Wigginbothams and Related Funeral Home History Noted
Historical notes describe Higginbothams sales of its undertaking department in 1999 to Comanche Funeral Home with Porter Franks as manager. The firm built a Clarke Capital stock and modernized facilities by 1948. Two notable fires affected Comanche stores in 1929 and 1927, with insurance covering losses. The text credit Higginbothams with regional impact and local welfare via a service-focused company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Sones
Brady
Don Ferguson
Hamilton
Comanche Funeral Home
Higginbothams
Comanche
Porter Franks
Higginbotham Burial Association
Neely, Harris
Ningham Co
Ono
West Texas
Ek Et Gants Eek
Angora Goat Sale Slated in Goldthwaite
Central Texas Angora Goat Breeders Association will hold its seventh annual show and sale next Saturday August 31 at the Goldthwaite show barns. Auction features 9 bucks and 40 does selected for the offering. Members span Mills Comanche Coryell Lampasas and San Saba counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldthwaite
Ave
Central
Underground Telephone Network Expands Between Comanche Areas
Construction began in spring 1962 burying 50 lines from the dial office in Hasse to Proctor below the Proctor Lake project. The current project, 50 percent complete in Proctor Lake, costs 20000 dollars to replace aerial wiring on government property and meet five year growth. A New Circuits Agreement between Cooperative and General Telephone Company mandates replacement of free service trunks between Comanche Newburg and Comanche Hasse with new equipment to improve maintenance and long distance to Cisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial
Hasse
Proctor
Proctor Lake
Cooperative
General Telephone Company
Comanche- Newburg
Comanche-Hasse
Comanche- Hasse - Proctor
Cisco
Comanche Dairy Day Brings Area Experts Together
Comanche residents attend Dairy Day with district agent R. G. Burwell and dairy specialist Joel Hillin from TEA joined by Dr. Curtis Richardson and Jimmy Davis of Texas A&M. The event is hosted by the Milk Producers Association in cooperation with the Brown County Agricultural Extension Service.
Livestock Association Banquet Highlights Eradication Efforts
About 225 people attended the Comanche County Livestock Association banquet at Lake Eanes Park Tuesday night August 20. Dr. James B. Henderson, Coleman veterinarian, reviewed the Screwworm Eradication program and urged producers to monitor livestock closely through the fall to prevent worm outbreaks. He also discussed a new Market Test program and announced a weigh-in event for September 14 at Gore Bros. scales. Rev. E. N. Strother suffered a heart attack and is reported hospitalized in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Dickson, JR
Comanche County Livestock Association
Lake Eanes Park
James B. Henderson
Coleman
Henderson
Gemanche County
Gore Bros
Homecoming Set At Soda Springs
An August 31 homecoming will be held at the Community Center formerly the Soda Springs school. An old fashioned stew will be served at noon. Former residents and community members are invited to attend with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soda Springs
Foreign Students Visit Comanche County From Texas A&M
Twelve Pakistan and three Tunisian graduate students from Texas A&M University will tour Comanche County on Monday August 26 and Tuesday to study local agriculture and community activities. They pursue Masters degrees and aim to join agricultural colleges as professionals in agronomy veterinary medicine animal husbandry and related fields. The group will arrive in two station wagon buses and speak Singlish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Dickson
Pakistan
Texas A&m University
Comanche County
A&m
Ives OY Geis O'Neal
George Luccon
Pakisstan
Ali
Bullbull
Sunday School Attendance Across Area Churches
A list of Sunday school counts from multiple churches including Beattle Baptist 26 Beard Church 20 Aches BEM 18 Church of Christ ie teen Chae ot Ce os De Leon Church of God 17 De Leon First 310 De Leon First 126 De Leon Northside Baptist De Leon United Pentecostal 25 East Side Baptist 78 First Baptist First Methodist 163 First Freewill Baptist 25 Emmanuel Baptist 16 Hasse Baptist 2 Hasse Revival Center 37 Liberty Freewill Baptist 77 Gap Baptist 42 Mt. Pleasant Baptist 36 Pettit Baptist 20 Priddy Zion Letheran 100 Baptist with it 23 Proctor Methodist 29 Sidney Baptist 45 Sidney Methodist South Corperas Baptist 15 Baptist is Taylor Chavel Methodist 38 United Pen 78 Baptist 15 Zion Hill Baptist Sipe Springs Baptist 20 Baggett Creek 19 over 2,722 total Here From Fort Worth Mr and Mrs Mike Carson and day for a three days visit Mrs Carson and Mrs Cobb are sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattle Baptist
Beard Church
Church of Christ
de Leon Church of God
de Leon First
de Leon Northside Baptist de Leon United Pentecostal
East Side Baptist
First Baptist First Methodist
First Freewill Baptist
First Presbyterian
Gustine Methodist
Emmanuel Baptist
Hasse Baptist
Hasse Revival Center
Liberty Freewill Baptist
Gap Baptist
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Pettit Baptist
Priddy Zion Letheran
Baptist
Proctor Methodist
Sidney Baptist Ee Goa
Sidney Methodist
South Corperas Baptist
Taylor Chavel Methodist
United Pen
Zion Hill Baptist
Sipe Springs Baptist
Baggett Creek
Sidney Seniors Of 21 Years Ago Meet
Eleven members of the 1942 Sidney High School senior class and families gathered on the Sidney school campus for their fourth reunion. Highlights included a visit by Mabel Hall who began 7 of the 11 students’ education 32 years earlier and a barbecue lunch for about 36 people. The group planned to meet again in 1966 for their fifth reunion in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Sidney
Mabel Hall
Joe Harris
Naomi Clark
Houston
Henry Klingler
Martha Stewart
Sons
Austin
C. E. Merzpacher
Katheryn Allen
Charles Gause
Wynell Andress
la Mesa
California
Gaylan Cagle
Gaylan and
Joy
Kenneth Tidmore
Comanche
Loel Dene Cox
Bill Ripley
Odessa
Billy Ray LaRoque
San Antonio
J. D. Scott
Brownwood
Carl Stewart
Ed Andress
Jeane
Fort
Lama Ake
Ebed Kloey
An .d Ritzie
Jones and Son
Stephenville
Amarillo Doctor Sentenced for Tax Agency Incident
Dr. Harvey K. Jackson of Amarillo was sentenced by Judge Joe Dooley to 186 months in prison with six months to serve and a two year probation. He was fined 500 dollars and released on a 2000 dollar bond after appeal. He had previously placed three Internal Revenue Officers under citizen's arrest at his office in August 1962 during delinquent tax collection. The case arose from a May 1963 indictment in Lubbock and a June 28 1963 verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dooley
Amarillo
Harvey K. Jackson
Dr. Jackson
Internal Revenue
Lubbock
Las Vegas Visit By Spivey Family Shared With Relatives
Mrs Ada Spivey and sister Mrs Ernest Hughes with Mr Hughes visited Las Vegas for a week to see Mrs Ethel Gates the former Dorothy Spivey. Dallas Week-End E. W. Greaton spent the end in Dallas supervising while his daughter Will Howard visited his daughter Jennifer and her parents in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Ada Spivey
Ernest Hughes
Hughes
Ethel Gates
Dorothy Spivey
Dallas
E. W. Greaton Spene
Will Howard
Jennifer
Mississippi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wigginbotham
Angora
SIX Flags
Texas
Sheaffer
Lipper
Durham
Livestock Assn
Strother
E. N. Strother
Carney
Witer
CESS
Sid Jr
Debbie
Mar- Seed Ee Eee
Fort Worth
Mike Carson
Mrs. Carson
Mrs. Cobb
MOBIL
East Central
Comanche. League
Lola
Brownwood Hiway
Don Feist
Gray Jolink
Yolink
Gelasil
Reg
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