Gustine FFA elects 1973 74 Sweetheart at district banquet
Debbie White daughter of Mr and Mrs D R White was chosen Cross Timbers District FFA Sweetheart at the Monday banquet with twenty contestants from area schools. She will represent the district in the Area IV FFA Sweetheart Contest May 1 as Scotty Hayes Gustine FFA president and district treasurer presided.
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Cross Timbers Ffa
Gustine
Debbie White
D. R. White
Cross Timbers
Miss White
Scotty Hayes
Gustine Ffa
Gustine FFA Wins Superior Chapter Award At Banquet
Gustine FFA receives the superior chapter award at a banquet where Gaylon Stephens earns the Lone Star Farmer degree, the second highest FFA honor. Attending members and guests include Mr. and Mrs. D. R. White, Brenda Daniel, Mike Tatum, Don Harrison, Gene Luker, James Luker, Ray Zarate, Jeff Jones, and advisor Mr. and Mrs. Dub Crumley.
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Gustine
Gaylon Stephens
FFA
D. R. White
Brenda Daniel
Mike Tatum
Don Harrison
Gene Luker
James Luker
Ray Zarate
Jeff Jones
Gustine Ffa
Dub Crumley
Obituaries for Hall Aranda and Honea in Comanche County
Obituary notices list Frank Popeye Hall 73 of Comanche died Dec 5 in Abilene hospital with services Dec 7 at Comanche Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Larry Hicks. Burial at Stag Creek Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Alice Speed, daughter Ray Selman, three stepchildren, sister Ruby Russell, grandchildren and step‑great grandchildren. Also noted are the deaths of Consuelo Aranda 38 after an auto accident, with services Dec 6 in Winters and burial at Lakeview Cemetery, and a third obituary for Honea, husband and retired banker, with surviving wife and siblings.
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Frank (Popeye) Hall
Comanche
Abilene
Comanche Funeral
Larry Hicks
First Baptist Church of
McAdoo
Stag Creek
A. L. Humphrey
Belve Bean
Bernard Howerton
Gaston Boykin
Mr. Hall
Llano
Rachel Pallet
Mary Alice Speed
Ray Saletha Selman
Anson
George M. Speed
Houston
Gerald Speed
Ester Martin Speed
Buchanan Dam
Ruby Russell
Fort Worth
Consuelo
Connie) Aranda
Comanche Community Hospital
Gustine
Winters
Lakeview
Comanche Funeral Home
Clyde R Honea 74 dies in Clyde Texas
Clyde R Honea 74 of Clyde died Thursday December 6 at his home. He was a former resident of the Brushy Gap community in Comanche County. Services were at 1 p.m. Sunday December 9 at first Baptist Church Clyde with Rev Riley Fugitt officiating assisted by Roy Phemister. Burial was 3:30 p.m. in White Point Cemetery five miles southwest of Comanche.
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Clyde R. Honea
Clyde
Brushy Gap
Comanche County
Riley Fugitt
First Baptist Church In
Roy Phemister
Clyde Church of Christ
White Point
Comanche
Miles Davis former De Leon resident found dead in Houston
Harris County officials ruled Miles Davis 37 died by his own hand from a single gunshot wound to the head at his Houston home. Services were held in De Leon with burial in De Leon Cemetery. Davis born Sept 6 1936 in Pampa grew up in De Leon and lived in Houston for several years. He is survived by his wife Lynita Boswell a daughter Alana his mother Mrs Virginia Harris a Houston brother Burrell Davis and half sister Mrs Claudine Monson. Tangerine named hottest color in electric houseware per Texas A&M extension specialist Lillian Cochran.
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Miles Martin Davis
de Leon
Houston
Harris County
Nabors Memorial Chapel
Billy Spencer
First Baptist Church
Mr. Davis
Pampa
Lynita Boswell
Smith Industries, Inc
Alana
Virginia Harris
Seattle
Wash
Burrell Davis
Claudine Monson
Bellingham
Portales man R M Newman dies at 68 in New Mexico
R M Newman Ross Martin Newman aged 68 of Portales New Mexico and former Comanche resident died at 7 30 p m Saturday December 8 at his home Funeral Wednesday December 12 in the Comanche Funeral Chapel with Rev Frank L Turner officiating Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery Pallbearers were Henry Fritts Grady Ravenshine J L Mayfield Roy Reese J W Priddy and Ira Clemons He was born in Wetumpka Alabama on April 11 1905 and moved to Comanche as a baby
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Ross Martin Newman
Portales
N.M
Comanche
Frank L. Turner
Oakwood Cemetery
Henry Fritts
Grady Ravenshine
J. L. Mayfield
Roy Reese
J. W. Priddy
Ira Clemons
Mr. Newman
Wetumpka, Ala
Civil defense seminar leaders discuss disaster readiness
Joe Waring of Comanche, city-county civil defense director, completes a December seminar at the State Emergency Operation Center in Austin. The Dec 4 6 session gathered 25 directors to learn how to secure state and federal aid and boost local readiness for any disaster.
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Joe Waring
Comanche
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Division of Disaster Emergency Services
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Region Five
Denton
Waring
C. O. Layne
Comanche County Man Dies. Memorials Noted in Obituary
A Comanche County resident died after a life in New Mexico and Texas. He married Ima Cook on December 3, 1927 in Dublin and lived much of his married life in Portales New Mexico. He was a Mason and a Methodist. Survived by wife Guy Newman brother Oma Loving Eva Schertz. Also notes social security payouts reaching 17.5 million retirees and spouses totaling 2.7 billion in May 1973.
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Comanche County
Ima Cook
Dublin
Portales
N.M
Masonic Lodge
Floyd United Methodist Church
Guy Newman
Comanche
Oma Loving
Eva Schertz
Taft
Calif
Social Security Trust Fund Doubles From 1963 to 1973
The Social Security retirement and survivors insurance trust fund rose from $18 billion in mid 1963 to $36 billion in mid 1973, reflecting sustained growth in program financing.
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Social Security’s Hospital Insurance Trust
Social Security Retirement and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
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Marilio Nava
Ascencion Fernandez
Virginia San Miguel
Kerrville
Joe Fernandez
Isaises Fernandez
Sebastian Fernandez
Ballinger
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Coleman County
Morene Wilson
First National Bank
Lola Parrish
Cecil Harless
Barney
Colorado City
Walter
Arthur
Sundown
Abner Honea
el Paso
Vergie Gore Williams
Itp
Miles Davis
Lillian Cochran
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Maytag Laundry
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