The De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1953 Page: 1 of 14
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Elzo Brinson, County School
Superintendent, has completed
all required work for master’s
degree at Texas Christian Uni-
versity. The Baccalaureate and
Commencement exercises will be
held at TCU Sunday, Aug. 30.
Brinson, one of the outstand-
ing graduate students according
to the dean of that institution,
enrolled at the University in the
summer of 1951, and has driven
approximately 30,000 miles at-
tending night classes in order to
secure his Master of Education
degree.
DE LEON FREE PRESS. DE LEON. TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 1953
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.fane Easley Crowned Queen of 1953\ ~
P and M Festival in Colorful Ceremony
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Coach Floyd Sorley
Thanks Those Who
Helped with Baseball
I wish to thank each person
who has had a part in the Sum-
mer Baseball Program. It has
been a pleasure to serve as presi-
dent, when you have carried on
the program together so nicely
for our youth.
It has been a success. We have
all had fun, and I know that we
have carried on a program that
influenced our children toward
good sportsmanship, real charac-
ter, and higher goals of living.
Cooperation put it over.
Thank you for letting me car-
ry my part of the load. I enjoyed
it. —Floyd H. Sorley.
PARADE
anH Xw7:;^of‘ wauhed
the opening parade ai De £s$tt 8 -----
August 13.
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Rev. Otwell to Preach
At Methodist Church
Sunday, August 30
Rev. Edward Otwell of Min-
eral Wells will be in charge of
the morning and evening serv-
ices ~ at the First Methodist
Church Sunday. Rev. Otwell is
now pastor of Holden Chapel, lo-
cated six miles from Mineral
Wells.
Rev. Otwell is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufe Otwell and needs no
introductory to the people of De
Leon.
The young people will have
charge of the choir Sunday ev-
ening.
The public is invited to these
services.
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uicide Verdict
liven in Death of
roctor Woman
I Mrs. Sallie Ann Rambo, 67,
wife of a retired Proctor barber,
Ivas found dead in her bedroom
In her Proctor home early Sun-
Ray morning, Aug. 23. Her
throat had been slashed, appar-
ently with a straight edge razor
which was lying near her body.
I Discovery of the body was
made by Arthur Rambo, husband
bf the deceased woman, who had
Blept in an adjoining bedroom
In the home.
I Sheriff Wayne M.
mho investigated the tragedy,
btated that Mrs. Rambo had left
■ note, dated midnight, Saturday,
pug. 22 in which she stated that
■he had just taken poison. An
bmptv poison container was also
found near the body, he said.
I A Dublin physician who exam-
ined the body stated that death
bas caused by the slashed
Piroat, officers said.
I Justice of the Peace O. A. Bra-
liel of Comanche, who conducted
bn inquest, has rendered a ver-
Bict of suicide.
I Mrs. Rambo had been in poor
health and had undergone ex-
tensive medical treatment in re-
gent months, friends told investi-
gating officers.
[ Mrs. Rambo had been a resi-
dent of Proctor for many years,
phe is survived by her husband,
Arthur Rambo, and one son.
I Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Baptist
Church in Proctor. Burial was in
she Proctor cemetery.
-S SCENE AT PAM FESTIVAL—Pictured above
of the high school bands participating in
Festival
tEBEKAHS TO HAVE
INNUAL PICNIC MONDAY
The Rebekah Lodge will have
lheir annual picnic on the lawn
it the home of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
ichel GHlock Monday evening,
Vtf. 31 at C:3C o’clock.
All members are invited to at-
*nd and bring a basket lunch.
Funeral Services for
W. R. Lambert Held
Wednesday P. M.
W. R. Lambert passed away at
his home in Brownwood Mon-
day, Aug. 24. Services Were hslr
at the Higginbotham FuildVal
Chapel Wednesday afterncon ar
3 o’clock. Rev. T. J. Sparkman
was in charge of the services.
Mr. Lambert was a brother of
J. C. Lambert of De Leon. He
and his family at one time re
sided in De Leon
‘ Higginbotham Funeral Direc-
tors were in charge of arrange-
ments.
A complete obituary will be
carried in next week’s issue d
the Free Press.
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REA Annual Meat
At Lake Eanes ,l
Friday, Aug. 28
The annual membership meet
ing of the Comanche Coutr;) J
REA is scheduled for Friday J
Aug. 28, at Lake Eanes near Co i
manche, and officials are antici- 1
pating a record arowd.
A feature of this year’s meet,
ing will be a return engagement J
of the big Electric Fair which I
found great favor among visitors j
to last year’s annual meeting.
A number of valuable electri
cal appliances will be given a J
way by the Co-on and by var ,■
ious merchants in the seven •’
county area served by the Co-op. ■
The business session will begin '
at 10:00 a.m. and will include re-
ports of officers and the man-
ager and the election of direc
tors for the ensuing year. waa
Manager W. J. Parks says that
there will be entertainment fo” -
young and old alike, including
cowboy music, an amateur talent
contest, trained animal acts, jug-
gling, movies, ferris wheel rides
and free swimming (to Co-op
members and their families) in
Comanche’s new swimming pool
Everything Is free and every-
one’s invited. Manager 7—
says.
Community Club
Meets Tonight
This Thursday night is the
time for the regular meeting of
the De Leon Community Club. It
is thought that most members
will be present for this meeting
which begins .the year’s work
with the new president, R. V.
Bond.
Mr. Bond will announce his
new committees and suggest ac-
tivities for the year. The meet-
ing will be at Black’s Cafe where
a Bar-B-Q dinner will be prepar-
ed. This Thursday night, Aug. 27
at 7:30. Cards are being mailed
out to all members of record.
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NUMBER 8
Pre-Rodeo Party
For Press Given
By Dublin Group
More than 100 Central Texas
civic leaders and newspaper men
were guests of Dublin Rodeo Erv-
terpises, Inc. and Everett Col-
born at a chuck wagon style bar-
beque at Colborn’s Lightning C
Ranch near Dublin Monday
night, Aug. 24, as a prelude to
♦he staging of Dublin’s Annual
Pre-Madison Square Garden
World’s Championship Rodeo
scheduled for September 2, 3, 4
and 5.
Boyce House of Waco, noted
I Texas author and raconteur, was
master of ceremonies.
Attending from De Leon were
Ralph Tucker and Jim Fanning
of the Free Press and Eldon Ter-
rill. local Pontiac dealer.
The 1953 performance will be
the 14th anniversary of this fa-
mous rodeo event. Everett Col-
born, producer, lives at Dublin
end has his headquarters there.
Colbora, Gene Autry and Asso-
ciates own large rodeo ranches
in Arizona, Idaho and the Lightn-
ing C near Dublin. It is only be-
cause this large rodeo corpora-
tion maintains its central head-
quarters at Dublin that a show
of this kind is possible in this
area.
Each year cowboys, cowgirls,
sponsor girls, special performers
and rodeo stock and equipment
are assembled at Dublin to board
a special train for New York and
Boston rodeos. Before they leave,
the biggest rodeo of all is staged
in Dublin.
In addition to many other top
performers, Harry Tompkins, All
Around Championship Cowboy
for 1952, will again be on hand
for the 1953 events. Tompkins
lives in Dublin.
Professional cowboys from ov-
er the nation say of the Dublin
Rodeo, “It is the toughest rodeo
of them all.”
Bearcat Schedule for 1953
Sept. 4—Gorman there
Sept. 11—Comanche there
Sept. 18—Open
Sept. 25—Eastland here*
Oct. 2—Bangs here*
Oct. 9—Rising Star there*
Oct 16—Santa Anna there*
Oct. 23—Dublin here*
Oct. 30—Cross Plains here*
Nov. 6—Open
Nov. 13—Ranger there*
Nov. 20—Wylie there*
’Denotes Conference games.
■ James Miears, son of Mr- and
■rs C. B. Miears of De Leon
■s accepted employment as a
pence teacher in the De Leon
Egh School for the 1953-54
fchool year.
I Miears is a graduate of the
iexas A&M College with a dpub-
■ major of science and voca-
lonal agriculture. He has two
bars of experience with the past
lear serving at Hempstead, Tex.
[His wife is the former Miss
Inn Lindley of De Leon.
I Mr and Mrs. Miears are well
mown in De Leon and we are
Bad to have them back living in
be Leon.
School Activities Begin Next Week;
School Officially Opens Sept. 7th
-----------Classes begin Sept. 7 for the
De Leon public schools this year,
however, numerous activities of
the school will begin with the
week of Aug. 31. f
Pre-Registration of First
Grade Students
All first grade students of the
De Leon public school are re-
quested to be at the De Leon
Elementary School Building at
9:00 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31 for
pre registration. It is the purpose
of this day te familiarize the stu-
dents and parents with the build-
ings, necessary supplies, and
general routine procedure of
school for the beginning child.
Parents are requested to ac-
company their children this day.
First grade students that were
not enumerated, on the school
census in March in De Leon
School District are requested to
bring birth certificates of their
first grade child. All registration
will be completed by noon, Aug.
31.
High School Registration
Students attending the De
Leon High School last school
year have already been register-
ed and assigned to classes. It
will not be necessary for such
students to pre-register. This also
includes the students in last
year’s 8th grade in the De Leon
School.
All high school students who
did not attend the De Leon
School last year are requested
to come to the high school build-
ing on Tuesday or Thursday
morning, Sept. 1 cr Sept. 3 tc
register for ihis school year.
Band Practice
All band students are request-
ed to be present for a band prac-
tice on Monday morning, Aug.
31 at 8 o’clock at the band hall.
Please bring your horns as this
morning will be spent in prac-
ticing music for the Gorman
football game At tikis meeting
other practice dates for the band
for the week beginning Aug. ?’
will be designated.
Pep-Rally
The general public as well as
the student body are asked .to
be present at the De Leon High
School campus for a pep-rally on
Thursday nicfht, Sept. 3 begin-
ning at 7:15 in preparation for
the Gorman football game on
Friday night All Bearcat fans
are urged to be present for this
pep-rally. Let’s make it one of
the best ever held.
School Lunch Room
The lunch rooms will operate
on the same basis as previous
years. The charge this year will
be 20c a meal for children in
grades 1-5 inclusive, and 25c a
meal for students in grades 1-12
meal for students in grades 6-12
sonnel employed at the end of
the past year will serve again
this year. Mrs. Norton, Miss Ma-
lone, and Mrs. Lawless will pre-
pare the food for the High
School lunch room, and Mrs.
Winkles, Mrs. McGuire, and
Mrs. Clark will operate the Ele-
, mentary Lunch Room. , #
Bus Routes 1 ’
Bus routes will follow the
routing used during the pas*
school year with the possibility
of a few minor changes. This in-
formation will be available in the
paper next week.
Jane, of the House of Easley, cor'ed by Wayne Pittman.
— j iko Ladies in waiting and their es-
corts were Shirley of the House
of Bassett and Doyle O’Neal;
Gayle of the House of Donegan
and Eddie Polnac; Peggy of the
House of Park and Buddie Box.
The bugle was sounded and the
Queen and her cortege made
their approach. The crown bear-
er was Wesley Beales. Flower
girls were Melinda Neel, Anna
Burnett, Kay Carter, Jean Shel-
by, Armanda and Susan Gilder.
Train bearers were Mike Gard-
ner, Sam Weaver Jr., Dusty Mil-
______ _______ ler, David Strasner, Kerry Camp-
in' the* breezed added much bell and Sharon Branum.
After Queen Jane was seated
Eldon Terrill placed her crown
upon her head. Mr. Setzler then
presented the traditional gift to
the Queen.
Favorite entertainers from
within the whole realm were
summoned to present a program
for the queen’s pleasure. -The
first entertainers were Lennetta
Sloan, Trudy Pace, Carmaleta
Branum, Rebecca Guinn, Scott
Carter, Gary Burlison, Johnny
Neel, Johnny Terrill, who sang
and danced for her majesty.
The next group to entertain
her Majesty was a group of cow-
boys and cowgirls in Western re-
galia. They presented the “Ho-
key Pokey.” They were Janis
Helm, Danny Burlison, Nancy
Weaver, Ronnie Simmons; Sher-
rie Shelby, Jimmy Mohon, Mich-
aelyn Barker, Mike Scales and
Stevie Terrill. «
Jo Ann Clark rendered a vo-
cal solo in her own charming
manner. Ann Locke attired in a
beautiful costume danced for the
Queen.
A group of lovely young la-
dies, Pat Terrill, Andrea Baber,
Selah Sloan, Peggy Otwell, Joyce
Bassett and Linda Terry, sang
and danced to the always popu-
lar “Tea for Two.”
Miss Gayle Evans, one of the
few people left who can still do
the “Charleston,” was presented
at this time. The entertainment
in the Court of Gayety was not
complete without a numbar
from the “Rhymettes,” Misses
Jean Huddleston, Glenda Cowan,
Nina Beth Holdridge and Shir-
lene Crittenden, who sang two
lovely numbers for her Majesty.
The concluding number, appro-
priate for the time and place,
“Watermelon Weather,” was ren-
dered.
The efficient M. C. for #iis
lovely occasion was none other
than Joe Moore. Also Melvin
Cowan, as Jester did his part
well.
Bill Little is
New Assistant
Football Coach
Bill Little, new De Leon High
School assistant football coach,
has rgported for duty and he and
Mrs. Little are now residing in
an apartment at the Harry Ruck-
er home on, Ham Street.
Coach Little is a January, 1953
graduate of Howard Payne Col-
lege, and played center on the
Howard Payne Yellowjacket
football team.
De Leon is happy to welcome
Coach Little and his wife to our
town.
ejects Consolidation <
Voters of the Cornyn schddl dis-
trict have turned down a pro-
posed consolidation with Dublin.
In the election held Saturday,
Aug. 22, 84 votes were cast
against consolidation and 57 for
consolidation.
In August of 1952, consolida-
tion of the Cornyn district with
De Leon was rejected by the
district’s voters on a count of 87
votes against consolidation and
63 for consolidation.
During the 1952 53 school year
Cornyn has maintained its,school
and taught classes througftydM^
eighth grade. Pupils in the dis-
trict in grades advanced beyond
the eighth have attended school
in De Leon. Four teachers were
employed in the Comyn school
last year and have been re-elect-
ed by the school board for the
1953-54 school year.
Rejection of the proposed con-
solidation by the Comyn school
district results in leaving the
district under the jurisdiction of
the Comanche County School
Board, leaving the existing Co-
myn school district intact and
eligible to operate its own school
governed by its local __________________
' iwora.. ”
Personal Mention
Mrs. Mary Hudspeth of Searcy,
Ark. was a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. “Babe” McGinnis and
James over the weekend. Mrs.
Hudspeth is an aunt of Mrs. Mc-
Ginnis.
Hugh O’Brien of Comanche,
was in De Leon on business Sat-
urday and paid the Free Press
a visit.
Inquest Verdict in Schnare Death
Indicates No Criminal Responsibility
An exhaustive investigation of
the unusual circumstances of the
death of Charles “Pete” Schnare.
prominent De Leon resident for
more than 25 years whose body
was found in a stock tank near
here Monday, Aug. 17, has failed
to bring to light any substantial
evidence indicating that he may
have met with foul play.
Justice of the Peace O. H.
Mbore of De Leon, who conduct-
ed an inquest into the death, has
rendered a verdict finding that
Mr. Schnare died as a result of
a blow or blows on the head
administered by party or parties
unknown. The verdict does not
definitely rule out the possibility
of murder, nor the possibility
that the wounds sustained by
Mr. Schnare may have betn self
inflicted, but states that the in-
formation obtained during the
course of the investigation and
inquest has not been sufficient
to fix any criminal responsibility
for the death.
Texas Rangers Clarence Nor-
dyke of Brownwood and George
Roach of Stephenville, M. P. Fox,
Erath County Deputy Sheriff, De
Leon police officer T. R. Patton
and Constable Charlie Rich of
De Leon, and Comanche County
Sheriff Wayne M. Swindle con-
ducted the investigation.
Itineral services for Mr.
Schnare were held from the fam-
ily residence in De Leon Wed-
nesday, August 19. Burial w»« in
the De Leon Cemetery.
Barcats Take
to Gorman in
bason Opener
Bhe De Leon High School
rents will take on Gorman
■the opening game of the 1953
It ba 11 season on Friday night,
l>t. 4. at Gorman, and many
I Leon fans are making plans
■ follow the Bearcats to Gor-
in to watch their performance
■ the season opener.
Korman is boasting an expor-
ted senior team and reports
iicate that they will be heav-
f this year, with only one or
|r> men in the starting lineup
Sighing less man 17U pounds,
■'he De Leon squad will be
jstered by 13 returning Tetter-
in, five of whom are seniors.
Bearcat Head Coach Floyd Sor-
F announced this week that the
kt practice session for his
Lad will be held on Tuesday,
jpt. 1, and that workouts will
1 held twice daily in prepara-
in for the opening encounter
[th Gorman.
Coach Sorley has requested
Lt all De Leon High School
btball boys report on Tuesday,
[pt 1, at 5:30 a.m., at which
Lie uniforms will be issued and
[morning practice session will
I held.
[A complete schedule of Bear-
kt football games for the 1953
Lson is carried elsewhere
ns issue.
' SINGING AT ROCK BLUFF
There will be singing at Rock
Bluff Sunday, Aug. 30’at 2 p.m
Public invited. —Tommy Gray.
I Quarterbackers and
I Bearcats to Meet
I A meeting has been called for
I all Quarterback Club members,
" football players and fans to
meet at the football field Friday
nieht, Aug 28 at 8 o’clock.
The purpose of this meeting is
to meet the new coaches, get ac-
quainted. talk athletics and get
the feel of football.
A
i crowned Queen of the Peach
J Melon Festival of 1953 in a
Colorful ceremony Thursday ev-
ening, Aug. 13 at 8 o’clock at the
football stadium.
Long before the ceremony
started people began gathering
for the event and by the time it
under way every available
seat was taken.
Pnrkv The setting for the coronation
ra “ oeuldn’t have been better. The
lighting was perfect and the dec-
orations of blue and gold added
a regal air to the occasion. Bal-
Ipdhs of all colors, gently blcw-
injg i- — ——
to the beauty of the scene.
The coronation was under the
direction of members of the Epsi-
lon Sigma Alpha Sorority and
they are to be commended upon
their untiring efforts in present-
ing such an entertaining pro-
The program began by intro-
ducing the Royal Page boys, Lar-
ry Nabors and Jackie Locke who
sounded the bugle call at the ap-
pointed time.
Arvil Setzler, chairman and
Eldon Terrill as co-chairman of
the Peach and Melon Festival,
were introduced and presided ov-
er the forming of the Court.
His Majesty, Dayle. of the
House of .Nowlin, of the Realm
of De J^eon, took his place on
the ‘tage to await the crowning
of Queen Jane.
Visiting duchesses, dukes and
royalty from other realms were
.announced. Jean of the House of
Allison of Dublin, escorted by
Clyde King; Barbara of the
House of Dickey. Gorman, escort-
ed by La Doyt Maupin; Carolyn
jjrie of the House of Scott, Van
Dyke, escorted by Dannie Me
Dougal; Diane of the House of
Donegan, of Robinson Springs,
escorted by L. V. Stewart Jr.;
Shirley of the House of Priester
‘Sf Columbus, Ga., escorted by
Donald Mitchell;
;(• Anne of the House of Foreman,
Dounanche, escorted by Robert
\WUliams; Audean of the House
of Whitehurst, Duster, escorted
by Kenneth Heathington; Gleda
of the House of Hall, Sidney, es-
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