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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1959
Page
1
Manager Jim confirms John Wayne stars in the new Western picture at the Majestic. The ad notes BERK hardware savings and prepares a bold full take campaign for the August practice opening and related events.
A clipped word fragment records a note about McElroy Mee weighing 7 units. The legible portion shows only the name and a small quantity without context or full details.
Comanche County Livestock Association schedules its annual meeting and barbecue for Friday night August 21 at Lake Eanes Park with a 7:30 pm business session and a follow up program on insecticide use in cattle. The Twenty Fifth Annual Junior Livestock Show is set for January 22 23 1960 with new divisions in Beef Heifers Dairy Heifers and Breeding Sheep and Goats. New deputy sheriff M T Fox will take the post in Comanche County after three years as Dublin chief of police and a prior Erath County deputy.
B L Gore of Fort Worth, newly elected Polish teacher at Comanche High School, resigned last weekend. Superintendent Fletcher says the district seeks a suitable replacement as the staff of 47 teachers remains complete after Gore's departure.
Mills County Clerk accepts petition on September 6 for an option election in Priddy to allow off premises sale of alcoholic beverages. Priddy, 18 miles south on Highway 16 near the county line, has been dry since 1908.
Lake Eanes Park hosts the Comanche County Old Settlers Annual Reunion on Friday August 14 with a 10 am program, basket dinner at noon, free meat bread and drinks, and a singing feature directed by Charley Marshall. New highway patrolman David O Coffee joins station with W H Long. family resides at Williams Apt Petsick Addition.
John W Morrison 91 longtime De Leon area resident died Monday in a Dublin hospital He lived near Woodson before moving to Comanche County Survived by his widow a son Billy Morrison of Arkansas and a daughter Mrs Cleo Cox of Houston
Comanche High announces student registration days starting August 17 for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen with 8 am start times. Lists of courses from spring are used to finalize schedules and changes are limited. Attendance and credit minimums are specified, with staff assignments for each day and junior high registration on August 28 at 1 pm.
About 50 to 60 Comanche High grid hopefuls report Monday to the new four-man coaching staff for opening 59 season workouts on a twice daily schedule. Led by Robert E. Lee the staff includes James Moffett and others as the Indians prepare for a Sept 4 opener at Santa Anna.
The Comanche County Dairy Association will hold its annual meeting at Lake Eanes Park on night, August 18, beginning at 8 o'clock. An old fashioned stew is to be served and all dairymen and their families are urged to attend. Porter Franks is program chairman with a fun and entertainment program. Local notices also mention a freewill offering at the First Church in Comanche.
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