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•Report of a loose horse on Hwy.
6. Owner put horse up.
December 29,1998
•Gas drive off reported at Conoco
JMart. Will be a white Chevrolet.
ter the bills bad been payed. Dues
were payed for the new year by the
members. Plans were made for the
upcoming Fireman's Banquet that will
be held on the first Monday in Feb-
ruary. It was voted and approved to
lay new linoleum in the kitchen addi-
tion of the Reunion Center. The Divi-
sion made plans to make the pro-
grams for the Chamber of Commerce
Banquet that is to be held on Jan. 25.
Outgoing President LaJoyce
Johnson installed the following of-
brought-up daughters could not com-
mit murder with a hatchet on sunny
but two bloody dead bodies screamed
of someone’s guilt.
lunch, lay on the couch for a nap.
The maid was on die third floor in
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school kids jump rope and sing:
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks;
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.
Facts about the trial were found
in American Heritage, Feb/March
1978.
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January
Birthdays
Jan. 1 - Dean Thompson, Bob
Howell
Jan. 2 - Kenneth Whitley, Robert
Pies
Jan. 3 - Matt Stockman, Andy Lo-
pez
Jan. 6 - Frances Scott, Irene
Chastain, LaJoyce Womack
Jan. 7 - Truman Childress
Jan. 8 - Ruby Weaver Burdell,
Rodney Hardin, Treasure Mailloux,
Lonnie Richardson, Merle Holdridge
Jan. 9 - Shari Mix, Denyck Rottman
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Admissions
Dec. 29 - Roger Owen, Lila Driver,
TletaCavitt
Dec. 30 - Olan Brownlee
Jan. 1 - Alton Fuqua
Jan. 2 - Webb Jay, Eva Higgins,
Carl Jones, Grace Davis
Jan. 3 - Gene Grisham, Edward
Johnson
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MENU
Mon., Jan. 11
Oven Fried Fish, Creamy Cole
Slaw, Pineapple Upside Down
Cake, Combread, Tartar Sauce,
Baked Beans, Butter, Milk
Wed., Jan. 13
Braised Beef Tips, Rice, Golden
Carrots, Raw Vegetable Salad
w/Vinegar, Banana Cream
Pudding, Bread, Butter, Milk
Fri., Jan. 15
Baked Beef & Noodles, Green
Lima Beans, Glazed Carrots,
Plain Tossed Salad, Peanut
Butter Chewies, Milk, Bread,
Butter
Anniversaries
Jan. 7 - John Robert and Helen
500 block of South Houston. Settled. Adcock, Harvey and Jan Kaase
January 1,1999
•Fireworks in 500 block of East
Almante. Fireworks discontinued.
•Investigated report of subject
•Report of subject displaying fire- displaying firearm at another person.
Howard Tyler, Timothy Lopez
Jan. 23 - Kelly Nowlin
Jan. 24 Fred Turner
Jan. 25 - James (Ticky) Brown
Jan. 26 - Nelda Priddy, Bryan
Waner
Jan. 27 - Luetta Barfield, Nancy
Thompson, Shiloh Garmon
Jan. 29 - Bill Livingston
Jan. 31 - Ingrid Lindsey, LaJoyce
Davis
outcome of the trial of Lizzie Borden thirty-two years of age, for three
days. Her sister, forty-two also lived
at home, but was on vacation at the
in New time of the tragedies. When the in-
Jan. 12 - George and Euna Terrill
Jan 18 - Sherman and Joyce Sides
Jan. 20 - Nancy and Jackie
Johnson
Jan. 21 - Bill and Clara Livingston
Jan. 25 Scottie and Margaret
Campbell, Brian and Teisha Sherrard
Jan. 29 - Bobby and Polly Schu-
man
Contributors are: Primitive Baptist
Church, Liberty Baptist Church, First
[JnitydMethodistChurcf^ fiur Lady .of
•Assisted Sheriffs office with Guadalupe Catholic Church and Bever-
wreck on De Leon highway. Assisted retreival of stolen items. ,ey Lo&an
County in attempt to locate accident. •Report of a tree on fire in the 600 Any organization or indt viduals who
would like to contribute to the birthday
and anniversary lists, please let us know
at Ve Atms'a Monitor.
Hospital
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of De Leon has recently completed Texas Depart-
ment of Housing and Community Affairs Program activities under
its 1996 TCDP Contract #716229. One public hearing will be held
to allow citizens an opportunity to comment on the completed project
activities, amount of funds spent and the amount of funds spent on
activities that benefited low/moderate income persons. Specific
information on the TCDP program will be available.
The public hearing will be held at the City Hall, 102 South Texas,
at 6:00 p.m., January 12,1999, to review the City's program per-
formance including the actual use of the TCDP funds. The City
encourages individual citizens and citizen's groups to make their
views known at this public hearing and welcomes the full partici-
pation of its citizens in the close-out and completion of this TCDP
contact. Written complaints and grievances regarding this TCDP
Contract and project activities will be received until January 12,
1999 and will be responded to in writing within fifteen (15) work-
ing days. Citizen comments may be delivered to the City Hall at
any time. Groups representative of persons of low and moderate
income may request technical assistance in developing comments
by contacting the person listed below.
A copy of the City’s Project Completion Report and Certificate
of Completion will be available for inspection at the City Hall after
the hearing. Handicapped individuals who may have difficulty in
attending this meeting should contact Regenia Sadberry at the City
Hall to arrange for assistance. Para residentes necesitados de
interpretes, favor de comunicarse con la municipalidad antes de
las audiencia publica.
For further information, contact Regenia Sadberry at (254)893-
2065.
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Dec. 29 - John Locke, Lula
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Dec. 30-Lila Driver
Jan. 3 - Jesse Tunnell
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people can be filled with so much hate and occupy
and have no emotional control, has
been difficult to accept—even though
guilt is not questioned. My senses are Mr. Borden, coming home early for
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1893, a time when “genteel” women I'
were believed to be incapable of mur- from the woman who was a Sunday
der. Americans were certain that well- school teacher, very active in the
Ladies’ Fruit and Flower Mission
and other charity organizations, the
boggled.
The belief system of society as a
whole changes before reality is ac-
cepted. As an example of belief and body was in a bedroom on the sec-
acceptance of guilt being difficult, I ond floor. Lizzie called the maid when
give you the case of Lizzie Borden who she supposedly discovered the
murdered her parents with an axe. (I body of her dad.
The police didn’t even question
berry.
, Members present for the meeting
protection with the bank. The mem- were Beverley Logan, Verna Derdi-
bers appreciated Kathy bringing ,vanis, LaJoyce Johnson, Georgia
them this information. Ann Fields, Norma Jo Locke, Rege-
The minutes of the last meeting nia Sadberry, Gail Neeley, Ruby Park,
were read by the Secretary Regenia Carla Landreth, Merlene Day, Rosa
Sadberry. The Treasurer Ruby Park Lopez, Jeanette Ward, Alzira Weaver,
reported the balance for the year af- and guest Kathy Skaggs.
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Blind Justice is sometimes swayed by public opinion
the well-bred
American woman.
defendant will find justice in the Such articles were
written, almost ex-
clusively
men—women
modate the new knowledge. .
More recently, the shootings in thought—childish attributes. In mgfo7si^e7s“'thTthewa'smthe^rd
schools have caused such changes fact, an article in Schribners said, . . . wou|d there be any question in
to be made. I can only speak for my- “Women are merely large babies,
self, but accepting the fact that young They are short-sighted, frivolous
. j an intermediate stage
between children and men...”
Now the setting of the murders.
commit such a crime, we first doubt
their guilt. Our ideals are outraged. ____
Jan. 10 - Talisa*Bnmham, Shelii Our behefs have to ** adJust'd The pable of planning and carrying out been found m the vicinity of Mr.
Hammit pictures in our minds must be dis- the murders. The basic premise was Borden and the only account he could
Jan. 11 - Esta Lee Johnson, Pat carded “d other1s ,nJect®d to accom- that won«n were illogical, inconsis- give of himself was the unreasonable
Koonce, Brandon Halbrook » te__the nC*.kn°*,ed?C • t?nt’ and lnCaP,b,e of “dependent one that he was out in the bam look-
Jan. 12 - Karen Mahan
Jan. 13 - Terry Mathis
Jan. 15 - Kathy Buckley, Camron
Cummings, Kelly Smith, C.C. Miller
Jan. 16 - Terry Hardin
Jan. 17 -Will Dickey
Jan. 18 - Sam Sparger, Cindy Beaty,
Bernard Spruill
Jan. 19 - Evelyn Hare, Jason
Frasier, Peggy Vineyard
Jan. 20 - Don Aiderman, Flo
Wood, Michelle Welch
Jan. 21 - Mary Mathis, Minnie
Myrl White, Michael Bean
Jan. 22 - Adam Sadberry, Leslie
the courts found her innocent.) The the daughter, who was a spinster
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probably had little to do with the evi-
dence and facts of the case^x**'*
Lizzie’s trial took pj^ee i
, Bedford, Massachusetts, on June 5, vestigators did begin.questioning
1893, a time when “genteel” women Lizzie, receiving conflicting stories
, officers for 1999
by Reporter Alzira Weaver
' The Women's Division of the
[Chamber of Commerce met on Mon-
day, Jan. 4, at the Reunion Center. Gail
Neeley gave the opening prayer. The
members and guest were served a
potato soup and stew supper by the
hostesses Norma Locke and Alzira
Weaver.
The meeting was called to order
by the outgoing President LaJoyce
Johnson. She introduced the speaker
for die evening, Kathy Skaggs, Man-
ager of the First American Bank of
? De Leon. The bank is a member of ficers for 1999: President Gail Neeley,
sixty-seven branches in several First Vice-President Jeanette Ward,
towns. She spoke on the types of Second Vice-President Regenia Sad-
accounts, types of Ioans, deposits,
checking accounts, and credit card
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Tuesday Nurse’s Offico-Gustine Middle School 10AM to 2PM ,
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December 28,1998
•Arrest on outstanding DPS war-
rants from Erath County.
•Investigated report of burglary of
residence in the 300 block of East
Gonzales. Will be a civil matter be-
tween man and wife.
arm at another motorist while Complainant not sure if he wants to
eastbound on Hwy. 6. Subject file any charges.
stopped and identified. Complainant ‘Assisted DPS with two vehicle
did not wish to file any charges. Sub- accident on FM 587.
ject was released. , , ‘Report of loud music in the 800
^Assisted EMS with First FJight .blpck of North Cato. Music turned
helicopter. ' J i- ■ »- down:1 •• '
•Received report of a four vehicle <
fere with investigations and trials mak-
ing Justice, indeed, blind.
When the one or ones guilty of the of woman who
crimes do not fit our preconceived were demanding
ideas of the kind of people that would equal' rights.---------------------------------------
Nearly everyone was convinced which to Mrs. Borden was a chamber
that women were hopelessly inca-
• Report of a tree on fire in the 600
No accident located on any highway block of South Rusk. Tree not on fire,
but burning embers in BBQ grill.
January 2,1999
•Front window of Dabney's Hard-
ware fell out. Owner notified.
January 3,1999
•Responded to the 500 block of
•Report of loud music in the 500 Humphrey. Subject was knocking on
block of Holland. Music turned down, the window of a residence. Officer
? December 31,1998 was unable to locate subject. Sub-
', ‘Report of loud music in the 900 ject is known by the complainant.
Women's Division installs new
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1 Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Wilson
Wilson’s celebrate 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Wilson, of grandchildren, Michael and Jenni-
Stephenville, celebrated their 50th fer.
Wedding Anniversary on Christ- Mrs. Wilson is the former Mary
mas Day at the home of their Underhill of De Leon. They were
daughter and son-in-law, Cathy married December 25, 1948 in
and Arley Echols. They have two Weatherford, Texas.
De Leon Police Department
, Police Activity Report January
by Chief of Police Wayne T. Parsons II
block of South Texas.
•Responded to civil matter in the
the minds of men what should be
done with such a man?”
The jury consisted of twelve men,
“good Yankees”, all family men over
50, some with daughters about that
age. After the various testimony and
evidence, including an axe head
found in the basement, and a witness
who saw Lizzie burning a blue dress
that she said had brown paint stains
on it, the jury recessed. It took only
an hour in conference. They came
back with an innocent verdict, read
to the cheers of the packed audience
in the courtroom. One reporter over-
head a juryman immediately afterward
in a nearby bar say that they just sat
and visited for an hour so it wouldn’t
look bad. They all had their minds
made up when they went into seclu-
sion.
With her inheritance, Lizzie bought
a more modem house on snob hill
and lived mostly in seclusion until
summer mornings. The beliefs of the reporters began yelling “police bru- ber dcadl *n ' ^27. She quit attending
people were violated at the thought, tality”. After all, she was a grieving, cl,urcl* which had supported her
but two bloody dead bodies screamed innocent woman, even though she during trial, and ther sister soon
of someone’s guilt. confessed hatred of her stepmother.1 moved out she listened to the
The stage had been set. Through- Her parson swore that she could not
out the 1890s, nearly every issue of be guilty of murder.
popular magazines and newspapers The judge who heard the prelimi-
such as Forum, Arena, Schibner’s, nary trial, a father of a daughter him-
North American Review, Popular Sci- self, did show some logic. He said,
ence Monthly, and Harpers carried at “Suppose for a single minute that a
least one article attesting to the gentle- man was standing there. He was
ness, physical frailty, and docility of found close by that guest chamber
pictures in our minds must be dis- the murders. The basic premise was
carded and others injected to accom- that women were illogical, inconsis-
tent, and incapable of independent
The psychological mind-set of so-
ciety often determines whether or not
a
courts. Many times in America guilt
has been determined by race, but it’s
also true that sex of the one accused
of crime sways the courts. The gen- didn’t get pub-
eral beliefs held by the people inter- lished then, to
counteract the
growing number
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Chupp, Charles & Chupp Holdman, Tracy. De Leon's Monitor (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1999, newspaper, January 7, 1999; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1243837/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.