Comanche City and School Elections Set for Saturday
Comanche voters go to the polls Saturday for the city election at the Homemaking Cottage with four council candidates and a parking meter referendum. Incumbents and the late Ewart Steed are on the ballot. A school board race at Comanche High School hosts five candidates for two seats amid renewed district activism and a record absentee turnout. Ben Sudderth Garland Collins Bill Blue J B Cunningham Judith B Wilkerson vie for trustee seats.
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Comanche Independent School Board
Comanche
David Beene
Eldon Ray Tupin
Ben Sudderth
Judith Wilkerson
Comanche Independent School District
Burton Cunningham
CISD
Garland Collins
Citizens For Better Government
Robert Lee
Bill Blue
Comanche County School Board
County Board of Education
Charles Ray Levisay
Newbury
Harold Easley
Harmony
Troy Pettit
Pettit Energy
A. G. Lee
de Leon
W. A
Bill) Hill
Butane
City launches street improvement program and local elections
Comanche County voters face school board contests as candidates file for two district positions in Precincts 2 and 4. M ayor Clarence Schwartz announces a city wide hot topping plan offering share the cost paving with 50 cent per running foot per side and a 5 to 15 year surface life pending base work and utility upgrades.
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City Alderman Race Three Elected Names
Three to be elected in the city alderman contest are Ewart L. Stered John Be Hurtt Ernest J. Bbell Roy W. Turner. Voters choose the candidates to fill three seats on the council.
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John Huett
Roy Turner
Ernest Ewell
Ewart Steed
Parking Meters Referendum in Comanche Texas 1972
City of Comanche voters asked to express opinion on parking meters via ballot. April 1, 1972 referendum invites FOR or AGAINST with space for voter signature on reverse side and requires a check mark in the chosen square.
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City of
Comanche
Jackie Barret Crowned Miss Haltom Richland 1972
Jackie Barret won Miss Haltom Richland Area 1972 earning a 350 scholarship and 1000 wardrobe for the Miss Texas pageant to be held in July. She also won first in talent for her phonoli solo Starts and Stripes and Carnival of Venice and was named NT State University representative in Glamour magazine's Top Ten College Girl contest.
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Jackie Barret
Haltom-Richland Area
Jackie
Denton
North Texas State University
Glamour
Grimmers Open Health Food Store on Brownwood Highway
Jack and Pat Grimmer announce a small health food store next to the County Jail on Brownwood Highway. The Grimmers promise essentials and natural vitamins, inviting local residents to drop by.
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Grimmers Te Owen Health Food Store
Jack
Pat Grimmer
Brownwood Highway
Local election slate includes four candidates in race
The race features Dr. Forrest Eisenrich, a physician, and Billy J. Hare, a peanut farmer. Also running are Gayle Mahan, a ranchman, and Bill Lindsey, a medical laboratory technician.
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Forrest Eisenrich
Billy J. Hare
Gayle Mahan
Bill Lindsey
Comanche Mayor cites waste water plan and expansion
Mayor Clarence Schwartz and City Secretary John Beaty traveled to Austin March 15 to address the Water Quality Board hearing on the Comanche waste water plant. The city must report by April 15 on a compliance plan and provide 30 day progress updates. The expansion estimated at 150000 dollars would add 2600 square feet to sludge beds, seek a grant, and file engineer plans, with anticipated 55 percent grant and 25 percent state loan.
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Schwartz
John Beaty
Comanche
Clarence Schwartz
Austin
Water Quality Board
WQB
Clean-Up Week in Comanche and Easter Closures
City works manager urges home cleanup April 3 to 7 with free curbside trash pickup. Cemetery work at Oakwood set for Saturday April 15. Region 14 Education Service Center offices in Abilene close April 3 and 4 for Easter.
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City Works
John Beaty
Oakwood
Comanche
Region 14 Education Service Center
Abilene
Easter Cantata by Methodist Choir at First United
The Sanctuary Choir of the First United Methodist Church presents an Easter Cantata Message of the Cross Sunday at 7 p.m. directed by Terry Price. Morning services start at 10:50 a.m with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Youth Fellowship is at 8 p.m.
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First United Methodist Church
Terry Price
Special Services Set For Sacred Heart Church
Father Sean Sweeney of Sacred Heart Catholic Church announces Good Friday services at 7 30 p m March 31 and Faster Sunday Mass at 12 noon all are welcome to attend at the local church.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sean Sweeney
Father Sweeney
Bo Elrod Receives Man of the Year at Comanche Banquet
Donald W. Bo Elrod was named Man of the Year and introduced as the new Comanche Chamber of Commerce president for 1972 73 at the March 23 chamber banquet. He is active in Jaycee work and youth programs and will lead community projects including a new library, community center, and in city park along with the Choice Baking plant expansion plans.
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Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Donald W
Elrod
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Carpenter
Postmaster Carpenter
Dynamo
Eastside Baptist Church
County Fair Assn
Choice Baking Company
Chamber
Comanche
Jaycee
Jaycees
Herbert Goodson
Comanche Industrial Foundation
Choice Baking
Bo Elrod
Fletcher resigns as Comanche School Superintendent
S H Fletcher resigns as Comanche School Superintendent after 14 years at a March 29 meeting. He will leave June 30 to join the Texas Education Agency and move to Austin with his family. Fletcher previously led schools in Italy and Forreston. his children starred in CHS sports. Board president David Beene says a new superintendent policy will be set soon.
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S. H. Fletcher
Comanche
Fletcher
Texas Education Agency
Austin
Italy
Texas
Forreston
CHS
Hugh
Deer Park High School
Sarah
Abilene Christian College
David Beene
Redskin Relays Set At Comanche High Saturday
Comanche High School hosts the annual Redskins Relays at the local track on Saturday April 1 with twenty seven teams entered. Preliminaries start at noon followed by a full schedule of sprints hurdles distance runs and relays. Trophies and medals awarded for division winners runners up and top places.
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Comanche High School
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Burnet
Cisco
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Granbury
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Haskell
Jacksboro
Keller
Olney
Merkel
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San Saba
Stanford
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Cross Plains
Dublin
May
O’brien
Throckmorton
Weinert
Paint Creek
Rule
Sidney
Comanche
Lake Proctor Sees Second Drowning Victim In 1967 Opening
Kenney Ray Kimmell, 18, of Mineral Wells and Gorman, visiting De Leon area, drowned Sunday in Lake Proctor at Lowell's Creek Park. He was swimming with friends when the body was recovered about 5:30 p.m. by a Stephenville unit diver. Funeral services were held at Nabors Memorial Chapel and burial followed in De Leon Cemetery. Protection and rescue crews from Fish and Wildlife, State Patrol, and local agencies assisted in the recovery. He is survived by his parents, a brother, a sister, and grandparents.
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Kenney Ray Kimmell
Mineral Wells
Gorman
de Leon
Sunday
Lake Proctor
de Leon-Gorman
Lowell's Creek Park
William Lee Brownlee
Billy Sanders
Diana Thedford
Edie Rice
Stephenville
Dublin
Comanche
Kimmel
Justice of the Peace
Ottis B. Fields
Kimmell
Kenneth Haley
Wesley Kimmell
Wanda Kimell
Gaylon
Lela Annette Kimmell
Myrtle Kimmell
J. E. Daniels
Special Holy Week Services At St Matthews Church
Special Holy Week services continue at St Matthews Episcopal Church with Eucharist at 6 30 p m a covered dish supper at 7 00 Maundy Watch at 9 p m Good Friday services at 7 30 a m and 12 noon Evening service at 7 30 marks Lighting of Paschal Candle and Easter Vigil Easter Sunday services are at 11 a m All are invited to worship at any or all services
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St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Jaycees Sponsor Easter Sunrise Service in Comanche
The Comanche Jaycees, with local ministers, hold Easter Sunrise Service at Indian Memorial Stadium at 6:15 a.m. Rev. Eugene Prevo of East Side Baptist Church delivers the message. The Comanche High School Chorus, directed by David Venable, provides music with pianist Nancy Wiles. Other clergy from multiple churches participate and Jaycees chaplain Vic Isham leads the event.
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Indian Memorial Stadium
Eugene Prevo
East Side Baptist Church
Comanche High School Chorus
David Venable
Frank L. Turner, Jr
First United Meth
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Roland) Collins
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