The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1962 Page: 2 of 12
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already ben sold In High Point
morl'i
One of the prettleet homes ob:l ‘Cejuiimed cfn
although lest year
official toura.
they had a to
der the aupervlalon .of anotner
agency Some who made the tour
this year said that If Proctor had
a full youth L-
featuring C " -
their community
would have b^ne
by any ,
* • a a
Approximately
districtf'took part in tne rruci*n
fom\ 'coverfrig ao iffflw In 39
motor vehicles.^
A prosperous farm <*fe??''v«d on
Center where refreshments
served. Mrs-tJ A.
I4nda
who t
■ays he'to the Stag Creek community and
treatest ended after traveling 16 “lies
of Co-; at the Stag Creek Community
of"~4:H Progress, and 1U many
achievements S*
was iKmall^Streams Mbke Stag
Preek _
Mrs * Jean Rachels, who lives
tn Comanche and serves M
ervu»r of the * school lunchroom
The Pearl community, Coryell
County, won third place ana a
prise of $60. .
* %
Neighboring Mullln In Mills
County, won (IfUv place and waa
awarded a $56 prise
'■ # #
Armstrong community of Bell
County, finished In seventh plsce
and received a prise of $36.
*i activity program
'^•Z&SS
«,v _T~J *° ^
/-^immunity In Texas.
' **Sl.p!2P,£i
rom other clubs of the
took part In the Proctor
TKt Comanche Chief
J. 'c. WHxttJOR • tons, e.bn.swt,
- i c. WIUWUOW. Mlier "■
J C. WtllimON, JR.. »**•*
WM. a WILKiUON. AiMKlsH MHv
are sponsoring the contest asked
the Colihty Xgent and judge, to
send a Comanche County dele-
gation to Texas AAM College to
speak before the representatives
of the electric firms, so that they
might determine Whether or not
tt worfh she iiiBi aad mnri
'ey spent on it. for 1U continua-
tion.
• •
Mr. and Mrs. BUI Lane, one of
the outstanding young farm
couples of Texas, were chosen to
gowlth the County official* to
A&M to demonstrate to the exe-
cutives the workings of the Com-
muniyt Progress Mlubg.
Leroy. McLennan County, fin
ruautHiD Kvtav ssiaav
umuiam ha*
adult l«a<
assigned
Creek, the home of her
and hit force are at present milk-
ing 100 cows.
. . •
In previous contest years many
comanChc. mas
•*rebii*#* is itn
su*sc»i*Tion wick: ii.h rot r»*f.
a prise of $36
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West Point. ln-Hamilton Coun-t
ty. OenavUto In Bell County. Sel-
cten in Erath County, and Sodk
%>riivgK in Comanche County, en-
tered the contest but did not re-
ceive any of the prise money
Soda Springs did not sponsor a
tour this year. - ^
youth^ior his’ she
in her community work either at
Comanche or at Stag v/reea.
id the WPort of the.13tag Creek
subject Matter O
JTdaye will be i
Crated study of
Remember H£|
™ -»*« si i
;er cattle. They have a new
month, h CwMidl CssslV
of the Stag Creek people had
built dew home* or retnoricltd
their old ones, so this year there
was not much room for Improve-
ments along that line, but some
C—tr&ub M*. Rachel,
cited that the club had held 1*
KnrvB?entlne88party, and gl^
took part In the Cancer Qtye>
mnii rnnxervatlon program, ana, _ _M
Tnrked with the Cwfianche HBS-f One of
_j Parade In which the Stag farm pro,
Lree^comSSity hM float* both Proctor cc
In the Comanche Rodeo and the BA® £
Dr Leon Peach and Watermelon
PwUval parade.
of the Texas A. <
staff and M
the mstrui
Adult Leaders su
^ and their Inst
of the people have remodeled or
made additions to - their new
SUNDAX
County. wH
Pnniflnfhp
Ldtur*l Relations,
SK* Rubbery
nft nlri ln • hhflf -
Akwn- ^Animal
lautsnt 4-H Club
jL—i. nrowr
St in”Clothing;
w. 8.
an excellent job or Ik, Umt B
removed from the minds of the
power executives any doubts that
they might have had about the
worth of the clubs to the ocm-
munities in which they are locat-
ed and to the State of Texas as
a whole. So the program Is to
be continued.
money winner*, was
Boy Dale Adams has complete-
ly remodeled his nice home on
his 240 acre farm.
u*ual: immunity ^^LnT^ash prtw.
Com- • •
cement i Comanche County won $1*0 lr.
money prise* as compared to $100 for
of the Erath County which wag second
listnct. In total prise money
■ear in , • * * ■
5 first For the benefit of anyone whe
might wish to drive ova. the |10fc
Comanche County, as
ementi
With the help
At Re*esona(ble Prices
mtuntty
kS3S2£££
Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Coker are
getting ready to move into a com-
pletely new home which la a
thing of beauty and a symbol of
.CTTfannle Brown 1
SSilit in Clothing; <
S Tompkin s
^Housing HomePurn
H *
Lucille M<
:U0n Specially; sheep
TJUtar Wsyne Keeae.
glWineer-IrrigaUori
i reglstrsntsfrom Don
bunty *»: *” *' ,
, Un. BUI Lane and
McCulkwfh, f* e wb u
John Robertson. Coman
n f Pslr. De Leon,
j Countar ^tension .Ag
L A. Owens and Ai
L jr. vlU accompany
| to KerrvUle.
honors In the State.
Proctor Community Club
finished fourth In the
ij undoubtedly one of
Improved clubs In the
-I— Proctor’s first
year o fcompetltlon and they flrat
Highland, by virtue eg 1U flrat
iplace District win. got a chance
to compete In the State contest
prise winning Highland oaiNflpm-
lty. we might say that wc have
been informed that it Is about 10
miles northwest of Dublin and
4 miles northeast of Comyn *h*
famous old Round Drove Baptist
Church which Jndge O E. Rlppe-
toe used to attend Is just over
the Comanche County line In
Erath'County In the edge of the
Highland community.. *
-- ^ —’ 1 ILg ■"
Mrs. Carolyn A. Owens. Co-
manche county Home Demon-
stration Agent and Angus Dtek-
H—i Dell won the SUtc title
about ten years ago. and since
that time Hewburg won the State
chempion&mp twice In sooeepa-
Three Comanche County com-
munities finished In the money
thin year Stag Creek finished In
second place far the second year
jja succmka and. took a prtge
of $76 cash. •
along with (he other district win-
ners for the award of $500 for
the flrat place winner and for
smaller prises to other Winners
• •
Newburg won flrat place tn
The
which
District, was undo
the most 1—
district. This was
year that they took part In the
both the District and the 8tate
in 1$60 and 1$69. rr
• 0
Star Greek won first in the
District In I960 and second In ‘
the 8tate. In 19$1 Stag Creek ,
won second place In the district. |
while Highland woo first and
went on to compete In the State
Proctor finished fourth and
• prise of $60. Newburg. which
decided to enter the contest on-
ly two weeks before the tour,
finished In sixth place and re-
son. Jr.. Comanche County i
cultural Agent, my that all
contest.
manche Countlans are proud of
the many scoompUshmenU of the
different communities tnat En-
tered the oontest this year
whether they wok prise* or not,
and are especially proud of the
The 8tag Creek Community
give the luggage that’ll go
a million miles or more!
Club, which was the first Co-'
manche County dub this year
to conduct a tour, had approxl-
The Highland community In
Erath County, just over the Co-
manche County line, won first
place and a cheek for $160. The
Highland community also won
first place last year and In addi-
tion won first place In the Dist-
rict Soil Conservation Contest.
the 10th annual tour
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1962, newspaper, May 11, 1962; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890646/m1/2/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.