Harold Denny to be Honored on First Comanche Bank Day
Harold Denny will be celebrated Friday April 22 as Harold Denny Day at First Comanche Bank for fifty years of service. The event at bank hours includes cake punch and coffee with friends and family in Comanche. Denny a Comanche native, married Alma Atwood in 1923 and has three children and two grandchildren. he is active in local clubs and church.
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Comanche
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Dallas
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State National Bank
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Alma
Indians Look Forward To District 9 AA Track Meet
The Comanche Indians travel to Brownwood for the District 9 AA track meet at Cen Tex Stadium. Field events start at 9:00, preliminaries at 11:00, and finals at 3:00 with Clyde and Breckenridge among top contenders. Coach Don Edwards says several boys could place first or second and reach regionals.
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Cen- Tex Stadium
Don Edwards
Greg Foreman
Dewayne Scott
Kelly West
Time changes April 24 for Texas clocks move forward
Central Standard Time ends at 2 00 Sunday dawn April 24 as Daylight Saving Time begins. Comanche County residents must set clocks forward one hour before bed Saturday night or risk being late for work and church on Sunday morning.
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Comanche County Sees Heavy Rainfall Totals
Comanche County records 4.5 to 6.3 inches of rainfall across the county over four days. Army Corps of Engineers measured 4.93 inches at Lake Proctor. Lake Proctor stood at 1166.41 feet, 4.41 feet above conservation pool, as year to date reaches 14.66 inches with April averages markedly lower.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Proctor
Judge Awards Stokes 3.83 Million in Damages Versus Birdsong
In Comanche County, Judge Byron L. McClellan trebled actual damages to 1,276,430.48 under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, plus 31,464 in legal fees and 13,500 for services. The eleven to one verdict found Stokes’ 1974 peanut crop failure stemmed from Birdsong seed. Birdsong will appeal.
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Floyd Stokes
de Leon Peanut
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Comanche County
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McClellan
2Nd District Court
Bosque
Hamilton
Andy Campbell
Coryell
Gatesville
Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Supreme Court
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52Nd District Court
Sidewalk Sale Promises Local Shopping Push
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a sidewalk sale this Saturday April 23 with merchants invited to display merchandise on sidewalk tables. It marks the first program by the new Chamber Board to encourage shoppers to trade at home.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Chamber Board of Directors
Grant funds approved for Comanche County education program
Congressman Omar Burleson announces a 128963.71 dollar Office of Education grant for Comanche County for fiscal year 1978 under Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Funds aid low income areas and institutions for neglected and delinquent children to raise educational attainment. available July 1 1977. State Dept of Education will distribute county amounts to districts with a minimum 85 percent of 1977 allocation.
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Office of Education
Comanche County
State Department of Education
Measles Clinic Set For April 27
Comanche Public Schools host a red measles immunization clinic on April 27 in cooperation with the State Health Department. School Nurse Kathleen Eads urges parents to check immunization records and have permission forms returned for State Health Department staff to vaccinate.
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Comanche
Kathleen Eads
Eads
Comanche FFA Meat Judging Team Sees Third in Abilene
Comanche FFA placed third at the 25th annual Abilene Invitational Meat Judging Contest held April 16 sponsored by Gooch Packing Plant. Teams and individuals, including Spencer Jefferies and Joe Bill, earned state qualification and medals, with a second Comanche team taking fifth. Twenty-nine teams and 117 judges participated.
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Abilene
Gooch Packing Plant
Spencer Jefferies
Joe Bill
Keith Sliger
Dale McBee
FFA
Charles Mathis
Donnie Evans
Kenneth Morgan
E. C. Crump
Ben Ellebracht
Texas County Ambulance Funding Not Required by Law
Texas Attorney General John Hill says counties may spend for public health services including ambulances but are not required to provide ambulance service absent a governing statute. The opinion was issued to Comanche County Attorney James Edwards upon his request.
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John Hill
Comanche
James Edwards
Edwards
Hill
Texas cities receive 16.2 million in April tax rebates
Comptroller Bob Bullock mailed 16.2 million in April city sales tax rebates to Texas towns, part of an 18 percent year to date gain. The refunds reflect a reduced city share from 4.76 percent to 2 percent, boosting net receipts for cities such as Comanche, De Leon, Gustine, and others across the state.
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Texas
Bullock
Comptroller's Office
de Leon
Gustine
Comanche County
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