Peanut Princess Contest Set For Saturday Night
Eight Comanche County young ladies are entered in the Comanche Jaycees sponsored Peanut Princess Contest this Saturday July 8 starting at 8:00 p m in the Comanche High School Auditorium. Contestants and sponsors include Vicki Lynn Scott Hathcock Furniture and Appliance D Lana Wilkerson Specialty Leasing Sherry Nowlin KCOM Carolyn Day Farm Bureau Sally Herrera ESA Sorority Lucy Gutierrez Cockerham Golden Arrow Shell Rulene Payne Livingston Florist Carol Jo Shoemaker FaM Bank. Judges evaluate talent bathing suit and evening gown with each girl giving a short peanut industry statement. Master of ceremonies is Ronnie Boston immediate past president and pat Clendenin will give a welcome Marty Gore Dancers perform between contest sections. The Comanche County winner advances to the Texas Peanut Queen Contest August 19 in Eastland. Last Saturday July 1 Jaycee Wives hosted a Coke party for contestants in the Hospitality Room of the Comanche National Hank. Jaycees in charge Hershel Strawn Gayle Graham Elton Swindle.
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Comanche County
Comanche High School
Vicki Lynn Scott
Hathcock Furniture
D’ Lana Wilkerson
Speciality Leasing
Sherry Nowlin
KCOM
Carolyn Day
Farm Bureau
Sally Herrera
ESA Sorority
Lucy Gutierrez
Cockerham Golden Arrow Shell
Rulene Payne
Livingston Florist
Eastland
Hank
Jaycees
Hershel Strawn
Gayle Graham
Elton Swindle
Rainy Fourth Brings Farmers Hope and Peach Melon Plans
Rainfall reached up to one and a half inches by noon Tuesday aiding farmers in De Leon economy. De Leon representatives Lana Wilkerson Carol Jo Shoemaker Sherry Nowlin and Sally Herrera praise the rain and invite friends to the Comanche County Peanut Princess Contest and peach Melon Festival in four weeks for a strong community celebration.
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De Leon
Weather Report From Proctor Reservoir Station
The Free Press prints a weather report released by the Proctor Reservoir Weather Station. It covers a 24 hour period from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. with temperatures and moisture measurements and notes rainfall.
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proctor Reservoir
First De Leon Music Camp Set for July 10 21
The first annual De Leon Music Camp runs July 10 to 21 for students in grades 6 through 12. The two weeks cover marching, playing, basic musicianship, and film viewings, with a tuition of 10 dollars.
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De Leon
First Baptist Church Welcomes New Pastor Billy Spencer
The First Baptist Church of De Leon introduces its new pastor Billy C. Spencer and wife Ida Ann Teague with their 23 month old daughter Christi Ann. Spencer, born 1941 in Ennis, comes from Emmanuel Baptist Lingleville and holds a BA from Baylor and an MDiv from Southwestern Seminary Fort Worth.
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First Baptist Church of
De Leon
Billy C. Spencer
Christie
Mr. Spencer
Ennis
West Texas
Clifford Spencer
First Baptist Church
Wink
Texas
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Baylor University
Waco
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Spencer
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Lingleville
Billy Spencer
Ida Ann Teague
Sherman
Howard Wayne
Dallas-Fort Worth
Christi Ann
Dr Larry DeLane Opens Medical Practice In De Leon
Dr. Larry DeLane MD opens a family practice in De Leon Texas after completing medical training at University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston. Born in Lewiston Idaho he married Rose Mary Jones in 1964 and has a 14 month old son Kevin.
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Larry DeLane
De Leon
Larry DeLane MD
Lewiston
Idaho
Rose Mary Jones
Trent
Texas
DeLanes
Kevin
Dr. DeLane
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Academy of Family physicians
American Medical Association
DeLane
America
Government Spending Cost Comanche County $33 000 Daily
The Tax Foundation estimates the national budget of over $246 billion for the year starting July 1 will cost Comanche County residents about $33,000 per day. Local figures show $2.82 per day per person, with defense dominating the tax burden. Breakdown: $368 of every $1,000 paid by a local family goes to defense, $327 to social welfare, $99 interest, $85 health, and $54 transportation and commerce.
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Comanche County
Tax Foundation
United States
Treasury Department
Desdemona Way Showcases CoManche County’s Country Beauty
A reader describes driving Desdemona Way in Co Manche County Texas from De Leon to Desdemona. The route features irrigated peanut fields, lush pecan groves, green coastal bermuda, full tanks, a sparkling stream, grazing quarter horses, a Baptist church road with a cemetery, and well kept farmhouses including the Hammit house. Desdemona is portrayed as a tidy farming community with several churches and a notable garden tended by Clyde and Sylvia Hodges.
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Desdemona way
Comanche County
Texas
De Leon
Desdemona
Joe Baptist Church
Hammit
Clyde
Robert
Sylvia
John
Wayland
Terry
Comanche County Faces Worst Grass Fire of Season
Comanche County suffered its largest grass fire of the current dry season, burning hundreds of acres in the Newburg Shiloh area last Tuesday. Firefighters from Comanche De Leon and Dublin, aided by locals, battled 100 degree heat for about 10 hours, with damage limited to grasses and fences per Fire Marshal Dale Nowlin.
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Comanche County
Newburg
Shiloh
Comanche
De Leon
Dublin
Dale Nowlin
Nowlin
Ruth Bowen
Frazier Clark
Keith Lane
Hollis Dewitt
Ralph Spruill
Walton Hobertz
Mrs. Altha Wilkerson Retires From Locke and Wilkerson
Altha Wilkerson retires from Locke and Wilkerson Insurance Agency effective July 1 after selling her interest to the Locke partner. She has long served De Leon and Comanche County communities through church, school board service as the first woman member, and civic activities. She and husband Jim Wilkerson plan to reside in De Leon after selling their Downing Community home and continuing tax work with Mr. Locke during tax season.
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Altha Wilkerson
Locke and Wilkerson Insurance Agency
Locke
De Leon
Comanche County
Wilkerson
Chamber of Commerce
Jim H. Wilkerson
Paul Ray
Quata Wilkerson
Vicki
Curtis
Iredell
Judy Wilkerson smith
Michael
Bryant
Loga Vista
Lake Travis
Altha
Jim
Downing
Kirk Slater
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FORREST EISENRICH
LARRY DE LANE
DE LEON CLINIC
EFFIE DOBSON
Riding Club
J.C .W
Lana Wilkerson
Carol Jo Shoemaker
E BAPTIST
MR. AND
MRS
CLYDE HODGES
CVFD
JIM WIlkErsON
Locke & Wilkerson Insurance
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