The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1980 Page: 1 of 4
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CELESTE
1980
NUMBER 3
Crafts Club
Our Town This Week
Names Slate
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Office Open Saturday
Tax Deadline Near
Attends Concert
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Marshall Swafford
is a patient in Cit-
izens General Hospi-
tal, Greenville.
Mrs. June Harris-
on, Mrs. Johnnie
Lacy Stapleton, Mrs.
Comer Barnard and
Mrs. Chrystal Shuler
attended the Dallas
Symphony Concert in
Greenville, Friday
night.
To purchase extra
copies of the Cele-
ste Courier contact
Mrs. Ruby Jo Warren.
CELESTE COURIER
(USPS 557-240)
P.O. Box 38
Celeste TX 75423
Devifettes Win
The Celeste Devil-
ettes defeated the
Campbell girls 44-
41. Celeste led at
the end of the first
quarter 9-2, and at
the half 19-16. The
score at the end of
the third quarter
was 34-32.
Martha Taylor led
the scoring for Ce-
leste with 15 poin-
ts, and Rita Reed
had 12.
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of property owned.
The school tax of-
fice will be open
Saturday, January 19
from 9 a.m. to 12
noon for the conven-
ience of taxpayers.
Regular office days
are Wednesday, Thur-
sday and Friday.
hunt will depart fr-
om the Denny Farm at
12 noon, and Sund-
ay’s hunt will be
held at "Overhill"
near Hickory Creek,
also at noon. Dole
will hunt his hounds
on Saturday and the
Cloudline staff wi-
ll hunt their Cloud-
line hounds on Sund-
ay.
Dole, a longtime
hunter, is recogniz-
ed as an expert in
the training and hu-
nting of foxhounds.
Gladys Eubanks,
tax assessor-collec-
tor, reminds taxpay-
ers that only thirt-
een days remain for
persons to pay Cele-
ste School properity
taxes without penal-
ty. Property taxes
become delingquent
February 1.
Rendering of prop-
erty for the 1980
tax year started Ja-
nuary 1 and continu-
es through April 30
at the tax office.
According to law,
all persons or busi-
nesses owning real
or personal property
as of January 1 sho-
uld file a rendition
eds you now as they
again seek anew
lodging place.
See you next week.
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LUCILLE AND PAT,
in Oklahoma City wr-
ite notes in their
Christmas cards, wi-
th Courier renewals.
THE JOHN VERBLE
you will see in the
column on renewals
is Bill Verble. Us-
ed to be he and Cl-
aud were the only
Verbles in the Dal-
las phone book.
MR. MONROE COMPT-
ON in Veterans Hos-
pital, Lisbon, res-
ts very well but is
quite weak. The fa-
milies are in almo-
st daily contact
with him- - Mike, *
James, Helen, and
Peggy. The Edwards
come from Austin,
Buster from Houst-
on, Theda and Billy
from here and Gree-
nville. Mr. Compton
elected to go to
the hospital where
he knew about the
care and treatment.
He chose soon after
■the holiday visits
here with him to
enter. Mr. Compton,
the domino club ne-
to he Organized
There will be a
meeting Monday, Jan.
,21 to discuss' a wee-
kly exercise cl^ass
for women.
The meeting will
be at 7 p.m. in the
Community Room of
First National Bank.
For additional in-
formation, call 568->
4245. All interested
persons are invited
to attend.
, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS 75423
THESE PRETTY WINT-
ER days are so nice
they seem more like
spring. Heard that
Haskell Biggs and
Lowell Stringer pla-
nted English peas
and were.thinking it
was time for onions.
Surely not that ti-
me, yet. Well, the
forsythia and jasmi-
ne are budding.
Nice weather out
but lots of folks
staying in with some
sort of ailment like
colds, flu or bronc-
hial troubles. Faye
Harrell has been si-
ck, Louie Jeter, al-
so. Carl had to lea-
ve off exercises for
a week, the Sales
now improving. Lucy
Gibson hopes to ret-
urn to work at Lov-
es, after a long
recuperation from
surgery. ARDALE JA-
MES is home and ab-
le to drive herself
about for town cho-
res. Buna Davis is
home. Angielou sta-
yed 3 weeks in Ama-
rillo and had the
flu. THE DICK SAYES
keep shaping up th-
ier new house, con-
crete porches, dri-
veways and yard fi-
ll ins. Mr. Tom Sp-
arks’ house was mo-
ved to Leonard - -
leaves a vacant lo-
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The Mells Fox Hou-
nds, a hunt club fr-
om Lynnville, Tenn.,
will hunt with the
Cloudline Hunt Club
this weekend. Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Do-
le, masters of the
Mells, along with
several members, th-
eir horses and houn-
ds, arrived Thursday
afternoon at the De-
nny Farm, Celeste.
After resting hor-
ses and hounds Frid-
ay, they will hunt
both Saturday and
Sunday. Saturday’s
oking spot where
the home was so co-
zy and hospitable
for so long. Mild-
red Roach is with
the Wests as she
recovers from eye
surgery. Johnnie
Stapleton plans to
stay home. Her work
has been in Greenv-
ille.
S.S.S. wrote good
reading in the New
Year’s Courier sto-
ry. A summary of
the 70’s decade in
general and specif-
ically here in Cel-
este. Had you noti-
ced time now is bl-
ocked off in decad-
es. Time goes so
fast. Ten years is
as one almost. Tha-
nks Sarah.
APPRECIATE THE
Courier renewals.
Am keeping a list
of dates paid and
dates expired. That
should be of help
when called on. Dan
Barnard got caught
up and ahead a year
plus. The Joe Gibs-
ons renew and Bill
and Dales, and sent
in Dale and Susan’s
new address: 2930
Cooks Creek 4-228,
Farmers Branch, Tx.
75234. The Swindel-
ls good for another
year and the Carl
Lacys among a bunch
of others.
ALBERT IS GOING
TRIPPING again we
hear. A trip to the
Holy Land. He renew-
ed his and Pete Bra-
nch’s Courier. Pete
down in Houston, he
says, writes of how
she keeps up with
friends "in the pa-
per". Mr. and Mrs.
Baker, (Miss Nora)
had a good trip wi-
th relatives in the
city for Christmas,
but found a leaky
hot water heater as
a greeting on gett-
ing home. They were
coping until a new
one is installed - -
a good sale one.
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Mr. and Mrs. Calv-
in Stapleton, Mack
Pierson and Mrs. Lem
Warren attended the
"John Wright Day"
reception Sunday at
Ridgecrest Baptist
Church in Greenvil-
le.
The Arts and Craf-
ts Club met for a
luncheon Jan. 8 in
the home of Dora Hu-
nter with Pearlie
Lyday, co-hostess.
Eleven members and
one guest, Alyne Ru-
ff, attended.
Vice-president Ja-
ne McBride presided
over the meeting,
and Martha Stewart
led the group in re-
peating the Lord’s
Prayer. Roll call
was answered with
New Year’s resoluti-
ons.
Officers elected
for the new Club ye-
ar were Jane McBri-
de, president; Eula
Blakemore, vice pr-
esident; Pearlie Ly-
day, secretary and
treasurer; Dora Hun-
ter, assistant; Net-
tie Griffis, Report-
er; Martha Stewart
Parliamentarian; and
Magdeline Swafford,
historian. Lorene
Gresham will serve
as Sunshine Lady and
Lenna Barr will be
her assistant.
Alyne Ruff was ac-
cepted as a new mem-
ber.
Members showing
crafts were Pansy
Biggs, Mrs. Blakemo-
re, Mrs. Griffis,
Mrs. Barr, and Mrs.
Ruff. Mrs. Stewart
and Mrs. McBride di-
splayed crochet bed-
spreads .
The next meeting
will be March 4.
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ng of all the disas-
ter and the consequ-
ences. It does work
out with patience
and lots of hard wo-
rk. Ours did. Leona-
rd will.
BELLE AND FRANKIE
Puckett from Annona
were in town one day
last week visiting
with Bill (Barnard)
at the plant, with
Bob, at the bank wh-
ile attending to so-
me business, and la-
ter in the Love sto-
re. Their neighbor
friend brought them.
They would visit wi-
th Mildred in the
Leonard Rest Home
enroute back home.
Frankie mentioned
having seen their
names listed in the
Courier as having
had birthdays. They
are enjoying the Co-
urier courtesy of
the Barnards here.
Mention was made th-
at Mildred must have
turned in their na-
mes on a birthday
calendar long time
ago. That is the way
it was.
The Thursday Club
took the job of get-
ting up a birthday
calendar as a fund
raising project. Tu-
rned out well.
Then Mrs. Carl La-
mm for the Kingston
4-H has continued
the project - - the
year beginning with
the school year - -
more and more names
are added then the
calendars are sold.
Mrs. Lamm does a gr-
eat service. Those
calendars and birth-
day listings bring
on nostalgic memori-
es •
Thursday Club
has Program
Mrs. Pearl Sumrow
presented a program
entitled "You and
the Law" when the
Thursday Club met
Jan. 10 in the home
of Mrs. Lois Lewis.
Mrs. Gladys Lint-
on, president, con-
ducted the meeting,
and Mrs. Johnnie La-
cy Stapleton presen-
ted the devotional,
"Just Shine". Twelve
members answered ro-
ll call with topical
responses.
The next meeting
will be January 24
in the home of Mrs.
Tommie Jo Shields.
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Prior to becoming
master of the Mells,
he was master of a
Maryland hunt. The
Doles will be guests
in the Denny home,
and other members
of the Mells will
be guests of Cloudl-
ine members.
Spectators are in-
vited to watch both
hunts. "Mells hunts
fox in Tennessee and
the local hunters
hope to show them a
real coyote race,"
said Denny.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,
Tennessee Hunt Club Joins
Area Hunters for Weekend
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FIREFIGHTERS vainly battled the blaze that destroyed the 56-year-old Leonard High School, Friday night.
The fire was believed to have started on the second floor of the 3-story building. School Principal John
London called the -fire "the worst thing in 20 years". The last major fire of similar size in Leonard came
18 years ago when a movie theatre burned in downtown Leonard, Loss estimates may exceed $2 million.
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PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN
are in sympathy with
our neighbor, Leona-
rd, in the loss of
their high school
building by fire la-
st Friday evening.
Any fire is disas-
terous but an old
schoold building th-
at has housed so ma-
ny people, and touc-
hed so many lives in
so many ways is full
of human interest.
The Celeste high
school that burned
in Dec. 1955 was not
quite as old as the
Leonard school (the
Celeste building was
built in 1914) but
its loss and the co-
nsequences will nev-
er be forgotten. Lu-
ckily, the records,
except one dr possi-
bly two years, (they
had been pulled out
for reference and
were overlooked),
were saved like as
in Leonard. That is
a great help.
Every occupant of
the building had ve-
ry special losses.
We, of the pep squad
had worked, making
money and assembling
uniforms, flags and
drums. It was along
hot summer school
session in 1966 in
classrooms in the
gym to get all repl-
aced. Classes were
held there until
Feb. 1967. We who
were there can still
feel the luxury of
teaching in a warm,
noiseless classroom
(compared to the gym
setup). One doesn’t
appreciate good thi-
ngs until they are
lost.
So we really symp-
athize with teachers
and pupils who will
have improvised cla-
ssrooms now for many
months in Leonard.
RAYMOND AND ARVIE
LEWIS VERBLE, who
came from their home
in Ada, Oklahoma for
an over night, were
saddened at the loss
of their Leonard hi-
gh school graduation
building. Raymond’s
was the first class,
1923 he remembers,
to graduate in the
new high school. It
was still incomplete
but was completed
for Arvie’s graduat-
ion in 1924, she re-
members. They were
both Lane school pu-
pils but elected to
go to high school in
Leonard instead of
Celeste.
I can certainly
understand the scho-
ck of the ball teams
when they returned
and found nothing
but charred ruins.
That night in 1955
we slept through the
noise and disaster
of our fire. A feel-
ing that can’t be
described was mine
as I looked toward
school, as was my
habit, on going out
to get the morning
paper. In the dim,
dawn a smouldering
pile of ruins was
beyond comprehension
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The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1980, newspaper, January 18, 1980; Celeste, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1224772/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Leonard Public Library.