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mg how to prepares lesson for
their other classmates! Each
student wit assigned an e/e- .
men/ of art or an element of
design and then they had to
research it, find examples, and
prepare a full lesson. The les-
son had to include a teacher’s
lesson plan for the administra-
tor, at least one visual aide, and
two class assignments for their
lesson. Then, all of this infor- By Mar0*rel Wann9
ixs i>iew ax x our
Public
By Max?*#*! waring children’s books. Familiar au-
lesson. Then, all of this infer- We are enjoying the proces- thors include Madeleine
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placed in front of the Housing Authority building. The name of the building has now been c,as*’ . ®sfccia yt aj” ‘° themselves decorating. That’s Christmas shopping at Abilene
changed to the Judge Newton Lindsey Community Center. Directly across Cedar Avenue from ^C°^!Ze 016 “sons by wrapped up by now. Surely with his grandmother. Bryan
the marker is Judge Lindsey’s grave and headstone in Oakwood Cemetery. Pictured are, back Ramirez, sure cveryone who is obliged Woolley mentions a Christmas
from left, John Weaver, Gary Loudermilk, Danny Armstrong, Jim Dudley, Ed Dyson, and Bill Co!by Matms, Cindy Duran, ^ present a Christmas pro- ofhis y°uth and "V mentor Joe
Flannery; front, from left, Robert Cobb, Penny Graves, Theresa L. Nabers, executive director f, rfndy Ja*;ob* . Lessons „ram is we|| DrcDarcd and fin- B- Frantz reminiscences over
. Mary Hart and Winnie Hart. _ f ished up. Correct? holidays from both youthfulland
■ i ■ i« ■ ■ i----- £ \ 0 ^ dents ®ecomc ****** leaders. h__. a fine as- adult years. Elmer Kelton
Smoke Thank you Mr. Newby. of Chrismias storiM writes about Christmas on the
^ We would also like to remind ^hn!*horteI Jigger Y in West Texas. . As
C. P.^ of >he dr«s code for so many of you know, Elmer
S I C\ n I S jackets and COatS during thc to enjoy. Beloved storyteller was rLcared on th* McElroy
1 vJ ! / Cj 1J cold season. Jackets cannot be gutj, sawyer has The Long Ranch at Crane and he shares
□ Kat« Oenmno below the pockets, so we ask Christmas, a collection of memories with us.
By is solronic that duringthe ^‘tudentsbnnpsweatshirt fo!ktales from around the Leon Ha,e’ f" East,an.d
it is so ironic that during the or short jacket that they can world Ms Sawver chose sto- County native but long associ-
holiday season when we want wear into the classrooms if they bes forthelol^ season from ated with Houston, tells stories
time to pass so slowly, so that need to keep warm. The stu- cock-crow on St. Thomas Day in One Man’s Christmas. Long
we can enjoy it with our fam- dcnts haVe done very well at tQ the blessing of candles on time buddies Judy A,ter and
fwti ^iT^ems^at^ r^ust ** Candlemas. “TTie Good Night” Joyce Gibson Roach have de-
taster. It seems .that we just We know that you will continue ;s told hv Finish evnsies “The hcious tidbits in Texas and
settled from Thanksgiving and to support tbe rules that are shepherds” is an old legend Christmas, a collection of tra-
ready ‘ A^he^mSterTomes «‘^rtJJ*juniorhi8h- Wc from Spain, “The Three Kings ditions, memories, & folklore,
ready. As the semester comes thank you all for your coopera- R: de*« ,ue Roman neriod These are just few of the good-
to a close, and we begin to get tion onthis matter. ^dth^reiuS^ ies still waiting to be shared,
ready for anew year the stu- As the students have t-Uj A long time reader called this
irenftavinB?u7tebuUSv,0r ^ Staited prCparing for* ** ^ An unusual selection is The week with a question: “Do
F^-d.V December 9 “* Cven Starting tol>W SemCS' Animals’ Christmas, a collec- y°u have Christmas carols or
On Friday, December 9 tcr exams wc want to wish tion of folklore legends and Christmas songs? The good
severalof the studentstraveled them all the best of luck. This ^l°L°itVsTmixofp^ems answer was: “We surely do.
to Salado>to see the Christmas will be last column until 2006! animal stories and of animals Come in and choose some.”
revvarded^for a'whoksemeT 1 wish yOU 8,1 # wondcrfil1 ho,i* telling the stories to be enjoyed Thelibraiy’s selection offers the
ter^Sin/careofbu^ess day’ “d hoP« ** y°u enJ°y by “children of all ages” as they holiday standards, old favorites
ter of taking care of business the time you spend with your 0ften sav and some of the more unusual
KTmf«n hi^h family Enjoy ^ Modem stories are collected compositions befitting the sea-
8 h gh ce,ebrations “><* *"•"« ev- in A Newbeiy Christmas that 800 A,most ®n the volumes are
Mr art class has ** momcnt' Wc ,ook forward is a selection of children’s sto- for P«ano and voice with a few
Mr. Newby s art class has to sceing you on January 2, ries written bv various winners marked for guitar as well,
been learning how to become 2006 Have a safe and haDDv Dy Tf
teachers. Here is what Mr. ** PPy °f *e distinguished Newbery Mon&Tue9am-6pm
— nonuayi Medal given for excellence in ■
JUDGE NEWTON R. LINDSEY
DkUCHIil OF
HI SHVED AS
DE SCHOOL IN
NFWT3H « LINDSEY WAS BOM NOYEMIEI B IB«' 10 HfNDFBSON AMD MARINA LINDSEY
IN FIANNLIN fOUNTY ALABAMA HE JO NEC THE CONIEDEIAH AIM' AT A AEJT YOUNG
AGE IN 1863 AND SHVED UNTIL 1865 LATE I HE ATTENDED A MALE (OLLtCi IN IUAA
MISSISSIPPI THEN ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AT SOUTHUN JNIVEHSITY OE 6IIMINGHAM
ALABAMA ANO G1ADUATEC IN 187? IN 1374 A! THE AGE 07 V HE CAM! TO COMANCHE
COUNTY TEXAS HE MACE APPLICATION TO PRACTICE LAW IN TEXAS AMC WAS GRANTED
PfAMISSION ON OCTOBER 29, 1874 HE WAS EtECTEO COMANCHE COUNTY ATTORNEY
fEBSUAAY 1876 TAXING OATH OE OFFICE ON APRIL 1 8 1876 HE SERVED ONE COMPLETE
IEAM IN !8'8 AT THE AGE OF 31. Hi MAAilFC VIRGIN A JOSEPHINE HAST DAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM JAMES AND LUCY ELIZABETH (PURDY) HAAT IN THE EARLY I83D S HE SERVED AS
A SCH001 TRUSTEE AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OE THE GRADE SCHOOL IN
1180 HE REPRESENTED COMANCHE AS A 0ELE6ATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN
0AIIAS IN 1882 HE WAS ELECTED STATE IfPRESMTATIVE Of DISTRICT A77 AND SERVED IN
THE 18TH LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS, SERVING FI0M 1883 TO 1894 WHiLE JOHN IREIANO WAS
GOVERNOR IN 1888 HE JOINED THE LAW FIRM OF ISAAC F HUTCHINSON THEN IN THE
1890 S, HE PRACTICED LAW WITH G H G00DS0N FROM 1889 1898 HE SERVED SEVERAL
NON CONSECUTIVE TEEMS AS MAY01 Of COMANCHE, If IAS AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
BUNGING THE RAILROAD TO COMANCHE WHICH ARRIVED OCTOBER I 1890 IN NOVEMBER
1898 HE WAS ELECTED DISTRICT JUDGE Of DISTRICT #42 TAXING HIS OATH IN FASTIAND
I COUNTY DECEMBER 74 1898 (DISTRICT #42 COMPOSED OF CALLAHAN COMANCHE,
EASTLAND, JONES, SHACKLEFORD STEPHENS, C0RTELL ANO HAMIIT0N COUNTIES ) HE HELD
THIS OFFICE UNTIL MIS DEATH JULY 13 1908, HE IS BURIED IN 0AKW0O0 (EM FIERY,
COMANCHE TEXAS. HIS OBITUARY STATES 'Hf WAS A DISTINGUISHED ANO ABLE JUDGE,
AND ONE OF THE IVIGHTES1 IAWYE8S IN THE STATE, Hi WAS GENEROUS CN THE MORAL
SIDE Of EVERY QUESTION, A VERY VALUABLE CITIZEN AH0 THE PEOPIE OF THE WHOLE
DISTRICT MOURN HIS DEATH '
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A COMANCHE COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKER was teachers. Here is what Mr.
dedicated to the memory of one Comanche County’s finest Newby had t0 The 8th
citizens, Judge Newton R. Lindsey. The marker has been placed
at the Comanche Housing Authorjty J^cared on Cedar Avenue.
Judge Lindsey was an outstanding civic leader in Comancne s
early history, instrumental is getting the railroad t6 Comanche,
c^rvprl ac Texan; Stale Renresenfalive, a district iudee. and
as lexas state Kepreseniauve, a aisinci juugc, anu
of the City of Comanche. His headstone reads, “N.R.
Lindsey, Nov. 6, 1847 - July 18, 1908, A friend truly said of
him, many burdens were lightened by his hands and many
hearts made to beat in warm love and gratitude for kind acts of
his.”
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Wilkerson, James C., III. Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 2005, newspaper, December 15, 2005; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148824/m1/8/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.