The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 2001 Page: 1 of 10
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Covering Leonard and Celeste communities
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Thursday, March 15,2001
P.O. Box 1108 Leonard, Texas 75452 (903) 587-3303 LeonardGraphic@aol.com
Inside...
Obituaries......
Opinions........
..2
.2
Cartoon & crossword.....2
Religion news.................4
Police briefs ...................5
Education ....................... 7
Celeste news...................9
Crossword answers...... 10
Classifieds................... 10
Candidate filing ends March
21 far three places on City
Council and two seats on the
School Board.
Fuel spill
halts traffic
on U.S. 69
Traffic was diverted for a good
part of the day on U.S. Highway 69
in Kingston Monday, March 12, while
hundreds of gallons of spilled gaso-
line were cleaned up.
A tractor trailer hauling fuel drove
off the road, hit the culvert and rolled
on its side at about 4:45 a.m., accord-
ing to Trooper Paul Smith of the Texas
Highway Patrol. Approximately 500-
600 gallons of gasoline spilled from
the truck into the ditch one* mile south
of Celeste city limits.
Commuters headed to work were
stopped or detoured while the initial
accident site was cleared and then one
shoulder was opened to traffic in al-
ternating directions for a temporary
time. The road was closed again and
Continued on Page 5
Last moon of winter
Charles Russell photo
The last full moon of winter was captured by telescopic
photography. With less ‘light pollution’ than more densely
populated areas, this area offers some of the best sky-
watching around.
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Continuous publication since 1890 50€
1048-0013 Vol. 111 No. 11
The Puppy Pound
Fate of so many unwanted dogs frustrates city employees
By Bethany Russell
They sit behind chain-link,
looking at their caretaker with sad,
doggy eyes as if they know their
chances of being someone’s pet
again are slim to hone.
Big and small, young and old,
the dogs sit in the Leonard animal
shelter until they are adopted or put
to sleep. According to City
Administrator Butch Henderson,
the city has been forced to put
down an average of 20 dogs per
month for the last 15 months. This
includes a small number of animals
brought by Trenton and Celeste
animal control, on a contract with
• the City of Leonard.
“Sometimes people get a puppy
and think ‘Oh, it’s so cute.’ And then
it gets big and they don’t care about
it anymore. It ends up in the shelter,”
said Amy Gilbert, city employee.
“And more than once, we’ve taken in
a dog that has puppies.”
The city has had to euthanize
entire litters, Henderson, said. “It’s
terrible,” he said.
While they are in the city’s
Bethany Russell photo
care, employee Frank Howell does
the best he can to make sure their ‘Pup-Pup,' a happy little dog, licks the face of Police Officer Tom Whitmire. ‘I feel sad
last dog days are comfortable. “I when I have to bring dogs to the pound because I know they won’t be adopted. I know
- just wish I could adopt them all., what will happen to them,’ Whitmire said. ‘Pup-Pup’ was abandoned and needs a home.
It's so sad to have them put to
. sleep. If I had enough land I would "Our problem is we're not in the
take them all home and adopt all of dog pound business, Henderson
them out,” he said. As it is, Howell said. “We were forced into this. You
can only try to squeeze in a walk or can go outside any day and count 10-
two when he’s not busy tending to 1 5 dogs running loose. We could have
other city business, a full-time animal control officer, but
Continued on Page 5
‘George’
‘Cowboy’
‘Ace’
‘THE Rock’ REVISITED
Grand cornerstone of downtown Leonard fell first to depression, then to fire
•A4
Compiled by the Leonard 1925. My father went every day to the
Preservation League store (he had converted most of the
Built in 1900 by the late W. W. lower floor into a hardware store) so
Yates, the Rock Hotel once stood on I went with him to attend school. Af-
the southern end of the west side of ter school, I stayed in the hotel until
the Leonard square. As a traveler a he was ready to go home (Trenton). I
hundred years ago left the depot for did,my homework and roamed around
the one block walk north to the Le- the hotel. I remember the hotel was
onard square, the Rock was on the filled during the week with traveling
left, and the Egbert, or “Plank” hotel salesmen (drummers). The carnival
was on the right (where the Leonard people stayed in the hotel during the
Graphic building stands today). The Leonard Picnic. Mr. Ed Mitchell (dry
original floorplan was evidently goods store) and Pat Wilson stayed
storefront area that opened to the there as long as it was open. The
square, with a large lobby, dining kitchen had a huge stove. I found a
room, kitchen and office on the lower beautiful brass lamp under the stairs
floor with a dozen or so rooms up- in acloset. My father said I could have
stairs. it. He had never seen.it before. I still
Yates sold the hotel in 1906 to have it. My father gave us three girls
T.E. Kennedy of Bonham. Emma our choice of a dresser in the hotel.
Woosley of Leonard purchased it in They were solid walnut. We still have
1912. Her son, Clarence Woosley of and treasure them. I also have a little
Trenton, ran the hotel until it closed, butter picture that was always on the
On the wall hung a picture of the table.”
grand opening in 1900 with Yates and
The Rock closed about 1930,
the Woolsleys. J.W. and Emma were about the time of this picture, another
more than likely at least investors in victim of the “Great Depression.”
the hotel from the beginning, research Gone is the balcony and railing where
shows.
guests could sit and rock in the cool
Submitted photo
• The Rock Hotel, probably named for the building material used in its south wall, stood on the west side of the Leonard square.
Clarence Woolsley's daughter, of the evening and watch the rest of
Betty Lou Pinkerton of Odessa, the activity on the square (the balcony
writes, “I graduated from LHS in
Continued on Page 6
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The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 2001, newspaper, March 15, 2001; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1660087/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Leonard Public Library.