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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1964
Page
12
Two thousand Texas Future Farmers and 4.H Club members will showcase 2500 market and purebred breeding animals during October 21 to 24 at the 1964 State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Sgt. and Mrs. John H. Coulter and their son Greg of Clinton Sherman AFB Oklahoma visit in Comanche with Mr. and Mrs. O M Coulter and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bass during a family gathering in the community.
Angu s Dickson Jr reports 225 people attended the Comanche County Livestock Association barbecue on Friday night August 14 at Lake Eanes Park. Curly Hays West Texas Utilities urged pride in heritage and noted a 30 day world food supply. He praised youth as the greatest Texas crop and called for Christian ideals. Gayle McCullough chaired the meeting.
The De Leon Methodist church held a homecoming service on Sunday August 9 at 11:00 am with a basket lunch in the basement. Groundbreaking followed at the site of a proposed new building, officiated by Rev. John Basham and others, with Dr. Wallace J. Shelton leading the ground breaking. Construction is to begin immediately.
Comanche lost two families last week to Corpus Christi and one to Dallas. Address changes to Corpus Christi were Ray Smith and Cecil Hoogendorn. F. T. Roundtree had his Chief changed to Dallas. Forty-three others subscribed or renewed. From out of state were J. B. Chambers and Charles Bova in California and South San Gabriel respectively.
The notice lists numerous subscribers from Abilene Dallas Houston Lubbock and other Texas cities renewing or joining the paper. A separate sale advertises fat turkeys from the Junior Market Turkey Show to be sold at 10 a.m. on Wednesday Oct 14 at the 1964 State Fair.
The Fair of Texas in Dallas will showcase Hackney ponies and American saddlebred horses among five and three gaited saddle horses and fine harness classes. Shetland ponies will also perform, with walking horse displays planned across October 9 to 13.
Public notice announces Senate Joint Resolution No. 10 proposing a constitutional amendment to Section 51a-2 Article III to authorize the legislature to fund medical care payments for needy Texans aged 65 and over not on Old Age Assistance. It details funding limitations, U.S. government aid acceptance, vision care provisions, election timing, and ballot wording for the November 1964 general election.
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