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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1965
Page
1
Weather outlook shows varying highs from 79 to 88 with lows in the 40s to 60s. Local businesses announce operations and upgrades at Southern Savings Association Len Bo Franklin Store and Barrick jewelry engraving. Library Week features open hours and essays. Scoot About promotes summer fashions and exclusive styles.
District Junior High Track meets advance Tuesday with prelims at 3 00 p m and finals at 7 00 p m at Indian Memorial Stadium Teams competing include De Leon Dublin Granbury Hamilton Stephenville and Comanche Comanche junior high lists multiple events with a full team per event and aims to repeat as defending junior high district champions Coach John Smith asserts strong effort despite smaller squad.
The Stag Creek Annual Community Tour in the Texas Community Improvement Program is set for Thursday April 29 at 1 30 pm starting at Highway 36 Beattie Farm to Market Road and ending at the Community Center at 4 pm. Judges include Mrs Jean Henry R E Burleson and James S Denton with tours across Bell Coryell and Erath counties.
Three Comanche High School athletes with Coach Roger Oliver and Pete Hobby travel to Denton for the Regional Track Meet. Sid Carny qualifies in Shot Put, Richard Arthur in Pole Vault, and Mike Parker in the 880 yard dash. They compete Saturday morning.
Judges and district agents will spend Tuesday night in Waco McLennan and Hill County communities with stays in Eastland and Brownwood. Tours include Olden at 8 30 am Nimrod at 1 pm and Scranton at 3 45 pm Wednesday in Eastland County. Huckaby 8 30 am and Three Way Community 1 pm Friday in Erath County. Results come Friday in a program sponsored by electric utility companies led by TP and L Co and the Texas Agriculture Extension Service.
Seventeen water works workers from Comanche and five nearby towns attend a three day course in Comanche April 1929. Leon R. Holbert leads the Engineering Extension Service program with sponsors Bosque River Water and Sewage Works Association State Department of Public Health and the City of Comanche. Participants include local and regional staff from Comanche Hamilton Stephenville Glen Rose De Leon with courses crediting 20 hours toward State Sanitary Law certification set for post course examinations.
McCullough Jeanes Hardware joins 22000 independent stores in Hardware Housewares Week opening April 22. The event features Happy Home Values on brand merchandise and a prize list including four Rambler Classic Convertibles among nearly 1000 prizes. Customers may register at the counter or clip coupons. winners announced after the national drawing in June.
Mrs. William C. Chilton leads a meeting at the Golden Arrow Cafeteria to distribute city maps and kits for the American Cancer Crusade. April 27 marks the house to house drive as volunteers prepare literature and solicit contributions to aid cancer programs and research nationwide.
Final plans for the Annual Quarter Horse Show are set by the Comanche Roping Club for May 1, 1965, at the local Rodeo Grounds with a preceding Cutting Horse Contest by the North Texas Cutting Horse Assn. Top cutting horses from the state are expected. The event links with Dublin on April 29 and De Leon on April 30 offering three shows in one weekend within 20 miles, featuring 14 halter, 9 performance, and 4 youth classes, plus 20 stalls for roping club participants.
The Comanche High School Library Club announces a rummage sale for Saturday April 24 in the Higginbotham Building across from the main store. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. and offers many clothes at bargain prices.
The event operates on a first come basis with Fred R. Mabe as superintendent Ford T. Slocum as judge Earl Albin as ring steward and Fay Oglesby of Jonesboro as secretary Halter Classes begin at 10:00 a.m. with performance judging to follow Comanche County 4-H Adult Leaders oversee concessions.
The Annual Comanche FFA Rodeo lands at Comanche Arena with events for grade school and high school divisions. Competitors from Gustine Rising Star Pottsville Mullin Goldthwaite May Dublin De Leon Brownwood Zephyr Blanket and Comanche vie for individual and team trophies. Performances start at 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday April 23 24 with bronc and bull riding barrel racing calf riding rope events and a grand entry.
George Laker is named valedictorian of the 1965 Gustine High School graduating class with a 95.39 GPA. He belongs to the National Beta Club and FFA, earned Interscholastic League awards, and received history social studies and science honors plus a Scholastic Award sweater. He co edited The 1965 Tiger and served as Student Council president. plans to major in social science at Abilene Christian College.
Comanche Garden Center hosts the annual Spring Flower Show on Saturday April 24 from 2 to 7 PM. Mrs H H Wiggins chairs the event with publicity chair Mrs C A Creynover. The public is invited to attend.
Gustine High School selects Sue Eddleman daughter of Mr and Mrs Boone Eddieman Gustine as salutatorian with a 93 00 average She earned Betty Crocker Award Homemaker Degree Most Courteous Citizenship Home Economics and Scholastic Awards along with state UIL extemporaneous speaking She participated in plays annual staff editor FHA student council and sports plans Arlington State College for mathematics and secondary education studies
The Jerry Gamblins of Lubbock spent the weekend in Comanche visiting their mothers Mrs. H. C. Gamblin and Mrs. J. C. Lester.
Mrs. W. J. Parks visited Mercedes for a week and stayed with her mother, Mrs. Robert Reed, before returning home Tuesday evening.
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