The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1986 Page: 1 of 29
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Comanche County’s Oldest Business Institution
113th Year-No. 38-February 13, 1986
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Published For and About Comanche County
Comanche, Texas 76442
22 Pages
Voters to Ballot School Bond
On Lake Sale
City of Comanche voters in the
Saturday, April 5 election will not
only ballot to fill places on the City
Council, but will deliver a mandate
to Council members relative to the
possible sale of Lake Fanes
property.
Council members asked several
months ago for public opinion
relative to the possible sale of the
one-time City water supply In
recent action. City Councilmen
voted to place the proposition to
the City voters
To make the property sale, the
Council must be given authority
from the majority of voters, accor-
ding to officials
I.ake Fanes property, totaling
200 104 acres, .according to a
recent survev encompasses a
possible 71 9 acre reservoir, a 10
acre improved pecan orchard, and
other land Improvements include
a stone and frame residence, an
underground water system to the
park area and an alutndoned tile
building
The City acquired the propertv
in the mid 1920s. and the Lake
Fanes reservoir was constructed
and was Comanche s only source
of municipal water until Lake
Comanche was later constructed
Lake Comanche property was sold
after^he City contracted with the
Upper Leon River Municipal
Water District for treated water
from Proctor l.ake Lake Coman
che's sale did not require voter ap-
proval due to the fact that the
property was not clear from bon-
ded indebtedness, said a City of-
ficial Lake Fanes property is clear
of indebtedness
For the past two years the l.ake
Fanes reservoir has been dry or
comparatively drv Lack of rainfall
and construction of farm dams and
(sinds on--Mercer Creek and its
tributaries contribute to a lack of
water runoff
Should voters approve the sale
of l.ake Fanes a City official said
that most of the funds would go
into development of the new City
Park facilities off W Cherokee in
Southwest Comanche
Labor Survey Set
nr
In Comanche Area
, The Comanche Industrial Hoard
and the Comanche Chamber of
Commerce with the assistance of
the Small Business Institute at
Tarleton State University, are
planning a lalmr survey which will
be conducted from Mondav
Februarv 17 through Wednesday'
February 19
Members of the Tarleton
Student Chapter of the American
Society of Personnel Ad
ministrators will conduct a
telephone survev of randomlv
selected households in the area in
order to collect demographic and
specific employment data Such
data are extremely important in
attracting new industrial em
plovers and businesses to an area
and studies have alreadv been
conducted in Mills and Frath
( ounlies
The students w ill identify them
selves and the purpose of the
study when they call We en
courage everyone to please be
cooperative and give the students
accurate answers. said Mickey
1-ofton. committee chairman "The
results of this study will provide
us with extremely important in-
formation
The students will contact
respondents between 5 30 pm
and H:30 p m on Monday Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings The in
terviews should not take more
than 2 or 3 minutes
Here are the twelve questions
that the student interviewers will .
ask
1 Which ot' the following
categories would best describe
your current work status'
Retired 1 11 f retired.
there is no need to complete sur
survey)
Self-employed >2
Fmployed 3
Unemployed 4
(If unemployed, skip to question
No 61
2 How long have you been at
your present place ot em-
ployment'
3 In what city do you work “>
4 How tar do you presently
commute 10 work’’(one way) .
5 What kind ot work do you
do''
6 If new industry were to come
to the area, would you be in
- terested m working tor them '
I don't know 0
Yta .......... 1
No - 2
7 How tar would you be willing
to commute to work ’ tone way I
•s a
Election Set
8 What prior work experience
do you have’ lIdentify 2 most
recent or marketable)
9 Which category best
describes your age
l nder 21 0
21 34 1
35-54 2
55 70 .)
Over 70 4
t0 Which category best
describes your amount ot
education'
Flementary S'hool only it
Some High School.
didn t graduate 1
(iraduated from High School 2
Some College, didn t graduate 3
(iraduated from College . 4
11 Which category best
describes your individual income
grouping">
l^ss than $10,000 0
$ lO.TX.M) less than $20,000 1
#20.000 less than $30,000 2
More than #00.000 3
12 Are you the only one in your
household who is employed^
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TRAILRIDERS
DUE HERE
Texas S e s q u i c e n t P ri n i a I
Trailriders. who left Houston
January 1. 19H6. will arrive in
Comanche Saturday evening.
February 15. between 5:30 and
6:00 p m
Plans are pending for the
Comanche Roping Club to meet
the Trailriders on Highway 16
South and escort them into
Comanche
The Chamber of Commerce
urges everyone ho lx* on the square
and visit with the delegation
which consists of three wagdns. 2
buggies; and approximately 25
mounted riders
The group w ill trfivel 3200 miles
(Continued on Page 12 A)
Weather
The Comanche School Board
met in regular session Monday,
February 10. and called a School
Bond election for April 1 in the
amount of $1.8 million dollars
The election, if passed by the
qualified voters in the Comanche
Independent School District,
would provide funds to construct a
new Junior High School building
on land that was purchas'd about
H years ago directly across from
the Fast Side Baptist Church
The bonds call for a pav-out in
16 year.s and would increase the
amount of funds needed for the
building program approximately
20‘r in taxes
The anticipated cost of the
f facility is approximately $2 f
million dollars: however, the
school district has approximately
$700,000 dollars in reserve funds
to add to the amount in'the bond
The Junior High facility would
replace the present Junior High
The current Junior High built in
1961. would be used to satisfy’
House Bill -72 requirements that
specify that no classroom may
haye more than 22 students If the
facility were not constructed by
19»» the Comanche Schools
would possibly lx- in violation at
grades Kindergarten through
fourth under present enrollment
projections. The school is curren
tly in violation in kindergarten
and first grades
The third grade dtx-s not come
under the law until 1966 The fifth
grade has 26 students jn-r class
because of lack ot another
Return Match .
Maidens-Bowie
In Bi-District Tilt
Ihe Comanche Maidens girls
basketball team. winner ot
eighteen consecutive district
titles, will take on Bowie ima-bi-
district clash this Friday at
liurlekon High School Tipoff is at
7:30 Ticket prices are $3 00 for
adults and $2.00 for students
Bowie. District 7 AAA runner
up. sports a 21 6 record They
defeated Iowa Park in a playoff 46
40 last Saturday to advance into
the playoffs
It was Hoyvie who upset the
NJaiderjs 44 37 in last year s bi-
district playoff The Lady
JackraRhihs also won their area
game and advanced to Regional
Maiden coach (iene West
moreland say's that Bowie looks
very similar to last year s team
They are very aggressive and plav
outstanding defense Their leading
scorer find rebounder is 6 0 post
Shari Fwmg Other , outstanding
players include 5 6 guard Lauri
Hightower and 5 6 post Holly
Neeld
The Maidens are entering the
contest.with a perfect 27-0 season
record Comanche is presently
averaging 56 7 points per contest
while holding life opponent to an
av erage of 31.5. ,
If the Maidens defeat Bowie on
Friday they will play' an Area con
test next Tuesday They will face
the winner of a
Mason
San Saba
Wall
Mozelle .
Bangs „
(ioldt'hw aite
May
Bangs
Joshua
Nolan
(iranbury
(loldthwaite
DISTRICT PLAY
Breckenridge
Clvde
Wylie
Merkel
(iraham
Breckenridge
Clyde
W y lie
Merkel
(Iraham
53- 32
50- 27
66- 41
67- 16
72-15
51- 32
55-47
60-26
57-22
55-40
46-40
54- 46
46-32
67-21
66-45
46-23
60-42
52- 20
69-23
64-37
62-31
53- 40
DATE “
HIGH
LOW
between the
District 6
\ A A
February 5
76
49
champion and the District 7
\ V \
Februar> 6
53
43
runnerup
Februarv 7
59
38
Here is bow
the Maiden*
• have
February 6
-42
32
fared iti their
27 games
this
Februarv 9
40
31
season
February 10
33
26
Hamilton
66 31
February 11
29
20
Hrownwood
hi) 24
Rainfall
February 5 i
(race.
Lampasa-
74 24
Februarv 6
92 February 9
02.
Hanulton
51 3*4
February 10
t race
lialeavilie
40 35
Presidents Day
Is Monday
.»
While virtually all business in-
stitutions will be open as usual on
Monday February 17. Federal and
State offices will remain closed In
observance of l*residents Day
Among institutions closed
Monday will lx- banks and the
Post (>ffice
The Comanche Drivers License
division office will also be closed
Comanche County Courthouse
and City Hall services will he
available as normal
classroom. Third grade has 2t
students per class. . * h--
In addition to satisfying House
Bill 72 requirements, the old wings
built jn 1951 would be cemoved
from the campus. The present
Junior High would likely house
grades 4-5 and other special
classes. All of the present facilities
have central heat and air con-
ditioning with the exception of the
wings which have evaporative
coolers and wall furnaces: many of
which were taken from the old
high school
The Junior High gym would also
provide a facility for grades Kin-
dergarten through 5th physical
education classes.
I'he new Junior High facility
would provide for approximately
14 classrooms, library, gym-
nasium, band hall and cafeteria It
would have approximately 300
students in grades 6-8.
All registered voters in the
Comanche School District are
eligible to vote in the election
which will be held at the Coman-
che High SfchooF and at Proctor
Community Center
The school boaFd requests any
organization that deserves more
information about the election to
contact the members of the Board
or the Administration office and
they would be willing to speak fur
ther alxiut the bond issfle
This election, set for April 1.
could not be held on April 5 with
the regular School board election
State law requires that school
Ixrtid elections may not be held the
same date as school board elec
tion--
Comanche County’s
Peanut Box Score
a
Final 1985 peanut production information for Comanche
County, Texas, from the Comanche County ASCS Office
1985 County Peanut
Effective Quota Pounds 62,995,811
r...............‘ , ■
1985 Planted Acreage 37,174 9
Number of Farms with Harvested Acres 702
Number of Farms Which Did Not Harvest.........8
Harvested Acreage 36,634.5
Number of Pounds of Peanuts Threshed 40,528,937
Average Production Per Acre 1106 lbs or 37 bu.
Number of Peanut Farms in the County in 1985 .. 840
Number of Peanut Farms in the County in 1985 with
Effective Quota Pounds After Transfer I^Sale,
Lease, and by Owner, and Carryover Pounds . 923 ,
ac8ssas8a8ss$»sa8sasgacas88aeeeaaaaeaeeaaa«aaaeaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaBaaaaaaai
Pnuts Gross
$10 Million
Comanche County's peanut
farmers grossed an estimated $10
mill .on dollars from their 1985
•r^p, an increase of $1 million'
lollars from the 1984 crop
•stimate ............... . _
* .1
The 1985 crop, according to
vSCS figures, had an average
yield of 37 bushels per acre, up
from the previous year's 36.0
bushels The top yield was in 1979.
when the county's farmers
averaged 57.6 bushels and a record
crop value of 16.5 million dollars.
This year's crop was not nearly
as good as hoped, but it far ex-
ceeded the disastrous 1980 crop,
where the average yield was 26.7
bushels per acre
There were 702 Comanche Coun-
ty farms on which peanuts were
harvested in 1985, down some two
farms from the previous year
Here is a look at the peanut
acreage harvested and average
yield in Comanche County since
1952:
YEAR
ACREAGE
AVERAGE
1952
30.642.7
8.1 bu
1953
. 42.884 4
20.7 bu
1954
40,009 4
8.5 bu.
1955
50.079.2
18.0 bu.
1956
17.020.8
8.1 bu.
1957
41.715.6
15.1 bu.
1958
42.919.2
29.0 bu.
1959
43,712.0
22.4 bu.
1960
45.798.5
25.6 bu.
1961"
46,149.6
25.6 bu.
1962
47.816.2
25.7 bu.
1963
48,550.6
20.1 bu.
1964
45,836.1
28.0 bu.
1965
52.338.6
28.0 bu.
1966
54.205.9
48.4 bu.
1967
54.229.7
31.9 bu.
1968
55,205 9
50.4 bu.
1969
55.504.2
46.8 bu.
1970
55,878.6
46.6 bu.
1971
54,768.3
36.3 bu.
1972
56,588.9
52.8 bu.
1973
56,913.3
49.0 bu.
1974
52,747.2
37.0 bu.
1975
55.900.2
44.3 bu.
1976
55.314.6
45.0 bu.
1977
53,353.1
31.9 bu
1978
48.563.3
^ 49.7 bu.
1979
50.370.2
57,6 bu.
1980
45.810 4
26 7 bu.
1981
42.834.2
49.0 bu.
1982
38.624.0
37.3 bu.
1983
38,447.8
4(^0 bu.
1984
35.115.9
36.0 bu.
1985
36.634.5
37.0 bu.
Jury Trial is Set;
Five Are Probated
Scheduled to hear evidence
Wednesday in the trial of Max
Coan. Comanche, under grand Jury
indictment alleging indecency
with a child, was a 220th District
Court petit jury selected Monday
In plea bargain hearings Mon-
day before District Judge James
Morgan, five defendants were
granted probated TDC or County
Jail terms, ordered to pay fines,
court costs, and in one case make
restitution, and submit to
urinalysis tests on demand from
their probation officer. District
Attorney Andy McMullen
represented the State in each
hearing, including:
Jack Guy Clawson, charged with
burglary of a habitation. 10 years
TDC probated,, and $7,500 fine. As
a part of the plea bargain, all other
indictments pending in Comanche
County against Clawson, his wife,
Betty, and their son. Jarvis, were
cjismissed Clawson had
previously been granted a 5-vear
TDC probated sentence on an
escape charge in Comanche Coun
tv. and a 10-vear TDC probated
sentence in Hamilton County on a
theft complaint Hung juries
resulted in trial of two Cases
against Clawson, and his wife was
cleared bv a jury on a theft com-
plaint. Clawson still faces indie
intents in Coleman Fastland.
Frath and Brown counties
Oscar Tovar, lie Leon, was sen
tenced to a 5-year probatetV TDC
term on a charge t)f aggravated
assault Tov ar was also assessed a
$1,000 fine, ordered to submit to
urinalysis tests and pav court
cost s
Fdwma Lock, Comanche, en
tered s guilt\ plea to assault on a
peace officer and was assessed s
one year probated Count v Jail
sentence fined #750 ordered to
submit to urinalysis tests, and pay
court costs.
Neil McDaniel. De Leon,
charged with misdemeanor
forgery, was granted a one-year
probated County Jail term, fined
$1,500, ordered to make $375
restitution, submit to urinalysis
tests, and pay court costs.
Javier Arroyo, charged with
aggravated assault, entered a
guilty plea and was sentenced to 3
years in TDC probated, assessed a
$2,500 fine, pay court costs, and
submit to urinalysis tests
I n addition to the criminal cases
heard Monday. Judge Morgan ac-
ted on 10 civil cases. Five civil
suits were settled, two heard and
disposed of without jury action,
and additional time granted on
three other cases.
Two Aldermen
A$k Re-Election
Two members of the Comanche
City Council had filed Tuesday for
re election, subject to voter
choices in the forthcoming Satur-
day. April 5 City election
Asking re-election are Jerry
Hitt, manager of Country Boys
Food Store; and Jackie Faiat.
manager of Feist Construction A
Lumber Co
Terms of aldermen Hitt. Feiat
and l.arry (iraham are expiring
(iraham has made no announ-
cement as u> whether or not he will
run for re-election
( andidates for places to be filled
in the CX.v election may file at ike
Uil\ Hall Filing (leadline la 5:00
o clock Wednesday afternoon.
Ketirukry IV
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Wilkerson, James C., III. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1986, newspaper, February 13, 1986; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1135466/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.