De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1985 Page: 2 of 10
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ADMITTED
July 1 - Benton Echols, Joe Ripley
JulyS-Lydial. Wilson
July 3 - Tammy Foreman, Russell
Howell
July 4 • Barbara Diane Tucker,
Willie Fuller, Oliver Lonnie
Grumbles
July 5 - Yolanda Salinas, Inf.
Female Salinas
DISMISSED
July 1 - Joe Ripley
July 2 • Christine Lewis, Lovie
Sides, Benton Echols, Ines Hutton,
Rubye Pullig
July 3 - Clara Ware, Santos J.
Moreno, Ruby P. Evans
July 4-Vera Easley
July 5 - Tammy Foreman
July 6 - Emogene Terry
July 7 • 0. T. Morris, Georgia
Morrow, Inf. Female Salinas,
Yolanda Salinas, Diane Tucker
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P&M Festival
the Festival.
Never Too Late! Maybe!
When the month of July comes to
De Leon, small meetings began to be
held all over town. These are
planning sessions to plan floats for
the annual Peach and Melon
Festival parade. The civic clubs,
business houses, and individuals all
consider the theme “Southern
Hospitality” and plan their floats to
display this theme. Most of the
organizations have bought their own
float vehicles which means they
have access to them weeks before
the festival and it takes this long as
all of the work is done at night. Most
any night of the week, both husbands
and wives can be seen working on
floats in peanut warehouses.
All floats are Judged before the
parade; therefore, their trophies
and ribbons can be displayed in the
parade. They are Judged by a panel
of Judges from out of town on a point
system and winners are not
determined until the points are
totaled. The festival committee is
well aware of the many hours of
planning and labor that is required
to have a winning float. Many
visitors that enjoy the parade may
not realize that the materials for a
float range from 920M6Q0.
In looking over the records, in the
dvic floats division for 1964, the
winners were: 1st place - E.S.A.
Sorority, 2nd place - De Leon Study
dub, and third was Women's
Division, Chamber of Commerce. *'
In the commercial floats, which are
sponsored by the businesses, the
winners were: 1st - Smith's Fruit
Farm, 2nd - De Leon Area Fanners,
and 3rd - RCG Leasing Co. In the
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division entitled “Decorated
Floats”, which is open to anyone, the
winners were: 1st place -
Higginbotham Bros., 2nd • Junior
High School Cheerleaders, and 3rd •
American Legion.
Prize money for parade floats will
be: dvic Floats • 1st 9100, 2nd 960,
3rd 930; Commercial Floats - 1st
9100, 2nd 960, 3rd 930; Decorated
Floats - 1st 9100,2nd 950,3rd 930; Out
of Town Floats • 1st 960,2nd 936,3rd
915.
Let’s all be working to make the
parade for the 71st festival the best
ever.
More Bleachers
The festival committee has
purchased additional seating for this
year’s festival. Three new units
have been assembled and are ready
for this year's vMttri* W1« as
local supporters of our festival. No
charge is ever made for seating in
the areas around the stage and
around the tractor pull arena. This is
another improvement your festival
committee is making for your
convenience.
Little Miss De Leon Contest
The festival committee will
sponsor the contest for Little Mias
De Leon. This contest is for five-
year-old girls who will be enrolled in
kindergarten in the De Leon Schools
this fall. To enter, call the name into
the festival office as soon as
possible. The reigning little Miss De
Leon is Chayla Barnes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Barnes.
The numbers to call are 86&6800 or
663-2122. The festival office is open
five days a week from 6:004:00.
Arts A Crafts Booths
The Peach and Melon Festival is
now selling spaces for outside arts
and crafts. The spaces art large
enough to accommodate a mobile
home. Electricity is furnished and
all merchandise to be sold must be
new items. A number of booths have
already been sold.
Sealer CMzeas'Meae
Friday, July 12 - Ham, potato au
gratin, green beans, baked apples,
refrigerator cheesecake, rolls, milk,
batter
Monday, July 16 - Meat sauce,
spaghetti, tossed salad, green
beans, cheese sticks, Jello w/
topping, milk, toasted garlic bread
w/butter
Wednesday, July 17 - Fish, French
tries, batter beans, pineapple carrot
raisin slaw, peach halves w/topping,
refrigerator cookies, milk,
corabreed, butter_
The largest Jigsaw puzzle in the
world measured 15 feet by 10 feet
and contained over 10,600 pieces.
Da Laon Hospital Memorial Fund
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STENHOLM
a cash flow squeeae have pushed
agricultural loan delinquencies and
bankruptcies to near record levels
For Instance, the Federal Reserve
surveyed its members and found
16J percent reported a farm or
ranch bankruptcy during the first
two quarters of 1164. This is almost
double the normal rata.
Also, heading into the ’90s, fewer
farm land sales were being
recorded, and fewer farmers and
ranchers were doing the buying.
Real estate developers began to step
into the picture.
As it seems, everything in the
country - whether it be agriculture,
defense, or entitlements - is either
helped or hurt by the budget deficit.
As it stands today, the national debt
is 91-6 trillion and has already
increased 9160 trillion since the first
of the year.
The House passed a budget for 966
billion deficit reduction. The Senate
passed a similar budget, but there
were two major points of impasse.
The first was in the area of defense
and the second in the area of
entitlements, i.e. social security,
military retirement, civil service
retirement.
The Senate said that 9302 billion
must be spent on defense while the
House said 9292 trillion was
sufficient. The House believes that
defense can be froaen at ’05 levels in
1966. The House believes that 910
trillion less spent on defense will not
affect that kind of defense that is
needed to preserve freedom in this
country.
As for entitlements, 42 percent of
the budget is in this area. The House
is saying tha^ under no
circumstances should the coat of
living be frozen. Stenholm does not
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DINOSAURS
“When you mention dinosaurs,
most people have the concept of
something very large; however,
they weren’t all that big and some
were the size of chickens,” said Dr.
Murry. The type that is prevalent at
the Lake Prortor site walked on two
legs and went down to four legs to
browse. Tendons working on the
pelvic system allowed the creature
to pull himself upright from a four-
footed stance. Also uncovered was a
skeleton of a creature with strongly
recurved claws which have been
identified as probably coming from
a dromaeosaur, a small carnivorous
(meat-eating) dinosaur.
“Usually with an excavation such
as this which includes several small
species you will uncover some very
large species and some fish and
turtles,” said Dr. Murry. “Thus far,
we have not found any of these.”
This project is part of a long range
project for Murry and Jacobs and
their crew. The alliance between
Tarleton and SMU has produced
several good project sites. The team
woklng on the Lake Proctor project
expects to spend most of this field
season in the area, but they do not
expect to excavate all the bones
buried there. “It wouldn’t make
aenee to dig up more than we can
work with,” explained Jacobs. “We
want to get enough of a sampling of
what is here to benefit our studies.”
Will Downs, a fossil prepara tor
from SMU and the University of
Northern Arizona, pointed out that
in the 10 days of work on the site, the
crew has accumulated over seven
years of preparation work in the
laboratory.
Specimens that are dug out of the
mud at Lake Proctor are cast in
large blocks of plaster and sent back
to the Shuler Museum where the
plaster will be removed and the
bones meticulously picked from the
chunks of mud using osteopathic
instruments.
Because the bones were excavated
on land owned by the Corps of
Engineers, the findings will be
property of the federal government
but they will be curated through the
Shuler Museum of Paleontology.
Dr. Jacobs sees the project as
monumental because of Its
contributions toward creating a
more complete view of how the earth
and animals have changed. “This
finding fills in a major gap in the
record and gives us a more complete
picture of the workings of these
animals in their environment.”
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agree with this position for two
reasons. The cost of living should be
froaen to build up social security
trust funds Also, by the time young
people reach the age 06, the working
men and women will rebel at paying
, the kind of taxes that will have to be
paid in order to maintain programs
that society demands. Reserves
must be bulk up.
“If we don’t break this
impasse ..it means bad news for
agriculture; it means bad news for
small businesses; it means the trade
deficit will continue to grow; it
means Jobs are going to be exported
out of this country at alarmingly
increasing rates,” Stenholm said.
Stenholm also touched on the beef
Industry issue. When the price of
beef goes up in the U.S. a little more
beef is allowed to be imported.
When the price goes down a little
less importation is allowed.
“In most cases today, with
imported agriculture products,
we’re dealing with a superior
product, not an inferior product,”
Stenholm said. “I no longer can say
in my agriculture crowds, we the
American farmer are the most
efficient producers of food and fiber
anywhere in the world. It is not
longer true. Others are doing a
better Job."
Stenholm also touched on the issue
of taxes by saying there is a less
than 5040 chance that there will be
an agreement between House and
Senate on tax reform. Concerning
the El Salvador issue, Stenholm did
not know what was going to be done,
but he did know that he did not want
to send young men down there to
fighter.
Another issue diacusaed was the B-
1B bomber, which recently landed in
Abilene. According to Stenholm, the
B-1B costs 9200 billion per copy. As
for school prayer, Stenholm
supports an honest, sincere opening
word of prayer which has no intent
to influence anyone’s religious
belief.
Stenholm spoke for approximately
45-60 minutes on areas ranging from
agriculture to school prayer. Of
course, the main focus was toward
agriculture - peanuts, dairy, beef -
which is a big industry around the
De Leon area. All areas diseussed
by Stenholm were important, but I
feel that the talk should have been
locally directed.
Agriculture is big all around and
everyone knows that times have
been better and less stressful. Take
for example, the situation present in
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the late’60s and early’70s. Farmers
and ranchers could work with their
assets to gain more assets. Today
farmers and ranchers work with
their assets in order to Just hang on
to the ones they have.
Economically, times have changed.
This change must be met by a policy
change, also.
So what is going to happen to
agriculture in the future? Stenholm
said he doesn’t see the light for the
next two years. He can say that with
more ease than a farmer who is
looking at going broke in two years if
things don’t get better.
What’s the solution? How long
until there is a practical solution? I
hope not long, because it is possible
for the solution to become outdated
the longer it is drawn out. Prompt
action is necessary and vital.
Hoy Exchange Available
“With the large amount of hay
that I see around the county, I often
wonder what we’ll do with all of it,”
says County Aent Galen D.
Chandler. “I know many will stock-
up, because we do not want to run
out of our hay supply like many did
last year. Some people are wanting
to sell hay and some are looking to
buy if the price is right.”
To help moving some of this
excess hay, the County Extension
Service is offering the Comanche
County Hay Exchange. Producers
who want to sell some hay should
call the office at 915-356-2424 and
give the following information:
Name, address and telephone
number; Type of hay (coastal,
sudan, wheat, etc.); Number of
bales or tonnage; Type of bale
(conventional square, round, etc.);
% crude protein (needs to be
tested); Price; and Trucking (is it
available).
For those who wish to purchase
hay, the county Extension office will
provide information as to the seller’s
name and phone number.
This will only be a service to help
market the excess hay. For further
information, call the Extension
Office.
flil.De Leon Lions Club]
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|Thursday, July 11, At Noon)
j At Eaton’s Cafe |
UNUSUAL RADISH..........This
radish, which is red on the top part
and white on the bottom portion, was
grown in the garden of Woodie and
Frances Powell.
Public Notice
The City of De Leon is advertising
for bids on a street paving project
funded with Community Development
Block Grant funds. The city wishes to
encourage local contractors to
participate in this work, and asks
interested contractors to contact the
city office, 105 South Texas Street, for
detailed information.
Projects funded with Community
Development Grants require bid,
performance, and payment bonds.
SCOTOE CAMPBELL, MAYOR
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