Aunt Emmer Lane to Celebrate 100th Birthday
Mrs. T. R. Aunt Emmer Lane will turn 100 on April 28. Open house at 1106 S. Austin from 2 to 6 p.m. April 27 to honor the pioneer, who has eight children, 33 grandchildren, 81 great grandchildren, and 21 great great grandchildren. She is blind for 27 years and has lived in Comanche County most of her life, with deep Baptist ties and a long history of hard work in farming and home care.
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T. R
Emmer) Lane
Nexr
Aupril
S. Austin
J. A
Jim) Lane
Lane
Harris Lane
Proctor
J. A. Lane
Comanche
Tom Lane
Decatur
Lewis Lane
Fabens
Maude Stewart
Quency
California
Ethel Barnhill
Dekalb
Keifer
Claude
Alex
New service station opens on 401 Avenue
A new service station under the Me Station name opened last Friday at 401 Avenue near the R. Gile property. Freddie Ross, associated with the venture, described the station as featuring modern wash and grease facilities and a distinctive red 165 foot drive.
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Freddie Ross
Red
Fred Hall Seeks County Clerk Post in Comanche Primary
Fred Hall, 49, a Comanche County resident and local grocer, announced his candidacy for County Clerk as a Democrat. Born in Sidney, he has run a feed and grocery business in Comanche for 16 years and previously in Sidney from 1936 to 1942. He is married to Lois Faye Masters with two children La Venne and Grady Earl. The Hall family lives in Newburg since 1950. Hall is a Mason and Baptist. He plans to meet residents across the county before the election.
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Fred Hall
Comanche
Hall
Sidney
Comanche County
J. A. Hall
Lois Faye Masters
la Venne
Grady Earl
Newburg
Mr. Hall
Mims and Chaney Plan New Hotel at Ridgeway Site
Dr Roy D Mims and Earl Chaney purchased the Ridgeway Hotel at 2038 S Austin St this week from Fane and Dale Waldrop. They plan to tear down the existing structure and build a modern 15 to 20 room hotel at the site in the near future. Sale price not disclosed.
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Roy D. Mims
Earl Chaney
Ridgeway Hotel
S. Austin St
Fane
Dale Waldrop
Ridgeway
McCULLOUGH JEANES Sale Reopens With New Stock
McCullough Jeans store owners EL TON McCULLOUGH and PAUL JEANES announce continued sale through Saturday with a full stock of sale items after quick sellouts. A new shipment arrives adding more discounted goods for shoppers.
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McCullough-Jeanes
Elton McCullough
Paul Jeanes
Senior Edition Editors Chosen for 1958 CHS Publication
Three CHS seniors Joan Rambo Peggy Godfrey and Polly McCullough are named co editors of the 1958 CHS Senior Edition of The Chief due May 16. Advisors Mrs Lightfoot and Mrs Cox oversee the staff as pictures of the class are featured with news features and senior portraits.
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Comanche High School
Joan Rambo
Brown Rambo
Peggy Godfrey
Jim Godfrey
Polly McCullough
Elton McCullough
Peggy
Polly
CHS
The
Warrior
Joan
Arrowhead
J. E. Lightfoot
Ottie Cox
Comanche High to Host Friday Talent Show
Comanche High School Student Council hosts a student talent show in the CHS auditorium Friday night April 25 at 8. Participants hail from Comanche Sydney and Gustine. Admission is 25 cents for children and adults with no advance tickets.
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Comanche High School
Comanche
Sidney
Gustine
All Day Singing at Rock Bluff Baptist Church May 4
The Rock Bluff Baptist Church hosts an all day singing this Sunday May 4 with singers invited and lunch served at noon. The event invites attendees to join and enjoy performances throughout the day.
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Rock Bluff
Rock Bluff Baptist Church
May Festival of Music by CHS Band at high school
Comanche High School Band will present the forty piece CHS stage band in the May Festival of Music on May 1 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Proceeds benefit the Senior Band Jacket Fund. The program ranges from popular to classical with novelty numbers and features senior band members on saxophone clarinet flute drums and horn.
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Thurston R. Atwood
Comanche High School
CHS
Anita Edmondson
Toni Evridge
Karen Willingham
Bobby Dudley
Wanda Cottrell
Betty Loudermilk
Anne Weekes
Peggy Godfrey
Mary Margaret Edmondson
Jane Matthews
Mrs Barret Improves After Heart Attack At Local Hospital
Mrs Walter Barret is reported improving after a heart attack on Monday. She remains in the local hospital and expects to return home at 601 W Grand within a few days.
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Walter Barret
Barret
W. Grand
Spring Round-Up Aims To Prepare Next Year’s Beginners
Comanche J B Layne Elementary hosts a Spring Round-Up for parents of future first graders on Friday May 2 from 9:00 to 11:30. Parents meet the superintendent principal and school nurse, tour the lunchroom and first grade rooms, and learn how to prepare for the next school year.
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J. B. Layne
J. Blayne Elementary
P T Galiga Elected Principal At Hillsboro
P T Galiga veteran coach and football leader resigns as head coach at Killeen High School to accept the principalship of Hillsboro High School. He previously led Comanche Hillsboro and Killeen teams to district titles each year and twice to finals. Mrs. Galiga is elected as a Hillsboro teacher.
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P. T. Galiga
Comanche High School
Killeen High School
Hills- 7070
Galiga
Hillsboro
Comanche
Killeen
Kochs Announce Birth Of Daughter In Brownwood Hospital
Mr and Mrs Herbert E Koch of Comanche announce the birth of a daughter at a Brownwood hospital at 2 a m on April 21. This is the couple’s first child.
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Kochs
Herbert E. Koch
10Th St
Comanche
Brownwood Hospital
Deadline for Candidate Filing in Comanche County
Monday May 5 is the final date to file for Democratic primaries in Comanche County. Charles Carter, chair of the county Democratic Executive Committee, warns candidates to submit formal applications to appear on the ballot. Filing fees are due before the third Monday in May, with primary costs allocated by the committee on the second Monday in May.
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Charles Carter
Comanche County
Democratic Executive Committee
Carter
Democratic
Denny’s
Comanche
W C Cauley retires after 39 years with Higginbothams
W C Bud Cauley of Comanche resigns as head of the Men's Furnishings Dept at Higginbothams after 39 years with the firm and nine years with a prior dry goods store. He left due to ill health following a fall and hospitalization in Brownwood. He and Daisy Ewing Cauley celebrated 58 years of marriage last year and have ten children, 14 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.
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W. C
Bud) Cauley
Comanche
Higginbothams
Cauley
Brownwood
William Carter Cauley
Annison
Alabama
Sherman
Texas
Dallas
Daisy Ewing
Baxters
Tat
Higginbotham’s
Octo
Comancheans In Arthur Godfrey Talent Contest
The Lionettes trio and Sweethearts of the Comanche Lions Club audition Thursday in Dallas for the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout program at KRLD studios. Mark Russell of New York oversees auditions. Benny Mayo, Comanche Junior High Coach, also competes after singing on Monday. Tape recordings will be judged in St. Louis with results due in about three weeks.
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Lionettes
Comanche
Comanche Lions Club
Dallas
Arthur Godfrey
Mark Russell
New York
KRLD
Jayne Harper
Benny Mayo
Mayo
St. Louis
Dr Russell Lane Visits Parents in New Mexico
Dr Russell Lane of Silver City New Mexico visited this week to see his parents Dr and Mrs J O Lane.
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New Mexico
Russell Lane
Silver City
J. O. Lane
Local Scholars Sweep Regional Speaking Honors
Martha Chilton and John Gleaton won two first places at the Interregional Rerinnal Meet held near Brownwood. Chilton took Girl's Extemporaneous Speaking and Gleaton won Senior Boy's Declamations. Both advance to the State meet in Austin in May.
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Creath Davis
Comanche
Jimmy Vaughtner
Haskell
Glenda Walker
Nancy Benson
Winters
Bob Slider
James Hamilton
Martha Chilton
John Gleaton
Brownwosd Jatt
Maieage Tor
Chilton
E. W. Gleaton
Miss Chilton
Gleaton
Austin
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Iburger
UISE
Junior
Ayson
de Leon
MR. Gray
Emmer Lane
Knnest
West Texas Arthur
Aunt Emmer) Lane
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Plan New Hotel
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McCullough
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Olton
Lamb County
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University of Texas
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Chamber of Commerce
Comanche United Fund Drive
District 11 Teachers Association
Methodist Church
C. D. Swearengin
Harpers
Joe W. Harper
P.T. Galiga
W.C. Cauley
Ber
Jack Cauley
Fort Worth
U. S
Troy Cauley
University of Indiana
Joe Tupin
Gaynelle Cauley
Porter Franks
William Cauley
Lubbock
Harry Mark
Buzz) Cauley
Harlie Neel
Waco
Quinton Cauley
Big Spring
Catherine Evridge
Arthur Godfery
Fred W. Schrader
Mach Models
Lake Eanes
Schrader
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