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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1977
Page
3
Comanche's 2-1 scrimmage victory over Stephenville featured Joe John Edwards 18 yard run and Ronnie Wright six yard TD. Stephenville scored once on a mixed Indian defense. Coach Fred West praised improvement and tighter blocking and passing. Freshmen lost 2-0 and JV fell 2-1.
Four men pled guilty in 220th District Court and were sent to the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville. Leonard Dale Sneed got a seven year term suspended on probation and a 750 dollar fine. Coats received a two year probated sentence on a marijuana charge with 130 days jail credit. Cogburn faces three to seven years for theft. Richards gets two years for theft. Crouch returns to prison for forgery. District Attorney Leslie Vance led the prosecutions.
The Fort Worth District of the U S Army Corps of Engineers will begin its Winter Season User Fee Collection on September 6 extending to May 1978. Fees, under Public Law 93-303, apply at federally run campgrounds with tent or trailer spaces, water, sanitation, access roads, and protection. Electric hookups cost extra. non fee parks will have electricity shut off during winter. Golden Age passport holders get 50 percent off camping and electric fees. Proctor Lake Copperas Creek Park will charge year round. Basic Family Camping is $2 per day, electric sites $2.50.
Women of the Gustine faculty plan a Sunday tea honoring retiring elementary teacher Mrs Clodah Patton. She has forty two years of service, nine at Pettit and thirty three in Gustine, with friends and former students invited to attend.
Family reporter notes the Creek kin reunion held August 12 13 14 at Buffalo Springs on Lake Proctor. Attendees include numerous Creeks from Goldthwaite Comanche Dublin Amarillo Eldorado and surrounding towns. Five births one death and two marriages occurred since last year with plans to return to the same site next year.
Mrs Venner Owen visited Waco last weekend to see her niece and family the Ray Littles.
Comanche Public Library and sixteen libraries in the region join the Big Country Library System for the year starting September 1. Coke County Library in Robert Lee and Kent County Rural Library in Jayton qualify for the first time. A $200 492 grant funds cooperative services including film collections and mail delivery for home bound residents and three counties without service. Major Center is at Abilene Public Library. Mrs. John Croft becomes a board member at September meeting.
The system offers access to professional materials and large type books and enables member libraries to buy printed or audiovisual items or join a book leasing program. Headquarters staff will provide consultant service and sponsor staff workshops for the region, with members including Reagan County Big Lake F M Buck Richard Memorial Brady Brownwood Coleman Mitchell County Colorado City Kimble Mason Tom Green Scurry Stamford Sweetwater libraries.
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