Museum Opens In Comanche By A P And Margaret Burks
Comanche residents are invited to explore a new private museum opened by A P and Margaret Burks, advertised as among the best private museums. It hosts weekend hours with weekday appointments, promising discoveries for repeat visitors and those who have yet to see it. In local notes, Roy Turner ends city council tenure after two terms. Comanche’s high school Indians claim a District Championship in track with coaches Colley Westmoreland and Paddock praising the effort. William Carroll Martin plans a new oil wildcat near Comanche on the A E Johnston farm after a prior dry hole near George Pratt place.
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Comanche
A. P
Margaret Burks
Roy Turner
CHS
Houston Colley
Gene Westmoreland
Tommy Paddock
Fastland
Granbury
Nuf
De Leon Rites For Mrs Skaggs and College News
College notes report Jane Durham named to the Dean's List at Texas Wesleyan College with a 3.52 GPA and future teaching placement in Arlington Public Schools. Navy nurse and NROTC scholarship details offered. Obituary announces the death of Mrs. Mary Lou Skaggs, 76, of De Leon with services and burial in De Leon Cemetery.
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College News de Leon
Mrs. Skaggs
Jane Durham
F. Caraway
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Jane
Arlington Public Schools
CHS
Texas Wesleyan
Rusty Durham
Navy
NROTC
Marine Corps
U.S. Naval Reserve
U.S. Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
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Sidney School Honor Roll For Fifth Six Weeks
The Sidney School announces the honor roll for the fifth six weeks. Students earned at most one B while the rest were A grades. Names include Debbie Reed and Rita Reed among others across grades 1 through 11 with several absent or illegible entries.
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Sidney School
Debbie Reed
Shirley Clark
Joyce Pfingston
Leigh Deign Gibson
Cynthia Johnson
Rita Reed
Darla Hallard
Rhonda Reed
Tina Johnson
Kayla Chandler
Cindy Spruill
Blaine Connally
Joyce Chapman
Josie Estrada
Charlene Simpson
Lenel Schooler
Candy Sparkman
Carolyn Burdette
Wendi Gibson
David Ward
Keg Gibson
Roxann Moore
Donna Pfingsten
Carol Mazurek
Mary Clark
Clinton
Doc's Outboard Marine Joins Johnson Dealer Network
Doc's Outboard Marine at 1005 E Central has been named an authorized Johnson Motors dealer. T. B. Kalbfus, Johnson marketing director, welcomed the shop to the dealer family and said it will offer the full Johnson Sea Horse line plus accessories and a complete range of marine products for boaters. Moore Visitors Mr and Mrs. Jimmy Moore hosted a family gathering at their Stag Creek home with relatives from Springtown Watauga McAllen Plainview and Comanche.
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Doc’s
Outboard Marine
E. Central
Johnson Motors
T. B. Kalbfus
Johnson
Deec’s
Johnson Sea Horse
Spring Driving Hazards Cited In Texas
Spring driving hazards are warned by the Texas Safety Association noting slick roads from pollen and oil, reduced visibility, fog and wet weather. Advice includes light touches on skids, lower speeds, proper headlight use and maintenance, and cautious braking. Also mentions funeral attendance for L. E. Sledge and crop acreage certification deadlines for 1970 with a May 1 final wheat and barley date.
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Texas
TSA
Rites Held For J M Macon In Texas Area
Jesse M. Macon age 74 former De Leon Co manche resident dies Sunday at Temple Veterans Hospital Services were held Tuesday at Higginbotham Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Heickman officiating Burial followed at De Leon Cemetery He was born November 11 1895 in Lincoln Alabama married Kathleen Bailey in 1923 she died in 1945 He taught in the De Leon area served in the Navy in WW I and was a Baptist church member Survived by son Jesse M Jr of Whittier California two daughters Mrs Sarah Macon Correll Fort Worth and Mrs Kathleen Macon Thomason Refugio and ten grandchildren
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Mary Lou Skaggs
de Leon
Bentis Church de Leon
Lowell Dean Skaggs
Dewy Lam
Don Melton
Purial
Skaggs
Alabama
B. B
Bud
Snyder
Jewel Graham
Pearl Spruill
Thelma Mae Bigham
Hobes
N.M
Brohers
Will Wood
Amarillo
Monroe Wood
Brownwood
Cera Towe
Decatur
Maggie Womack
Lena Prifole
Okla
Jesse M. Macon
Comanche
Veteran's Hospital
Temple
Higginbotham Funeral
Ralph Heickman
Wiret Baptist
Mr. Macon
Lincolnn Ala
Kathleen Bailey
The
Baptist Church
Jesse M. Jr
Whittier
Calif
Sarah Macon Correll
Fort Worth
Kathleen Macon Thomason
Refugio
Dallas Man Visits Ill Father in Local Hospital
Da Medford St Parsens of Dallas traveled to Contanthe overnight Tuesday and again Friday to check on his father Jack Stephens who lies ill in the local hospital.
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da Medford St
Mr and Mrs C B Game Visit Friends in Texas Towns
Mr and Mrs C B Game of Carnegie Oklahoma visited friends and relatives in Comanche Gustine and Zephyr for a brief trip and social calls.
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Mrs. C. B. Game
Carnegie, Okla
Comanche
Gustine
Zephyr
Ancient horse racing traced by carvings and records
The piece notes horse racing as a sport at least 30 centuries old, citing carvings and stone work. It mentions a 210 A.D. race in Netherby, Yorkshire, England, and adds unrelated tech facts about a U S Air Force solar furnace at Cloudcroft, New Mexico and a 1460 helicopter rotating wing toy painting.
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England
Netherby
Yorkshire
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