Senior League Merchants Win Two
The Comanche Merchants, a teen baseball team sponsored by Clemons Motor Co., opened the season with two wins. In the first game they beat De Leon 10 to 2 as Johnnie Hicks pitched five innings with 14 strikeouts and Clyde Weaver homered. Mike Lockwood went 3 for 4 and led the offense. In the Memorial Day contest at Cross Plains Lockwood pitched a two hitter in extra innings, hitting a second homer and fanning 14, as Comanche edged the hosts after an early 3-3 tie. They next travel to Bangs Saturday and host De Leon Monday at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Merchants
Clemons Motor Co
Merchants
de Leon
Johnnie Hicks
Comanche
Clyde Weaver
Mike Lockwood
Cross Plains
Lockwood
Bangs
Serving Overseas Here is a partial life of Comanche County servicemen
A reader provided a list of Comanche County personnel serving overseas in various conflicts and locations including Viet Nam Guam Germany Korea Belgium Spain Spain and the Mediterranean. The list includes ranks from Pfc to Lt and names such as John McCarty Jack Sutton Pete Cox Kenneth Cox Virgil Evans Gary Hillis Donald Bartlett James Wilkinson Ernest Guill Troy Seckinger Herbert Wolff Jimmy Martin William Taber and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Pfe
John McCarty
Viet Nam
Jack R. Sutton
Guam
Pete Cox
Kenneth Cox
Germany
Jack Grimmer
Kenneth Robinson
David Robinson
Clyde Deckard
Spain
Larry Ormsby
Belgium
Herschel Strawn
Korea
William M. Taber
Rector Taber
Ray McEwin
Virgil Evans
Gary L. Hillis
Donald B. Bartlett
James C. Wilkinson
Ernest Guill, Jr
Troy Seckinger
Herbert Wolff, Jr
Pfc
Jimmy Martin
William S. Watts
EOC
Dwaine Rutherford
Tommy McGinnis
Jerry Don Strube
Clifford C. Mercer
Johnny Couch
Kenneth Pressley
Gerald R. Frank
Little League Action Tuesday And Thursday Schedule
June matchups list Toppers face Wizards Oak Lawn plays Raiders Texaco Oilers meet Gustine on Tuesday June 6. On June 8 Oak Lawn battles Saints Gustine meets Wizards and Texaco Oilers take on Raiders.
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Little League Action
Pee Wees To Begin June 6 Schedule
The Pee Wees open play starting June 6 with games including Wizards versus Sidney and Texaco Oilers versus Raiders. On Thursday June 8 matchups feature Saints against Gustine and Oak Lawn against Toppers. The olive tree remains a valued landscape ornament for yards and gardens.
Construction Underway On Hemisfair Tower
HemisFair 1968 Tower of the Americas rises toward a 622 foot goal at a brisk pace. Contractors Darragh and Lyda Inc. and H A Lott Inc. supervise a three stage slipform as crews pour concrete and install steel for the 92 acre Texas World Fair site set to open April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tower of the Americas
HemisFair
Achitects
O'Neil Ford and Associates
Darragh and Lyda Inc
H. A. Lott Inc
Elmer Joiner
Comanche County Taxable Wages Report Highlights 1965 Data
County non-farm workers totaled about 1 430. 227 employers paid roughly 1.04 million dollars in taxable wages in the first quarter of 1965. Retail trade employed 522 workers. the County Business Patterns series notes broad industry groups and offers data for evaluating regional industrial structure and private demand. Also: nationally, E and H Bond sales for four months in 1967 rose 4 percent from 1966. W. R. Greenwaldt, former Comanche resident, dies in Cleburne at age unknown. Burial held in De Leon. he was father of Rev. William M. Greenwaldt.
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Comanche County
R. R. Tuley
Abilene
Social Security Administration
U.S
State
D. C
Puerto Rico
Texas
Government Printing Office
Washington
D.C
W. R. Greenwaldt
de Leon
Cleburne
First Methodist Church of
Wayne Reynolds
Cisco
The
Methodist Church
A. J. Wormwood
J. E. Morton
First Methodist
Greenwaldt
William M. Greenwaldt
Brownwood
Ted R. Eversole
Louisville, Ky
Hot Rods Edge Higginbothams In Teen League Thriller
The Hot Rods of Arthur Chevrolet rallied from an 8 to 1 deficit in the first inning to beat Higginbothams 12 to 10 in a wild local teen league game. Winning pitcher was Marion Kirkland with Richard Polorado taking the loss. Higginbothams will host De Leon Colts on June 5.
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Hot Rods
Arthur Chevrolet
Higginbotham
Higginbothams
Hot Rodders
Marion Kirkland
Richard Polorado
de Leon
Arthur Chew
Eagles
Birth of Angie Dell Dickson in Dallas
Mr and Mrs Angus Dickson III announce the birth of daughter Angie Dell Dickson at 12 01 p m Sunday May 28 at St Paul Hospital 8 lbs 542 ozs She is granddaughter of Angus Dickson Jr of El Paso and Odell Ormsby of Comanche The Comanche Public Library invites readers of all ages to explore adventure stories toy making and astronomy books.
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Angus
Dicky) Dickson III
Dallas
Angie Dell
St. Paul Hospital
Angus Dickson, Jr
el Paso
Odell Ormsby
Comanche
Graduation in Brownwood for Phyllis McAliley
Mrs. Luther McAliley Mr. and Mrs. Preston Cox and Rhonda attended Phyllis McAliley's graduation in Brownwood on Friday night.
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Luther McAliley
Preston Cox
Rhonda
Brownwood
Phyllis McAliley
Research Notes From Fort Worth Areas Mention Dr McLean
The piece lists counties and notes Dr McLean will work with the Comanche County Historical Survey Committee. It also promotes Jaycees Carnival fundraising to help boys attend events and support community efforts.
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McLean
Cockrell
Fort Worth
Comanche County
San Angelo Families Visit Comanche for Weekend
Here from San Angelo Mr and Mrs Ray Leggett and children Loren and Tracy came to Comanche with the Jerry Pyburns and children for a weekend with the Charles and Sammy Marshalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Leggett
Loren and
Tracy
San Angelo
Comanche
Jerry Pyburns
Charles and
Sammy Marshalls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gary Don Swearengin
Freddie Anderson
Gerald R. Jones
Joe Woolsey
Rey Ramirez
John H. Bilberry
John A. Coleleasure
Seaman Tucker
Robert D. M
Kent Carnes
Roland Gutier
Roger Spruill
Roy Lee Graf
Marlin L. Joh
Lewis E. Hart
Larry Cheathar
Kenneth
USS
Saratoga
Mediterranean
Erworth
Jay Green
Lei
Toppers
Wizards
Oak Lawn
Raiders
Texaco Oilers
Gustine
Saints
Sidney
Rexall Drug Store
Durham
Mennen
Geritol
Zemacol
Johnson
Carter
Doan
Absorbine JR. Liniment
Hemisfair Tower
U. U
W. R. Greenwald
Oyhip
Harelik
Jersey
Richard Egan
Mystery
Michael Cane
Berlin
Paul Newman
Cary Grant
Doris Day
Charlie Marshall
the Majestic
California
Universal City Studios
John
Wayne
Kirk ‘Douglas
Howard Keel
Robert Walker
Keenan Wynn
Bruce Cabot
Joanna Barnes
Dimitri Tiomkin
Clair Huffaker
Badman
Burt Kennedy
Marvin Schwartz
Ton
Hill
Hood
Jack
Lampasas
Lee
Limestone
McLennan
Milam
Mills
Palo Pinto
Parker
Robertson
Stevens
Somervell
Williamson
D.L
Alka Seltzer
Baker’s
Alberto VO
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