19 Jul 1979
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Newspaper
De Leon Free Press
Location
De Leon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1979
Page
1
Gayle Wilkerson notes Peach and Melon Festival planning and guest invites. The festival float won first place in Ranger's parade with three De Leon girls aboard. Rain brought up to two inches in area. community showers welcomed. Local effort to build tennis courts in De Leon seeks donations at F and M Bank.
The festival committee opens arts and crafts booths for sale at 50 dollars each. Entries for the annual fruit contest are accepted August 1 from 10 to 12 at the festival shed, judged at 1 pm, then sold at the evening auction. Also features a Little Miss De Leon contest and a Pet Parade on August 1.
De Leon ISD reports changes from the School Tax Assessment Practices Board under H.R. 1060 define a residential homestead as the residence and land used for residential purposes. Land area limited to around one to five acres, down from previous up to 200 acres. Wayne Clark notes many county residents own 200 acres or more. 100% market value will be used next year for tax bases, affecting 65 plus rural residents and leading to revised tax calculations.
The De Leon festival tractor pull, sanctioned by the Texas Tractor Pullers Association, runs Thursday through Saturday August 2 to 4 with a Wednesday night three wheeler race. Entries open the pull night. events include 4x4 pickups, stock and modified classes across multiple weight divisions. Jerry Solomon serves as chairman with Jackie Pounds as assistant chairman.
Last week the Comanche County officials led by County Judge Johnny Livingston and Commissioners Wade Davis Billy Patton Irvin Dunn and Derwin Nabors sent a letter to Governor Clements protesting his veto of seven million three hundred seventy six thousand three hundred seventy four dollars for county lateral road funds. They urged a special session to restore the funding for H.R. 558 from the 66th Texas Legislature. The letter stressed county roads serve rural traffic and noted fuel and maintenance costs. They requested reconsideration and reinstatement of the funds.
Local Gulf distributor Cotton Shifflett reports a July 1 diesel allocation cut, with farmers losing priority. He applied July 5 to the state energy office in Austin for supplemental supply, but no word. His July 12,000 gallon farm allotment remains unchanged. farm accounts get full, while service stations face a 25 percent cut in gasoline despite last year’s 60,000 gallons.
Housing Authority Administrator Bud Morrison announces a contract with Farmers Home Administration to build nineteen rural rental apartments in De Leon. The six-building complex west of Burr and Manchaca will include eight one bedroom nine two bedroom and two three bedroom units with construction starting July 20 and to be completed by January 3 1980 under Section 8515 subsidies.
The De Leon Hospital hosts a bloodmobile on Wednesday August 1 from 11 00 a m to 6 00 p m in the hospital classroom West Texas Blood Services will staff the event continuing the community drive at the facility through the afternoon.
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