De Leon Free Press notes and community updates
Apology for last week's volleyball photo mix up notes Brownwood printing error. Community urges donations to Boy Scouts to sustain local unit. Bearcat Relays this Friday promise top action. Breckenridge Kitten Relays set records. De Leon teams place in recent events. Baseball meeting Thursday covers summer play. plane crash victim Jerry Place mourned. community recalls his farming service and friendship.
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Brownwood
Keen
Bearcat
Kitten
Breckenridge
De Leon
Highway Bids Sought in Brownwood District
Bids for seal coating about 38 miles of highways in the Brownwood District are to be opened on April 26-27. In Comanche County the work covers State Highway 36 for 13.434 miles from US 67 to the South Leon River. Billy R. Russell of Brownwood will supervise the project under Lawrence E. Schulz.
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Brownwood
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Lawrence E. Schulz
Comanche County
US 67
Leon River
Billy R. Russell
Schulz
Bearcats Host Relays and District Track Meet Dates
Friday action on April 15 features the Bearcats hosting a relay meet. On April 19 Cubcat and Bearcat track teams compete at District 10 A meet in Brownwood.
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Bearcats
Cubcat
Bearcat
Brownwood
Baseball Meeting Scheduled in De Leon
The De Leon Baseball Association will hold a meeting on Thursday April 14 at 7 00 p m at the F and M Bank to organize summer baseball and softball. All interested in Little League Pony League and Girls Women and Men softball are urged to attend as the meeting covers the entire summer programs.
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De Leon Baseball Association
F & M Bank
De Leon
Boy Scout Drive Kickoff Aims for 32400 in De Leon
About thirty people attended the Boy Scout Drive breakfast at De Leon City Hall. Wayne Chambers chairs the drive sponsored by the Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce. Enroller kits were handed out and De Leon businesses and residents will be contacted for donations. Seventy seven youths participate in the local Boy Scouts of America program.
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Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce
Lanny Butler
Wade Butler
Deral Brown
Mike Stewart
Autry Andress
Mike Burk
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De Leon City Hall
Lions Club and
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Chambers
De Leon
Boy Scouts of America
Ollie Ross Named Fireman of the Week in De Leon
The De Leon Volunteer Fire Department honors Ollie Ross as Fireman of the Week. The 84 year old received a thirty seven year pin and has served as treasurer for many years as an honorary member. He recalls De Leon’s early days, served in World War I, and long volunteer ties to the community.
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De Leon
Ollie Ross
Ross
fire department
Ollie
Free Press
Masonic Lodge
Mozell
First National
De. Leon
Mr. Ross
Colorado
Pueblo
Germany
Dalhart
Phoenix
Arizona
Methodist Church
Lovie Cadenhead
Brownwood
Mike Leslie
Mike
Mrs. Weaver Heads De Leon Event For Cystic Fibrosis
Mrs. Eula Weaver will chair a De Leon spring event for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to inform the public and raise funds for research and care for CF and related lung diseases. Contact 893-2570 for details. Cystic fibrosis remains the leading genetic killer of children with evolving life expectancy due to Foundation programs.
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Eula Weaver
De Leon
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Weaver
Crop Dusting Pilot Jerry Place Dies In De Leon Crash
Dr. Jerry Place aged 40 died after his small Cessna AG Truck spun into the Finnis Sides farm three miles southeast of De Leon while test flying. He founded Aero Agronomics Inc and planned to move his wife to Ohio. Funeral services were held in Gillett with Nowlin Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Margie and two sons.
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Cessna AG
Jerry Place
De Leon
Place
JERRY
Finnis Sides
Justice of the Peace
Howard Baker
University of Arkansas
Cincinnati
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Gillett
Arkansas
Nowlin Funeral Home
Margie
Gordon
Houston
Kirk
Fayetteville
Clarice Place
Imogene Tarkington
Donaldson, Arkansas
Bearcat Relays set for Friday with twenty six teams
The tenth annual Bearcat Relays will be held Friday April 15 with twenty six teams competing in Division A and AA. Field events start at 1:00 p.m. running prelims at 3:30 p.m. finals at 7:20 p.m. A Bearcat Relays Queen will be chosen at 6:30 p.m. and medals awarded at 7:00 p.m.
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Baird
Bangs
China Springs
Clifton
Cross Plains
De Leon
Dublin
Early
Eula
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Goldthwaite
Hico
Millsap
Ranger
Trinity Valley
Fort Worth
Breckenridge
Burnet
Cisco
Comanche
Eastland
Granbury
Hamilton
Llano
McGregor
San Saba
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BOY SCOUT
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agriculture department
environmental and applied earth sciences
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Ohio
Jack Waggoner
Toby Hare
Sig Wolfe
Joe Bob Huddleston
Rocky Hardin
Joey Wilcoxson
Marty Shoemaker
Jeff Rogers
Tim Hare
Ronald Powell
Weldon Day
Alan Sadberry
Randall Sanders
David Walker
Mike Shelburne
Knox City
D. Gibson
Bodie Weaver
Tommy Cleere
Hunter
Johnson
Sellers
Crowell
Gonzales
Aspermont
T. Duncan
Davis
Fambro
Collins
Kent
Stanford
Stephenson
Coleman
Stutts
Hudson
Robinson
Hazelrigg
Cheshire
Jackson
Garza
Cherokee
Cleere
High J. Davis
Toler
Goodwin
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