De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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Judges for the show will be
Bill Davis of Comanche and
Orville Oscar from Pierre.
South Dakota. Dale Shoemak-
er will be the Arena Director'
Harold Hamrick, Announcer.
The public has 4 cordial in-
vitation to attend these serv-
ices. Night services begin at
7:45 and Sunday Services at
10:30.
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HARMON DRUG STORE, at present location of De Leon Floral and Dress Shop, during
or just after World War 1. From left to right— Frank Gaston, Jr. (deceased), broth-
er of the late Mrs. Guy H. Harmon, Unknown, Marshall Greer, Raymond (Jiggs) Van
Zandt. Photo was submitted by Fred Harmon.
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Miss FloraNell Lightfoot of each
Midland is visiting her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Rice.
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Entries have been acceptec
from May, Gorman, Roby
Stephenvi lie, Alvarado
Coleman- Ranger, Graham. Ol-
ney, Hillsboro, Fort Worth.
Houston, Kearns, Milford,
Hamilton. Gatesville, Marfa
and De Leon.
Events scheduled includi
Bareback Brone Riding, Call
Roping, Wild Cow Milking
Barrel Race, Steer Roping
Wild Horse Race and But
Riding.
The De Leon High School
Band' in Western attire, will
lead the colorful parade.
There will be plenty to eat
and drink at the concession
stand.
Admission, 50c and $1.00.
Laundry Clinic
Set For July 7th
By Barbara Barrett
County h. D. Agent
If you have a laundry
problem, come to the Laundry
Saturday, July 4, will be ob-
served as a legal holiday at all
postal installations. No window
service will be provided and
there will be no deliveries by
city carriers on this day. Spe-
I There seemed to be about 50
boats and 150 swimmers on
Lake Proctor last Sunday af-
ternoon Construction of pic-
nic tables has begun at High
Point Park, with some 25 be-
ling completed. The Lake at
this time is 8 feet below its
normal level of 1162. The cit-
ies around the lake have com-
pleted their contracts with the
Water District, and construc-
tion of the water treatment
knd distribution facilities can
mow be fully planned and con-
tracts let. The Engineers pro-
mise water in about eighteen
months.
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as you may recall, last year
new restrooms were built as
an addition to the festival fa-
cilities.
To head this year’s commit-
tee of sixteen members is Lex
Shelby, and Dean Miller as
vice chairman and Jim West
as treasurer. The working
committees are as follows:
Exhibition Booths — Charl-
es McDaniel and Milton
Smith.
Sale of Giairs — Milton
Smith, Glen Bingham, Wayne
Barker.
Old-Tim Fiddlers Contest—
Lex Shelby and Wade Butler.
Grounds and Parking—Bill
Wilkerson, Dean Miller Willie
Jo Holland and Floyd Ander-
son.
Wm. R. Heimer of Quincey, sorship of Delegates.
Melons! (Buying and Slic- Ill., will be speaking at the
ing)—Norman Sides, Seborn North Side Church of Christ'
Golden, Glen Bingham, Wayne Manchaca and Moreland Sts., Ku» — -----------
Barker. Friday night, Saturday night work, and has, served
Parade — Dean Miller and and Sunday. page i.. — --
Norman Sides.
Queen’s Activities — Mrs.
Bill Wood, Mrs. W. H. Smith,
Jr. and Mrs. Jim Wilkerson.
Merchandise D r a wi n g —
Jack Stricklin and Milton
Smith.
4-H Booths: Mrs. W. H-
Smith, Jr.
To help celebrate this 50th
anniversary, all former queens
have beeen invited to attend
held in the State Capitol July heart. Miss Stephens
10, II. and 12th.
The Conference is
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themselves a
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night, July 6. Everyone has a
special invitation to be pres-
ent.
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ten pounds.
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State Attorney General
Waggoner Carr has designat-
ed Sam Eugene Weaver, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam E.
Weaver, as a delegate to_the
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TEAM OF THE WEEK . . .
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ONLY YESTERDAY.,.
July 4th is the birthdate of
he Declaration of Indepen-
lence. Tom Jefferson and
ithers framed the document,
rhich among other things says.
‘We hold these truths to be
elf evident, that all men are
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De Leon’ First Annual Amateur
Rodeo Highlights July 4th Activities
To kick off the 4th of July supplied by Burnett Rodeo
week-end, starting Thursday. Inc., of Burnett and Gip Love
July 2nd at 5 p.m. with a joy of Gatesville. Clown wil
down town street parade, De
Leon will celebrate its first an-
nual Amateur Rodeo.
________ _ The parade will be led by
Second Annual Attorney Gen- B a r b a r a Stephens, newly-
eral’s Youth Conference to be elected Riding Club Sweet-
man Sides will be pick-up
men.
Stock for the Rodeo will be
Glenn Newton, Jayeee Director, Is
Among Top 10 In The Nation
DALLAS (Spl.) — Glenn
Newton of De Leon was select-
ed one of the nation’s 10 out-
standing national directors
during the 44th National Con- pe Leon on Monday rather
vention of the United States (
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The award, the Clint Duna-
gan Memorial,, was presented
by Richard H. Headlee of
Bountiful, Utah, national Jay-
cee president, at the state
president's testimonial lunch- Tuley reminds area resi-
eon held in the Adolphus ho- jent$ that they wil| receive the
tel. same service on claims »nd
Criteria for selecting the 10 0||jer soc^| security matters
best directors in the 250,000 would receive in the
Abilene office.
Next quarter’s schedule
calls for visits to De Leon on
July 20, August 17 and Sep-
tember 14.___________
ROSE BUSHES GIVEN
TO HOSP. AUXILIARY
In the spring, when Mrs. C.
B. Gregory began work on the
patio at the hospital, adding
new plants and having the fur-
niture repainted, she contacted
the late Mr. J. H. Womack to
buy some rose bushes to put
out in the patio.
When he learned where
were to be used, he and
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Rodger Coan is the assistant manager.—Photo by Stephen’s Studio
rights. Governments are insti-
tuted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed.” This
theory of government, and its
that among these are Life. Lib-
erty, and the pursuit of Hap-
piness. That to secure these
created equal, and they are
endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights,
influence upon the politics of
the world, provided the basis
for the great progress men
have made everywhere. Kings
began to go out of style short-
ly thereafter, because these
folks really meant business.
Be careful on the ‘“Fourth”,
and remember the price tag of
independence.
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SHOWN ABOVE are Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Mahan of De Leon, who recently left Dallas for
New York and the World's Fair. Mr. Mahan is dealer for Mahan Chevrolet. Mr. Mihan
was one of the thirty-eight winners in Chevrolet's January-February The Great Per-
formers'' Campaign. This Campaign was conducted by the 178 dealers in the Dallas
Zone of Chevrolet Motor Division. While in New York, the group stayed at the New York
Hilton, dined at many swank restaurants' such as the Copacabana, the Latin Quarter,
and Toots Shor’s. The saw the Broadway play, “How to Succeed in Business Without
Reilly Trying,” and took a conducted tour of New York. The highlight of the four day
trip was a full day at the fabulous New York World’s Fair.
[HE 50* IS COMING AUGUST 4“
the hope of the committee that
this will serve as a souvenir
to friends and guests that come
for this 50th anniversary.
If you have information on
the history of the Peach and
velopments from week to ing item concerningts history cial delivery mail will be de-
week. And invite your friends throughout the years, we livered as usual and the re-
come and would appreciate your calling ceipt and dispatch of mail wil!
5815 or come by the festival be provided as usual on any
office, located in the Chamber Saturday.
The De Leon Peach and of Commerce building. Reese Upshaw, P. M.
P.&M. Committee Now Working On
50th Anniversary Celebration
The Peach and Melon Fes-
tival Committee is in full
swing and new plans are un-
derway for the bigger and bet-
ter festival . . . THE 50th AN-
NIVERSARY.
Improvements are being
made to the festival shed. A
permanent siding has been put
on the north side of the shed
and improvementts are under-
way on the south side of the
shed. These have been made
for the convenience of the ex-
hibitors and as a permanent
improvment to the building.
member young man’s organi-
zation is leadenhip demon-
strated in state and national
baseball activities and the ability to
being the First Baptist motivate local chapter’s parti-
stated in last cipation in projects geared to
ward community betterment.
Clint Dunagan, Texas Jay-
cee president in 1944, was
killed in a plane crash en route
to a Jayeee function. The
award honoring his leadership,
was established in 1956.
I was a little excited last
keek about ovr granddaugh-
ter. Her birthdate was June
22. instead of November 22.
knd I promise not to mention
t again.
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HIGGINBOTHAM S, Little League Defending Champions, are currently nursing a 3 win,
4 loss record, but still entertain hopes of getting their show on the road before the final
curtain. Front Row, left to right—Bat Boy, Jim Bob Wofford, Brad Koonce, Otis Larch,
Scotty Koonce, Loyd Rush, Lanny Spruill’ Dwayne Varner, Randal Joiner. Back Row,
left to right—Paul Basham, David Gilder, Danny Shupp, Mickey Williams, David Car-
ruth, Rickef Koonce, Randal Boen, David Stone. Jack Stricklin is the team manager and
C of C Notes
By ham Locke
Yesterday morning a light
plane landed at the local air-
strip at about 7:00 a.m. A
little girl climbed out, joined
a lady m a waiting auto, and
the plane immediately took
off and was gone. On that
same day. a twin-engine plane
made >"o approaches, but de-
cided there was
room and went
Who were they?
So this leads me into say-
ing that a De Leon Airport
Association is being formed,
with dues to be $10.00 per
year. Its purpose is to provide
better facilities for De Leon's
air-link with the world, and
to provide a way for those in-
terested in this improvement to
make a contribution. Those
who are interested should see
Bill Wood or Charles Taylor
and make a contribution.
The monev will be used to pro-
vide a safe and attractive land-
ing strip for De Leon.
We are interested in col-
lecting information and pic-
itures of some of the early day
Festivals. If you have either,
and wor ld lend it to the Fes-
tival Association for use in
the “‘50th Anniversary” Pro-
gram, 1 _
C of C office and leave it with
Mrs. Betty Terrill.
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and relatives to come and would appreciate your calling ceipt
help us celebrate this 50'h an-
niversary.
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CORRECTION
Instead of the
team
Church- as stated in last
week’s issue of the Free Press,
the team is known as the De
Leon Yankees.
Bob Clopton, Youth Direc-
. _ tor of the First Baptist
in 1853, is the oldest labor un- Church, is manager of the
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va O’Brien, Texas Power and
Light Company Home Service
Advisor, and Miss Barbara
Barrett, Comanche County
Home Demonstration Agent.
The Clinic will be held July
7 at the Comanche High
School Homemaking Cottage.
The morning session will be
from 9 to 12 and will be on
laundry equipment, laundry
aids, and wash loads. The af-
ternoon session will be from
1:30 to 4 and will include dry-
ing, special laundry problems,
and a question and answer
period.
If you have a laundry an annual meeting sponsored
problem you would like dis- Attorney General’s Of-
cussed, send it to Barbara Bar- fjce an<] jt the only program
rett, Extension Office, Coman- jts kind in America because
chr. of its strong youth oriented
-------------- approach and its dependence
on local civic clubs and other
private organizations for spon-
Sam. a sophomore at De
Leon High School, has been
active in athletics, church
1 as a
in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Elder W. T. Cook from
Florida will preach at the Gar- they
would like to give 6 rose bush-
es.
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ELDER COOK TO
PREACH HERE
Elder W. T. Cook
den Club House next Monday Mrs. Womack
These were different col-
ors and varieties. They were
put out; each one lived and
Ji one has bloomed.
The hospital auxiliary is
especially proud of these
bushes, and feel that they are
a living memorial to Mr. Wo-
mack. Truly the good that
men do — lives after them.
SOCIAL SECURITY REP.
TO BE HERE MONDAYS
Starting in July, the social
security representative will be
than Tuesday, R. R. Tuley,
Jr., District Manager for so-
cial security in Abilene has
announced. Space for inter-
views will continue to be pro-
vided at the De Leon Post
Office.
Tuley reminds
same service on claims and
other social security matters
NOTICE
The Library wil! be closed
Saturday. July 4th.
Mrs. Wm. D. Bailey.
The printers’ union, organized
III I 15 II1C
and take part in the street pa- jon jn t}je
Melon Festival has undertak-
en to publish a program in
events is a program presented booklet form this year- It is
by Sonny James, The South-
ern Gentleman. This program
will be held on Thursday
night, August 6, on the stage
at the festival grounds and
wil! be free to the public.
Watch your paper for new de- Melon Festival or an interest-
velopments from week to i
elected Riding Club Sweet-
i was elect-
ed Monday night and will lead
) a new the Grand Entry at the start
combatting of each performance. Perform-
____ i ances for the Rodeo will begin
_____ ~~ *L~ at 8 p.m.' Thursday through
solutions to problems of their Saturday.
Clinic to be held by Mrs. Ne- generation.
'p— **■ J Qver |600 delegates from
254 Texas Counties will join
in Seminars to hear and de-
velop new ideas for combatting
juvenile crime. Included will
be Juvenile Jury Operation, Joy Dean Hanson and Nor-
Teenage Sparetime and Rec- 01
reation ideas, a special Drol->'
Out Seminar sponsored by
Texas Future Homemakers and
various other Seminar topics.
Delegates are encouraged to
return to their respective com
munities and implement some
of the ideas learned at
State Conference.
The Conference has become
innual meeting sponsored
youth
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De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964, newspaper, July 2, 1964; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1261988/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.