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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1959
Page
3
A national labor group pushes for new employment service regulations aiming to reach farmers and set up authority to recruit locally. The proposal, supported by the president of the PLA A, seeks to apply the measure to farmers and laborers, noting the law’s intent to expand coverage though details remain unclear.
4-H members and leaders met April 13 with 19 people present including six adult leaders and county agents. Linda Janes reports Sidney Club members Kay Rachel and Janes took first place in a junior club cooking meeting with judging set for April 24.
Mrs N E Graham hosts Sidney visitors while Carl Walker couple spend weekend at Waxahachie with Gene Walker. Archie Redwine visits Hobbs Compton pair in Colorado City. Stella Custer of Post and Lettie McCarthy of Comanche visit Minnie Collins here. Dwayne Lackey family from Abilene and Billy Joe Vineyard family from San Angelo spend weekend with M E Lackey parents.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Rice of Cisco visited Mr and Mrs Walter Rice here Sunday. Archie Boyd returned home after two weeks of treatment in a Brownwood hospital. Erwin Ward and children Linda and Ronnie of Andrews spent the weekend with J K Ward and Mrs Jessie Hutchins. Charles Walker and son Douglas of Houston spent the weekend with his parents T N Walker and Shirley. Weldon Stewart and children of Abilene visited Bob Stewart here Sunday. Deloris Stark of Fort Worth spent the weekend with Earl Bartlett. Jack Lusk of Fort Worth visited his mother Sadie Lusk. Bowden Home visitors included J E Smith Mullin Henry Bowden Brownwood Vada Smith Cora Ratliff with M W Bowden and Douglas here Monday.
A new church with about 30 members has been organized in South Comanche, named Joy Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. A residence has been purchased by the group and will be converted into a church building. Most members are former Liberty Free Will Baptist Church attendees.
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Stuckey formerly of Comancheans now reside in Wellington were visitors last week in the home of Mr and Mrs Tom Cox Sr The item notes a social visit and residing locations.
Advertisement notes eight months subscription for Fort Worth Star-Telegram daily and Sunday and The Chief at $12.25, available for new or renewal. Promotion directs readers to Comanche Chief for signups and specifies the 33-tf reference.
Captain Don Spencer and his family from Travis AFB California spent time at home with his parents the Tom Spencers of Newburg en route to Montgomery Alabama where he will undergo 3 to 4 months of training at Maxwell AFB to become a squadron commander.
A June 1 storm at Beattie wrecked the blacksmith shop and blew the Methodist Church off its blocks. The Comanche School reports 817 total enrollment for 1909 nine months, with high school units affiliated with the University of Texas. Commencement values and local advice to summer visitors reflect a growing county.
Superintendent W L Powell of Delcon and Judge J G Kearby will deliver the main address on the duties and labors of teachers. Mrs W O Reynolds will serve as secretary.
Mr and Mrs O A Kinney of Stamford with their son Lt (jg) George Ray Kinney of Corpus Christi and his fiancée Miss And Rapp of Cleburne visited Mrs Hattie M Clark Mrs Kinney’s mother here over the weekend
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