Town Talk Highlights Local 4th of July Bicentennial Events
De Leon and Comanche residents celebrated at Promontory Park and Proctor Lake with booths and camping groups from Texas and beyond. The time capsule was buried on the Comanche square to be opened in 2076. The Peach and Melon Festival is planned for August 27 with Deval Brown as Chair, Sue Wilson Vice-Chair, and Bodie Weaver Treasurer.
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Promontory Park
De Leon
Comanche
Proctor Lake
Comanche County
De _ Leon
Comanche square
Deval Brown
Sue Wilson
Bodie Weaver
Orwell
Thomas Cisneroz
Jerry Bush
Bill Day
Bill Anderson
Byron Smith
Al Strasner
C. L. Mahon
Jay Jackson
Don McClellan
Beryl Ann Turner
Lena Taylor
John Mac Weaver
De Leon Peach and Melon Festival Plans 62nd Year
The De Leon Peach and Melon Festival organizers announce the 62nd annual celebration set for August 2 to 7 with events led by Chairman Deral Brown and officers Sue Wilson, Bodie Weaver, and Betty Terrill. Highlights include queen selection, Asleep at the Wheel, street parade, tractor pulls, Gospel and bluegrass acts, and a new flea market. The Bicentennial theme honors forefathers, with 109 pullers last year and collaboration with the Texas Tractor Pullers Association for three nights. Festival office at 893-6600.
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De Leon
Deral Brown
Sue Wilson
Bodie Weaver
Betty Terrill
John Mac Weaver
Texas Tractor Pullers Association
Stage Band To Meet July 13
Summer Stage Band will meet starting Tuesday July 13 at 7 30 pm in the bandhall. All band members who will be in High School this fall are invited to attend.
Ronald Brown New Minister at First Christian Church De Leon
Ronald M Brown begins ministry at First Christian Church De Leon following North Texas Evangelizing Association support for a full time pastor. A Texas native born in Big Spring, he served in the Navy and as a police officer before study at Dallas Christian College and ministry at Bella Vista Church. He and his wife Linda and their two children Revel and Tye moved to De Leon residing at 306 E Reynosa.
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First Christian Church
De Leon
North
Texas
Ronald M. Brown
Ronald
Big Spring
U. S. Navy
far east
Howard County Junior College
Western Texas College
Snyder
Minipark Dedicated In Comanche For Bicentennial
A Bicentennial Horizons project dedicates Bicentennial Park on the Comanche town square. Stone columns from the 1890 courthouse frame the site while a time capsule beneath the Fleming oak is to be opened in 100 years. The capsule includes a 320 page illustrated history titled Patch work of Memories.
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Comanche town square
Horizons
Comanche County Bicentennial Committee
Comanche County
Proctor Reservoir Manager to Appear on Channel 5
Garvin E. Hendon reservoir manager at Proctor Lake will join Ed Pewitt on Channel 5's Good Morning at 6 30 a m Thursday July 15 1976. He will show colored slides and discuss lake fishing boating and upcoming facilities while Corps personnel discuss nearby lakes Lavon Benbrook Grapevine Lewisville Bardwell Navarro Mills Proctor and Whitney.
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Garvin E. Hendon
Proctor Lake
Ed Pewitt
KXAS-TV
Channel 5
Hendon
Corps lake
Lavon
Benbrook
Grapevine
Lewisville
Bardwell
Navarro Mills
Proctor
Whitney Lakes
July 4th Bicentennial Celebration A Big Success
The De Leon Promotory Park program concluded with county wide participation. Volunteers including Lena Taylor and Deral Brown organized booths and events while the fire bell ceremony and music delighted attendees. Winners in youth contests, a Comanche De Leon slow pitch game, and several quilt prizes marked the day.
P M Festival Committee Appointments 1976
A list of committee assignments for the 1976 P and M Festival with chairs and members across events. Notable roles include Deral Brown as Chairman and Sue Wilson as Vice Chair, plus chairs for tractor pulls, melons, parade, grounds, sound, melon auction and slicing, queen activities, flea market, and evening events.
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Deral Brown
Sue Wilson
Bodie Weaver
Booth Sales
Richard Armstrong
Jerry Bush Autry Andress
Eddie Lindley
Jimmy Mahan
Robert Hodges
Kent Boswell
Jerry Solomon
J. W. Sadberry
Joyce Sides
Donnie Skaggs
Jerry Bush
Larry Boyd
Bill Jackson
John Pickens
Gary Powell
Jerry Solomon Grounds
Autry Andress
Rodney Coan
Donnie Nowlin
Queen
Barbara Nowlin
Round Grove Homecoming Invites All Sunday
The event marks the churchs 100 year milestone with a basket lunch after Luke Smith preaches at 11 00 on Sunday July 11 in Round Grove.
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Round Grove
Luke Smith
May Savings Bonds Pass $8 618 in Comanche County
County Bond Chairman Reginald Waggoner reported May sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds totaling $8,618 in Comanche county. Five month sales reached $61,067, or 31 percent of the 1976 goal of $200,000 for the county. Texas monthly sales were $23,323,639 with year to date at $118,488,815 and 44 percent of the statewide $272.4 million goal.
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United States Savings
Comanche county
Reginald Waggoner
Texas
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