Pioneers and Indians Parade Opens Comanche Round-Up
Comanche prepares the largest parade in its history to open the First Round-Up honoring the town's 70th anniversary. The event features the Old Gray Mare Band five hundred Brownwood citizens and 45 Comanche Indians in full war dress. War dances, flags, and a half mile parade route begin at 10 a.m. Friday August 1st.
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Comanche
Brownwood
de Leon
Texas
Confederacy
Ho Koa Bitty
Baptists To Hold 57th Association Meeting
The 57th annual Comanche County Baptist Association gathering will be at Sidney church on August 29 to 31. Moderator T N Carter announces W D Starkie as Clerk William Reese as Treasurer J N Campbell as Corresponding Secretary. Sessions run daily with meals on the grounds and speakers from the county and state.
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Comanche County Baptist Association
Sidney
T. N. Carter
W. D. Starkie
William Reese
J. N. Campbell
Reese
Bowers kin visit Brownfield sister in Sweetwater trip
C C Bowers and brother T J Bowers visit their sister Mrs F J Headstream of Brown field. L E Easley wife and son L E Easley Jr accompany them to Sweetwater.
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Cc. C. Bowers
T. J. Bowers
F. J. Headstream
Brownfield
L. E. Easley
L. E. Easley Jr
Sweetwater
Arrest at Comanche Home Yields Liquor Charges
Deputies seized 171 bottles of alleged beer and 12 gallons in a boiler plus a copper ice box during a raid on J. D. Meyers residence in Comanche. Meyers was arrested and jailed with a $500 bond after alleged liquor sales were reported. Sheriff J. T. Gilbreath led the raid with E. H. Little J. W. Ash and W. A. Pate assisting.
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J. D. Meyers
Comanche
J. T. Gilbreath
E. H. Little
J. W. Ash
W. A. Pate
Square Dange Opens Round-Up Event in Comanche
Hundreds of miles from Comanche will converge for a Thursday evening old fashioned square dance on the north side of the square from 8 to 12. The event features frontier dress, era music, and prizes for best callers and fiddlers, with a frontier saloon setting and roping off streets by city permit.
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Comanche
West Texas Cowboys
Mr. Hoffman
Three County and State Races in Saturday Runoff
The Saturday runoff will decide three county commissioner seats, three county positions, one state race, and two district contests. Oklahoma Carroll, Callaway, Lee, Connally and Mayfield draw statewide attention while local races name two sets for County Judge, Sheriff, Tax Assessor and Commissioners in Precincts 1 2 and 3.
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Oscar Callaway
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Tom Connally
Earle B. Mayfield
W.’. House
H. L. Stewart
J., T. Gilbreath
Yollie Jackson
Co. M. Edmondson
George Goosby
Geo. McKinzie
Tom Patton
Aaron Ward
Lee Morris
Grady Howell
F. T. Brandt
Clancy to Judge Manitowoc Manche Round Up Despite Busy Schedule
National rodeo figure Clancy will judge and announce at the Manche Round-Up on August 31 and September 1. Cowboys and Ranger Capt. Tom Hickman plan to attend to judge riding if their duties permit, with Major General Ernest Hinds signaling possible attendance.
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Clancy
Canal
United States
Fort Worth
Tom Hickman
Hickman
London
Ernest Hinds
Fort Sill
Hames Show To Feature At Round Up In Comanche
The Bill Hames carnival company, famed in the South for state fairs and expositions, will arrive in Comanche Monday before the Round-Up. Hill Hames, a top carnival man, leads a lineup with thrills and concessions including a miniature train ferris wheel merry go round scenic railway and a topsy turvy house for children.
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Bill Hames
Carnival Company
Comanche
Hill Hames
South
Hoffman
Miss Jewell Taylor Returns From Ft Worth Visit
Miss Jewell Taylor comes home Saturday after a two week visit in Ft Worth.
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Jewell Taylor
Ft. Worth
Brand Stand for Huge Crowds at Round-Up Park
Workmen began construction at the Ball Park to prepare for a major Round-Up event in Texas. The plan includes a 3 500 seat grandstand on the north side and bleachers on the south. An arena will allow full visibility of performances with separation of riders from spectators. Cowboys horses chutes and pens will be on the north. Ground work will be finished by opening day with the carnival area cleared east of the park.
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Ball Park
Texas
Special Parking Rules Announced for Round-Up Parade
City Marshall W. A. Pate orders parking restrictions around the public square. Cars must be off the north side by 7 p.m. Thursday for the square dance, and none may park after 8 a.m. Friday for the parade. No parking after 9 p.m. Friday on the north side due to the street dance.
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W. A. Pate
Comanche Round-Up to Draw 15 000 to 20 000 Daily Visitors
Frank Hoffman announces the Comanche Round-Up will attract fifteen to twenty thousand visitors daily, with inquiries reaching from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. Mayor Eanes says the town will welcome all, treating the event as a major homecoming reunion with Night Rodeo performances.
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Comanche
Frank Hoffman
Hoffman
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Comanche County
Texas
Southwest
Ft. Worth
First Bales Here Thursday Arrive in Comanche
Two first bales of cotton arrived within an hour in Comanche on Thursday August 23. E. Davis delivered a 370 pound bale raised on 4 acres inside the city, then D L Hall from near Sidney delivered a 476 pound bale. Both bales were ginned at the Red Gin and neither was sold.
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Comanche
E. Davis
D. L. Hall
Sidney
Football Schedule Outlined for Local School Season
Opening of school nears and Indian camp activity signal a ready squad for football. George Burns arrives to organize preseason training with at least eight letter men and several recruits expected to join. Key players include Everett Gustine Morris Greer Mehaffey King Meyers Wetzel Dod son Johnson Dutton Er ert. Schedule lists seven games with Breckenridge Rising Star Dublin Gorman Stephenville Brownwood De Leon and open dates. Mr and Mrs Jones and two children visiting from Sabinas, Jones having moved from Comanche county to West Texas in 1900.
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George Burns
Argyle Everett
Gustine
S. L
Doc) Morris
Albert
Tobe) Greer
Andrew Mehaffey
Jeff King
Marshal
Gus) Meyers
Ogden
Pig) Wetzel
Eugene Dodson
Mackey Johnson
Elmo Dutton
Jess Emert
de Leon
Brownwood
Breckenridge
Rising Star
Comanche
Dublin
Gorman
Stephenville
de de Leon
Comanche Hosts 70th Round-Up With Old Gray Mare Band
Brownwood citizens join the world famous Old Gray Mare Band in the Frontiersmen parade on August 31 as Comanche celebrates its 70th anniversary. The two day event includes rodeos, square and round dances, tribal ceremonies, and competitions with over $2000 in prizes.
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Brownwood
Comanche
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
America
Comanche County
Old Cora
Gomianche
Barton 10 Accompany Indians Direct From Fair
Homer Shanks endorses Callaway in the race for Congress praising him as clean upright and honorable with broad local support. Indian visitors led by Ho Kon Hitty arrive in Comanche for the First Annual Round-Up drawing crowds and historic ties to the area.
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Barton
Callaway
Bette
Congress
Homer Shanks
Jatve Terham
Craterville Park
Ho Kon Hitty
Comanche
Barten
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