Comanche County servicemen remembered as Vietnam tale grows
The Comanche County paper highlights service members in Vietnam and invites letters and care packages. Richard Clyde Steele requests his address be printed and a Christmas card drive supports soldiers overseas. Also covered: local sports, a petition drive for a liquor ballot, and community visits.
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Comanche County
United States
Richard Clyde Steele
Vietnam
Battery C
6Th Bt
14Th Artillery
APO
San Francisco
Richard
South Leon Baptist Church Centenary Preparing in 1972
A historical review details generations of pastors from 1873 to 1906, church officers and Sunday School leaders, and prominent families like the Cunninghams. It notes the shift from a bare to piano accompaniment by 1919 and recalls community life, tenancy, and long-standing loyalty as the church prepares a July 1972 centennial celebration.
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Ae South Leon
Ember
J R. Northcutt
J. T. Harris
Samuel H Powers
F. M. Herring
J. F. Blackman
T. S. Bomar
E. M. Moore
J. F. Fa Zan
J. H. Hal’ford
W W. Cunningham
I. E. (Sade) Cunningham
J. A. Reese
A. L. Mills
E. L. Hallford
Allen Cunningham
J. H. Halford
W. W. Cunningham
Joe M. Hamilton
A. Hamilton
S. T. Rister
G. A. Neil
George Chancelor
C. C McCurdy
J. B. Burton
Hiram Beane
J. T. Mills
Joe M. Neely
R. L. Roberts
Eugene Bradley
Jim DeWitt
Jim Lane
W. H. Cunningham
Tr. A. Cunningham
Richard T. Cunningham
Mary Reese
John A. Reese
I. E. Osborne
Jane Couch
Aaron
Jenney
Cuningham
Church
G. B. Moore
Moore
Alice Cunningham
Joe Mills
Juia
Neried
Grandmaw Hallford
John H. Hallford
Sallie
Ellen
Albert
M. J. Reese
John “A.” Reese
South Leon
Lacy Family Visits Garland as Editor Moves to LTV Marketing
Mr. Weldon Lacy of Garland and his wife and children visited his father J. K. Lacy for the weekend. After twenty years in newspapers as editor, Mr. Lacy has accepted a marketing role in LTV.
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Weldon Lacy
Garland
J. K. Lacy
Mr. Lacy
LTV
Dallas Woman and Norris Brothers Visit Virgil Norris Home
Miss Ann Fouts of Dallas and brothers John and Stephen Norris visited the Virgil Norris home last weekend for a social call, sharing time with family and friends in a casual gathering.
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Ann Fouts
Dallas
John
Stephen Norris
Virgil Norris
Appreciation for kindness during illness and death
The Kieffer Johnson Family thanks friends and neighbors for acts of kindness during the illness and death of their loved one. Gratitude is extended to Drs Flannery and Backwood and the entire staff of Comanche Hospital for their tireless and compassionate care.
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Flannery and Backwood
Comanche Hospital
Kieffer Johnson
Johnson
J. C. Johnson
Monselle O'Brien
Grand Prairie Couple Visit Relatives Over Weekend
From Grand Prairie Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Durham visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Ted Durham and Mr. and Mrs. D. F Caraway last weekend.
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Rusty Durham
Grand Prairie
Ted Durham
D. F Caraway
Mrs Pat Seay Visits Family After Kansas Trip
Mrs Pat Seay arrived in Comanche from Winfield Kansas and spent the first part of the week visiting her mother Mrs C B Baxter and attending to business.
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Pat Seay
Comanche
Winfield
Kansas
C. B. Baxter
Junior Highers Lose Twice To Hamilton Juniors
Comanche Junior High football teams fall to Hamilton Junior High on Tuesday in the season opener. Seventh graders lose 20 6 after halftime, led by Lynn Steele who scored Comanche’s touchdown on a 71 yard run. Sixth graders also fall 32 0 as Hamilton dominates with four TDs and four extra points. Coaches Tankersley and Paddock vow improvement for the October 15 home rematch against Coleman.
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Comanche Junior High
Hamilton Junior High
Paps
Tommy Paddock
Hamilton
Comanche
Lynn
Steele
Steeele
Jon Tankersley
Hamilton Boys
Tankersley Paddock
Coleman
Card of Thanks from the Turner Family
The Turner family thanks friends for sympathy and understanding after the loss of their loved one. God bless each and every one of you.
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Turner
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Houston Jolley
CHS
Jolley
Justice of the Peace
Sidney
Lake Procter
Texas
U.S
de Leon
WBW
Albuquerque
Sonny Brewer
Heidi
N. M
Dulane Colcleasure
Arlington
Pete Angermann
Paul Brewer
Rob Steward
Mrs. Nannie Little
Nannie Little
Berta Goodson
Ossie Greene
San Angelo
Margaret Bladine
Oregon
Jeffie Irwin
Fort Worth
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Jay
J. B. Lacy
Chuck Roas
del “Monte
Monte
I. ‘Imperia
Levi's
S.M.L
Higginbothams
USDA
Enk
Ang
Jonathan California
Morton’s
ROZEN
ADAS
Peele
Booth
Gan
Oleo Ib
Ibs
Pee
Freestone
Elberta
Carol Gandy
Gandy
ASL
John Livingston
N. Houston
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