U S Census Details County Farm Totals for 1969
The 1969 Census of Agriculture lists Comanche County with 1561 farms and mean farm size 336.4 acres. Agricultural sales total 22,503,334 with crops 10,273,551 and livestock products 12,289,373. About 5 percent of $2,500 plus farms operate as corporations, alongside family farms.
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Comanche Courtly
U.S. Department of Commerce
Eureau
Department
Social and Economic Statistic Administration
SESA
Comanche Hosts Junior High Track Meet Friday
Comanche will stage a junior high track meet Friday March 17 with preliminaries at 2 30 and field events plus running prelims at 3 p m Finals start at 2 30 Coach Fred West athletic director leads the event Teams include Stephen ville De Leon Dublin Cisco Cross Plains Wastland Coleman Ranger Goldthwaite Gustine Blanket May Sidney Early and San Saba Coach David Smith's Comanche Paps are among the favorites.
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Comanche
Stephenville
de Leon
Dublin
Cisco
Cross Plains
Wastland
Coleman
Ranger
Goldthwaite
Gustine
Blanket
May
Sidney
Early
San Saba
David Smith
Felony Complaint In City Hall Window Shooting Spree Here
Leroy T. Bryan, about 32, faces mis chief felony charges after a pistol bullet went through City Hall front window on Comanche's south side of the public square. The window shot occurred between 10 p.m. Tuesday March 7 and 2 a.m. Wednesday March 8.
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Justice Court
Leroy T. Bryan
Comanche
Bryan
Charles Anders
Leslie Vance
Herbert Lee Braden
Mary Goines
Brownwood
Justice of the
Ottis B. Fields
Dr Walter Kerr to Speak at CofC Banquet in Comanche
Dr Walter Kerr of Tyler will be the speaker at the Comanche Chamber of Commerce annual banquet on Thursday March 23. Kerr, a lawyer minister author and youth worker, has led national youth initiatives and founded the National Youth Foundation. Tickets are available from directors banks or the chamber office.
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Walter Kerr
Cofc
Comanche Chamber of Commercce
Tyler
Chamber of Commerce
Kerr
Texas
CPS
National Youth Foundation
Youth Development Council
Banqnet
Chamber
Comanche
Probated sentences handed down in Comanche County court
Comanche County's 52nd District Court presided by Judge Byron McClellan handed out probated sentences to three DWI subsequent offense defendants Monday. Two defendants Waco Lorant Eary and Len Ray Graham received four year sentences with probation. Iliso Martinez got three years probation. Ellison facing bomb possession charge had trial verdict withheld until March 23 for further investigation. Dispositions included dismissals of four indictments for Travis Smith Manuel Esabeda Sam Bass and Marshall R. Keith. A civil verdict favored the defendant in Ardell Ellis et al v., road-use injunction matter. A petit venire was summoned for Monday at 9:09.
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Comanche County
52Nd District Court
Byron McClellan
Leslie Vance
DWI
Waco Lorant Eary Andlen Ray Graham
Department of Corrections
Ilisoe Martinez
McClellan
Lvck Frost
Travis Smith
Manuel Esabeda
Defraudip
Sam ©. Bass
Marshall R. Keith
Ardell Ellis
Earl Ellis
Immunization pre registration for first graders at Comanche Elementary
Immunization for next school year starts with pre registration for kindergarten and first graders at Comanche Elementary. Parents should contact the school for details. A free immunization program for preschoolers runs Sunday March 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. A state law requires all four vaccines for 1972-73 entry. Free vaccines include Oral Polio three doses, DPT, Rubeola measles one dose, and Rubella measles one dose. Second and third clinics are April 30 and June 4. Materials are provided by the State Health Department through local physicians, school nurse Kathleen Eads, and volunteers.
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Comanche
State Department of Health
Kathleen Eads
Gustine High Hosts Outsiders Basketball Tourney
Gustine High School senior class sponsors an outsiders basketball tournament from March 16 to 18. Games feature Sidney Tarleton State College Comanche Hico Stephenville Carbon and Gustine with 75 cent adult tickets and 50 cent student tickets. Concessions will be available.
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Gustine High School
Sidney
Tarleton State College
Comanche
Hico
Stephenville
Carbon
Gustine
Indians At Brownwood Bluebonnet Relays Preview
Comanche Indians travel to Brownwood for the Bluebonnet Relays after a weak outing at Ballinger. Miler Dave Kerby earned the lone Indians point by finishing sixth in the mile.
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Brownwood
Ballinger
Dave Kerby
New County Surveyor Named for Comanche County
Edward L. Pfinglen Route 2 banker has been named county surveyor of Comanche County. Pfingsten is now available for surveying in Comanche County.
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Edward L. Pfinglen
Comanche County
Pfingsten
Volleyball Tournament Set Here For March 25
Comanche Noon Lions Club sponsors a 16 team volleyball tournament at Comanche Gym on March 25. Play starts at 9 a m with new games every 30 minutes. Three winners receive trophies after the final game. Tickets 50 cents and 25 cents.
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Comanche
Comanche Noon Lions Club
Blanket Smith
Goldthwaite
Desdemona
Eastland
Dublin
Carbon
Matlin
Noon Lions Club
The
Lions
Weather Report From Proctor Reservoir Station
The Proctor Reservoir Weather Station releases a 24 hour temperature and moisture report covering the period from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. Readings detail daily conditions and atmospheric moisture levels.
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Proctor Reservoir
Petit Jurors List No Two for 52nd District Court
The February 24 drawing for the 52nd District Court lists jurors to appear at 9 a.m. March 20 in Comanche and De Leon. Names include Marilyn Elrod, Clarice Goforth, J. C. Preston, J. L. Jones, Jerry Culpepper, Bill Mazurek, E. J. Terry, Rita Perez, Alfred Sammons, Patsy Newhouse, Joe W. Smith, James Farley, Fred Hall, A. C. Boswell, Ralph Woods Jr., Theone Loudermilk, Joe Gaines, and many others with home towns in Comanche, De Leon, Dublin, German, and Dublin areas.
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52Nd District Court of
Comanche
Marilyn W. Elrod
N. Mary
Clarice Goforth
Sunset Dr
Clint Welch
Rt. 2
James C. Preston
N. Page
J. L. Jones
N. Lane
Jerry Floyd Culpepper
N. Pinto
Bill Mazurek
Tanglewood Dr
E. J. Terry
de Leon
Rita Perez
E. LaSalle
Alfred J. Sammons
W. Wright
Norman Moore
Dennis Hughes
E. Oak
Patsy Newhouse
John W. Boswell
Betty Loggins
Dublin
Michael H .Lockwood
Mrs. R. A. Davis
Leon
J. S. Bloyd
Manchaca
Joe W. Smith
S. Austin
James L. Farley
Fred Hall
A. C. Craig
Box C
Ralph D. Woods, Jr
Dem. Star Rt
Joy Kathy Jones
Maurice Fielder
Sidney
Juanita Gray
James W. Holland
A. D. Boswell
W. Rivas
Homer E. Stephens
Ralph D. Pittman
S. Texas
Glenda Hitt
Kyle L. Welch
Mary Towns Celebrates 105th Birthday in Gustine
Mrs. Mary Florence Towns turned 105 on March 4. Born in 1857 in Savanah Tennessee she moved to Texas at eight and lived in La Mesa and San Angelo before settling in Comanche County. A Baptist resident of Smith Memorial Nursing Home since 1968 she recalled Civil War reconstruction and early Texas raids. She married three times and raised 11 stepchildren plus 14 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
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Mary Florence Towns
Martha Jane Norwood McBride
Tom McBride
Savanah
Tennessee
Texas
Lamesa
San Angelo
Comanche County
Towns
Benjamin Schooler
Grady
J. G. Towns
Smith Memorial Nursing Home
Gustine Sine
Maidens Travel to Burleson for Saturday Track Meet
Coach Leta Andrews leads the Maidens to Burleson for their second meet while Junior High girls debut. Prelims start at 9 a.m. with finals in the afternoon featuring detailed events for junior high and high school competitors.
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Leta Andrews
Burleson
Sissy Andrews
de Ann Wilhelm
Kathie Patterson
Jeannie Morgan
Tomas Evridge
Linda Mazurek
Ann Hathedek
Jacalyn Waggoner
Jennifer McDougal
Theresa Bueckanan
Katie Wilkerson
Cindy Mays
Beth Proffitt
Diane Puckett
Patricia Morgan
Sandra Kidd
Jeannie Moya
Billie Joe Elliott
Ann Hathcock
Cindy Lane
Paul Hahn To Present Show At PAR March 28
Paul Hahn, a famed golf showman, will present an hour of exhibition in PAR on March 28. The international performer travels by private Piper Aztec and has staged 24-country tours across four continents, drawing from a career that includes Masters appearances and PGA recognition.
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Paul Hahn
Hahn
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
Sapin
P.G.A. of America
Augusta
St. An
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Jr. High
Fred West
CHS
Abilene
Hardin- Simmons College
University of Texas
University Light Opera Company
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Senator Hall
Garden Center
Victor Scott
Scott
Hall
Theone Loudermilk
Joe Roy Gaines
Melvin K. Daniels
Bill Craig
Gertrude Hensley
N. Austin
Charles Taylor
W. D. Blackwood
Box
Gladys Perry
Ross
Wilma Golden
Rt. 3
Carolyn McDougal
Dorothy Abbey
W. Cherokee
Katie Jones
N. Elm
W. H. Smith
Lillie Mae Decker
Austin
G. W. Langley
Ruthie L. Tankersley
N. Bryan
Rosa Lee York
Williams Dr
Charles A. Schlee
E. Central
Bobby Skaggs
Rt. 1
W. I. Forrest
David M. Pinson
9Th St. Comanche
Sylvia Burks
Carl Vannatta
Margaret Garcia
Albert Laurence, Jr
Rubie Haile
Veda C .Stephens
Tom Joe Dudley
S. P. McKeehan
James Gray
E. Highland
Rafaela Garcier
Lena M. Bowden
Dianne Puckett
Cindy Moya
Pe Ann Wilhelm
Janet Brightman
Fredda Davis
Laura Spruill
Rhonda Lubke
Connie Mankin
Nancy Ormsby
Debbie Carnes
Norma Williams
Linda Andrews
Linda Williams
Sarah Westmoreland
Mary Moreno
Norma_ Williams
Sarah Croft
Marv Moreno
Igvura Spruill
Judy Welch
Linda Collins
Vicki Johnston
Fredda
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