January-February 1997

Volume 3--Number 4

The cover drawing was entitled

“EARLY CALF-LATE SNOW”

CONTENTS

An Encapsulated Classic

Dr. Redden’s Journal

a.k.a. Round Mountain

Luck of the Irish, Guardian Angels, Imitations of Mortality, and Un-related Subjects

Garden’s Edge

Ode To Mother-In-Law

Avery Old New Recipe

An Unlikely History of De Leon

trip to the Texas Centennial

Horsehoe Curve

Billy the Kid

And fillers from 1917

La Don Restaurant

Bayer Motor Co..-Comanche

Gilder Tax & Accounting

Abbe Electric

C.M. Caraway & Sons

Thomas Propane

Gilder Welding & Construction

Shelby Pharmacy

Cogburn Real Estate

First State Bank-De Leon-Gustine

Higginbothams Hardware

Jeff and Bob McGinnis Custom Grain Harvesting

Price’s Flowers

W.H. Smith Department Store

Mike Carlin Masonry Contractor

Quik Draw & Paint

The Blossom Shop

De Leon Peanut Company-Doyle Welch

De Leon Auto Supply Inc.

De Leon Irrigation Spply

ZJ’S Steak and Catfish-Gorman

Weaver Drug

Callison Pump Service

Nowlin Funeral Home

Farmers and Merchants Bank

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