The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1980 Page: 1 of 8
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LEONARD GRAPHIC
(USPS 310-200)
P.O. Box A
Leonard Tx 75452
Tennarn Granhir
VOLUME 91
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1980
NUMBER 22
Life with the paper
Methodist Church Applies
Eugene Kegans
I guess no one caught any fish, shot
* any coyotes, or burned any snakes to
death this week. It must be the heat
and humidity.
The heat is making all the sheep sta-
nd around with their head in the shade
and it gets kind of crowded in the Gra-
phic with all of us trying to huddle a-
round and work in the air from our sin-
gle fan. Jeannie said we could turn the
air conditioner on when it really gets
hot.
Marilyn’s not bothered by the heat
too much. In fact last week was the fi-
rst time she’d had the heat off.
This heat reminds me of Maynard Schu-
ltz of Kansas. Due to the corn allotme-
nt Maynard couldn’t plant all of the
yellow corn he wanted to, so he planted
pop corn.
- The crop was doing fine. The only pr-
oblem was that it was growing so fast
ole Maynard could hardly get his mules
through it fast enough to keep it cult-
* ivated.
Maynard started early in the morning
and had the mules going at a trot so
they wouldn’t be overtaken by the corn.
* By noon it was 104° but Maynard, being
the good farmer that he was, kept on
plowing.
> By three o’clock it was 110° in the
shade and there wasn’t any shade. Mayn-
ard and the mules made the swing around
to catch the last couple of rows when
it happened.
The pop corn began to pop. It popped
into big white puffy balls, shooting
into the air and then falling back to
• earth covering it with a white blanket.
Now all this unusual activity confus-
ed' the dickens out of the poor mules.
. In fact the mules became so disorienta-
- ted they thought all the white stuff
was snow, took a chill, and froze to
death.
It’s not quite that hot here yet but
%. we do have some excitment.
The Tigers are in the midst of a fight
for the State Baseball Championship. Th-
ey play New Diana at Mount Pleasant Sat-
urday night.
As if that wasn’t enough excitment Ch-
annel 8 and Channel 5 seem to like to -
spend their week-ends up here. It’s get-
ting so I expect to wake up some morning
. and find the whole town on the Today Sh-
ow.
Of course if things drop off and get
dull we can all sit around and talk abo-
ut who shot J.R.
For Historical Marker
The First United
Methodist Church of
Leonard has applied
for an official Tex-
as Historical Build-
ing Marker for the
Church building. Re-
verend James M. Sim-
pson Jr., pastor of
the Church, has sub-
mitted a history of
the Church to the
Historical Commissi-
on form which a text
for the marker will
be written. The Chu-
rch history will be-
come part of the Te-
xas Historical Arch-
the marker will be
ready for dedication
in October.
Other Texas Histo-
rical Markers for
the Leonard area th-
at have been approv-
ed are for the Sava-
ge Community and the
Grove Hill Masonic
Lodge in Leonard. A
group in the Grove
Hill Community is
preparing an appli-
cation for a marker
for that community.
A dedication ceremo-
ny for a marker com-
memerating the East
ives. The marker wi-. Shady Grove Baptist
11 consist of an of-
ficial historical
medallion and a pla-
te 16” by 12" which
allows 14 lines of
text using three-ei-
hts-inch lettering.
The marker will be
attached to the Chu-
rch building.
The Church was or-
ganized in 1883 in
Leonard. A new pars-
onage was built and
a foundation was la-
id for a new Church
in 1905. At the 1906
Quarterly Conference
the Trustees of the
Church reported the
Church valued at
$6173 and the parso-
nage at $2500 with
an indebtness of
$419. It is hoped
Church and Cemetery
will be held in the
near future. The ma-
rker was erected in
1967 but was never
dedicated.
The Texas Histori-
cal Commission has
also approved marke-
rs for Smith Ranch,
Mulberry and the Ely
Community in Fannin
County. These marke-
rs will soon be ded-
icated.
Gravesite histori-
cal markers for Dr.
William Chamberlain
Jones and John Cadw-
alder Neale in the
Leonard Cemetery are
being processed by
the Texas Historical
Commission.
LHS Alumni Assoc. Savings Account
to head
Kiwanis
The Leonard Kiwan-
is Club, at its reg-
ular weekly meeting,
held in the Leonard
School Cafeteria on
May 24, elected Eug-
ene Kegans to be pr-
esident for the 1980
-81 Kiwanis year.
Other officers elec- -
ted were: Kenneth ,
Flanagan, vice pres- *
ident; Raymond Klug-
er, secretary and
PHOTO COURTESY OF RICK SEE
Leonard Centennial
Being Planned
Saturday, July 19,
has been designated
Leonard Centennial
Day and is the last
day of 101st annual
Leonard Picnic. Te-
ntative plans call
• for a reception for
members of the Sol-
omon L. Leonard fa-
mily and descendan-
ts of those pionee-
rs who bought lots
in Leonard at the
auction sale of Le-
onard City lots held
July 22, 1880. The
reception will be
in the Fellowship
Hall of the First
United Methodist
Church in Leonard,
followed by a prog-
ram in the Church
auditorium. The ac-
tivities will start
at 2:00 p.m. The
festivities will be
sponsored by the
Leonard Centennial
Commission and the
Fannin County Hist-
orical Commission.
The July meeting
of the Fannin Coun-
ty Historical Comm-
, ission will be held
in Leonard. The th-
eme of the meeting
will be Leonard hi-
story, 1880 to 1980.
[ The Commission will
request Leonard bus-
inesses to make dis-
plays of historical
interest in their
show windows, store
buildings and offi-
ces.
Other activities
of the day will in-
clude the distribu-
tion of the long a-
waited Leonard His-
tory Book. The book
will be on sale at
various places in
the city and on the
square. To be sure
of getting a histo-
ry book send your
$10 to the Leonard
Historical Commiss-
ion, box 157 Leona-
rd, Texas 75452.
Add one dollar for
postage if you want
it mailed. The pri-
ce of the book will
be higher after Ju-
ly 19th. Activities
on the square will
be concluded with
the annual homeco-
ming barbecue spons-
ored by the Leonard
Volunteer Fire Depa-
rtment. The barbecue
will begin at 5:00
p.m.
These plans are
tenative. We will be
glad to have sugges-
tions.
Recent contributions to the L.H.S. Al-
umni Fund are:
Mrs. Lou Dotson Farler - $15.
Jasper W. Dotson (deceased)
N.E. Dtoson (deceased)
Vivian Browning Sheldon - 1925 $25.
Contributions have slowed considerably
and we have failed to hear from the maj-
ority of the ex-graduates and ex-studen-
ts of L.H.S. We would like to encourage
everyone to contribute to the alumni fu-
nd for use in various projects for our
new school. All contributions will be
appreciated. Send your contributions to:
Jeannie Van Schoick Holt - Box 171
Eddie L. Sudderth - Box 367
Bob Latimer - R#2, Box 302C
Leonard, Texas 75452
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Tigers game to be broadcast
live oo KFYN & KFYZ
The Leonard Tigers
ball game at Mount
Pleasant versus New
Diana will be broad-
cast live on KFYN-AM
1420 and KFYZ-FM,
98.3 on your dial.
If you can't make
it to the game tune
in and listen.
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1111
Bus available for Baseball Game
A bus will be pro-
vided for transport-
ation to the Tiger
Regional baseball
game at Mount Pleas-
ant on Saturday, May
31.
The fee for the
bus trip will be
$1.00.
At least thirty
fans are needed for
a bus load.
Sign up will be
in the school offi-
ce.
Bob Rich, Treasurer.
James McBroom and
Jim McIntire were
elected to serve as
directors through
September 1983. Oth-
er directors are:
Coy Flanagan, Dan
Jackson, elected to
serve out the term
of Raymond Kluger
and Larry Tucker.
Their terms expire
September 30, 19-
82. Al Glover and
David Johnson, wh-
ose terms expire
September 30, 19-
81.
Tuesday evenings
have been designana-
ted as work nights
on the Kiwanis Park
Project. All membe-
rs are urged to be
present at the park
at 6:00 p.m. on all
Tuesday nights. Ot-
hers interested in
this project are
welcome to attend
these work meetings
and participate.
Lloyd Flanagan is
in charge of the
project.
James (Reese) Mc-
Broom brought the
program. He presen-
ted Charles Glassc-
ock who told of ef-
forts being made in
Celeste to allevia-
te the drug problem
among the school
children of Celeste
Schools. Mr. Glass-
cock explained how
the citizens of Ce-
leste had formed
themselves into a
group called "Pare-
nts Awareness". The
program has been a
success in Celeste
by doing what the
title suggests, ma-
king parents aware
of the drug problem
in the Celeste sch-
ools. The program
is also being succ-
essful because the
people of Celeste
are doing things to
eliminate the prob-
lem.
There were 18 me-
mbers present and
two visitors; Char-
les Glasscock and
Mike Barnes, who is
Lieutenant Governor
elect for Division
32 of the Texas-Ok-
lahoma District of
Kiwanis Internatio-
nal.
Lou Partain Senior Citizen
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Fire Dept. Donations
GOOD LUCK!
LEONARD TIGERS
A donation was
given to the Leona-
rd Fire Department
from Joe T. Sudder-
th.
Lou Partain is 90 years old. Fred Tarpley, noted East Texas
Historian, calls her "The Amazing Lou Partain". Mr. Tarpley’s
assesment is undoubtly correct.
Last Saturday instead of setting home, watching TV, sipping
tea, and rocking she was out in Leonard selling poppies to com-
merate Veterans Day.
For Lou Partain, this is typical.
The following is an article by Fred Tarpley, published in The
Backroads magazine, January-February,-1980.
Find someone who doesn’t know Lou Partain in Leonard (popula-
tion 1,423) or at the Sam Rayburn Veterans Hospital in Bonham,
and you are talking to a newcomer so recently arrived he hasn’t
had time to unpack.
At 90, with quick wit and more energy than a teenager, Lou
Partain believes in work, and her labors have put her in touch
with almost every resident of Leonard and of the Bonham Veterans
Hospital. -
Her service awards fill the wall in a corner of her bedroom,
and all her service pins make her look like a decorated general.
Not content to retire with her awards, Mrs. Partain looks toward
future service, and more hard work. "Hard work never hurt anybo-
dy," she says emphatically. And work has been her life since her
birth in the Grove Hill community near Leonard: chopping and pi-
cking cotton, baling hay, killing hogs, plowing fields, planting
corn, and running a sorghum mill.
Farm labor was her routine before marrying at twenty-one and
moving to Leonard. There she raised twelve children, seven of
whom are still living. Her husband, Robert, died in 1960. During
the depression, she took in washing and ironing, "working for
just about everyone in town," but giving dignity to her work.
During the twenty-eight years she was custodian of the First
Baptist Church in Leonard, she never missed a sermon. "It was my
job to be at church to look after things," she recalls, "and I
wouldn’t have thought of missing a service."
When she retired, "Lou Partain Appreciation Day" was declared,
and letters of tribute were read from pastors and music directo-
rs who had been her co-workers at the church for almost three
decades. "Lou Partain is best described in Psalm 84:10," one fo-
rmer pastor wrote: "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of
the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."
In addition to being church custodian, she worked for twenty
years cleaning Pat Wilson’s Funeral Home and another eleven yea-
rs in Dr. R.D. Van Schoick’s clinic. Twice she was called upon
to deliver babies: one in Dr. Van’s office before he could arri-
ve to assist a patient; another time when she was called to Pike
southwest of town, and she and the baby beat the doctor.
Retired from formal employment now, Mrs. Partain finds an out-
let for her energy and love of cheering up the sick through vol-
unteer service at the Bonham hospital. In more than twenty-one
years, she has amassed 6,293 hours. Going to Bonham twice a we-
ek, she plays bingo or forty-two with the patients before going
to her assigned speciality of mending clothes.
Her social calendar is kept filled by an active telephone line.
"No, I can’t go with you tonight; it’s Eastern Star night." "Su-
re, I’ll come play forty-two with you Monday; it’s a free night."
"Don’t bother to pick me up. My legs were meant for walking, and
nothing is going to hurt me on Leonard streets, even if we play
till midnight."
In all her activity, she keeps up with her children scattered
from Odessa to Florida and Virginia, fourteen grandchildren, ni-
ne "great," and two "great greats."
Here are just a few of the reasons, Lou Partain has earned Ba-
ckroads applause: **On November 22, the SNAP Center for senior
citizens in Leonard showed its appreciation by declaring Lou Pa-
rtain Day.
**This year she received an Outstanding, Older Texans Award
signed by Governor Clements.
**Not content to be a passive spectator at the 1978 Leonard .
Christmas Parade, she joined the line of march and received fir-
st prize as the "best marching unit."
**At 80, she decided it was time to take her first plane ride
to permit a longer visit with her daughter in Florida than bus
travel would allow.
**At 86, she climbed aboard a motorcycle with Tom Turner to
find out why so many of the younger set had developed "two whe-
el personalitites." "Ive never owned a car or driven, and tha-
t’s one thing I don’t want to take up now."
**As Leonard goes all out to celebrate 1979 as the 100th year
of the Leonard Picnic held each July, Mrs. Partain can boast
that she has attended every one of them since she was five.
"I said all along when I got to be sixty-five, I was going to
buy me a rocking chair and sit down, but I never did find it.
Now where is my hoe." I’ve got some grass to chop down before I
get ready for a night of forty-two.
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