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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1971
Page
6
Congratulations go to Jackie Barrett for being named Miss Denton the prior weekend making her the first Comanche girl to represent a city in a Miss Texas contest. Barrett attends NTSU in Denton.
The Comanche County Young Homemakers held a meeting on Tuesday March 23 with 12 members present. President Mrs Billy Ray Evans introduced guest speaker Mrs Porter Franks who delivered a paper on the homemaker role in home and community.
Boswell of Whitney joined them on Sunday visiting Mrs. Boswell and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Massingill. Sullivan visitors to Mr. and Mrs. FE W Sullivan last weekend include their son and family Dr. and Mrs. Pat Sullivan and Patrick Jr. of Amarillo and daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Swaim and children of Colleyville.
Joe Dudley came back to Angelo State Sunday after a week at home for spring break. Bill Williams a Texas Wesleyan man was home last week with his family the Clyde Williams. He was accompanied by his roommate Jay Worley of Fort Worth.
Proctor fishing reports say crappies bite fast with 22 to 160 per hour at the lake, using big minnows. A spring turkey season is set from April 24 to May 9 with a $3 tag. landowner permission is needed and hunting hours run 5:30 a.m. to 7:10 p.m. Land leases are being sought through the Chamber of Commerce. The Texas Game and Fish Commission lists new wildlife laws protecting owls, eagles, hawks, and the Western Box turtle with fines for possession. Fire outbreaks devastate thousands of acres amid suspected arson. Stag Creek notes a baby boy Forest Dean nicknamed Shortie, plus a new Walker hound named Stanley's Stag Creek Spots. Signs in the Stag Creek area are in need of repair due to high winds.
George Whisenand a senior agriculture education major from Tarleton State College is student teaching with the local vocational agriculture teachers. He and his wife Sheila and daughter Cammie reside at Steward Trailer Park east of Comanche. A native of Odessa he earned a State Farmer degree at Odessa High School. Mrs. Whisenand is Sheila Stanford of Evant. They will live in Comanche until his May Tarleton graduation.
March 29 to April 2 menus list tamales and meat loaf to fried chicken over the week with milk and sides. The article notes letters from Japan received by Sidney students and a general note about the International Club pen pals and stamp collecting.
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