Big Doings In Little Lamkin July 4 Celebrations Planned
House Speaker Ben Barnes will dedicate a historical marker at Lamkin on Highway 6 during a July 4 homecoming event. A local committee and residents, many Lamkin natives, organized the project with gifts and research on the town’s 100 year history. The Lamkin marker marks Realey's Creek settlement from 1851 and town foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dixon
Little Lamkin
Ben Barnes
Comanche County
James White
Fort Worth
John Henry Neal
Dallas
Lamkin
Robert DeLaney
Realey
De Leon Rodeo Draws Crowds Through Saturday Night
The fourth annual open rodeo sponsored by the De Leon Riding Club runs Thursday to Saturday, June 29 to July 1, featuring bareback and bronc riding, calf roping, wild cow milking, team roping, bull riding, and girls barrel racing. J E Morris of Waco supplies stock and Floyd Anderson heads the club. PET PARADE entrants urged for July 14 downtown street parade with trophies for top pets. entries at Durham Pecan Plant by 5 30 p.m. the day of the event.
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Comanche
Lloyd Woodley
Lampasas
Lonnie McDougal
Comanche Roping Club
Bobaland
Daymond Power
Comanche High School
David Venable
The
de Leon Riding Club
J.E. Morris
Waco
Floyd Anderson
Durham
Supper Set For Saturday July 8 At Stag Creek Center
Donald Lacy, president of the Stag Creek Community Club, urges Comancheans to the annual Family Supper at the Community Center on Saturday night July 8 at 7 30. All you can eat for adults 1 and 75c for children. Tickets sell for 1 75 last year, but this year 1 and 75c. Each club member brings a dish. Gourmets urged to remember the date.
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Donald Lacy
Stag Creek
Stag Creek Community Center
Water Crisis Looms In Comanche City After 8 Inch Line Limitation
City officials led by Comanche City Council and Emergency Fire Chief report Lakes Eanes and Comanche supply adequate only with a larger line. An 8 inch main cannot carry required water to the reservoir. a rain strike is sought to lift emergency outdoor-use ban. A Proctor Reservoir project planned to greatly boost supply by July 25.
Capt Ward Earns Top Honor at Empire Test Pilot School
Capt Donald T. Ward completed the Empire Test Pilot School in Farnborough England earning the McKenna Trophy as top graduating pilot. He served as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force during a year abroad with his family.
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Capt. Ward
England
Donald T. Ward
Farnborough
Royal Air Force
States
Ward
Eglin Afb
Florida
Viet Nam
Watts receives Bronze Star for Valor during Vietnam action
First Lieutenant William S. Watts of Hasse, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Watts, awarded Bronze Star with Valor device while aiding wounded under heavy fire during a joint search and destroy mission with MACV in Vietnam. Five air strikes and seven hours of heavy fighting occurred as his unit took casualties. Watts, serving nine months, plans to visit San Angelo and Comanche after returning in October.
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William S
Scotty) Watts
San Angeloan
C. D. Watts
Hasse
MACV
Vietnam
Watts
1St Calvary
Airmobile
San Angelo
Comanche
Comanche County Adds Names To Overseas Service List
The community updates its overseas servicemen roster with Capt Donald Ward Viet Nam SN3 Thomas Phil Swann Viet Nam Cpl Willard McKinney Viet Nam and Seaman Eddie Reeves Guam. Readers are urged to report any non listed local service members serving abroad.
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Comanche County
Donald Ward
Viet Nam
Jack R. Sutton
Guam
Pete Cox
Kenneth Cox
Germany
Jack Grimmer
Kenneth Robinson
David Robinson
Clyde Deckard
Spain
Larry Ormsby
Belgium
Herschel Strawn
Korea
Kenneth Ray Green
Saratoga
Mediterranean
Irving Ashford
Don
Cantrell
Thomas Phil Swan
Willard McKinney
Eddie Reeves
Town To Close Tuesday July 4th
Comanche observes Independence Day with most services closed Tuesday July 4 including downtown stores, utility offices, banks, and the post office. A few Sunday tradition openers may remain open. merchants urge customers to plan ahead to avoid inconvenience.
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Comanche
Nesses
Bids Sought for New Filter Plant at Lake Proctor
The Upper Leon River Municipal Water District advertises bids for a Lake Proctor filter plant. Plans and specs are out. bids open July 25 in Comanche. State Water Development Board to approve bonds August 15. Construction to start about two weeks after funding is in place.
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Lake Proctor
Neers
Upper Leon Rier
Poke Parking Meted Envelopes Deeper Alert
City officials uncovered a scheme where violator envelopes were pulled from parking meters by youths. The envelopes were emptied before the meter attendant could retrieve them, with culprits profiting from small payouts. Investigation traced missing envelopes to a receiver who altered how envelopes were deposited.
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Kott
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HOUSE
Barnes
de Leon
Air Ministry
Bob Carpenter
John Carpenter
Fire Department
Lakes Eanes
Lake Eanes
Lake Comanche
H. O. Kelley
Comanche Public Works
Lowell Pittman
Willie Cole
Homer Hunter Associates
Cole
Proctor Reservoir
Upper Leon River
Sidney High School
Wayne Ward
Rt. 5
University of Texas
Air Force Institute of Technology
Joyce Hicks
J. J. Hicks
Rt. 3
Vicki
Carol
Sunset Drive
Mrs. Arthur
Heart Ass'n Meeting
Euell Arthur
Board of Directors
Texas Heart Association
Texas Hotel
Sheraton-Dallas
Michael DeBakey
M.D
Bronze Star
Ned. Stewart
Austin
Harris Drilling Company
Stew
Art
Billy Harris
Billy
Frank Harris
Harrises
Willis Steward
Jim Sanders
Bill Bennett
Downing
Ed Holdridge
Brownwood
William M. Taber
Rector Taber
Ray McEwin
Evans
Pas L. Hillis
Donald B. Bartlett
James C. Wilkinson
Ernest Guill, Jr
Troy Seckinger
Herbert Wolff, Jr
Jimmy Martin
William S. Watts
Eoc Dwaine Rutherford
Tommy McGinnis
Jerry Don Strube
Clifford C. Mercer
Johnny Coach
Owneth Pressley
Gerald R. Frank
Gary Don Swearengin
Freddie Anderson
Gerald R. Jones
Joe Woolsey
Rey Ramirez
John H. Bilberry
John A. Cole
Spa
Larry Cheatham
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