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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1966
Page
1
Local readers are urged to attend Easter Sunday events as town supporters note steady but weakening performance from coaches over the past decade. Ads highlight sales at Faye's Korner and other local shops, plus reminders of upcoming school and city elections and community happenings.
Two morning worships are set for 8 30 and 10 50 a m at First Methodist Church Easter Sunday. Sunrise service will be at John Robertson ranch on Sidney Highway hosted by the church youth with speaker Rev Len Boatman of Blanket. Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Easter music at 6 p m by the Chancel Choir and Children's Choir directed by Bob Clapton with Marguerite Ross on organ.
Easter Sunday April 10 at Sand Hill celebrates the 48th annual singing. Fisher Lewis quartet from Breckenridge and the Newmans from Santa Anna are among confirmed performers with many others expected. Singing all day with lunch served at noon.
The Comanche Garden Club will host a Spring Flower Show on Saturday April 16 from 2 to 7 pm at the Garden Center. Theme titled A Salute to Beauty. Club president Mrs. W. R. Jones and flower show chairman Mrs. H. H. Wiggins expect a large turnout.
The Sacred Heart Church Holy Week schedule announced by Aidan J. Maguire SAC includes Holy Thursday Mass at 5:30 p.m. with a procession, Good Friday 5:30 p.m. Pre Sanctified Mass, Easter Saturday ceremonies at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Confessions precede each event, with Easter Sunday Mass at 12 noon.
April marks Cancer Control Month with volunteers distributing educational materials and fundraising gifts to support cancer research. Comanche County leaders include Mrs. Max Keeter as crusade chair, with local house to house and business chairs and area coordinators for Gustine. De Leon drive is set for April 14 under Rev. Payne Hattox, with multiple assistants. Comanche drive dates are April 25 and 26. ESA Sorority volunteers pack kits for distribution.
The First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville will welcome James L. McCall as assistant pastor moving April 13. A Sherman Austin College and Union Theological Seminary graduate, he has led the local church since February 1964 and previously served as student minister in 1963. He and his wife Dian and their 5 month old daughter Melanie will reside at Cottage 31 Westminister Encampment near Schreiner Institute.
Gustine FFA will hold its banquet April 12 in the Gustine gymnasium. Rev Leon Hill humorist traveler and author will speak. Production and appreciation awards will be given. About 350 attendees expected. Tickets $1 50 from FFA members or advisor Harry Thornton. Meal by Underwoods of Brownwood.
Glen McNatt, officer in charge, announces the Social Security Office in Brownwood has moved to 315 N Center. Office hours are 8 45 to 5 Monday through Friday and 8 45 to 9 on Tuesdays.
Heartland Life Insurance Co awards a contract to James T. Pate Jr. to construct a new air conditioned office at 501 FE Central. The building will include the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service the Farmers Home Administration and the Soil Conservation Service. Groundbreaking set for 9 30 a.m. April 12.
Comanche High School hosts an all sports banquet on Thursday April 21 at the Junior High Cafetorium honoring the 1965 66 athletes including the football teams and the co district champion basketball team plus the track squad. Speaker will be Coach Chena Gilstrap oflington State College. Organized by the Comanche Lions Club Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce tickets go on sale Monday April 11.
Fort Worth evangelist Bill Crews will hold a series of gospel meetings at the Church of Christ, 605 N. Austin St., from April 11 to 17. Services occur nightly at 7 30 and Sunday morning at 10 45, with a church notice inviting all to attend.
Fishermen from across Texas and New Mexico flock to Lake Proctor for what experts call the best Crappie fishing in Texas. Motels are full, groceries busy, cafes bustling, and park areas crowded with campers as boats fill the lake. Prospects rise for even larger crowds if wind calms during the long Easter weekend.
CHS freshmen under coaches Joe Crouch and Don Walker dominated a six team meet in Stephenville. Jimmy Armstrong won the 60 yard high hurdles in 9.0 seconds and the 100 yard low hurdles in 12.4, John Hutchins cleared 5 feet 8 inches in the high jump, Ronnie Stanley set a discus record at 126-6, and Comanche’s 440 relay squad clocked 48.6 for a new mark.
Parker Roy Turner and H. C. Kelley were re elected to city council posts in Comanche in a low turnout election with 176 of 1300 voters casting ballots. Parker led with 158 votes, Turner 141, Kelley 135, and Jouette 86. Mrs Crawford Martin of Hillsboro arrives Saturday to campaign for her husband in the Texas Attorney General race, with events at The Chief and visits in the business district.
Only 37 voters appeared at the polls for the school board race. Clyde Williams secured all 37 votes, Sid Carney received 34, and one write-in for Ted Durham. The new trustees were sworn in at a special board meeting on Tuesday night.
Dublin faces a local option vote on April 9 to decide if alcohol can be sold for off premises use. About 800 to 900 ballots are expected with 269 voters signing the petition. Dry and wet camps led by Dublin Ministerial Alliance and Progressive Citizens for Legal Sales campaign vigorously to sway residents.
The Convention Committee led by Lion Gail Dudley and aided by his son Jim will present a travelogue on Continental Europe Tuesday night April 12. The slides cover visits during the Hereford Tour year and comments will accompany each image.
A Dublin ministerial alliance spokesman says the fight is against the sin of alcohol, not each other. He emphasizes unity for the town regardless of the outcome as tensions rise over temperance actions.
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