01 Apr 1971
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Newspaper
De Leon Free Press
Location
De Leon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1971
Page
1
De Leon will host the District 10-A track meet with high school, junior high teams, as Goldthwaite and De Leon top the field for the team title. Preliminaries start Friday at 2 00 p m with finals Saturday at 2 30 p m led by the 440 relay and ending with the mile relay with trophy presentations afterward.
St. Joe Baptist Church schedules revival from April 4 to April 11 with evangelist Rev. David Edwards of Eunice New Mexico preaching and Victor Williford of Brownwood directing music. Services start at 7 30 p m each evening.
The city park hosts JCW Easter egg hunt at 2 p m sponsored by the Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce with a rain date the following Saturday April 10. De Leon will also host the 10-A District track meet Friday and Saturday featuring junior high and varsity teams with a Goldthwaite versus De Leon title battle.
Rainfall totals for May show varied patterns across regions. The Free Press notes localized showers with higher amounts in northern districts and drier conditions elsewhere.
Texas issues a quarantine order signed March 22, 1971, by Joe B. Finley Jr. restricting swine movements. Hogs to slaughter move without permits, shows require farm inspection and permit, special feeder sales require contact with Dr. H. T. Sibley, and inter-farm moves need inspection with a permit. James Biggs serves as the inspector for Comanche and Hamilton counties, with sales in Hamilton, Hico, and Comanche. contact via 885-2656 or County Extension Office in Comanche.
Report outlines light church anecdotes about rain baptisms, introduces Lex Shelby as new De Leon Chamber president pushing Clean Up Paint Up Decora tion efforts, urges curb rebuilding on Texas Avenue, and announces Peach and Melon Festival Homecoming dates August 3 to 7 with school alumni gathering at 10 a.m. and watermelon slicing at 4 p.m.
The De Leon track team finished sixth among thirteen at a Ranger meet in Albany. Coach Waggoner noted weekly improvements as six Bearcats posted season bests. Paul Roch ran 10.4 for fifth in the 100 yards, Herman Hardin finished fourth in the 440 at 52.2, Randy Hardin fifth in the 110 high hurdles in 43.7, Gilder fourth in the shot put at 42 feet 8 inches, Richardson third in pole vault at 10 feet 6 inches, Hardin tied for third in the high jump at 5 feet 9 inches and second in the long jump at 20 feet 9 inches.
Jodean Miller ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Miller Route two suffered a broken leg when a tractor struck a hole and swung hitting her leg on the Miller farm Friday March 24. She was taken to De Leon Community Hospital for treatment.
The De Leon F F A held its parent-Son Banquet on March 23 at the elementary school cafe. Marcia Spalding of Sidney spoke on Americanism. Awards went to David Gilder, Buddy Williams, Jeff Whiteside, Lanny Spruill, Toby Mahan, Ann Gilder, Eddie Hight, James C. Wilkerson, and officers Lanny Spruill, Toby Mahan, Steve Hare, Gary Dossey, Eddie Hight, and Brad Koonce. The group praised livestock show results and credited teachers Garth Priddy and Don Ballard.
The De Leon public Schools host District 10-A Interscholastic League events April 2, 3 and 5 with six schools Ranger Cross Plains Goldthwaite Early Dublin and De Leon. Literary track and golf cover elementary junior high and high school divisions.
A Vietnam era appeal urges readers to help Crescent Beach Orphanage near Da Nang with donated clothes toys and canned goods especially milk The message from a U S Army civilian or service member emphasizes that aid will directly aid war scarred children and calls for off duty volunteers to support locally The appeal notes future caretakers will rely on civilian generosity and provides a mailing address for donations.
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