Comanche Public Library to Host Local History and Girls Tourney
The Comanche Public Library announces local history features next week and a girls basketball tournament beginning January 9. Lara Andrews, tour director, has lined up teams including Plains and Brady. games start Thursday afternoon with Comanche Maidens facing unknown opponents.
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Comanche Public Library
Ycte
Lara Andrews
Plains
Brady
Coleman
Stepriddy
Dublin
Comanche Celebrates New Year with Closures and Local History Gifts
Most Comanche businesses close Monday January 2 for the new year while service stations and some cafes stay open. The post office will be closed. The Comanche Public Library expands its local history collection with gifts, microfilm plans, and photographs, highlighting Billy Bob Lightfoot’s history thesis and various donated archives from the community.
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Comanche
Joe Waring
Nannie Greene
Comanche County
University of Texas
Lightfoot
Carrie Helmsley Cunningham
Helmsley
Cunningham
Newbury
James Day
State Library
Wilson Straley
M. W. Blanton
Judy Wilkerson
Texas Archeological Society Bulletin
Proctor Dam
Schools Schedule Changes for New Year Holidays
County schools resume after New Year holidays with two weeks of tests. Basketball games are planned with travels to Goldth Tuesday night. Comanche High hosts girls tournament on Thursday with Indians facing Coleman Friday night and A B games.
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Comanche Indians
Coleman
Bluecats
Austin Presbyterian welcomes guest pastor J Bailey
J Bailey a senior at a Austin Presbyterian Seminary in Austin served as guest pastor at the Presbyterian Church on January 1. A graduate of Allniversity he is a vice and general manager at Timeout Corporation. He was awarded the Silver Bronze Stars and a Presidential Citation for service during the Air E era.
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Austin
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Presbyterian Church
All-niversity
Timeout Corporation
Preacher From India Bringing Messages Here
Rev. Fthiel Masters a Methodist minister from Gujarat India continues lectures at the First Methodist Church on Thursday Friday and Sunday. He began last Tuesday and speaks on Christian trials in India where 98 percent are non Christian. Rev. Robert Haynes invites all area residents to attend the 7 p m talks.
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Fthiel Masters
Juarat
India
First Methodist Church
Masters
Robert Haynes
Soldier Haggard Returns to Key West After Christmas Leave
Pfc. Robert Haggard ends Christmas leave and reports back to duty in Key West Florida on Tuesday December 27.
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Pfc
Robert Haggard
Key West
Florida
Military officer Bailey serves as minister in Galveston era
Bailey, a combat infantryman and major with seven years in the army, studied ministry on Galveston Island in summer 1965 and finished clinical training at Austin State Hospital in 1966. He and his wife Gail Sandberg of Gadsden Alabama have three children and attend Lakeview Presbyterian Church in New Orleans.
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Bailey
Galveston Island
Austin State Hospital
Gail Sandberg
Gadsden
Alabama
Lakeview Presbyterian Church
New Orleans
Farmers Urged To Respond On Irrigation Plan
John Beaty of De Leon urges farmers and ranchers to return irrigation questionnaires sent by the Comanche or De Leon Chamber of Commerce. The forms will study the feasibility of establishing an irrigation district using Lake Proctor water. Returning the form carries no obligation.
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John Beaty
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Lake
Proctor
Economic outlook for 1967 tempered by inflation and demand
An economist from a university discusses factors shaping 1967 growth. He notes defense spending and government action may ease credit and housing markets later in the year, with a likely housing upturn and slower auto demand despite continued non durable goods growth.
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John Me
Bau Hiversity
Vietnam
McHaney
Hodges Named To Super-State Football Team
James Hodges of Granbury, son of Glen Hodges and grandson of R. E. Parker, earned Class AA all state honors and was the only AA player on the Super All State team. He rushed for 2064 yards, with 36 touchdowns and 238 total points, adding basketball and track as a four year letterman. Granbury also placed Jimmy Tidwell and Harold Ames on the team. CHS coach Letha Andrews’ brother George Rains earned honorable mention.
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James Hodges
Granbury
Glen Hodges
R. E. Parker
West Grand
James
Hodges
Sweeney Bulldogs
Jimmy Tidwell
Harold Ames
George Rains
CHS
Letha Andrews
February Is Heart Month by Mrs Euell Arthur
Heart Month message urges donations to the Heart Fund through Comanche Heart Council. It notes progress against hypertensive heart disease and rheumatic fever but cites 550,000 annual heart attack deaths and that about 22 million Americans have some form of heart disease.
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Euell Arthur
Heart Association
Comanche Heart Council
U.S
Indians Face Jacksboro in Howard Payne Tourney
The CHS Indians prepare to meet Jacksboro at 8 00 Friday morning in the Howard Payne tournament.
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Jacksboro
CHS Indians
Howard Payne
Ben Franklin Stores Announce 90th Anniversary Plans
Len Bonick disclosed more than 2400 Ben Franklin stores in all 50 states will mark 90 years since the founders with a year long celebration in 1967. The promo features 52 weekly value items at low prices and a nationwide Pick-Your-Trip sweepstakes with nine prizes. Winners will be announced in early November 1967.
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Len Bonick
Ben Franklin
Bonick
United States
Time to Gather Your Tax Records For 1966
Public advisory urges readers to organize cancelled checks receipts records of contributions and other financial documents to prepare 1966 tax returns. It notes a potential refund and suggests filing early, even January 1, rather than April 15.
Cold Weather Cancels Rodeo in Comanche
AJRA rodeo scheduled this week in Comanche was canceled Tuesday by producer Richard C. Armstrong. The weather report warned heavy snow and freezing conditions starting Wednesday through the weekend, prompting the decision to cancel.
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Comanche
Richard C. Armstrong
Armstrong
Rainfall timing Boosts Comanche Peanut Harvest in 1966
Comanche County saw a bumper peanut crop averaging near 50 bushels per acre on dry land, the driest year in a decade with 20.33 inches of rainfall. April's 7.42 inches set the ground moisture, while August and September delivered 3.33 and 4.35 inches, respectively, helping the crop despite overall dryness.
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