Alfredo C Rodriquez Awarded Air Medal in Vietnam
Alfredo C Rodriquez, E5, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Estrada of Sidney, has returned from 14 months in Vietnam where he earned his first Oak Leaf Cluster with the Air Medal. He flew in more than twenty five missions, displaying discipline and professionalism in support of combat ground forces.
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Afredo C. Rodriquez
Joe Estrada
Sidney
Vietnam
Alfredo C. Rodriuez
United States Army
Republic of Vietnam
Hostil
Gustine Seniors Present Take It Easy Play
The Gustine Senior Class presents a Thursday at 7:30 performance of Take It Easy in the Gustine High School Auditorium. Admission is 75 cents for high school students and adults and 25 cents for younger students. The cast includes Jenny Kingsbury Shelley Gunter Ronnie Twiner Kenneth Harvick Steve Rowell Micki McCarty Harold Harrison Neva Like David Savage Levi Addock.
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Gustine
Gustine High School
Jenny Kingsbury
Shelley Gunter
Ronnie Twiner
Kenneth Harvick
Steve Rowell
Micki McCarty
Harold Harrison
Neva Like
David Savage
Levi Adcock
Revival Underway At United Pentecostal Church Comanche
Revival services are in progress at the United Pentecostal Church in Comanche. The revival began in December and will continue through the coming weeks with sermons and communal activities.
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United Pentecostal Church
Comanche
Weather report from Proctor Reservoir station
A weather summary released by the Proctor Reservoir Weather Station covers temperatures and humidity for a 24 hour period ending at eight PM.
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Proctor Reservoir
Mexican Dinner at Sacred Heart Church This Sunday
The Sacred Heart Catholic Church hosts its annual Mexican Dinner next Sunday from 5 to 8 PM. Tickets cost adults 1.25 dollars and children 50 cents, with a menu including tomales tacos friales rice chili and more at the church on the north end of Pearl Street.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pearl Street
Evangelist Curtis Spears Leads Local Holiday Services
Sunday December 15 evangelist Curtis Spears of Kountze conducts services with Pastor Wilbur Boone and congregation inviting all area residents to attend each night at 7 30.
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Curtis Spears
Kountze
Wilbur Boone
State National Bank to Hold Open House
State National Bank announces an Open House on Sunday December 15 to showcase its new Fort Worth Highway location. President Boyd Anthony and staff invite Comanche residents and visitors to tour the modern bank building, with full details to be published next week in the Chief.
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State National Bank
Bank
Fort Worth Hwv
Texas
Boyd Anthony
State National
Immunization Drive Offers Free Polio Drops
The Texas State Health Department urges everyone up to age 40 with incomplete polio series to get immunized. Free oral polio drops will be given Wednesday 9 am to noon in the County Courthouse. school students receive the second dose Thursday morning.
Bargains Begin At Home In Comanche
The Comanche Chamber of Commerce teams with local merchants to offer extensive bargains and many varieties for Christmas shoppers. Weekly drawings of 50, 25, and 15 dollars reward shoppers who sign up in stores. The CHS Indian Band performs Saturday concert with free parking, promoting Shopping Comanche First.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Comanche
CHS
Baby Boom On In County
Special to The Chief. Comanche County faces a forthcoming baby boom as marriages rise sharply. National trends show a 10 percent six month jump, with a projected 1968 U S total above two million. Local marriages at 8.2 per 1000 residents may raise births in coming years.
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New York
Comanche County
United States
Department of Commercce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Census Bureau
Comanche High Teams Enter Tournaments This Week
Comanche High School basketball teams join multiple tournaments this week. The Indians head to Marble Falls Thursday for a 15 team event, with a 2 45 pm game vs Boerne. If victorious they meet the Mason Manor winner Friday. Final at 8 50 pm Saturday. Braves head to Cross Plains for a tourney facing Early at 6 30 pm Thursday. B team also competes alongside Comanche. Indian Maidens travel to Eastland to face Cisco at 2 45 pm Friday with hopes of another title bid. The First United Methodist Church hosts a mobile car auction Saturday December 7 at Clemons Motor Company, raising funds for Lords Acro-Hour. Eight cars 1956–1961 models offered. distant state cards due by Dec 11, nearby by Dec 16. No mail on Christmas Day except special delivery.
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Wayne Preston
Marble Falls
Comanche
Boerne
Mason Manor
de Leon
Manor
Macan Burnet
Ian
Eastland
Cisco
The
First United Methodist Church
Clemons Motor Company
Peanut Growers Vote Ending Friday on Marketing Quotas
Peanut growers face a referendum on marketing quotas for the 1959 70 and 71 crops with voting to close Friday December 6. Eligible voters are urged to participate in the decision.
Maidens Face Six Rivals in Championship Bid
The Maidens aim for the title with opponents Cisco Eastland Carlton De Leon Baird and Dublin set to challenge Saturday finals at 8 pm after 11 15 am morning action.
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Cisco
Eastland
Carlton
de Leon
Baird
Dublin
PAR Golf Course Opens Saturday
Weather permitting the PAR Golf Course will open Saturday morning for play. Golf pro Howard Burttschell announces membership invites with green fees of 2 dollars during the week and 3 dollars on weekends and holidays. Equipment rental and a new nine hole course are offered.
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Howard Burttschell
Burttschell
Pecan Bake Show Set For Saturday in De Leon City Hall
The Comanche County Pecan Show and Pecan Bake Show will take place at De Leon City Hall on Saturday December 7. Entries for pecans due by Friday night December 6 and bake entries by 9 am. Judges include George Madden USDA Brownwood and Robert Kensing San Angelo. Champions and reserve awards, rosettes, and ribbons planned for top pecan classes.
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Comanche County
de Leon
George Madden
Usda Pecan
Brownwood
Robert Kensing
San Angelo
Higginbothams Free Turkey Giveaways in Comanche
Higginbothams in Comanche offers daily free turkeys from December 6 to 24. A new 4 pm drawing selects daily winners and entries are placed in a box for a grand prize drawn at 5 30 on Christmas Eve. Grand prize is a deluxe play house. No purchase needed with coupon in The Chief.
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Higginbothams
Comanche
Tragedy at Tom Fuller Place After Fire Rages
Fire officials say two pre school boys started a mattress fire that destroyed the Tom Fuller property at 1002 E Oak Ave. Fire Marshal Carpenter Sheriff Boykin and Chief Anders led the probe. Authorities expect to summon the boys' parents to court. Earlier weeks involved a grass fire nearby.
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East Oak Avenue
Tom Fuller
Fuller
John T. Carpenter
Oak
CVFD
Carpenter
Boykin
Fuller Place
Proctor Area 10 Vote on Sale of Beer Saturday
Comanche County holds its first wet dry election in years on Saturday December 7 to decide if beer may be sold off premises in Justice Precinct No 4 Proctor. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm with one voting box. About 284 eligible voters may cast ballots in this Local Option Election. The area lies north northwest and northeast of the Leon River Bridge on US Highway 67 377 extending to the Comanche Erath County line.
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Proctor
Comanche County
Justice Precinct No
Electon
Leon River
Comanche-Erath County
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