March--April 1995
Vol. 1 No. 5
Charles Chupp in his best John Wesley Hardin disguise and one of this running buddies graces the cover of the fifth edition of the The Messenger.
CONTENTS
Message From The Editor
To Feed the Wolves by Phil tate
Mastery of Time by W.H. Reagan
The Sweetheart Man by Bruce McGinnis
A Parable for the Gifted by Ceclia Boswell
Railroad Days in De Leon by Fredrick G. Schmidt
Gun Control or School Control by Kent Boswell
A Man For All Times by Eddie Northcutt
Protecting the Beattie Frontier by Phil Alexander
On the Halves by Charles Chupp
The Mystery Quilt Comes Home
La Don Restaurant
Primestar
Gilder Welding & Construction
Callison Pump Service
Nita Dansby Real Estate
C.M. Caraway & Sons
Kent Boswell Construction Contracting
De Leon flora & Variety
Texas Barber Shop
Abbe Electric
Nowlin Funeral Home
Bayer Motor Co.
De Leon Peanut Co.
Herby & Jacks Small Engine Repair
Shelby Pharmacy
Gilder Tax & Accounting
The Blossom Shop
Higginbotham’s
Weaver Drug
De Leon Irrigation Supply, Inc.
W.H. Smith Dept. Store
Gary Wilson Bulldozing Contractor
Fronk’s Chevron
Price’s flowers
First State Bank De Leon-Gustine
De Leon Auto Supply
Hogan’s Tire Service
Quik Draw & Paint
Stockman Seed & Fertilizer, Inc.
Thomas Propane
Mike Carlin Masonry Contractor
Winkles Construction
Blanton jones Auto Repair & Tires
Cogburn Real Estate
Farmers and Merchants Bank
MESSENGER ADVERTISERS
You might be from De Leon if....
More wisdom from Kent and Cecelia Boswell
The thoughts this time for us “Baby Boomers” who had the privilege of growing up in De Leon in the sixties. Many of these “might bes” are not particular to this age, but they are our experiences.
The old junior high building (North Ward) with one light hanging from the center of its cavernous ceiling brings some thoughts that tell people you might be a boomer from De leon if...
You though Mr. Grant and President Grant were brothers.
You were the third generation taught by Alda Daniel.
And the third generation to remember “The man shot the bear. The bear shot by man.”
You still check you fingernails before going to work every morning.
You thought the Cubcat Camera went out for national publication.
You thought all principals were shorter than the students.
You though all naked women would look like Tina at the festival. (Ed note: Tina appeared at a late 1950s P&M Festival. The carnival barker claimed she was “hotter than a pepper patch’ but there were few baby boomer old enough to be allowed inside the tent.)
High school in the sixties had little to do with the building because your leaning started at the Flamingo and ended at Holdridge’s. You might be fro DHS if...
You thought Bush Bavarian didn’t have anything to do with the Alps.
You experienced ghost stories first had from the Brown house in Desdemona or Green’s Creek in Dublin.
You thought a social engineer was someone who drove the Doodle Bud with a friend.
You believed a foreign war was one that was fought at the Sunset Cafe in Dublin.
You idea of kinky sex was falling naked into the moss at Nabor’s lake.
You graduated from DHS, and still don’t have a high school education.
The longest trip you ever took before Viet Nam was to Lenard’s Department Store in Fort Worth.
Which brings us to our common experience, Viet Nam. If you grew up in De Leon in the ‘60s...
You though Abilene was just for getting drafted.
You thought R&R was why you went to the Flying L Ranch in Bandera or...
In Nam you were afraid to go on R&R.
You cry every time you watch China Beach.
Huey means more to you than Mr. Lewis and News.
Before Nam the most dangerous thing you had done was sneak into the Weeping Oak Drive In (which conjures up a few more “You mights”.)
Hey, you By-products of baby boomers, hep us out with your thoughts for the next publication. David Welch and Charley Boswell came up with this one: You might be from De Leon if your TV and scanner both break at the same time, and you get the scanner repaired first.