Hill Hereford Sale Nets 94330 From 240 Cattle Dispersion
Hill Hereford Ranch sold 240 head of Hereford cattle in a May dispersion sale near Comanche. Total receipts reached 943,430 with average 687 per lot from 136 lots. Top bull fetched 7,500. high pair cow and calf sold for 4,125. Purchasers included T. E. Mercer of Fort Worth and R. R. Swinford of Wichita Falls.
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Hill Hereford Ranch
T. E. Mercer
Fort Worth
R. R. Swinford
Wichita Falls
Sunbury
Ohio
Dixie Lindstrom
Markiette
Kansas
Hill Ranch
Comanche
Walter Hill
William A. Hill
Houston
Hills
Be a Friend Win the Library Comanche County Drive
The Friends of the Comanche Public Library seek members to raise funds for books and equipment. A house-to-house campaign occurs May 18 with a 6 p.m. kick-off at the library led by Jim Dudley. May 19 a downtown booth sells memberships. Dues range 1 and 5 dollars, with 5-dollar members gaining voting rights. An annual meeting is set for May 25.
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Friends of the Comanche Public Library
Jim Dudley
Comanche County
The
Join
Comanche City Pool To Open For Summer Season
Lake Eanes swimming pool opens Saturday May 20 marking start of summer vacation for students. Lee Presswood will serve as pool manager and lifeguard with Mrs Presswood handling concessions and tickets. Admission 40 and 20 cents. Open daily 1 30 pm to 8 pm except Wednesday and Sunday closing time 6 pm. Mrs David Andrews will oversee swimming lessons with dates to be announced.
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Lake Eanes
Comanche City
Lee Presswood
Presswood
David Andrews
Comanche Public Schools
Comanche School's Masonic Academy Echoes a Long History
A look back at Comanche Schools origin as the Masonic Academy near N Mary Street. Donor John Duncan Sr funded a school house and a fund while the city took over in the 1870s, with a 1880 tax base and later remodels. The building, praised for education, yielded many notable graduates and a growing faculty into the early 1900s.
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Masonic Academy
N. Mary St
R. F. Biddle
D. S. Switzer
W. F. Rogers
M. K. Witt
J. B. Layne
Social Security Benefits In Comanche County Rise In 1967
In Comanche County at the start of 1967 total monthly social security payments reached 133315 to 2307 recipients, with Brownwood office head Glen McNatt noting a 7 percent rise in beneficiaries and over 6 percent in payout. Across three counties the Brownwood office serves 8225 recipients totaling 496811 monthly, about 6 million annually. Nationwide about 23 million receive checks, and a record 20 billion dollars were paid last year.
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Comanche County
Glen McNatt
Brownwood Social Security Office
Comanche, Brown, Mills
Brownwood
McNatt
Important Peanut Bill In Committee
A House committee weighs H R 2557 to allow peanut allotment transfers outside Comanche County possibly hurting the county which holds the nation’s largest peanut allotment. The Erath County Farmers Union opposes the bill with leaders visiting Comanche to drum up support against it. Citizens seeking details may contact Congressman Omar Burleson or Lyndell Coan in De Leon.
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House of Representative
Comanche County
McMillan
South Carolina
Farmers’ Union
Erath County Farmers’ Union
Robert Cathy
Comanche
Omar _ Burleson
Washington, D. C
Lyndell Coan
de Leon
Area Historical Committees Meet May 22 Tourism Talk
Three State Historical Society officials will discuss Tourism Development at the regional meeting hosted by the local Historical Survey Committee. Executive Director Truett Latimer speaks on History and Tourism while Robert L. Watson covers Effective County Committee Organizations and Phil Davis offers community outreach tips for attracting visitors in 1968, touted as the biggest year for tourism in the state.
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State Historical Society
Truett Latimer
Robert L. Watson
Phil Davis
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Davis
Spears to Speak on New Crops for Comanche County
The Comanche County Young Farmers will hold their regular meeting next Tuesday night May 23 at 8 p.m. in the CHS agricultural building. Ben Spears former Comanche county agent now with the Extension Service of A&M will present the program on New Crops for Comanche County. The general public is invited to hear him.
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Comanche County
CHS Agricultural
Ben Spears
Extension Service
A&m
Far West Texas county judges visit Comanche on trip
Two Far West Texas county judges Tom Neely Huds peth Sierra Blanca County and Norman Breed Culberson Van Horn County visited The Chief in Comanche on a business trip en route to Gatesville. Neely has kin in Comanche, especially Lamkin, and Breed is a former Van Horn school administrator.
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Gatesville
Far West
Texas
Tom Neely
Hudspeth
Sierra Blanca
Norman Breed
Little League Play Opens June 6
Local Little League play will begin June 6 with teams scheduled to start games and fans invited to attend.
Federal funds shape Comanche County government operations
Analysis from Tax Foundation and federal data shows Comanche County relies on about 15.4 percent of its yearly revenues from Washington. Texas totals in fiscal 1965 list $324 per resident, with $50 federal, $93 property taxes, $114 other taxes, and $67 other charges.
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Comancheounty
Tax Foundation
Department of Commerce
National Industrial Conference Board
Texas
Comanche County
Washington
Commerce Department
New Jersey
Alaska
Wyoming
Stephen Norris Named Top Student at Comanche High
Stephen Norris son of Virgil and Mrs Norris of Comanche led Comanche High School with an overall 6.511 average. He topped Math 98.75 Science 95.50 and English 98.25, received the Baush Lomb Science award, excels as first chair trumpet, CHS band and the C Association, started on the basketball team and ran on the District Championship Mile Relay. Norris plans Baylor University.
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Stephen Norris
Virgil Norris
Comanche
Comanche High School
Norris
Stephen
Baylor University
Victory Baptist Church Bible School May 22 27
Victory Baptist Church at Parks and Fleming hosts a Daily Vacation Bible School for children ages 4 to 12 from 2 to 5 pm May 22 through May 27 with a preparation day May 20 from 2 to 3:30 pm. All children are welcome. Comanche Public School dismisses for summer Friday May 19 and fall term begins August 28.
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Victory Baptist Church
Bible School
Parks and Fleming
Coxs Named 4-H Adult Leaders Award Recipients
Mr and Mrs J A Cox Rt 1 Sidney have been chosen among twenty four recipients of the Texas 4 H Youth Development Foundations 197 Volunteer Adult Leader Award. They lead the Sidney 4 H Club for six years earning blue seal and safety awards and guiding members to Gold Star honors. The couple are active in civic church and school groups and have two sons. The Texas A&M University campus luncheon June 7 will honor all recipients with a luncheon and conferment.
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J. A. Cox
Rt 1
Sidney
Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundations
Sidney 4H
Earlene
J. A
Terry
de Leon
Brown County
Sidney Home Demonstration Club
Comanche County Home Demonstration Council
Activites
Stag Creek
Little Legane F
Paren
Treacher
Sta Creek
Comanche County
Texas A&m Univsity
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Wevsth
Old Masonic Academy
Margaret Waring
John Duncan, Sr
Ruth Cartwright Huffe
Comanche Public Library
Area Historical Committees
Comanche High
UTEP
Bette Cox
Tom Cox
Bette
James Wilkerson
Bill Wilkerson
Bill
James (. Wilkerson, Jr
University of Texas
Ann Stratton
J. AL Con
Ronnie
Mks
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