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VOLUME 66
NUMBER 45
D,E LEON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1956
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Watershed
Association
Activities
City Announces
New Water Rates
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HOLDRIDGES INSTALL
REFRIGERATION CASES
ATTENDS FUNERAL
J. C. Carlin, Mr. and Mrs. EL
A. Carlin, and Mr. and Mrs. P.
F. Chesser left Tuesday for Dal-
las in reponse to a message Mon-
day saying Tom Carlin, brother
of J. C., passed away suddenly
Monday morning. The Free Press
joins friends in extending sym-
pathy to the loved ones.
Musk, used in perfume, is ob-
tained from the preputial sac of
the Musk-deer.
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County Farm
Ruronu Leaders
Tc Meet In De Leon
Elder W. L. Barrett of Arling-
ton will preach at the Primitive
Baptist Church Sunday morning
May 13.
Everyone is
to attend.
PONY LEAGUE SCHEDULE
June 1, F&M Bank - Ford Mo-
tor Co.; F&M Bank - Keith Im-
plement Co.
Holdrige and Sons Grocery has
recently completed the installa-
tion of two pieces of major re-
frigeration equipment — a 12 ft.
Tyler frozen food case and an 8
ft. double shelf dairy products
case. While the products are kept
at proper temperatures, rims and
partslikely to come in contact
with the customers* arms are es-
pecially warmed
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Effective with the May 22 me-
ter reading the City of De Leon
is announcing the following wa-
ter rates:
3,000 gallon minimum $2.00
Next 4,000 gallons 50c per 1,000
All over 7,000 gal. 30c per 1,000
Under the old rate, the charge
was 50c per 1,000 gallons after
the 3,000 gallon minimum,
gardless of the amount used.
intend to keep doing to protect
and build the productive capacity
of our land for ourselves and for
future generations of Ameri-
cans to come. As a corollary to
this statement, the structures
when built will have little value
to this or future generations with-
out proper land treatment above
them to proect them from silta-
tion. There is no provision made,
needed, or justified in regard
to payng for easements where
the structures may be located;
nor are there any provisions for
condemnation of land. If any
landowner given the opportunity
to acquire a thirty or thirty five
thousand dollar or better struc-
ure on his farm free of cost to
him with all rights to the water
in the permanent pool, and
should refuse, he will likely have
a neighbor up or down the
stream eager for the opportunity.
One further word of caution:
if this bill should pass and be
signed by the President, it sim-
ply means that we must redouble
our efforts in all phases of our ef
forts: proper land treatment,
aroused interest and exact in-
formation on the part of each
person within the Watershed, to-
gether with all the assistance we
can secure from all Interested
local rural anu civic groups.
With some 90 o*her Watersheds
in Texas already applied for this
same program, and that number
likely to be doubled the compe-
tition will be intense, and any
priority we have In danger of
loss.
The Garden Club will have a
Bake Sale, Saturday morning.
May 12, in Higginbotham’s Dry
Goods Department, starting at
9:30 o'clock.
Be there and buy a cake or
pie and save “Mother" from some
work.
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Eddie
Belyeu, Jerry
Singleton, Kenneth Pressly. Lyn-
don Brownlee, Stanley Kirk.
Kenneth Keith, Bennie Brownlee
FAM Bank
Wade Freeman, Terry Barnes,
Bob Leudenadlk, Nelsew Tsery,
Billy Gene Cogburn, Raymond
Daniels, Grady West, Steve Mc-
Ginnis, Tommy Singleton, Jackie
Morgan, Darrell Rogers, Billy
Johnson.
NOTICE
The O.E.S. No. 693 will have
an initiation Monday evening,
May 14, at 8 o’clock. There will
also be a memorial service.
All members are urged to be
present. Nell Rose Mohon, W.M.
AT BEDSIDE OF PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Don George and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Herman
George of Fort Worth are at the
bedside of Mr and Mrs. D. C.
George who were injui
car accident Sunday
RECEIVES HONOR MAN
CERTIFICATE RECENTLY
GREAT LAKES. Ill. (FHTNC)
—James O. Golden, seaman re-
cruit USN, son of Mrs. Sallie B.
Golden of Route 2, De Leon, Tex.,
receives an honor man certificate
and an engraved identification
bracelet during recruit gradua-
tion at the Naval Training Cen-
LITTLE LEAGUE SCHEDULE,
May 31, Higg - Bethany Na-
bors; Peanut Mill - Liofts.
June 7, Lions - Bethany Na-
bors; Peanut Mill - Higg.
June 14, Bethany Nabors - Pea-
nut Mill; Lions - Higg.
June 21, Higg - Bethany Na-
bors; Peanut Mill - Lions.
June 28, Lions - Bethany Na-
bors; Peanut Mill - Higg.
July 5, Bethany Nabors - Pea-
nut Mill; Lions - Higg.
July 12, Peanut Mill - Lions;
Higg. - Bethany Nabors.
July 19, Peanut Mill - Higg;
Lions - Bethany Nabors.
July 26, Lions - Higg; Peanut
Mill - Bethany Nabors.
Aug. 2, Peanut Mill - Lions;
Higg. - Bethany Nabors.
Aug. 16, Peanut Mill - Higg;
Lions - Bethany Nabors.
Aug. 23, Lions - Higg; Peanut
Mill - Bethany Nabors.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Injured In Accident
Aa Mr. and Mrs. D. C. George
started to Round Grove to the
morning service Sunday, they
were involved in a serious auto-
mobile accident. As they turned
off the De Leon - Dublin high-,
way going to Round Grove, a car
came up over a rise from the
East. Despite all efforts of the
driven to keep from being struck
they collided, breaking Mr.
George’s right leg. Mrs. George
suffered a head injury. At first
it was feared she was hurt in-
ternally.
They were rushed to the local
hospital where tftey were given
medical aid. As we go to press,
the report is, Mr. George was
having surgery and Mrs. George
wasn’t doing so well. The party
in the other car was not injured.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. George
regret to hear of this accident
and wish for them a speedy re-
covery.
Mrs. Gladys Perry left Thurs-
day for Ontario, California for
an extended visit with her son
tend wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Perry and family and daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Shroder and family.
The footprints on Adam’s Peak
in Ceylon, India are attributed
to Adam, who stood there 1,000
years on one foot mourning his
expulsion from Paradise.
ST. JOE TO HAVE
YOUTH REVIVAL
A youth revival will be held
at the St. Joe Baptist Church
the 11th, 12h and 13h of May.
Services will start at 8:00 each
night.
There will be a different
speaker from Howard Payne Col-
lege for each service and they
are as follows.
Friday night, Jerry Don Greg-
ory; Saturday night, Charles
Morris, Sunday morning, Tommy
Baine, Sunday night, Wayne
Shannon.
The youth of the church want
to extend an Invitation to every
one to attend each of these ser-
vices.
Diphtheria Cases
Total 260 In Texas
During Past Year
AUSTIN — Last year there
were 260 cases of diphtheria re-
ported in Texas. According to Dr.
Henry A. Hoile, Commissioner of
Health, this is a great improve-
ment over 1946 when over 1500
cases were reported. The sad part
of it is that none of these cases
needed to have occurred.
There were 2,039 diphtheria
cases in the United States last
year. More important is the fact
that the total number of cases
may be greater this year. More
diphtheria has been reported
thus far in 1956 than was report-
ed during the same period in
1955. During the first 12 weeks
of this year, 514 cases have been
reported compared to 426 last
year. Texas has had 73 cases re-
ported up to April 21.
“It is an accepted fact,’’ Dr.
Hoile said, “that any community
may control its death rate from
diphtheria. Immunization has
proved to be a safe and effective
preventive measure.”
Diphtheria appears more often
during cold weather and often a
secondary rise occurs in the sum-
mer. In former years practically
everyone was exposed to diph-
theria when young, and through
many small exposures became
immune. As a result very few
adults developed the disease and
most of the cases "appeared
among children Now more peo-
ple grow up without exposure
and the development of naturally
acquired immunity, so more
adults get the disease.
Young children are particular-
ly susceptible to the disease. As
soon as a baby reaches six
months of age parents should
take him to the family physi-
cian and have him immunized.
Older children in families who
have not had the protective treat-
ment should also be immunized.
Immunization i s absolutely
safe. There is but slight local re-
action and practically no const-
itutional or troublesome after ef-
fects. T' be certain that the im-
munization is complete the child
should be taken to the physician
six months after the toxoid is
administered and given the
Schick test. Booster doses may be
needed periodically.
By Hugh M. O’Brien, Jr., Sec.
The next meeting of our As-
sociation will be held at the Stag
Creek Community Club- Thurs-
day night, May 10th, 8:00. All
interested in the Rush Creek Wa-
tershed are invited to attend this
meeting at which time present
status and future plans for the
Watershed will be discussed.
We are in receipt of a letter
from Congressman Omar Burle-
son dated April 24 informing us
bf passage in the House of H. R.
8750. a bill in which vital in-
terests of this Watershed are at
stake. I hope later information
will be available by our May
10th meeting in regard to the
progress of this bil. There are
a number of phases of this bill
with which we are concerned,
but I would like to quote the
main item which could bring into
actuality the objective of Up-
stream Watershed Protection for
the entire Rush Creek Water-
shed, from Mr. Burleson’s letter:
•‘Under the new Mil, local or-
ganizations shall not be required
to assume any part of construc-
tion cost applicable to flood pre-
vention.”
This provision just quoted, if
successfull passage should fol-
low, should remove the greatest
stumbling block our drought-
stricken Watershed has faced in
accomplishing our goal; at the
same time let'roe call to your at-
tention that it does not remove,
nor should it, the very real cost
to the people of the Watershed
in Easements it is our responsi-
bility to furnish free of cost, andi
the time, money, and interest the
Watershed must contribute in
land Treatment. This time, mon-
ey .and interest devoted to land
treatment, let me add, are in
actuality the most important
part of Watershed Protection, and
is an integrated part of the Wa-
tershed Law, both Public Law
566 and H. R. 8750 if passed. In
this land treatment both those
things already done such as ter-
racing, strip cropping, cover
cropping, sodding of waterways,
reseeding of pastures, and many
other measures; together with
those that remain to be done,
will be a very real contribution
by local landowners and farm
operators. It should be empha-
sized again that none of these
measures are obligatory on the
part of land owners — if ade-
quate protection in the form of
individual land treatment is not
done, then the structures will
simply not be built. At the same
time, the land treatment that
must be done in order to qualify
I for the structures is simply the
_____ | things we are already doing and
Presidential Conventions Held
In De Leon Saturday, May 5th.
O. H. MOORE
Under the new set-up an at-
tempt has been made to get the
“grass roots” expression for con-
trol of the state and national
Presidential Conventions. These
conventions begin with Precinct
Conventions, then to County
Conventions, then to the State
Democratic Convention and from
there delegates are sent to the
National Democratic Convention.
Both the Democratic and Re-
publican Parties hold conventions
Since there are so few Republi-
cans in Comanche County not
much is said or done about their
conventions.
Democratic Precinct Conven-
tions were held in most every
voting box in Comanche County
last Saturday, May 5 and from
these precinct Conventions dele-
gates were named to the County
Democratic Convention held at
Comanche this week, May 8.
Most Precinct Conventions went
off without contentions or any
form of static and most of the
33 boxes designated delegates to
the County Convention.
Only one contest was requested
and that was in box 15 held at
the city hall in De Leon. The
voting precinct went for the Sen.
Johnson side of the controversy
and some did not think this Pre-
cinct Convention was correctly
conducted, held a convention and
protested. Mrs. Rollins was chair-
man of the Convention in Pre-
cinct 15. This protest, or contest,
was lodged with the County
Democratic Chairman and he, in
turn referred it to the Democra-
tic Executive Committee. The
matter was argued before this
committee, W. L. Ferrell, the
county attorney “prosecuting”
the contest and requesting that
the delegates from Precinct 15 be
denied a seat, or recognition, in
the county convention, pointing
out errors as he saw them. The
“defense was made by O. H.
Moore of De Leon and several
others besides Mr. Ferrel and Mr.
Moore spoke on the subject. The
Executive Committee gave any
and all the privilege of speaking
and heard the arguments with
patience and courtesy. However,
the differences were so sharp,
that the committee recommended
that the whole matter be referred
to the convention as a whole.
This was done and the arguments
were repeated. Mr? Ferrell for
unseating the delegates from
Precinct 15 and Mr. Moore* for
seating the delegates. A pre-
cinct roll call was had and the
delegates from Precinct 15 were
Due to heavy rainfall of May
1st, the Farm Bureau Board
meeting was postponed until
Monday, May 14.
This meeting will begin at 8
p.m. in the Soil Conservation
building in De Leon.
All memberstyp is welcome.
seated. This was a stamp of ap-
proval for the way Precinct 15
was conducted and removed any
doubt on questions of the cor-
rectness of Mrs. Rollins proced-
ure. Voting Precinct No. 1 and
No. 2, both of Comanche voted
with Mr. Ferrell to not allow the
De Leon delegates to be seated,
all other Precincts voted the oth-
er way making a clear majority.
Both voting Precincts at Coman-
che had gone in for support of
the Shivers faction.
The election for
chairman was brought up and J.
B. Lacy and Jim Cooper were put
in nomination, Mr. Lacy being
of the Shivers faction and Mr.
Cooper being of the Johnson
faction. Mr. Cooper was elected.
There were no questions or pro-
tests brought up in connection
with Mr. Cooper’s fairness nor
was there any question about the
voting.
Comanche County has 5 votes
in the State Democratic Conven-
tion to be held at Dallas Miay 22.
Delegates were elected to go to
the State Convention and only
thpse favorable to the Johnson
faction were elected.
This County Convention was
an up-set as compared to the pri-
mary conventions two years ago
as was true in most of the coun-
ties of the State. No doubt some
work had been done by both
sides as throughout the State
and the overwhelming defeat of
the Shivers machine was far
more complete than had been
expected. Two or three things
may have contributed to this de-
feat. One, no doubt, was the
fact that some irregularities, or
corruption, has been widely pub-
licised during Mr. Shivers in-
cumbency as Governor and an-
other, no doubt, was found in
his efforts to defend his appoint-
ees. Another matter may have
had its influence and that was
that he led many into the sup-
port of the Republican Party
which has not turned out too
well, especially for the Agricul-
tural interests.
It was a noteworthy fact that
more ladies than usual concerned
themselves with these grass roots
conventions which may mean a
healthy sign that any form of
corruption in high places will be
stoutly opposed.
A considerable number of high
school students were present to
see “Democracy in Action” and
their teachers are to be compli-
mented for promoting this ob-
ject lesson for students of gov-
ernment.
June 8, Ford - Keith; Ford -
Bank.
June 15, Keith - Bank; Keith -
Ford.
June 22, Bank - Ford; Bank -
Keith.
June 29, Ford - Keith; Ford -
Bank.
July 6, Keith - Bank; Keith -
Ford.
July 13, Bank - Keith; Bank -
Ford.
July 20, Ford - Bank: Ford -
Keith.
July 27, Keith - Ford; Keith -
Bank.
Schedules Released On Junior, Little,
And Pony Leagues For This Summer
JUNIOR LEAGUE SCHEDULE:
May 29, Terrill Pontiac - Craig
Jewelry; Thomas Butane - Dr-
Sharp. ~ -
June 5, Sharp - Craig; Thomas
- Terrill.
June 12, Craig - Thomas; Ter-
rill - Sharp.
June 19, Terrill - Craig; Thom-
as - Sharp.
June 26, Sharp - Craig; Thom-
as - Terrill.
July 3, Craig - Thomas; Ter-
rill - Sharp.
July 10, Thomas - Sharp; Ter-
rill - Craig.
July 17, Thomas - Terrill;
Sharp - Craig.
July 24, Sharp - Terrill, Thom-
as - Craig.
July 31, Thomas - Sharp; Ter-
rill - Craig.
Aug. 14, Thomas - Terrill;
Sharp - Craig.
Aug. 21, Sharp - Terrill; Thom-
as - Craig.
ter, Great Lakes,' HL, from Rear
Admiral W. F. James, Medical
Corps, tfSN. on April 21.
Golden was selected honor man
of his recruit company by his
instructors, company commander
and fellow company members.
Before entering the service in
February 1956, he attended De
Leon High School.
PONY LEAGUE ROSTERS:
Hanunit Motors
Jackie Auvenshine, Billy Jack
Tyus, Jimmy Franks, Edward
Clark, Rodger Coan, William
Dickey, Donald Parker, Billy
Reed, J. W. Sadberry, Richard
Armstrong, Bobby Wall and
Ronnie Leonard Frank Kimmell.
Keith Implement Co.
Bruce McGinnis, Max Keith,
Robert Campbell, David Noon-
kester, Milton Spruill,
Barefoot, Max
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eats And
flers....
is just a token column
week — some think it is
1 ^ek _ just enough stuff
!te i head. We ain’t inspired.
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fting Community has one of
most diversified project pro-
Bin the De Leon FFA Chap-
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leadership activities cwa-
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■•htive to National Con-
a member of the
sultry Team, his first
*econd year he was a
the Executive Com-
member of the Meat
a and Noting Dele-
• ®e Area Convention. At
he “ the Chapter Trees-
to $19-95
those boys can lick the mos-
i problem, they’ll be Num-
One on De Leon’s Hit Pa-
od Buys
ajestys”
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to $10!
STRICKLIN
not sure-we can never
* of these things at the
but there’s a chance this
J should be filed away for
urity, for herein is recorded
-ire reduction instead of an
EL _ and from a political
Jrision. too! The City has
ttoed a reduction of water
«and are now in effect. Once
. jt would be entirely in
fe to say thanx to the city
Is the next time you seen any
’ “ttl Marsha Carter Of Big
’ *tompanied their grand
’ Mr and Mrs. W. B.
« home Friday and will
• De Leon a few days.
M Ray enrolled in FFA
Fmber 1953. His project pro-
h shaped up nicely for a
Bihand He was instructed
I his first year program would
F an important part in his
Ration for the Lone Star
Rr Degree. With the cooper-
pi of hia parents, he shaped
[• program consisting of one
Red and thirty three hens
production, four regis-
R Duroc gilts, one Duroc
Mne Duroc sow, 110 pullets,
toilers, 1 cow and 15 capons.
Lof these projects he realized
Hundred and eighty dollars
f income. —
P continue work toward the
|e Star Farmer Degree, his
F years project program
Rad of eleven projects,
r Projects were one hun-
Jmd four hens for egg pro-
R two hundred pullets, 10
kftxir ^r0^erS.’ ^ve ®urOc
Production, 1 beef cow,
F* of tomatoes, ten acres of
F and ten head of sheep,
this program he realized
>‘‘imdred and fifteen dollars
f income
l third year program
II* One *1un<^re<^ ninety
. ’ h* egg production, ten
I tw cOws’ one hundred
' nftcen pullets, 20 acres of
r •’M ’/» acre of tomatoes.
Projects are still in opera-
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