The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1981 Page: 1 of 9
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Seventy-Fourth Year Deport, Lamar County, Texas, Thursday, June 18, 1981
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Buy, Sell or Rent
Witn classuied Ads
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competing at the Bogata
Rodeo.
Team roping like all times
events, is started from
behind a barrier. This gives
the steer a head start and a
penalty is added if the
the past time is undeniable.
Apparently the crop u
scaping and finishing
touches are all that is
needed before occupancy.
Summer is an ideal time
control rough or undesirable
rotenone is non-toxic to
livestock when used as
directed
although the pickup was
totaled and the truck was
seriously damaged. (Staff
Photo)
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Editor’s Quote Book
Let us not pray to be
sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless when
facing them.
Rabindranath Tagore
Any former students or
graduates are cordially
For further information
t Katy Skidmore
family Allred at 784-2167.
ambulance arrived.
Johnny Dawson, father-in-
law of Mullins, and brother-
community in-law Mark Dawson were in
the shop at the time of the
accident and called the
'ulance.
Mullins was pronounced
when he dead on arrival at L.P.
roMjnved an electrical shock. McCuistion Hospital.
Jr. T.H. Glover, Deport
physician, was called to the
scene, and tempted tu
revive the man, until the
Welding Accident Claims Life
Bryan Leonard Mullins,
age 24, died Wednesday,
June 10 at his home in the
Hoovertown
near Deport.
Mullins was using an arc
welder in an effort ot remove doctor and
shock absorbers from a
pickup truck when he
and Blossom Methodists f<
churches will be leaving the
area for a week. He will be in |
Dallas at SMU for a series of |
studies dealing with Church |
Ministries.
The congregations of both
churches invite you to come
The Deport High School members will hold A picnic
Senior Class of 1946 will hold «t •:», Prior to vlsita from
its 35th anniversary reunion other school mates,
on Saturday, July 4, 1981 at
Planning Reunion
The Deport High Schoo) 1---------_
Classmates, contact
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City sales and use tax
f allocation summary through
June 4 are: Blossom-$4,139;
Bogata-89,428; Deport-
$3,060; and Talco-$15,408
271 in Deport and the
truck was traveling west
on the highway. No
serious injuries resulted.
Blossom Methodist Church
has invited Mr. Odis Fagan
, to preach the Sunuay
evening service to be held
wistful, longing look on the
face of adults as they send
their youngsters off with kite
string, a nail or staple and
some bacon or shit pork
After all, some things never
entirely lose their appeal.
seem to find a use for the
clawed critters after cap-
Witn our long wet spell siauoneu ■»■«» ------------ n.„ thP fascination of
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Fagan To Hold
Service At Church
Methodist Church. These
men, the Lay Speakers, are
Sunday used to preach in the absence
on Saturday, July 4, 1961 at Other Deport alumni
the old Deport High School, wishing tojrtalt_with jhese
Registration will begin at
5:30 p.m.
members,
former teachers are invited
to attend,
teachers
Kent was the champion in
1978. Kent was also “The looking for another cham-
Worlds Junior Team Roping P>onship in 1981. Both Kent
Heeler” in 1980 and Sonny and Sonny will be entered at
won the championship in B°Kala rodeo.
198O.With Sonny’s style and Team roping, sometimes
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finished, in spite of heavy
rains that have slowed
construction. Land-
class members are cordially
and all” class invited to attend the
spouses, and fellowship at 8:00 p.m.
NEARING COM-
PLETION—the Blossom
Housing Unit is nearly
SONNY SHANKLES and
son Kent are looking for
yet another championship
Deport Class Of 1936 Reunion Upcoming
The 1936 graduating class Hall in Deport,
of Deport High School will
have a reunion on June 27,
1981 at the American Legion invited to attend.
string down
I crawfish holes, hoping to pul)
I out the granddaddy of all
I crawfish.
, One small boy has brought another?
I a new dimension to the sport. C ’ _
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Pat Wright MWr.
Nanalee Nkholx Managing Editor.
John W Hood Advertising
Mrs. Rena Nobles Deport Correspondent'
SUBSCRIPTION
M OS A Yesr For Titus. Franklin. Red River And l.amar Counties
M M A Vear Out Of County
lie so A Vesr Overseas
DEADLINE
For News And Advertising Tuesday At Noon
Doris Malone, an
leader
The first roper is called the
“header”and he tries to
4-H Members Participate In Roundup
Seven 4-H members from
Lamar County participated
in State Roundup activities
on the Texas A&M
University Campus on June
2-4.
The following 4-H mem-
bers presented demon-
strations and illustrated
Rotenone, the most com-
monly used chemical for this
purpose, can be applied any
prevalent in many ponds in time until about September.
the area Higginbotham says Higginbotham says that
that it is a little late to treat
ponds for weed control, but if
the infestation is extremely
Small Engine Course
Prairiland Agriculture There will be no charge for
Department will hold a the course and the size of the
“Small Engine” Short course will be limited to
Course June 22-25, at 7:30 to twenty. Instructor will be
9:30 p.m. Basics of small Jerry Richey of Pattonville.
engine repair maintenance
include: install points and
plugs, carbuerator cleaing
and adjustment, sharpening
and balancing the blade.
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By Nanalee Nichols After a neavy ram he
With our long wet spell stationed himself in the ditch
there has been a definite below a concrete drain C—
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tractor-trailer rig out of
Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Thursday night. The
accident occured as
Walker was crossing Hwy
this year in the team
roping event. The father
and son team will be
The Fellowhip Hall will be Griffin.
decorated and will be air- “What the church needs is
conditioned. better men, not better
. The program will consist methods. I feel Blossom and
Methodist of good ol’ fashion type Shady Grove Methodist
hi ui June songs, skits, and reflections ... i a o •
Fellowship from the past of several of Prainland Ag Sponsoring
DEMOLISHED—this
Chevrolet pickup
bellnglng to G.E.
(Buster) Walker of
Deport was struck by a
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If you plan to attend please A catered meal will be
call Reba Temple at 652-2925 served at 5:30 with visiting
or Ruth Denison at 785-3695, before the meal and after,
by June 20.
The team roping event is a (- • _ ~___
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cooperation is a must bet-
Sonny Shankles, the Saturday evenings, the last six years. Sonny was
current Team Roping Shankles, who comes from ^>e champion in 1977 and
Champion in the Central Overbrook, Okla., has been ‘ *u“ ~u 1
Rodeo Association, will be a rodeoing for most of his life
contestant in the local and now teams up with his
Bogata rodeo June 25, 26, son Kent in the heading and
and 27. The performances heeling event. The Shankles
are scheduled for 8:30 p.m. team have been team roping
on Thursday, Friday, and in the CRA Association for
Champions Entering Bogata Rodeo Team Roping
ThPwran is called a "dolly”, catch steer around the horns ween the cowboys and horses
Shankles the Saturday evenings, the last six years. Sonny was ability coupled with Kents called ‘‘headin and a like an times and turn him so the second and accuracy and ability
Team ^Roping Shankles, who comes from the champion in 1977 and accuracy in “Heeling”, the heelings ^relatedHto ^tedfrom along with a pair of excellent
----- . its Mexican ancestry in that > . . catch the two back heels, horses is what it takes to be a
father and son team are neither competitor is behind a barriers gives tearn roping event is a champion. Team roping will
allowed to tie his rope to the
saddle horn. Each roper
must make his catch and
then take a wrap around his
saddle horn with the rope.
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and fish the holes in their mogt q{ East Texag water accomplished. Treat only
i nne-fifth to one-fourth of the
- __■■ "• j surface area with herbicides
been in many months. This is at a time. Wait several days
good news for fish producers befor treating another
that recently stocked their section,
ponds, according to Billy
Higginbotham, area
fisheries specialist for the fish in farm ponds and lakes
Texas Agricultural Ex- "
tension Service.
Weed problems
namely, was catching crawfish from
__________less than an inch long to
Small boys and girls can be several inches long Now
found almost anywhere whether his mom knew abot
deligently plying their salt the strainer, who could say! I
pork and string down Is there a native of this area
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Kristi Parsons, Safety: Julie
Clark, Open Class; Gina
Malone and Lynda Sugg;
Companion Animals;
Michael Bright and Craig
Gibson, Health. All of these
4-H’ers are members of the
Prairiland 4-H Club.
Julie Clark i-------
second place in her Open
Class category. Her
demonstration was on
beekeeping. She was chose
out of all participants to P^m
present her demonstration
on the air for an area TV
station.
Mrs.
adult leader from the
Prairiland 4-H club attended
roundup activities with the
youth.
Some 3000 youth from all
over the state of Texas
participate in roundup
events each year.
It’s time once again to
begin thinking about
scheduled for June 30,1981 at
the First Christian Church.
Judging will begin a t 6:45
- “i. Records are due in the
office by June 23. Juniors
and beginners need to
submit a 4-H Fashion Revue Bullcok
Junior Report Form. In- cities collecting the one-
formation Sheet about your percent city sales tax have
garment and 4-H Project received $310.7 million in
records for all projects rebates during the first six
except animal and poultry, months of 1981.
Seniors should submit the
Texas 4-H Project Record,
Information Sheet About
Your Garment, and 4-H
project record for all
projects except Animal and
preparing a record book. All poultry. A salad supper is
materials needed and in- planned. Each family will
structions are available at need to bring a salad and one
the County Extension Office, person from each club bring
Covers for the books are also a dessert.
available. A workshop on learning
Remember, that by how to apply make-up will be
completing a record book, 4- held Thursday, June 18 at
H’ers are then eligible to 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Power
talks'Melody Holland and attend the County & Light Company Con-
Achievement Banquet in ference Room. All interested
October and receive awards 4-H’ers are invited to attend,
for their work. Educational programs
The deadline for turning in conducted by the Texas
Record Books has been set Agricultural Extension
for Monday, July 13. County Service serve people of all
judging will be Wednesday, ages regardless of socio-
July 15. District judging will economic level, race, color,
received 27 8ex’ reli8ion or national
The 4-H Fashion Revue is origin.
Sales Tax
Rebates Up
State., Comptroller Bob
“ " ok Thursday said Texas
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Methodist Church Will Hold Celebration
The Blossom-Shady Grove The Fellowhip Hall will be Griffin. Churches have some of the
Methodist Churches are decorated and will be air- “What the church needs is fines( men in the wor]d.”
holding a Father's Day conditioned. better men, not better reports Dennis McQueen,
Celebration from 7-9 p.m. at The program^ will consist methods. I feel Blossom and pastor of the two churches,
the Blossom T‘
Church on the night of June
20, in the new T
Hall of the Church. Hjp men After an exciting
The men and their sons are time of fellowship, the group
the guests of honor at this will be given a special
fun-packed, family oriented devotion by the Rev. Donny
lelebration honoring the
fathers and husbands of the
church.
There will be a six course
meal served. The meal will
be served two courses at a
time. The entrees will be
selected from menu’s. The
tables will be waited on by
the ladies.
Blossom Methodist Church.
Mr. Fagan, employee c.
the Sears Company in Paris
has been a long time resident
of Lamar County. He and his
family have attended the
Shady Grove Methodist
Church for several years.
He has recently finished
studies which qualified him
* for Certification as a Lay to this special service.
Speaker in the United
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of children this year, and
sometimes one can catch a
Rains Have Helped Fish Ponds
With heavy rains over heavy, the job can still be
bare feet at one time or are hjgher ,n ponds
... and lakes than they have
few kids .
preach the
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June 21, at 7 p.m.’at the special occasions.
— • Rev. Dennis McQueen,
of pastor of both Shady Grove
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Wright, Pat & Nichols, Nanalee. The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1981, newspaper, June 18, 1981; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1297309/m1/1/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.