Fifth Tractor Theft In Two Years Reported
Comanche County deputies catalog a fifth tractor theft in two years after a 1974 John Deere 4230 owned by Skeet Clark disappeared from a Rising Star farm. Clark says it was seen Tuesday before it vanished. last June the same model was recovered on an abandoned trailer and trailer itself later found missing. Authorities link the crimes to stolen farm equipment and note one tractor recovered, with two relatives from Comanche and Valley Mills facing grand jury indictment in the Blue tractor case.
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Comanche County
Stag Creek
Sheriff's Department
Clark
Eric Seider
Rt. 1
Gustine
Bill Blue
Comanche
Bill Barnes
Comyn
Rio Grande Valley
Valley Mills
Leslie Vance
Methodist Bible School Date Set for July 12 Start
Vacation Bible School at the First United Methodist Church begins Monday July 12 and runs through Friday with daily sessions. Mrs Huston Anderson director invites children from age two to seven grades to attend, with age groups assigned to Brenda Davidson Susan Parker and others. Children meet at 8 30 a m on courthouse lawn for a parade to the church.
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First United Methodist Church
Huston
Judy) Anderson
Brenda Davidson
Susan Parker
Carol Helm
Janie Livingston
Denia Johnson
Shirley Wiley
George Ann Salter
Virginia Gleaton
Patsy Welch
Jane Gore
Kelly Dudley
Laura Mae Watson
Deanna Mercer
Nancy Wilkerson
Virginia Davis
Baptist Assn Meets July 12
The Comanche Baptist Association holds its third quarterly workers conference at Sidney Baptist Church on Monday July 12. A 6:00 p.m. covered-dish supper starts the evening, followed by an executive board meeting at 6:45 and a program at 7:30 focused on Christian stewardship led by J. W. Hutchens Jr. of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
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The
Comanche Baptist Association
Sidney Baptist Church
J. W. Hutchens, Jr
Church Stewardship Department
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Comanche County Bi centennial Picnic Highlights 200th Birthday
A crowd of about 2500 gathered at Promontory Park on Lake Proctor for Comanche County’s Bi centennial Fourth of July celebration marking America’s 200th birthday. The event featured concerts, a spelling bee, parades, a cake draw with 2000 silver dollars, games for youngsters, historical displays, and a variety of foods and crafts.
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Comanche County
America
Promontory Park
Lake Proctor
Bill Day
Byron Pyburn
Country Ramblers
P. J. McClellan
Methodist Church
Churen
Bill Anderson
de Leon
Mike Til
M.C
VFW
Carrie Eaton
Iola Dingus
Golda Reese
Senior Citizen Kitchen Band
Straley Allsup
Frazier
Sandy) Clark
Carl
Barbara) Williams
Paul
Grace) Mullins
Tommy Gibson
John Dudley
Comanche
John Weaver
Beryl Ann Turner
Betty Jerrill
Lena Taylor
Grace
Grace Mullins
Center
Highway bids asked for Comanche County projects
State Highways and Public Transportation announces a July bid call for US 67 and US 377 widening in Comanche. Work covers 1.770 miles west of SH 36 to east city limits plus 0.867 mile eastward with base and paving upgrades. Estimated cost 471,829.75 dollars. about 175 days. Engineer Glenn G. Trotter supervises. bids due 9 a.m. July 21.
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Comanche County
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Comanche
Glenn G. Trotter
Indecent Exposure Charges Filed Against German Resident
Peace officers in Comanche and Eastland Counties seek charges against John T. Allen a German resident after two complaints of indecent exposure to girls 14 and 15 years old at a Lake Proctor park camp. The mother of one girl and a man at the camp heard alleged obscene remarks. Records in Justice of Peace Ottis Fields Court No. 1 list the complaints.
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Comanche
Eastland
W. B. Elliott
Lake Proctor Park
Elliott
Justice of Peace
Ottis Fields Court No. 1
John T. Allen
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Baptist Assn
Boy Scouts
Jack Grimmer
Methodists Childrens Choir
Methodist Children's Choir
Jim
Nancy) Wilkerson
John Lochridge
the Nation
Jerry Vines
Comanche Horizons
Jim Dudley
Comanche Square
E. E. Anthony
Defendents
Phows
Bicentennial Park
de Leon Free Press
Matthew Willis
Robert Willis
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