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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 5 No. 23
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June 3, 2015
INSIDE REAL COUNTY JUNIOR HORSE CLUB STARTS SEASON WITH TEN YEAR LEASE FROM CHAMBER by Julie Becker
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Last year the Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce stepped up to the plate and purchased the Leakey arena so our community could continue to use it for local events. To further support the community the Chamber gave the Real County Junior Horse Club a ten year lease for their Thursday night playdays and the July Jubilee Rodeo! Wow talk about coming together for the betterment of the community! The Real County Junior Horse Club became an official organization “to further the participation of youth in activities on horseback, and related activities” in 1975. . Thousands of hours of labor were donated by men and women of the horse club. The first rodeo performance was a Saturday daytime performance in honor of our country’s Bi-Centennial Celebration and they have
been going strong ever since. Pictured are last years awards! Take a look at those saddles! Looking forward to a great year this year! Come out and join them for a burger and some old fashioned fun! 2015 HORSE CLUB SHOW NIGHT SCHEDULE June 4th Sign up/Points June 11th Points/Ribbon June 18th Points/Rodeo Queen Contest June 25th Points/Ribbon July 2nd Grand Entry Practice July 9th Points July 16th Points/Ribbon July 23rd Points July 25 Awards Night July 30th Rain Out Must participate 5 nights (or 75% of nights held) in order to be qualified for Awards
RCJHC AWARDS
FRIO CANYON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GEARS UP FOR JUBILEE SEASON by Julie Becker
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HURRICANE SEASON COASTAL AND INLAND ............................ Page 11
RECYCLING SUCCESS! ........................... Page 11
INDEX State News .................... Page 2 Legals/Jail Register ...... Page 3 Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................. Page 7 Obituaries ...................... Page 8 Classifieds ..................... Page 12
Today’s Weather
High: 86° Low: 66°
The Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual activities on schedule for 2015. Parade Chairperson, Jimmie Walker said “The annual July Jubilee Parade will take place as always on Saturday morning at 10 am July 4, 2015.” The parade committee does have an alternate route as a backup just in case of road construction. The lineup location is the same, behind the school beginning at 7 am. The parade route will be down Hwy. 83 as always, unless road construction mandates the alternate route. As always participants are encouraged to arrive early and remember throwing of items from
floats MUST be into the crowd, NOT on the roadway. If you have any questions please contact Walker at 830-275-9661 or 830-232-5833. The Jubilee Arts & Crafts will be Downtown Leakey, Texas on the courthouse square Saturday from 9 am until 4pm. The annual street dance will be on the courthouse square Saturday night from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am. If you have any questions about this year’s events please contact Chamber President Russell Glass at 830-279-4960 or any Chamber member. Information about this year’s Jubilee, vendor forms and lodging information can be found on the Chamber website, www.friocanyonchamber.com
State Fair of Texas Scholarship Awarded to LISD Student Hayley Bates by Carolyn Scott,
Hayley Nicole Bates a graduating senior from Leakey High School has been awarded a four year $6,000.00 Youth Livestock Scholarship sponsored by the State Fair of Texas. The $1,500.00 a year scholarship is renewable by maintaining a 3.0 GPA. Since 1992, the State Fair of Texas Scholarship Program has awarded scholarships to academically talented students who graduate from high schools in the Dallas State Fair Park area. In 1993, the State Fair of Texas Scholarship Program expanded its youth support by awarding scholarships to academically talented students who participated in the State Fair of Texas Youth Livestock Shows. The 2015 - 2016 Youth Livestock Show will be held this fall during the 129th State Fair of Texas, September 25 to October 18, at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The State Fair of Texas is awarding 350 scholarships for the 2015 - 2016 school year. This includes 95 new and 132 renewed Youth
Livestock Scholarships and 55 new and 68 renewed recently renamed Pete Schenkel Scholarships (for students from the Fair Park area high schools). Miss Bates participated in the State Fair of Texas Youth Livestock Shows in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2013. She showed in the Youth Market Lamb Shows and won numerous places including Reserved Grand Champion Lamb in 2013. In high school she has been an active member of FFA, 4-H Club, National Honor Society, basketball, volleyball, golf, cheerleading and held class offices,. She has held numerous offices in those clubs and received many awards and honors during her high school career and has been very active in community service. Miss Bates plans to attend Texas Tech University and major in agribusiness. She is the daughter of Jerry and Melissa Bates of Leakey.
The Spirit of ‘45 “Bill”, William Edwin Chamberlin, was born on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1920, in East Concord, New Hampshire. He was the first son born to Harold Curtis and Ruth Marion (Bachelder) Chamberlin. His birth was preceded by an older sister. The family had two daughters and four sons in all. He was a member of the graduating class of Concord High School, graduating in June, 1936. He liked to party and stay out late, had a motorcycle which he wrecked. From that wreck, he suffered skull damage and had to have a metal plate put in his head. He lost his driver’s license permanently in the state of New Hampshire due to his folly. He was working at a hotel in Concord, but when World War II broke out, he joined the Army. He got his basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia, where he met his future wife, Dovie Maddalean Boultinghouse of Utopia, Texas. She was in the W.A.A.C.’s at the time. They were married September 11, 1943, in Uvalde, Texas. The result of that union was three children. They presently have 4 grandchildren, 12 greatgrandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Bill served in the Army Engineering Corp in
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the Pacific, was in the battles of the Bismarck Archipeago, New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon, and the Battle of 60 33 WD 45. He received an honorable discharge from the Separation Center at Fort Sam Houston on October 5, 1945. Medals awarded to him were the Asiatic Pacific Campaign with 4 bronze stars, the Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze star, and the Good Conduct Medal. His mess kit that he carried was etched by him with all the places he was during the war and can be seen at the Aviation Museum on Garner Field Road in Uvalde. Since he had lost his driver’s license in New Hampshire and was married to a Texas girl, there was no doubt about where they would live. Because the hiring of veterans was foremost following World War II and with his background in the service in engineering, he was hired in November, 1945, at the Texas Highway Department in Uvalde. He worked many of those years in Edwards, Real, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties. He was hired as an apprentice inspector and his first job was on the overpass in North Uvalde. continued page 3