De Leon's Monitor (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1999 Page: 2 of 10
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Letters to the Editor
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passed charge for research fees, no
action taken on Cross Timbers Clinic
at this time.
Council entered into Executive
Session at 7:02 p.m., and reconvened
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the appointment of Misty Grimshaw
as Sr. Assistant Secretary, and Marie
Glover, 3s Jr. Assistant. Secretary,
Dear Editor:
1 w ould like to say a HUGE amen
to Carol Sims' Letter to the Editor, in
the June 10 issue of De Leon's Moni-
tor. about morality . I just wish there
was a way to get this over to the
American people.
True. this has to start at home with
parents, then in church, then in
school (in that order), and taught that
this is not ail a fun thing but very
serious business.
Thank you.
Woody Powell
the Vampire Bridge area, that's where
they dumped."
one for all your prayers. The greatest
healing power their is.
May God Bless you all!!!
Norman and Delma Goates
Charles Chupp
Publisher
Donna Coan
Editor
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De Leon, Texas
needed some instructors. John ended
up teaching at the US Army flight
school. John was soon made a flight
commander in charge of 40 students
and 10 instructors.
When the field at Stamford
closed, he went to Curtis field in
Brady, received training in other air-
craft and taught more pilots.
John liked Brady from the start.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing in
the woods and streams in the area.
He talked to a real estate agent and
bought some business property and
a home.
You'll find John In Brady now,
repairing boots and shoes at his sons’
western wear store. If he's not at the
store he's fishing or hunting of hav-
ing coffee with friends. Whatever
he's doing, he’s enjoying it. John
smiles a lot.
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By Donna Coan
Staff writer
As the recent dumping of 1,040
pounds of garbage in the Sabanna
River off the Eli Terry Bridge fades
into memory, a flashback is shot back
into the open conscience of citizens
— garbage dumping
On Monday, June 14, county’ offi-
cials were called to the site of another
dumping, this one only 420 lbs.
"If you take a right at the fork in
the road on County Road 445." Co-
manche County Commissioner Clyde
Brinson said, "just before you went
down to the other dumping, towards
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T>t de**e Monitor welcomes
letters to the paper, they must be
signed and have an address and tele-
phone number so we can verify the
authenticity Z>t Monitor
reserves the right to edit all material
submitted for publication
Any erroneous reflections upon
the character, standing, or reputation
of any person, firm or corporation
which may appear in the columns of
Monitor will gladly be
corrected upon being brought to the
attention of the publisher
Please enter my subscription for
10 issues of The Messenger.
We subscribe to the De Leon
Monitor and look forward to receiv-
ing it each week And, especially the
"Got No Reason to Lie" Keep up the
good job.
Thank you
Respectfully,
Manon Dews
happens as Bill gets locked inside a
sarcophagus!
A delightful story for young read-
ers curious about the secrets of
Egypt. A mixture of fact and fiction
easily slips into a fun-filled history
lesson.
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•Special Vocabulary: crocodile,
ibis, Egypt, River Nile, Sphinx,
mummy, sarcophagus, esophagus,
Pharaoh, pyramid, Sacred Eye of Isis,
WC (water closet, restroom).
•Skills: Geography — Location of
Egypt, River Nile; Science - Tell the
difference between a crocodile and
an alligator; Descriptive Language -
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cense, and Charles Crawford for
completion of Animal Control School.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:55
p.m.
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DeLeon, Texas
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De Leon City Council met on Tues-
day June 8, 1999, the meeting was
called to order at 6 p.m. All members
of council were present, staff and
several guests triso attended The
invocation was given by Mayor
Norma Jo Locke
Minutes were approved as read,
the second reading of the Ordinance
closing, vacating and abandoning a
nal addition to the City was ap-
proved, no action taken on smoke test
of sewer system, discussed delin-
quent accounts, and repair of side-
walks, these items were tabled so
was also a
small schools, and helped w ith sev-
eral initiatives that will improve edu-
cation for children in rural Texas, and
small communities in Hamilton, Co-
manche, Coryell, and Erath counties
I would hope that the people of
Representative District 59 will con-
tinue to send this most effective
leader to the Texas Legislature in the
future.
Many thanks,
Bill Grusendorf, Executive Direc-
tor Texas Association of Rural
Schools
"walking suitcase?"; Point of View —
Explain how the story is told through
a crocodile's eyes.
•TAAS: Objective #6 - Recognize
points of view; distinguish between
fact and nonfact.
•TEKS: Importance of setting to
story's meaning; distinguish fiction
from nonfiction.
Other books by Tomie dePaola:
Bill and Peet, Big Anthony: His Story,
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs.
Book Review by Lana Boyd_____
WELCOME—Lamb Real Estate welcomes Robert Gilder to their office as a Real Estate Licensee. If you
are thinking of buying or selling now or in the future, come by our office at 207 North Texas St. and visit
with Bill, Baba, Troy and Robert.
them in the recently completed ’’6th worker « ho found our injured spe-
Legislative Session. Representative cial friend.
Thank you to our vet who tried
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Bill and Peet Go Down the l^ile
Bill and Peel Go Down the Nile
is written and illustrated by Tomie
dePaola for reading level ages 3
through 7 and is not on the Acceler-
ated Reader list.
An .informative geography and
history lesson seen through the eyes
of Bill (a crocodile) and Pete (a bird,
who is also Bill's toothbrush!). Tomie
dePaola uses a "play on words" to
introduce young readers to new vo-
cabulary from ancient Egypt. Bill
learns of "stinks" (Sphinx), mummies,
etc., before his class embarks on a
field trip through their neighborhood,
the River Nile. Along the way a mys-
tery develops as Bill and Peet keep
spotting a "Bad Guy." Discover what
I would like to take this opportu-
nity to express my sincere Thanks to
all Family Friends and loved ones, for
all your concern, phone calls, visits
and most of all for all the prayers for
my recovery during and after my re-
cent surgery and hospital stay.
A special thank you, to Sandi
Perez, for your concern, and food you
brought Delma and Kristi everyday.
To Dr Richard Byrd for his help and
calling to check on me every day
since I've been home. Also to the rest
of our friends at CTHC for all of their
The garbage was scattered over a c°ricem. Most of all thanks to every-
two and a half mile stretch - in the
road and on side of the road. The
refuse included old dishes, a stove
cook top, tires, pots and pans, and
more "Colorado Koolaid" (Coors
Light brand) beer cans than could be
counted
The suspects have been identified
by records found in the trash - in-
cluding a drivers license. The Co-
manche County Sheriffs Deputies will
investigate the names that appeared
in the refuse.
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The Pellizzari family makes shoes
John Pellizzari was born in
Thurber in 1912 when coal was be-
ing mined there. He says people from
several foreign countries worked in
the coal mines and since few of them
spoke English, each group had its
own ethnic neighborhood.
When John was nine years old,
his father decided to send the fam-
ily to Italy for a six month visit to
see some kinfolks. So John, his
brother and their mother went to
Italy. John remembers his arrival in
Italy vividly. "I was just after World
War One and Mussolini was in
power. When we got to the hotel they
had us sleep on the floor because
there was some shooting going on.
Bullets were flying everywhere. But
the walls on that hotel were thick."
John enrolled in school, even
though he couldn't speak Italian.
"You know how kids are," says John.
"They'd tease me because I didn't
know the language and we'd have
fights all the time."
The family's six month visit
ended up being six years because
Mussolini wouldn't let them leave
the country . The Pellizzaris arrived
back in the states in 1927. After three
days on Ellis Island they went home
to Breckenridge, where John’s father
had a shoe repair shop.
John enrolled in school. He
couldn't speak English so kids would
Letter to the Editor,
I would like to thank the people of
Representative District 59 for send-
ing David Lengefeld to represent
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Legislative Session. Representative
Lengefeld was a most effective mem-
ber of the powerful Public Education for three w eeks to let him be all right.
Committee and was instrumental in but we finally had to put him to rest
the final result that gave a balance (no more suffering).
Thanks, but no thanks, to who-
grams for children, and tax relief He ever put the pellet in his back We
friend and supporter of still mom our loss today.
Is there a gun law in this town?
De Leon Citizen
tease him. He had fights ■■■
every day. "1 remember
one fight I was having : H
and the principal came H
out and whipped me with
a mesquite branch," says
John. [A .
After John learned L*
English he became an
honor student and was
double promoted a few
times.
While he was in Italy, _________
John learned the family
business. "My father said since 1 was
going to be in Italy for awhile, I
might as well learn how to repair
shoes." John ended up being an ap-
prentice to the man who taught his
father shoe repair. John Made his
first pair of shoes all by hand when
he was twelve years old. "They
taught you then," says John.
John moved to Monahans and
opened a shoe repair shop there. A
barber friend of his invited him to
take an airplane ride with a man
named Buck Kent who owned a
small plane. John fell in love with
flying and started flight training the
next day.
During World War II he enlisted
in the Army as a glider pilot. One
day he got a call from Buck Kent,
who was teaching flying to military
pilots at Stamford. He told John he
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accident
By Donna Coan
Staff writer
A two-vehicle accident occurred
Sunday on Hwy. 16, approximately
one mile south of De Leon.
Bobby Cox of Gorman, driving a
350 Ford pickup with a flatbed trailer
in tow, was apparently turning onto
CR 446 off Hwy. 16, when struck from
behind by a white Chevy Blazer
driven1 by TefrV Skaggs of De Leon,
according to Department of Public
open sessional, 8 p.m. passed Safety Trooper Frank Cloud.
The blazer flipped over upon im-
pact with the trailer, causing only mi-
, a .7. ------nor injuries to Skaggs and passen-
.5: Ong? ™lsesJ’ere g,VLen CIay?n ger Kathryn Skaggs. The two, includ-
ing Cox, were taken to the De Leon
Hospital and released.
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