer Lub-
bock family, had been a member
of the Lubbock Chamber of Com-
merce since 1948.
Born in Temple, Sept. 10, 1918,
he had lived in Lubbock all his
life.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Thursday in First Pres-
byterian Church in Lubbock. The
Rev. Tom B. Anderson, pastor,
officiated, assisted by Dr. Jack
M. Lewis, pastor emeritus, and
the Rev. Donald M. Megahan, as-
sistant pastor.
Burial was in City of Lubbock
Cemetery.
Associated with the Petroleum
Life Insurance Co. the past 18
months, Wright had served as a
member of the Lubbock Chamber
of Commerce board of directors
from 1954 to 1960 and was treas-
urer of the board in 1958-59.
In 1955 he was elected to the
Panhandle South Plains Fair
board of directors and remained
in that position until his death.
He was vice president of the Fair
Association in 1957.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason
with membership in the Yellow-
house Lodge in El Paso and was
a past member of the Rotary
Club.
Wright was graduated from
Lubbock High School and attend-
ed Texas University and Texas
Tech where he was a member of
Phi Delta Theta, social frater-
nity.
In 1941 he was drafted for duty
in World War II and was among
the first draft group that left
Lubbock. He was sent to basic
training in El Paso where he was
a member of the cavalry.
Later he received flight train-
ing in Santa Anna, Calif., and
flew 13 missions over Germany
before his plane was shot down
in 1943.
Wright was a prisoner of war
22 months in Stalag Luft No. 3
and in Munich, Germany, where
he was liberated when the Allied
powers took the city.
Survivors include his parents;
two children, Neil III, 12, and
Judy, 10, both of Midland; one
sister, Mrs. Joe Bob Johnston,
and a brother, Bill Wright, both
of Lubbock.
Mr. Wright was a nephew of
T. E. Wright of Leonard.
Mrs. Marie Hart Buys
Lillies Bar-B-Q Pif
Mrs. Marie Hart announces the
purchase of Lillie’s Bar-B-Q Pit
on the south side of the square
from Mrs. Lillie Deel. The trans-
action took place over the week
end.
Mrs. Hart, formerly of Detroit,
Michigan, moved to Leonard in
June with her sister, Mrs. Fred
Byrd and Mr. Byrd from De-
troit.
The new owner invites the pub-
lic to visit and eat in the cafe
which is know as Marie’s Bar-B-Q
Pit. They serve breakfast, din-
ners, sandwiches and short orders
in addition to barbecue.
Mrs. Erma Bailey is employed
at the cafe.
Edd McCaslin In
Bonham Hospital
Mr. E. E. McCaslin was car-
ried by Wilson Ambulance to
Risser Hospital in Bonham Mon-
day after injuring his head in
a fall at his home.
He was reported to be in a
serious condition.
It was not learned what caused
the fall.
FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1961
NUMBER 1
Leonard High School
Football Schedule
For 1961 Announced
Coach Perry Morris announces
the football schedule for Leonard
High School of District 14B for
the 1961 season.
The first five games of the
season will be non-conference
games, and will be against Class
“A“ high schools. The non-con-
ference games will begin at 8:00
p. m„ and the District 14B games
will begin at 7:30 p. m.
THE SCHEDULE
Sept. 1 — Farmersville, there.
Sept. 8 — Honey Grove, there.
Sept. 15 — Whitewright, here.
Sept. 22 — Van Alstyne, there.
Sept. 29 — Fannindel, here.
Oct. 6 — * Celeste here.
Oct. 13 — * Howe, here
Oct. 20 — * Bells, there.
Oct. 26 — * Wolfe City, here.
Nov. 3 — * Royce City, there.
* Denotes 14B Dist. games
School colors — Blue and gold.
Mascot — Tigers.
Home uniforms — Gold pants,
white jerseys.
Away from home uniforms —
Grey pants, blue jerseys.
COACHING STAFF
Perry Morris, head coach.
Jerry Morris, assistant coach.
Tom Goza, assistant coach.
National Farm
Safety Week Set
The period from July 23-29 has
been designated as National Farm
Safety Week by a proclamation
released by President Kennedy.
The President called attention
to the fact that more than a mil-
lion farm residents are injured
and thousands are killed each
year in accidents and that these
accidents bring suffering and
inflict heavy economic losses up-
on both the farm community and
sorrow to our farm families and
nation. The safety of these people,
he continued, who produce our
food is of vital concren to all
our citizens.
President Kennedy is urging
all persons and organizations in-
terested in the safety of farm
people to support and participate
in this special endeavor to help
reduce the number of farm acci-
dents. He asked farm residents
to remember that “Safety is a
Family Affair.”
In Texas, plans are going for-
ward for the observance of the
Week, reports the Texas Farm
and Ranch Safety Council. In
many countries extensive pro-
grams will be carried out, empha-
sizing that safety is a family af-
fair. County extension agents, 4-H
Club members and thier leaders,
farm and community organiza-
tion leaders and others with a
deep interest in the promotion
will contribute to the overall
plans.
The Councilmen said that in
many counties a different phase
of farm and home safety would be
emphasized each day during the
week; Sunday, reverance for life;
Monday, safety begins at home;
Tuesday, agricultural chemicals;
Wednesday, prevent falls; Thurs-
day, highway safety; Friday, farm
machinery and Saturday, recrea-
tion safety.
The failure of rural people to
observe safety in their daily living
is a chief contributor to their
safety record. The Council said
this record includes a disabling
injury acident every 32 seconds
and a death every 45 minutes to
farm residents of the nation. The
Council concludes it is time to
’stop this needless waste from ac-
cidents since most could be pre-
vented.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Head of
Dallas visited his sister, Mrs. W.
E. Taylor this week.
If it’s true that a fool and his
money are soon parted—then tell
us how they got together in the
first place?
Red Sox Lead While Sox By Vi Game;
Regular Season Ends Thursday Night
The Tri-City Little League sea-
son will end Thursday night, July
27, when the outcome of the two
games will determine all four
plcaes in the final standings.
The Black Sox and Blue . Sox
will play at 6:30 P.M., and’third
and fourth place will be deter-
mined—the winner in third place,
the loser in last place.
The Red Sox and White Sox
play at 8 P.M. Thursday night,
with the winner the full season
winner, and the loser in second
place.
In games Tuesday night, July
25, the Red Sox defeated the
Blue Sox in the first game by
a 21 to 15 score. Sagely was
the winning pitcher, and Bar-
nard the loser. Both teams made
17 hits.
In the second game Tuesday
night the White Sox defeated the
Black Sox by a 10 to 5 score.
Sudderth was the winner, giving
up 9 hits, striking out 11, and
issued 4 bases-on-balls. Gerald
West was the loser, allowing only
3 hits, but issued 12 bases-on-
balls, and struck out 10.
STANDINGS
Through Tuesday, July 25
W
L
Tie
Red Sox
10
4
0
White Sox
9
4
1
Blue Sox
4
9
1
Black Sox
4
10
0
ALL-STAR TEAM
The directors of the Little Lea-
gue will pick four players from
each team, and will play the
Randolph team at Randolph Sat-
urday night, July 29. The direc-
tors will also select the mana-
gers for the All-Star team.
Everyone interested in the Lit-
tle League program is urged to
attend the final game of regu-
lar season Thursday night on the
Leonard field, and also attend the
game at Randolph Saturday
night.
Mrs. Joe 5. Row
Former Resident
Died In Dallas
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe
S. Row, 66, of Dallas and former-
ly of Leonard, were held at 10
A.M. Saturday at Dudley M.
Hughes Funeral Chapel in Dal-
las. Rev. M. E. McGlamery of
Dallas officiated. Burial was made
in Restland Memorial Park.
Nephews were pallbearers.
Mrs. Row died at her home in
Dallas Thursday, July 20, 1961 af-
ter several months illness.
A native of Louisville, Ky„ she
moved to Leonard as a young girl
and lived here many years before
moving to Dallas. Mrs. Row wasf
a member of the Hampton Place
Baptist Church and the Rebekah
Lodge in Dallas.
Survivors are her husband; two
daughters, Mrs. Katherine Owens
and Mrs. Nita Woodman, of Dal-
las; one son, Billy Joe Row of Dal-
las; two brothers, Bill Brake of
San Angelo and Jim Brake of
Snyder; three sisters, Mrs. Dessie
Simpson of Leonard, Mrs. Joe
Hill of Tulia and Mrs. Jake Long
of Abilene; five grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Happy Birthday To
Grace Aikman
Randy Pittman
Gail Evans
Mrs. Berta Ensminger
Martha Dee Cullom
James M. Green
Wayne Ruff
Mrs. Med Williams
R. H. Dillard, Jr.
Mrs. T. E. Owen
Bill Hooks
Mrs. E. D. Hooks
Mrs. Musa Golden
Kathy Wallis
Jerry Woodruff
Lulu Christian
Mrs. F. P. Wilson
Danny Joe Jackson
Martha Stapp
Jane Stapp
Dorothy Hiatt
Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Hall were their children,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hall and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Odell
Hall and daughters of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brookins
and Mr. and Mrs. Wren Grimes
visited Rev. and Mrs. George Wil-
coxson at Farmersville Monday
night.
Miss Linda Howell began em-
ployment with a Denison bank
Monday morning of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wren Grimes vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brook-
ins Sunday afternoon and all at-
tended church at Verona Sunday
night.
John C, Blantons
Win Trip To Dallas
In Recent Contest
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Blanton,
Route 2, Leonard, have been nam-
ed a winning couple in the “Fifty
Fabulous Hours Contest” spon-
sored by the Downtown Dallas
Committee of the Dallas Chamber
of Commerce. Thier home is lo-
cated on Highway 78 between
Bailey and Bonham.
The Blantons will join nineteen
other winning couples as guests
of the city’s finest hotels, famous
restaurants and entertainment
spots for a 50-hour whirl of
Downtown Dallas the week end of
July 28-30.
Winners will check into Dallas
hotels Friday afternoon where
they will stay in luxurious suites.
The first event will be a recep-
tion hosted by civic leaders at
the Statler-Hilton followed by
dinner and dancing in the Empire
Room of the hotel.
After breakfast in bed Satur-
day morning, the twenty couples
will participate in the live tele-
vision program, “Anything Goes”
at WFAA-TV.
A luncheon will be held for the
group at the plush Imperial Club
in the Baker Hotel.
After lunch the women will tour
the Dallas Museum of Fashion
Arts where Nita O’Malley, Nei-
man-Marcus fashion expert, will
speak on the “Circle of Fashion.”
The men in the group will be
taken on a tour of the Texas In-
struments Semiconductor Pro-
ducts Plant.
An evening of dining and danc-
ing in the Century Room of the
Hotel Adolphus will complete Sat-
urday’s activities. ,
After breakfast Sunday morn-
ing the couples may attend ser-
vices at the church of their choice
or go on a tour of the Southland
Center. Luncheon will be held in
the Sheraton Hotel’s impressive
Cafe D’Or.
That afternoon the entire group
will attend the State Fair Music
Hall production of “Take Me
Along” starring Dan Dailey and
Walter Abel.
Dnner at Cattlemen’s Steak
House will complete the week end
of entertainment in the South-
west’s most glamorous city.
Visitors in the home of Mrs.
Mae Fowler over the week end
were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fowler
and James of Greenville, Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. powler and sons of
Grand Prairie, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Garrett of Fort Worth, Mr.
and Mrs. Audive Barnett, Tonia
and Lanny of Lockney, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Martin, Sue and Billy,,
Jr. of Hughes Springs, Mr. and
Mrs. Hurd Stephens of Rockwall,
Buster Fowler, Butch and Dawn
of Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. John
Nolen and Mr. and Mrs. Auther
Latimer of Trenton, O. C. Smith
of Cleburne and Charles Ray
Burks of Pampa.
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