De Leon Community Notes And Upcoming Events
Rain totals from April exceed fifteen inches at Lake Proctor while last year’s March weather was drier. Daryleen Hodges misses this week’s column. Curtis Sadberry caught a forty pound yellow catfish. Bearcats boosters publish a 1976 book at State Farm. The Bearcats and Kittens receive All Sports Banquet honors at City Hall with Bill Yung as speaker. Toby Hare competes in discus and shot at the boys state track meet in Austin. Adult track meet scheduled for Tuesday appeals to local businessmen and a bloodmobile visit occurs Thursday at De Leon Hospital. De Leon bands perform Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Nursing Home Week urged visits to facilities, red measles clinic May 17 for pre-1968 vaccine recipients. signed forms urged.
Bill Yung to Speak at All Sports Banquet Saturday
West Texas State University coach Bill Yung will headline the All Sports Banquet in Canyon. The Ranger native praised for faith and confidence arrives with a career at Baylor Grand Prairie Garland and TCU. De Leon High athletes to be recognized. tickets available at Weaver Drug.
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City Hall
Weaver Drug
Bill Yung
West Texas State
Ranger
Yung
WTSU
Baylor
Bears
Grant Teaff
Aubrey Schulz
Teaff
Grand Prairie High School
Ranger High
TCU
Horned Frogs
Coleman
Blue Cats
Garland
Grand Prairie
Esther Peters
Martin
Cindy
De Leon High School
Weather Review For May 3 May 6 Rainfall Totals
The weather summary notes rainfall amounts of .04 inches on May 3 and .06 inches on May 6. April 1977 total precipitation reached 15.28 inches, compared with 0.71 inches by the end of April 1976.
Ten Girls Compete In 4 H Dress Revue At High School
Ten 4 H girls modeled garments they made in the 4 H Dress Revue at the high school auditorium. Senior division winners were Judy Johnson first and Lisa Walker second. Junior winner Cathy Bruton with Penny Betna second. Sub juniors led by Melinda Johnson with several blue ribbons. Judges were Theresa Scott Johnnie Scott and Susan McMillan. Local merchants donated prizes. The ten participants advance to the County Dress Revue Saturday morning seeking district competition.
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Margaret Millwee
Pamela Fagan
Debbie Chapman
Judy Johnson
Penny Berna
Cathy Bruton
Lisa Walker
Julie Wilson
Malenda Coan
Melinda Johnson
Penny Betna
Debbi Chapman
Melinda Coan
New County Judge Appointed in Comanche County
Johnny Livingston named Comanche County Judge effective May 15 succeeding Albert Brannan who resigns. Brannan becomes Chief Probation Officer for the new 220th Judicial District with offices in the Comanche County Courthouse. Brannan has served as County Judge since January 1, 1975.
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Johnny Livingston
Comanche County
Albert Brannan
Livingston
Brannan
Democratic party
Comanche
Andy Campbell
Kelly Mitchell Finishes Seventh in State Hurdles
Kelly Mitchell of the Kitten track team finished seventh in the 80 yard hurdles Class A at the sixth annual girls state meet in Austin. Coach Chan Priest notes she hit the first hurdle and could have placed higher. Janelle Smalley of Albany won in 10.5. Mitchell is the first Kitten hurdler at state and it was her third state meet. she is a DHS senior.
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Kelly Mitchell
De Leon
Austin
Kelly
Kitten
Chan Priest
Janelle Smalley
Albany
DHS
Trimble Tech
Fort Worth
Canyon
Marble Falls
Paducah
Meridian
Final Plans For Adult Track Meet Near Peach and Melon Grounds
Plans are finalized for an adult track meet on Tuesday May 17 at 6:00 p.m. Proceeds fund a year round covered building at the Peach and Melon Festival grounds. Lions Club Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and Peach and Melon Festival Committee sponsor. Competitors 19 and over may enter bicycle races obstacle course relays tug of war low hurdle races walking discus shot put and football throw. First to third ribbons and overall high point trophy. Admission 50 cents for children and $1 for adults. Enter via Free Press office.
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Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
the
Free Press office
UIL adopts five player girls basketball for 1978-79
The University Interscholastic League legislative council voted 482 to 456 to switch girls basketball from six players to a full five player format starting in the 1978-79 school year. The change ends a three-on-three style that has sparked court challenges in other states.
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legislative council of the
University Interscholastic League
Texas
Texas Nursing Home Week Proclaimed May 8 14
Governor Dolph Briscoe designated May 8 to 14 as Texas Nursing Home Week urging Texans to visit local nursing homes to learn about the care provided. Texas has 96 719 beds across 996 licensed facilities and the total resident population equals the state’s fourteenth largest city.
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Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Governor approves LEAA grant for Comanche County
Governor Dolph Briscoe approved a $18,799 criminal justice grant affecting Comanche County to continue the district attorney prosecution project in the 2nd Judicial District, covering Coryell, Comanche, Hamilton and Bosque counties. The grant was among 87 statewide under the Crime Control Act of 1976.
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Dolph Briscoe
Comanche County
S2nd Judicial District
Coryell
Comanche
Hamilton
Bosque
Briscoe
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Measles Clinic Set for May 17 at De Leon Schools
In cooperation with the State Health Department a red measles immunization clinic will be held Tuesday May 17 at the De Leon Public Schools. Supt James Perkins urges parents to check immunization records and to have earlier red measles shots redone if given before 1968. Students received forms for parental permission for State Health Department personnel to administer the vaccine on May 17.
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De Leon
State Health Department
James Perkins
Perkins
De Leon Hospital Blood Drive This Thursday
De Leon Hospital and Auxiliary sponsor a bloodmobile on Thursday May 12 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the old lobby and classroom. West Texas Blood Services will provide transport. volunteers may assist. Over two hundred units are used annually. Call R. N. Kerry Irvine or Debra Stephens at 893-2011 for details.
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Stor
Debra Stephens
Odette Bell
Regina Fair
Thelma Daniels
Nancy Brown
De Leon Hospital
West Texas Blood Services
volun
teers
R. N. Kerry Irvine
Petit Jurors Called for May 16 in Comanche County District Court
A list of residents summoned as petit jurors for the Comanche County District Court to appear Monday May 16 includes Billy Lee Barnes Julia Nabors Golda Foreman Debra Hughes Buddy Clark Nancy Franks James Godfrey Billy Stanley Dail Steele William Crim Jr H R Helm Barbara Williams S D Cockerham Robert Spruill Perry Montgomery Rosemary Scott Hayes Russell Hayes Wayne Johnson Lonnie McDougal Jake Morrison Diana Hall Cindy Owens Sharron Hurt and others from Comanche Gustine and Sidney locations.
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District Court of
Comanche County
Billy Lee Barnes
Rt. 1
De Leon
Julia Louise Nabors
Golda Gore Foreman
Comanche
Debra Ann T. Hughes
Pearl St
Gustine
Buddy John Clark
Nancy Franks
Commerce St
James Claud Godfrey
P. O
Blanket
Billy Dean Stanley
Dail Eugene Steele
Sidney
William H. Crim, Jr
H. R. Helm
Barbara Lynn Williams
N. Elm
S. D. Cockerham
Robert E. Spruill
Jake Donley Morrison
Diana Elizabeth Hall
Cindy Mae Owens
Sharron Kay H. Hurt
Spring Concert At High School Auditorium Thursday
The annual spring band concert will be held Thursday May 12 at 7 30 p m in the High School Auditorium. Performers include the sixth grade beginners band the junior high band and the Mighty Maroon Band. Admission is 1 00 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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De Leon
Mighty Maroon
REA Loan Approved for Comanche County Co‑op
Congressman Omar Burleson announces a $631,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan to Comanche County Electric Cooperative Association. It will serve 461 new customers, extend 42 miles of distribution line, and fund system improvements across Comanche Callahan Eastland Shackelford Stephens Brown and Mills counties.
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Omar Burleson
Rural Electrification Administration
Comanche County Fifth in State Milk Production
Comanche County with thirty nine producers ranks fifth in Texas for milk output. March production reached 8,400,030 pounds while the state total was 295 million pounds. Year over year gain of one percent. February 1977 was up sixteen percent. Production per cow averaged 930 pounds, up 20 pounds from a year ago and 130 pounds from last month.
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Comanche County
Texas
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Gayle Wilkerson
Corps of Engineers
Lake Proctor
Daryleen Hodges
Curtis Sadberry
State Farm Insurance office
Bearcats
Toby Hare
Toby
Hete
Nursing Home
West Texas State University at
De Leon City Hall
Theresa Scott
Johnnie
Scott
Rising Star
Susan McMillan
Eastland
Higginbotham’s
W. H. Smith Dept
Millsap Sales
Marcene’s
J.R.B
Craig's Jewelry
Merle Norman Studio
Janna’s
Dabney’s
Gary
PETIT JURORS
REA
Burleson
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