Comanche County 4 H'ers Receive Six Sears Gilts and Boar
Six Comanche County 4 H Club members earned five gilts and one boar through the Sears Roebuck Foundation Swine Program for 1967 68. Recipients include Jeannie Wyatt Charlotte Burris Calvin Ross Jr James Reed and Sammy Carroll with Angela Wyatt receiving the boar. The program funds пять gifts and a boar yearly enabling county and area shows and breeding to produce litters before the spring. James Wyatt leads the Sears Swine effort with current organizers continuing the program as last year’s participants returned gifts and led county achievements.
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Comanche County
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Sidney 4-H
Floyd M. Key
Jeannie Wyatt
Charlotte Burris
Calvin Ross, Jr
James Reed
Sammy Carroll
Angela Wyatt
Abilene
Brown
Callahan
Eastland
Taylor
Comanche
James Wyatt
Sears
Grandson Of Comancheans Dies in Lubbock
Rodney Ellis, two year old son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Neil Ellis of Lubbock and grandson of Mr and Mrs T Ellis of 7 11 Grocery, died Thursday June 1 in Lubbock. Services were held June 3 at 4 p m. He is survived by a brother and sister in addition to his parents and grandparents.
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Rodney Ellis
Ronald Neil Ellis
Lubbock
T. Ellis
Gore Family Reunion at Lake Eanes Park
The family of the late J W Gore will hold their annual reunion at Lake Eanes Park on Sunday June 11 inviting all relatives and friends to attend.
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J. W. Gore
Lake Eanes Park
Stovalls Attend Arlington High School Graduation
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stovall attended the Arlington High School graduation held Friday night. Their grandson, Robert Massingill, was among about 500 graduates in the class.
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Arlington
C. W. Stovall
Arlington High School
Robert Massingill
Comanche Chief 1890s Comings and Goings Revealed
A 1890s view of the Comanche Chief above Moore Nabers store shows Sam Vernon at the helm with Campbell press and steam engine. The paper’s history notes ownership shifts to Vernon, a 1896 fire, and vivid editorials, with anecdotes from Gayle Talbot and remarks on Populist clashes. Local notices follow about residents visiting Brownwood and Viet Nam era promotions.
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Margaret Waring
C .E. Straley
Dora Greene
Moore and Nabers
Sam Vernon
Washington Hand
Campbell Press
Gayle Talbot
Bob Baird
Bob Drake
L. B. Russell
Frank Vernon
Sipe Springs
Vernon
Frank
Sid Thomas
Russell
June Draftees Named for Brown and Comanche Counties
Texas Local Board No. 15 will forward registrants for induction on June 6. Named draftees include Wilfred Gutierrez, Larry J. Godfrey, Domingo Joe Ruedas Jr., and Karl Sidney Patton Jr. Physicals scheduled for Rex Allen Stone, Randall Hinesly, Robert De Masco, Daniel Risinger, and Gerald Coffe. Report to 104 Brown St., Brownwood on Tuesday June 6.
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Texas Local Board No. 15
Brown and Comanche Counties
J. R. Riley
Wilfred Gutierrez
Larry J. Godfrey
Domingo Joe Ruedas Jr
Karl Sidney Patton Jr
Rex Allen Stone
Randall Ray Hinesly
Robert Phillip de Masco
Daniel Melton Risinger
Gerald McArthur Coffe
Houston
Brown St
Brownwood
Public Records Burials in Oakwood May Dates
Burial records for Oakwood list entries on May 4 Albert M Ruth May 6 Bart Payne May 13 Frank F Farnsworth May 18 Hubert Gossett May 18 Lena Chaney May 19 Mrs Beulah Ross May 23 Alpha Hughes May 30 W W Hilliard.
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Oakwood
Albert M. Ruth
Bart Payne
Frank F. Farnsworth
Hubert Gossett
Lena Chaney
Beulah Ross
Alpha Hughes
W. W. Hilliard
Brownwood Cattle Auction Strong Market Across Classes
June 7 cattle sale drew many buyers with strong activity and most prices 50c to $1 higher. Receipts about 1275 head including stocker steers and heifers, steer and heifer yearlings, calves and fat cattle with a wide range of prices from $12 to $38 per cwt and hogs toping around $22.
Ellis Promoted To Private First Class At Ft Hood
James A. Ellis 21 of Comanche Texas was promoted May 11 to private first class at Ft Hood. A 1964 Pottsville High School graduate he joined the Army in September 1966 and serves as a clerk in Headquarters and Service Battery 4th Battalion 3d Artillery 1st Armored Division. He is married to Odessa of Killeen.
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FT. Hood
Texas
James A. Ellis
James C. Ellis
Comanche
Pvt. Ellis
Army
Pottsville (Ark
4Th Battalion
3D Artillery
1St Armored Division
Odessa
N. 38Th
Killeen
Cross Plains Meeting With Rev James Bishop Carr
Reverend James Bishop Carr of Palmdale will speak nightly at 7 30 p m June 13 18 at the Old Time Gospel Mission in Cross Plains on the Middle East crisis and Bible teachings. The Cross Plains Gospel Mission invites attendance. Denton visitors Floyd and Pat Graham with daughter Pat Gayle spent the weekend in Comanche. Chicago visitors H Skyles spent a week in Comanche to see sister May Butler in Blackwood Hospital. Surf anglers can keep bait fresh in an insulated ice box. Flounder bait options include squid strips live minnows sand worms or blood worms with sea robin strip noted as especially effective. Rusty Carnes starts summer work at Space Center Grand Prairie and will enter Texas Tech in fall. Gail Steward Michael visited Paul Richards and Jackie in Comanche over the weekend.
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James Bishop Carr
Palmdale
California
Cross Plains
Middle East
Grand Prairie
Rusty Carnes
Kenneth Carnes
The
Space Center
Texas Tech
Tax Man Sam Sez Students Work and Tax Refunds
The Internal Revenue Service reminds students who work during the summer to file an income tax return next January 1 even if they earn less than $600. Summer workers are usually entitled to a refund, and without filing the government cannot refund taxes they do not owe.
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Internal Revenue Service
Ant Repellent for Camp Tables Using Pipe Cleaners
Ants can be kept away from a camp table by dipping four pipe cleaners in coal oil and wrapping one around each leg of the table. The method aims to create a repelling barrier to keep ants from the surface.
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Charles Anders
Gram
Sheila Davis
Gary Easley
Kent Fasley
Ricky Geye
Ronnie Martin
Soda Springs 4-H Club
Randy Geye
Wade Davis
Gore
Durham
Pacquin
Jergen
Helene Curtis
Alberto
Cwith
J Pettit
Worth Thomason
Wade Thomason
Cliff Pettit
Gerald Jones
Gerald R. Jones
Viet Nam
1St Infantry Division
di An
Copperas Cove
William Long
Leonard Bonick
Ruth Cartwright Huff
Comanche Public Library
Ofhursday
John Wayle
Kirk Douglas
David McCallum
Vthursday
CEC’ B. Demille
Charlie Marshall
Public Records
Brownwood Cattle Auction
Calve
Wees
Ellis
Fort Worth
G. B. Moore
Ken Love
Cindi
Austin
Tommy Foster
Walter Foster
Kenneth Foster
Philadelphia
Burton & Goodson
Tiny Burton
Herb Goodson
West Central Avenue
Louise Huntington
Denton
Floyd Graham
Pati Gayle
Pat Howard
Chicago
Gail Steward
Michael
Paul Richards
Jackie
Sam Sez
KCOM
N. Austin St
Monty Manchester
Independent Druggist League
Baker’s
Coniac
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