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THE LEONARD
(DITI
LEONARD GRAPHIC
(USPS 310-200)
P.O. BOX A
LEONARD, TEXAS 75452
Leonard and Celeste Community News
99 O'ears of Continuous ‘Publication
VOLUME 99
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1989 NUMBER 23
Lite with the paper
By David "Scoop" Johnson
mpimous 11 an -
southwest cornerorthe basementandpray. Take alantern and
get in the storm cellar.
All the above are bits of sage advice heard over and over
again each spring by any kid growing up in an area where
Ea th declaration of PI caution ran through my sleepy brain
as I lie there in my comfortable bed at about two o'clock
Sunday morning. The sky was continually illuminated with
long jagged flashes of blue lightning and rolling th iler
punctuated by sharp claps that rattled the windows, never
seeming to StOP. 4• .
I could hear the rain coming down in torrents, driven by a
fierce west wind. It was a bad storm.
Conditions certainly appeared right for a tornado. As I lie
there in bed the possible avenues of escape ran through my
head
we don't have a storm cellar. We were sleeping on the
mattress. We don’t have a basement and anyone foolish
enough to lay down on their stomach in a low spot would
surelyd tl it float away
sure y rown r $ oa away.
I opted to remain there in bed while the wind and rain lashed
at the windows.
As it turned out, the house held together through the storm.
Oh, water blew in here and there but nothing we couldn't live
with
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The wind wasn't as bad at our place as it was in and around
Leonard. I didn t find any trees blown over and the barn was
- 1 did notice that the top wire on one cross fence was slack.
I trudged through the mud and wet grass to find where it had
broken
Droxen.
1 soon discovered that one of my sturdy corner post struc
tures had taken a direct hit by lightning. One twelve inch post
was split in half. The top was blown off of a smaller brace post.
The top wire had a section burned out of it. The three foot piece
was burned and melted on the ends. The galvanizing had
bubbled up and flaked off. The wire was brittle and broke
easily.
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and scattered chunks of post with the faint, charred smell of
fire still in the air The thou ht h ind that I
always have worried more about li htnin , than I have torna
does.
Rain Fall Well Over Average For Year
Reported rainfall for Sunday
morning for the Leonard area is 5.6
inches. Coupled with one tenth of
an inch Friday night gives a total of
5.7 inches for the first week of
June.
The average rainfall for June is
approximately 2.5 inches. In May
the area received 7.9 inches of rain.
The average for May is slightly
over four inches.
Average rainfall for the area
through June is 16.2 inches. As of
June 6 rainfall has amounted to
23.6 inches.
Glenda Pitts
To Speak At
Chamber
Meeting
The Leonard Chamber of Com-
merce will hold their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday, June 13,
12 noon in the SNAP Center. The
meal will be catered by the Friends
of the Library.
A special labor force program
will be presented by Glenda Pitts of
the Bonham Texas Employment
Commission.
The public is invited.
Flanagan
Takes Position
With City
Lloyd Flanagan accepted a part-
time position as electrician for the
City of Leonard in April. Flanagan's
duties will include the maintenance
and care of the city's water wells.
Flanagan replaced Nook Smith
who passed away in April.
A large Hackberry tree on the square, in front of the City Hall was blown over, ripped out of the ground, roots
and all, by winds in excess of 50 MPH during severe thunderstorm early Sunday morning. Staff Photo
Area Raked By Storm
Beginning at about 2:00 A.M.
Sunday morning the area was un-
der severe thunderstorm conditions.
Over five and one half inches of
rain fell causing some county roads
to be impassable. There were re-
ports of some roads being com-
pletely washed out.
High winds of over 50 MPH
uprooted large trees and broke
branches, some of which fell on
power lines causing isolated power
outages. Some areas surrounding
Leonard were without power for as
long as twelve hours. (Rainfall
recorded by John Newman-Le-
onard).
The storm halted the wheat har-
vest that had begun in earnest.
Although there was little or no hail
in these latest storms there is some
evidence of damage to the already
suffering wheat crops. Some wind
damage to the corn crop is evident.
Dr. Louise Farrior Will Give The Sermon
Sunday At The Presbyterian Church Here
Special School Board Meeting
Church of
Ata specially called school board
meeting Wednesday, May 31,
School Board members voted
unanimously to hire Greg Bass as
an assistant football coach. Bass
will teach math.
Bass will graduate from East
Texas State University in August.
As a student at ETSU Bass partici-
pated in track. He played football
at Wharton and Navarro Junior
Colleges.
In other business, Supcrinten-
dent Larry Tucker stated that Bill
Francis would teach Drivers Edu-
cation this summer. Tucker also
discussed the teaching of music in
the elementary school, the possi-
bility of offering pre-kindcrgarten,
and gave board members a legisla-
tive update concerning recently
passed education bills.
The regular school board meet-
ing is scheduled for June 12 at 8:00
p.m in the school administration
office.
Christ
Schedules
Dr. Louise H. Farrior will be the
visiting pastor at the 11:00 service
of the United Presbyterian Church
on Sunday, June 11th.
Dr. Farrior received her. Master
of Divinity degree from Louisville
Presbyterian Theological Semi-
nary, Louisville, Kentucky in 1967
and was ordained into the ministry
that year. She received a Theologi-
cal Masters degree from Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Virginia in 1969 and a Doctorate in
Ministry from Union Seminary in
1973.
Dr. Farrior has had a distin-
guished career in the work of the
church. Twice she was a Commis-
sioner to the General Assembly
and in 1971 represented the Women
of the Church at a meeting of the
World Alliance of Reformed
Churches in Nairobi, Kenya. As a
member of the Board of World
Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, U.S. she visited the Mis-
sions in Korea, Taiwan, Japan,
Mexico, Zaire, Ghana and Brazil in
1972 and 1973.
She is also an author, having
written, "Courage for Commit-
ment", a study in the Gospel of
Mark and "Journey Toward the
Future", a history of Women of the
Church, 1958 to 1983.
She was associate pastor of
Preston Hollow Presbyterian
Church in Dallas from 1979 to 1984.
Dr. Farrior is now retired, but would
like to continue in the work of the
Lord in a less demanding way. She
is a candidate to fill the vacancy in
the Leonard Presbyterian Church,
which is now without a full-time
minister.
Following the service a lunch
will be served in Fellowship Hall.
The public is invited to attend the
service and the luncheon.
VBS
County Ambulance To Be Based In Leonard
Work On Leonard Picnic
Games And Parade Begins
Now is the time to plan for the
third annual day of games on the
Saturday of the Leonard Picnic.
The usual games of horseshoes,
washers, sack race, 3 legged race
and egg toss will be offered again
this year, but with a small change.
The games will be held on the square
under the shade trees. Again this
year, volunteers are needed to
"man" the games.
New this year, instead of a nor-
mal parade in which most people
watch, this year will be different.
The parade committee wants ev-
eryone to have fun by participat-
ing. Current plans include frontier
day shows in front of various build-
ings on the square. The crowd will
move in a "festive parade" from
one show to the next. Pam Eaton,
parade chairman, is looking for
artitsts, entertainers and other vol-
unteers to help.
The Leonard church of Christ
has scheduled their Vacation Bible
School for Monday, June 12th
through Friday, June 16th. The VBS
will be from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00
a.m. each day. There will be classes
for all children between the ages of
five years old and the 6th grade.
The theme for this year's Vaca-
tion Bible School is "Jesus Called
Them One By One". This will be a
study of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Each day VBS will include sing-
ing, memory work, Bible drills and
refreshments. There will also be
awards and prizes given for mem-
ory work achievements and bring-
ing visitors. All of the children in
the Leonard area are invited and
encouraged to attend this concen-
trated time of Bible Study and
Christian Fellowship.
Anyone who has any questions
about Vacation Bible School or
anyone who needs transportation
to VBS is encouraged to call Char-
les Wrenn at 587-2229.
At a specially called council
meeting Wednesday, May 31, city
council members voted unani-
mously to accept a contract with
Fannin County Ambulance Serv-
ice to have an ambulance and two
attendants based in Leonard. The
ambulance will be on call 24 hours
a day to serve Leonard and the
surrounding area.
The city is in the process of lo-
cating a base for the ambulance
that will include living facilities for
the attendants.
In other business the council
voted unanimously to purchase a
Case 480E front-end loader at a
price of $29,525.
Summer
Track
Host Families For Foreign
Underway
Local students can participate in
the Texas Amateur Athletic Con-
ference Summer track program.
Students eight years and up through
high school can compete Saturday,
June 10 at Williams Stadium in
Garland. Coach John Kent and
Mike McGrew will takea bus to the
stadium. Other meet dates are June
17th Hershey Regional in McKin-
ney; June 24 TAAF Circuit in
Mesquite; July 8 & 15 Regional
meet; July 8 Lancaster; July 15
Plano; July 29 Grandy's Invitational
at Lewisville.
Exchange Students Needed
Youth Exchange Services (YES)
is looking for host families for
foreign for exchange students. The
exchange students are "adopted"
and live with their host family for
one school year. The experience is
beneficial to both the student, the
host parents, the community and to
the school.
During the last school year the
families of Johnny and Rose Russell
and Dick and Odile Saye hosted
exchange students from Japan and
Bolivia. Makoto Momose, Japan,
and Susi Gonzales, Bolivia. Both
students became a part of the school,
and its activities, both academi-
cally and extracurricular, as well as
the community.
The Russells and the Sayes de-
scribe the experience as rewarding
and beneficial. The many friends
of Makoto and Susi would describe
it as the same.
The YES organization is pres-
ently seeking families to host stu-
dents for the '89-'90 school year.
Anyone interested may call 1-800-
898-2121 for additional informa-
tion.
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