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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
2
A readers column laments poor city streets in Comanche with dirt roads and costly repairs. It urges higher taxes to fund paving and wages while urging support for local businesses amid regional travel tales and Astros visits. The piece also touts local gift packages from Dur ham Pecan Comanche and small town pride.
Kenneth G White outlines ASC committee election set for September 18 with October 1 start for office. 1968 wheat payments begin August 12 at 1.38 per bushel based on 40 percent of acreage. certificates mailed after processing. Regulations on farm division, diverted acreage rules, Soil Bank limits, spot checks for 25 percent acreage, storage and drying loans. Labor Day closure Sept 2.
Mrs. Bessie McPhail White, 62, died at 3 a.m. Sunday in a Vernon hospital. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. August 19 in Nabors Funeral Home De Leon with Rev. Billy Foster officiating. Burial was in De Leon Cemetery. She was born February 15, 1996 in Callahan County and was a former De Leon resident. She was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. Ira Frazier of De Leon, four grandchildren, two brothers Emory Foster and Dave Foster, both of Cross Plains.
The piece highlights library use to boost knowledge in math taxes and civics while noting advances in aero space and aquaspace. It mentions Lt. Joe Petrazio and family traveling to Illinois before his posting near Frankfurt Germany with a future stationing there.
Texas A&M University hosts the state conference for all Texas Agricultural Extension Service employees August 26 to 30. Extension Director John E. Hutchison says the theme is Working Toward Perfection in Extension Educational Programs with 23 sessions and multiple training programs. The event includes the Extension Dinner, Alpha Zeta Chapter Epsilon Sigma Phi activities, and the Knapp-Porter Awards honoring Seman A. Knapp and Walter C. Porter. The conference ends with Hutchison delivering the annual message to the Extension family.
Mrs James Wilkerson and Mrs Walter Jack Barret visited Lawton Oklahoma last Thursday night to see Barrets son in law T J Cottrell Jr stationed at Ft Sill and Wilkersons daughter Mrs William Davis Williams and her husband Lt Williams also at Ft Sill Williams returned to Comanche with the visitors and later met her husband in Arlington for a Phi Kappa Sigma party before returning to Lawton Sunday.
H Grady 4 Worth calls newate as in terested persons in markers on graves at that the price of the marker only two dollars, not twenty one as was ted to the Comanche Chi last week. Contact Mrs. W M Lee, 201 Sunset Dr Comanche Texas 76442 for information.
Miss Thelma Chappell Miss Judy Stanley and Ronnie Stanley pick up Lonnie Sparkman at Fort Polk Louisiana last week. Lonnie will go to Vietnam after a twenty day leave.
Mr. and Mrs. David Rose of Slaton visited friends in Comanche Sunday, sharing time and hospitality with local residents during their trip.
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