Comanche Growth and City Efforts Highlight Local Life
The town of Comanche shows rapid growth with new buildings and houses including the State National Bank Building and a new elementary school. City government led by Mayor Gyale Pirkle and council members works on street repairs and cemetery land expansion while residents notice phone service and long-term issues amid wartime reminders from Vietnam.
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Comanche
Gyale Pirkle
Bill Jones
Roy Turner
Joe Waring
Don McCraw
Dan Mims
Oakwood
Hattie Brightman
Hattie
Rites Held For Anderson Crews Comanche Resident 84
Anderson Crews 84 Comanche resident died Sunday June 30 in a local hospital. Services 4 p m July 1 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel Rev S J Isham officiating burial Whitney Cemetery. Survived by two brothers Newt and Sid Crews and sister Mrs Hettie Rice all of Comanche.
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Anderson Crews
Comanche
Miss Belt 47 Dies in German Hospital
Miss Hazel June Belt of Comanche died at 12 10 am Tuesday July 2 in a German hospital after six days as a patient. Funeral services were held July 3 at Oak Lawn Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Allen Owens officiating. Interment followed at Voca Cemetery near Brady. She was born October 8 1920 in McCulloch County and survived by her parents Ocie E Belt and Alpha Woods Belt and her maternal grandmother Mrs Amanda Woods of Brady.
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Hazel June Belt
W. Paine
Comanche
Miss Belt
Oak Lawn Funeral Home
Allen Owens
Fast Side Baptist Church
Voca
Brady
McCulloch County
Boyd Family welcomed visitors from California
Grandsons Richard and Mark Boyd of Orange with Cecil Boyd and wife from Monterey Park visit the home of Mr and Mrs Charles T Boyd in California.
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Charles T. Boyd
Richard and
Mark Boyd
Orange, Calif
Mr. Boyd
Cecil Boyd
Monterey Park
Calif
M Ward 67 Dies. longtime Fort Worth fireman
Vincent M Ward 67 of Newbury died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held July 3 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with two ministers officiating and graveside rites at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth. Born February 11, 1901 in Fort Worth he lived in Comanche County five years and served 20 years as a firefighter. He married Carrie Bernice Davis September 3 1944 and is survived by his wife son Edward R Ward Fort Worth daughter Mrs Mary Alice Brumbaugh Fort Worth step son B H Davis Fort Worth step daughter Mrs A J Short Killeen a brother Roy E Ward Fort Worth 21 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
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Vincent M. Ward
Newburg
Comanche Funeral Home
Barnett Rippetce
Bruce Peterson
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Fort Worth
Ward
Comanche County
Riverside Christian Church
Carrie Bernice Davis
Newbury
Edward R Ward
Mary Alice Brumbaugh
B. H. Davis
A. J. Short
Killeen
Roy E. Ward
Mr and Mrs Joe Connor Return From Texarkana
Mr and Mrs Joe Connor returned home after visiting relatives and friends in Texarkana and attending the 50th wedding anniversary of Mrs Connor's brother.
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Mrs
Joe Connor
Texarkana
Mrs. Connor
Final Rites For Mrs Ragsdale In Comanche
Mrs Leona Ragsdale 87 of Comanche died Sunday June 30 in a Gustine rest home. Services were at 2 pm with Harvey Raines officiating and Oakwood Cemetery burial. Pallbearers listed. She was born August 31 1880 in Alabama and lived in Comanche 78 years. Survived by sister Cooper Allen and four grandchildren.
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Leona Ragsdale
Comanche
Gustine
Comanche Funeral Home
Harvey Raines
Oakwood Cemetery
Wayne Wilhelm
Herbert Goodson
H. M. O'Brien
Bill Clemons
A. I. Davidson
Frankie Jones
Otis Donahoe
Natchitoches
Abilene Visitor Mrs Paul Richards
Abilene welcomed Mrs Paul Richards who visited the city last week and met local residents.
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Paul Richards
Abilene
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Ilifornia
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Strawberries
Phos
Gandy
Mike Stapp
Hendricks Hospital
California
M. Ward
Mrs. Ragsdale
Abilene Visitor
Stap
Bill Day
KCOM
Higginbothams
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