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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
12
A wartime notice asks readers to report service members overseas who are not listed. The lengthy roster names personnel across the Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard in locations including Germany Greece Vietnam and Japan with ranks from Private to Captain. The list covers many units and ships and asks local readers to help complete the roll.
Core drilling is active at Rush Creek watershed projects with Site 13 on the Hathcock farm completed and Site 12 near Sidney awaiting sampling. The work aims to define excavation depth for a solid dam foundation and identify suitable soils, with photos showing core sampling along the proposed spillway line.
County Agriculture Agent explains that high quality, digestible hay results from timely harvests and adequate nutrients. Soil testing guides fertilizer and lime needs, while nitrogen boosts growth and color. hay shows in about 50 counties will showcase bale quality and educate producers on factors determining hay quality.
R D Collins seeks a permit from the Texas Water Rights Commission to divert and use three acre feet of water from an existing reservoir on an unnamed Sweetwater Creek tributary for irrigating eleven acres of land in Comanche County. Hearing set for July 24 1968 in Austin with protests due five days prior.
The Lee Hicks annual reunion occurred June 1 and 2 at Lake Proctor with seventy four attendees enjoying boating, fishing, skiing, eating and visiting. Out of town guests included numerous Hicks relatives and friends from Arlington, Lubbock, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Brownwood, Mineral Wells, Lorenzo, and Comanche. A number visited Mrs. Ora Steward in her home.
Arlington relatives Joanna Clifford Jack and Tommy Tucker visit their greats Mr and Mrs Jimer in Comanche during a family trip.
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