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EX 4 Monitor • Do Leon, TX 7*444
Thursday, May It. 2000
Where they used to make whiskey
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nickel out for a fine in my life. I was
tomers complained of the whiskey
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PUBLIC AUCTION
Complete Liquidation
!
Saturday: May 20th, 10:00 a.m.
Location:
G & G Welding & Machine Shop
810 Hwy 205, Stephenville, TX
After 35 years in business,
G & G Welding will be selling inventory
welders - lathes - mills - trucks - tractors
forklifts - air compressors
and many other items.
For a brochure call 254-968-7957
L & L Auction License TXS6712
Jethro Holmes also
worked in “No Man's
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your handiwork we'd like to hear front
you.
Please call I.a Joyce Johnson at
254-89.3-2634 for further information
We need your help
EX Zmi Monitor welcomes
letters to the paper, they must be
signed and have an address and tele-
phone number so we can verify the
authenticity EX Monitor
reserves the right to edit all material
submitted for publication
Any erroneous reflections upon
the character, standing, or reputation
of any person, flrm or corporation
which may appear in the columns of
D. Monitor will gladly be
corrected ipon being brought to the
attention of the publisher
SUBSOUrnONRATC:
BymaR.anywhere-$18.50fori year
Charles ( hupp
Publisher
Russell Huffman
Editor
Tracey Salyer-Faulkaer
Director of Advertising Sales
Georgia Ann Fields
Business Manager
I arrant and Dallas county resi-
dents who suffered damages from the
March 28 tornadoes will gel some
extra lax help from the Internal Ret -
enue Service this month.
On Saturday. May 20. the IKS of-
fice al 1515 Commerce will open be-
tween 9 a.in.-3p.m. to help tornado
victims prepare the necessary las
forms io receive casualty loss ben-
efits. Residents and business own
ers will also gel answers ■<> their las
questions and they will be able to
check on their accounts In cases
Thank you
Thank you so much for the dona-
tion of the gift certificate of a sub-
scription to be used as a door prize
for Relay for Life.
Community support is much ap-
preciated and will benefit a cause
worthwhile to many
las and Fort Worth.”
The whiskey came out about 200
proof, real strong. They'd cut it down
ing graduation. In honor of this spe-
cial event in their lives, the De Leon
Ministerial Alliance will host a Bac-
calaureate Service on Sunday
evening. May 21. 2000 al 6:00 p.m.
at the De Leon Elementary Cafete-
ria. We are grateful to be allowed
this meeting place to accommodate
the graduates, and their families and
friends.
The purpose of a Baccalaureate
Service is to allow the churches of
our community to honor the students
in their academic achievement. It
offers the churches of our commu-
nity the opportunity to send the
graduates into the next phase of their
life with God's blessing and guid-
ance.
it is our hope that our commu-
nity will come and show their sup-
port for this great milestone in the
lives of these students.
The De Leon
Ministerial Alliance
“I’m 84 years old and I
was born and raised in
San Augustine county
and we raised cattle and
lation was 1.850. In that same
courtroom Russell Huffman testi-
fied the Monitor's circulation was
1.800.
Ihose figures don't mean much
to the general public, but as an ad-
vertiser you may get hacked off at
finding one paper charges a dollar
more per column inch of space -
for only 50 extra readers
If this sounds like a newspaper
war that's because it is ...the win-
ners are the newspapers' readers
It's also kind of fun and believe it
or not I consider Jerry Morgan and
I to be friends: however, that
doesn't mean we don't try to out
do one another
If it sounds like we're having a
good time at the Monitor — you're
right We don't owe any money, we
have a quality (award winning)
newspaper, and we have some of
the best and most questioning
readers in the world who keep us
on the go
Is the Monitor going out of
business? NO' •
Is it for sale? NO' But then
everything's got a price
I nough said
“De Monitor
103 North Texas - P.O. Box 50
IX Leon, lexas 76444-0050
(254)893-NEWS
FAX (254)893-5578
EMAIL:
editorfodeleonsmonitor.com
Owned by ( hupp Publishing, trie
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL MENU
Fri. May 19
Breakfast: Glazed Biscuits. Ham
Slices. Orange Juice. Milk
Lunch: Hamburger. Lettuce.
Tomato, Pickles. French Fries,
Banana, Milk, Mayo. Mustard,
Ketchup
Men. May 22
Breakfast: Cereal, Buttered Toast,
Fruit. Milk
Loach: Chicken Nuggets, Cream
Gravy, Buttered Corn, Whipped
Potatoes. Bread. Pudding. Milk
Tues. May 23
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs. Ham
Slices, Biscuit. Juice. Milk
Lunch: Chicken Fry on Bun,
Lettuce, Tomato. Chips, Pineapple.
Milk. Mayo, Ketchup
Wed. May 24
Breakfast: Cheese Toast, Ham
Slices, Juice. Milk
Laaeh: Hamburger. Ixttuce.
Pickle, Chips, Fruit. Milk Mayo.
Mustard. Ketchup
Thors. May 25
Breakfast: Cereal, Buttered Toast.
Juice. Milk
Lauck: No Laaeb Served
Have a Great SaaMeer!!!
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206 South Texas - De Leon, Texas 76444
254-893-2031 Member FDIC
De Monitor P.O Box 50.
De Leon. Texas 76444 (IISPS Publi-
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If YMBFDU:
I If you prefer quantity beer to
quality beer.
Hertiage Manor
extends invite to
2000 Health Fair
Heritage Manor of Gorman invites
you to our 2000 Health Fair on May
23 from IOa.m.-2p.m. located and 600
W Roosevelt. Gorman, Texas.
Free lunch, free cash drawing, free
door prizes, including: an electric
scooter, free bowling passes, dinners
and more, but most of all free health
screens including Pulse odimeter.
glucose, blood pressure, fat analysis
and many more. Please come and join
us.
arc interested
in attending the Saturday event arc
encouraged to schedule an appoint-
ment by calling 817-978-3370. Ap- Caraway. June Carruth. Bethel Clark,
pointments are not necessary; how-
ever, walk-ins will receive service on
a first-come, first-serve basis
Opal Clay ton, Merlene Day. Lynnda
Gentry. Helen Grimshaw, Doris
Hammit, Evelyn Hare, Ruth Johnson.
Nell Rose Mohon. Billye Rice, Melba
Shelby. Ruth Shugart, Billie Smith,
Lurline Strasner. Betty Terrill, Alzira
DHS Baccalaureate Weaver and one guest. Polly Cara-
way.
I oilowing the luncheon, a brief
business meeting was held. Doris
I lammit. the outgoing president con-
ducted the installation of officers for
the next two-year term. The follow-
ing officers were installed: President;
Helen Grimshaw. Vice-President;
Betty Terrill, Treasurer; Donnie
Brownlee. Recording Secretary; Ruth
Shugart. Corresponding Secretary;
Dorothy Barnes. Historian: Billye
Rice. Press Reporter; Doris Hammit.
Federation Counselor; Elsie Barnes.
Critic; June Carruth. Parliamentarian;
Melba Shelby.
a.m. to 11 a.m. in the De Leon Cem- f "
etery Come at your convenience and and'opening the meeting with prayer
The Bible Study topic was “Break-
ing the Rhythm of Anger” with the
focus being on the type of anger that
spend an hour or two helping to
record all the names from the tomb-
stones in a small section of the cem-
etery. Your help is needed and appre- can become habitual', life consuming,
fermenting until it overcomes the soul
and destroys. Jesus warns us against
this type of behavior in Matthew 5:21 -
26.
Based on the book "Making Love
Last Forever" by Gary Smalley,
Glenda Satterwhite defined anger as
a secondary emotion resulting from
frustration, hurt, and /or fear. Anger
was seen as usually beginning with
a person's expectations not being
fulfilled and ending with bitterness.
An outline was presented to the
group stressing ways to turn a bitter
person into a better person. Steps
presented were: I) Define the of-
fense-what has been lost or denied,
2) A l.ow yourself to grieve-be slow
to react, 3) Try to understand your
offender, 4) R'-'-ase your <iende-
and focus on the future, 5) Look for
"pearls" or something good result-
ing from the offence, 6) Put your feel-
ings in writing and then destroy thus
releasing your anger, and 7) Reach
out to your offender and offer for-
giveness. ■
Helen Short then read Phi II ippians
4:6-7 with prayer focus on Bedouins.
The Calendar of Prayer for 18 mis-
sionaries was read and concerns
were expressed for the ill in our
church and community. Mary Frances
Morgan closed the meeting with
prayer. Attending were: Kelsey
I .ocke, Lurline Strasner, Helen Short,
Bobbie Phillips, Lyimda Gentry, Doris
Hammit, Evelyn Hare, Mary Frances
Morgan, Nell Smith, Leona Coen,
Glenda Satterwhite, Margie Hale, Jua-
nita Mellon, Marie Nowlin, and Bar-
oara Nowim.
Tornado victims get help from IRS
Nationally, more than 63.<MM) people
have received help. Results from a
recent customer survey reveal that
92 percent ot respondents arc very
satisfied with Problem Solving Dav
and encourage the IRS to continue
the program
Problem Solving Day is the cor-
nerstone of the agency's emphasis
on taxpayer service "Il shows how
we're doing things differently at the
IRS these days " said Ladd Ulis.
North lexas District director. "It gives
many taxpayers a good opportunity
to quickly iron out their problems
face-to-face." he said
Problem Solving Day has helped
people set up Installment Agree-
ments. resolve issues involving tax
returns, and negotiate offers to settle
huge tax d^-bts Additional customer
survey results show that 41 percent
ol the taxpayers reported iheir issues
were complfityly revived during
^Problem 4Wvit^ Dayf*’
"t Texans who an
We congratulate the De Leon
sisted. visited and in so many ways High Class of2000. on their upcom-
inade her last lew day s more mean-
ingful.
Our thanks and gratitude to each
and everyone of you
May God bless you all
Inez's family
Library mulling
over hours
of operation
The Library Committee for the
De Leon City County Libnay is con-
sidering some revision of opening
hours and would like to have input
from the public. If you have a defi- ir
nite need for hours that are differ-
ent from the present schedule; that
is. Monday thru Friday, 9 to 5,
would you please contact the li-
brarians at 893-2417. The librarians
will take your requests and your V
reasons for needing different
hours, and the Library Committee
will consider those needs in deter-
mining future schedules.
r DE LEON >
SENIOR CITIZENS
MENU
Fri., May 18
Chicken Pie W/Biscuit Topping
Carrots
Turnip Greens
Cheese Stick
Sliced Peaches
Vanilla Cookie
Milk, Bread, Butter
Mon., May 22
Fried Fish
French Fries
DeLuxe Slaw
Pinto Beans
Mixed Fruit
Applesauce Cake
Bread, Milk, Butter
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Roast Beef/Br Gravy
Potatoes
Broccoli
Pineapple Chunks
Cheese Stick
Bread, Milk, Butter
event. If you are interested in help-
ing in this project in any manner, or
just have an opportunity to exhibit OUsiy filed tax retiirns
I he event tor storm victims will
be held in conjunction with the IRS
National Problem Solving Day I he
agency's Fort Worth office is one ol
34 locations nationwide that will be
open on May 20. Any one who has
unresolved federal tax problems twft
attend the pycnf and find an IR,S rm- nanyNorth Texans
ployee who will listen to them and
San Augustine county used to to a barrel. Good whiskey.
Why there used to be a
ten gallon keg of whiskey
and fifty pounds of sugar to the bar- of sugar. In about four days, it’s being a little greasy,
rel. You get five gallons of whiskey ready to be run off. Your still should
Brought to ya» by
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Serving De Leon and Surrounding Communities
For Over 90 Years
r SECONDARY
SCHOOL MENU
Fri. May 19
Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza. Fruit,
Milk
Laaeb: Submarine Sandwich.
Lettuce. Tomatoes, Pickles. Onion.
Fries. Mustard. Mayo, Ketchup.
Fruit. Milk
Maa. May 22
Breakfast: Cereal, Buttered Toast,
Juice, Milk »
Laaeb: Chicken Nuggets w/Gravy.
English Peas, Com, Combread.
Fruit, Ketchup. Milk
Tues. May 23
Breakfast: Sausage Biscuit. Jelly.
Fruit. Milk
Laaeb: Steakfingers W/Gravy,
Green Beans, Creamed Potatoes,
Pudding. Roll, Milk
Wed. May 24
Breakfast: Hot Cake, Sausage.
Butter. Syrup. Fruit, Milk
Laaeb: Chicken Patty on Bun.
Fries. Eettucc. Tomatoes. Pickles.
Onion. Mayo. Mustard. Ketchup.
Cookie, Milk
Tbare.May2S
Breakfast: Sliced Ham. Buttered
Toast, Fruit, Milk
' Laaeb: Sandwich, Lettuce,
Tomatoes. Pickles, Onion. Chips.
Mustard. Mayo. Ketchup. Fruit.
Milk *
• Have a Great Saaaoerl!
Shakespeare
Club holds final
meeting of 99-
00 club year
I he Shakespeare Club met on
Wednesday. May 10. 2000 at the
PA R Country Club for their final
meeting of the 1999-2000 club year..
I he hostesses were Elsie Barnes.
Bethel Clark. Helen Grimshaw. Doris
Hammit and Alzira Weaver. The lun-
cheon included a green salad, grilled
chicken, baked potato, black-eyed
peas, crescent roll, chocolate cake
and tea. water, or coffee.
^ .Membra pre^nt included Helen
Adcock. Dorothy Barnes, Elsie
Barnes. Donnie Brownlee. Mildred
WfcgctnwiH?
Charles.
I read your article last week m the
Dublin Catren about Poke and Lambs
Quarter. I have eaten it all my life and
I'm 89 years old and they haven't
killed me yet.
The way I cook it. I boil the Poke
until the stems are tender, take it out
of the water, put it in a skillet with
bacon drippings, salt and a little wa-
ler. cook until almost dry My favor-
ite meal is fried salt pork. poke, on-
ions and boiled eggs and of course
combread. How is that for a country
meal?
I cook the Lambs Quarter the same
way I do the Poke except not as long
for it is a lender plant it cooks quicker
Sometime I season the two together
and its good that way Some people
won't eat Poke because they say it is
poison but my Mother said the
grease killed the poison. Have you
ever heard that?
In my early life we knew it as Poke
Salad, then later it was Poke Salat so
I don’t know what it is but its just
Poke to me.
Sometime when you have some
cooked Poke left over put jt in a skil-
let. a couple of eggs and scramble
I'm Faye Spencer and I knew you
and Margaret years ago there in Dub-
lin. My daughter. Glenna Faye and
Margaret were good friends and I
loved her too. in fact Margaret vis-
ited me when I lived on Hurt St there
in Dublin and I won't ever forget her
I live here in Arlington with Vicki
my granddaughter (Glenna Faye's
daughter) but we go back to Dublin
often
I almost forgot to say that I grew
Poke and Lambs Quarter in by back
yard there in Dublin, wish I knew
where I could find it up here
Faye Spencer
Quilt Show in June
1 he Women's Division of Cham-
ber of Commerce is considering a gi-
gantic hand made Quilt Show for
June 29-30. 2000 We would like to
see the exhibit become an annual af-
fair'
A committee w ill be formed to take
charge-to publicize and promote this „ heri. |ax records are missing be-
cause of storm damage, they will be
able to gel up to three years of pre* i-
The Monitor isn’t for sale,
Newspaper War in town
By Russell Huffuiaa and
staff
Dr Lcoa’s MoaRor
In the past few weeks several
people have approached me and
asked. "Is De Leon's Monitor go-
ing out of business?"
Ibe question was shocking, but
apparently these people had heard
a rumor circulating around town
that the Monitor was on its last
legs.
Nothing could be farther from
the truth — however wouldn't all
of us like to make more money
Perhaps these questions arose
when people heard that the Moni-
tor was for sale - it's not. but we
w ill admit that several people have
approached us and inquired about
purchasing the paper
In the past year. />«■ /<•<»„'v
Monitor has increased it’s sub-
scription listing by 29 percent
That's an incredible growth and we
feel that its due to the fact that the
newspaper attempts to cover IX1
Leon and inform its residents
In the 220th District Court Fri-
day. Jerry Morgan, publisher ol'
the />e I.eon Free Press testified
under oath that his paper's ciriu-
walked. I'd put one on this side of own f
the branch, one on the other side and cotton, com, peas and goobers.”
Jethro was one of the most reli-
able moonshiners in all of East Texas.
“It came by birth. I’ll say. My great fifty dollars for a five gallon keg. I
lina in the early days of settlin’Texas i
tried only once and I came clear. They and he was 42 years old and he’d and I delivered whiskey to Tyler,
never been married and he brought Longview, Kilgore, Gladewater, Dal-
twelve settlers to Texas in ox wag-
ons. He died at 104 years old. Claimed
whiskey killed him.”
Jethro says the best whiskey is with water.
Wild hogs were always around a
nobody came down there. I didn't
need no gun.
“I got caught five times. They got _ .___ . _
my still five times But I never paid a grandfather came from North Caro- drank almost a quart a day for sixteen
years. I had six men working for me
Thank you
Sincere thanks to IX. I .ong and the
breakfast and bring the family and medical stall of IX* Leon Hospital. QprvtCP SchpHl llpcl
show them what we had toeal in days family and friends of Inez Roberson V VC 5V C U UU
past. You may hear a war story that and to everyone in IX- Leon who as-
y ou haven't heard before and remem- J * —
ber those that made the supreme sac-
rifice and also the one that have de-
parted this world since Please help
pass the word.
• * Memorial Day activities
E veryone is invited to attend our
Memorial Day activi.ies at the Chap- „ffer su|ut;ons.
ter Home in Van Dy ke on Mas 29. Since the program began in 1997.
20(8) beginning at 7:30 a m with an problem Solving Day has served as
S.O.S. breakfast an opportunity to work out compli-
got to where they’d just come out
here and pick me up. Take me to jail,
t hat's how come me to quit. But I
didn’t quit. I'm knowed everywhere.
I guess. I can’t walk in three beer
joints in Houston w ithout somebody made from rye.
knowing’ me" “You take the very best rye, forty still site and ate the com residue when
I he basic ingredient in Clarence's pounds of rye to a fifty gallon barrel, it was poured outof the still. One time
moonshine was com He would take and cover the rye with four inches of a hog, hungry for com, climbed into
an ear of corn and slice it into pieces water. Let it stay there all night. Next the barrel and drowned. But they
called chops. morning fill the barrel almost full of went ahead and cooked it off. Cus-
“ll lakes fifty pounds of chops warm water and put in fifty pounds
have a place called No Man’s Laid.”
Clarence Fountain knows about it.
“They made whiskey there. That’s settin’ in every man's liv-
all they done. Made Whiskey. Made ing room or kitchen. We
it for a living. First time I made it I used copper cookers then,
made it on a syrup bucket with an air I mean good uns.’’
gun pipe. Half pint at a time. And I
sold it from here to Lubbock, lexas
one hundred or two hundred gallons Land.”
al a time. Ten dollars a gallon. I made
more money than all the farmers to-
gether here. I farmed, too. But I made
whiskey at night. Had to. And I had
two of the best bulldogs that ever hogs, horses and mules. We had our be made out of stainless steel or cop-
farm and raised tobacco and per. We had two barrels goin* all time
practically. Cooked 'em over a hickory
fire. We generally made about eigh-
teen gallons a week. They paid me
s.O.S breaktasi ■____ ________•_ _______;____ •;
I lag Raising at 11 a.m. and a Me- taIeJtax matters with the IRS for more
monal service immediately after- lhan t 77| North 1cxas iaxpavCTS
wards, guest speaker will be none
other than our own DAV Member and
retired Lt Col. John M. Weaver.
This is your chance to enjoy a
De Leon Cemetery
Community Service
J project June 1-3
There will be a community service The Women on Mission of the
project on June 1^2, and 3. from 6 First Baptist Church met on Tuesday,
----‘ I.. '2— — Z—• May 9 with Doris Hammit presiding
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