One is Wounded One is Charged
A Friday night Lamkin disturbance near the Leon River bridge left Gaylon Jones with a flesh wound in the upper left arm from a bullet fired from a pistol. H C Blackshear surrendered and was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, released on a $5,000 bond, and the case may go before a grand jury in October.
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Leon River
Lamkin
Comanche County
W.G. (Shilo) Garman
Gaylon Jones
Gustine
Comanche Community Hospital
Jones
Comanche
Blackshear
Justice of Peace
T. N. Walker
Justice Walker
Comanche Rodeo Parade Opens Three Night Kickoff
A 6:30 p m parade launches Comanche 3rd Annual Amateur Rodeo at the rodeo grounds on Brownwood highway with eight events per night including Bare back Riding Calf Roping and Bull Riding. Shows run Thursday to Saturday nights at 8:30 p m admission is 2 for adults and 1 for children under 12.
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Comanche
Brownwood Highway
Lloyd Woodley
Lampasas
Ollie Gandy
Comanche High School
Comanche National Bank
Comanche County Economy Upswing Noted Past Year
Comanche County shows stronger consumer spending driven by higher incomes. Local food purchases topped $7.89 million with 30 percent of dollars going to take home food, while cars and related goods totaled $5.70 million and general merchandise $1.29 million.
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Comanche County
New York
Standard Rate and Data Service
Free Boat Exam at Proctor Lake June 25-26 1977
The U S Army Corps of Engineers at Proctor Lake announces a courtesy motor boat examination by the Coast Guard Auxiliary on June 25 and 26, 1977. Examinations run 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Copperas Creek Park and Lowell Creek Park ramps.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Proctor Lake
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Copperas Creek Park
Lowell Creek Park
Look At Weather Daily Temps Forecast Discussed
Weather table shows June fourteen to twenty with high temps from 92 down to 87 and lows from 67 to 71. June seventeen missing high value possibly percentage. Forecaster notes a dry trend with only one rainless month since 1963, December, cited by the Corps of Engineers.
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Corps of Engineers
Thrips Threaten Comanche County Peanut Crops
Thrips are causing concern in Comanche County peanuts this year. They feed in leaf terminals, causing dwarfing and malformation. Early planting insecticide sprays control thrips but often do not boost yields. Readers are urged to inspect fields for small orange to black insects in new growth before applying treatment.
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Comanche County
Rev Bruce Baker Appointed Pastor for Comanche Church
Rev Bruce Baker was named pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Comanche at the 1977 Central Texas Conference session in Waco. He is a Texas Wesleyan College and SMU Perkins School of Theology graduate with a long history in Evant Glen Rose Woodway Midlothian and Round Rock churches and County mental health work.
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Bruce Baker
First United Methodist Church
Comanche
Gatesville State School
Gatesville
Evant Parish
Round Rock United Methodist Church
Baker
Brad
Elizabeth
Barry
Rev. Baker
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Justice Peace
N. Mary Street
Walker
Commissioners’ Court
Ottis B. Fields
Fields
Garman
H. C. Blackshear
Les Strawn
Cecil Boyd
Comanche Roping Club
Thriftee
Wagon Yard
Daymond Power
Frank Hall
United States
Texas
Rodeo Grounds
Carl Hall
Wade Hall
Heva
Norma Wright
Clinton
Oklahoma
Smokey
Miss Wright
David S. Moore
County Extension
East Grand
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