Rainfalls bless weekend as festival plans and honors unfold
Area received three to four inches of rain boosting spirits. Ex-Student Reunion set for Festival week with DHS Class of 1926 to be recognized. Ex-Student Association led by C. L. Mahon. secretary Marsha Sides mailed reunion details. Senior citizens building receiving furnishings. De Lon merchants donated a new refrigerator. Peach and Melon Festival queen candidates selling $300 drawings for the Saturday night pageant including Miss De Leon. Each contestant must sell $100 in tickets. Little League season concluded with Fincher Feed undefeated 12 0. president Jackie Ravenshine praised for umpiring. F and M Bank girls team claimed first place in girls softball. Linda Burlison and Janet McGinnis guided the team. Geneva Wilson led the Cont. page.
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DHS
C. L. Mahon
Ex-Student Association
Marsha Sides
Fincher
Jackie Ravenshine
Jackie
F & M Bank
Linda Burlison
Janet McGinnis
Geneva Wilson
Peach and Melon Festival Queen Candidates Named
The De Leon festival selects queen candidates during a July 9 tea at the F M Bank Hospitality Room. Ribbons show each candidate, blue with a peach and watermelon, as the community prepares for the August 2 judging and August 7 $300 merchandize drawing with De Leon merchants.
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F & M Bank
bank’s
Windows To Be Decorated For P M Festival
The P M Festival Committee sponsors a contest for best decorated store window with Bicentennial themes. Judging is Monday morning August 2, with ribbons displayed during festival week. Prizes: 50, 25, 15, and 10 dollars.
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P & M_ Festival
Fair Ladies Tour Smoky Mountain Area Announces Plans
Fair Ladies and guests discussed last minute plans at a bank briefing in Murfreesboro. They depart July 16 for a ten day Greyhound World Tours trip visiting Biltmore House, The Hermitage, Silver Dollar City and Cherokee drama Unto These Hills with Grand Ole Opry audience seats reserved.
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F & M ‘Fair Ladies
Escapees From Gatesville Home Evade Pursuit Four Hours
Two Gatesville youths aged 16 and 17 escaped the Gatesville Home for Boys taking a 1970 Plymouth Duster. In a four hour chase across Comanche Coryell and Erath counties they rammed a patrol car and fled on foot through thick Leon River brush. Both teens were captured and jailed on burglary criminal mischief and destruction of state property charges.
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Department of Public Safety
Roy Kubiack
Gatesville
Leon river
Gustine
Comanche County
Shilo Garman
Burgess Elliott
Elliot
Kubiack
Billy Works
Parks and Wildlife Department
Dale Nowlin
Comanche
DPS
Joe Wiley
Roy Kubrack
Giles
Stephenville
Coryell County
Erath County
Faculty Complete At De Leon Schools For 1976-77
The De Leon School Board fills the 1976-77 faculty with Janet McGinnis as Homemaking and Sharon Lesley as 7th-8th grade social studies and language arts. Charlotte Johnson shifts to high school math and physical science, Nancy Helm to remedial reading in grades 7-12. Wanda Patterson and Elizabeth Welch are added to business and 7th-8th grade math roles.
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Janet McGinnis
Sharon Lesley
Charlotte Johnson
Nancy Helm
Wanda Patterson
Gorman
Elizabeth Welch
Eastland
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De Leon
Fey
Gayle Wilkerson
senior citizens club
De Lon
PEACH & MELON FESTIVAL
DeLeon
Women's Division
Chamber of Commerce
Terri Wells
Elton Wells
ESA Sorority
Kim Millars
James Milars
CB Club
Jodean Miller
Dean Miller
Lions Club
Becky Ravenshine
Jerry Auvenshine
Shakespeare Club
Robin Hood
John Hood
De Leon Study Club
Carolyn McKil
lip
Troy McKillip
FFA
Kelly Lindley
W. W. Lindley
BAe
Fair Ladies
Smoky Mountain Area
Smoky Mountains
Grand Ole Opry
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lena Taylor
Sue Wilson
F & M FAIR LADIES
the
Proctor
Exxon station
Penny Kea
Kim Miers
Kelly Mitchell
Carolyn McKillip
Judy Porter
Barbie Easley
Kelley Lindley
Elizabeth Taylor
Rosa Cisneroz
Rebecca Hale
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