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Comanche Chief in Comanche, Texas

13 Aug 1965

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Comanche Chief

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Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1965

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2

The Comanche Chief Notes De Leon Parade and Local History

The paper recalls De Leon’s Peach and Melon Festival parade with an elephant, multiple bands, and floats, praising the 50 year organization. It marks the editor’s 79th birthday and long tenure in Comanche since 1912, plus a historical piece on Knob Texas a ghost hamlet in Parker County and the Wilkerson Summerville general store from 1891 onward.

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J. C. Wilkerson WM. B. Wilkerson James Wilkerson Asoc Comanche County Dublin German Blanket Carbon Texas Comanche de Leon Elie K. Wilkerson Knob Parker County James West Wilkerson Robert Gabrial Jones W. A. Greenup Survey Josiah Eliza Summerville Josiah Summervilles Reno Briar Wise County Jim W. Wilkerson Summervilles W. A. Greenup Imogene Puryear Jim Wilkerson Twin Oaks Graves County Kentucky Jim Fort Worth Debo Summerville Wilkerson W. D. Smith J. W. Wilkerson
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Stamp Winners and Knob's 19th Century Growth tale

Wayne Power won 2000 stamps and Mrs. F. B. Monk 1000 while Dorothy Gryder took 750 in a Saturday drawing. The narrative then tracks Knob’s rise around 1900 with Jim Wilkerson's generous credit system, Debo Summerville’s stores, new houses and shops, and local figures like John A. Burns, John Green, Joe Young, and Dr. J. Carroll Bennett shaping the community.

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Wayne Power F. B. Monk Dorothy Gryder
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