Comanche County Banks Post Record Deposits in March Call
Four Comanche County banks report a March 28 call total of $36,612,493 in deposits, up nearly seven million from the year-ago figure of $29,729,512. Loans rose to $17,361,005, led by Comanche National Bank with $12,378,028 and State National Bank with $11,436,719. Farmers and Merchants in De Leon held $10,548,689 and First State Bank of Gustine $2,249,057.
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Comanche County
Comanche National Bank
State National Bank
Farmers and Merchants
de Leon
First State Bank of
Gustine
Heartland Life Insurance holds annual meeting in Comanche
Heartland Life Insurance Company held its annual meeting on Tuesday at the Comanche home office with President Tom Beene presiding and Jim Roberts presenting a growth plan. Since its 1965 formation by merging burial associations, the firm has expanded through Texas and plans new policies, including a single premium paid up policy with cash values by June 1. Officers for the coming year include J. Hunter Pearson, Kenneth Gardner, and Jim Roberts. directors named include Robert Scott and W. N. Brister among others.
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Heartland Life Insurance Company
Comanche
Tom Beene
Jim Roberts
Heartland
Texas
J. Hunter Pearson
Cleburne
Kenneth Gardner
Hamilton
Robert Scott
Gatesville
W. N. Brister
Meridian
Jay Koonce
Rising Star
Page Harrell
Dublin
Wayne Rutledge
Hico
Ewell Jones
Luker Named All-State Football Player for Gustine
Gene Luker son of Mr and Mrs Bernell Luker was named Gustine s first All State footballer on the AP first team at a linebacker position He 5 10 170 lb junior also plays basketball and track in addition to football Stephenville Harold Adcock David Beene Tom Beene and Porter Franks retiring directors received gifts for long service to Heartland Heartland officials thanked the retirees for their work since the organization began.
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Gene Luker
Bernell Luker
Gustine
Luker
Associated Press
Tigers
Stephenville
Harold Adcock
David Beene
Comanche
Tom Beene
Porter Franks
Page Harrell
Heartland
Reward Offered in Comanche County Murder Case
Mrs. Bell Gotelli of Proctor Dublin posts 2000 reward for information on the murder of A. T. Woody Woodruff. Woodruff was shot at his home near Proctor on January 24. $500 paid when complaint is filed. $1500 upon final conviction. Contact Sheriff Gaston Boykin at 915 356 2161.
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Bell Gotelli
Proctor
Rt. 2
Dublin
A. T
Woody” Woodruff
Woodruff
Comanche County
Gaston Boykin
Comanche
Gotelli
Train Collides With Milk Truck In Comanche County Wreck
A Santa Fe freight train collided with a Gore Dairy milk truck on the Goldthwaite highway near the railroad crossing in Comanche County Saturday afternoon. The 68 car train derailed five engines and 15 cars. two railroad workers were treated and released. Firemen Joe Waring and Jack Stark assisted in securing the scene to prevent fire or chemical hazards amid damaged equipment and hazardous cargo. No lives were lost and injuries were minor.
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Santa Fe
Comanche County
Comanche
Gore Dairy Inc
Goldthwaite
Felix Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Joe Waring
Jack Stark
Gines
Waring
Stark
Hill Dudley and Dukes Named to School Board in Comanche
Dr. Bill Hill and incumbents Eltas Dudley and L L Dukes Jr were elected to the Comanche Independent School Board in a record 1935 votes. Hill led with 1048, Dudley 982, Dukes 925, with three seats filled and new officers named.
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Hill
Dudley
Dukes
Bill Hill
Eltas Dudley
L. L. Dukes, Jr
Comanche Independent School Board
Comanche County
Elvin Brownlee
Dorman Hanks
Monselle O'Brien
Skip
McDonald
Stewart
Burton Cunningham
Garland Collins
Wayne Stewart
Eldon Ray McDonald
Delta Lambda ESA Sponsors Outsiders Volleyball Tourney
The Delta Lambda Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sponsors an outsiders volleyball tournament at Comanche High School gymnas ium on April 12 13 and Twenty five teams from De Leon Dublin Priddy Sidney Gorman Blanket and Comanche enter. Games start 6:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday with 10:30 p.m. Saturday. afternoon play begins 1:30 p.m. and runs to 10:00 p.m. Admission 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults.
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Delta Lambda
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Comanche High School
de Leon
Dublin
Priddy
Sidney
Gorman
Blanket
Comanche
Robinson New Jaycee President
David Robinson, a Clemons Motor Company salesman, was elected president of the Comanche Jaycees for the upcoming year. The slate includes Ronnie Boston as 1st vice president, Stanton Anders as 2nd vice president, Harvey Kaase as secretary and reporter, Larry Graham as treasurer, Austin Anderson as State Director, and Chaplain Dur ham Pecan. Directors are Smokey Hill, Hershall Strawn, Grady Hall and Jimmy Martin. Installations set for April 25 at PAR Country Club.
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David Robinson
Clemons Motor Company
Comanche Jaycees
Ronnie Boston
Seil
USDA
Stanton Anders
Gold
Comanche Boys Qualify For Regional Track Meet
Comanche sends four athletes to the regional track meet in Odessa at W T Barrett Stadium on April 12 and 13. The qualifiers are David Shaw and Jamey Williams in the 880 yard dash, Danny Armstrong in the 120 yard high hurdles, and Eugene Bates in the 330 yard intermediate hurdles. Prelims start 4 40 p m Thursday with finals at 1 30 p m Friday.
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Odessa
Lugene Bates
David Shaw
Jamey Williams
Danny Armstrong
W. T. Barrett
Comanche
Eugene Bates
Schwartz Re-Elected Mayor in Comanche Local Vote
Clarence Schwartz won re election as Mayor of Comanche with 543 votes over John Carpenter's 314. Aldermen Eu gene Perkins 741 and Wallace Gibson 673 votes, with B. O. Mason at 174. Gibson, Perkins, and Schwartz were sworn in at the Monday council meeting as 858 voters cast a notably high city total.
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Clarence Schwartz
Comanche
John Carpenter
Eugene Perkins
Wallace Gibson
B. O. Mason
Gibson
Perkins
Schwartz
Spalding to Speak at Noon Lions Club Friday
Henry Spalding of Sidney will present the program at the Noon Lions Club Friday April 13. Lions Medford Stephens Jerry Vines and Damon Power arranged the event. Spalding, a World War II prisoner of war, was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and released in 1945 after 3 1/2 years imprisonment.
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Henry Spalding
Sidney
Lions Club
Lions
Beene Named to Baylor University Business School Board
David Beene, vice president in charge of operations at Higginbotham Brothers Stores of Texas, was elected to the Baylor University Business School board of directors for a three year term beginning fall 1973. Beene, CHS graduate 1955, Baylor degree 1959, later moved to Comanche in 1965 and became Higginbotham vice president after his father Tom Beene retired in 1972.
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David Beene
Higginbotham Brothers’ Stores of
Texas
Business School
Baylor University
Waco
Beene
CHS
Baylor
Comanche
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