Nabors Named to Key Committees in 61st Legislature
Lynn Nabors state representative for the 64th district covering Comane Brown Coleman and Boones counties was named to State Affairs Insurance Conservation and Reclamation Commerce and Manufacturing and Criminal Jurisprudence. After a three day weekend members will begin work on their assignments. Nabors has received over 750 letters from constituents mostly about the Governors Education Report.
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Lynn Nabors
Comane
Brown
Coleman
Boone's
Nabers
Share-The-Fun Festival Saturday At CHS Auditorium
The Annual 4-H Share the Fun Festival is set for Saturday February 15 at 7 20 pm in the Comanche High School Auditorium County Agricultural Agent Floyd M Key and County Home Demonstration Agent Barbara McFarlin announce Fourteen acts have entered from Comanche County 4 H clubs They will be judged on talent showmanship audience reception costume and adherence to 4 H standards The public is invited to attend.
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Comanche High School
Floyd M. Key
Barbara McFarlin
Extension Service
Comanche County
Jaycees Sponsor Shooting Education Program
The Comenche Jaycees announce a national style shooting education program co sponsored by Daisy Manufacturing Co for boys and girls ages 7 to 14. It covers safe gun handling and responsibility in a 13 week BB gun course with a preview for families on Thursday February 20 at 7 30 p m in the Junior High School gymnasium.
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Comenche Jaycees
Daisy Manufacturing Co
Jaycees
Open House Slated Sunday at New School Buildings
The Comanche School Board invites all area citizens to tour the new Band Hall and the new Elementary school building Sunday afternoon February 16 from 2:00 to 4:00. The Band Hall is in use and the Elementary building will start next week. Teachers and School Board members will be on duty to guide visitors.
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Comanche School Board
Comanche Isd
Sunday Is Heart Day Drive Under Way in Comanche
Rev Allen J Owens chairs Heart Sunday efforts with Comanche High School Library Club volunteers Miss Nokia Dunn librarian. Volunteers call on neighbors Sunday the 23rd from 2 to 5 p m for a nationwide Heart Sunday drive benefiting heart disease research education and community service by the nation’s only voluntary health agency focused on heart and circulation deaths.
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Heart
Allen J. Owens
Comanche High School Library Club
Nokia Dunn
Death of Waco Sergeant Basquette after Comanche Bank raid
Death came Tuesday night at 1 o clock in a Waco hospital to claim Sergeant Donald H. Basquette 31 victim of pistol bullets fired into his body early Sunday morning December 22 by Jerry Dean Cloud 24 year old Comanchean Cloud was killed after grabbing Basquettes revolver and opening fire in the patrol car Two other officers were wounded Cloud was linked to the Comanche National Bank holdup and the tavern shooting in Waco FBI and local police recovered more than 7000 in cash from a motel room near Killeen Funeral services for Basquette were held at St Albans Episcopal Church Waco with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Waco
Donald H. Basquette
Jerry Dean Cloud
Basquette
Cloud
Comanche National Bank
David Patterson
Pasquette
McLennan County
Grand Jury
Stae
FBI
Killeen
Barnes predicts defeat of compulsory school consolidation
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes of Austin said the Governor's Committee on Public School Education offered constructive recommendations but that compulsory consolidation will likely not pass in the Texas Senate this year. He noted districts under 2,600 students and other proposals may be ignored, while voluntary incentives may be pursued. Senate Bill 2 by Schwartz of Galveston and Mauzy of Dallas contains these recommendations and was referred to the Senate Education Committee.
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Ben Barnes
Austin
Texas
Texas Senate
Barnes
Legisature
Governor’s Committee On
Senate
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Senate Education Committee
Peanut Farmers Invited To Young Farmers Meeting
Comanche County Young Farmers invite peanut growers to an educational meeting at the Comanche Vocational Agriculture Building on Tuesday February 18 at 6 30 p m The program features Mac Pyburn B M Palmer and David Prochaska Occidental Chemical Co topics include nematodes herbicides disease control insect cycles and calibration of spray rigs All Young Farmers and peanut farmers urged to attend
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Comanche Vocational Agriculture Building
Comanche County Young Farmers
Mac Pyburn
B. M. Palmer
David Prochaska
Occidental Chemical Co
Peanut Meeting Set For De Leon
There will be a peanut production practices meeting in De Leon at the City Hall on Wednesday February 19 from 9 am to 4 pm with a lunch break from 11 45 to 1 15 for attendees to eat.
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de Leon
Comanche Cagers End District Play With Eastland Here
Comanche Indians and Maidens close 1968 69 district season at home against Eastland. Indians eye undisputed second place with a win after Clyde clinched district title. Williams Lubke Cockerham Evridge to end Comanche careers. Maidens prepare to face Winters for bi district crown with two practice games scheduled against Wylie.
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CHS
Comanche Indians
Eastland
Indians
Clyde
Comanche
Wayne Preston
Billy Williams
Royce Lubke
Kim Cockerham
Chris Evridge
Cisco
Leta Andrews
Andrews
Wylie
Wylie High School
Abilene
Peruvians Visit Comanche County 4-H Exchange Guests
Two visitors from Peru stay with local families as part of the International Farm Youth Exchange program. Samuel Nahuamiel Olave from Cuzco joins the George Stephens and Jer ry Conway households while Manuel Espejo of Trujillo, an Extension Service agent, lives with the Floyd Key family and plans a Lipscomb Co Texas trip.
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Samuel Nahuamiel Olave
Cuzco
George Stephens
Gustine
Samuel
Jerry Conway
Stephens
America
Peru
Acapulco
Mexico
Manuel Espejo
Trujillo
Floyd Key
Manuel
Comanche
Lipscomb Co
Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
Lita
Carmen
Peruvian Extension Service
Lima
Congress
International Farm
4-H
Comanche School census tallies 1224 pupils for 1969 70
The Comanche School census lists 1224 pupils aged six to seventeen for 1969 70 with 106 new first graders. The district ends the fourth six weeks on Friday February 14. A basketball finale hosts Indians and Maidens vs Eastland Mavericks. A March Friday holiday notes teachers’ convention in Brownwood. Trustee filing closes midnight Wednesday March 5.
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Eastland Mavericks
TSTA
Brownwood
Proclamation Urges Heart Fund Support By City Officials
Comanche Mayor Gyale C. Pirkle signed a proclamation at a Heart Fund Campaign gathering urging citizens to support the Heart Fund with gifts and voluntary service. The document notes heart and blood vessel diseases cause more deaths than all other causes combined and designates February as Heart Month in the city.
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Heart Fund
Comanche
Gyale C. Pirkle
Your Heart Association
Heart
Strawn and Tupin Seek Comanche School Board Seats
Les Strawn and Eldon Ray Tupin filed for two trustee positions on the Comanche Independent School Board. Both incumbents Clyde Williams and Sid Carney are not seeking reelection. Filing deadline is midnight March 5. Strawn recently left the highway patrol and works at Comanche Trailer Corp. Tupin is married, a Chevrolet dealer manager, a Comanche High School graduate with two children.
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Les Strawn
Eldon Ray Tupin
Comanche Independent School Board
Clyde Williams
Sid Carney
Carney
Williams
Tupin
Arthur's Chevrolet and Olds, Inc
Comanche High School
Melba Thomas
Comanche
Beverly
Kyle
Strawn
Comanche Trailer Corp
Debra
Comanche Junior High
Herschel
Armed Forces
Birthday Washington postal holiday notice
No mail service on February 22 due to Washington's birthday. City and rural carriers will not deliver and post office windows are closed. Normal holiday and Sunday schedules apply. Mail will be placed in boxes and special delivery items delivered as usual.
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Washington
Maidens to Play In Coliseum for Bi-District Clash
The Comanche Maidens and the Winter Girls clash in Brownwood for the Bi-District Championship Tuesday March 4 at 7 30 p m The game site is Brownwood Coliseum if Howard Payne is not in a playoff game Otherwise it moves to the Howard Payne Gym Admission costs 1 25 dollars or 75 cents
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Brownwood
Brownwood Coliseum
Howard Payne
Clemons Elected Ford Southwest Regional Dealer Council Rep
William E. Clemons of Clemons Motor Co., Comanche, was chosen by north Texas Ford dealers to represent them on Ford Division Southwest Regional Dealer Council. Delegates will elect two members to the National Dealer Council. meeting in Dearborn on March 24 94.
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William E. Clemons
Clemons Motor Co
Comanche
Ford
Texas
Ford Division
Ford Motor Company
Dallas
National
Dearborn
Mich
U. S
Ers
Youth Week Planned at United Pentecostal Church
February dates mark National Youth Week with services at 7:30 each night. Texase College of Houston soundmen Rev. Stan Ma ce and Don Cone Lor will preach and provide special music as the church invites all youths to attend.
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United Pentecostal Church
Texagsible College of Houston
Stan Mace
Don Cone
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House of Representatives
CHS Auditorium
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
Norman A. Lowe
Cecil Sansom
Oakwood Cemetery
Fidelis Masonic Lodge
Colonial
Sandra
Donna
Clark
Stanley B. Turner
Waco High School
John Ek. Huett
C. L. Huett
Gyale Pirkle
John
Bonnie Bond Huett
Kiser
West Duncan
University of Texas In
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University of Texas In Austin
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Capitol
Agent Key
Olave
Gearse
Wm. E. Clemons
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