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Letter to the
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Letters to the
Editor Policy
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Senior
Citizens
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County
Officials To Be At
DeLeon City Hall
First Thursday
many contestants.
I was fairly fleet-of-foot in
those days, but our company of
recruits was never the first to be
dismissed, and there was always a
The distance was far however,
even for those of us accustomed to
forced marches of many miles.
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YEWTOLUE THAT CIGARETTE LIGHTER DIDN7 WORK!"
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Editor-Laura Kestner
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PENNY AUCTION
The Womens’ Division Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual
Penny Auction. Friday. March 30, at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
RELAY FOR I.IFE
The I Oth annual Comanche County Relay for Life event is scheduled
for April 27 at Comanche Stadium, in celebration of a decade of
Relay, this year’s theme is Relay Through the Decades "
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Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Saturday. April 7. at 2 p.m. at
the City Park.
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First of all, Benny and Janna
Morris do not know I am writing
this letter.
I have known both of them
for 2CLyears, which is a short time
to most of you.
I know Janna knows how to
save money and get the most out
of a dollar. I worked in surgery for
three and one-half years, and my
husband, Don, worked in the lab
for 20 years. Believe me, she
more than earned her salary as an
employee of DeLeon Hospital.
Make your vote count. Let’s
vote for Janna for the CCMC
board and Benny for City Council.
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
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A representative of the
Comanche County Tax
Assessor-Collector’s office
and the Comanche County
Justice of the Peace will be at
the DeLeon City Hall on the
first Thursday of each month.
They will be set up to con-
duct business in DeLeon for
the convenience of area citi-
zens. Their office hours are
from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
except for the noon hour.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 26. 1987. M.S. ‘Cal”
Calhoun was recognized as the
Zone 3 Conservation Farmer at the
Upper Leon Soil and Water
Conservation District’s awards the DeLeon Art Club presented six McGinnis, Jimmy Parker, Bill
banquet. James Bruton presented paintings to the DeLeon Hospital Short, Harry Davis, Mike Thomas,
the award. which were placed in the lobby Benny Brownlee and Derrell
The Shakespeare Club met in and several rooms. Among those
the Hospitality Room of the F&M donating were Mrs. R.D. Price,
Bank with Thelma Daniell as host-
ess,
called the meeting to order, and
Rosa Smith led the prayer. In addi-
Rolland.
The Cubcats of DeLeon
Mrs. J.L. Burleson, Mrs. Rosa Junior High were scheduled to
Melba Shelby, president. Mathis, Mrs. Freddy Hammit and travel to Hamilton for a track meet.
Mrs. J.A. Scott. Those participating, and their
The DeLeon Study Club met events, included: Stanley Kirk,
tion to those above, those attending in the home of Mrs. Nelton shot put, broad jump, high jump
included Rozelle Burleson, June Warren. Among those attending and dashes; Gerald Frank, chin-
Carruth, Roberta Heathington, were Mrs. William Bailey, Mrs. ning;' Singleton, Davis, Lamb,
Allene Box, Gladys Pittman, Eula Charlie Glenn Carruth, Mrs. Weaver and West, dash men.
Weaver, Opal Clayton, Mildred Donnell Davis, Mrs. Dale Farrow,
Caraway, Mamie Smith, Nell Rose
If you plan to sign up your Volunteer participants pay a small
home for the Community Rehab fee to cover food and other ancil-
Project scheduled for June 24 - 29, lary .expenses, and donation funds
2007 you need to have your com- are primarily used to purchase the
pleted application form submitted materials needed to repair the
by April 1. homes. Project size is only limited
Community Rehab Project by available volunteers and finan-
does exterior work on qualified cial support
homes based On income, disability. Donations may be sent to
Community Rehab Project at PO
Application forms can be Box 387, Comanche, Texas 76442.
picked up in Comanche at City If you would like more informa-
Offices, Higginbotham’s Building tion before deciding an amount to
contribute, feel free to contact
DeLeon, they are available at City Keith Sliger - 254.842.4085 or
Offices, Pate's Hardware, and Tim Beaty - 254.893.6285.
Comanche County Telephone. Requests for adult volunteers
Repairs are done at no cost to will be issued soon. Plan now to
the homeowner. Community be a part of what could very well
Rehab Project is funded by dona- be a life changing week for you.
tions (materials and monies) from working alongside our youth to
generous community supporters, improve our community.
National Guard thought he would Center, and Pate's Hardware. In
All in all, I can honestly say I be able to avoid service in
am a better person for having been Vietnam. He. like me, was mar-
through it. I did learn how to accu- tied and was looking forward to a
rately shoot a rifle, and 1 am proud working career. He had already
to report that I earned an Expert passed his C.P. A. exam.
Marksman badge and a Private Near the end of our basic
First Class stripe. 1 wonder now if training, however, he received a
things wouldn't be better in our letter that his unit had been activat-
country if everyone didn't get the ed. When he had completed his
privilege of serving their country basic and the next eight weeks of
in such a glorious manner. military specialty training, he
Getting back to the telephone, would then join his unit in Hawaii
it was a luxury then that young as it prepared to head to the dan-
people nowadays cannot compre- gerous, steamy jungles,
hend. When we were granted I never heard what happened
ever-so-short periods of personal to him. I hope he survived,
liberty, we were then allowed to I also hope those now serving
make a call back to loved ones. overseas survive their military
I was a young married fellow duty as well, and am glad that they
in those days and I had a loved one are all volunteers.
who 1 fervently wished to speak
Andress, Laura Brown,
Buckley, Pauline
Cummings, Nita Dansby, Linda
Frank, Nina Frank, Rae Jean v Mighty Maroon Band officers program
Hasty, Susie Hodges, Sharon were pictured with a trophy the Funeral Home.
Lesley, Ingrid Lindsey, Bobbie band won at a competition in was manager of the Funeral Home
McKillip, Barbara Nowlin, Cisco. Those officers included and furniture department.
Dorothy Roberts, Kathy Skaggs. Darrell Preston, Teri VanZandt, Charlie McCurdy announced
Freda VanZandt, Shirley Dianne Anderson, Christi Keith that all plans for the AAU-
Wilkerson and Pam Rush. and Jennifer Mathis, Kerry approved boxing meet in DeLeon
Grisham, Byron Smith, Bruce were nearly completed. Local
Hodges, Brent Bush and Ronald boxers included Jimmy Nash,
Powell. Rodger McCurdy, Lyndon
, Brownlee, Elvin Brownlee, Roger
40 YEARS AGO Coan. C M. Caraway, Jr., Larry
March 30, 1967. Members of Lasater, Ronney Leonard, Steve
2007 Cumulative Rainfall
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February
March
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In this day and age when a with whenever possible. The only
large portion of the American pop- problem was, there were literally
ulation carries a telephone in their hundreds of others granted that
pocket. I thought it might be inter- same brief period of freedom who
esting to harken back to an earlier also wished to talk to someone
age, when such modem conve- they cared about. When the
niences were unknown. "Dismissed!" order was given, it
I went through basic training was literally a foot race to the near-
in the U.S. Army in 1968, during est pay telephone, with many,
the early days of the Vietnam war.
It was a time not all that different
from the current era in some
respects One big difference was
that many were not there of our
own free will. There were volun- long line that had formed behind
teers, of course, but there was a every available extension of Ma
generous portion of draftees, con- Bell's network. There were no cell
scripts, those who weren't willing phones available, however. A
or able to run to Canada to escape large portion of that precious free
mandatory military duty. time was devoted to standing in yet served to the following: Peggy
And, there were those of us another line of military men, wait-
who voluntarily joined the ing on long-winded men in line
Reserves or the National Guard in ahead of you taking advantage of
an effort to avoid the jungles and their moments of freedom,
bullets of southeast Asia. I note A buddy of mine, who was a
that I was in the latter group, the member of the Arizona National
Army Reserves specifically. This Guard, and I were approached by
was before the days of the draft lot- two other boys in our company,
tery when the lucky guys (there both of whom were from the
Wisconsin National Guard, about
an opportunity to escape that long
wait. We were all going through
basic in Fort Bragg, North
through the same delightful basic Carolina, a very large place. The
training regimen. It was eight cheese heads had somehow
weeks of possibly the least enjoy- learned of a place on the encamp-
able portion of my life. Drill ment where there were lightly used
Sergeants were there to make our pay telephones, something almost
lives miserable while they forced unheard of.
us into the mold of America's
fighting forces.
We had to learn how to say
"Yes, Sir!", often and with gusto. They wanted to know if we would
And we got to peel potatties, low be willing to share a taxi fare to get
crawl for great distances, duck there. We both gladly agreed,
walk, stand at attention and parade The ride was uneventful, even
rest in the snow, learn marching though we got to see portions of
chants, stand in lines for endless the Army base far from the basic
shots, stand in lines to be fed, training area where we lived. We
march in single file, polish boots, got to make telephone calls home
do push-ups, "Smoke if you got without waiting in lines and all felt
'em", stand guard duty, appreciate we had a discovery of great-value,
the taste of fried liver, crawl under We became good friends through
live machine gun fire, throw hand that shared experience.
grenades, experience tear gas and As I reach into my shirt pock-
participate in other useful military et to retrieve a cell phone that will
training. enable me to call anywhere in the
Along with all that, we U.S. by simply dialing the number.
received a lot of information on courtesy of Mitf-Tgx Cellular, I
conditions over in "Nam" and the think about how far we have come
dangers of which to be concerned, in the world of everyday personal
What we were going through was communications.
not just fun and games, but sur- Now it doesn't take a taxi ride,
vival training that would be need- but you can make the call while
ed in only a few short months for riding in the taxi, or while driving
many of my fellow trainees. your car. Hopefully you will pay etc within Comanche County.
1 suspect things in Army basic attention to your driving while
training these days may be a bit calling,
more modem, but still much the My buddy in the Arizona
same.
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10 YEARS AGO Mohon. Alzira Weaver and Miss Mrs. John Hood, Mrs. Bill
Bearcat cheerleaders for Roger Mae Smith. Lindsey, Mrs. Billy McDaniels,
1997-98 were announced and Boys between the ages of 13 Mrs. Marvin Sanders, Mrs. Revis
included Melissa Hare, Amber and 15 who wished to play Pony Smith, Mrs. Floyd Stokes, Mrs.
Golden, Amber Vaughn, Tiffany League baseball were asked to George Terrill, Mrs. Bill
Sanders, Haley Huddleston, meet Garlan Bingham at the base- Wilkerson, Mrs. Dale Johnson,
Kristol Gailey, Amy Koonce and ball field. Mrs. Jack Barnes. Mrs. Paul
Ashlee McKillip. Wallace and Mrs. Gayle
Four Perkins Middle School Wilkerson.
U.I.L. participants qualified for 30 YEARS AGO Susan and Johnny Bob
state competition - Clint Morgan, March 31, 1977. The con- Carruth were home from Texas
Tania Reyna, Cheryl Tucker and sumer education class at DHS, Tech to visit with their parents, Mr.
Brandi Quinn. taught by Janet McGinnis, toured and Mrs. Bill Carruth. Others from
The DeLeon Study Club the offices of an insurance compa- Tech who were home for a visit
toured the Upper Leon River ny, Floyd West and Company, in included James Morgan, Mike
Municipal Water District Plant. Dallas. Also participating were Stewart, David Glover, Wesley
After the tour, members returned Wallace Cook, Mary Beth Hodges Tucker, Johnny Terrill, Bill Lamb
to the Community Room of F&M and Mrs. Ljhda McClearen. and Tony Hallmark.
Bank where refreshments were Participating in a volleyball
tournament were Mike 50 YEARS AGO
Pat Huddleston. Roger Pounds, Jimmy March 28, 1957. Workmen
Bums, Pat Farley, Bodie Weaver, Larry were busily engaged in an exten-
■Nowlin and Donny Hardin. sive remodeling and enlargement
Mighty Maroon Band officers program at Higginbotham s
Lee Holdridge
This Week’s Weather
In a miraculous change of
weather, the preceding week was
one of the wettest in recent times.
Almost 2.7 inches of badly needed
moisture was measured at Proctor
Lake. Areas around DeLeon prob-
ably didn’t get quite that much,
however, most areas received over
two inches during the week. By
Monday afternoon the fields and
bar ditches all had standing or run-
ning water and the area was very
green. Temperatures were very
moderate throughout the week.
For the latest weather fore-
casts, check our web site,
www.deleonfreepress.com. and
click on the weather button.
The following weather read-
ings are taken by the Corps of
Engineers at their Proctor Lake
weather station. Daily readings
reflect weather activity for the 24-
hour period preceding 8 a.m. on
the day noted.
Date
03-21
03-22
03-23
03-24
03-25
03-26
03-27
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Proctor Lake Report
Lake Levels:
Prior Reading 1153.20
Current
% Capacity:
Dischaige rate (cfs)
Prior week closed
Current closed
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