De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1981 Page: 1 of 11
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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981
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April 17, is a ..holiday for
students and teachers.
by Wednesday of that week.
Please call the City Hall .
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The picnic will be a “bring
your own bag lunch”. .
This will be a lot of fun with
entertainment for the whole
family. Watch for further
details on this in later editions
of the Free Press.
1-4, second group
from ages 5 - first grade; and
third group will be second and
third grades.
Prizes will be awarded to the
youngster who finds the most
eggs in each age group. Prize
eggs will also be hidden.
The time is 2:00 p.m. at the
City Park, Saturday, April 11.
with 291 votes and Doris
Joiner 236. Incumbent board
member Jack Johnaon re-
ceived 205 votes and write-in
candidates Wayne Sanders 36
and Charles McClure 1. A
total of 402 persons voted in
the school election.
Members of the hospital
board will be incumbent Jim
Womack, who received 270
votes, James Morgan 281, and
Roger Pounds 199. Altha
Wilkerson received 137 votes.
A total of 304 ballots were cast
in the hospital election.
Gejfe MRortM's
TOWN TALK
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There will be a lot of track
action this week as the Kittens
will have their district meet at
Brownwood on Thursday and
the Bearcats and Cubcats will
boat the Bearcat Relays on
rnGAy •
John Dennington was first,
Cindy Wilkerson second, and
Lori Womack third. Addie
Ratliff sponsors the spelling.
Donald McClure placed first,
Bobby Forrest second, and
Jeff Fields third in Number
Sense, which is coached by
James Perkins.
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John Conklin was first. Donald
McClure second, and Jeff
Fields, fifth. Mr. Perkins is in
The Women’s Division is
sponsoring their annual Easter
egg hunt Saturday, so ail you
Mama's of little ones, don't
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torget!
The 12th annual Bearcat
Relays are set for Friday , April
10, with a total of 17 teams
competing in the high school
division and 13 in the junior
high division.
Competing with be junior
high and high school teams
from De Leon, Clifton, Hamil-
ton, Dublin, Bangs, Ranger,
Rising Star, Moran, Early,
Comanche, San Saba, East-
land, and Cisco. Rule, Llano,
Blanket, and Woodson will
send high school teams.
Field events begin at 2:30
p.m. with the running prelimi-
naries scheduled for 4:00 and
the finals at 7:00 p.m.
Records are in yards as this
is the first Bearcat Relays to be
run in meters: High School -
440 relay - Knoz City 1975
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ante-bellum mansions; each
with its individual architect-
ure. Stanton Hall, the favorite
home on the tour is beautifully
furnished with many objects
d'art of the opulent period of
the South.
The whole city of Natchez
seemed to be in full bloom
with large areas filled with
breath-taking colors of the
Azaleas, Camelias, Tulips,
Dogwoods and Wisterias. The
third evening offered a change
of pace with dinner at the
"Cock of the Walk”, located
in the Natchez-Under-the Hill,
which is Mississippi River's
newest old-atmosphere for
dining. The travelers enjoyed
the most delicious, talked-
about catfish fillet dinner in all
the South, served with all the
trimmings.
Jarrell. Bobby Forrest placed
fourth in Science, sponsored
by Charlotte Johnson. The
debate team, under the direc-
tion of June McDaniel, of
David Stokes, Mike Lamber
son, Jeff Fields, and John
Conklin was also fourth.
De Leon students placing in
the Junior High Division were:
Spelling 7-8: Melinda Johnson
first, Lana Keith second, and
Bertha Vasquez fourth. James
Perez was second in Number
Sense, and in Ready Writing,
Brad Bettis was fourth, Doug
Conklin fifth, and Stacy Whitt
sizth. Carolyn Frasier is in
charge of spelling, Sharon
Lesley for Ready Writing, and
Mr. Perkina for Number
Sense.
De Leon Elementary School
placed first in five of seven
events in District UDL contest
held here Saturday, while
piling up US points. The
closest competitor was San
Saba with 45 points. Of the
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De Leon - Home Of The Annual “Peach And Melon Festival”
ADVANCI
FOR
Orders are now being
accepted for De Leon’s
Prices an $30.00 for silver
coins and 85.00 for bronze.
Payment will be due in
advance.
Please contact one of the
following peraons to order
your coins: Norma Locke,
Eula Weaver. Nancy Brown,
"Tgr-trniirr hem** - ■- ' y
“Serving De Leon For Over 90 Years.
pole vault - Fambro of Ranger
1973 12’9”.
Junior High records are: 440
relay • Granbury 50.2 1978;
440 yard dash - Curry of
Hamilton 57.5 1977; 120 yard
hurdles ■ Hallmark of Eastland
17.8 1978; 100 yard dash -
Gilliam of Granbury 11.01978;
330 yard hurdles - Speegle of
Cisco 46.8 1978; 220 yard dash
• Gilliam of Granbury 25.2
1978; 1320 run - Hibbits of
Granbury 3:49.3 1978; mile
relay - Hamilton 4:02.1 1977;
shot - Funderburg of Brecken-
ridge 47'1” 1977; discus -
Funderburg of Breckenridge
1977 142’9'4 ”; long jump -
Beach of Bangs 19W” 1978,
high jump - Speegle of Cisco
5'7”; pole vault - Beah of
Bangs 9’3" 1978.
Natchez in the Spring) A
step back into the past, into
days of romance, grandeur,
chivalry, wealth, magnificent
ante-bellum homes and
gracious living. Natchez,
Mississippi is the oldest settle-
ment on the Mississippi River.
A bustling river town with
more millionaires for its
population than any other city
in America. Eighteen "Fair
Ladies” and guests traveled to
Dallas on March 26th, and on
to this fascinating city the
following day. The group
stayed in the beautiful
Ramada Inn Hilltop, high
above the Mighty-Mississippi.
The first evening was enjoyed
by the gracious Carriage
House Restaurant, where
famous southern cooking is at
its best. The nezt morning
was spent touring five of the
st
Trade Barnes third. Wanda
Pmtterwoa is tai charge of these
two events for De Leon High
School students.
In Poetry Interpretation Jill
Bowman placed second and
Shay Jarrett fifth. Janet
McGinnis is the sponsor.
Jackson Boen was fourth in
Prose Reading, sponsored by
Nelda Priddy, and Jay Grace
fourth in Informative Speak-
ing, sponsored by Brenda
Rickey Wilson. Ken “I
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rness
through 17 were designated as
cleanup weeks in De Leon.
The area north of fhe
railroad will bn [
week and the area south of __
railroad next week.
Articles to be picked up
should be placed near the
street ot alley for easy pickup.
City employees are not allow
ed to enter private property to
pick up trash.
Persons desiring free pickup
should have trash to the street
De Leon Students Win High School, Junior
High, And Elementary School Divisions Of
donor Carmen Rameriz with assistance from National Honor Society members Tammy Kimmell
Kerry Miller, and Mark Steed
Saturday
Saturday, April 11, the from ages
Women’s Division of the
Chamber of Commerce will
havp its annual Easter Egg
Hunt in the City Park.
Fifteen hundred eggs will be
hidden for all children through
the third grade. The park will
be marked off into three
groups -- one group will be
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Voters Approve Chy Charter
Amendment And Name Board
Members
Voters in the City of De Leon
gave their approval of a city
charter amendment to raise
the number of seats on the city
council from three to give.
The vote was 118 for and 88
against.
Also, tn city voting, for
Place 1. Bill Jackson received
188 votes to his opponent
Curly West’s 98. For Place 2,
Kent Boswell received 202
votes, Dayne Waller 60, and
Tom Clayton 17. A total of 302
votes were cast.
Named to serve on the
school board were BUI Lindsey
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We want to stress once more
that you write each of the
Texas Coagrossmea and ask
them to help retain the quota
ft's very important to the
leant:my of our area!
FINAL CB6US
COUNT FOR 55TH
DISTRICT
Representative Lynn Nabers
has issued a report of final
cmms popclatioo figure* for
the S5th legislative district.
These figures will be used in
redistricting and for allotting
federal funds.
The first figure given is the
1970 census population and
the second figure the 1980
population: Brown County
25,877 and 33.057; Callahan
8,205 and 10,992; Coleman
10.288 and 10,439; Comanche
11,898 and 12.716; McCulloch
8471 and 8.735; and Runnels
12,108 and 11,872.
The total 1970 census popu-
Istion for the district was
76,947 and the figures rose to
87,712 in 1980, a 14 per cent
increase.
The racial composition of
blacks was 2.2% ia 1970 and
2.7% ia 1980 aad for
Hispanics 9.6% ia 1970 and
104% in 1980.
kittins in dktrkt
. TUCKMIH TNNRSDAY
IN BROWNWOOD
The Varsity and Junior High
*3 Kittens will be participating in
J the District 10-AA District
. Track Meet Thursday. April 9,
at Cap Shelton Track at
. Gordon Wood Stadium in
Brownwood.
The field events begin at
; 12:00 noon with the high
- school shot put, high jump,
aad long jump and junior high
' discus and triple jump. At
1:30 p.m. will be the high
school discus and triple jump
' and junior high shot put, high
< jump, and long jump. ■
t Running preliminaries will
1. begin at 3:00 a.m. for the 100
*- meter low hurdles, 100 meter
dash. 400 meter dash, and 200
\ meter dash.
? The finals begin at 7:00 p.m.
' with the junior high and then
high school running: 7:00 -
; 400 meter relay, 7:15 • 3200
meter run (high school only),
7:35-100 meter hurdles. 7:50- ,
800 meter run, 8:10 • 100
meter dash, 8:25 • *00 meter
relay, 8:45 - 400 meter dash,
9r00 • 200 meter dash, 9:15 -
1600 meter run, 9:35 - 1600
meter relay, and 9:50 • trophy
5. Maintain price support
year tenure of the farm bill for both quota and additional
(begnning with the 1982 crop). peanuts but no specific price
3. Allow sale and lease of levels were given.
De Leon students made a
clean sweep of all three
divisions of the District 10-AA
University Interscholastic
League Literary Meet held last
week at the De Leon Schools.
The De Leon High School
students sooted 219 pointe in
the seventeen events. Follow-
ing were Eariy 177, Eastland
128, Cisco 38, Dublin 37. San
Saba 13, Bangs 5, and Banger
2. The top three finishers in
each event advance to the
regional competition at Tarle-
ton State University on April
24.
In the Junior High group.
De Leon had 35 pointe. Ranger
30, Eariy 25, San Saba 20, and
Bangs 5.
The one-act play received
top honors in competition last
Tuesday at Cisco with its
presentation of "Glass
Menagerie”. Cathy Bruton
was named Best Actress aad
Jackson Boen Best Actor.
Janet Paul waa named to the
All Star Cast, and Brad
Sanders received honorable
mention.. Members of the
crew are Donald McClure,
Tress Maltby, and John
Conklin. The play will be
performed for the area U.I.L.
meet April 9 at Cisco Junior
College. Ronnie Nations is in
charge of the play.
De Leon students made a
one, two, three placing in both
Spelling and Plain Writing and
Number Sense. In Spelling,
Spring Cleanup IT
Progress InCity Of
De Leon Mayor Doyle Smith
reports that the weeks of April
Congratulations to a large
number of De Leoa students of
ail ages who had a part in
helping De Leon win all three
divisions of the U.LL district
literary meet held Saturday at
De Leoa. The local students
won the high school, junior
high. and elementary school
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Kvwl.
This is quite an accomplish-
ment for both the students and
their sponsors in all these
events.
John Conklin was also first
ia Feature Writing, and Sherry
Miller was second. In Editori-
al Writing, Sherry Miller was
second aad Brad Sanders
sizth. In Newswriting Sherry
Miller placed third, Kerry
Miller fourth, and Mark Steed
fifth. Kerry Miller was sixth in
Headline Writing. Mr.
Nations sponsors the journa-
lism events.
Cindy Wilkerson won first in
Shorthand and Cathy Bruton
was second, la Typewriting,
Future Fare
placed Fou . . ,
'Cattle judging contest held at c
Tarleton State University on
April 4. The team members *‘
were
Keith, and Robert Hudson.
The team was coached by
Garth Priddy.
The judging contest held at
Tarleton State is among the
largest in the state. Over M0
10-AA U.I.L. Literary Meet
third. In Picture Memory, the
contestants compete as a
team. The De Leon team was
composed of Beth Beaty from
the fourth grade and Lorrie
Solomon, Debbie Frank, Bobbi
Sledge, and Kim Caraway
from the fifth grade. This
team tied the Early team for
first place, each team having
only one error on all five
papers. Mrs. Betty Fisher is
sponsor of Picture Memory.
Mrs. Carole Nowlin
sponsored the Ready Writing.
In this event, Kelli Cook
placed first and Wendy
Boswell placed third. In
Spelling, De Leon made a
Clean sweep, with Wendy
Boswell placing first, Dana
Bruton second, and Michelle
Price placing third. This event
is sponsored by Mrs. Merle
Holdridge.
In the Oral Reading for
Grades 5 and 6, Stacy Smith
placed first, and Kelli Cook
was fifth.
sponsored by Mrs. Pwt
Koonce.
In Number Sense, Kelli
Cook was first, Mike McClure
placed third, and Janis Pounds
was 7th. This event is taught
by Mrs. Melba Shelby.
Student interest in De Leon
Elementary was high in all
events, with some 80 to 100
students trying out in the
various events, many staying
until eliminated from the
contest.
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TWELFTH ANNUAL BEARCAT
RELAYS SET FOR FRIDAY
44.0; 880 yard dash - Garza of
Cherokee 1976 2:00.1; 120
yard high hurdles - Weaver of
De Leon 1976 and CleereofDe
Leon 1976 - 14.8; 100 yard
dash - Hunter of Cross Plains
1974 10.2; 440 yard dash •
Johnson of Knox City 1975
50.6; 330 yard intermediate
hurdles - Cleere of De Leon
1975 39.9; 220 yard dash •
Sellers of Crowell 1970 and
Stutts of Eastland 1976 - 22.7;
mile run - Garza of Cherokee
1976 4:41.8; mile relay -
Hamilton 1973 3:32.8; shot -
Robinson of Breckenridge
1976 55’11*4"; discus -Robin-
son of Breckenridge 1976
173’6”; high jump - Davis of
Tolar 1975 and Kent of Cisco
1975 6’2”; long jump - Tennie
of Bangs 1979 21’4%”, and
Debra Stephens, Daryleen
Hodges, Hiram Smith, Jr.,
Trent Thomaa, John Mack
Weaver, or Donnie Nowlin.
The coins are expected to
arrive the latter part of April or
Mbpi
These coins will be a
collector’s item, so take
advantage of this one-time
offer by ordering now.
district, no school was able to
earn mere than 15 pointe.
De Leon winners were as
follows: In the 2nd grade
Story Telling, sponsored by
Mrs. Mary Harrison and Mrs.
Brenda Huddleston, Dawn
Mailloux placed first and
Jason Upshaw placed third. In
3rd Grade Story Telling,
sponsored by Mrs. Karen
Coplen and Mrs. Barbara
Nowlin, Jakki Pickens placed
DE LEON STUDENTS TO HAVE EASTER
HOLIDAYS ,
Students in De Leon Schools
will have two days out for
Easter holidays.
Thursday, April 16, is a
Picnic Being Planned For
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A public picnic is being -
planned for July 7, 1981, on
the John Mack Weaver and
Jerry Bush farm near the
railroad. July 7,1881, was the
original date that lots were
sold in De Leon.
Reagan AttatHsfraHoa's
Peanut PtodomI Outlined
The following are items tn quota poundage within states
the Reagan Administrations rather than within counties,
proposal for peanuts begin- 4. Eliminate the June IS
ning with the 1982 crop: deadline for contracting addi-
1. Abolish acreage allot- tional peanuts for export/
ments. --—
2. Reduce poundage quotas
by 10% annually over the four
market and recognizing
quality ' ' , i »<•».
more in-p »l.«tl, the siudt uiv
develop a -.cum >| priife in
their wut l<> ptvpaie
place In a .mucM sidi a» 'lits id
requires . •iiM<kial»>c .vi«l
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comu fmivi ' ulii
firge urea of the Mate. Mudvmv
" -ta’"
rj. range, dairy products,
rtcuitural mechanics, and
fculture business manage-
The information gained by
i he young men and women in
preparing for and participating
in the judging events will help
trash up.
Brush and limbs should be
-----— cut in lengths of fout feet or
picked up this less and piled separate to wire
•ea south of the and metal. ' •
Not more than one truck
load will be picked up free at
any residence.
The landfill will be open
both weeks from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. and bn Saturday
until noon for the convenience
of those hauling their own
trash. >*
“FAB LADIES” GROUP.___________.These FAM Bank “Fair Ladies” traveled to Natchez.
Mississippi, recently. (Photo by Lena Taylor)
Natchez In The Spring!
BvSueWBaon "
The evening was highlight-
ed with excellent seats to see
The Confederate Pageant,
which takes the viewers on an
historic tour of the Old South,
complete with ladies in color-
ful hoop-skirts and gentlemen
resplendent in their finery.
The fourth day began with a
brief Sunday-morning service
held on the grassy slopes
overlooking the Mississippi
River. Then, homeward
bound, the travelers arrived
back in De Leon at 9:00 P.M.
Those on the tour were: Mr. A
Mrs. Sidney Bruton, Virginia
Parr, Lois Buchanan, Mr. A
Mrs. W. W. Kirk, Eula
Weaver, Bertha Blitch, Mr. A
Mrs. C.L. Mohon Jr., Cynthia
Hughes, Neva Loudermilk,
Mr. A Mrs. L. E. Thompson,
Mr. A Mrs. Sidney Sides,
Lena Taylor and Sue Wilson.
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Wilkerson, Gayle E. De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1981, newspaper, April 9, 1981; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1247970/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.