Texas VFW Commander to Visit Comanche Post Monday
Comanche VFW Post 8460 invites all veterans to a public meeting Monday at 7 30 PM at the Veterans Building with Clifford T Teer Commander of the Texas VFW and Fane Waldrop Department Service Officer attending. Teer a WWII veteran will discuss veterans benefits and answer questions. Waldrop, a former Post 8460 first commander, has long served in Veterans Affairs roles.
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Comanche Vfw
Veterans Building
Clifford T. Teer
Department of Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Comanche
R. F
Fane) Waldrop
Department Service
Sam Livingston Livingston
Livingston
Department 8
A. D Payne
Abilene
VFW
Teer
Mekassar
Boreno
Lombok Straits
Bali
Fane Waldrop
Pacifi Theater
Thinly-Clads To Clifton For Meet
The Comanche Indians travel to Clifton for the Clifton Relays with preliminaries Saturday afternoon and finals that night. Paul McGettis eyes the leaders after a 4:43.9 mile, Efferson Elliott aims for high discus placing after wins elsewhere, and Coach West says all athletes have trained hard. District meet set for Ballinger on April 17.
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Clifton
Fred West
Paul McGettis
Efferson Elliott
Comanche Jaycee installation banquet set for April 30
Jaycee State President Mal com Tallman will be guest speaker at the Comanche Jaycee installation banquet on April 30 at PAR Country Club. New officers installed May 1 include Dr. Richard Lane president and Larry Graham first VP with Jerry Nelson second VP.
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Jaycee
Malcom Tallman
Comanche Jaycee
Banqnet
PAR Country Club
Richard Lane
Larry Graham
Jerry Nelson
Harold Adcock
Pat Clendenin
Richard Locklear
Vic Isham
Danny Creek
Cayle Graham
Stelvin Johnston
Gary Don Swearengin
Brown Family Visits Comanche and Texas Veterans Affairs
Mr. and Mrs. A. Ray Brown of Uvalde visited his father A. D. Brown in Comanche over the weekend. They met his sister and husband, Ernest J. Ebell, who serves as Department Service Officer for rehabilitation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Texas. Fane served in the Army Reserves from 1949 to 1968, retiring from the Military Intelligence Unit in Waco. A Proctor Reservoir Weather Station released a 24 hour temperature and moisture report from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. with daily highs and lows listed for April 1 through April 7.
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Veterans Affairs Commission State of Texas
San Antonio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Waco
Department
Harold Rogers
A. Ray Brown
Uvalde
Comanche
A. D. Brown
Ernest J. Ebell
State of
Texas
Fane
Army
Proctor Reservoir
Rising Star Farm Wife Honored For Heroism
Martha Cook of Comanche received the Rural Heroism Award from the Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council in Houston after rescuing her mother in law from a sow attack at Rising Star on Feb 7 1970. She suffered injuries but recovered and credited the rescue to a person who risked her life. Howell Hobbs of Granbury earned an Honorable Mention for rescuing his wife's grandmother from a December 21 fire.
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Rising Star
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council
Houston
Martha Cook
Texas Safety Assn
Cook
Annie Cook
Comanche
The
Safety Council
Howell Hobbs
Granbury
Texas Sets Clean-Up Week for State Highways
April 26 through May 1 is designated Trash Round-Up Week by the Texas Legislature. State Highway Engineer J. C. Dingwall cites a $2 million annual cost to pick up roadside litter across 70 thousand miles of highways and urges drivers to carry litter bags. The Highway Department notes litter containers along state roads and urges Texans to join in a statewide effort to beautify roadsides, parks, streams, and properties. Comanche sets Clean-Up Week for April 12 through 17 with free trash pickup by city crews. City Manager John Beaty urges residents to participate to improve the city’s appearance.
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Texas
J. C. Dingwall
Texas Highway Department
Dingwall
Highway Department
Comanche
John Beaty
De Leon set for April 10 council Place 1 run-off
City of De Leon voters return to the polls Saturday April 10 to choose a councilman for Place 1 after a Tuesday election produced a three candidate race. Incumbent Will Wilkerson led with 80 votes but did not reach a majority, facing Hugh McGovern who had 47 and Joe R. Weaver with 38. incumbent James B. Asmus was unopposed and won 118 votes.
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City of de Leon
Will Wilkerson
Hugh McGovern
Wilkerson
Joe R. Weaver
James B. Asmus
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