The De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 70
DE LEON, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1960
NUMBER 28
Last Rites Held
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served
Total ......
. 39.27
Basketball
Schedule
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0. H. Moore
Rites Held
December 29th.
Mrs. Howard
Buried Jan. 3
County Agent
Named Man
Of The Year
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7*. I«.l Aoeria
Pm will meM h i
COMANCHE COUNTY
QUARTET SINGING
The Comanche County Quar-
tet Singers meet at Cornyn Bap-
tist Church Friday night, Jan.
8, at 7:30. Ray Spraddling
Quartet of Caddo and the Pen-
dleton Trio of Stephenville are
expected. Public invited. Floyd
Fisher, president.
fel 4 >4
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Mr. Bill Allen
Announces For
District Judge
Area Has Near Night
Record Rainfall
H. W. (Bill) Allen, former
District Attorney of this District
for over eleven years before his
voluntary retirement in 1949,
announced this week that he is
a candidate for District Judge
to succeed Judge R. B. Gross, faithfully in the 43rd Session
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.were conducted by E. P. Cum-
mings, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church in De Leon. Music
was rendered by a quartet com-
peted of Al Strasner. Homer
Hafford, W. A. Morgan and C.
L. Mohon. Jr., with Mrs. C. L.
Mohon Sr at the organ.
Interment was in the Down-
ing cemetery with Sharp-Nabors
Funeral Home in charge.
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Whit Sides, who lives 3 miles
southeast of De Leon, recorded
39.27 inches of rainfall for the
year 1959. Mr. Sides, who has
the only official type rain gauge
in the De Leon area, stated the'
’59 rainfall was the heaviest he*
had recorded in almost twenty
years of record-keeping.
Sides also stated that it was
quite probable that other parts
of the De Leon area received
more precipitation than his sec-
tion.
By'Sr Ji ths, 1959 precipitation
is as Miows:
January i.........~1.' .00
February ’. .......... . .78
March.................10
April ................. 1.92
May ................. 2.25
June ........ ....... 7.21
July ................. 3.82
August ............... 1.28
September ...... 2.11
October ........ 7.50
November ............. 8.89
December ..... ..... 3.W1
I Since coming to De Leon our
fling has been to see Mr.
I Qu Perry a number of jimes,
| ud for each time Elza would ac-
|«pt pay for examining and doc-
■ toring our time-piece, there has
■ been at least three and possibly
I four times that he would accept
I do pay at all. Now our purpose
I ia bringing this to your attention
h twofold: first—in this day
I ud age when you are almost
I charged for the time of day, a
badness policy such as Eliza’*
I i, by its sheer contrast, worthy
I of note; secondly—by inserting
| lit free plug, we I
least partially repay Elza for his
I gratis looks at our timepiece.
manner and that is the way I
would preside over your Court.
I will have no other business ex-
cept being your Full time Judge
and as I live in the middle of the
District, only a short drive from
each Courthouse. I pledge each
County full time, prompt serv-
ice, as County lines make no dif-
",. i age and
so nearby.
“My old friends mean a lot
to me and I am looking forward
to seeing each one of you, as
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BEAUTICIANS ORGANIZE
Tuesday night of this week,
the local beauticians met to dis-
cuss prices, etc. They agreed to
have a standard price for each
service rendered, a list of which
is printed in their ad, see else-
where in this issue. A poster of
these prices will also be printed
and placed in each shop so there
can be no confusion For either
customers or operator.
SINGING NOTICE
. Singing . Sunday afternoon,
January 10th at the Primitive
Baptist Church. The public is
cordially invited to attend
NOTICE, ALL WOODMEN
There will be a regular meet-
ing of Lodge No. 510, Wood-
men of the World, at the City
Hall, Monday night. January 11
at 7 o’clock. All members are
urged to be present. — O. P.
Fisher, Council Commander.
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of Ft. Worth; also by two hall
tutcnz WIW. tvioicna i cm
*7 than the janitor and i
’ M4*rintendent is worth
honor and attention
coach. I feel the
tre won’t ever b
; warring caap.
called to a -i-
*.-----iB si^,
ment this week, ing Mr. and
pedals for Thun- Mrs. u*u -
lav, but should be Stricklin. .
TL J F ’Jaw tno
Or
who is retiring. Bill Allen is well
known to the Citizenship be-
cause of his years of public ser-
vice and his trial of many cases
fw the State in the past. He is
51 years of age, married and
is the father of three children,
a member of the Baptist Church,
and makes his home in Hamilton
where he M>s born. He has been
practicing law for 28 yean, in-
cluding the eleven years and 4
months he served as District At-
torney for Comanche County
and the 52nd Judicial District.
He went to the University of
Texas, on a scholarship he re-
ceived from High School, for
five years and received his LLP
Degree. Bill staled in connection
with his candidacy:
“It is by their deeds and not
Afeir wor& that you know mtn.
The people of Comanche, Cory-
ell, Hamilton and Bosque Coun-
ties and I are known to each
other and I am willing to abide
by what they know of me. I
know that they are the best
people for whom to work in all
of Texas. I have spent all' of my
professional life practicing law
in all of the Courts on the many
questions which come up, and I
offer this experience and my
education as among my qualifi-
cations for Judge. It has been
my aim to be fair and impartial
and I pledge myself to be fair
and impartial as a Judge, and
to uphold those things which
have made our country great.
“The public, the lawyers and
people having business with the
Courts are entitled to have their
business promptly and efficiently
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“MA** SHUGART WHEEL
CHAIR FUND CONTINUES
Funds are still being accepted
for the .purchase of an electric
wheel chair for Mrs. L. A.
“Ma” Shugart who was injured
in an automobile accident sev-
eral years ago.
Donations to date total $259.
A chair of this type costs i,
proximately $500.00. Thosp
wishing to contribute to this
fund maydeoedt fta ttbe bank.
NOTICE, WIDOWS, ORPHANS
Mr. John King, County Serv-
ice Officer, this week calls at-
tention to those widows and or-
phans of World War II veterans,
that a new law is in effect for
f FiHome
vaccination at $1.25 per dog.
' * ’ mt* »’• n > at a « • -Am 9 a
gram ’ theme for January
ap- {‘Health”. The program con
decided to rrapMsMEBf
Mbh ***• ' * yrounUv va<c>nated
a^oT’M^andldre been vLt-
Funeral services were held in
the First Baptist Church at 2 P.
M. Sunday, January 3, I960 for
Effie Terrill Howard, who pass-
ed away in the Stephenville Hos-
pital on January I after an ill-
ness of some three weeks.
Mrs. Howard was born May
14, 1882 in the state of Ken-
tucky, the daughter of Bryant
Terrill. She was 77 years and
7 months of age at the time of
her passing.
She came to this area when
only 16 years of age and had .
been here for 61 years. Her hus-
band, the late J. W. (Will)
Howard operated a grocery story
in De Leon for many years. H~
preceded her in death in 1948.
Services were conducted by
E. P. Cummings, pastor of the
De Leon First Baptist Church
Mrs. Howard was a faithful
member of this church and had
been a teacher in the Sunday
school for more than 42 paars;
Music was rendered by a quar-
tet composed of Dean Gardner,
Homer Hafford, C. L. Mohon,
Jr., and Lowell Pittman, with
Mrs. C. L. Mohon. Sr., accomp-
anying.
Pall bearers were John Bos-
well, Dale Howard, Elzo Brin-
son, Archie Lee, Ralph Terrill,
Eldon Terrill, Dale Howard,
Carrol Howard and B. Howard.
Those serving as Honorary pall
bearers were R. R. Harvey,
George Rollins, W. E. Butler,
Ehnon Kerby, Willie Carruth.
W H. Smith, Cager Mohon and
Bob Whaley.
Those surviving her passing
are one son, Emmett Howard of
Ft. Stockton, Texas; his wife
and two sons, John W. and Em-
mett Howard Jr.; by one bro-
ther, L E. Terrill of Hodginville,
Ky., and a great number of oth-
er relatives.
Interment was in the De Leon
Cemetery with Sharp - Nabors
Funeral Home in charge of ar-
rangements.
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Congratulations are in order
to Comanche County Agent An-
gus Dickson, Jr., who was re-
cently picked as one of Texas’
five outstanding young men of
1959 by the Texas Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Dickson’s selection as one of
the state’s outstanding young
men can be partially attributed
to his work as a county agent
and to the high placement the
past several years of rural com-
munities and 4-H Club workers
in state contests.
January 22 .
‘ H January 26 ..
January 29 .
I February 2 .
*hl February 5 ..
February 9 ..
(Girls and Boys)
January 7 .... Pottsville, here
January 12......7 “ /
January 15 ..........T _________
January 19 .. Comanche, here my Uving
For Mr. Shupp
Funeral services were held in
the First Baptist Church at 2:30
P.M. January I, I960 for Law-
erence Alden Shupp, who pass-
ed away in the Baylor Hospital
in Dallas on the evening of De-
cember 29, 1959. ' ■ v. > *
Mr. Shupp was born Decem-
ber 18, 1914 in Dublin, Texas
and was 45 years of age at the
time of his passing. He had liv-
ed in and around De Leon for
the majority of his life.
For many years.he has had a
cabinet shop in De Leon and
was always highly praised as be-
ing an excellent cabinet maker
He also served as custodian of
the First Baptist Church until his
health forced him to resign the
position.
Mr. Shupp attended schools
in Downing and De Leon, and
also had college work at Howard
Payne College in Brownwood,
rfde was a member of the First
Baptist Church in De Leon, and
was teacher of a mens Sunday
school class.
He was married to Ruth
Burns in 1940. To this union
was born one son, Billy Dean
Shupp of De Leon. In addition
to his wife and son. he is sur-
™ « cwtv. u, . vivwJ ky * step-son, J. W. Legg,
ine”, published by a Cali- U S. Navy starionai in
grtnd son, Keith Garland Legg,
who resides in California with
his mother, while his father is
serving in the Navy.
Also surviving are two bro-
thers, Walter Shupp of De Leon
and Elmo Shupp of Downing;
five sisters, Mrs. Susie Graham
Mrs. Velma Wilson, Mrs. Ina
Robertson and Mrs. Louise Coan
all of Waco and Mrs. Arbelle
Lewis of Midland, Texas. He is
/ numerous
neices, nephews and other rela-
gv - - r---- tives. He .was preceeded in death
iboose organ will bejery short by his mother and father and by
one brother.
Active pall bearers were C.
B. Miears, T. T. Carnes, Robert
Kay, A. A. Pressley, Garlon Bell
and W. T. Carruth. The entire
membership of the Sunday
school class he taught served as
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the First Methodist Church
in De Leon at 2:30 P.M. De-
cember 29, 1959 for Otho Harris
Moore who passed away in the
Brownwood Memorial Hospital
on the evening of December 27,
1959 after a short illness.
Mr. Moore was born in Ce-
leste, Texas on December 9,
1883 and was 76 years of age at
the time of his pasing.
Mr. Moore spent the majority
of his life in the De Leon area,
having moved here when only 4
years of age. He received his
public school education in the
Victor Community and later con
tinued his education by attend-
ing Hankins Normal College at
Gorman, Texas, zTarleton Col-
lege and the University of Tex-
as.
In 1943 he was elected State
Representative from the Coman-
che, Hamilton, Mills and Brown
County District. After serving so
Sr iCrntt 3im $n>as
Hats Off To Yesterday — Coats Off To Tomorrow
heats And
hllars. • •
I By STRICKLIN
I fe’re f‘’rever in^ek,e^ to
I ,, 0. H. Moore for hi. time
IJ effort >n showing us the De
■ t|)e community and its
l^ple an<f ,n comlng ,lirou«11
I Ska story or stories when we
on him The entire com-
I Sutv. wilhout exception, is in-
| t0 him in ways that he
117not be repaid if we had
lx-) now on in which to *1-
I Et it As a teacher, he
■FLp the priceless gift of
Ibowiedge to many; as a legis-
Itair, ab*y represented his
I Uta at Austin; he capably per-
I formed his duties as Justice of
I ifePeach and Municipal Judge ;
in work as secretary of the
I (foamunity Club was nothing
short of sp^did; and his un-
Mfog efforts to better the lot of
the elder citizen cannot easily
Jewpassed. If it is more bless-
d to give than to receive, then
Lfoe Moore should be richly
| Editor Ernest Joiner, Texas*
I journalistic gadfly, has after
I fifteen years, given up trying to
I king reform to that area
I ky his Ralls Banner, has leased
I ant his paper and accepted a
I position as editor of a “house
I forma firm. Joiner gained aa-'
I tonal fame for his purported
fearlessness in journalism. We
I have read his editorials far long-
| tf than any of the slick maga-
I tires that praised him so high-
I ly. and frankly, we believe that
I test of his so-called courageous-
I aess was an act and a leaning
over backward endeavor at be-
I iog a non-conformist. If we are
wrong in our evaluation of his
principals, and he practices in____ _______
Kihfomia what he (Mtadhed A ijso ' sUrvN«R by
I Kails, then we predict that his
career as a hired mouthpiece of
he was elected for another two
year term in 1944. Mr. Moore
will always be remembered as
being a man who was vitally in-
terested in the welfare of his
city, state and country. In addi-
tion to serving as a state official
he held numerous offices in o«r
city government. He wervedJor
several years aS Justice of the
Peace and City Judge of the
City of De Leon. He also served
as secretary of the De Leon
Community Club for several
years. , ' k
For more than 43 years Mr.
Moore was a school teacher. He
taught in Comanche, Erath and
Eastland counties. The manv
students who sat at his feet will
attest to the fact that he wa* ?
wonderful teacher, and a man
devoted to leadhing the yotmg
in order that we might have a
better nation, and that they
might have a fuller life.
Mr. Moore served as De Leon
Correspondent for the Ft. Worth
Star Telegram and made sure
that the goings on in De Leon
were effeciently reported.
Services were conducted by
Rev. Roy Johnson, pastor of the
First Methodist Church in De
Leon, of which Mr. Moore was
a member. He was assisted by
Rev. J. D. Smoot and Rev. Ed-
ward Otwell. Music was render-
ed by a quartet composed of
Homer Haffoid. W. A. Morgan,
Marvin • Holdridge and Sam
Weaver with Mrs. D. T. Wier at
the organ. A solo was also ren-
dered by Mrs. John Carpenter.
Pall bearers were W. T.
...... Barnes, Lex Shelby, DeLoyn
handled in a fab and impartial Singleton, Raymond Lindley,
Jim Koonce and Roy Thomas.
Serving as honorary pall bearers
were Coy Nelson, Rufe Otwell,
Oliver Robbins. Ed Riley, Cager
Mohon, Roy Harvey, Will Lind-
ley,, T. R. Patton and Sam Rus-
sell.
In 1916 he was married to
Vida Hill in Carlton, Texas. To
this union were born two sons
and three daughters. Those sur-
viving his passing are his wil
of De Leon, the sons, Chu
Warrant Officer Herschel M°°i
well as meeting the families of of Japan and J. Doss Moore <
San Leandro, Calif. Dauglitei
are
co, Texas: Mrs. Maurene Car
son of Houston, Texas; an
sa" Eight “grii^i children ah
survive, oisiers or ivir.
are: Mrs. Savanah Smil
Leon; Mrs. Nettie Clarl
Worth and Mrs. Hattie
Vaccination Of
Dogs at Hazeldell
Angus Dickson, Jr., County Agt.
The Hazeldell 4-H Club is
sponsoring a community wide
dog vaccination program for ra-
bier in the Hazeldell Community
this week.
According to Gayle Harris,
President, “we urge every
fanner and rancher in the Hazel-
dell and adjoining tommunities
to bring their dogs to the Hazel-
dell Community Center this
Thursday night, January 7 at
7:30 P.M. for vaccination.”
Harris said : “Dr. George Tol-
bert of Hamilton will be at the
community center to put on the
education program and do the
The Hazeldell 4-H Club’s pro-
’ lary is
Harris
toSe-
»et
■ indeed. To give Free Press read-
■ trs some idea or Joiner’s jour-
■ ulistic style, his valedictory edi-
I tonal in the Banner follows:
■ It isn’t easy to pick up my
wa^out an °^cc
• were by heart has been hung __ _____
■ r years without feeling all honorary pall bearers. Services
■ no® of regret; and it isn’t easy
■ to pat this old Royal typewriter
■ nrewell without a surge of seire
I J®ent. But that’s what is brcw-
I tor On Dec. 26 the littU Tri-
I n'T h'ad west to Santa
I r_Mra’ Calif., which will be
I «ine for the Joiners after Jan.
I ”• The Ralls Banner is being
I tossed to Marvin Tomme, head,
I printer for the past several yean,
I *no may be able to get along
I k*tter th* conflicting
I k**! society than I
I ®d. I am becoming associated
I * nat‘ona^y circulated'
I y** journal, a temptation that
I to>i eaten at my mercenary vitals
"Jer.J‘nce *1* °^er was extend-
WTwing our story in Time]
'Looking about, I can’t (
wre that the little progr
,{freets the eye has b<
the effort, but at kta
old college try!
Sant* Barbara it is go
Jand that die Mt for
[ ww SMi order are
£ • telephone. It’D be sot
i ®odern schools, wh
***^» actually draw mote l
here, with whom
Attorney. I
am looking forward to meeting
every person whom I do not
know, and I now thank everyone
of you for your help in this con-
nection until I eg* reach you in
Story On De Leon To Appear In
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Soon
E. D. Alexander, Star-Tele- curement division of Small Busi-
gram representative, Fort Worth, nets Administration, explained
was in De Leon Monday gather- the activities of SBA and how
ing material for a feature story it can assist in bringing industry
about our community which will to a community. He pointed out
appear in a future issue of his that Small Business Administra-
publication. Accompanying Mr. tion can either make direct loans
Alexander was E. V. Bell of Dal- or bring borrower and lender
las, a representative of the Small together.
Business Administration. Mr. Alexander spent a major
Delton Nabors, who succeeds part of the day taking pictures,
the late O. H. Moore as local interviewing local men and look-
correspondent of the Star-Tele- ing over local building projects,
gram, arranged a luncheon meet Before leaving, Mr. Alexander
ing for the two men and several and Mr. Ball stated they had
local business and professional never had a more cordial recep-
men at Nig’s Cafe. tion in any of the towns they,
At the gathering, Mr. Ball, had visited.
who is in the Industrial Pro-
Brinson Is New
Officer
Clyde Brinson has been ap-
pointed by the local city com-
mission to serve as night patrol-
man; succeeding Dale Shoemak-
er, who resigned January I. J.
W. Brown, who had previously
been appointed to fill the vac-
ancy, resigned before actually
taking over the job.
Brinson, who has been ope-
rating a welding shop the past
several months, has also been
associated with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Brinson, in the
operation of the Leon and Weep-
ing Oak Theatres.
ASSOCIATIONAL BAP. *MU
MEETS JANUARY B
Use Women of all Baptist
Churches of the Comanche As-
sociation. will meet in Quarterly
Meeting at De Leon First Bap-
tist church Friday, January 15
at 10 a.m. Please bring covered
dish. — Mrs. George Rollins, As-
soc. Pres/, Mrs. Jim Duncan,
reporter.
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