De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1963 Page: 1 of 16
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ATTENTION BAND PARENTS
Important called meeting to
be held in front of De Leon High
School Tuesday, July 16, at 7
o’clock p.m.
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Editions Were Raised Recently
I official notice which you
bd from this office does
dicate the amount to which
Real Estate was raised, but
^eludes the assessment on
lai property. No raise of
ments were made on per-
property, except in a very
hses.
you appeared before the
lissioners’ Court and had
feement as to assessed val-
icn this is the amount at
the property is assessed
^ere is no necessity of you
ting again on July 19th,
y other date, before the
lissioner’s Court.
Fred Hall, Clerk Comm.
Court.
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participate in livestock feeding.
The livestock feeding theme
was selected as the feature of
this display after talks with pro-
fessional agricultural workers
throughout West Texas. It was
their feeling that a need existed
for more emphasis on seme of
the economic opportunities avail-
able through increased livestock
feeding.
T. J. Hallmark, Manager for
Texas Electric, said that this dis-
play is part of the company’s
program to assist with the con-
tinued development of the Op-
portunity Frontier of Texas by
identifying and publicizing busi-
ness and economic activity that
may be successfully conducted
in the area.
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Mary Ann Stricklin spent a
week with her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. Jordan Nash in Weather-
ford. She is now in Brownfield,
having accompanied her grand-
mother Stricklin and her cousin,
Sara Beth Trigg of Snyder,
home after their few days visit
in De Leon.
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*S beautiful new home is just one of the
many that have been completed in and around De Leon recent-
ly. Built of Arkansas Ledge Stone and situated in a setting of
large oak trees, the new 2-bedroom home features large rooms,
lots of closet space, refrigerated air conditioning and central
heating.
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h how Texas will benefit
hding livestock, the live-
feeding advantages that
in the Opportunity Fron-
f Texas, how livestock
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le individual can profitably
Clark Purchases
Interest In
Implement Firm
Jerry Clark of Abilene has re-
cently purchased the interest of
J. S. Norton in the De Leon Im-
plement Co., and in the future,
the establishment will be known
as De Leon Farm Supply Co.
C. N. (Buck) Weaver, Norton’s
partner, will retain his interest
in the firm as Clark’s partner.
Clark was raised in the Sid-
ney community and has been
wanting to get back to this area
ever since he left. He and wife,
Sharon, have two children—
Randall, 4, and Janet, 2.
The new partner invites you
to come by and get acquainted—
and Buck will be glad to see you,
too.
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C of C Notes
By Altha Wilkerson
It is good to get away from
home occasionally and away
from the usual routine, and good
to get back home again. It is
always interesting to
other places with
town and perhaps learn
thing in the process.
As we traveled through Miss-
issippi and Alabama, we were
very conscious of the race
troubles so widely publicized
and were rather surprised that
the people with whom we came
in contact knew no more about
the situation than we. Their com-
ments were, “All we know is
what we read in the papers, and
you read that, too.” It made us
wonder if the unrest of the Negro
Race is as widespread as some
would have us believe.
However, we could not fail to
see the pitiful conditions under
which many lived, especially in
the Mississippi Delta Country.
Also, in the towns we would sec
groups of Negro men and boys
gathered on the streets, appar-
ently having no jobs with which
to occupy their time and minds.
The industrialization of the
areas we visited, Eastern Ala-
bama and the southern part of
Middle Tennessee, was a contin-
ual amazement to us. Knowing
something of the hard work put
out by the leaders of our towns
of this area to secure industry of
any kind, we wondered how
every little town could have in-
dustries to meet their needs. One
man to whom I talked said. “Do
you suppose that because vc.
have so much more prosperous
farming area tha*) we, the town.,,
themselves, fail to realize ‘^ir
need for industry and do ct
work hard enough to get it?”
He could be partly rigl:‘, but it
did not seem to be the whole
answer.
Then we visited the famous
Norris Dam, the first one of
fourcen large dams besides many
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smaller ones that have been
built in the great TVA program
that covers the whole Tennessee
River watershed, and the answer
became clearer. These dams are
power dams, and supply power
to V/i million consumers at less
than one half the cost per kwh
that consumers over the rest of
the nation pay. Since the begin-
ning of this program in 1933,
more than 3600 manufacturing
and processing plants have lo-
cated in the area. As a result,
the per capita income has in-
creased 727% for that area com-
pared to 478% for the nation
as a whole.
There seemed to be enthus-
iastic civic participation in the
small towns that enabled them to
carry out projects that seemed
almost beyond their means. As
an example, one small town of
less than 1000 population was
extremely proud of their public
library. The library had out-
grown its quarters in the city
hall and was being moved to a
nice new brick building. The
library was open five days each
week with a city-employed lib-
rarian on duty.
Perhaps it woul? be good to
evaluate our own resources and
find out what more we can do
to help make De Leon live and
grow.
Calendar Of
Events
Thursday, July 11
Proctor Home Demonstration
Club meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the
Community Center.
ASCS Committee meeting at
9 a.m. at the ASCS Office.
Mother’s Home Demonstration
Club will meet with Mrs. Gar-
land Hicks at 9:30 a.m.
Friday, July 12
Four County Home Demon-
stration Camp will meet in Co-
manche at 10 a.m. in the Gar-
den Club Center.
Upper Leon Soil Conserva-
tion District will meet .in De
Leon.
Saturday, July 13
Second Annual 4-H Flower and
Tomato Show scheduled in Co-
manche at the county court-
house from 10:30 a.m. until
3:30 p.m.
Monday, July 15
4-H Club meeting at Coman-
che, Sidney and Soda Springs
are scheduled.
Soda Springs Home Demon-
stration Club will meet at 1:30
p.m.
Tuesday, July 16
De Leon 4H Club meets at
7:: 30 p.m. at the High School
lunchroom.
Thursday, July 18
ASCS Committee meeting at
9 a.m. in the ASCS Office.
DE LEON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963
VOLUME 74
NUMBER 3
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