Comanche Junior High to Compete in Stephenville Tourney
Comanche Junior High teams enter the Stephen ville Junior High Tournament with all four squads. 8th grade girls open at noon Thursday against Lee Junior High Mineral Wells. 7th grade girls face Austin Junior High Mineral Wells at 2 30. If winners advance, rounds Friday lead to 8th grade at 1 15 and 7th grade at 3 45 with finals Saturday.
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Comanche
Stephenville
Leta Andrews
Lee Junior High
Mineral Wells
Austin Junior High
Hamilton
Billy Pope
Paps
Austin
Indians and Maidens Open District Play in Hamilton
The Comanche Indians and Maidens start District 9AA play in Hamilton on Friday night with the Braves at 5:00 followed by the Maidens and Indians. The Maidens, state ranked and strong favorites coached by Leta Andrews, seek district honors. the Indians led by Gene Westmoreland aim to challenge Coleman. The Bluecats edged the Indians 50-47 in the Howard Payne Tournament. The Hamilton girls are expected to have close games with Comanche. After Hamilton, the Indians host Eastland Tuesday. B team also plays at 5:30.
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Comanche Indians
Hamilton
Braves
Leta Andrews
Gene Westmoreland
Indians
Coleman
Bluecats
Howard Payne
Comanche
Eastland
Dry year yields above average peanuts in Comanche County
Comanche County Texas shared the statewide drought of 1972 with below normal rainfall of 23.85 inches against 28.45 inches usual. Despite the dry totals March was extremely dry at .06 inches while April and October brought heavy moisture. The period saw a 106 degree high on June 26 and 10 degree low on February 16, with peanut yields exceeding the yearly average.
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Comanche County
Texas
Proctor Lake
Postal Service axes Sidney Route One with transfers amid cuts
On Friday January 5 1973 the Sidney Route One tolling its 37.8 mile circuit of about 100 boxes and 120 families will end. Veteran mailman J A Cox of Sidney will transfer to Gordon Route 1 and commute 70 miles daily while Gladys Jones of Comanche absorbs part of the route and Gayle Rippetoe takes over Comanche Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cox
Sidney Route One
United States Postal Service
Cox
Sidney
Gladys
Gordon
Earline
Peanut disease survey sent to Central Texas peanut farmers
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White announced a questionnaire sent to about five percent of Central Texas peanut farmers. It asks for opinions on acreage affected by underground plant diseases and urges return to the Texas Department of Agriculture in De Leon. Data will guide peanut research projects for 1973 and 1974 crop years.
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John C. White
Central
Texas
White
Texas Department of Agriculture
Navarro
de Leon
Department
Rural REAP Funding Terminated for 1973
Agriculture ASCS informs Kenneth Frick that funding for the Rural Environmental Assistance Program is terminated. There will be no federal cost sharing for conservation work in 1973, including sodding bermuda grass, controlling shrubs, building livestock water structures, cross fencing, and terraces.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
ASCS
Kenneth Frick
Usda-Ascs
Washington, D.C
County Land Values Dictate Comanche ISD Taxes
County assessments determine Local Fund Assignment for school districts with Texas funding. Comanche Independent School District holds the highest land valuations in the county at about $40.33 per acre, followed by De Leon at $38.92. Lingleville District shows the lowest at 67 cents per acre.
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Comanche Independent
Comanche and
de Leon
Comanche
Lingleville
Brown C,l
Brownwood
Priddy
Mills C.L
Zephyr
Brown C.L
Erath
Gustine
Sidney
Dublin
Erath CL
Eastland C.L
Hamilton
Hamilton CL
Hico
Mullen
Mills CL
Rising Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. L. Ferrill
Thomas. K. Foreman
Cisco Comanche Junior Highers
Cisco
Bates
Ric Dudley
Quentin
Eugene Dennis Nowlin
Mgr
Mike Mankin
Dudley
Bruce Parker
Tiabiats
CHS
Neal Lester
Bill Mankin
Darrell Riewe
Lynnwood Dukes
Jerry Williams
Shirley Kidd
Linda Andrews
LU. S. Postal Service
State of Texas
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