Hailstorms Wreck Comanche Storm Causes Heavy Damage
A Wednesday hailstorm battered Comanche with baseball size stones for about ten minutes. Property damage runs into hundreds of thousands with 79 high school window panes broken and many cars damaged. Utility lines fell and power outages delayed warning sirens but crews restored service quickly.
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Comanche
Civil Defense and
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department
Sheriff's Department
DPS
Venable Named First Baptist Church Music Director
David Venable will begin as Director of Music at First Baptist Church of Comanche on Sunday July 29 in a part time post. He leads congregational singing and church and youth choirs and will be aided by a church Music Committee. Venable comes from First Baptist of Early where he served three years and leads the Comanche Indian Band, with duties arranged to avoid conflict with his work in the Comanche Independent School District band program.
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David Venable
First Baptist Church
Floyd Key
Hazel Streety
Floyd Freed
Kenneth Gibson
T. R. Durham
Venable
Piest Baptist Church
Farly
The
Tor
Comanche Independent
Ool
Comanche on the Go: County Farms and City Industry Rise
Comanche grows from a stagnant era to a busy city with irrigation boosting farm income past 25 million dollars. A local survey shows 24 businesses with 1270 employees, led by Comanche Manufacturing Co and Gold Kist Peanuts, plus hospitals, schools, and services supporting the town of about 5 000 residents.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Comanche Manufacturing Co
Higginbothams
Choice Booking Co
Mims Memorial Hospital
Comanche Hospital, Inc
Comanche Trailer Co
Central Texas Fertilizer
Comanche Public Schools
City of
Fire Damages Chief Motel Room Near Comanche
A motel guest room at Chief Motel on the Brownwood Highway sustained fire damage to bedding and carpet shortly before 8 pm on Thursday June 12. Fire Marshal John T. Carpenter said the closed room likely kept the fire in check and the building suffered no other damage. A separate incident Monday night June 16 near 8 pm involved a shorted TV set at 1100 East Highland, home of Mrs. Devin Froh, causing no fire damage to the residence.
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Chief Motel
Comanche
Brownwood
John T. Carpenter
CVEFD
Devin Froh
East Highland
Froh
Myers Opens Auto Repair Shop Here
Johnnie Myers, newly relocated from West Texas, opens an auto repair shop at Comanche Service Center on the Brownwood Highway. He specializes in minor repairs and has 15 years of experience.
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Johnnie Myers
Comanche
West Texas
Comanche Service Center
Brownwood Highway
Mr. Myers
Hodges Named New Assistant Coach at Comanche High
Don Hodges of Midlothian is hired as Biology teacher and assistant high school coach for next year. He holds a master's from North Texas State, has six years’ teaching and coaching experience, and will move to Comanche in July with his wife and two children. T. J. Davidson resigns as Vocational Agriculture teacher at Comanche High to join Cooke County Junior College Gainesville to help establish the program, remaining until June 30.
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Internet School Board Action
Mr. Hodges
Comanche
T. J. Davidson
Cooke County Junior College
Gainesville
Davidson
FFA State Rodeo Set for Gustine July 3-5
The 1969 State Finals FFA Championship Rodeo, produced by J. E Morris, will be held at the Gustine FFA Rodeo Arena from July 3 to 5 with events including bareback riding bull riding calf roping and girls barrel racing. Admission 50 cents for children and 1 for adults. A street parade is slated for Saturday evening.
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J. E Morris
Gustine
FFA
Dub Crumley
Gustine FF. A
Gustine, Texas
FHA Play School Begins Monday
Comanche FHA members will run a play school at the Homemaking Cottage from 8:00 to 11:00 on June 24 to 27. Eligibility includes preschool children four or five. enrollment fee one dollar. Contact the homemaking cottage at 556-2850 or call nights at 356-2174 or 356-2718.
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Comanche Fha’ers
Comanche to Host Annual Amateur Rodeo Weekend
Three night event runs Thursday through Saturday June 19 to 20 with a parade at 6 00 p m and rodeo action starting at 8 30 p m Lloyd Woodley of Lampasas returns as producer bringing top stock Seven events include calf roping bronc riding barrel racing relay bull riding and calf scramble Admission 150 children 59 Parking 5 for all three nights or 2 per show Prizes include several trophies and a 25 U S Savings Bond Each night offers a Queen of the Rodeo contest with contestants Carolyn Gray Judy Hicks Carol Jo Shoemaker and Debbie Hurst aiming for advance ticket lead
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Rodeo Arena
Comanche National Bank
Revival Slated for Local Church in Comanche
The New Testament Baptist Church at 132 West Central announces a revival June 23 to 29 with Rev. James Duncan of Central Baptist Church Coleman as evangelist. nightly services start at 7:30. The church has air conditioning padded seats and a renewed exterior welcome.
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New Testament Baptist Church
West Central
James Duncan
Central Baptist Church
Coleman
Comanche
Man of God
Fous
Foust
New Testament Baptist
Wayne Preston to Coach at Snyder
Wayne Preston, CHS basketball coach for two years, accepts junior high post at Snyder. He is 45 and had two winning seasons at Comanche, tying for the District title in his first year and winning it this year. The Prestons plan to move to Snyder around July 1.
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Wayne Preston
CHS
Snyder
Preston
Comanche
Prestons
Comanche ISD Establishes In-District Tax Office
The Comanche Independent School District School Board voted to open its own tax office on October 1 1969. The office will be on the high school campus in the old band hall, which will also house the superintendent’s office. Tax statements for 1969 will come from the County Tax Assessor-Collector, while collections begin in the new office. The board also approved a computerized tax program from Steck Company.
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Comanche Isd School Board
Steck Comepany
Rush Creek Watershed Groundbreaking Held
Groundbreaking for the Rush Creek Watershed flood control project was held with about 100 attendees. The plan covers 188 160 acres from Proctor Lake to Rising Star and includes Site 12 among 13 structures. Lyles and Lyles Construction won the $189 341 7 bid to build the earth fill dam capable of storing about 400 acre feet of water in the sediment pool.
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Rush Creek
Proctor Lake
Rising Star
Comanche County
Calvin Lee
Irvin Poff
Soil Conservation Service
Stephenville
Norman Moore
Upper Leon
Ballinger
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Chief
Myers
Don Hodges
Coach Hodges
Lloyd Woodley
Lampasas
Rev. Duncan
New School Tax Office
Truman L. Renshaw Soil Conservation Service
Henry Drennan
Rush Creek Watershed Association
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