Local Stores Advertise Anniversary and Spring Sales
Western Auto marks 17th birthday with broad discounts across hardware and housewares. McCullough Jeans Hardware highlights National Hardware Week with major bargains. Rexall’s Spring Te Sale runs into the weekend at Dur’s Prescription. Walgreens advertises Big 12 Tonic at savings. Men’s summer suits discounted at Higginbotham’s. Straw hats and panamas on close-out at The Hub with Stetson items. Harelik’s dresses go on a drastic clearance. Frigidaire Cooking School attracts women, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Lancaster, Mrs. Parkman, and Mrs. Tupin.
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Higginbotham’s
Blull
Dublin Chamber Campaigns for Leon River Dam Support
Dublin Chamber of Commerce launches a drive to back a proposed flood control dam on the Leon River near Proctor. Three Dublin representatives visited Comanche to urge local interest, with plans to send a Washington delegation. The project, approved by Army Engineers four years ago, aims to curb floods, improve drainage, water supply, and land values in a large Leon River basin.
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Dublin
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Leon River
Proctor
Comanche
Edmund Keller
Chamber of Commerce
Dubblin
Walter Hamilton
Grady Swindle
Dublin Chamber
Washington
Proctor Dam
Leon
Texas
North Fork
Central
Comanche County Courthouse News Roundup
Deaths include Mrs. Hannah Cook aged 75 of Comanche who died April 8 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Marriages reported for James Warren to Emma Music and James Hawkins to Lucille Bagley. Guardians named for estates of Mrs. Marchbank and Robert Riggs. Deeds recorded transferring land for $1650 to Stephens and for $1400 to Byrd. Sheriff arrests for gaming near Comyn. grand jury to consider rape charges against four men. Traffic collision near Has se involved two drivers with minor damage. New vehicle registrations listed for residents of Comanche and surrounding towns.
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Hannah Margaret Cook
Comanche
Oakwood
Kansas
Comanche County
Arthur Elwood Cook
Wayne Swindle
W. P. St. Clair
Mike Sullivan
R. E. George
Stephenville
Harvey Jones
Dublin
Barnes Pasture
Comyn
Charlie Benson
John Edward May
de Leon
Bill Bayton
Alvin Patterson
Hasse
Fred Reed
Joyce Erwin
Fort Worth
Reed
Erwin
H. N. Faulkner
Buick
J. C. Pierce
Plymouth
G. M. Davis
Dodge
Everett V. White
Onella Curtis
G. D. Stokes
Leland A. Cotten
Tarleton Boosters Present Program For Local Lions
Tarleton Boosters Club led by Dr. Vance Terrell presented a Tarleton student quartet at the Lions Club meeting. Don Morton of Tarleton State College accompanied the performers as they sang spiritual and instrumental numbers to an audience of 70 Lions and guests. Officers for 1953 54 will be elected next meeting with nominations led by Joe Tupin. John Jolink named president and other posts listed. finance committee chaired by Reginald Waggoner.
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Tarleton Boosters Club
Vance Terrell
Stephenville
Liona Club
Tarleton
Don Morton
Tarleton State College
Lions Club
Joe Tupin
Robert Eaton
John Burton
John Jolink
Herbert Goodson
W. J. Parks
Howell Cobb
Ww. C. House
Henry Gregory
Dale Biggs
Reginald Waggoner
Armstrong Cox
Boyd Anthony
Dr. Terrell
Denny Pannell Injured In Hunting Accident
Fourteen year old Denny Pannell of Austin was accidentally shot while hunting along a creek near Austin last Sunday afternoon. The bullet struck the left side, hit a rib, narrowly missed the heart and lung, glanced off a kidney and lodged in the back. He is recovering in an Austin hospital and will require surgery. His mother Nadine Pagny was away in Comanche at the time.
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Denny Pannell
Weldon Pannell
Austin
Wade Kendrick
Denny
Parnell
Nadine Pagny
Comanche
Carlema
Rummage Sale Set By Church Women This Saturday
Women's Christian Fellowship of Central Christian Church schedules a rummage sale for Saturday April 18 in the 8. McDonald Building next to Durham's Pharmacy on the west side of the square. Sale opens 8 30 AM with a wide variety of articles offered.
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Women’s Christian Fellowship of the
Central Christian Church
McDonald
Durham
CWF
Comanche High School Mourns Jo Ann McGuire Major CHS figure dies
Jo Ann McGuire a Comanche High School junior and CHS sweetheart of the FFA died after an emergency appendectomy in Germany. She attended classes Tuesday and fell ill in the last period. Funeral at Gartman View Freewill Baptist Church near her Van Dyke home. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include her parents, a brother Dixon, and grandparents. Jo Ann held multiple CHS roles including choir soloist, Girls Trio, Nine Note Nuts, and FFA member.
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Jo Ann
Gartman’s View Rreewill Baptist Church
McGuire
van Dyke
J. A. Brooks
Mineral Wells
Oakwood Cemetery
Comanche
C. B. McGuire Jr
Comanche County
Dixon McGuire
C. B. McGuire
Will Johnson
Future Farmers of America
CHS
de Leon
Homemaker of America
Comanche High School
FFA
Dean
A. E. Boyd Jr
John Hall
Robert Willis
Barry Arthur
Billy Fred Curry
Donald Elrod
Pat Murphree
Prather Named As President School Board
Prather was elected president of the board of trustees for the Comanche Independent School District at a meeting last Tuesday night. Tom Beene, tax adviser for Higginbotham Bros. & Co., was named vice president and John Jolink of City Bakery was re-elected secretary treasurer. Other members include Riley Hilliard, W. J. Lane, E. W. Gleaton, and Elton McCullough.
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Prattery
Ental Texas Fertilizer Co
Deen
Comar
Tom Beene
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
John Jolink
City Bakery
Comanche School Board
Riley Hilliard
Cotton Grove
W. J. Lane
Pettit
E. W. Gleaton
State Highway Engineering Department
Elton McCullough
McCullough- Jeanes
Scouts Sponsor Bumper Tape Sale In Comanche
Local Boy Scout Troop No 47 offers Scotch Lite bumper tape service for 1.00 per car on Saturday on the square. Proceeds fund sending one or two Scouts to the National Jamboree in California, with a 212 per Scout trip including Yellowstone visits.
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California
Comanche
Yellowstone National Park
Ben Ratliff Kills 45 Pound Rattlesnake Near Comanche
Ben Ratliff, 14, son of Mr and Mrs R M Ratliff, killed a 45 pound rattlesnake he found on the Ratliff farm twelve miles south of Comanche while plowing. He drove over it with a tractor to end the threat last week.
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Ben Ratliff
R. M. Ratliff
Comanche
Democrat
Ratliff
Ben
CHS Senior Play Postponed One Week
Out of respect for Jo Ann McGuire's family the Comanche High School senior play has been postponed by one week.
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CHS
Jo Ann McGuire
Indians Dominate District Track Meet at Tarleton Stadium
De Leon placed 16 points and Stephenville led a host of standouts as Hamlin won 88 points to Hamilton 17 in the District 1A-9 meet. Kenneth McNutt and Weldon Turner each swept two events, Lloyd Biggs set a broad jump record, and Jerry Pyburn set a pole vault district mark as Comanche’s Turner and others claimed multiple titles.
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de Leon
Herman Johnson
Comanche
Tarleton Stadium
Melvin Borchert
Johnson
Kenneth McNutt
Weldon Turner
Lloyd Biggs
Webb
Cisco
Turner
Hayes
Butch Bean
Comanche Athletes Set District Relay Records at Meet
Comanche sprints to a district record 46.5 in the 400 yard relay with Hicks Biggs Lee and McNutt. The Indians win the mile relay by over 50 yards led by Turner Willis Robertson and C Lee. W Hicks takes second in the 100 yard dash and third in low hurdles amid strong team showings at district meet results.
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Comanche
Weldon Hicks
Biggs
C. Lee
McNutt
Turner
Robert Willis
Robertson
Dublin
W. Hicks
Willis
Johnson
de Leon Lad
Girl Scouts Plan Day Camp
At a Girl Scout Council meeting the main topic was Day Camp. Comanche Girl Scouts have enough helpers for a planned Day Camp for all Scouts and Brownies. A two day outdoor training at Lake Brownwood trained seven council members and is led by Pat Nesmit and Nell Lyle. Attendees from the area include Mrs. Walter Durham Jr., Mrs. Bob Allen, Mrs. Gaston Boykin, Mrs. J. E. Watson, Mrs. Darrell Caraway, Mrs. Kenneth Tidmore and Mrs. J. B. Ruth.
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Girl Scout Council
Lake Banes
Lake Brownwood
Pat Nesmit
Nell Lyle
Walter Durham, Jr
Bob Allen
Gaston Boykin
J. E. Watson
Darrell Caraway
Kenneth Tidmore
J. B. Ruth
Religious Film to Be Shown at Hasse Baptist Church
A religious film titled In His Name will be shown Sunday night at Hasse Baptist Church. Rev. R M McGinnis County Missionary will bring the film amid an invitation from Pastor Rev J L Woolsey for attendance at Sunday morning preaching and Sunday School services.
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Hasse Baptist Church
R.M. McGinnis
J. L. Woolsey
Victory Baptist Church Brotherhood Meets April 16
The Victory Baptist Church Brotherhood invites men from First Baptist and East Side Baptist churches to a 7 30 p m meeting on Thursday. Rev Ed Carson pastor of Early Baptist Church will be guest speaker with a message aimed at inspiring attendance and growth in Baptist Brotherhood work.
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Victory Baptist Church Brotherhood
Ed Carson
Early Baptist Church
Cecil Hall
First Baptist Church
East Side Baptist Church
Baptist Brotherhood
Hall
Examinations Offered for Substitute Clerk Carrier Posts
The Fourteenth U S Civil Service Region announces examinations for Substitute Clerk Carrier positions in the Comanche Office. Salary listed at $1,612 per hour. Applications and information available from H M Cauley, Commissioner’s Local Secretary, or from the Regional Office in Dallas Texas.
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U. S. Oe Ser
Comanche
H. M. Cauley
Fourteenth
Civil Ser- Post Office
Commerce Street
Dallas 2
Texas
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James M.ll
Belton Journal
Imment
Western Auto
As Jeanes
McCulloughanes Hardware
Seriie Walgreen Agency
Frigidaire Cooking School
Frigidaire Home
Abbie Andrews
Lewis Lancaster
Odessa
W. T. Parkman
Rt. 3
Ernestine Tupin
Rt. 1
Courthouse News
James L. Warren
Emma Loriie Music
Walter H. Richards
James Conley Hawkins
Lucille Elizabeth Bagley
Ernest D. Dimaline
Probate
Marilyn Yates
Dallas County
Clara Belle Marchbank
Citizens National Bank of
Waco
Robert Thomas Riggs
Pearl Shockley
Pearl Miller
George Stephens
Anna Ree
Alexander E. Hodge
C. F. Keel
Mary Ellen
J. R. Byrd
Erma
John Duncan
I. W. Robinson
Veterans Land Board
James Hamilton
Joe R. Byrd
Lillie Dunn
D. M. Dunn
J. R. Stephens
Sheriff's Office
Tarleton Boosters
Miss McGuine
Prather
Scouts
Japan
Jacky D. Croker
U.S. Navy
Guam
Marianas Islands
Tachikawa Afb
Kenneth D. Croker
Jacky
Agana
Kenneth
Tachikawa
Hamilton
Granbury
Ranger
Calvin Lee
Lee
Brownwood
Borchert
James Blackwell Hamilton
Jim Webb
Herman Johnam
Jim Terrell
Corby
Stinson
Montgomery
Hicks
Parish
Ken McNett
Dale Taylor
Marvin Montgomery
McLemore
Davis
Comannehe
Welden Turner
Taylor
Calvin Las
Bean
Blackwell
Eirod
Roberteca
Wilson Comanche
Reynolds
Ken McNutt
Adams
Biges
Berna
Billy Wilson
Robert Radford
Jim Mobley
Mile Rielay
Willie
de Lect
Stecy
J Pyburn
Prewitt
Tieamong
Haver and Bean
Girl Scouts
Carson Speaks
Victory Baptist Church
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