Comanche County Fair Schedule Highlights Local Events
On Thursday August 26 entries open from 9:30 to noon for Agricultural and Home Crafts excluding food with judging at 1 PM. The Comanche County Queen Contest airs at 7 PM in the Livestock Center Arena. Friday to Sunday feature air displays, an Air Show, National Guard display, and evening entertainment including The Road Runners. Carnival operates nightly.
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E.S.A. Sorority
Livestock Center Arena
National Guard
Fair Grounds
Abilene
Miss Comanche County Pageant Crown Night Planned
Forty contestants vie Thursday August 26 at 7 p.m. in the Comanche County Livestock Center with Jackie Barret serving as host and Miss Denton among top ten finishers to crown the new Miss Comanche County. Admission is fifty cents.
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Denton
Comanche
Jackie Barret
Comanche County
Aaron Bledsoe
Marty Gore
Donald Hodges
ESA
Comanche County Livestock Center
First United Methodist
Ageant
Kathy Renshaw
Chamber of Merce
Bridget Conway
Conce Me Greene
Nadal
York
Sei
Jaycee Carnival Set Three Nights At Comanche Fair
The annual Jaycee Carnival runs Thursday through Saturday at the Comanche County Fairgrounds new Livestock Center beside the airport. Each night begins at 7 30 with five Jaycee booths bingo dart throw cork gun glass pitch and the dunking stool. Prizes include shot gun rifle electric appliances and a mixer. Carnival chairman Bill Goforth outlines plans for a fun weekend for Comanche residents.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Jaycees
Inclde
Bill Goforth
Ralph Waggoner
Comanche County Fall Fair Displays Planned
The Comanche County Fair announces a wide range of exhibitor booths from American Red Cross and Civil Defense to Home Crafts and 4 H. Local businesses, farms, clubs, and organizations plus youth groups plan displays including Sears, Montgomery Ward, Jaycees, Lions Club, Farm Bureau, and more, promising something for everyone.
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Comanche County
American Red Cross
Comanche County Civil Defense Unit
Frozen Foods
Walker Appliance
Dub’s T.V
Occidental Chemical. Co
ASCS
Heartland Life Ins
Comanche County Electric Coop
Young Farmers
Soil Conservation Service
Edmondson Western Wear and
Wright's Leather Goods
M.P.S
Choice Baking Co
Robert Maddox
Carl Williams
Home Demonstration
the Farm Bureau
Heritage Club
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Lions Club
American Cancer
Ruby Daniels
Higginbothams Bros. & Co
Encyclopedia Americana
First Baptist Church
Comanche Co
Telephone Co
KCOM
Montgomery Wards
Livestock Assa
Jaycees
Garden Club
Nell Webb
Young Homemakers
Boy Scouts
Boyd and Farrar Carpets
Comanche Feed & Seed
Sears
Isham Flowers
Gore Bros. Agricultural Service
Marine Corps
Suphur Springs Farm Store
Joe’s Service Station
Comanche National Bank
The
Rattlesnake ‘Club
Clemons Motor Co
Dudley Bros
Arthur Chew
Olds
Limerock
Scotie’s Marine
Stolen Stereo Recovered After Comanche Burglary
A recent high school graduate faced Justice Court charges after burglary at John Beaty Jr. home in Comanche. Deputies recovered a stereo and 23 tapes Sunday from the youth’s garage and later retrieved 25 tapes at his home after a Tuesday statement. The items valued about 350 dollars were reported missing August 19 while the Beaty family was away.
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Justice Court
Sheriff's Department
John Beaty Jr
Col Gardner to Headline Air Show At Local Fair
Col Marvin Lefty Gardner of Brownwood and Confederate Air Force will headline the air show Saturday at the Fair. CAF members fly World War II prop planes and participated in the Battle of Britain film in Spain. Dale Milford will emcee. the US Air Force will fly in missing man formation. Fort Hood helicopter teams will demonstrate jet powered helis. Admission is free. bring chairs and enjoy concessions and a full afternoon program.
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Marvin
Lefty) Gardner
Brownwood
Confederate Air Force
Gardner
Wilson Edwards
Dale Milford
C.A.F
U.S. Air Force
Fort Hood
Larry Ford
Air Show
Masons Plan Cox Honors Longtime member
A. P. Cox of Hope Lodge 481 AF and AM will be honored at 7 p.m. on Monday August 30 for 50 years of lodge participation. He will receive a 50 year pin and certificate from District Deputy Grand Master H. H. Layson and Fred Price of Rising Star. Morgan from De Leon will assist. A watermelon supper follows in the lodge dining room as family night invites Masons and Eastern Star members and families.
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Hope Lodge
Cox
Higginbotham Bros
H. H. Lawson
Fred Price
Rising Star
Assiing
Charles Morgan
de Leon
Masons
Eastern Star
County Fair Beauty Pageant Adds Sparkle With Forty Entrants
A beauty pageant at the county fair promises glamour for 50 cents admission featuring 40 contestants. The event unfolds Thursday night the 26th, drawing crowds seeking pageant spectacle.
County Telephone Co. to Hold 5th Annual Meeting Friday Night
Comanche County Telephone Company Inc will convene its 5th Annual Shareholders Meeting Friday at PAR Country Club. Agenda includes approval of minutes, officer reports, and election of two directors from Desdemona and Olden exchanges. Attendees may win three $25 Savings Bonds. registration at 2 PM, meeting starts 8 PM, adjourns 9:30 PM.
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Comanche County Telephone Company, Inc
Par Country Club
Eddie Lindley
Troy Mckhillip
Desdemona Exchange
J. G. Meredith
Leon Musgrove
Olden Exchange
Southwest Peanut Growers Association
Ross Wilson
Fair
Thomas Moore
Glenn Justice
Roy D. Adams
Comanche County Travel Allowance Cut After Ruling
Attorney General Crawford C. Martin voided a bill raising travel allowances from 75 to 125 dollars for Comanche County commissioners. The two month increase is repealed, leaving the option to take 75 dollars or use a county vehicle. The measure had sought population based brackets and was deemed unconstitutional.
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Comanche County
Abilene
Austin
Martin
Walt Paker
Denton
Denton County Commissioners Court
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Atto
Comanche
Peanuts Begin Market in Comanche County Harvest
Comanche County starts peanut marketing as R O Stark of Van Dyke farmer brings in the first leads to market. Stark harvested from an 80 acre irrigated field with yields estimated 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Peanuts grading good according to Gold personnel.
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Comanche County
R. O Stark
van Dyke
Wid Kist
Stark
Indians Scrimmage San Saba Friday Night
Comanche football fans will get a preseason look as the Indians host San Saba Armadillos in a Friday scrimmage. The B team starts at 7 pm followed by the varsity at 2 15 with both squads fielding a wide open pro style attack and several key seniors and juniors listed on offense and defense.
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Comanche
San Saba Armadillos
San Saba
San Seba
Fred West
Calvin Lee
Gene Westmoreland
Indians
Larry McDougal
Joey Williams
Harry Dudley
John Key
Steve Adams
Matias Lopez
Gary Robertson
Rennie Beaty
DeWitt Spruill
Comanche Sidney Merger Petition Drives Election Date
Petitions filed with County Judge Fred Hall seek a Sidney Comanche Independent School District merger by setting an election date. Sidney 22 signers Comanche 23 signers meet the 20-signature requirement, with Mills County tax area needing a concurrent petition for approval. Commissioners will act at the next regular session after agenda notice.
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Commissioners Court
Sidney
Comanche Independent
Fred Hall
Comanche
Mills County
Sidney-Comanche
Illegal trash dumping costs county resident in court
Dumping trash on public or private property without permission cost a Comanchean $50 in Justice Court last week. Sheriff Gaston Boykin said four more illegal dumping charges were filed Wednesday morning.
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Justice Court
Gaston Boykin
Counterfeit $20 Passed at Comanche Store
A counterfeit $20 bill was passed Friday at Red & White Food Store in Comanche County. The bill bearing serial Kisssx744B was turned in to U S Treasury agents by the Comanche County Sheriff’s Department after the incident reported by owner-operator Jack Gore.
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U.S. Treasury
Comanche County
School Tax Board Sill in Session
Comanche Independent School District's Board of Equalization remains in session to hear taxpayers. Over 240 registered late Tuesday afternoon. more than 100 heard so far. City of Comanche board had 107 taxpayers, with 65 to receive reconsiderations.
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Beaty
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