Homecoming Queen, 4-H Week, and local reports
National 4-H Week runs Oct 3 9 with the Free Press saluting 4 H youth and adult leaders. The coming home game on Nov 12 closes the regular season and a popular vote will again select the homecoming queen. Reports note bass fishing good at Park Crest Lake Proctor and peanut harvest progress with grades 61-73 and minor mold.
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the
Free Press
C. L. Mahon, Jr
Ex-Students Association
Eula Weaver
Park Crest
Lake Proctor
Bearcats win defensive battle beating Cisco Loboes 6-3
De Leon Bearcats score on their third play, then hold Cisco to a field goal and a 6-3 victory. Andy Quinn breaks for 88 yards for the lone Bearcat touchdown, while Cisco guards pass defense and rumbles through the Loboes' line.
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De Leon Bearcats
Cisco
Bearcats
Laboes
De Leon
Bearcat
Andy Quinn
Joe Bob Huddleston
Steve Hallmark
Quinn
Joey Wilcoxson
Jim Speegle
Rocky Hardin
Loboes
Lobo
Alan Sadberry
Huddleston
Hardin
Rocky
Toby Hare
Toby Morris
Social Security checks moved to Friday deliveries
Social Security checks normally due on the third of the month will be delivered Friday October 1 because the third falls on a Sunday. The policy applies to checks issued by mail or deposited directly, while SSI checks are unaffected. A list of Grand Jurors for Comanche County reporting at 9:00 a.m. Monday is also provided, naming residents from Comanche De Leon and Gustine.
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Don Austin
Social Security
Brownwood
Austin
October 1 Registration Deadline for Voters
For those not yet registered to vote in the presidential election, October 1 is the deadline. Voter Registration Applications should be mailed to Thomas K. Foreman, Comanche County Tax Assessor. If already registered in the primary, bring the blue registration slip when voting in the general election November 2.
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Thomas K. Foreman
Comanche County
De Leon Receives Total Sales Tax Of 8673.41
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced that monthly rebates of city sales taxes speed up distributions. Since April 1975 these rebates have returned 19 percent of allocations 60 days sooner and 41 percent 30 days sooner. Checks totaling 56.6 million went to 855 cities including De Leon 8673.41 Comanche 18999.18 Dublin 7838.74 German 3177.09 Eastland 14812.36 Cross Plains 4509.09.
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Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
Austin
De Leon
Comanche
Dublin
Eastland
Cross Plains
Petit Juror List for Comanche County Courthouse
The list names jurors to appear at 1 00 p m Monday October 4 for the 52nd Judicial District Court in Comanche County. Includes Joseph A Anderson Sherry Mazurek Gary P Williams Alta M Johnston Ernest A Smith Ruby L John son Madalin H Collins Billy J Goforth H H Strube Gilbert B Daniels Margaret K Vineyard Ralph Harris Wallace Reid Robert Eargle Parker Jr LaVerna Warren Lloyd E Schul Randall D Puckett Travis C Everett David P Rainer Kathie R Walker W E Barfield Joel D Kemmitz Gene Hall Tommie P Lee Mrs Santos Herrera James Eldon Wilson Norma G Davis Mrs Gorman R Hawkins Milford Gayle McCullough Mildred M Orwell Mrs Johnny H Gooden Jr Delphine Wadsworth W Lindley Domino S Garcia Larry D Sears and others listed (Cont d to Page 4).
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52nd Judicial District Court
Comanche County
Joseph Austin Anderson
11th St
Comanche
Sherry DeLayne Mazurek
Sidney
Gary P. Williams
Box
Alta M. Johnston
Wheat
De Leon
Ernest A. Smith
Gustine
Ruby Layman Johnson
W. Walcott
Madalin Helena Collins
Burleson
Billy James Goforth
Sunset
H. H. Strube
Dublin
Gilbert Burton Daniels
Williams Dr
Margaret Kaye Vineyard
Ralph Harris
N. Austin
Wallace Reid
Robert Eargle Parker
Douglas Puckett
W. Neely
Travis C. Everett
David Paul Rainer
Kathie Rose Walker
N. Victor
W. E. Barfield
Joel Donald Kemmitz
Gene Hall
Tommie Pauline Lee
Santos Herrera
W. Crane
James Eldon Wilson
Haven Dr
Norma Gail Davis
Gorman R. Hawkins
Milford Gayle McCullough
Mildred Martha Orwell
Johnny H. Gooden, Jr
Delphine Wads
Meet With Tax Officials on School Reassessment
Public cooperation noted as 397 people met with tax officials over four days to adjust property values for school taxes. The governor required market value levies and Southwestern Appraisal revalued properties. the school board then set a fifty percent ratio and will finalize the tax rate to fund 1976-77 operating expenses once totals are known.
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Southwestern
National 4-H Week Observed With Growth and Programs
National 4-H Week runs October 3 through 9 with the theme 4-H Room To Grow. Nationwide enrollment rises 7.8 percent to 5.6 million youths aged 9 to 29, while Texas reports about 120000 participants in county activities and district programs across 14 Extension Service districts.
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United States
Cooperative Extension _Service
John T. Pelham
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
sters
Texas
Pelham
Carolyn Frasier Wins Football Contest
This week's football contest drew many misses as college upsets impacted entries. Carolyn Frasier, a De Leon junior high teacher, won first place with tie breaker points from the De Leon-Cisco game, followed by Jim Farley and Joe Constanche, with eighteen contestants missing four games.
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De Leon Cisco
Cross Plains
Merkel-Eastland
SMU North Texas
A&M-Houston
Tulsa
Arthritis Foundation film and info event in Fort Worth
On Tuesday September 28 the Arthritis Foundation presented a film and information at City Hall. For more information write The Arthritis Foundation 3145 McCart Street Fort Worth Texas 76110.
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City Hall
Arthritis Foundation
McCart Street
Fort Worth
Texas
De Leon Fire Chief Named Fireman of the Week
De Leon Fire Chief James Orwell named Fireman of the Week for his leadership since joining the De Leon Volunteer Fire Department in 1957. The feature covers his career from assistant chief in 1968 to chief in 1973, training, community service, and the department’s culture.
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DE LEON
James Orwell
James
Melvin Calhoun
Otwell
De Leon High School
Otwell & Nabors
J. A
Paul) Otwell
Otwell & Son
Fire Department
Orwell
Bobby Dickey
Charles Nabors
Bearcats
Schulenburg
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GAYLE WILKERSON
Sue Ormsby
Woddy
CISCO LOBOES
Brad Wilcoxen
District Court of
Harry Praeger
Rt. 1
Cynthia Ann Perkins
Box 356
Ory Dean Beaty
W. Armstrong
Betty Jane Escamilla
Fannin
Franklin L. Geye
Rt. 2
Minnie Ela Sartor
Sunset Dr
Comptroller
CAROLYN FRASIER
Stephen Rice
Terrill Sides
Bill Clark
Jan Jones
H. G. Sharp
Mae Morgan
Jeff Weaver
Tammy Nabors
Hadley B. Scott
Sam Weaver
Doris Joiner
Gordon Saldivar
Ricky Snider
Bodie Weaver
Brian Weaver
Jerry Walker
Jackie Ruvenshines
Eddie Auvenshine
Lions Club
John Mack Weaver
Glenda Weaver
Larry Simpson
Jerry Bush
Donnie Nowlin
JAMES OTWELL
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