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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1959
Page
1
Area shoppers are urged to visit GANDRAN floor Furniture and McCULLOUGH for a holiday sale. The notice touts 24x45 wool rugs and mattresses for 69c, two regular baskets for 2008, and other dollar wide specials extending through the weekend at Comanche Center.
Ben Doyle Sudderth, 27, Comanche lawyer and Texas Legislature member, will run for County Attorney and not seek re election as State Representative. Serving a second term from Comanche along with Mills and Brown counties, he holds UT Law School degree 1956 and a Howard Payne BA 1954. He and wife have two children and live at 707 North Elm. He will issue a formal statement later.
John King, retired Chief Petty Officer from the U S Navy, is named Comanche County Service Officer succeeding Jimmy Blanton who resigned to farm in Sidney. King, 105 W Cedar in Comanche, will aid servicemen with problems. office on second floor of the courthouse. He serves De Leon Tuesdays and Fridays and is a veteran of World Wars I and II and the Korean War with multiple medals.
Michael Ratliff, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Ratliff, is stricken with leukemia and being rushed from Germany to the United States. The family, in Germany nine months, will arrive Friday at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wilson and Mrs. Cora Ratliff of Comanche.
Civ will hold a rummage sale Saturday December 5 at the high school library from 8 am to 4 pm. There will be many fine bargains and everyone is invited to attend.
Fred Curry 52 a Comanche High School girls basketball coach and math teacher was seriously injured in a motor accident near Milano Milam County on November 25 at 6 20 pm. He was en route to see his wife and son at Texas A&M College when a Bob tailed truck driven by Jessie Whited from Caldwell pulled onto the highway from a farm to market road causing a collision. Curry sustained multiple injuries including fractures to the left arm leg pelvis a punctured lung and broken ribs. He was treated at Caldwell Good Health Hospital then moved to a local hospital where surgery on the pelvis may be needed. His return to work will be delayed at least two months. Mrs Curry and church members are at the hospital with him. Whited had no insurance. The family learned of the accident around 9 30 pm. Congressman Omar Burleson and Mrs Burleson visited Comanche Monday.
Comanche prepares for Santa Day on Wednesday December 16 with a 12 45 start and a 2 00 parade. Old Santa arrives on a fire truck escorted by the high school band directed by Jack King. A 2 10 2 30 Christmas concert and a 2 30 cash and merchandise prize drawing await crowds. About 50 chamber members aid the event with free candy for kids. Shoppers are told to expect special bargains next Monday as local merchants promote the season.
The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Christmas Decoration Contest for Civic and Community Clubs on the square with prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars. Last year winners included Stag Creek Community Club ESA sorority and Newbury. A separate $10 prize honors the Comanche merchant with the best decor show window. Directors decided not to sponsor a home decoration contest this year and reaffirmed December 25 as the main holiday with some merchants observing December 25 26 on a voluntary basis.
S H Fletcher superintendent of Comanche schools and Rowland of Kon joined local educators at the State Teachers Convention in San Antonio last week. Delegates approved changes to improve Texas public schools and backed higher teacher salaries to retain and recruit teachers amid a looming shortage.
The Comanche Lions Club will stage its annual Christmas program next Tuesday at 6 30 pm with 49 Christmas dinner served. The Religious Activity Committee led by J C Wilkerson, aided by Minister Tilden McFerrin and Dr Baxter Greer, will arrange decor and speakers. Dr and Mrs Greer will decorate and Minister McFerrin will speak ten minutes with Junior High girls providing Christmas music. The December 22 meeting will not be held due to holidays and a good dinner and short program is promised.
Polly Cox displays an artist sketch of a proposed 2200 addition to the Comanche County Livestock Association Showbarn in Comanche. At a recent meeting members approved the plan and set a goal of 180 memberships and volunteer labor by January 10 to finish in time for the January 30 Junior Livestock Show. Committee members include Clemons chair and Caraway finance, with community reps from Comanche and nearby towns. Members are urged to contact the finance committee between December 4 and 8 to pledge memberships or a day of work. The plan calls for a 35 by 120 foot pole type addition with concrete walks behind the livestock rows.
The Comanche Invitation Basketball Tournament began Tuesday with both boys and girls divisions in action. Gustine and Comanche girls delivered a thriller as Gustine edged Comanche 46 45 on a 40 foot buzzer beater by Linda McCarty. Comanche led 45 44 in the final seconds before the shot.
T. G. Frick, salesman for Sartor Bros. and Foord Tractor and Implement, will receive charter membership in the Ford Tractor and Equipment Salesmen's Club for outstanding sales achievements. The Awards Dinner occurs at the Elite Cafe in Waco at 6 30 p.m. on Dec. 4. Mrs. Ruby Barton and Miss Lillian Durham were Fort Worth visitors Saturday.
Tarleton State College lists Peggy Jean Godfrey a sophomore Home Economics student from Comanche on the first nine weeks B honor roll. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Godfrey Route 1.
Friends of Comanche High School teacher and coach Fred Curry opened The Fred Curry Appreciation Fund at Comanche Banks after his Thanksgiving Eve accident. Deposits of any size are welcomed to support the hospitalized educator during his indefinite absence.
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