T P and L Advisor To Sneak At Lions Club
Sam Wright supervisor of Youth Programs for Texas Power and Light Company will be the guest speaker at the Comanche Lions Club meeting Tuesday night April 8. Wright is a Texas Tech graduate and former president of several West Texas clubs and associations with a long public speaking history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wright
Texas Power & Light Company
Comanche Lions Club
Mr. Wright
Texas Technological College
American Range Management Association of
West Texas
Agricultural Club
Lubbock
Toastmaster’s International of
Chamber of Commerce
Comanche to host 7th 8th 9th grade track meet
Comanche Junior High School coaches James Wilson and Tommy Faddock announce a five team meet Tuesday April 8 with Dublin Goldthwaite Hamilton Hico and Comanche. Eleven events include shot put discus broad jump 440 and 430 yard dashes relays and hurdles. Field events start 4 20 p m and running finals at 5 00 p m.
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Comanche
James Wilson
Tommy Faddock
Dublin
Goldthwaite
Hamilton
Hico
Missionary to Speak at Mt Pleasant Church
Mt Pleasant Baptist Church invites the public to 11 o clock Sunday services where Rev Norvel Welch missionary on furlough from Brazil will speak He will show slides of his work at the 7 p m service Pastor Rev M L Guthrie announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Norvel Welch
Brazil
M. L. Guthrie
Lions Plan Statewide Banquets And School Honors
Lions Vasco Lee Adolph Proffitt and Wayne Pinkerton organize two statewide banquets with a school commendation program. Lions Club President Jim Roberts urges full attendance at the events across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Vasco Lee
Adolph Proffitt
Wayne Pinkerton
Lions Club
Jim Roberts
Good Morning Christ Is Risen Easter Message
A religious Easter meditation recalls Mary Magdalene’s discovery of the risen Jesus and the first proclamation "The Lord is risen indeed" as a daily beacon. The piece highlights faith transforming sorrow into hope across ancient cities and modern life.
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Christ
Jesus
Corinth
Jerusalem
Ephesus
Desert
Caesar
Area farmers eye Del Monte contract vegetables
A Comanche Eastland County fact finding group found irrigated vegetable contracts could be profitable. Eight farmers toured Crystal City with Del Monte staff to explore test plantings for spring grown green beans. Four producers will plant initial plots starting March 27 with seven day intervals.
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Comanche
Eastland County
Crystal City
del Monte
Floyd Key
Jerry Vines
Bill McGinnis
Lennard Caraway
Charles Taylor
Hiram Smith Jr
Bill Brown
Ed Stafford
Joe Beaty
Elton McDonald
Caraway and
Taylor
Comanche County
Proctor Voters Decide Local Option On Alcohol Sale
Comanche County conducts its third wet-dry election in six months this Saturday April 5 with polls from 8 am to 7 pm in Justice Precinct No 4 Proctor. Voters decide on off premise sale of all alcoholic beverages and area boundaries extend north and northeast of the Leon River Bridge toward the Comanche Erath line.
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Comanche County
al Procter
Justice
JP Pet
Justice Precinct
Proctor
Leon River
Comanche-Erath County
Weather Facts From Proctor Reservoir Weather Station Report
A weather report from the Proctor Reservoir Weather Station covers a 24 hour period from 8 am to 8 am detailing temperatures and moisture levels.
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Proctor Reservoir
Giant Easter Egg Hunt Sunday at Country Club
PAR Members and their guests are invited to a Giant Easter Egg Hunt Sunday afternoon April sixth at the Country Club. Festivities begin at 2:00.
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PAR
Country Club
Vote Comanche City and School Elections Saturday
Voters in Comanche City and the Comanche Independent School District head to the polls on Saturday April 5 to pick local leaders. City Mayor and two aldermen seek reelection, with no opposition announced. Five candidates vie for two school board seats, all with local roots and school age children. Polls open in City Hall and the Home Economics Building from morning until 7 p.m. Mayor Gyale Pirkle and aldermen Joe Waring and Bill Jones seek reelection. school candidates are Les Strawn Eldon R Tupin David H Beene J D Warren and W N Gleaton.
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Comanche
Comanche Independent School District
Gyale Pirkle
Joe Waring
Bill Jones
Comanche Square
Les Strawn
Eldon R. Tupin
David H. Beene
J. D. Warren
W. N. Gleaton
Methodist To Begin Revival In Comanche
The Rev. Floyd Johnson will lead revival services at First United Methodist Church Comanche starting Sunday April 6 at 7 p m Each day Monday through Friday offers 7 a m and 7 p m sessions with coffee donuts and a nursery provided The invitation is extended by Rev Harvey Raines and the congregation
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Floyd Johnson
Cisco
United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Comanche
Long
C. A. Raines
First Church of the Nazarene
Nacogdoches
Harvey Raines
Warren and Gleaton Named in Court Filings
J. D. Warren and C. W. N. Gleaton appear in new court filings. Details remain unclear in the fragmentary OCR text.
Transfer Applications Open for 1969 70 School Year
Parents must file transfer applications in May with the County School Superintendent for children moving from one district to another for the 1969 1970 school year.
Patrolmen Seek Pickup in Hit Run Collision Near Comanche
State Highway Patrolmen Joe Wilie and Don Stout lead a search for a blue green 60s pickup with a damaged right side and a light headlamp. The pickup, possibly a Ford or Chevrolet, was pulling a blue boat trailer with a small boat. Floyd Bilbrey and wife Mrs Bilbrey suffered injuries in the crash on FM Road 590 near Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilie
Don Stout
Comanche
Wilie
Floyd Bilbrey
S. Mary St
Bilbrey
Wile
Lake Fanes
Comanche County
Comanche City
Hamilton Teen Ager Ships First Hole In One At PAR Club
Robert Kooken a Hamilton High School golfer made the first hole in one at PAR Country Club. The 125 yard eight iron shot on a par three was witnessed by Donald Spivey Lester Puckett and others. Pro Howard Burttschell predicted more holes in one this summer and noted Frank Underwood who built the course was in Comanche for smoothing work.
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Hamilton
Robert Kooken
Hamilton High School
Comanche
Kooken
Donald Spivey
Lester Puckett
Howard Burttschell
Frank Underwood
Bowie
Burttschell
Track Moet Underway at Comanche Indian Maiden Relays
The Comanche Indian Maiden Relays opened with over 200 track girls competing. Preliminaries were held Thursday afternoon April 3, with finals set for Thursday evening at 7:00.
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Proffitt
Claude Morris
Waco
Texas
Comanche Lodge No. 165
Ray Parrish
Order of
Odd Fellons
Morris
T.p.&l
Wright
Mt. Pleasant
Chinding Fie
Asa B. Christopher
Mary
Bethany
Peter
Thomas
Mary Magilene
John
Comanche County, Texas
Vive
Comanche, Texas
C. Gyale
C. Pirkle
W. R. Jones
C. W. N. Gleaton
Vernon Smith
Kim Feridge
George Burton
Mike Marette
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