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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1961
Page
1
Fragments describe a busy market scene with vendors and customers at Baxter's store. A brief note mentions ice cream from Red Pood Store and a pickup of items at 12:15 Pridayaf and crew. The text hints at repairs to floors and sales activity while names like Dudley Tom and Jack Gore appear in garbled form.
Moorman Manufacturing plans a 42 acre site in Comanche Texas for a feed concentrate plant to serve the Southwest. E H Wilson president of Moorman and Gyale Pirkle Chamber of Commerce cite highway rail access and local cooperation as factors in the decision. The plant will employ about 20 starting staff, produce Mineral Vitamin blocks and use shipments from Quincy Illinois. Contracts for construction are to be let soon with work starting promptly.
Local utility Hic County Electric has encountered a series of delayed projects in Brownwood this week, affecting planned power upgrades and customer timelines. Officials cited supply issues and weather interruptions.
The 22nd annual Comanche County Electric Cooperative meeting will be Friday night at Indian Memorial Stadium in Comanche. About 2,000 members from seven counties are expected. Registration begins at 7 PM with refreshments and music by Mac Pyburn and his western group. Bob Murphey of Nacogdoches will MC. he is district attorney there. Two new directors to be elected for three-year terms: Archie Boyd and Gayle Isham from Comanche County Place No. 1, Jesse L. Garrett and Don Compton from Shackelford and Callahan Counties Place No. 3. Attendance prizes include a portable TV and various small appliances.
De Leon invites all to the 47th Annual Peach and Melon Festival from August 9 to 12 with a Queen's Revue on August 8 and a street parade at 5 p.m. The festival features gospel singing, Western music, a Braga Sisters appearance, a Cisco group, fiddling Friday, melon slicing, a melon auction, and a square dance culminating in homecoming for former residents.
Donald Flippin, 25, former Colorado City athlete and McMurry College graduate, is named Comanche Junior High coach. He will teach social studies and complete a new four man staff with Roger Oliver, Victor Richardson, and Ray Smith joining as coaches.
Comanche's three of four-man coaching staff head to the 29th annual Texas Coaching School in San Antonio starting Monday. Indian Head Coach Roger Oliver and assistants Vic Richardson and Ray Smith will attend. The Texas All-Star football game is set for Alamo Stadium next Friday night August 11, with the All-Star basketball game the following Thursday. Donald Flippin, the new Junior High coach, will miss due to summer school at McMurry. Practice begins August 15.
Season tickets for the Comanche Indians home football games go on sale Tuesday morning at the Chamber of Commerce office and the high school building. Five home games are scheduled at Indian Memorial Stadium starting September 1 against Eastland Mavericks with other dates including Coleman Bluecats Dublin Lions Richland Waco and Granbury Pirates. Gate price rises to 1.25 with reserved seats at 7.50 for five games sold by the Indian Booster Club and Jaycees.
Comanche County led Central West Texas milk output in May with 2,598,962 pounds of Grade A milk sold to local plants. The county had 51 producers, 11.3 percent of the market, delivering 15 percent of total milk and $123,329.46 in sales. Gore Bros. was the leading Comanche producer with 280 cows yielding about 10,000 pounds.
Dudley Bros Gail Tom and Eltos host the Texas Junior Hereford Association field day Friday Aug 4 at the DB Ranch 2½ miles west of Comanche on US 67 and 377 Around 500 youths and leaders expected The event runs from 9 a m registration to 3 30 p m with judging contests noon barbeque dinner remarks and awards including three team plaques and five individual trophies
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