McKinney to Speak at Comanche Chamber Banquet
George McKinney of Texas Power and Light Co. will address the Comanche Chamber of Commerce banquet at 7 p.m. Thursday at PAR Country Club. The man of the year will receive a plaque. New officers and directors will be presented. McKinney is listed in the Dictionary of International Biography and belongs to the International Platform of Speakers and Entertainers of America.
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George McKinney
Texas Power and Light Co
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Par Country Club
Comanche
McKinney
The
Dictionary of International Biography
International Platform of Speakers and Entertainers of America
Extension Agent Declares Fruit Crop Badly Damaged
Comanche County fruit harvest suffered a severe freeze last Saturday night killing most peach plum and apricot crops. Some trees retain small pockets of live fruit. a few peaches may remain but not a full crop. Home gardeners should begin malathion spray programs every 10 to 14 days until fruit ripens to combat pests.
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Comanche County
Gardner
Gustine FFA Banquet Plans Highlight April Event
Gustine FFA members finalize details for the annual banquet on Thursday night April 10 in the Gustine School Gym. Tickets are sold by FFA members. Guest speaker is Marcus Hill former state FFA president with entertainment by the Texas Leon River Boys.
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Gustine Ffa
Gustine
W. T
Dub) Crumley
Scotty Hayes
FFA
Juan Escobar
Mark Littlejohn
Ricky Humphrey
Jimmy Pettit
Mike Hurst
David Daniel
Marcus Hill
Texas Leon River Boys
Escobar
Buddy Lane
Littlejohn
Eddie Rios
Steve Gunter
Steve Stateville
Crumley
Humphrey
Pettit
Daniel
Kenneth Rinehart
Comanche County voting eyes multiple elections
With election day set for Saturday April 5 voters will cast ballots in Comanche County for city and school posts. Absentee ballots totaled 184 in hospital district and 168 in district races by Tuesday, while a $2 million bond vote for a new high school is set for April 19 and statewide constitutional amendments follow on April 22.
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Comanche
Comanche Independent School Board of Trustees
City of
Comanche County
Eugene Perkins
Wallace E. Gibson
John M
Happy) Hathcock
Comanche Independent School District
Bill Blue
J. B. Cunningham
Sue Collins Rainey
William T. Calhoun
Gayle Isham, Jr
C. A Ross
Sidney
John R. Moore
Baggett
Gustine and
Gustine
Gustine City
C. O. Boyd
O. L. Rich
B. F. Kight
Gustine Independent School District
Garth Pettit
William Kirkland
Bob Haggard
Ronnie Calcote
D. R. White
Sidney Independent School District
James Wyatt
Mary Collins
Max Reed
Glenn Johnson
de Leon Independent School District
Jon R. Coan
Donald K. Setzler
Forrest Eisenrich
de Leon
DeLoyn Singleton
Joe V. Morgan
Walter J. Beaty
John Beaty
Betty Conway
Comanche Hospital
Sidney Independent School Trustee
Conway
Missionary From Brazil To Speak At First Baptist Church
Foreign missionary Dan N. Sharpley and his wife Doris Alfred Sharpley will discuss Baptist work in Brazil during the Wednesday worship hour at 7 30. Appointed in 1948 they have served in Santa Maria Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro and now direct the Brazilian Baptists Property Holding Board. The Sharpleys have three grown children and invite all to hear them at First Baptist Church.
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Kenneth Vaughan
Dan N. Sharpley
Brazil
Foreign Mission Board
Sharpley
Rio de Janeiro
Santa Maria
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Guanabara
Brazilian Baptists’ Property Holding Board
Sharpleys
Dan, Jr
Susie
Kay
William
Bobby
First Baptist Church
County-Wide Cancer Crusade Kick-Off Scheduled
Mary Lackey is named Comanche County Crusade chairman for a month long drive in April. Kick-off on April 7 includes house to house visits by volunteers to urge residents to support the American Cancer Society with a check up and a check.
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Mary Lackey
Comanche County Cancer Crusade
Louise Sledge
Edwina Rackley
American Cancer Society
Mary
Cancer Crusade
Comanche
Comanche County
Redskin Relays Set to Feature Top Teams at Comanche
Comanche Indians host the annual Redskin Relays on Friday April 4 with 18 to 20 teams expected. Freshman and Varsity divisions run field and track events from 1:30 pm through finals starting 7 pm. Local squads named include Anson Clyde Roscoe Eastland Cis co Dublin Glen Rose Ballinger Rule Albany Stamford Hamilton Breckenridge Goldthwaite Coleman Hico Cross Plains Seymour and the host Indians.
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Comanche Indians
Edwards
Anson
Clyde
Roscoe
Eastland
Cisco
Dublin
Glen Rose
Ballinger
Rule
Albany
Stamford
Hamilton
Breckenridge
Goldthwaite
Coleman
Hico
Cross Plains
Seymore
Comanche County Declared Modified Certified Area by USDA
Comanche County is certified as a Modified Certified Area for three years ending February 15, 1978. Brucellosis is reduced to not more than one percent of cattle in not more than five percent of herds. All cattle at auctions and moving within the state are tested. blood samples are collected from slaughter animals.
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Comanche County
Usda Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Cooperative State Federal
Martha Stephens Resigns as County Extension Agent
Mrs. Martha Stephens resigns as County Extension Agent for Comanche County effective April 30 after four years of service. She helped grow Home Demonstration and 4-H programs, with a new Home Demonstration Club and a new 4-H Club formed in the last year. She will become a full time homemaker for her husband Ronnie and two children, Rodney and Randy.
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Martha Stephens
Comanche County
Comanche Bands Poised For Competition
Comanche Public School bands head for honors with events at Cisco Junior College on April 5 and April 12. Junior High band, directed by Mike Brady, includes 61 musicians with 45 entering solo and ensemble events. The Comanche Indian Band, 71 members, plans 54 solo and ensemble numbers on April 12.
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Comanche
Cisco Junior College
Mike Brady
Brady
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