The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1982 Page: 1 of 10
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Thursday night. (Staff
last week. The house was
located on South Faucett
seems like only yesterday
that autumn was passing too
quickly. Then winter set in
and it zoomed right on by
too!
The vehicle then turned
around and went on toward
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Michael Bright wrestled a
calf over the finish line at the
February 27 performance of
the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo to earn a $400 calf
purchase certificate.
The certificate, donated by
Houston Agricultural Credit
Street, and the Blossom
VFD answered the call
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intruder, who fled the scene.
No action is being taken on
the matter at this time.
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Editor’s Quote Book
How people try to avoid
work and how well some
of them succeed!
William Feather
Spring goes by with such
swiftness, from the tender
pale yellow buds it seems
only a heartbeat to the full
grown leaves of blazing
summer time.
sound of a window screen succeeded in alarming the
being torn off his front
window. Then a window pane
was broken. Woodard too.
The board also accepted
the contract of Associated
Tax Services, the firm which
does the Prairiland CISD’s
tax statements and other
tax-related business.
The board then approved
the minutes of the last
meeting and payment of
bills.
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By Nanalee Nichols
Do you ever just sit up and
church
invited to par-
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The guest speaker for each
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fade away due to...you
guessed it...lack of time!
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Essay contest recently.
James received a $25 first
place prize, and will go on
to area competition at
Nacogdoches. (Staff
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realize that time is flying by
and you’re not ac-
complishing anything? That
particular thought con-
cerning “Tempus Fugit”
occurred to me in the middle
of the night and disturbed me
as it usually does.
There just doesn’t seem to
1 be a way to slow time down
in order to stand back and
take a good look at it, and
springtime probably em-
phasizes that more clearly
than any other season.
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Timothy Kyle Wright, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Wright of Blossom has
earned the designation of
“Distinguished Student” for
the fall semester, 1981, in the
College of Agriculture of
Texas A&M University. To
receive this honor, students
must have com piled a GPR
of 3 25 or better.
Wright is a graduate of
Prairiland High School, a
former Paris Junior College
student, and holds a degree
in mechanized agriculture
from Texas A&M University
He is currently involved in
the student teaching
program in the high school at
Lagrange. Texas.
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IN SPLINTS —This
mailbox is typical of
many scattered from
Pattonville to Deport. A
midnight spree of pushing
over mailboxes along
farm to market roads and
in Milton community
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together following the
scramble are: Randy
Cole. County Agent;
Michael Bright, winner;
Al Therior, sponsor; and
Harry Bright, father.
I get the feeling sometimes
that I’ll wake up some
morning and be sitting
behind this desk here at the
paper, a seventy or eighth
year old woman with a
temper as mean as can be!
The problem is, it won’t
seem like there’s been a
transition period
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DEADLINE
Al N.
21st day from the date of bill
falls on a weekend, the
payment must be in the mail
slot on Monday morning
when the business office
opens or paid on the previous
Friday There will be a $10.00
service charge on each
meter that is cut off. It was
brought to the attention of
the council, when cut-off lists
are made up in February for
those people who were past
due, the amount was
$1295.45. This did not include
water used in January
The Council voted to help
the Garden Club with a
clean-up week this spring,
with the city sponsoring a
one day trash pick-up for
those who cannot dispose of
their trash.
The girls softball league
donated the city $600 00 and
the council voted to match
the money to help build
restrooms at the ballpark.
The members voted to pay
all current bills. The meeting
adjourned.
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service will be the Rev. Jack
McNabb, pastor of the Mt.
Vernon United Methodist
Church
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“Blossom Bee" Friday,
■ August 2, 1918:
■ One of the liveliest elec-
B tions that has been held in
B Blossom was held last
B Saturday, when 589 votes
B were polled. The ladies took
■ a great deal of interest in the
B election and we feel safe in
B saying that many of them
B voted like old heads Men
■ called for physical
■ examination by Board No. 2
■ were John H Box, Sam
■ Maynard, Chas. L Grubbs,
B Wm. H Johnson, John Wm
B Jones, Earnest Wm Conn,
■ Doll Brown, Otto Nugent,
B Wm. H Nuckols, Lonnie C.
■ Abel, Joe P Skidmore, John
3 F. Bishop, Ollie Maxey,
B Lewis D. Corn, Willie
B Conley. Jas R Brown, all of
B Blossom
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resulted in the majority of
boxes having to be
splinted, reset and
straightened. Authorities
have the matter under
investigation. (Staff
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■ Minutes were approved as
B read The business meeting
B was conducted by Mayor
B Lemley.
■ Arena Cableivsion Cor-
B poration was granted an
B ordinance to erect and
|| operate a new earth satelite
B service. Randy Wright of
B Arena Cablevision stated the
B company hoped to have the
B satelite in operation by
B August or Septembei There
B will be two new channels and
B a one dollar increase when
B the signal is turned on
B The council voted to have
B new guidelines for use of the
B ballparks drawn up by their
B attorney in official form
B The Council voted to en
B force an ordinance the <
B has, concerning overdm
B water and sewer bills Wahi
B and sewer bills are due ten
B days from the date of the lull
FIRST PLACE—James
Vandeaver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Van-
deaver of Deport, was the
first place winner in the
Lamar County Soil and
Water Conservation
Blossom Council Covers
Variety Of Subjects
The Blossom City Council !
met in regular session
Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
Mayor George Lemley and
council members JoAnn
Campbell, Ann Dudley and
Nathaniel McDonald were
present
There were about 25 in-
terested citizens present.
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I nice weekend...
The Prairiland School
Board, after an executive
session during their regular
meeting Monday night,
voted to approve Billy Max
Ballard as the new principal
of Blossom Elementary
School
Ballard has been at
Prairiland as the Vocational
Mail Box Destruction Stretches
Across East End Of County
Deport, pushing over several
more boxes.
The Postal Department
has the matter under in-
vestigation at present.
On the same night, two
attempted break in’s in
Deport caused alarm with
two residents.
Around midnight, Murray
Keys was aroused by the
sound of someone trying to
break into his house He ran
to the door shouting, and the
suspect fled on foot.
Shortly thereafter, G.R.
Woodard, who lives near
Keys was awakened by the
Ballard Approved As New Principal
Agriculture teacher for
many years.
The board also approved
Frankie Norwood to replace
Ballard as the Ag teacher at
Prairiland. Norwood is
currently serving as a
teacher and coach at Deport
Elementary School.
The board also decided
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Michael Bright Wins In
Houston ("alf Scramble
Corporation, will enable
Michael to purchase a beef
or dairy heifer which he will
feed and groom during the
coming year under the
direction of Randy Cole. At
next year’s Livestock Show,
the youngster will return
with the calf to compete in
the special show ring
competition.
The rough and tumble
scramble takes place at each
of the Rodeo performances.
Twelve calves Snd 24 \
youngsters are turnedc
loose. Each contestant who
manages to halter a calf and |
drag it across the finish line
receives a purchase cer-
tificate donated by Houston-
area businesses and in-
dividuals.
While the viewing public
sees only the scramble and
judging events, the heart of
the Calf Scramble program
is the knowledge the
scramble winners gain in the
intervening year. Closely
supervised by a Vocational
Agricultural Teacher or
County Extension Agent,
each youth keeps the ac-
curate records and performs
other obligations designed to
underscore the respon-
sibilities involved in raising
a calf.
The Calf Scramble is only
one example of the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo’s
commitment to the youth of
Texas, and the benefits of
this one event alone are
considerable. Many heifers
purchased with these cer-
tificated form the basis for
future cattle herds Since the
calf scramble began, more
than 9,000 animals valued at
more than $2 million have
been donated to Texas
youngsters
city VFD Auxiliary
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Holding Classes
The Blossom VFD Ladies
and are delinquent on the Auxiliary are conducting
21st day^aRer that date a"d -cr" classes f"- f;ve
will be cbt-off on the 21st day Consecutive weeks.
after the billing date. No Classes are being held on
longer will two months or Tuesday morning from 10 to
more be given to pay the n a m., Tuesday evening
water or sewer bills. If the from 7 to 8 p.m. and Thur-
sday from 7 to 8 p.m.
The Thursday night class
is already closed. Cost for
five sessions will be $5.00.
All money will help pay for
the new proposed fire
that all certified teachers
within the Prairiland school
system would be rehired if
they were recommended by
their principals.
In other business- at the
meeting, the board amended
the budget. Some areas were
using less funds, and others
more, so funds were
reallocated to handle these
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P.O. Boa M. Deport. Teaaa 7S4.U
Entered As Second Cl»» Matter Al Deport. Texan. Feb. 10. IIOR. 7M3S
Robert W Wright Publlaher
Pat Wrtaht Editor
M.Milnn Editor
John W Hood Advrrtiilnx
Mr». Rrna Xobln Drport Correspondent
SI BS( RIPTION
|7 50 A Yeor For Titus Franklin. Red River And Lamar Counties
H.50 A Year Out Of County
Ilf.,5t A Year Overseas
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Friday night, a spree of
mail box destruction
stretched from Pattonville to
Deport.
A dark colored pickup,
with wide mud grip tires on
the rear, started at Pat-
tonville and pushed every
As usual when these mail box on the farm to
feelings arise, I find myself market road to Milton over,
rtiaking springtime It then proceeded on to the
resolutions to accomplish Milton community, where it
more, garden more, clean appeal that approximately
house more and do my work every other box was either
better. As usual, I’m sure, run completely over or
those good intentions will pushed over.
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MICHAEL BRIGHT of
Blossom was a winner in
the Calf Scramble at the
Feb. 27 performance of
the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo. Michael
won a $400 calf purchase
certificate donated by
Houston Agricultural
Credit Corp, and will use
’ it toward the purchase of
a LeglsierRL calf.’ Shown
contingencies. f‘ " ~ '
The board made and ap- at Deport for their trip to San
proved a motion to give Antonio to enter in a history
superintendent Buddy project competition at a
Taylor the authority to hire state-wide level. The
Mrs. Marsha Coats as a new students have already won at
math teacher within the Commerce on an area level,
school system. The textbook committee’s
The amount of $250 was recommendations on new
assigned to pay for the trip of textbooks for the next school
teacher Juanita Davis and year were approved.
Deport Methodist
Revival Scheduled
The Deport United revival
Methodist Church is con- The community
ducting a revival beginning choirs are
March 15 and continuing ticipate in the
through March 17. singing nightly
The time will be 7 pm
nightly with the Methodist
pastor, Rey. Marlin Fenn,
extending an open invitation
to everyone to attend the
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