Carter Family Holds Reunion on F B Carters Farm
The Carter family gathered for their annual reunion on August 2 at F B Carters farm two miles west of Proctor. A good crowd enjoyed lunch under pecan shade with games and conversation. Six visitors attended. two marriages two births and one death were reported. next year’s reunion is set for the first Sunday in August at the same place. Attendees from here joined a De Leon singing event Sunday afternoon.
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Carter
F. B. Carter
Proctor
Spanish Club Sells Rummage This Saturday at CHS
The Comanche High School Spanish Club sponsors a rummage sale Saturday August 29 in the McDonald Building on the east side of the square. Mrs. J E Lightfoot club sponsor says buyers will find real bargains and good selections of clothing and other items.
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Comanche High School
McDonald Building
J. E. Lightfoot
De Leon Band Director Resigns for Grosbeck Post
Herman Bond resigns as De Leon School Band director after one year to accept a similar role at Grosbeck. Ernest Repass will replace him. a Levelland High School and TCU graduate, he is presently in the U. S. Army at Fort Sill awaiting discharge in September. Grady Terrill of De Leon moves to Levelland to take charge of his Ford business, with Mrs. Terrill and their children joining soon.
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Herman Bond
de Leon
Grosbeck
Mr Bond
Ernest Repass
Levelland High School
TCU
U. S. Army
Fort Sill
Terrell
Levell
Grady Terrill
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Levelland
Milk sales rise in Central West Texas July 1953
Average daily Class I milk sales in the Central West Texas Marketing Area rose 6.77 percent or 16 346 pounds in July 1953 over June, per Byford W. Bain market administrator. Total daily sales reached 257 911 pounds. 551 producers delivered milk in July. Despite the July uptick overall 6 month decline stood at 12.07 percent from January's peak.
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West Texas
Byford W. Bain
West
Texas
Galveston Students Louise Biggs and Betty Moore Visited Home
Miss Louise Biggs and her roommate Miss Betty Moore of Galveston were home for the weekend to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Biggs. Both are students at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Miss Moore’s hometown is Huntsville.
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Galveston
Louise Biggs
Betty Moore
J. C. Biggs
John Sealey Hospital
Miss Moore
Huntsville
Board of Controls spends sixty million dollars yearly
Senator Crawford C Martin notes the Board of Control spends about sixty million dollars annually on state needs from toothbrushes to school buses. He explains the three member, governor-appointed panel causes policy and administration conflicts. Also mentions Mrs A E Rambo's discharge from Dublin Hospital with a positive recovery.
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Board of Controls
Birth of Danny Mike Chapman in Germany Hospital
Pfc and Mrs X L Chapman announce the birth of a son Danny Mike on Saturday August 22 at the German Hospital. He weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. The family lives at 1002 West Payne Comanche. Chapmans’ son serves in the Army with American forces in Korea. Danny Mike is the maternal grandson of Mr and Mrs J A Steele Comanche and Mrs J C Huddleston, with Sidney as the paternal grandmother.
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Pfc
X. L. Chapman
Danny Mike
Chapman
West Payne, Comanche
Korea
J. A. Steele
Comanche
J. C. Huddleston
Sidney
Sartor's Dry Cleaners Ad Cites Service Claim
An old classified style notice invites customers to try Sartor's Dry Cleaners at South Side Square promising thorough cleaning and full effort to please customers.
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Sartor’s Dry Cleaners
South Side Square
Castor Beean Plant to Open in Cross Plains
The Pacific Vegetable Oil Corporation of San Francisco will open a castor bean hulling plant in Cross Plains in September, per the Cross Plains paper. Local farmers in the area are increasingly growing castor beans.
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Cross Plains
The
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corporation of
San Francisco
Birth of Mickey Dwayne Jackson in Comanche area
Mr and Mrs Reuben Jackson announce the birth of a son Mickey Dwayne at a German hospital on August 13, weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces. Mr and Mrs R V Scott of Pottsville visited Mr and Mrs Fred Curry on Sunday afternoon.
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Reuben Jackson
Cott
Route 2
Comanche
Mickey Dwayne
R. V. Scott
Pottsville
Fred Curry
May Masons to Dedicate New Building
A two story concrete block Masonic Building replaces a frame building destroyed by fire earlier this year. Dedication is planned for September with Comanche Masons invited. Part of the lower floor houses the May Post Office.
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May
Here From Houston Visitors Reach Family in Texas
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Black and three sons of Houston are here to visit his mother Mrs. R. T. Black and his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. E. Fagan.
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Houston
F. M. Black
R. T. Black
E. & Fagan
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Middleton
Hackie Les Dillard
Joe Langley
C. C., Nance
Gerald Langley
Russell Nance
Willie
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Harrold Flemins
J. A. Caplein
Amarillo
Austin
Crawford C Martin
A. E. Rambo
Dublin Hospital
Cory
AMEL
Chartre
Cook
Good Housekeeping
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Rapidny
Knick-Kracks Toys
Handy
Roller-Koter
Dtone Enamel
MAY Masons
Oan Gwa
W Soho
Fuer
REA
Comanche County
R.E.A
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Venetobe
Sugar Morrison’s Premium
Weiners
Lge
Skinner
Spachetti
Arden Fresh Peas
Blackeyes Or
Crowder
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