All Sports Banquet Set By Leon Quarterback Club
The Leon Quarterback Club will sponsor the All Sports Banquet on Saturday April 28 at 8 00 p m in City Hall. It honors football basketball track golf participants with Charlie Waters Cowboys speaker and Larry pe Lane master of ceremonies. Tickets available at Da-Nite Grocery Shelby Pharmacy and Free Press Office. Purchase by noon Thursday.
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Dallas Cowboys
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Clemson
Larry pe Lane
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LaDon’s
All Sports Banquet Honors DHS Athletes Saturday
J C W urges attendance at the Quarterback Club All Sports Banquet honoring DHS athletes who work hard across various sports. He notes appreciation for their efforts and encourages support. Also reports heavy rains over Monday and Tuesday raising Lake Proctor levels and greening the area.
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Vol. Fire Dept to Sponsor Radiation Course
The De Leon Fire Department will sponsor a Radiation Course starting May 8 with five classes on May 8 10 11 14 and 15. Joe Waring will instruct the sessions. Contact Iman Burlison or Bill Smith for details.
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Weather report from the Corps of Engineers
The Free Press outputs a weather report released by the U S Corps of Engineers. It lists 24 hour temperatures and moisture from 8 a m to 8 a m with year to date figures 16 and 14.
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U.s. Corps of Engineers
Rainfall totals by area reported in brief
Rain totals listed for multiple locales including De Leon 4.38 inches Beaty 62 inches Nabers Lake 4 inches Newburg 212 Sidney 312 inches Comanche 2 inches Gorman 212 inches Dublin 412 inches Comyn 4 inches Downing 412 Rucker 6 inches Duster 6 inches Desdemona 312 Rob Springs 512 inches.
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Newburg
Sidney
Local Hospital Bill Faces Legislation Tuesday
Texas Senator Tom Creighton announced a hospital bill to authorize De Leon residents to elect a hospital district. The measure goes to the Intergovernmental Relations Committee in the Senate reception room on May 1 at 9 00 and invites interested parties to attend.
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Tom Creighton
De Leon
tergovernmental Relations Committee
Senate
Creighton
USDA Sets 1973 Peanut Support At 310.50 Per Ton
The U S Department of Agriculture announced the 1973 peanut support level at 310.50 dollars per ton, about 75 percent of the April 1973 parity price, with 1972 crop support at 285 dollars per ton. Changes include no shelter program, a 50 dollar per ton discount for Aspergillus flavus mold, and producers paying storage handling and inspection costs on warehouse loans.
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James S. Couch
Comanche County
ASC
Federal
State Inspection Service
Federal Register
Self Employment High Among County Workers
Comanche County shows 27.0 percent of working residents rely on their own unincorporated business or trade, with 1,197 self employed. Retail dominates owner operated ventures, with 190 in that sector. The Labor Department cites financing, knowledge, and long hours as keys to success.
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Comanche County
Department of Commerce
United States
Labor Department
Seven seamstresses crowned in Smith’s Spring Sewing Contest
The Fourth Annual Smith’s Department Store Spring Sewing Contest awarded first prize to Mrs. Robert Kay for a blue double knit Vogue fashion. Second place went to Mrs. Billy Stacy and Mrs. Franklin Loudermilk for printed whipped cream crepe dress and burgundy white double knit 3 piece suit. Third place honors went to Mrs. Willie Forrest and Mrs. Robert Donaldson for a blue double knit 4 piece suit and a blue pant suit. Fourth place went to Mrs. Dean Newton and Mrs. Bam Morris for a brown and white knit dress and a blue gingham child dress. All entries used Smith’s fabric 98 cents per yard or more and patterns from Butterick Vogue or McCall.
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Willie Forrest
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Howard payne College
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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