22 Nov 1979
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Newspaper
De Leon Free Press
Location
De Leon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1979
Page
1
Gayle Wilkerson presents a Town Talk Thanksgiving reflection urging gratitude for family faith and simple rural life. John Coffer profiles amateur photographer traveler, praising a low key life. A note of congratulations to the Junior Varsity Bearcats for district championship ends the excerpt.
A compact history of Thanksgiving from its 1621 Plymouth feast to its current fourth Thursday in November. It covers the Mayflower voyage, Massasoit alliance, early harvests, Lincoln and Roosevelt proclamations, and the shift to the modern observance emphasizing both thanks and giving.
The Harris Rating System rates San Saba as 10-A champion and Junction as 9-A even with their opponent. Friday night game set in Fredericks burg. Other 10-A picks include Seagraves by 9 over McCamey, Haskell 12 over Rotan, China Spring 13 over Whitney, Pilot Point Holliday even. Breckenridge by 11 over Decatur in AA, Brownwood AAA by 17 over Austin Westlake.
The Early Longhorns battered De Leon 42-6 to close the 1979 season as De Leon ends 3-6-1 overall and 2-4-1 in district play. Bearcats RBs Ledbetter and Lewis logged yardage while Early forced three De Leon fumbles and three interceptions by Dennington and Ledbetter.
The De Leon Police Department answered 235 calls in October, investigated six accidents, provided three funeral escorts, four vehicle inspections, four emergency messages, issued 47 traffic warnings and 25 traffic citations, and made six arrests. Patrol units logged 5,466 miles during the month.
A Social Security representative will visit De Leon on Thursday November 29 at 10:00 a.m. at the Housing Authority to assist with retirement survivors disability health benefits and supplemental security income. If unavailable by date residents may contact Brownwood SSA by phone or arrange a group talk through Priscilla Tercero or Jim Jordan.
Layla Whitehead of Route 1 won the $100 final football contest by entering all winners correctly and matching the tie breaker of 48 points. She works in De Leon Hospital’s office. Several participants missed games or tied on some counts, including W A Cochran Friona and Danny Snider Gorman.
John Coffer travels from Lancaster County 4000 miles by horse drawn wagon camera in the late 1800s style. He visits ranches and museums while living as a 19th century photographer. He processes inside his wagon and keeps a diary and journals. He was once hit by a car in St Louis and continues south toward Uvalde and the Rio Grande before heading west.
On November 25 the First Christian Church will host guest speaker Russ Watts at the morning service. An evening program at 5 o clock will feature Brother James Upshaw in song and a Crawford family program of religious songs from Ranger. On November 28 missionary Ron Augsburger will speak. he works with pioneer Bible translators in New Guinea. Everyone is welcome.
State Comptroller Bullock reports city sales tax rebates through November 1979 total $390.4 million, 11 percent higher than 1978. Ninety three Texas cities share $25.8 million for November, with De Leon at $2,072.47 and other towns listed including Ballinger, Breckenridge, Cisco, Granbury, and San Saba among many.
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