Comanche Plant Lands $1 444 800 Defense Contract
The Comanche Manufacturing Company wins half of a $2 869 600 defense contract for 700 000 pairs of wind resistant cotton poplin trousers. Sidran Sportswear Dallas will perform half the work in Comanche, half in Brownwood. Oscar Harris says 100 new machines arrive and 175 workers within three months. Production lines to run 40 hours weekly now with planned expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Manufacturing Company
Omar Burleson
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
Defense Supply Agency
Sidran Sportswear Inc
Dallas
Sidran Sportswear
Comanche
Brownwood
Oscar Harris
Harris
Fire Wipes Out Home Of Comanche Family In Highland Blaze
A Wednesday morning fire destroyed the Clyde Steele home at 508 E Highland Comanche wiping out furnishings and personal effects. Domin go Balles and children escaped unharmed as the frame house burned to loss. The blaze was the CVFD’s only general alarm in nearly two weeks amid ongoing grass and trash fires around the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Highland
Clyde Steele
Domingo Balles
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department
CVFD
John T. Carpenter
T. J. Williams
B.&e. Dairy
Comanche
B.&e
T. J. Kelley
Proctor
T. H. Purvis
Ollie Sloan
W. Central
Harvey Durham
N. Victor
Lloyd Biggs
Finis Clark
Central
Comanche County Plants Regional Pecan Show Honors
Comanche County earned second place at the 1966 Fort Worth Regional Pecan Show with 152 points. Virgil Norris led county winners with three firsts and one second in four entries. A list of county exhibitors and placements followed, highlighting farms in De Leon, Olney, Hamilton, and Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Floyd Key
Comanche County
Fort Worth
Hood County
Coryell County
Virgil Norris
Norris
John Garner
Harris
Hidden Valley Farm
Hamilton
Choctaw — Womack’s Nursery
de Leon
Barton— Womack’s
Womack’s
A. P. Burks
Margaret Key
Olney
City Officials Seek Re Election In April City Race
Mayor Gyale Pirkle and two city councilmen Joe Waring and Bill Jones filed for re election on Tuesday ahead of the April 4 city election. Waring and Jones seek third terms while Pirkle also runs for another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gyale Pirkle
Joe Waring
Bill Jones
Waring
Jones
Pirkle
City Progress Report On Comanche Projects In March
The Boswell Company reports strong progress on Comanche’s new sewerage treatment plant with excavation nearly finished and concrete work under way. Airport construction is on schedule with base on the runway and roads, rain needed for proper fill compaction. Underground wiring for runway lights by Pecan Valley Electric is installed, and federal and state grants remain on schedule. Several homes are under construction and more planned as utility lines expand. building permits in 1966 reached 918 746 dollars. Deadline to file for mayor or council seats is March 4, 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boswell Company
City of
Comanche
Comanche County City
Pecan Valley Electric Company
Farmers Businessmen Plan Irrigation District
A 18 member steering group from Dublin Gustine De Leon Comanche and local business leaders met with 35 officials and farmers to pursue an irrigation district serving about 18 000 acres around Lake Proctor The plan calls for a metes and bounds description and a local bill draft to create the district and secure water rights from Lake Proctor for peanuts and other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Gustine
de Leon
Comanche
Golden Arrow
K. G. Johnson
Lake Proctor
Proctor Lake
George L. Stephens
M. Autry
Jess Henson
Royce Thiebaud
Comanche Countians Register For Voting in ’67
Comanche County reports 2213 residents registered to vote in the current year a near record for an off year First time voters and over age exemptions boost totals Tax assessor John Beaty Jr says the signups are strong Voters will cast ballots in April for city and school elections
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
John Beaty, Jr
City Replaces Overworked Rural Fire Truck in Comanche
Comanche undertakes a truck upgrade replacing an overused rural firefighting unit with a rebuilt 887 gallon tank on a used chassis. Downes & Clark Brownwood steel builders mounted the tank. Arthur Chevrolet Olds Inc will finish the body. Funds come from private donors with no city or county financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Gyale C. Pirkle
John T. Carpenter
Downes & Clark
Brownwood Steel
Arthur Chevrolet & Olds., Inc
Public Works Department
Comanche County Rolls Out 7000 Motor Plates
Tax Assessor John Beaty and Mrs. Marilyn Elrod pose with部分 plates for sale this year. The county issues 7000 motor vehicle plates incl PEANUT plate owned by Victor Scott of Gold Kist. Passenger plates run from DLJ-10 to DLM-649, with letter and number ranges listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beaty
Marilyn Elrod
Comanche County
Victor Scott
Gold Kist
Comanche County Servicemen Added to Overseas List
Two more Comanche County men join the roster of those serving abroad. Lt. Herbert Worff Jr. recently completed OCS at Fort Benning and is now stationed in West Nam after duty in Turkey, and Pvt. Jimmy D. Martin, a 1966 Sidney High grad, serves in Germany with the 64th Ordnance Co. Officials list additional local servicemen stationed in Korea France Spain Vietnam Germany and other locations, and invite updates for the overseas roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Herbert Worff
Jimmy D. Martin
Worff
9Th St
Comanche
Turkey
Fort Benning
February Is Heart Month Message From Comanche County Council
February is Heart Month urging public support for heart disease prevention and research. The letter emphasizes early diagnosis, treatment advances, and the need for funds to combat the disease across all ages and communities, signed by Mrs. F. Arthur, President of the Comanche County Heart Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart Fund
F. Arthur
Pres
Comanche County Heart Council
Granbury Faces Undefeated Granbury Teams Friday
Granbury high school basketball teams travel to Granbury Friday to challenge the unbeaten Granbury squads. Both boys and girls squads are undefeated in district play as coaches Orland Aldridge and Leta Andrews aim for upsets, promising a different outcome from last month’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
Leta Andrews
Beverly Tupin
Linda Lane
Comanche
Granbury
Orland Aldridge
Higginbothams Hold Stockholders Meeting in Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. held its annual directors and stockholders meeting in Comanche on January 27 with 8061 shares represented and 53 stockholders in attendance. Cecil M. Higginbotham became president after John Higginbotham's death, new officer Lanham Higginbotham Jr. joined as vice president, and a 1967 roster of directors and trustees was approved. The meeting reviewed the year's progress and the company’s long-range plans, with employees present and the Comanche Garden Club providing a luncheon for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginbotham Bros
Comanche
Cecil M. Higginbotham
Tom Beene
Lanham Higginbotham, Jr
George Walker
A P. Cox
Cecil Higginbotham
John Higginbotham
High Bros
Lanham
Botham
Dallas
Higginbotham Enterprises
J. Lanham Higginbotham, Sr
Joe M. Higginam
Rufus T Higginbotham
Joe T. Kennedy
Jay Koonce
David Beene
Boswell Porter
RK. Wilson Higginbotham
Armstrong P. Cox
Robert C. Allen
J. Lanham Higginbotham, Jr
Higginbotham
Tom Cox
Higginsbotham Bros
Comanche Garden Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ben D. Sudderth
Soda Springs
Stuart
L. G. Holland
Womack
Nursery de Leon
Womack’s Nursery
Sioux — Womack’s
de Nursery
Wichita
Irvin Dunn
Walter John Beaty
Roy Loudermilk
Ardean Kimmell
Bill Barnes
Lyndell Doan
N. E. Palmer
I. C. Willingham
Ed Leatherwood
Bill Hart
Billy Wilkerson
Wayne Heathington
James E. Carpenter
Proffitt Jodie Prater
Vicki Gore
Janie Cloud
Betty Barret
Vicki Gaines
Top Row
Linda Cleveland
Sarah Fletcher
Gwinn Summers
Linda Hicks
Debbie Stark
Rhonda Mote
Judy Gleaton
Aleyda Williams
Kathy Coker
Ronnie L. Hicks
Viet Nam
Jack Grimmer
Kenneth Robinson
David Robinson
Clyde Deckard
Spain
Larry Ormsby
France
Pvt
Herschel Strawn
Korea
William S. Watts
CPO
Dwaine Rutherford
Tommy G. McGinnis
Jerry Don Strube
William M. Taber
Rector Taber
Ray McEwin
Germany
James C. Wilkinso Kareg
Earnest Guill, Jr
Virgil Evans
Gary L. Hillis
Donald B. Bartlett
Troy Seckinger
Herbert Wolff, Jr
Jimmy D
Martin
Higginbothams
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