Comanche County Junior Livestock Show Opens With 434 Entries
The 36th annual Comanche County Junior Livestock Show underway with 434 head from 261 exhibitors. Judging starts Thursday morning for Breeding Beef Heifers and Steers, with multiple judges named for cattle, sheep, and goats. The 13th annual two day auction features market animals Friday night at McDougal’s Auction Barn and Dairy Heifers Saturday noon at the Livestock Center.
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Comanche County
O. B. Edmonson
Cross Plains
Joel Hillin
Stephenville
A. R. Whisenhunt
Mullin
Earl Brehens
College Station
Col. V. Z. Cornelius
Goldthwaite
Daymond Power
Livestock Association
McDougal
Comanche County Livestock Center
Bill Blue
Vandals Damage Dublin Cemeteries Amid Ongoing Vandalism
Senseless vandalism struck the New Dublin Cemetery on Saturday night with twenty one monuments overturned and several markers broken. It marks the second such destruction in two years, following last year’s Old Dublin Cemetery incident. locals plan a Monday meeting to discuss the damage.
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New Dublin
Dublin
Indian Maidens to Face Clyde in District Showdown
Leta Andrews coaching Indian Maidens meet Clyde girls Friday night for first place in district standings after each team split games in recent weeks. Comanche and Eastland shares in conference results, with Comanche edging Clyde late before Eastland upset them. Coach Gene Westmoreland sends the Indians against Clyde in game two after a 70 plus scoring spree against Cisco.
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Leta Andrews
Clyde Girls
Comanche
Clyde
Eastland
Gene Westmoreland
Indians
Clyde Bulldogs
Cisco
Westmoreland
FASTLAND JUNIORS TO HOST EASTLAND JUNIORS MONDAY
Comanche Junior Highers will play four games here with the Eastland Juniors Monday night beginning at 5 p.m. The 7th grade girls will start the action at 5 p.m.
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Comanche
Cisco
Blanket
de Leon
Hamilton
Eastland
Paps
Granbury
Peps
Fastland
Comanche County Farm Income Hits Record 1970 Total
Comanche County’s agricultural income for 1970 totaled $32,875,533, a record high, with peanuts leading cash receipts at $9,199,125 and milk production up to $5.2 million. Other gains included fruits and vegetables, nursery produce, peanut hay, pecans, calves, hogs, eggs, goats, horses, and turkeys. Government payments fell by $63,448 from 1969 but remained $307,867. The Texas Power and Light Company compiled the report based on local agricultural input.
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Comanche County
Texas Power and Light Company
Bill Parks
Fred Hall
Pancake Supper Opens Jaycee Week in Comanche
Comanche Jaycees host a pancake supper Friday January 22 at the Junior High Cafetorium from 5:39 pm to 7 am benefiting the Special Education Department. Admission is 1 for adults and 59 cents for children with proceeds assisting school programs.
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Jerry Nelson
Comanche Jaycees
Special Education Department
Jaycee
Bo Elrod
Cies
Jaycees
Bill Goforth
Bill
Hearing Set For 80 Intervenors In Comanche School Tax Suit
District Judge Byron McClellan schedules a January 29 hearing in Comanche to decide if 80 property owners may intervene in the suit challenging the Comanche Independent School District tax plan for 1970. Original plaintiffs claim the plan is unequal. injunctions have previously limited the case to the initial group.
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Byron McClellan
Comanche
Comanche Independent School District
Earl Conners
52Nd District Court
Truman E. Roberts
Roberts
L. B. Slagle
William Bell
Brownweed
C. O. McMillan
Stephenville
Trustee Election Set For April 3 1971 At High School
The school board scheduled a trustee election for April 3 1971 in the High School Homemaking Cottage to fill two three year terms. Incumbents Elton McDonald and Wayne Stewart may seek reelection. Candidates may file by petition with five voters or by written request on the board secretary’s form. Qualifications include age over 21, a qualified voter, one year state residency and six months in the district. Filing closes March 3 1971 with Wayne Stewart at Ned’s Grocery for forms.
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Elton McDonald
Wayne Stewart
McDonald
Stewart
the Board
Ned's
Elvin Brownlee Takes Over Local Butane Firm
Elvin Brownlee formerly of Sweetwater has purchased Fisher Reese's butane interests and leads Elvin's Butane. A De Leon High School and North Texas State graduate, Brownlee will keep Reese's policies and staff, with Linda and two young sons in residence and the Brownlees attending First Christian Church.
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Elvin Brownlee
Sweetwater
Fisher Reese
Brownlee
de Leon High School
North Texas State University
North Texas
Sid Richardson Gasoline Co
Linda
Elvin
Jay
Brownlees
First Christian Church
Reese’s Butane
Elvin’s Butane
Comanche ISD Tax Office Advances Uniform Appraisals Plan
The Comanche Independent School District moves toward mass appraisal to equalize property values across the district. The plan uses current maps and forms, building cost schedules, depreciation of older structures, and total appraised values showing land plus building value to justify assessments to taxpayers and the Board of Equalization.
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Comanche
Board of Equalization
Rip Case Named Chemist at Local Aflatoxin Lab
Roger Rip Case has been named chemist at the Aflatoxin Lab near Industrial Park on the De Leon highway. He is married to Sue Russell and is a Tarleton State College biology graduate. The Texas Agricultural Department runs the lab, which tests peanuts for toxins for resale. The program started four years ago with 43 such labs in the United States, mostly in Texas. The office operates 9 to 10 months yearly. When the plant closes, Case will work in De Leon assisting Charles Rogers on Lesser Corn Stalk Borer research. Mrs Sandy Boston is a secretary and technician at the lab.
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Roger
Rip) Case
de Leon
Case
Sue Russell
Comanche
Tarleton State College
Texas Agricultural Department
United States
Texas
Texas Agricuture Dept
Charles Rogers
Sandy Boston
Mother's Mod Drive Sunday
Mothers March volunteers plan a Sunday January 24 fundraiser to support March of Dimes research and treatment against birth defects. They note progress from modern medicine in preventing defects from Rh disease and rubella and urge public support as they pursue a health birthright for all.
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March of Dimes
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New Barn
Jerry Vines
Randy Murphree
Comanche Livestock Assocition
Younes Murphree
Roger Murphree
Dublin Cemetery
Clyde Hhere
Jr. High
Butane
Ernest Ebell
N. Pearl
Bell
Comanche Lions Club
Choice Baking Company
Gatesville
Messender
Truman Roberts
Ietesville
Secessor
McClellan
R. B. Cross
Cross
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Preston Smith
Comanche Coryell, Bosque
Hamilton Counties
Comanche Isd
Goldtree
Bliin
Houston St
Rip
Aflatoxin Lab
Mother's
Kroger
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