City of De Leon Wins $1030.86 Tax Rebates
State Comptroller Bullock says local option one percent sales tax allocations to Texas cities will top $18.1 million this period. De Leon receives $1,030.86, with Cross Plains $1,735.12 Hico $709.61 Dublin $1,491.79. statewide rebates total about $300,000 less than last year’s same month. Texas cities overall saw a record $424.8 million in 1978, up 17 percent from 1977.
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Bullock
Texas
De Leon
Cross Plains
Hico
Dublin
De Leon FFA 4 H Livestock Show Yields Top Prizes
The De Leon Livestock Show drew strong participation with grand and reserve champions across swine cattle dairy and small stock. Winners included Edward Sanders Mark Beaty Thomas Keith Joey Mahan and Judy Johnson, with judges led by Danny Prater. The event highlighted future agriculture and urged community support for youth buyers.
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De Leon FFA
Riding Club
Danny Prater
Dublin
Edward Sanders
FFA
Lloyd Sanders
Mark Beaty
Duroc
Mark
Marlin Priddy
Annette Priddy
Marlin
Annette
Garth Priddy
Judy Johnson
Jackie Johnson
De Leon High School
Jeff Gray
Bill
De Leon
Hospital Election Set For April 7
The De Leon Hospital District board set an April 7 1979 election date at the De Leon Public Library to fill expiring director terms of Morgan Beaty and Boyd. Absentee voting runs March 19 to April 3 with Ms Debra Stephens as clerk and Dewey Daniels as election judge. Filing deadline is March 7 1979 with residency real property ownership and voter qualification required.
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De Leon Hospital
Joe V. Morgan
Walter J. Beaty
Larry Boyd
De Leon Public Library
Dewey Daniels
Debra L. Stephens
Hospital Board
Comanche County Junior Livestock Show slated for Jan 18 19
The 44th annual Comanche County Junior Livestock Show takes place Thursday and Friday at the Comanche County Livestock Barn with 463 animals and 252 exhibitors from De Leon FFA and 4 H clubs. Judging begins 8:30 a.m. Thursday, with market swine and breeding swine first, then lambs, sheep, dairy heifers, and goats across Friday's schedule. An auction sale is set for 7:00 p.m. Friday at the McDougal Sale Barn.
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FFA
4-H
De Leon
Comanche County
De Leon FFa
Larry Smith
Brownwood
George Allsphwede
San Angelo
Bob Traweek
Dublin
David Waters
Goldthwaite
Jim Stone
Clyde
McDougal
Ernest Alvarado
Benny Anderson
Mark Beaty
Wendy Boswell
Glynn Brownlee
Lynn Brownlee
Jeff Buckley
John Buckley
Shane Bunting
Tracey Bunting
Michelle Carr
Lynn Chupp
Seasonal Temperature and Rainfall Summary
A brief weather record shows daily highs and lows from January 9 to January 15 with temperatures ranging from 32 to 59 degrees. Rainfall is noted on January 10 and January 11 with 0.3 and 1.65 inches respectively.
Sue Wilson Named Director of Farmers and Merchants Bank
Doyle W. Taylor announced Sue Wilson was elected to serve as a Director at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in De Leon during the January 9, 1979 stockholders meeting. Her career began at First State Bank of Tuscola, rising from Secretary and Teller to Assistant Vice President and then Vice President by 1975, now continuing as bank director.
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Doyle W. Taylor
Farmers and Merchants Bank
De Leon
Sue Wilson
Wilson
First State Bank of
Tuscola
De Leon bank
Elmon Kerby
Marc Wilson
Crowley, Texas
Comanche County Livestock Show Nears Forty-Fourth Run
The Comanche County Livestock Association formed by area cattlemen aims to improve livestock quality, feeding, markets, and welfare. It sponsors the annual Junior Livestock Show each January, with officials conducting the forty-fourth show this week in Comanche County.
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Comanche County Livestock Association
Comanche County
Bearcats Land Two On All State Football Team
Two 1978 Bearcats earned Class A all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association. David Walker of De Leon made the first team at linebacker and Randall Sanders of De Leon was listed as the second team quarterback. The Association released complete Class A squads, listing first and second teams with players from multiple Texas schools.
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Bearcats
Texas Sports Writers Association
David Walker
De Leon
Ollie Walker
Randall Sanders
Wayne Sanders
SE Jeff Patel
Dublin
Terry Fritcher
Lexington
Pat Jarzombek
Falls City
Ricky Sowell
Three Rivers
Richard Garcia
Wellington
Brian Hodges
Southlake
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John Beaty
Thomas Keith
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Thomas
Jack Fields
Terry Fields
Joey Mahan
Gayle Mahan
Charolais
Joey
Ray Chupp
James Coan
Burl Cogburn
Dale Collum
Ernest Escamilla
Jeff Fields
Gaytha Frost
Jackie Golden
Brad Gray
Jim Grimshaw
Randall Grimshaw
Robert Hudson
Brad Johnson
Melinda Johnson
Jack Johnson
Livestock Association
Bobby Bishop
Farmersville
Greg Carney
Garrison
Dennis Warvel
Franklin
Parnell Sykes
Hull-Dassetta
Danny Rocha
Path
Karl Cooper
Toby Wisdom
Stratford
Lonnie Green
Auburn
Jeff Kautz
Jerry Brown
Hawkins
Brian Mirau
Mark Blalack
Longview Spring Hill
Larry Weikel
China Spring
David Green
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