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60% Chance of rain
on Saturday
Thursday: 89/64
Friday: 89/68
Saturday: 85/6i
Sunday: 79/58
Monday: 82/57
Proctor Lake Level: 50.91%
Weekly Precipitation: 3.04
Annual Precipitation: 22.90”
Burn Ban Olf
Hometown paper of crime
novelist Jada M. Davis
Thursday, September 26, 2013 10 Pages Seventy-five Cents Volume 124, No. 14 DeLeon, TX 76444
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. The Shoppin’ Baskit in DeLeon announced yesterday that a fall display of hay bales,
pumpkins, scarecrows and other autumnal-themed items would be located in front of the store through the follow-
ing month. Store manager Jeff Sproles invites the public to feel free to take photos in front of it.
Duster doll house touches lives
through eight decades
ished memories. carpet samples from
“I was 8 years old that Higginbothams for the mgs,
year, and in the third grade at and ordered wallpaper sample
Duster school, when our books from Sears & Roebuck,
teacher, Miss Faith Elliott, told to paper the walls of the house.”
us we would be building a doll Wofford said Miss Elliott
house for our art class project,” bought dolls and furniture to
she said. complete the project, including
Miss Elliott was (in the a beautiful little cast-iron cook
vernacular of the times) an “old stove for the kitchen. The corn-
maid” according to Wofford. pleted project, the result of
“Although she never mar- hours of labor by such small
ried, she was so good with chil- hands, was truly a piece of art.
dren,” Wofford said. “She read “The way I remember it, it
to us, books like Tom Sawyer, had a living room, two bed-
and Huckleberry Finn, and we rooms, a kitchen and a bath,”
enjoyed it so much. She was Wofford said. “I wish we’d had
such a likable person. In fact, a way to take pictures of it. But
she was my teacher in fourth that wasn’t even something
and fifth grades too, but it was anyone thought of back then.”
third grade, and the doll house I At the end of the school
remember so well.” year, the students drew names
It’s easy to imagine that to see who would get to take the
those third graders were the house home with them and
envy of the school as they com- keep it.
menced their project. “A boy named Bowen
“We brought wooden Porter was the winner,”
apple boxes from the store and Wofford said, “but he didn’t
the boys disassembled them to want to keep that house. He
get the lumber to work with,” didn’t have any sisters to give it
Wofford said, adding that the to - just two rough and tumble
boys then built the house, even brothers. And I think he knew
bringing to school real shingles better than to get on the bus
and cutting them down to make with it.”
a removable roof for the house. So Bowen gave it to Betty.
“And we girls sewed, by “I was just thrilled to
hand, the curtains and bed- death,” she said. “I enjoyed
spreads,” she said. “We also got See Doll House page 2
County lifts burn ban, approves
civic events and new deputy
tor Christy Perkins addressed
the court, and proposed to move
the Deer Hunter’s Chili Supper
back to the Courthouse Square
for November 1.
A City Wide Garage Sale
was also proposed for October
19.
Perkins also reported that
Texas Flags had been placed
around the outer edge of the
Courthouse Square. A
Courthouse lighting project for
Christmas will also be under-
taken.
Commissioners Sides and
Gillette made the motion and
second to approve scheduling
the Deer Hunter’s Chili Supper
on November 1, and the City
Wide Garage Sale on October
19, to be held on the courthouse
square. All approved. Motion
carried.
Sharon McKinnon,
Chairman of the Comanche
Chamber of Commerce’s
Committee for Tourism and
Retail, discussed a Chamber
project to revitalize Comanche.
See Commissioners page 8
East Ham St.
On Monday, the Comanche County Judge Management Coordinator Ray
Commissioners’ Court of James R. Arthur rescinded the Heiberg recommended that the
Comanche County, Texas met bum ban Friday after several bum ban remain lifted for the
in a regular meeting to discuss inches of rain fell throughout present time. It was agreed that
the bum ban and future civic Comanche County. the ban would remain lifted,
events in the town of On Monday, Comanche In other news, Comanche
Comanche. County Emergency Chamber of Commerce direc-
YARD OF THE MONTH. The DeLeon Beautification Committee awarded this
month’s Yard of the Month award to Donnie Morris and his yard in the 700 block of
By LAURA KESTNER “peg leg” was enough to trans-
Editor port Betty (Broom) Wofford
back almost 80 years recently -
Just holding a tiny toy back to 1934, and an art project
cook-stove with a makeshift that provided a lifetime of cher-
DOLL HOUSE MEMORIES. Betty Wofford is pictured
above with several pieces from a doll house project that
her third grade class participated in at the Duster school
(in north central Comanche County) in 1934.
Rain results in rodeo
rescheduling for Oct. 11
The fifth annual DeLeon
Rodeo has been rescheduled for
mid-October, following a
downpour Friday that dropped
over three inches of rain on
DeLeon and the surrounding
area.
In some areas east of
DeLeon, residents recorded as
much as 4.8 inches.
According to rodeo organ-
izers, rain and muddy condi-
tions prevented cattle tmcks
from accessing the stock pens
at the Community Park arena
Friday.
“You could have thrown a
carrot out in the arena, and it
would have looked like beef
stew,” one organizer reportedly
said of the conditions.
“The arena is pure clay,”
said rodeo organizer Rick
Gretzinger, “it just turns to
soup. Animals would panic.
Something - whether a horse or
rider - would have gotten hurt.”
According to Gretzinger,
the rodeo will be rescheduled
for Friday and Saturday,
October 11 and 12 at the
DeLeon Community Park
arena on Hwy 6. The gates will
open at 6 p.m. each night.
The “mutton busting,” for
children seven and under, will
begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $15
per entry. The Grand Entry will
begin at 8 p.m.
On Saturday night only,
the Mini Bronc Riding event
will have children 12 and under
“bucking out of the chutes.”
Tickets for the DeLeon
Rodeo are $10 per person, with
children under six admitted
free.
For more information, call
254-734-5903.
DISD approves 4-H as
extracurricular activity
By JON AWBREY
Publisher
On Tuesday, the DeLeon
Independent School District
Board of Tmstees met in a reg-
ular meeting to discuss a short
agenda.
Board members approved
the hiring of Tuscola resident
Sharia Reed, a semi-retired spe-
cial services instructor for visu-
ally impaired children.
DeLeon ISD
Superintendent Dana Marable
reported that Reed was fully
certified, experienced, capable,
and very competent.
In other news, the board
approved including the
Comanche County Extension
Agent as an adjunct staff mem-
ber and approved a resolution
recognizing the extracurricular
status of the 4-H organization.
Approval of these items will
allow students who show ani-
mals or participate in other
activities to be counted present
at school while participating.
The board also acknowl-
edged donations to the district,
including dozens of laptop
computers donated by
N o rth ru p-Gru m m an and a
$300 scholarship provided by
the DeLeon Ex-Students
Association.
Secondary and elementary
principals Liesa Nowlin and
Susan Carruth both reported
new students had enrolled at the
elementary and middle school
campuses. Carruth also report-
ed that all elementary students
were academically engaged
and that tutoring had started at
elementary school.
Marable also reported that
a bid had been received regard-
ing a 24’ by 70’ portable build-
ing that the district wanted to
sell. However, upon further
inspection, it became apparent
that the bid of $19,600 was for
tearing down the structure
rather than purchasing it.
Marable said that the building
would make a good structure
for a hunting camp or some
other use. The district will re-
advertise for its sale.
In other news, the board
approved Larry Don Womack
and Craig Mahan to serve as
delegate and alternate, respec-
tively, at the Texas Association
of School Board’s Delegate
Assembly.
The board also approved a
quarterly investment report,
approved an appraisal calendar
for school staff, approved cam-
pus improvement plans, and
approved a second reading of a
Hazardous Routes policy that
will allow the district to receive
more governmental funding for
the transportation department.
Sims wins week three
iootball contest
Watch out guys, week
three belonged to the ladies as
Jane Sims of DeLeon won the
football contest with 14 correct
picks and the closest guess on
the tie breaker.
Sims said her $50 win put
her that much closer to a brand
new computer desk chair.
Awww, now that’s what
victory looks like.
Hot on Sims’ heels was
Don Carruth and Todd Morris
who also got 14 correct.
However, their tie breaker
scores were just a bit outside.
John Weaver, Debbie
Fleming, Freddie Davis, David
Lindsey, Hope Decker, Taylor
Hodges, Billy Warren, Carolyn
Frasier, Terry Hodges, Talmage
Hodges, and Blakeney Hodges
all had 13 correct picks.
The sure fire picks for the
week were the Eastland
Mavericks’ win over the
Goldthwaite Eagles, and the
Aggies’ gig’n of the SMU
Mustangs.
No game this week really
JANE SIMS.
threw a wrench in anyone’s
picks. However, entrants were
right down the middle about
whether the San Saba
Armadillos could defeat the
Hamilton Bulldogs.
In the end, the Armadillos
prevailed.
We only count entries that
make it to the office, so fill
them out, and don’t let your dog
eat your entry forms. Just like
your teachers, we won’t really
believe you.
Good luck in week four!
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