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Thank You
Jon Q. Public...
by Jon Awbrey
AS READ EARLIER IN
THE FREE PRESS
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 5, 2002. Third grade
UIL participants included
Connor Simpson, Wesley
Wilkerson, Hayden Lewis,
Cooper McCarty, Sarah
Reeves, Kailey Sones, Lauren
Duncan, Desire’ Spurlen, Demi
Dyson and Demi Warren.
Fourth grade UIL partici-
pants included Emilie Roy all,
Blaine Garcia, Marki Nowlin,
R-Leigh McLearen, Wesley
Beeman, Austin Koonce,
Destiny Gonzales, Lexi
Spurlock, Christina Garcia,
Linsey Sanders, Jake Paul and
Aaron Koonce.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 26, 1992. The
DeLeon High School choir
sang at the local nursing home.
Choir members included
Jennifer Brown, Rhonda Davis,
Maria White, Dee Dee
Letter to the Editor
SANTA'S RUN
It was a cold, cold winter
day when Santa got back home
Mrs. Claus had coffee made, he
was chilled down to the bone
He had been out on his
yearly run to see just how
things were
Like every year he
checked out homes, and boys
and girls for sure
Cause if anyone had
moved this year, he needed to
know right then
Just think how terrible it
would be to leave toys where
kids had been
So he flew along in the
nighttime sky, the reindeer's
knew the way
He circled around all over
the world, until he was over the
USA
Chamber News
By Teresa Baird, DeLeon Chamber Director
ball contest.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 29, 1962. The Joy
Circle of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service met at the
First Methodist Church with the
following members present:
Mmes. Abbie Atlee, L.B.
Morton, W.A. Morgan, Jett
Logsdon, Arthur Warren, Hilda
Williams, Lee Dendy, J.T.
Wilkerson, John Basham and
Levis Wilkerson.
The lovely home of Mrs.
Elmon Kerby was the scene of
an old-fashioned Thanksgiving
supper for members of the
Elizabeth Class of the First
Baptist Church. The meal was
served buffet style from a table
covered in white linen and
appointed with silver and crys-
tal.
again, but patriots always come
through
Some people pay free-
dom's price and some fly the
red, white and blue
I could see through my
tears all the flags that were there
As I traveled around last night
And I know that our
prayers will be lifted on high
To give strength for this terrible
fight
So, Mama, I'm ready for
Christmas Eve night
And one thing I want to make
clear
I'll be flying the Star
Spangled Banner
On my Christmas sleigh
this year.
Written by Missy Jones, the
Christmas after 9-11
How much do you want to
be an American?
Texas’ bizarre secession
movement has gained new
steam since the reelection of
President Obama three weeks
ago.
In respected national pub-
lications across the United
States, op-ed columns about the
possibility of Texas secession
have everyone from New York
and Boston to San Francisco
and Seattle talking about the
Lone Star State.
Now, I don’t give two
hoots about New York’s or
California’s opinion about
Texas, but I think it is strange
that a state like Texas, which is
a truly cosmopolitan place,
would think that seceding from
a cosmopolitan country would
accomplish anything - other
than a huge debt, rapid infla-
tion, and national insecurity.
Now, if you said west
Texas wants to secede from the
United States, that might make
some sort of sense, but not
Texas as a whole.
West Texans aren’t very
cosmopolitan, and they are
proud of that fact.
But in the rest of Texas,
there are just too many folks
who don’t represent the Texas
of Davy Crockett and Sam
Houston, or even Sam
Rayburn, for that matter.
By seceding, Texas would
only create another miniature
version of the United States.
Texas secessionists like to
point out there are “fundamen-
tal cultural differences between
Texas and other parts of the
United States.”
In a place like
Midland/Odessa, with a popu-
lation of maybe 200,000 pickup
driving souls, this assertion is
fundamentally hue.
In the metro areas of
Houston and Dallas/Fort
Worth, with a combined popu-
lation of 10 million toll road
drivers, it is fundamentally
untrue.
Now, I am not passing
judgment on what version of
Texas is a better Texas.
Personally, I was bom and
raised a pickup driving west
Texan. I adhere to those cultur-
al beliefs. I think exactly like
the vast majority of the popula-
tion of Midland/Odessa and
Lubbock and Amarillo. I like
guns, and oil rigs, and wide
open spaces. I like being free to
do whatever I want on a patch
of ground that belongs to me. I
like God, and I want my neigh-
bors to like God, too. I like
nativity scenes on the court-
house lawn and I like
Confederate monuments. I also
think Texans won their inde-
pendence - they didn’t steal
land from Mexico.
That’s my Texas.
However, that’s not every-
one’s Texas.
Three weeks ago, 41 per-
cent of Texas voters cast their
ballots in favor of Barack
Obama, a man whose political
philosophy does not favor oil
rigs, or pickups, or guns, or pri-
vately-owned wide open
spaces, or nativity scenes, or
Confederate monuments or
heroes like Davy Crockett.
That says to me that a full
41 percent of the Texas popula-
tion automatically disagrees
with my version of the Great
State of Texas. And, while
that’s still not a majority, it’s a
whole lot of people.
In Dallas, 57 percent of
voters favored Obama. Obama
also won Houston by a slim
margin. In Austin, Obama
received nearly two-thirds of
the vote.
Those folks have their
own Texas, too.
So, let’s say that Texas
secessionists do actually gener-
ate enough support to pull out
of the Union. This won’t hap-
pen, but let’s just pretend...
We, as red-blooded Davy-
Crockett-lovin’ Texans, would
still have to contend with a
large proportion of our popula-
tion who favor big government,
social programs, and the closet-
ing of Mary and Joseph and
General Lee.
Instead of blaming New
Yorkers and Californians for
our political degeneracy, we
would be forced to blame our
neighbors in Austin and Dallas
and Houston.
The political enemy would
be much closer to home.
They would be other
Texans.
Personally, I prefer to
blame Californians and New
Yorkers. They live a long way
away from us - so far away
from us, in fact, that we can
mouth off about them whenev-
er we choose.
It’s different when you
mouth off to your neighbor.
Oftentimes, that can lead to ter-
rible things.
I’d rather not have terrible
things occur in my Great State
of Texas.
Other than that basic reali-
ty, I also don’t think that Texans
should give up on being
Americans. There are, and have
always been, two Americas.
There’s the America of
Jamestown. Jamestown is the
mother of the “red” or conser-
vative states. Then there’s the
America of Plymouth, the
ancestor of the “blue” or liberal
states.
Texas is a descendant of
Jamestown, just like Georgia
and Tennessee and Alabama,
and even the Rocky Mountain
west. Texas is as much an
American state as any. We may
have been our own Republic
for a decade, but we were
always American, always a
grandchild of Jamestown.
To deny this represents a
complete lack of historical
understanding.
As a nation, the United
States was created by two con-
tending philosophies, one of
which was anchored in
Plymouth and the other in
Jamestown.
One, Jamestown, was cap-
italistic. One, Plymouth, was
more ideological. It is the same
today. Why do you think
Massachusetts is home to
Harvard and MIT, and Texas is
home to big oil, big cattle, and
big cotton?
Nothing changes.
This fight will continue
long after we are gone.
See Jon Q. Public page 3
DeLeon merchants will
join together to help light up
DeLeon with a Country
Christmas luminary program
sponsored by the DeLeon
Junior Chamber Board. The
Junior Board will be selling
luminaries to line the fronts of
their establishments on Friday,
Dec. 7. The Junior Board will
deliver and set up the luminar-
ies just in time for the kickoff of
the downtown festivities.
Fifteen plain luminaries are $ 12
or 15 decorated with your own
special message is $15. To
place an order for your luminar-
ies, contact the Chamber office
at chamber@cctc.net or call
254-893-2083.
Country Christmas will be
held Friday, Dec. 7 with festiv-
ities kicking off at 6 p.m. with
pictures with Santa in the Blue
Moon. Stroll the craft booths,
grab a bite to eat upstairs on the
balcony, join in the raffle or
support the food drive for the
Ministerial Alliance Operation
Christmas Care Program by
bringing your food donations of
canned goods, evaporated milk,
stuffing mix, cooking oil, flour
or sugar and be entered into a
drawing for a door prize.
If you know of a needy
family who would benefit from
a care box this Christmas sea-
son, please stop by City Hall,
the Chamber of Commerce
office or contact your local
church or parish for an applica-
tion
For all area crafters and
HOOVES & HORNS
Bocanegra, Mason Scott and
Christi Perkins.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2, 1982. DHS
National Honor Society officers
included John Conklin, Lori
Womack and Gary Suit.
FCA officers were Lori
Womack, president; Sylvia
Cisneroz, vice president; Terrill
Sides, treasurer; and Sue Joiner,
secretary.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30, 1972. The Junior
High Honor Roll included the
following students: Tim Beaty,
Terrie Coan, Kelley Vannatta,
Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Barton,
Steve Box, Norma Davis,
Jimmy Davis, Byron Smith,
Mike Lutz, Janet Mathis, Roger
Saldivar and Terri VanZandt.
Jackie Morgan was the
winner of the Free Press foot-
And all the things he say
that night touched him through
and through
For everywhere across the
land was a sea of red, white and
blue
He told Mrs. Claus: "The
things I saw really did my old
heart good
The people all over the
country came through, like I
knew they would
It reminds me of 1941 and
those years that were so bad
When the country was in a
terrible war and many hearts
were sad
There were stars in many
windows and flags across the
land
And everywhere the red,
white and blue was marching
with every band
Now the country's hurting
vendors, booth space is avail-
able in the downstairs portion
of the restaurant where you can
purchase a 6’ table to showcase
your wares for $30 each. The
set up time is from 4 to 6 p.m.
with doors opening to the pub-
lic at 6 p.m. Contact the
Chamber Office for an applica-
tion.
The DeLeon 4-H will be
hosting the county-wide Pecan
Bake Show. Entries are to be
turned in between 12:30-1:30
p.m. at the Blue Moon.
Winning exhibitors will receive
ribbons. They will be exhibited
Friday evening and sold at
Country Christmas. The 4-H
will also be selling tickets for a
rifle to be given away that
evening. Proceeds will go to the
De Leon 4-H Club.
Non-profit organizations
are encouraged to take to the
streets to add their own special
brand of cheer to the holiday.
We encourage them to set up
tables and sell tempting holiday
treats, ciders, cocoas and fla-
vored coffees to the passerby’s.
Contact the Chamber of
Commerce for more informa-
tion on how to get a spot on the
sidewalk for your organization.
Plan on visiting the
DeLeon’s merchants during
Country Christmas this year.
Many of the merchants will be
extending their hours, pouring
on the atmosphere, showcasing
merchandise and offering enter-
tainment inside of their busi-
nesses throughout the evening.
To contact the De Leon
Chamber of Commerce, email
us at chamber@cctc.net or call
254-893-2083.
Coming
Events
Christmas Store
The Desdemona Activity
Center’s Christmas Store will
be held Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 and
Dec. 6 - 8, 8 am. to 5 p.m.
Christmas items, small gifts
and baked goods.
Senior
Citizens
Menus
Wednesday, Nov 28:
Taco salad & chips, seasoned
com, watermelon, peach cob-
bler, low fat milk
Friday, Nov 30: Ham &
beans, combread, spinach, sea-
soned com, margarine, orange
pineapple cup, country apple
crisp, low fat milk
Council
From page 1 _
not fall at a time that would
legally satisfy an appointment
to the council. The only option
to fill the seat is through local
election, unless the council pro-
poses changes to the city char-
ter, which would necessitate the
appointment of a charter com-
mittee and the creation of a
charter amendment. A popular
vote on the amendment would
then have to be held.
In other news, council
member Bobby Schuman
asked about a small amount of
money that had been set aside
in a cemetery trust fund that is,
apparently, off limits to city use.
Schuman suggested that
the city contact the city’s
accountant to have that money
released for city use in caring
for the cemetery.
It was also reported that
DeLeon police officers Ian
Baker and Robert Farris had
completed taser training in
Brownwood recently, and offi-
cers Chris Gibson and Chase
Stiles would soon be attending
a highway interdiction dmg
class in Fort Worth.
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reserved. Copyright 2012.
Publisher-Jon Awbrey
Editor-Laura Kestner
Office Mgr.-Kay Hodges
Advertising-Betty Wofford
Staff Writer-Sarah Awbrey
Serving the DeLeon area since 1890,
striving to be a positive voice in the community.
BY A.W. ERWIN
"Since he hates yew so much, Jim Bob,...
we're gunna use yew fer bait
Thank you to the First
Baptist Church ladies for the
basket of fruit.
B.A. and Ronnie Basham
Little
League
Basketball
Registration
Registration for Little
League Basketball will be held
on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the
Junior High cafeteria from 4 to
6 p.m.
Also on Monday, Dec. 3,
in the High School gym from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday,
Dec. 9, in the Junior High cafe-
teria from 2 to 4 p.m.
2012
Christmas
Basket
Program
Vouchers for the 2012
Christmas Basket Program
may be picked up at these four
locations: DeLeon City Hall
office, DeLeon Chamber of
Commerce office, First Baptist
Church office, and First United
Methodist Church office.
Please fill out completely
and return to any of these loca-
tions by Monday, Dec. 3,2012.
(Foods will be ordered on Dec.
4.)
Baskets will be delivered
and picked up at the Family
Life Center on Friday, Dec. 14,
2012,12 noon to 6 p.m.
Have a Merry Christmas,
DeLeon Ministerial
Alliance
Thank You
The members of the
American Cancer Society wish
to express our appreciation to
all those who donated items for
the cancer society bake sale
and to those who purchased
these items. We would also like
to thank the F&M Bank and the
city for the publicity on their
marquees. A special thank you
goes to the First National Bank
for once again allowing us to
host the sale in their facility.
We are also grateful to the Free
Press for all the publicity it
allows the cancer society.
Without the support of all
these individuals, the bake sale
would not have been the great
success that it was. All pro-
ceeds from this event will go to
the Relay for Life event to be
held June 7-8 at Comanche
Stadium.
Thank You
The Women’s Division
would like to thank everyone
who helped with the DeLeon
23rd Annual Arts & Crafts Fair
held last Saturday at the
DeLeon High School cafetori-
um. The event was a success
and that was due in part to all
those that helped in some way.
The DeLeon School District
and their employees, Liesa
Nowlin, DeLeon High School
principal, Kaye Quinn, DeLeon
High School counselor and
Adele Davis, kitchen supervi-
sor; the F&M Bank, DeLeon
Free Press, City of DeLeon, the
OX of Comanche, all the busi-
nesses that permitted a flyer to
be posted, the nameless volun-
teers that loaded, unloaded, set-
up, took down, swept, brought
food, moved tables and then
moved them again; to all the
people that took time to come
and shop, visit, eat and enjoy
the day, you are greatly appre-
ciated. Of course, a big thanks
to all the vendors for without
their crafting abilities, the
desire to get up early, travel,
and work hard displaying their
handmade items, there were be
no fair! Hope to see all of you
next year at the 24th Annual
Arts & Crafts Fair.
Marsha England, LaJoyce
Johnson, Sharon Robinett,
Claudia Stevens, Terra Gortt,
Merlene Day, Ruby Park and
Michelle Ackermann
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