Fighting CHS Indians Open Season At Indian Memorial Stadium
The Comanche Indians open the season Friday night at Indian Memorial Stadium against the Dublin Lions with 8 p.m. kickoff. Comanche beat Dublin 14-8 last season and look for a strong start as coach Fred West fields a lineup led by quarterback Larry McDougal and fullback Joey Williams.
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Fred West
Comanche Indians
Indian Memorial Stadium
Dublin Lions
Comanche
Lions
Dublin
Mike Boucher
Alan Traweek
Cisco
Albany
Indians
San Saba
West
Prows‘ie
Mike Mankin
de Witt Spruill
Jerry Hitt
Kenny Beaty
Eddie Cox
Gary Robertson
Steve Adams
Larry McDougal
David Shaw
Harry Dudley
Joey Williams
Weldon Holland
John Key
de Witt Spruil
Jackies
Eastland
Commercial Feeding Program Underway
The 1972 Commercial Steer Feeding Program has 9 official entries from Comanche County FFA chapters and 4-H clubs, with weighings starting Aug 21 and another near Dec 1. The 37th annual Junior Livestock Snow will close the event on Jan 13-14, featuring 14 Angus 20 Herefords 30 Cross Breds and 5 Short horns.
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Floyd M. Key
FFA
Comanche
de Leon
Gustine
Hasse
Newburg
Soda Springs
Sidney
Comanche County
Daymond Power
County Livestock Assn
Commercial Steel
Comanche Truck Driver Wysong Dies After Crash Near Creson
Raymonitiar Wysong 42 of Comanche was fatally injured when a trailer truck collided after a right front tire blew out. The Hico trucking driver died near Creson while hauling hogs toward Fort Worth. He leaves a large family and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery after services in Comanche.
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Raymonitiar
Wysong
Cresson
N. Austin St
Deleon Highway
Comanche
Stephenvile
Fort Worth
Hico
Comanche Funeral Home
Wilbur Boone
John C. Wiles
Oakwood Cemetery
Odell Reese Jay Cotton
Walter Chapman
Duane Wolfe
Bob Wright
Harlan Koonsman
Methodist Church
Evelyn Burgess
Stephenville
Jerry Wysong
Duane Earl
Bobby
Darrell
Marvin
Donald
Michael
Kenneth
Raymond Jr
Kay
Tina
Alvin Wysong
Carrell Wysong
Howard Wysong
Richard Wyson
Weather report from Proctor Reservoir station
Proctor Reservoir Weather Station releases a 24 hour temperature and moisture report. Temperatures list highs and lows from September 1 to September 7 with several illegible entries. Moisture totals show 2.8 for August and 14.45 through August 14.
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Proctor Reservoir
Carpenter Accepts Post With MH MR Center
Robert C. Carpenter, after four years in the U S Air Force, has become a social worker at the Mental Health Mental Retardation Center for Central Texas in Brownwood. The center serves seven counties including Comanche. Jackson King is executive administrator and Jim Dudley, Comanche attorney, sits on the board.
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Robert C. Carpenter
U.S. Air Force
Central Texas
Brownwood
Carpenter
Air Force
Comanche
Jackson King
Jim Dudley
Comanche County
Conservation Cost Sharing Applications Still Accepted
The County ASCS reminds landowners that applications for Conservation Cost Sharing under the 1971 Rural Environmental Assistance Program are still being accepted. Plan conservation work this year and seek federal cost shares by submitting the proper forms through the SCS office.
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Ascs
SCS
Comanche Hosts Muscular Dystrophy Fund Drive
About 61 volunteers will conduct a house to house march in Comanche on Tuesday September 14 to raise funds for muscular dystrophy research and patient care. Campaign chair Cach Fred West and treasurer R K Waggoner of Comanche National Bank lead local efforts under a Texas committee headed by Dan Reeves of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Comanche
Fred West
R. K. Waggoner
Comanche National Bank
Texas
Dan Reeves
Dallas Cowboys
Sheriff Boykin clears error in De Leon case
Sheriff Gaston Boykin states that E A Berna Jr of De Leon is innocent of August 28 disturbance charge in Justice Courts. The written notice to Chief Justice Ottis Fields explains an error in the sense number led to the mistaken accusation.
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Justice of Peace
Ottis B. Fields
Comanche County
Gaston Boykin
de Leon
E. A. Berna, Jr
Justice Fields
Lake Proctor
Boykin
Berna
Justice Court
Jaycee Rest Stop Serves 175 Cars
An estimated 175 travelers stopped at the Comanche Jaycee Rest Stop on Labor Day. The stop, on the square between noon and midnight, is a national and state Jaycees project to cut highway accident toll. Elton Swindle was local chairman. The farthest traveler came from Alsbury, North Carolina.
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Pat Clendenin
The
Jaycees
Elton Swindle
Alsbury
North Carolina
No Action On Consolidation Petitions Reported
Signatures on two petitions to the County Judge for a Sidney and Comanche School District consolidation election are still being checked and no action date is set. The proposals ask Sidney to be absorbed into the Comanche system under the consolidation plan.
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Fred Hall
Sidney
Comanche
Creath Davis Cited By Publication for 1971 Honors
Creath Davis of Comanche has been named in the 1971 Publication of Personalities of the South. Nominees come from business civic clubs colleges and universities for professional and personal achievements. He serves as Executive Director of Christian Concern Foundation in Dallas and runs a conference center in East Texas and a Dallas counseling center. He teaches Bible classes seminars Psy cho Cybernetics and is author of Beyond This God Can Not Go in its second printing.
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Creath Davis
Comanche
Creath
Christian Concern Foundation
Dallas
East Texas
Bill Clemons Appointed To Post Cn TADA Bill Clemons Appointed To Post Cn TADA
W E Clemons of Clemons Motor Company Comanche has been named area director for the Texas Automobile Dealers Association TADA. He will join the TADA Board of Directors to study industry activity and work with officials on pollution safety and law enforcement issues.
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W. E. Clemons
Clemons Motor Company
Comanche
Starwide
Texas Automobile Dealers Assn
TADA
Clemons
Finley Ewing
Dallas
Law Prohibits Passing of School Bus In Texas
A new Texas law effective August 36 prohibits stopping when encountering school buses loading or unloading in all areas. Drivers must stop and remain halted while lights flash, with limited exceptions on divided highways and certain loading zones. Col W. E. Sneir of the Department of Public Safety says enforcement will be strict to protect children.
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Texas
W. E. Sneir
Texa Department of Public Safey
County Fair Association Members to Meet
There will be a meeting of Comanche County Fair Association members Monday evening September 1 at 7 59 p m in the Texas Power and Light Hospitality Room. The purpose is to discuss the outcome of the fair. All member organizations are urged to have a representative present.
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Comanche Cour‘y Fair Association
Texas Power and Light
Donnie Graves Joins the Army After Training
Donnie Graves, a 1971 graduate, completed a computer course at American Automation Schools in Kansas City. He enlisted in the U S Army on August 6 and will begin basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana. Graves is the son of Mr and Mrs George Lippe of 1202 North Page street and worked for Roger Crawford's Service career in high school.
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Donnie Graves
American Automation
Kansas City
Army
For. Polk, la
Graves Is
George Lippe
N. Page
Comanche
Roger Crawford
Comanche ISD Tax Office To Relocate
Comanche Independent School District will move its tax office from 214 W Grand to the Heartland Building on Mast Central Ave. The switch, targeted for September 25 or October 2, is to provide fireproof vaults for records. Tax statements likely delayed until late October. collections in other offices start November 1.
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Comanche Independent School District
W. Grand
Ie Heartland
Mast Central Avenue
S. H. Fletcher
Sehoal
Duke
Ellis Arco Station to Hold Grand Opening
George Ellis hosts a three day grand opening at 30 W Central Arco station offering free gifts and a free pack of Cokes with fill ups. Ellis a former football coach in Comanche Gustine and Sidney will operate and provide generator and starter service.
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Ellis Arco Station
George Ellis
Arco
Central
George Ellis. Ellis
Comanche
Gustine and
Sidney
Ouit
Ellis
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Jacquline Davis
Rhonda Lubke
Janet Brightman
Jill Westmoreland
Waylon Whitely
Steve Clemens
Arnold Dudley
Don Ingram
Billy Marrek
Johnny Newhouse
Kelvin Swindle
Jim Vines
John Vines
Randall Wright
Sally Key
Vernon Lee Presswood
Keith White
Tina Whitely
Brenda Davidson
Mike Kerley
Mathew McDaniel
Philip McDaniel
Margie Presswood
Cheryl White
de Leon Ffa Budd Golden
Ronnie Lane
Jerry McKillip
Mark McKillip
Buzzy Mahan
Joey Boswell
Robert Gilder
Mac Glazier
Charles Owens
Linda Straub
Jeff Whiteside
Pam Whiteside
Joe Mahan
Sid Miller
Jeff Brinson
Ronnie Frost
Nancy Johnson
Brad Koonce
Martin Lane
Gilbert Lerma, Jr
Terry Nowlin
Burton Bible Class
First United Methodist Church
Higginbothams
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Jaycee
Don Spencer
Tom Spencer
Vickie Lou
Col Spencer
United States Air Force
Maryland
Bill Clemons
Cn Tada
County Fair Ass'n
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