The Chief’s long serving staff and founder Beeman
A retrospective tribute details The Chief newspaper staff from 1925 onward, noting Bob Carpenter as a long serving linotype operator and writer, plus key employees like Kyle Odell Ormsby and M. M. Meyers. It recalls past workers, presidents, editors, and the founder G. A. Beeman who launched The Chief in 1873 and guided its early growth in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rambo
Coleman Papers
Linotype
Bob
Texas
Fort Worth
Kyle Odell Ormsby
Odell
Woody
Comanche
J. C. Wilkerson
G. A. Beeman
Pecos
J. B. Chilton
L. B. Russell
Comanche’s Drive to Open Texas School Lands and Protect Frontier
The piece recalls community efforts in Comanche to develop a local newspaper section, raise funds, and acquire an editing plant from Georgetown. It notes securing legislative representation, nominating J. D. Stephens, and his backing to open Texas school lands and raise a Ranger force to guard settlers from Indian incursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Georgetown
Caldwell
Austin
Stephens
Texas
Settl
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Artford
Bob Carpenter
Joe Wan
Cook
M. M
Gus) Meyers
Grid
Terrell School
Dallas
Ina
Navy
Gus
Minor Taber
James
Mary) Wilkerson
Mary
W. H. Carpenter
Claude George
Claude
Frank Dunn
The
Chief
Vanguard
Enterprise
Rudd
Severa
Establis
M. B
Mickey) Carter
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Brownwood
Panhandle
John Carpenter
Comanche City
Waco
Craig Barrett
Fred Huse
Clara Carpenter
Fred
Breckenridge
Hazel Kendrick Carnes
Hazel
Robert Willis
Kenneth Hicks
E. A. (Dopey) McBride, Jr
Gene Webb
Jack Pate
Dad Oliphant
Monte Laughlin
Beattie
Leta DeWitt
Corilla Thompson
Reecye Durham
Bell
Selma Zschiesche Berrey
Virginia Daniel
Beeman
Beeman-St. Clair Mercantile Company
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Leon Springs
Texas Gulf Coast
Stern
Sht Company
Bill’ Allen
Hamilton County
Center County
Bill Allen
Fort Worth Highway
Bill
First Presbyterian Church
DR. Baxter D.D. Greer
Comanche County
WEFK
Shaw’s Barber Shop
the Square
Orville Shaw
Joey Pybwut
Burl Farne
Shaw and Pyburn
Jerry Pyburn
Sst
Mary's
Rockport
Tom
Pegleg) Estis
Akryle
the State National Bank
Elmon A
Kerby, Jr
Elmon A Kerby, Jr
State National Bank
Hing
Tuscola Bank
Aurelia
Elmon A. Kerby, Jr
Steve
Ken
Dave
Williams Drive
Chamber of Comember
Lions Merce
Kerby
State National Bank OF
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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