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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1967
Page
1
The Texas Water Development Board converts bonds to 2 million dollars for the Upper Leon Municipal Water District. HUD adds 1.323 million, financing a filter plant and pipeline project. Plans call for work orders after easements, with three pipeline contracts and ongoing progress reports.
Gary Summers, CHS freshman, won first in the CHS grid contest with only one miss and the Comanche San Saba score. Melvin Harkins took second, John D. Hicks third, and Gerald Langley tied for three misses but score away from the winner’s circle. Several others earned honorable mention.
Cris Schnabel, an escapee from East Germany, will speak to the Lions Club on Tuesday night September 26 about 15 years living behind the Iron Curtain. The Public Relations Committee oversees the event with lions R W Brannon Sr as chairman and Lions Jack Moore and Clyde Howse assisting.
Comanche County Unit launches a memorial gifts drive to honor loved ones through donations. Co chairs Mrs Azalea Elis and Mrs Joe Tupin report gifts fund cancer care. donors are listed in a leather bound book and families receive memorial cards.
Comanche welcomes Seay Bar B Q and Steak House owned by Mr and Mrs Edward Seay. The cedar sided venue at the Fort and Gustine Highway offers a cafeteria style lunch with beef ham and sausage plates and side dishes. Steaks available after 5 pm and take out served over the counter. The Seays plan a formal opening soon.
Comanche County recorded widespread rainfall from Thursday afternoon September 14 through Monday, with four to six inches in the northern sector and over six inches unofficially in Gomanche. The soaking rain, praised by peanut farmers as life saving, could yield higher late peanuts if frost stays away. One farmer estimated at least fifteen thousand dollars benefit to his crops. Lakes Proctor, Comanche, and Banes rose one to two feet.
Comanche County Tax Assessor John Beaty reports valuations for 1967 rose to 16 565 635 from 14 862 390 last year with taxes due October 1 1967 to January 31 1968. The district valuation for Comanche ISD reached 9 220 000 up from about 7 000 000. ISD rate set at 1 80 per 100. Beaty says office will collect about 97 of taxes due and total fiscal year receipts around 800 000 for county state and districts.
Charles E. Paul, 43, of Bay City, had bond denied in a habeas corpus hearing in Hamilton by Judge Truman E. Roberts. He faces murder with malice aforethought in the August 29 De Leon shooting of his mother in law, Mrs. Don McClellan, amid a custody dispute over two daughters. District Attorney Byron McClellan represented the state. Ben D. Sudderth is Paul’s attorney. Evidence expected for district court grand jury October 2.
Comanche sth grade and B Team will host Brownwood here Thursday might Sept 21.
Mr and Mrs James F H Steele Route 2 Conanche entered eight bantams in the West Texas State Fair at Abilene. They were named Grand Champions of the bantam show with the Black Breasted Red Old English dame cock. Among eight entries they captured three firsts three champions and one fourth place.
Heartland Life Insurances Company announces a special arrangement with a major insurer to expand Farm and Ranch loans in larger amounts and longer terms. Loans remain subject to standard requirements, but an unlimited number of applications can be accepted, aiding land expansion and farm development. Information is at 501 East Central, Comanche.
Edlers note reports days of effort to compile a college bound tally. This year 139 known enrolled Comanche students span Texas Oklahoma Oregon Germany and France with fifteen new colleges added including Central Texas Technical College Fort Worth and more.
In Comanche on Wednesday no prospective candidates for the same public office sought encouragement. Local figures Mick Grindstaff Lert Massey and Ballinger Starsey discuss prospects for State Representative from the 4th District. The district includes Comanche Brown Coleman and Iannels Counties and centers on Len Karnes of Comanche County who represents the 64th District and is seen as a likely candidate for governor or lieutenant governor in 1968.
Indians seek their third straight win as they visit De Leon to face the Bearcats in a County Championship showdown. Comanche players face injuries with key starters out or limited and a rebuilt lineup expected to start, while De Leon eyes a strong home performance.
St Matthew's Church marks eighty years in Comanche with a Patronal Festival on St Matthew's Day Sept 1. A Holy Communion service at 7 20 p m will be followed by a Parish House reception hosted by Very Reverend James W Garrard rector of St Luke's Stephenville and Dean of Southwestern. Public invited to celebrate and meet Garrard.
The Sidney Fazies will host the Carbon Wolverines on Thursday night September 21 at :20. The Fazies will be without their star quarterback Nickey Pruitt who broke his leg in last week's game.
The Gustine Tigers won their open season game on Thursday September 71 against Lingleville, securing a season debut victory in a nonleague matchup.
The L. B. Russell House in Comanche designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. An interpretive aluminum plate with Swedish steel effect will be installed by the Official Texas Historical Medallion, funded by the Comanche County Historical Survey Committee. The marker notes original rooms dating to 1477 and honors L. B. Russell, a noted lawyer and local leader. The project aims to preserve history and boost area tourism.
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