Comanche Fall Fair Festivities Open With Entertainment
The Comanche County Fall Fair kicks off Thursday at 5 30 with the Jaycees and Gary Van headlining. The weekend features Lackey Bros Abi lene and Panther Hall Band Fort Worth, Miss Comanche County pageant, and a Saturday air show with jets helicopters World War II planes stunts paratroopers and flying acts starting at 1 PM. Football action begins as excitement builds.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Jaycees
Gary van
Lackey Bros
Abilene
Panther Hall Band
Fort Worth
Burrowing bugs spotted in De Leon area urge farmer vigilance
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White announces large numbers of burrowing bugs in the De Leon-German area. Field inspectors report above normal light trap counts and urge farmers to monitor insects now to prevent peanut damage later. Insecticides, used at the right time, can prevent much harm.
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de Leon-German
John C. White
Commissioner White
Johnson Ranch Tourmobile Through LBJ Country
The tourmobile through Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Texas Hill Country ranch and boyhood sites celebrates his life. Visitors ride from LBJ State Park to the Johnson family cemetery and West Road show barns, learning how a boy who rode the Chisholm Trail became president.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas Hill Country
National Park
Austin
San Antonio
Johnson
Johnson City
Sam E. Johnson
Lbj State Park
Pedernales River
Junction School
Lyndon
National Park Service
Lady Bird Johnson
America
Johnson Family
Texas
Texas White House
Charles Adams
Mother Johnson
Grandma Johnson
Johnson Brothers
Sam E
Tom
Chisholm Trail
Railhead
Kansas
Texas Hills
United States
Remembering a Texas Soldier's Family Roots
W J Nabers recalls birth in Bell County on March 2 1848, naming parents Thomas Jefferson Nabers and Lucy Jane Nabers and detailing birthplaces from South Carolina to Mississippi. He recalls family moves to Bell County, Fort Gates work in Coryell County, and harsh Civil War era discipline with soldiers strapped to a wooden horse as punishment.
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Bell County
Thomas Jefferson
Lucy Jane Nabers
Green Parish
South Carolina
Mississippi
Pontac
Miss
Mary Ann
Francis
Jackson County
Missouri
Dora
Margaret
James
Bailey
Joseph
Fleete
Ft. Gates
Coryell County
Early Texas settlers built first Comanche hotel in town
In 1857 the family moved to Comanche County and settled at Old Corn. The father contracted to build a saw and grist mill for J. M. Cross and Jessie Mercer. The next year they relocated to Comanche and ran the area’s first hotel for many years. Visiting relatives from Los Angeles and Lake Whitney joined Stapp family attendees. A public hearing notice from the Texas Water Rights Commission outlines Application No. 3151 by Wayne D. Gilliam to divert ten acre-feet of water for irrigating 15 acres near Comanche, with a hearing set for September 18, 1973 in Austin.
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Old Corn
J. M. Cross
Jessie Mercer
Comanche
Wayne D. Gilliam
North
Washington
Odessa
Texas
Texas Water Rights Commission
Copperas Creek
Leon River
Little River
Brazos River
Hosiah Pomeroy Survey
Enos Cooper Survey
Commission
Sam Houston State
Austin
Ralph Corley
P. O. Box
Joe D. Carter
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Bill Jones
Jones
de Leon
Fred West
West
LBJ
Roosevelt
W. J. Nabers
Johnny Harris
Hamilton, Texas
Brownwood Cattle Auction
Wayne May
Upholstry Sale
Goodsons Trading Post
Tially
West Central
State OF
Ben Evridge
Ben
Fabric Center
Deanna
Missy
Kamala
Lulu
Hillcrest
Arlington
W. R. Furman, Jr
Fier
American Express
Bankamericard
Commerce Square
Comet Cleaners
Brownwood, Texas
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