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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1956
Page
1
Shoppers enjoy a weekend of special food events and free lemonade while stores advertise sales on heaters and sewing machines. April 7 offers demonstrations, prize drawings, and in store hints on electric items. Community notices invite ladies and gentle readers to visit MMERS SHER NITURE, Perry Bros, and Pinson E for open house activities and freebies.
Comanche County REA and local appliance dealers launch a two month campaign to urge residents to go electric. April and May offer free electricity to members who switch to electric cooking, water heaters, or pumps, with 100 kilowatt hours monthly for six months. Local merchants join the effort and an appliance survey guided expansion plans.
Car license sales for the last week total well above 1955. By April 2, 1956 licenses sold in February and March reached 94,749.75, compared with 90,837.56 in 1955, an increase of 3,912.19. State laws let Comanche County keep the first 50,000 from sales and 50 percent of excess. Tax payments for 1955 still arrive with penalties rising from 3 percent in March to 4 percent in April 6 percent in May and 14.2 percent in June. delinquent taxes face July 1 penalties of 11 percent plus a $1 redemption fee.
A three year term was elected during the Southwestern Fat Stock Show meeting at Willard Coliseum. J. M. was named chairman with W. R. and J. F. M. Dougherty among officers. Raymond E. from the National Bank was elected president to succeed J. r. Watt as show manager and committee head for 1955.
Centennial Chairman Wm J Parks announces the forthcoming Comanche County Centennial set for July 22 to 26. Mrs Porter Franks and the Historical Committee completed data collection sent to The John Rogers Co to write the pageant scenario. The event follows Brown County’s centennial activities this week and ongoing county contributions to the “brothers of the brush” and a No Shaving campaign slated to begin in May.
Six new directors were named to the Comanche Chamber of Commerce by its members. Elected were Bill Wier son Ted Durham Chester Mc Kinzie John Earl Williams Floyd Prather and Herbert Good son. Holdovers include Louis Harelik Bill Dudney Ben Evridge Earl Oden Dr H H Galbraith and Joe Waring.
Polly Cox, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Cox Jr, won first prize in a Trick and Treets contest aired on WBAP TV. She will receive a tree as prize for her oO painting of three trees.
Comanche Grove No 1210 will host the Frehs District Convention of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle in the Veterans Building on April 16. District President Mrs Bell Easley presides as 9 30 a m registration opens, with sessions on ritual and a 1 30 p m start. Abilene Drill Team led by Mrs Katie Kidwell will demonstrate ceremonies. national and state officers including Mrs Laura E Krebs, Mrs Amandae, Mrs Kate Jackson, and Mrs Lillian from Comanche will attend.
Summers and Sherrod Norge dealer will present a Cookarama event next Tuesday night and all day Wednesday April 10 11. Mrs Ester Lowery from Dallas will demonstrate the Norge Vertical broiler and other ranges. Food prepared during the Cookarama will be served free to visitors. Mrs Lowery will appear on the Virginia Blair Home Maker Fiesta Show on KRBC channel 9 television Monday afternoon at 1:30.
Comanche County voters go to the polls Saturday to elect trustees across independent school districts in Comanche, De Leon Gustine, and Sidney and in common districts at Proctor and Van Dyke. Incumbents with several challengers contend for seats, unopposed slates appear in some districts, and two seats are open in Comanche with four candidates.
The Graham Steers enter the district track meet at Tareton Stadium in Stephenville as favorites. Competing teams include De Leon Comanche Cisco Mineral Wells Stephenville and Breckenridge. Coach Mike Murphy expects strong points from relay squads led by Pettit Slixer Davis and Ross with strong sprint and mile relays posting fast times.
Three incumbents were reelected as 287 voters cast ballots. Ned Stewart led with 278 votes, Louis Harelik 262, Jack Filippo 224, and J. R. Byrd 84. Harold Pate visited Dallas over the weekend.
Oil prospects brighten for one of the best wells in Comanche County as the J. H. Burton farm near Comanche reports a strong showing. The G H Sanders Company drilled the well to 2660 feet and found 30 feet of pay dirt in the Ranger formation.
Eldon Terrell brother of Mrs. Gilmore Durham of Comanche won a second term as mayor of De Leon by about 90 votes over former mayor W B Nowlin. Ray Harvey was elected alderman to replace council member Holdridge who did not seek re election.
Comanche County Rural Neighborhood Progress tours are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday April 19 and 20 led by County Agricultural Agent Ray Hastings. Dinner is served at Amity on Tuesday noon and at Soda Springs on Wednesday. business and school representatives and women's clubs are invited.
A telegram from Congressman Omar Burleson reports the REA approved a $100000 loan for the Comanche County Electric Cooperative. The funds will assist members in financing irrigation and dairy equipment purchases and installations in Comanche County Texas. The notice is dated March 30 1956 from Washington DC and signed by editor J C Wilk.
Pinson Farm Store invites farmers ranchers and poultrymen to an all day Open House on Saturday April 7 from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm at 505 South Austin. Roy Pinson owner promotes Red Chain store as a center for farming supplies feed fertilizer seeds and grains including Mathieson and Topper products Moorman and Grade A Dairy items.
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