Breath of Life Drive Seeks Volunteers in Comanche
Mrs. Keith Woodley leads the 1975 Breath of Life Campaign for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Comanche seeking volunteers for fund raising and awareness. The effort supports 100 CF Centers, research, and education to aid children with lung and digestive diseases and aims to improve life expectancy and care. Contact Mrs. Woodley at 800 North Lane or 356-3808 to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Woodley
Comanche
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Woodley
Cystic
North Lane
Comanche County Sees Enrollment Rise in 1975-76 Opening
Comanche County four schools enroll 2159 students in the new school year with declines from last year. Comanche Independent School District reports 1112 students, Gustine 180, De Leon 719, and Sidney 148. Kindergarten increases, high school drop, and expected post Labor Day growth noted by Supt. Jefferies.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Comanche Independent School District
Supt. H. R. Jefferies
James Perkins
Gustine Independent School District
Roger Oliver
Gustine
de Leon
Sidney Independent
D. C. Andrews
Sidney High School
H. R. Jefferies
Labor Day Holiday Observed in Comanche
Thanks to the Knights of Labor and the Chamber of Commerce Comanche will observe a holiday on Monday September 1 1975 with schools banks courthouse post office and most merchants closed. The note recalls Labor Day origins and mentions state laws and celebrations in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Oregon
Australia
County Fair Committee Meeting Set
A meeting of all 1975 County Fair Committee members is scheduled at the Farm Bureau Building for Wednesday September 3 at 7 30 p m. The group will plan the November 6 7 8 fair with the nuts theme and Comanche County pecan show. Representatives are urged to attend.
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Farm Bureau
Ceramics Hobbyist Miss Alice Robertson Turns 85
Comanche County’s pioneer woman Miss Alice Robertson celebrates her 85th birthday at home north of Comanche with friends Fannie Knight and Johnnie Bean. Born in 1890 near De Leon, she taught in Duster and Soda Springs, later worked at State National Bank in Comanche, then moved to Dallas as a bookkeeper. She and her brother ran a wholesale flower business from 1940 to 1967, built a rock flower shop in 1947, and now fills two rooms with handmade ceramics. She ages with activity, reading, and her ceramics hobby, which includes a Bicentennial project of thirteen Raggedy Ann and Andy figures representing the original colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Alice Robertson
Comanche
Fannie Knight
Johnnie Bean
Harlingen
Robertson
Alice
Miss Alice
de Leon
Maggie
Ross
Duster
Soda Springs
E. E. Anthony
State National Bank
Dallas
First Baptist Church
Little Rock
Highway 16
Walter Knight
Ste
Fannie
Snow White
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Commercial Steer Feeding Program Opens In Comanche County
The 1975 Comanche County Commercial Steer Feeding Program starts Saturday August 30 with weighings at the County Livestock Center from 9 00 am to 12 00 noon. Steers must weigh 400 to 600 pounds dehorned and castrated. Weighing overseers are Jack Straub Phil Riewe and Brent Daniels with Gayle Mahan as superintendent and Bill Clark as assistant.
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Comanche County
John Beau
Comanche County Livestock Association
County Livestock Center
Sieers
Jack Straub
Phil Riewe
Brent Daniels
Gayle
Comanche Growers Win Honors at State Pecan Show
Results from the 1974 Texas State Pecan Show in Fort Worth July 14 to 16 report Comanche County growers with a reserve champion four second places and one third. Clyde H. Jordan Fon Worth won reserve native pecans Bill Miller Gustine took second for Apache and Barion pecans. P. A. Williams De Leon second for Squirrels Delight Womack's Nursery De Leon third for Other-in-Shell pecans with a Shoshoni.
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Fort Worth
Comanche County
Clyde H. Jordan
Fon Worth
Bill Miller
Gustine
P. A. Williams
de Leon
Womack's Nursery
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Mrs. Woodley
Breath of Life
Jimmie Dee Jones
Bonnie Huet
Comanche Chesf
Bill McGinnis
Frank Hall
Robert Maddox
de Leon Highway
Billy Pope
Braves
Stephenville
Clyde Frati
Winters
Chick
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