Head Start Program Opener Emphasizes Readiness
Head Start in Higals begins June 13 with Mrs. Mary ies, Edna McPherson, Mabel Boyd among teachers. Volunteers and cooks provide snacks, meals, and a structured day from 8 to 11:30 in a general purpose room. The program aims to boost health, growth, motor skills, and readiness for school, especially for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryies Edna McPherson
Mabel Boyd
Kay Rachels
Hererra
Hugh Coan
Faye Rush
Two Teachers Resign Posts
The school board accepted resignations from Elam Miles a Vocational Agriculture teacher for three years and Robert Allman a Social Studies teacher for two years. Miles will farm in Mills County overseeing sheep and turkey production while Allman will supervise at 3M Company in Brownwood. There are three vacancies high school math combined social studies and vocational agriculture. A coach will be hired in math or social studies for the high school staff.
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Elam Miles
Robert Allman
Miles
Mills County
Allman
Brownwood
Public Library To Hold Meeting In Comanche County
The Comanche Public Library will hold its annual meeting on June 30 at 7 30 p m in the Library. A Friends of the Library group will be organized to support the library now a free county city facility since 1965. A color film on library development titled The Time Is Now will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Learn To Swim Begins Monday In Comanche
Comanche's annual Learn To Swim program runs Monday June 27 through July 8 at the Comanche Swimming Pool Lake Eanes Park. Under Leta Andrews and a staff of sixteen, registrations are Sunday at 10 30 a m and classes run five weekdays each week with no July 4th session.
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Comanche
P. E
Leta “Andrews
Lake Eanes Park
Cathy Coker
Judy Gleaton
Sue Russell
Debra Frick
Rhonda Mote
Lynda Williams
Becky Williams
Sharon Beaty
Jenny Jouette
Beverly Tupin
Vicki Gore
Norma Reed
Billy Williams
Dave Kerby
Steve Kerby
IRS to survey Comanche firms on tax return compliance
The IRS will begin a two month compliance survey of non farm businesses in Comanche to verify awareness of and filing of required tax returns. District Director Campbell says the effort checks tax return filing, Master File completeness, and fair treatment. most firms comply, but some may be unaware of specific returns. Delinquencies arise from misunderstandings and oversight, with rare abuses to be prosecuted.
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Dallas
Internal Revenue Service
Comanche
Ellis Campbell, Jr
Campbell
IRS
Internal Revenue Laws
Rummage Sale Scheduled Here
The First Freewill Baptist Church congregation sponsors a rummage sale next Saturday June 25 to cover revival expenses. It will be in the Humble Station one block south of the railroad on S. Austin, starting at 8 a.m. and running all day.
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First Freewill Baptist Church
Humble
S. Austin
Venable Named Band Director for Comanche
David Venable, longtime Rochester High School band and choir director, was named band director of Comanche High School for the upcoming school year. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Corpus Christi, has led a high‑scoring Rochester program, and will begin work in Comanche after summer studies at Hardin-Simmons University.
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David Venable
Rochester
Comanche High School
Venable
Corpus Christi Ray High School
University of Corpus Christi
Rochester High School
The
Baptist Church
Hardin-Simmons University
Comanche
Masons Plan For Mims Hosnita Joint Installation
Hope Lodge 481 Comanche Armstrong Lodge 445 De Leon Fleming 630 Gustine Sipe Springs 537 will hold a joint installation at Hope Lodge 481 Comanche on Wednesday June 29 at 8 p.m. Installing officer will be Hon J Guy Smith Grand Junior Warden. Elected officers include George Ware W M Bill Clemons S W Jack Wheat J W Bill Dudney Sec INald Waggoner and Jankie Jones r Appointed officers are James Roberts S D Don McCraw J D Damond Power S S Sammy Marshall J S Ottis Fields Chap. Ware a Mason 44 years retired from 40 years railroad work.
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Hope Lodge
Comanche
Armstrong Lodge
de Leon Fleming
Gustine
Sipe Springs
J. Guy Smith
Grand Lodge of Texas
George Ware
W.M
Bill Clemons
S. W
Jack Wheat
J. W
Bill Dudney
Inald Waggoner
Jankie Jones
James Roberts
S. D
Don McCraw
J.D
Damond Power
S.S
Sammy Marshall
J. S
Ottis Fields
Ware
Cable Work Advances in Comanche Cable System Installations
Charles Tabor, owner of Television Cable Service of Comanche, says one third of the installation of new amplifiers and aluminum shielded cable is near completion. The project should wrap by September 1 and aims to improve TV reception for all customers with more to come on Cable TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tabor
Comanche
Tabor
Lions to Install New Officers
Sandy M. King of the Brownwood Lions Club will serve as installing officer for the installation ceremony Tuesday night June 28.
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Lions
Sandy M. King
The
Brownwood Lions Club
England Buys Joe London Welding Shop in Comanche
M L England, a local welder with ten years of experience and former Gold Kist foreman, has purchased the Joe London Welding Shop in Comanche. London has over forty years in the welding business and now passes leadership to England.
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M. L. England
Joe London
England
Gold Kist
Comanche
London
New Pastor Leads First Methodist Church in Comanche
Rev. Robert Haynes known as Bob Haynes arrives in Comanche to lead First Methodist Church and holds duties at Sidney. He relocated last week from Fort Worth where he pastored Wichita Avenue Methodist Church.
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Comanche
Robert
Bob) Haynes
First Methodist Church
Sidney
Haynes
Fort Worth
Wichita Ave
Medicare OK'd For Comanche Hospital Inc
Comanche Hospital Inc received official notice from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare that the facility has been approved to begin July 1 receiving and treating patients The notice was telephoned on Thursday confirming the local hospital’s June 9 approval Dr W D Blackwood and Dr W A Flannery are the owners The Chamber of Commerce is urging Comanche citizens to trade at home The hospital has been at the 107 S Maple location for 26 years Mr England offers welding and custom trailers gates and pickup frames with his wife and two children living on Rt 1 Comanche
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mims Memorial Osteopath Hospital, Inc
Comanche
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mims Memorial Hospital
Comanche Hospital, Inc
U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare
W. D. Blackwood
W. A. Flannery
Chamber of Commerce
S. Maple
England
Oval
Penny
Rt. 1
Lamkin Post Office Closes After Decades Of Service
The Lamkin Post Office in Comanche County closed on June 17 1966 ending an era of generations receiving mail in the small community once centered along State Highway 36 The history recounts early merchants floods and a railroad arrival shaping Lamkin with Neel Brothers J D Neel and other local shops and the final closure marked by a letter from Dallas native John H Neel now a public school teacher noting the service ending after many years.
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Lamkin
George Lamkin
E. F. Weaver
Gentry
Tom Weaver
J. D. Neel
Old Lamkin
W. R. Cayle
Comanche County
Comanche
Hief
John H. Neel
Wayne Ave
Dallas
Neel
Texas
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Pam Ross
Puiee
Tace Bhatia
James T. Pate
Masons
Mims Hosnita
Medicare
Tia
U.S. Post Office
Lamkin Tey
Prin
Kiltita
Fate
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