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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1953
Page
6
A dealer wanted notice invites applicants to sell farm home essentials medicines vitamins spices foods and DDT in every county. For particulars write Rawleigh's Dept TXL-1270-142 Memphis Tennessee.
A list mentions money safe electric wire iron barrel forge shoe last box heat er trunk tables mail box little wagon frames and other odds and ends. The passage reflects on keeping pleasant feelings and bearing misfortune as a source of growth.
Hom er Stephen of Stephenville Texas invites the public to fish farm lakes near Harmony community eight miles south of Comanche. Entry is 0c per person with restrictions: no trot lines, no throw lines, no night fishing, and no motor boats. Fish species include bass catfish and bluegills. Lakes reportedly overstocked and in need of anglers.
Marvin Lee, a Comanche guard once expected to be crippled, was named all district after battling back from severe leg burns. He played last night against Hillcrest despite a broken arm, with coach P T Galiga praising his leadership and endurance.
Short notice help wanted at the Methodist Church dairy at 2 30 PM. Call 546 F 21 for details.
Miss Lodie Millican aged 77 died December 1 at 706 Cherokee Ave Comanche after a short illness Funeral services were December 3 at Comanche Funeral Home led by M F Manchester Church of Christ She is buried Oakwood Cemetery beside her parents Survived by nieces and nephews She cared for her brother Claude's children Nephews Curtis Millican C L Millican Jim Millican J B Ruth L K Lowner and Herbert Davenport served as pallbearers
The Comanche County Singing Convention will be held at East Side Baptist Church Friday night beginning at 5 30 oclock. Less Dillard president urges all singers and lovers of good music to be on hand.
The A. B. Evans family of Lubbock visited relatives over Thanksgiving in Comanche and Hamilton. Their son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs A D Evans of Plains were also visitors in Comanche and Hamilton. Comanche population rose from 3209 in 1940 to 3840 in 1950, a 19.7 percent increase.
The thirty voice choir of the First Baptist Church at Gustine directed by Roland Miller will present the Christmas Cantata Chimes of the Holy Night Sunday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Edwin Palmer will be organist and Rev L L Wilson pastor will narrate. Everyone is invited to hear this Christmas program.
Comanche County agricultural agent Wayde K. Frey warns farmers could lose about 1.344 million dollars next year if peanut and cotton marketing quotas and acreage allotments are rejected in the December 15 referendum. He notes reduced cotton and increased peanut plantings threaten county income and urges turnout.
The Texas Farm Bureau ends its fiscal year with 53 195 farm families enrolled the largest in history. Several hundred late memberships will count toward next year's quota and grant five voting delegates to the December 14 17 AFBF convention in Chicago. Delegates include J Walter Hammond C H DeVaney Edward Sanderson S W McClaren and Howard Wright.
The Lions Club of Abilene met at the high school lunchroom with 53 attendees. P E Shotwell spoke on Character and Sportsmanship and the club announced a Christmas season charitable fund, canceling the December 22 meeting, and naming January 12 as the next gathering chaired by Dr. H H Galbraith.
The report states the medium average schooling of Comanche County citizens is 9.1 years, highlighting educational attainment across the county.
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