Farm trailer license tags now available in Texas
Texas Farm Bureau says the Department of Public Safety has placed $50 farm trailer license tags in county tax offices. The 57th Legislature's HB 1082 set rules for 4000 to 10000 pound trailers, with a 30 mph limit and brake exemptions. DPS will grant a grace period before strict enforcement. noncompliant farmers face fines and a commercial trailer registration and license plate.
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Austin
Bob A. Lilley
Texas Farm Bureau
Lilly
Department of Public Safety
DPS
TFB
H S Echols Buried At De Leon
H S Echols 81 of De Leon died Monday in a German hospital. Funeral services were held July 26 at the De Leon Church of Christ, with burial in De Leon Cemetery. He was born May 17, 1880 in Pontotoc County Mississippi. Survivors include his wife Myrtle, five sons, five daughters, a brother, two half brothers, a half sister, 43 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
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Ss. H. Echols
de Leon
Mr. Echols
de Leon Church of Christ
George Hughes
Ollie Cantwell
Mississippi
Pontotoc County
Miss
Myrtle Annie Echols
H. H. Echols
Gorman
Lavelle Payne
Athens
Will Echols
Plainview
Elmer Echols
Throckmorton
Lloyd Echols
Portales
N. M
Willie Shaw
Bloomington
Comanche 4-H Boys Attend Three Day Camp at Lake Brow nwood
Twenty Comanche County 4-H youths completed a three day camp at Lake Brownwood with 230 4-Hers and adult leaders from Extension District 8. Camp co chairmen were John Cunningham and Bobby Lane. Lane and Walter McCullough won first in the Horticulture Demonstration. Visitors included the Lane and McCullough families and others.
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Angus Dickson, Jr
Comanche County
Lake Brownwood
John Cunningham
Bobby Lane
Newbury
Lane
Walter McCullough
Keith Lane
Elizabeth Lane
Gayle McCullough
Sarah Leu McCullough
Burton Cunning
Pache Channarajars
Jean
Mary Helen Cunningham
Richard Janes
Larry Steele
Nicky Pruitt
Andy Janes
Ronnie Cox
Sidney
James Albcorn
Buddy Lane
Don Kemmitz
Mike Russell
Lannie Sparkman
Danny Davis
Ronald P. Matthews
Royal Shalts
Gustine
Max Parker
Mike Dickson
Jerry Dickson
Don Parks
Comanche
J. A. Cox
Gilbert Davis
Channarjars
India
Willifords Hold Family Reunion
Descendants of the late Mr and Mrs Frank M Williford met for their annual reunion at Lake Eanes Park on July 18 and 19. All four surviving children attended along with fifty grandchildren forty great grandchildren and twenty eight great great grandchildren bringing total attendance to 132. Four marriages one death and ten births were reported during the year with visitors from Comanche Wichita Falls Commerce Amarillo Denver Corpus Christi and Fort Worth.
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Frank M. Williford
Lake Eanes Park
Charles Odell
Wichita Falls
Luke Stewart
May Garrett
J. H. Williford
Comanche
J. D. Smoot
Pearl Roberson
Delia Land
Coveney Joins American Shorthorn Association
C M Coveney It joins the American Shorthorn Association, the oldest purebred livestock group in America, to help collect verify and preserve pedigrees of Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn cattle and to promote breed use. The breed origins trace to the first Virginia 1783 cargo and spread across the United States, with polled strains developed after the Civil War. Shorthorns have earned international recognition for modern beef improvements.
Cadet Brinson Completes ROTC Fort Hood Training
Cadet Don H. Brinson son of Mr and Mrs Edgar D Brinson De Leon completed six weeks of ROTC training at Fort Hood. The period ended July 28 and emphasized duties of a second lieutenant with instruction in tactical technical and administrative subjects. Brinson 23 is a 1956 De Leon High School graduate and a student at West Texas College in Canyon.
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Fort Hood, Texas
Ahtne
Don H. Brinson
Edgar D. Brinson
de Leon
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Fort Hood
Brinson
de Leon High School
West Texas College
Canyon
Methodist Girls Attend Camp at Camp Glen Rose
Nancy O'Brien Betty Cox and Patton attend Cindy Lou Methodist Intermediate Camp at Camp Glen Rose with their parents listed. Sharon and Judy Kay serve as counselors while the group visits Corpus Christi to see Dr Baxter Greer and family before returning to Comanche for Sunday services at First Presbyterian Church.
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Nancy O’brien
Betty Cox
Patton
Cindy Lou Methodist
Camp Glen
Lake
Glen Rose
This
Nancy
Hugh O’brien Jr
Betty
T Om Cox Jr
Cindy
Billy Patton
Gustine
Sharon
W. M. Durham
Judy Kay
Elton McCullough
Corpus Christi
Baxter Greer
E. L. Helsley
John
Frank
Laura
Baxter Greer, Jr
Comanche
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Greer Sr
Social Security to raise checks for widows age sixty-two
Widows aged 62 and over will receive a 10 percent increase in their Social Security payments. The boost is scheduled to arrive early in September 1961.
Naval Air Reserve Bases Restrictions
Former enlisted personnel of the U S Navy and U S Coast Guard may reenlist or enlist in rating held when last discharged under a current recruiting directive. Veterans who enlist in the Naval Air Reserve or into a vacancy in a selective reserve unit receive the pay grade and credit for elapsed time since discharge. Contact the Enlisted Recruiting Office at U S Naval Air Station Dallas for confirmation.
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U.S. Navy
U. S. Coast Guard
Naval Air Reserve
U. S. Naval Air Station, Dallas
Cadet Calvin Caraway Completes ROTC Camp at Fort Hood
Cadet Calvin M. Caraway, 21, of De Leon and College Station, finished six weeks of Army ROTC summer camp at Fort Hood on July 28. He trained in tactical, technical, and administrative subjects with emphasis on duties of a second lieutenant. His wife Polly Jo McCullough lives in College Station.
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Fort Hood, Texas
Ahone
Calvin M. Caraway
Polly Jo McCullough
College Station
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Hood
Caraway
Route 3
de Leon
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
A& M College of Texas
Cadet R N Spencer Completes Fort Hood Training
Cadet Rodney N Spencer 21 and his wife Ruth and his parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth N Spencer of De Leon recently completed six weeks of training at the Army Reserve summer camp at Fort Hood. The period ended July 28. He is a 1967 De Leon High School graduate and a 1961 graduate of A&M College of Texas College Station.
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Fort Hood, Texas
Ahtne
Rodney N. Spencer
Ruth
Kenneth N. Spencer
Rt. 3
de Leon
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Fort Hood
Spencer
de Leon High School
College of Texas
College Station
Return From Fort Worth Refreshes Beattie Sister
Mrs Logan Williams has returned from Fort Worth where she visited her sister Mrs C L Slick Robertson of Beattie who has been in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital for eleven weeks following a pickup truck crash into a washout. Mrs Robertson shows some signs of improvement.
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Fort Worth
Logan Williams
C. L. (Slick) Robertson
Beattie
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mrer Robertson
Kirk family visit to Richwood from West Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Kirk of Richwood West Virginia and their seven children are visiting relatives and friends here.
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West Virginia
Delbert Kirkland
Richwood
Presbyterian Guest Minister to Lead Sunday Service
The North Irving Presbyterian Church pastor Rev. Ernest L. Helsley will guest minister at the First Presbyterian Church this Sunday at 11 am. Special music features Mrs. W A Meyers on organ. Young people who attended Stephenville and McRanch conferences will report experiences at 7 30 pm with delegates Ken and Kay Rachels Max Harelik and Rusty Durham.
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Ernest L. Helsley
North Irving Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Meyers
Stephenville
Mc Ranch
Ken and
Kay Rachels
Max Harelik
Rusty Durham
Mar
H. J. Rachels
Young People’s Fellowship
Kenals
Marble Falls visitor enjoys Fort Hood period training visit
Mrs. Gwendolyn Woolsey of Marble Falls is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Morgan while her husband Ernest trains at Fort Hood.
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Gwendolyn Woolsey
Marble Falls
Mrs
Jack Morgan
Ernest
Fort Hood
Mrs Vann and Rosie Vann Obituary Notice
Mrs Vann and Mrs Rosie Vann are noted in Vernon obituary text. The fragment indicates a law or marriage reference and a passing event. No clear dates, places beyond Vernon, or explicit relationships are fully stated.
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Vann
Rosie Vann
Manche
Vernon
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C. M. Coveney
D. H. Brinson
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Tiny Burton
West Central Avenue
Herb Goodson
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Waec
REA
Higginbotham’s
Dearborn
Higginbotham DeLuxe
Hamilton
Beach
Fairbanks
Hoover
Youngstown
GE Irons
Raico Machines
RCA
Emerson
West Texas
C. M. Caraway
R. N. Spencer
Presbyterian Church
Sharonham
Humble
HUMBL
Joe Tupin
Comanche, Texas
Bud’s
Iz Downing
Roy McNutt
Donott
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