De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1999 Page: 2 of 12
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of this plan were published at the
time and were, in the opinion of tiled payoff dale from' the Festival wrote thank you letters to the Tandy
Menus
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judgement. We al look forward io
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One additional wild card in the
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pened a couple of years earlier and
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10 YEARS EARLIER
farm, Basil worked in town at
open
40 YEARS EARLIER
Local awards for achievement in
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MORGAN PUBLISHING CO.
JERRY MORGAN --
PUBLISHER A EDITOR
AS READ EARLIER IN THE
FREE PRESS
22, son of Mrs. Mabie Auvenshine,
DeLeon, Texas, was assigned as a
EXCERPTS FROM OCT. 3, INI
Joan Clendenen, Melinda Neel,
that be may not have been able to
accrue from his previous enterprise.
But, DeWitt’s and DISD’s gains
are the community’s loss as most of
you know. With minor exception,
most of us will now have to go out of
town for service on our air condition-
Exxon. In 1967, at the age of 64, he
sold out to Burlison and has contin-
ued to work there part time and occa-
sionally full time as needed. When
heart Miss Sandra Nowlin, Mr. and
Mrs. Al Strasner and Mrs. Garth
Division in Vietnam.
Mr. and Mrs. Abrose Morgan
visited in Austin over the weekend
with their daughter, Lt. Gov. and
and the community at large. They
ask for your continued support as
they seek to raise funds in the coming
months, and possibly years, for the
relocation of the Festival.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LUNCHES
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“Elite” Colbaugh, who had worked
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■tee that has te M|waiWlity tor
overseeing the receipt and expendi-
ture of funds. Then there to a PAM
Festival SteertagCoonnteetethM
ultimate control over the financial
caused some serious financial diffi-
culties.
Now that we have some fed for
Funds being raised through the
suppers and silent auctions as well as
operating surpluses of the Festival
second half. •»
Members of the starting team
are backs Mike Smith (QB), Bill
Lamb (HB). Mike Stewart (HB), and
Trent Thomas (FB). Tbelinemenare
ends Bo Shifflett and Tommy
and!
all th
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Festival site.
Perhaps (he biggest problem fac-
ing the Committee as they contem-
SCHOOL BREAKFAST MENU
WEEK MAY 10 - 14
Monday
May 10: Assorted cereal, cinna-
mon toast, juice, milk
Tuesday
May 11: Biscuit & gravy, bam,
juice, milk
Wednesday
May 12: Scrambled egg w/ham,
toast, fruit, milk
Thursday
• May 13: Pigs in a blanket, fruit,
milk
Friday
May 14: No school
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announcement run by DeWitt Robi-
nett in the paper this week. I am
happy for DeWitt and the DeLeon
Da Leon Free Press, Ds Leon, Texas 70444
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| The Festival Committee several
* I yean earlier attempted to deal with
j this growth dilemma by agreeing to
j purchase the approximately 70 acre the background te recent history,
we can proceed to the current status
of Committee's efforts. They are
crushed stone, similar to in front of
Bearcat Stadium, could easily top
' $300,000, and will therefore prob-
ably not be included in the initial and operational affairs of the Festi-
improvements. * val, similar to a corporate board of
It is believed that a building that directors.
There is, as there always will be
on any large committee, divergent
views on some subjects and few ar-
DeLeon arcs voters are to be j^i —Wewon’t
see DeWin’s white van driving the
streets of DeLeon quite ■ frequently
as before with the accompanying re-
assurance of knowing te a good many on the committee, far too ex-
am is on the job te providing a pensive to be practical for our town
qtety service at a good price to our and festival.
Oto omgstintenaa go oto to commmnty. Again, we offer oar In the meantime, various at-
teriksandamgrahdaticnstoDeWitt tempts have been made to secure
te Vickie grant funds from various state and
federal agencies dispensing such
finds, all to no avail. It seems that
there is a strong preference com-
monly existing in such agencies to
eas, the quote was around $30,000. manners. Other ways are studying.
Improving the parking areas with yelling at pep rallies, and welcoming
J 222222, 2*~WT 22 *2 N f' new students.
wisdom, and pubhc spirit. We still
need your involvement
320, DeLeon, Texas 76444-0320. Telephone: 254-893-6868. Fax: 254- *
893-3550.
Thursday, May 6,1999
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Monday
May 10: Chicken pattie on bun,
chips, lettuce, tomato, fruit, milk
(mustard, ketchup)
Tuesday
May 11: Chicken spaghetti,
’ glazed carrots, bread stick, fruit milk
(salad dressing)
Wednesday
May 12: Sub sandwich, french
fries, lettuce & tomato, fruit milk
(mustard, mayo)
Thursday
May 13: Tamale pie, refried
beans, crackers, fruit, milk
(salad dressing)
Friday
May 14: No School
DELEON SECONDARY
LUNCH MENUS
MAY 10-14
Monday
May 10: Steak fingers, ham-
burger, self-serve vegetables & con-
diments, glazed carrots, cookie, milk
Tuesday
May 11: Submarine sandwich,
chicken nuggets, french fries/mashed
potatos, english peas, self-serve veg-
etables & condiments, roll, cobbler,
milk .....• ’
Wednesday
May 12: Pizza, hamburger, car-
rot sticks, french fries, self-serve
vegetables and Condiments, pudding,
milk
Thursday
May 13: Tacos, Chicken nug-
gets, self-serve vegetables & condi-
ments, french fries, ranch style beans,
roll, jello, milk
Friday
May 14: No school
De£eon Senior
Citizens Menus
Friday
May 7: Ham & beans, deluxe
slaw, cottage fried potatoes, south-
ern style greens, fruit cobbler, bread,
butter, milk
Monday
May 10: Cheesemeatloaf.com
O’Brien, blackeyed peas, tossed
salad/carrots, coconutpudding, milk,
bread, butter
Wednesday
May 12: Beef-gravy w/rice,
green peas, diced carrots, lettuce &
tomato salad, refri. cheese dessert w/
graham cracker oust, baked apples,
milk, bread, butter '
plant, there is no connection avail-
able on that side of the road. Some
type of pumping facility will be
needed and a sewer line to cross
under Highway 6 will have to be
installed. None of this will be inex-
pensive.
Another problem is the sheer
size of the site. To get an idea of the
costs involved, just for a fence to school by being courteous in the halls,
separate the parking and Festivalar- Don’t p^h „„ but walch your
“ ■•*‘"5 ’ ’ “tanners. Other ways are studying.
wishes to call to the attention of
DeLeon drivers that pedestrians
walking with the light have the right the current year while trying to plan
of way over vehicular traffic making for relocation and expansion in fu- i
ture years. i
The bright side of the picture is i
that the Festival committee has a ■
future expansion site boughtand paid ®
for, that is well located and ample in
size for all anticipated needs. Being
free of encumbrances, the property
may be available for use to secure
any needed financing far new con-
struction when undertaken.
After being on the back burner
for a while, relocation and expansion
is again a priority for the Festival
Committee members that I spoke
with. Several expressed the realistic
hope that some concrete and steel
actions will be undertaken in the
foreseeable future. Their mood seems
to be very optimistic and positive.
Plans are being adjusted toward a
Festival facility that is realistic with
the means available to finance it
Much depends upon the ability of the
Festival and associaledeventssuchas
the Bike Ride to graieraie an operat-
ing surplus te will fimd the reloca-
tion te expansion. And, there is a
continuing effort to seek out My
community development grants and
loans that might be available.
Besides the large Festival Ccm-
■tee, there is an Executive Com-
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includes the stage, dressing rooms
with associated restroom facilities
and a Festival ticket office and meet-
ing room could be built for around eas of complete unanimity. There
$50,000. Also needed, however, are does seem to be a strong consensus,
larger and more restroom facilities, however, that the relocation is both
The current plan also calls for a com- needed and an increasingly feasible
project. Some speak of hope that the
move could be made in time for the
2000 Festival. Others think that two
TEXAS HUM
ASSOCIATION
site on the north side of the highway
Around the same time a planner was
hired to design a development plan pleased to report te the debt in-
fer the new festival site. The results curred on the land purchase has been
mmphwJy rated tewdnf te Ann Harvey and Mary Ellen Wier
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operating surplus, thus eliminating Leather Company, Fort Worth, Texas
continuing interest expense. The cur- and Philips Petroleum Company,
rent balance of dedicated building Bartlesville, Oklahoma for the book
funds is a little in excess of $50,000 covers the two companies furnished
Something over half of the balance the DeLeon Jr. High School.
has been accumulated from the oper- The DeLeon Cubcats swamped
ating surplus of the Bike Ride. Al- the Comanche Papooses 50-0 in the
though tins is a tot of money, it tswdl season’s opening football game,
short of the amount of ftmds needed Trent Thomas relumed the opening
to complete the move to the new kickoff all the way with Mike Smith
driving over for the extra points. Bill
Lamb carried the ball to “pay dirt”
twice. Then Bo Shifflett caught a
plale a site move is te everything pass and went into te end zone mak-
needs to be moved at one time. Even mg (he score 30-0 at the end of the
though the two sites are in dose first quarter. Following a safety,
proximity, the thought of youngsters Kevin Weaver made the final touch-
dodging traffic to cross Highway 6 to down of the first half. Mike Smith
get from the carnival to the tractor and Bodie Weaver each scored in the
pull is a very serious concern. The
show stage, the exhibits hall, the
restrooms, (he carnival site, the food
vendors and outside products ven-
dors, the tractor pull arena and park-
ing facilities, all need to be moved at
te same time. Thus, all of the asso- VanZandt, tackles Bobby Straub and
April 30,1959. Police Chief T. - “ _ '
R. Patton stated Tuesday that he lems faced by the committee as they
grapple with the ongoing problem of their responsibilities to the Festival
putting on a successful Festival in
a right or left hand turn and crossing
the pedestrian lane. Chief Patton
says there have been several instances
where pedestrians have literally had
to flee for their lives from turning
vehicles, and gives due warning that
if a pedestrian is ever struck by a
vehicle in this type of violation, he
will do all in his power to “throw the
book” at the driver.
Walton Locke, age 73, passed
away Tuesday evening. Funeral ser-
vices were held at the First Method-
3* YEARS EARLIER Cb^. PH bear^, were nepb-
ews of Mr. Locke. They were Ham
May 1,1969. The DeLeon Chap- Locke, Emmitt Locke, Jack Locke,
ter of the Future Farmers of America H.L. Locke, Joice Locke, T. A. Lee
held its annual Father Son Awards and Ruel Locke. Mr. Locke was
Banquet Monday. The highlight of bom in 1885 in Alexander City, Ala.
invFADCFADinrv the evening was the presentation of Hecameto Texas with his family in
zv ri!.AKM<.AKLU!,K the awards. The cluster bestowed 1899. He was survived by one
May 3,1979. According to the Honorary Chapter Fanner Degrees brother, thirteen children, twenty five
Corps of Engineers station at Lake on Jack Straub and Dale Johnson for grandchildren and seven great grand
Proctor, total rainfaU for April 1979 thefroutstandfagservicestolheFFA. children.
H 7.49 urte, which brings te yewiy Load awards for achievement in
total to 13.81 inches. The 13 year various phases of the FFA are as
average for Lakc roctor for the first follows: Agricultural Mechanics,
fourmonthsofthe year is 8.53 inches, Carrol Carlin; Public Speaking,
so 1979 is better than five inches Jimmy Carruth; EteiA Home Elec-
over the average. trification, Harold Bocn; Dairy Farm-
Thn Hare of the Bearcat Track lag, Bobby Mcdeltan; Crop Hum-
Team finished second in both the Ing, Domtie Skaggs; Fann Safety
teputtedbcustotheRegfaaD- Tfakring, Toby Mahm; Livestock
A track meet la Stepbeavile last Farmiag, Jiaamy Carruth; Star
weektete will be participating ia Greenhand, Brad Koonce; Chapter
the state meet May 11-12 in both Star Farmer, Jimaay Dale Johnson,
events. Guests present were Chapisr Sweet-
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but givingyoe current nem every nee*.
bination covered entryway and ex-
hibit ball at the central front of the
Festival grounds.
To move the tractor pull across or three or even five years may be a
the roadway was originally felt to be more realistic timeframe. Much de-
the least expensive of the major ele- pends upon the financial success of
menus of the fair to relocate. How- each year’s Festival,
ever, there is the possibility that any
new facility will have to meet the
more stringent tractor pull arena re-
quirements now in force which man- itself are being carefully preserved
date that the tractor pull competition to accumulate the necessary funding
surface be located well below grade to build a greater Peach & Melon
for safety and noise abatement pur- Festival than DeLeon has ever seen
poses. This would of course cause before.
additional construction expense. Committee members want the
These are just some of the prob- good citizens of DeLeon to know
that they are serious in carrying out
cil Place 3 has A.W. Sledge chal-
lenging incumbent Lowell Pittman.
City Council Place 4 is uncontested
as Eric Royall is the only candidate
running. City Council Place 5 is the
most contested spot with DeLoyn
Singleton, Pat Russell andTom Clay-
ton all running.
Two Lady Bearcats qualified for
the State Track Meet in Austin, asked what contributed to his good
Rachel Garcia is making her third health he quickly answered “Chris-
trip to the state competition after tian living” and went on to explain
placing second in the lOOmeterdash the valueofChristianityinaperson’s
at Regional. Jennifer Pounds also life. Basil has been a member of the
qualified for the state meet with a Assembly of God for 51 years. He
second place showing in the 3200 and his wife Rachel have enjoyed
meter run. some of the 65 Club trips.
A former director of nursing at Last Wednesday try-outs for
Canterbury Villa Nursing Home was next year’s cheerleaders were held at
arrested last week in Dublin. After a DeLeon High School. Selected as
Head Cheerleader was senior Donna
Nowlin. Chosen as the senior Cheer-
in DeLeon for five years, and her leader was Becky Ward. Represent-
busband Johnny Colbaugh, both were ing the juniors will be Donna Boen.
charged with unlawful manufacture Charla Taylor, sophomore, will rep-
of a controlled substance. resentberclass. Thefreshmancheer-
Tbe Texas Department of Com- leader is Sue Joiner. The sixth cheer-
merce has informed the City of leader is Cindy Wilkerson.
DeLeon that it is the recipient of
$151,600 for street improvements.
Streets that the City plans to pave
include Humphrey-Weatherford,
Ross from Humphrey to Cato, and
then to the Senior Citizens Center.
time, either through raised funds or and Jamie Mason, and center Wesley
debt or some combination. Tucker.
New planning work is under- There is a new skating rink in
way for a tower cost site develop- DeLeon located at the Peach and
ment plan. Even at that, the costs Melon grounds. It is open every
involved are well beyond currently weekday night and Sunday afternoon
available funds. Electrical, water All of Jr. High is proud to say
and sewer service must be installed WELCOME to Mr. Ed George the
for development to proceed. Even new Jr. High and High School Band
though the new site is very close to director. The band students think be
happy for DeWitt and the DeLeon ♦♦♦♦*♦• tee. therefore, generally changes 25- the City Sewer Water Treatment is doing a wonderful job.
schools that be is going to work for 30% of its composition each year plant, there is no connection avail- Next Friday, October 6 at 9:30
them. I am sure that he will do a great The attendant and occasional and its continuity and philosophy is able on that side of the road. Some in te High School auditorium, there
job for the school district and that his applause at last Sunday’s forum at subject to evolution. type of pumping facility will be wyj a Southern Assembly Pro-
job there will provide him benefits -Finu Baptist regarding school safety One additional wild card in the needed and a sewer line to cross gram presented by Bob Williams
issues were clear evidence of the planning deck is weather. Although under Highway 6 will have to be -rhe admission will be 15 cents and
high degree of interest that our com- it does not. happen frequently, an installed. None of this will be inex- the program is entitled “Adventures
munity has in te safety and proper extended wet weather spell, or even pensive. jn Chaulk”.
education of their school children, on one of te weekend nights, can Another problem is the sheer Members of te Activity Com-
Our compliments go out to those that have a very material adverse impact size of the site. To get an idea of te mittee suggest we can improve our
organized and participated in te fo- on revenues generated. This hap- * J
rum. 1 ‘ .
An article was run featuring Basil
Brownlee, age seventy six, who is
May 4,1989. The elections for still active working every day at Priddy.
te School Board, Hospital Board Burlisons Service Station. Mr. U.S. Army, Vietnam - Army
and City Council Places 3, 4 and 5 Brownlee has spent his entire life in Specialist Four Cletis B. Glasson,
will be held on May 6. Incumbents and around DeLeon where he was
Sam Sparger, Franklin Loudermilk engaged in farming until 1956 Dur-
and Sherman Sides are running for ing te last two or three years on te radio operator with the 1st Cavalry
three open positions on te School
Board. The Hospital Board is simi- Holdridges Grocery Store and te
larly uncontested as Incumbents City Market, but in 1956 he bought
Lyndell Coan and W. A. Reeves are an interest in a service station owned
joined by Ardean Kimmell running by Rush and Cecil Brownlee located Mrs. Ben Barnes and family.
for three open positions. City Coun- downtown where he stayed for four The DeLeon High School Band
years. After te three way partner- went to Cisco Saturday for te UIL
ship dissolved, Mr. Brownlee re- Band Concert and Sightreading Con-
turned to Holdridges and remained test. The band received a III rating in
there until 1959 when be purchased concert and a n in sightreading. AI
testation presently known as Keith’s rating is superior and a V rating is
poor.
vttai anefesc.
And far toose of you that have secure future. Many times young points one of te members of te
been serving and are no longer, we people are tacenain about which Festival Steering Committee, the two
an owe you a debt of gratitude for direction they should turn to earn a organizations are separate. The Fes-
yov time and efforts devoted to te living, and even more so if they want tival has thus been handicapped in its
comaaon good of DeLeon and its to remain living m this area. Here is search for development grant fiatds
schools, his my hope that (he recent a great opportunity awaiting te right Another element of background
election results will be soon forgot- pason(s). DeWittneverhadtoworry needing coverage concerns the
ten and te memories of your many about having a tot of idle time to deal makeup of the Festival Committee.
with. The volunteer nature of service on
There are other services that are te Festival Ccmiq^tee means that dated expense must be funded at one Ricky Hamfan guards, Donnie Sharp
not at all or only distantly servedin every four years there is generally a
* from your accunulated experience, ourarea. I have recently spoken with complete turnover of personnel in-
tocal hininrewn that commented voived. In recent years there has
on two other areas where local based been some modification to te rules
help is needed. It probably would to allow an individual to serve longer
not be appropriate to publish such a than four years if it is mutually agree
list, however, any interested young able. The fact remains, however,
I read with mixed feelings te person could find out with a phone that after four years service, most
call or visit individuals feel they have earned their
retirement The Festival Commit-
Another thought that occurs to
me on the occasion of DeWitt deal with municipahtiesdirecdy . The
You tfawc now had a great deal of Robmett’s doting of his air condi- Reach and Melon Festival is owned
pubhc- trust placed m you and your bating business. This change pre- by a non-profit corporation separate
sents a great opportunity for one or from te City of DeLeon Although
your wneexeraseof tesameasyou possibly more of our area's young there is a dose working relationship
deaiwtifeiaamersof tecoaamanity’s people to get into a career field that between te Festival and te City,
has a strong local demand and a and although the City Council ap-
secure future. Many times young
people are tmeertain about which
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