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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
1
Local ads promote ten days until Christmas with Trade at Home deals and giveaways from town merchants. Stores like HARELIK'S and PHIL SERVICE AGENCY DRUGS advertise discounted items, fabric sales, and new furniture. theatre events at MAJES draw crowds, and BEN EWRIDGE'S Fabric Sale highlights special prices for weekend shoppers.
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The Chief will publish its Annual Christmas Edition on Thursday Dec 24. Readers may mail letters to Santa Box 192 Comanche Texas and submit Christmas messages and news for the issue. The paper seeks local business and residents to send messages early for the three day distribution before Christmas.
The Post Office will be open for all business until noon Saturday December 15. Windows will be open for mailing packages and selling stamps until 5 o'clock.
Comanche Public Schools will dismiss at regular closing time Friday December 21 for the Christmas holidays. School resumes on Wednesday January 2. Most county schools plan the same holiday dates. Mr and Mrs Hardy Jones and their children of Terrell visited Mrs H R Jones Sr here last week.
The Newburg Community Progress Club sponsors a Christmas Pilgrimage and Silver Tea this Saturday night December 14 in the Newburg community. Homes of Ben Sarr John Pogue Keith Lare Sr and Don Gray will be visited. The Newburg Community Center will be decorated and refreshments served for the public.
The Comanche Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Tidwell Show from December 19 to 24 featuring rides a novelty booths and Tidwell's four year old elephant Baby Ann at the House show lots near the square.
LaPryor Nat Evens, Betty Sue Evans, and Mrs. Gene Wadle of LaPryor visited friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cauley of Fort Worth visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cauley.
Comanche County voters backing peanut quotas for 1957 1958 and 1959 crops reported district results with counts from Comanche De Leon Beattie Sipe Springs Sidney Gustine Lamsin and Wisen Proctor and cotton quotas passing 146 to 11. National returns indicated about 90 percent support for peanut quotas and about 91 percent for the cotton quota.
The Comanche First Baptist Church presents a Sunday evening Christmas Carol Service on December 16 at 7 30 led by director Jerry Forder hase with Mrs Floyd Prather at the organ Soloist Mary Frances Vogel will perform carols including Silent Night Holy Night and We Three Kings etc Pastor Reverend Henry Chambers reads the Christmas scriptures.
The J. B. Layne Elementary PTA schedules a Christmas program on December 18 at 10 o clock. Mr Brown's room performs Scrooge and the Christmas Party. Mrs Reese's room presents There's a Song in the Air.
Bernice Stokes of Comanche witnessed the Graham Steers lose to the Littlefield Wildcats 21 to 7 in a 3-A Quarterfinal played Saturday at Snyder.
Former Indian All-State halfback Calvin Lee powered Arlington State College to a 20-13 upset over Compton Junior College in the 11th annual Junior Rose Bowl. Lee scored all three Arlington touchdowns and added two conversions as 57,149 fans watched Compton see its 35-game winning streak snapped. Bob Hivner and Earl Cato aided Compton, but Arlington held on to claim the mythical national junior college football crown.
CHS Publications win top awards as The Arrowhead and The Warrior earn all state ratings at the Texas High School Press Association convention in Denton. Staff members attended the thirty first annual event on December 7 and 8 with speakers including Dr Earl F Engish of the University of Missouris journalism department.
Santa will arrive at 1 PM escorted by a 65 member Comanche High School band. A 2 PM tree lighting and movie at the Majestic featured by Theatre Owner Jack Arthur. Free candy for children and a 2:55 PM concert by CHS band director T. R. Atwood. Drawing with over 31,000 in prizes to be given by the Chamber of Commerce with merchants sponsoring values and free merchandise prizes at the south courthouse square.
Lee, the Comanche standout, sparked Arlington as he intercepted a Hivner pass on the 18 and ran for the first score. He added a 24 yard TD reception and a 45 yard run, while Charles Yates surged in for a Arlington TD. Dalton Hick led rushers with limited action due to a shoulder injury and Lee was named outstanding player by sports writers.
Mrs. Virgil Chaffin of Belton visited friends here over the week, sharing greetings and catching up on local news.
Four Indians from Comanche Hamilton and De Leon plus Granbury and Dublin earn first team spots at a district meeting in Dublin. Tom Palmer leads centers with Comanche teammate Sam Fulcher, while Ty Hicks and R Thornton anchor backs. Second team features Jamie Oden and Myron Knudson, with multiple linemen from Hamilton and De Leon and Granbury.
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