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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1970
Page
12
The article argues legislative power cannot change inner moral choices, though laws protect the young and weak. It urges Texans to weigh moral implications before voting in November on open saloon repeal, noting morality tests lie in outcomes and civic responsibility.
The Vineyard family thanks relatives and friends for thoughts and sympathy after the loss of James Erick Vineyard. They acknowledge flowers and food deliveries and send appreciation to the Mims Hospital staff and Porter Franks staff. May God bless each of you.
In an 1881 Comanche Chief issue Central Texas Railway planned a depot at Coonersville, later renamed De Leon after the Leon River. Rail laid, first lots sold July 7, 1881, with early stores opened by Waldren Higginbotham Gorman Streety. The town's growth drew migrants from Alabama and Mississippi, shaping Comanche County's economy.
The Bagley family reunion was held Sunday August 9 at Lake Banes with a basket lunch. Attendees included out of town guests from Pleasanton Houston Odessa and California and multiple Bagley relatives from Comanche Gatesville Capneras Cove and Brownwood.
Legislature approves constitutional amendment to allow larger homesteads exempt from forced sale. The measure sets a two hundred acre rural limit or a ten thousand dollar city homestead value, and it goes to voters on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1970.
Descendants of James and Sussanah Cunningham, totaling 192, met at Cunningham Camp Grounds south of Comanche for the annual exchange of family news. Oldest attendee Daisy Willis will be 91 in January 1971. youngest present includes Brian Lockridge born May 5.
Attendees Camp Sally Key and Pam Ross attend a Baylor Recreational Camp in China Spring for a two week session.
LinAve Sp-4 Noah Gutierrez, son of Mr and Mrs Felix Gutierrez Sr of Comanche, has arrived on leave from Germany for 30 days to visit family and friends before deployment to Vietnam.
Section 1-d of Article VIII to be amended to grant Legislature power to establish a uniform method of assessing ranch farm and forest lands based on their capability to support livestock and farm or forest crops, not land value or crops produced. The change aims to base tax assessment on land productivity rather than current value.
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