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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
3
Rain improves conditions for peanut crops and grasslands across Comanche County as farmers hope for a second shower in two weeks. Front page notes school calendar changes, tax funding debates, and a planned new retail business to replace the A P store on the square as De Leon Peach and Melon Festival activity continues.
A Brown County social security representative visits Comanche county courthouse next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon to discuss 130 new benefit applications and 557 contacts about address changes and work inquiries. February has five Sundays about three times per century.
The Comanche Chamber of Commerce urges residents to beware of traveling salesmen and fake repairmen. It warns the chamber does not license or introduce peddlers and advocates reporting complaints to the Better Business Bureau or to the chamber, stressing support for local merchants.
The Massingill family expresses sincere thanks and gratitude for the kindness and sympathy received. They acknowledge the readers as special to them through the years and ask for God’s blessing. Signed by George Dixie Dudley Dan Aaron and Doris Massingill.
Fresh pineapple shows a low energy content with about 20 calories per pound. This makes it a light fruit option for diets.
The Comanche Diamondback Club will debut at the De Leon Peach and Melon Festival with two booths at 8:00 each night this week. One booth features non poisonous snakes like bullsnakes hog noses and rat snakes while the other shows poisonous species and demonstrations by male members. The club has 31 members and invites new joiners.
Comanche County 4 H Council members and leaders toured Aquarena Springs on July 29. The group visited the state capitol, underwater show, glass bottom boats, Swiss sky ride, Texana village, and an old grist mill before returning home in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Decker visited El Paso to see their daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Frank Power. The trip included White Sands Ruidoso and Cloudcroft in New Mexico for sightseeing.
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