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Thursday, January 1, 1998 / The Comanche Chief / Page 4A
PHIL ROBERTSON
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emotionally Fnvolous lawsuits
waste time, money, and energy
and cannot be tolerated ”
He concluded, “I am looking
forward to bnnging a clear
consistent, conservative voice to
the 220th Distnct Court.”
For the past 17 years Robertson
has worked as an attorney in gen-
eral practice He is licensed to
practice before the United States
Supreme Court, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit, the United States Distnct
Court for the Western Distnct of
Texas, and the Texas Supreme
Court
His general practice began in
Mendian with Floyd Wilson, a
formerjudge of the 220th Distnct
“ the last 15 years, Robertson
ha^practiced law in Clifton, hand-
ling all types of legal matters
trying civil lawsuits for defendants
and plaintiffs, prosecuting and
defending cnminal cases, trying
juvenile cases, drafting and pro-
bating wills, incorporating
businesses, and closing real estate
sales and loans
He was selected as the 1996
President of the 220th Distnct Bar
Association and serves on the
State Bar of Texas Distnct 8-B
Subcommittee on the
Unauthonzed Practice of Law
He has worked in the
community, serving on the Clifton
1SD Board of Trustees, the
Chamber of Commerce, Chairman
of the Citizen’s Facilities
Committee for the Clifton School
Distnct and the President of the
Clifton Band Backers'
Association
Robertson has been marnejLtftf
Chanda Castleberry RobertIBn for
25 years They are the parents of
Jeff(16), Whitney (13), and Libby
(10) All of the family are active in
the First Presbytenan Church
were Phil and Chanda serve as
Elders Chanda is the current Pr^
sident of the Bosque County
Conservatory of Fine Arts and
works with the Bosque Memonal
Museum
Robertson expects -to be
traveling through Bosque,
Hamilton and Comanche Counties
in the coming year working
toward the general elecUon in
November 1998
JAIL
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approximately a quarter of a
million dollars income annually for
the County
Sheriff Works stated that he
believes there will be no problem
in replacing the prisoners if Wis-
consin withdraws its prisoners
The Texas Department of Cnminal
Justice has said that our state pn-
sons are nearly full again Also,
ouf surrounding counties contin-
uously are asking Comanche
County to hold pnsoners for those
counties
IH A BOY!
Kelly and Richard Taylor of Rt
1, Comanche, announce the birth
of a son, Hayden Rjchard, bom
Monday, December 29th in
Brownwood Regional Medical
•Center in Brownwood, Texas ’,
Hayden arrived at 11 35 a m ,
weighing 6 lbs 2'A ounces He
was 19 inches long
He was welcomed home by his
sister, Sarah, who was 5 years old
December 27th
Maternal grandparents are Dr
'and Mrs W T Calhoun Maternal
- great-grandmother is Mrs Macy,
Stewart
Paternal grandparents are Rev
and Mrs Sheri Taylor All of
Comanche ,
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The year of 1997 is history and
a quick look back at The Chiefs
last 52 issues brings to mind the
various happenings In reviewing
last year’s events, a few short
paragraphs from the front page of
each issue is offered to refresh
memories
JANUARY 1,1997
Judge John M Weaver received
notice from Governor George W
Bush on Fnday, December 1>,
1996 that the Secretary of Agricul-
ture has designated Cqmanche
County eligible to apply for emer-
gency disaster loans
The Bob Whitney home outside
of Comanche on FM 2247 was
burglarized last week between
December 24 and 26 while tire
Whitney family was on vacation
Fnday, December 27, at approx-
imately 8:30 pm , Comanche
County Deputies Mark Bergmark
and Bryan Keith made a traffic sto
that resulted in a narcotics arrest
of an adult male
Comanche FFA/4-H Project
Show gets underway this Satur-
day
JANUARY 9, 1997
Ten exhibitors took home grand
champion honors last Saturday at
the Comanche FFA sponsored
annual project show in the Co-
manche County Livestock Center
The 62nd Annual Comanche
County Junior Livestock Show
will get underway on Monday and
continue through Tuesday Two
hundred forty-one youngsters will
be exhibiting five hundred forty,
animals
Comanche County’s official
weather station, the Corps of En-
gineers at Lake Proctor, shows
that the county received 37 24
Inches of rainfail during 1996
Tuesday morning’s dense fog
was a contnbuting factor in a dev-
astating two-vehicle head-on colli-
sion three miles west of Sidney on
FM 1689
JANUARY 16,1997
The Municipal Court of the City
of Comanche has compiled a war-
rant list of outstanding fines owed
by'dasrC traffic/state aid city
ordinance violators.
Wendy Davis Duren, 47, was
found dead behind the wheel of
her car parked in a road side park
between Zephyr and Brownwood
on Highway 183 at 1 30 p m Sat-
urday, January 11.1997.
The Comanche Volunteer Fire
Department was kept busy Mon-
day, January 13, fighting two resi-
dential fires At 1 55 p m , they
answered a call to the old Gotcher
dairy in the Harmony Community.
At 2:45 p m., they were called to
404 Houston where the residence
of the Isaias Murillo family.
The 38th Annual Comanche
County Junior Livestock Auction
held Tuesday night totalled
$72,475 in premiums making it
the third highest premium sale on
rprnrn
JANUARY 23,1997
“Just Hanging Around” in B-
racketville, Texas appears to have
been an enjoyable affair for these
has been accepted as a participant
in the 1997 World Scholar-Athlete
Games
The CHS Maiden basketball
team, after many years of absence,
have cracked the top ten in the
weekly state high school girls’
basketball poll as compiled by the
Texas Association of Basketball
Coaches
FEBRUARY 6,1997
Comanche County has declared
a State qf Emergency Banning
Outdoor Bumingl
Arson is suspected fc>y Coman-
che County Officials in three large
wild fires that damaged many
aci ''S of farm land in the Proctor/
Hasse communities Saturday
afternoon
The CHS varsity Maidens
clinched their first district basket-
ball championship since 1988
with their victory over Hillsboro
on Fnday
New Addition at the Sheriff's
Department Comanche County
Deputy Bnan Keith of the K-9
Unit is pictured with German
Shepherd, Corsin
The DeLeon City Council voted
unanimously to accept an out-of-
court settlement with former Po-
lice Chief Bill Mayes. The cost to
the City will be $104,000, ending
a dispute that began Over three
years ago.
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
The body of Stephen F Davis,
39, a former Comanche attorney,
was found in a wooded area near
Lake Proctor after a recent grass
fire cleared the brushy area The
body was positively identified by
Tarrant County Medical Examin-
er’s Office from dental records on
February 10, according to Coman-
che County Sheriff Billy Works
Mark * Pinson, Comanche
County Commissioner of Precinct
#3, died suddenly Thursday, Feb-
ruary 6, in the Comanche Com-
munity Hospital
Comanche County Day in Aus-
tin is planned for Wednesday,
March 5/1997
The 1996-97 Sidney Eagles
have captured their first distnct
championsbip'since 1945 - ; *“■
FEBRUARY 20,1997
The CHS Indians will take on
the Carter-Riverside Eagles in a
bi-distnct contest at Granbury
High School this Thursday
The CHS Maidens with their
56-54 thnlling victory over Bowie
Tuesday have advanced to the
Region I Tournament in Lubbock
Filing dates open for School and
City Boards
Soil and Water Annual Conser-
vation Banquet Monday, Feb
25th
The Gustine Tigers, sporting a
16-11 season record, will take on
Morgan in a bi-distnct contest this
Fnday at 7:30 in Hamilton.
FEBRUARY 27, 1997
The CHS Maidens after a 15
year absence will be making a
return trip to Austin Thursday for
the Girl’s State Basketball
Tournament
The C H S varsity Indians’ bas-
ketball season came to a close
Dukes, Jr are both seeking their
second terms.
Two Comanche High School
seniors, Stacy Harvick and De-
anna Pinkerton, were injured Sun-
day afternoon in a one car accident
at Hermleigh while enroute to
Comanche from the Regional bas-
ketball tournament in Lubbock.
Monday night around 10:30
pm, Clyde Weaver of Comanche
was killed in a head-on collision
with a tractor-trailer truck on
Highway 36 West
Bill Patton candidate for City
Council.
MARCH 6,1997
On Tuesday, JusUce of the
Peace Sue Brown ruled the death
of Steve Davis as undetermined
after receiving the Davis autopsy
report issued by the Forensic Pa-
thology Laboratory in Fort Worth
Kenneth Gibson, left, has been
honored as an outstanding crimi-
nal justice volunteer by Governor
George W Bush, right, and the
Texas Board of Cnminal Justice
Two candidates have filed for
positions on the Comanche City
Council and Jimmie Warren has
announced for the mayor’s post
Brent Hagood and Bill Patton
are candidates for the City Counr
cil
Jesus Jose Prado of San Angelq
was killed last Thursday on Feby
ruary 27th on County Road 335 in
a one car accident
County Judge John M Weaver
on Fnday appointed Bobby Schu*
man of DeLeon to serve as Pre-
cinct 3 County Commissioner
MARCH 13,1997
In celebration of the Easter sea-
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young ladies between takes at Tuesday night with a 52-41 area
the filming of “Once Upon A Time
In China - Part Six” Pictured are
Comancheans (from left) Kather-
ine Martin, Lauren Creswell, and
Kelly Gilbert who played as extras
in the Chinese Western filmed
recently in Bracketville
Comancheans appearing in the
film will be Derwin, Haley, and.
Chance lsham. Grant Hicks, Kath-
erine Martin, Kelly Gilbert, Lem
and Lauren Creswell, Dusty Po-
sey, John and Grant Reed, Kendall
Terry and Carey Walham
Jump Rope For Heart to open
Jan 27
Effective February 3, 1997, per-
sons applying for or renewing
their drivers license will have to
show proof of their social security
number
JANUARY 29,1997
Jackson Dudley, a CHS senior,
was named Tuesday, January 21
as one of 44 finalists in the FINA/
Dallas Morning News All-State
Scholar-Athlete Team
Raymond Gary Sutherland of
Goldthwaite was killed in a one-
vehicle rollover accident about 10
miles South of Comanche about
1 00 a m Monday morning
The Leon River Valley Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
has bestowed its Heroism Award
to Comanche Primary School
Principal, Nancy Alana
Comanche High School junior
Amber Ward of Sidney. Texas,
loss to Merkel at Hardin Simmons
University in Abilene
Three members of the Coman-
che ISD School Board filed last
week for re-election to the Board:
Harry Dudley, the School Board
president, is seeking his fourth
term Patsy Boyd and Keith
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Wilkerson, James C., III. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1998, newspaper, January 1, 1998; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1107728/m1/4/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.