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may be hazardous to your that is not lost on anyone. In
health. Parental guidance is comparison to Hitler, it would
advised. be like Hitler commanding an
Every couple of days, I army of Israelis. At a certain
receive an email that claims point, it’s going to break down,
that Barack H. Obama is a new Obama may be a socialist.
Hitler. He may be hostile to religion.
These emails typically tell He may be hostile to the con-
me about one or another servative view of America. He
European country that was may not even be American. But
peacefully minding its own he is not insane,
business when Hitler swooped 3. Obama is not insane,
in and tricked the population Hitler, who had no friends,
into becoming Nazis. painted landscapes before he
Then they tell me that became frustrated and turned to
America is being slowly sim- world domination. Hitler built
mered by a similarly tricky cities, and roads, and palaces to
Barack. project his intent on world
We are frogs in the pot. domination. He invented a reli-
Or at least that’s what gion to validate world domina-
some folks say. tion. He designed clothing that
Now, I thought I might his followers would wear on
tackle this whole Obama-is- their way to world domination.
Hitler argument. He ranted and raved and creat-
He’s been bad for the ed parades to celebrate world
country, no doubt, but being domination. All of this he did
unfit for the presidency doesn’t before he caused the deaths of
make you the Antichrist. at least 60 million people
Top five reasons why worldwide.
Barack Obama is not Hitler...
5. Half of the American
population despises Obama -
and they are the half with most
Thus far, Obama has
forced Americans to buy health
insurance, and bail out Wall
Street in the midst of an eco-
of the money and all of the nomic depression. He also let
guns.
Hitler was able to use vio-
lence and thuggery to intimi-
date the opposition in Germany
into tacitly accepting his leader-
ship.
In the United States in
his wife spend a whole lot of
money on trips to Europe. He
nominated socialist types to the
Supreme Court, and even
seemed to pick on religious
people in the military.
Although these things are
2012, there are no followers of certainly bad, they are not in
Barack Obama capable of any way comparable to parades
much real violence or thuggery devoted to death,
at all, except for a handful of 2. Obama plays basketball,
professional college students If you spend a lot of your time
who might trash a store in playing kid’s games, you prob-
downtown Seattle whilst they ably aren’t a maniacal mad-
chant nonsense and beat on man. Maniacal madmen are too
tom-toms. busy to throw balls through
The brownshirts they are hoops. They have to design
not. jackets and palaces, invent reli-
4. Obama hasn’t figured gions, and put on parades. Not
out an “other” to blame all of much time left for basketball,
our problems on. 1. Obama is the President
Hitler blamed the Jews of the United States. We, as a
and the communists. According nation, elected him because the
to the old fuzzy Fuhrer, the Republican candidate was a
Jews took all of the working mess-and-a-half.
Germans’ money and kept it for Now, I know that a lot of
themselves, thus stoking flames people supported John
of discontent and lingering McCain, but he wasn’t the guy
prejudice that had been around to run against a young, well-
for ages. spoken, “hope” for the future.
The only “other” that Now that Obama has proven
Barack Obama has to blame for his inadequacies, some of that
anything is conservative, pro- “hope” has headed out the door,
family, Christians - roughly half Nonetheless, he was the
the American population, most popularly elected president,
of whom live in the mral South, mostly because the Republican
Midwest, and Great Plains Party dropped the ball in the
states. nomination process.
The worst thing Obama So, at the end of the day, I
could possibly do is to stir up blame the Republican Party for
the descendants of the the tepid rise of Barack Obama.
Confederacy, Daniel Boone, They didn’t say what needed
and old-time range-riding cow- saying while George the
boy and farming folk who are Younger was president, and
already suspicious of the feder- then they didn’t do what need-
al government. This is also the ed doing during the 2008 elec-
part of the population from tion season.
which much of the United
Early Voting
From page 1 -
Also appearing on the
Republican Party ballot are
candidates for United States
Senator, David Dewhurst and
Ted Cruz; Railroad
Commissioner, Warren Chisum
and Christi Craddick; Railroad
Commissioner (unexpired
term) Greg Parker and Barry
Voila! Hope and change.
10 YEARS AGO
July 25, 2002. Among
those who volunteered to do
some summer spmcing up at
the DeLeon High School were
Superintendent Mary Jane
Atkins, Gay Ion Atkins, Dick
Senter, Mark Wygle, Dudley
and Diana McCarty, Sherry
Weaver, Chuck Miller, Betty
Lopez, Randy Newby, Mary
Ann Martin, Doyce Stout and
Treasure Mailloux.
20 YEARS AGO
July 23, 1992. Kelly
Mohon was the owner of
DeLeon’s newest business -The
Fitness and Tanning Salon -
which was located on the S
curve. Among those participat-
ing in a ribbon-cutting ceremo-
ny (including chamber mem-
bers) were Ruby Park, LaJoyce
Johnson, Harvey Kaase, Nancy
Johnson, Sherman Sides,
Band Parent
Booster
Meeting
A Band Parent Booster
Meeting will be held Sunday,
July 22, beginning at 7 p.m. at
the new band hall. Everyone is
welcome.
D’Shay Hardin, Jason Mohon,
Christine Steed, Gay Ion
Fleming, Kelley Mohon, Mike
Hare and Debra Briscoe.
30 YEARS AGO
July 22, 1982. E.S.A.
Sorority members Charlene
Miller, Christine Steed and
Karen Gardner were pictured
working on their float for the
Peach and Melon Festival
parade.
Mark Sides was the Set
Shot Winner for 11 year olds at
the Comanche County
Basketball Clinic in Comanche.
40 YEARS AGO
July 20, 1972. P&M
Festival Committee members
announced that Joe Paul
Nichols and his Four Pennies
were would be the headline
entertainment for the festival,
and that fiddler Chubby Wise
would also be performing.
Herman R. Johnson, a
1953 graduate of DeLeon High
School, was scheduled to be the
featured speaker at the DeLeon
Ex-Students Reunion. It was
noted that Johnson “put
DeLeon on the map in the
sports world” by winning the
State High School
Championship in shotput.
50 YEARS AGO
July 19, 1962. A Civil
Defense program featuring per-
sonnel and community protec-
tion from Nuclear attacks was
scheduled at the DeLeon High
School. The speaker was to be
Bob Carpenter.
The DeLeon Lions Club
held a “Lions Ladies Night” on
the patio of the Hiram Smith
Cottage at Lake Nabors.
Perez Benefit
A benefit will be held for
Lawrence Perez of Gorman, at
the Gorman City Park on
Saturday, July 28, beginning at
11 a.m. and continuing until the
food’s gone.
Perez had a heart attack on
June 20, 2012 which required
immediate surgery and hospi-
talization. All proceeds from
this benefit will go to Lawrence
to help with these medical
expenses.
The benefit will feature
barbecue sandwiches and/or
barbecue plates with brisket,
ribs and sausage plus all the fix-
ins and drinks, ranging in price
from $5 to $15.
A drawing will also be
held for a raffle for a whole
cooked brisket at 1p.m.
Chamber News
By Teresa Baird, DeLeon Chamber Director
It’s Chamber Punch time
again and this month’s host will
be Medway Home Healthcare.
The punch will be held on
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 1:30
p.m. at the Terrill Antique Car
Museum. They will be serving
frosted sugar cookies and
punch.
I’ve had several opportuni-
ties to meet the gals at Medway
and they are a wonderful mix of
professional and personal care
accented with great personali-
ties. Medway’s slogan is “Your
Way to Better Health.” And, I
believe I can safely add that
they believe, “laughter is the
best medicine.” So, whether
you need to inquire about their
professional services or just
want a chance to get a daily
dose of humor, please mark
your calendars and plan to
attend.
honed to the highest bidder
with all proceeds going to the
charity of the baker’s choice.
For those of you shy bakers,
you don’t have to have your
items judged. You can simply
enter them into the sale to help
your favorite charity make
money.
And, for those of you who
are non-bakers, we’ll need
eaters. So, dust off your check-
books and shake out the sock
full of cash you keep under the
bed. The benefits are many,
because you can help area char-
ities and sample some of the
favorite creations from this
area’s finest cooks.
be ideal additions. Contact
Teresa at 893-2083 for more
details.
Harvest of
Hearts
Revival
Proctor Baptist Church
invites you to a Harvest of
Hearts Revival, Friday and
Saturday, July 27-28, from 7 to
9 p.m. with Pastor Dallas
Huston.
Music will be provided by
Danny Bingham and Last Call
on Friday, and Tom Taylor.
Free hot dogs and drinks
will be available.
The revival will be held at
Evans Farm Auction Bam, 708
CR 332 in Proctor. Follow
signs.
Letter to
the Editor
We have enjoyed the priv-
ilege of competing against the
DeLeon XTreme nine and
under baseball team and would
like to compliment the team
members, the coaches, the par-
ents and family of all involved.
The boys played a great
game, were well coached and
most importantly, had good
sportsmanship before, during
and after the game. It was a
privilege to be involved as a
spectator. And, better yet, we
get to see them play again in
the upcoming state champi-
onship in Eastland, TX.
If you get a chance, make
a family trip to Eastland on
Monday, July 23, 2012 for a
few hours of family entertain-
ment where you won't have to
worry about the language or
explicit content of your view-
ing!
Phyllis Davis
Hawley Heaters Fan
Reunions
Smitherman; and Justice,
Supreme Court, Place 4, David
Medina and John Devine.
The race for United States
Senator, with candidates Grady
Yarbrough and Paul Sadler, is
the only contested race on the
Democratic Party Primary
Runoff Election Ballot.
Things around the office
are getting hectic. With so
many new and exciting addi-
tions to Golden Saturday, it
can’t help but get busy.
One of the latest additions
that I am so pleased to
announce is our Baking Contest
and Charity Dessert Auction.
Our friends at Promontory Park
Volunteer Fire Department will
be manning the booth and han-
dling the judging and the auc-
tion.
Our categories will be
Peaches, Watermelon, Pecans
and Peanuts. Although the offi-
cial mles are still being final-
ized, the gist is simple. Pick a
category, create a culinary con-
fection and enter it into the con-
test. Top winners will receive
ribbons and bragging rights.
All desserts will be auc-
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Candidates
Listing
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Justice of the Peace
Rex A. Plumlee
808 CR 321
Comanche, Tx 76442
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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.
If you are a fledgling musi-
cian or if you have a favorite
group of friends who like to get
together and pick, we have a
venue for you. Contact me at
the chamber and I’ll be happy
to get you on the lineup on the
Totelcom music stage. The
Totelcom stage will feature a
continuous lineup of area musi-
cians and acts during Golden
Saturday on Aug. 11, 2012.
Email me at chamber@cctc.net
If you have a special
hobby or skill and you would
like to share, we’d like to fea-
ture it in our Variety Tent. The
seminars and demonstrations
will mn continuously during
Golden Saturday and our tent is
provided by Heartland Funeral
Home. Call the chamber for
details at 893-2083.
If you have a product that
would be ideal for our “Big
Boy Toy” area, I have space for
you. Already in the lineup will
be distinctive green implements
from our friends at Clark
Tractor and powerful and tough
trucks from Bayer Motor
Company. Additions, such as:
deer blinds and feeders, atv’s
and motorcycles, trailers and
heavy equipment, storage
buildings and hot tubs, would
HOOVES & HORNS
Class of 1943
The DHS Class of 1943
will celebrate their 69th reunion
after the Ex-Students Reunion,
Saturday, Aug. 11. They will
have a spaghetti lunch at the
new high school cafetorium at
noon and then go to Betty
Wofford’s house for an after-
noon of visiting and reminisc-
ing. For more information, call
Betty at 24-893-2402.
Class of 1951
The Class of 1951 will
meet for a hamburger supper at
Bill Wilkerson’s house at 433
Sipe Springs Road, Friday
night, Aug. 10, beginning at 6
p.m.
Class of 1953
The class of 1953 will
meet at 6 p.m. Friday, August
10, for snacks and conversation
at the home of Joe Moore in
Cornyn. Turn off Hwy 6
toward Comyn. Joe's is the
blue house on the right about a
mile down the road. For further
information, call 893-4367.
Class of 54
The Class of 1954 will
meet at First Baptist Church
Family Life Center immediate-
ly following the Ex-Student
Reunion, Saturday, Aug. 11.
Class of 62
The class of 1962 will cel-
ebrate its 50th reunion this year.
Friday, Aug. 10, Dutch treat
supper at Highway 6 Cafe in
DeLeon at 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 11, 10 a.m. recognized
class at Ex-Student Association
Meeting. Lunch with DeLeon
Study Club at high school audi-
torium. Afternoon and evening
BY A.W. ERWIN
"0KAY-0KAY-0KAY!!! Here it is.....Your
free feed sample from Purina!!'1
visiting and recreation at Garth
and Nelda Priddy's house.
Burger supper at 6 p.m.
Members from other classes are
welcome Saturday afternoon at
the Priddy’s.
Class of 67
The graduating class of
1967 will gather at the Blue
Moon, 2nd floor, from 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, August 11 (the
Saturday of P&M Festival).
Please inform any class mem-
bers you may stay in touch
with, of our reunion.
Hope to see all of you for
our 45 th celebration.
Class of 1972
The DHS Class of 1972
will meet at the F&M Bank
Community Room, Saturday,
Aug. 11, beginning at 4 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information,
contact Terry Hardin at 254-
893-2361, or Ronnie Golden at
254-893-5755.
Please inform any class
members you may stay in touch
with, of our reunion.
Looking forward to seeing
everyone at our 40th reunion.
Class of 1982
The DHS Class of 1982
will celebrate their 30th class
reunion on Saturday, Aug. 11,
at Jim and Martha Farley’s res-
idence, 4451 Hwy. 6, DeLeon.
Activities will begin at 2:30
p.m. with dominoes, swim-
ming, etc. and a hamburger
supper will follow at 5 p.m.
Class funds will take care of the
hamburger buns and meat;
however, class members are
asked to bring sides such as
chips, dips, desserts, etc. For
additional information contact
Rickey Wilson at 254-734-
5534 or Cindy Beaty at 254-
842-7787.
Ex-Student Reunion
Plans are being made for
the DeLeon Ex-Student
Reunion. It will be at the high
school auditorium, Saturday,
Aug. 11. Registration at 9 a.m.
and the meeting at 10. The
graduating class of 1962 will be
the honor class. Ex-Students
make your plans to attend.
Comyn School Ex-Student
Reunion
The Comyn School Ex-
Students reunion will be held
Saturday, Aug. 11, at the
Comyn Baptist Church Annex.
Reunion will be 10 a.m. to 12
p.m. No lunch. Drinks and
donuts will be provided.
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