Fleming Oak Funeral Home Planned in Comanche
Citizens organize to build Fleming Oak Funeral Home Inc in Comanche. The name is reserved in Austin and a charter will be issued after stock commitments. The facility will offer funeral arrangements and 24 hour ambulance service for the county. A public meeting is set for Friday March 11 at 7 30 in the district courtroom.
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Comanche
Fleming Oak Funeral Home, Inc
Austin
Selves
Fleming Oak
Kiwanis Club Sponsors Community Education Program
The Kiwanis Club of Co manche will sponsor the Community Education Program on March 22 at 7 00 p m in the new High School Commons Area The event is free and open to the public The program features Texas Department of Corrections inmates sharing experiences and paths to trouble Coordinator Ken Walker leads the Kiwanis activity Adults are urged to attend.
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Kiwanis Club of
Comanche
Texas
FHA Walkathon Sponsored by Comanche FHA for March of Dimes
On Saturday March 19 at 9 00 a.m. the Comanche FHA hosts a Walkathon starting at the High School and looping to Lake Proctor then back. Participants of all ages welcome with adult supervision for under 12. Lunch, rest stops, snacks, wagons and prizes in several categories. Sponsor sheets available at the Homemaking Department Red White Town Country and Dairy Queen before March 16.
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Comanche Fha
Comanche
Lake
Proctor
Red & White
Town & Country
Dairy Queen
Area Voters Face April 2 Balloting Across Texas Regions
Voters in Comanche Gustine Sidney De Leon Blanket Zephyr May Rising Star Mullin Priddy and surrounding areas face April 2 elections for city aldermen mayors school boards hospital districts and county posts. Many races feature unopposed incumbents while several districts see multiple candidates for vacant seats.
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Comanche Area
de Leor
Conservation Awards Winners Are Honored
The Upper Leon Soil and Water Conservation District held its fifth annual banquet March 2 at PAR Center Proctor Lake with 218 attendees. Winners include Edwin Buster Jones Outstanding Conservation Farmer zone one and district wide. R L Bob Mull zone two. W L Carruth zone three. Conan Hutton zone four. Glen Hubbard zone five. Lane Jones honored as Conservation Homemaker. Absentee winner Lewis Hampton from Brady. Norman Wallace of Cisco Junior College Conservation Teacher. Essay winner Shelly Gray Rising Star High School. other essay placers listed. Poster contest winner Vicki Stephenson Cisco Elementary with multiple grade placings from Cisco Carlton Comanche Ranger Eastland and Sidney. Banquet sponsored by the district and ten local banks.
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Upper Leon
Conan Hutton
Glen Hubbard
Lane Jones
Dublin
Lewis Hampton
Rusty Carnes
Kcom Radio
Shelly Gray
Rising Star High School
Ken Hounsel
Rising Star
Ranger
Joe Cannon
Joe Williams
Cisco
Gaynelle Baum
Leigh Eller
Eastland
Janet Frost
Kem Miller
Comanche
Jerry Beene
Sheila Bouquet
Vicki Stephenson
Debbie Tipton
Lisa Phillips
Bradley Ivers
Lynn Pittman
Carlton
Matt Hawkins
Dennis Ray Hagan
Joan Ellen Clark
Allan Hornell
James Deadman
Derek Steward
Kirt Kiser
Linda Sparks
Sidney
Denna Hutchins
Janna Reed
Eddie Bennett
Freddie Bennett
Mitchell Dukes
Toi Moore
Cathy Hutchins
R. L
Bob) Mull
SWCD
Jim Kennedy
First Comanche Bank
Mull
Norman Moore
Comanche High School Open House Draws 600 Visitors
The Comanche High School hosted an Open House for more than 600 visitors on Sunday afternoon March 6. The event featured a 20 minute Stage Band concert and remarks by Dr Bill Hill president of the school board, listing contributors and acknowledging former board members L L Dukes and Eltas Dudley. Senator Tom Creighton delivered the dedicatory message praising academic and vocational programs. Visitors hailed from Stephenville Brownwood Abilene Coleman De Leon Eastland and other nearby communities.
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Tom Creighton
New
Comanche High School
Comanche
Bill Hill
Comanche School Board
William Calhoun
Senator Creighton
Texas
Stephenville
Brownwood
Abilene
Coleman
de Leon
Eastland
Grand Jury Indicts In Comanche County Closes New District Hope
Comanche County district court enters its third day of grand jury deliberations with Assistant DA Leslie Vance predicting about three dozen true bills. The current grand jury serves in the 52nd District, with a new district created for Comanche, Hamilton and Bosque Counties effective April 1.
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Comanche County
District Court
Leslie Vance
Vance
Byron McClellan
Texas
Comanche
Hamilton
Bosque
Andy Campbell
Dolph Briscoe
Clifton
Peanut Production Short Course Planned in Comanche County
All peanut producers are invited to a Comanche County Peanut Production short course on Monday March 14 at 1 30 p m in De Leon City Hall. Extension specialists Dr Leland Tripp Dr Thomas A Lee Dr George Alston and Dr Clifford Hoelscher will cover seedbed preparation fertilization herbicides varieties insects diseases and harvesting. County entomologist David Moore will discuss the Peanut Pest Management scouting program and participants may discuss their fields.
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Comanche County
de Leon City Hall
Extension Service
Leland Tripp
College Station
Thomas A. Lee
Stephenville
George Alston
Clifford Hoelscher
David Moore
County Ento
Mologist
City Election Voters to choose mayor and council seats
The city election on April 2 will select a mayor with Bill Clemons seeking re election. Two council seats open include terms from John Hathcock and Eugene Perkins. Perkins has served two terms and is a candidate along with James Mercer Sam Marshall and Gary Lacy.
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Comanche
City of
CISD
W. E
Bill) Clemons
Eugene Perkins
James Mercer
Gary Lacy
Sammy Marshall
Perkins
John H
Happy) Hathcock
Comanche Independent
T. C. Mazurek, Jr
Gayle Victor Isham, Jr
James T. Roberts
Kenneth Gibson
D. E. Steele
Gustine - Gustine City
Gustine Council
C. O. Boyd
O. L. Rich
B. F. Kight
Gustine Independent School District Board of Trustees
Bob Haggard
John Moore
Jack Hungerford
James
Buddy) Decker
Raymond Isom
Curtis Faulkner
Gayle Teague
Paul H
Buster) Simpson
S. J. Vaughn
Zephyr
Zephyr Common
Frank Conger
Melvin McDearman
John Petty
Rising Star
W. L
Bill) Medley
H. L. Killion
Norman Chancelor
Darrell White
Charlie Benson
Franklin Cox
Charlie Chamberlain
Lane Wells
Weldon Lee
Louis Mayfield
Floyd Joyce
Roland Atwood
Wells
Medley
C. M. Carroll
John Lee
W. G
Bill) Reed
J. D
Skeet) Clark
Aubrey Lawrence
Joe
Linda) Butler
Douglas Walker
Pauline Winfrey
Bill Clemons
John Hathcock
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Kiwanis Club
Ken Walker
FHA
Walkathon
Sidney - Sidney
Independent School District
Jackie Clark
Norman Chandler
Carl Welch
County School Board
J. Wesley Harper
Doyle Smith
Mitchell Tate
Emmett Moore
R. D. Wright
Milford Millsap
Moore
Wright
Millsap
Montgomery Ward
de Leon Independent
Neal Morris
Eddie Lindley
Wayne Sanders
Troy McKillip
Jake Morris
Norman Sides
Tommy Frost
Sanders
GTE
Joe Morgan
John Beaty
Larry Boyd
Morgan
Beaty
Boyd
Tarleton State University
John Webb
Odell Adkisson
May
May Rural
Thomas Petross
Jerry Burnett
Clayton Chambers
Mike Hardwick
Eddie D. Hardy
Vic McCallie
Mullin
Louis Sims
Bill Lindsey
Larry Minica
Roger Sanders
Jerry DeKay
Joe Rigsby
Mullin Community Center
Priddy
Paul Kunkel
James Wells
Victor Limmer
Alton Drueckhammer
Jerry Seider
Elton Bufe
Conservation Awards
Brady
Gorman
Norman Wallace
Cisco Junior College
McClellan
Bobby Cummings
Coryell County
Juanita McDonald
Harold Gene
University of Texas Arlington
Harold
Sherry Robinson
Amy
Douglas
Pettit High School
Howard Payne
Texas Tech
South Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Baptist Church
James H. Mercer
J. A. Mercer
Deanna Durham
David
Clay
Mercer
Burton Bros. Feed Co
Comanche Seed and Feed
The
Comanche County Livestock Association
Sam Marshall
Charles Marshall
Brenda Steele
Leslie
Melinda
CHS
Tarleton
South Texas State
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Korea
Marshall
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