Run Off Election Set for Saturday in Comanche County
Voters head to polls Saturday June 1 to pick the Democratic nominee for Governor and the 64th District State Representative. In the first primary Grindstaff led in Runnels and Coleman, Nabers carried Brown, with Massey strong in Brown County. Polls open countywide for the important run off as parties weigh close races and turnout is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett J
Ebb) Grindstaff
Ballinger
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
Comanche
Nabers
Brown County
Grindstaff
Runnels
Coleman
Coleman County
Comarche County
Ballot Instructions and Primary Candidates
Voter guidance printed on a sample ballot notes signature on reverse and how to vote. It lists primary candidates for Governor Don Yarbrough and C Preston Smith and for State Representative 64th District Lynn Nabers Everett Grindstaff with party pledge statements.
Summer School Opens Monday at Comanche High
Summer School begins Monday June 3 at 7 30 am for Comanche High School students. Courses include Civics American History Driver Education and Homemaking with schedule and cost details.
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Comanche High School
Local Cancer Society to Hold Annual Membership Meeting
The Comanche County Unit of the American Cancer Society will hold its Annual Membership Meeting on Monday June 3 at 7 30 p m at Central Christian Church Comanche Dr P M Wheelis of Brownwood will be the principal speaker Executive Director Robert Johnson of Waco and Mrs C G Jeanes Hillsboro District Director will attend Reports on Education Service Publicity Crusade and Memorials will be given Election of officers and board members and delegates to district and state conventions will occur Members and others are urged to attend.
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Comanche County
American Cancer Society
Central Christian Church
Comanche
Mary Wilhelm
P. M. Wheelis
Brownwood
Robert Johnson
Waco
C. G. Jeanes
Hillsboro
Proctor Cemetery Association Homecoming Sunday
The Proctor Cemetery Association holds its annual homecoming on Sunday, June 2. Services start at 9:30 a.m. at the Proctor Methodist Church, followed by a devotional and business meeting at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church. Lunch is served at noon under the tabernacle. Afternoon services continue with gospel music and remarks.
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Proctor Cemetery Association
Proctor Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Tabernacle
Proctor Community Center hosts alumni gathering
Ex students of the Proctor schools and the Weeks family will convene at the Proctor Community Center on Saturday night, June 1, for a singing event and reunion activities.
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Pel
Proctor
Proctor Community Center
Comanche County Oil and Gas Industry Yields $126000 Annual Output
The Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association reports Comanche County’s oil and gas sector adds about $126,000 yearly to the economy. In 1966 crude oil valued at $43,000 and natural gas at $86,000 were produced, while statewide 1967 Texas output rose about 5 percent. The county ranked 181st in value with 14,000 barrels of oil and 669 million cubic feet of gas, employing 21 people with a $52,000 payroll.
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Comanche County
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Association
Texas
Railroad Commission
U. S
Corbin J. Robertson
Houston
Comanche
Texas Oil
Rinehart
Texas Employment Commission
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Brannan Named As Delegate To Water Convention In D C
Gov Connolly appoints Albert A Brannan Texas delegate to the 55th National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington D C June 4 to 7 Brannan former Upper Leon Municipal Water District director and Brannan River Authority director active in state water groups Speakers include Senators Congressmen Floyd Dominy and Gen William Cassidy Brannan and wife plan a Washington trip with son Joe. older son Bob cannot attend.
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John Connally
Albert A. Brannan
Texas
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mayflower
Washington, D. C
Brannan
Upper Leon
Gustine Rodeo Opens Thursday Night May 30
Gustine hosts the Gustine Invitational FFA Rodeo with events for all ages. Grand parade at 6 p.m. Thursday May 30, rodeo at 8 p.m. Tickets 5 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Saturday June 1 homecoming parade at 5 p.m. followed by a chicken supper at 5:30. Contests include bareback bronc, ribbon roping, and barrel races for various age groups. Also notes a drawing for a $25 bond each night from Higginbothams Gustine.
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Higginbothams
Gustine
Absentee Ballots Cast in Comanche County Run-Off
Fifty Comanche Countians had cast absentee ballots for the June 1 Democratic Run-Off Primary before the deadline on Tuesday. Nineteen mail applications were in process. County Clerk Fred Hall said the absentee total for the two races Governor and 64th District State Representative may set a record.
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Comanche County
Fred Hall
Citizens library drives 420 members join Friends group
A Comanche County library Friends drive reports 420 paid members the largest count yet for the club. Funds totaling 987 dollars will support new books as volunteers led by Mary Wilkerson and Jim Dudley organize memberships, booths, and memorial reminders.
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Camanche County
Friends of Comanche Public Library
Severl
Aining
Friends
Renues Fund
Comanche Library
Charles Marshall
Kathleen
Jim Dudly
Mary Wilkerson
Rena Owen
Margaret Waring
Comanche Public Library
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Comanche County, Texas
Don Yarborough
C. Preston Smith
Ebb
Brina
Wanza Parks
Danny Clark
Susan Parker
Rhonda Douglas
Ky Calhoun
Kelly Dudley
Dana Vaughn
Scott Elliott
Susan Lippe
Brenda Davidson
Natalie Lee
Cindy Byrd
Proffitt
Jodi McCullough
Tammy Davidson
Melody Turner
Donna Bonick
Charles Kolb
Stephen Haile
Chris Waring
Bret McDougal
Kay Cogburn
Billy Helmsley
Jeff Hazelrigg
James Hicks
Brent Hanks
I-r
Weldon Turner
Clyde Weaver
Kenneth Lancaster
Mike Schul
David Gore
Travis Welch
de Leon
Goldthwaite
Wortz Choice
D.C
Slaton - Lubbock
Lubbock- Slaton
Department of Public Safety Radio Dispatch
Barbara Kay Weaver
Karen
Sandra Salois
Lubbock
Slaton
W. B. Elliott
Salois
Sam Salois
Elliott
Fort Worth
Jim Dudley
James
Mary) Wilkerson
Jim
Texas Power and Light
Jon
Anna Lois Gray
Eddie Locke
Frances Lockwood
Katheen Marshell
Sandra Gossett
Betty Harelik
Booth
Herbert Goodson
Kathleen Mershall
Dorothy Jarratt
Maurece Guthrie
Margie Barre
June Flannery
Virgini Steward
Sarah Lon Cox
Pee Palmer
Bruce Coggin
Evell Freach
Jim Roberts
Curtis Lackey
Betty Brazier
Gloria Trotter
Ernest Tell Grece Dudley
Mamye Decker
Editha Dudley
Bette Jolink
Juanita Haynes
Mary Caraway
Evelyn Frick
Gladyce Durham
Jim Dudiey
Truman Renshaw
Eddie Tock
John King Rev
Robert Haynes
Alice Ebell
Ieverard
Doris Gore
In Dunn
Thomas Connally
Dorothy Johnston Betty
Charlotte McKenzie
Judy Kerson
Virginia Robertson
Billie Patton
Owen
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