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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1961
Page
1
The page highlights school supply drives at two Comanche schools with openings for parents and teachers. It notes a nurse’s week event at a nursery school, lists home schedules and prices for season games, and mentions a sheriff sale at Southwest Gas Company with a bargain dig sale including coats and tubing.
Comanche County Farm Bureau will hold its annual picnic on Thursday night August 31 at 7:00 at Lake Eanes Park. Members and prospective members are urged to attend, bring a basket lunch and drinks, bread and ice provided. Speaker guests include George McKinney of Dallas with Texas Power and Light Public Relations and B J Gist from Abilene.
William Bill Willman 29 joins the Comanche Work Unit of the Soil Conservation Service here. He is a Mason County native and SWST Teachers College agriculture graduate who will develop plans and applications, replacing Henry Gregory who now leads the Albany unit. The Comanche staff includes John Simpson and Whit Jarratt. The Willmans reside at 205 West College with their 2 year old daughter Sara Ann and attend the Methodist Church.
Curtis W. Shorty Davis, a Comanche wholesale tobacco salesman, showed some improvement but remains on the critical list at Berg Veterans Hospital in Temple. He has polysistic kidney illness and is in Ward A E Room 135. Mrs Chuck Bettis, mother of Mrs Oswell Brightman, was seriously ill while visiting Pecos.
Blackwood announces Flannery joins the Wood Hospital staff in Worth. He will practice medicine at the Blackwood Clinic bringing a Master’s degree from Los Angeles and a late University credential.
The Cisco based Bartlett Petroleum Co schedules No. 1 Cooper as a 2,850 foot rotary oil well three percent miles northeast of Sidney in the regular field.
An early morning blaze around 3 am caused about 1200 in damage to the Edward Crews residence on S Lake Rd. Firemen limited damage to furniture and the interior. The Crews family were away. fire likely started in a divan. Insurance carried was 3000 on the house and 2000 on furnishings. Comanche notes a strong fire record and the volunteer department conducts a new drill program.
Farmers in Comanche County are urged to participate in the Community ASC Committee election set for September 12. Ballots will be mailed by September 1, with voting by mail or in person at the Comanche County ASC Office. The committee includes three regular members and two alternates. the chair and vice chair will serve as delegate and alternate delegate to the county convention.
Plans for the Jaycee Coffee Stop over the Labor Day weekend include free coffee cokes and cookies for motorists in Comanche from 8 PM to 4 AM Friday and Monday. Wrecked cars near the square will warn drivers and safety slogans will be posted as part of a Texas Safety Association partnership to reach 200 coffee stops this year and serve about 80 000 cups.
Approximately 2,100 students in Comanche County start the 1961-62 term as Comanche De Leon Gustine and Sidney schools open Monday August 28. Enrollment totals show Comanche 1076 De Leon 699 Gustine 194 Sidney 134.
Judge Bill Allen, presiding judge of the 52nd District and a Hamilton attorney, died in his sleep at Medical Arts Center hospital in Dallas after a brief admission for a checkup. Cause listed as coronary occusation. Funeral set for Friday at Riley Funeral Home Hamilton. survived by wife and three children.
Granbury visitors were Mrs Odell Ormsby and her daughter when they spent Sunday in the city.
Four Comanche Trail Council Scouts join 17 peers at Indiana University Bloomington for the 46th National Conference of the Order of the Arrow. Attending from Comanche are Hank Durham Danny Morris Jerry Norris and Jim Jarratt. The Benton Brownwood group traveled by to Bloomington visiting sites en route and the meeting runs Monday through Thursday. Tom Brightman misses due to vacation in Mexico City with relatives.
A quarantine area stretches southeast and southwest of Comanche covering parts of Hamilton Mills and Brown Counties to halt movement of live stock. Vaccination urged as two state veterinarians assist, with 70 to 80 animal deaths reported within the zone since late July.
Comanche's young squad trains twice daily a week before the opener with the Wastland Mavericks. Only 26 players, including 12 freshmen, are practicing under Coach Roger Oliver and assistants. Harold Perkins is sidelined by a knee injury, while returning lettermen are few. The team scrimmaged the Class A Longhorns at Early, showing hustle and progress.
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