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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1965
Page
1
The page highlights seven remaining Christmas selections from merchants. Mrs Norris Carter and Mrs Dol are managers of a grant offers. Shoppers are urged to check back pages for ads on gifts, jewelry, used cars, fireworks stands, and advance ad offers.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of the First Methodist Church will present a live Nativity scene on the church lawn for four nights before Christmas. It runs from 6 30 to 9 30 p m on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenings with music by Miss Bette Cox and Marguerite Ross at the organ.
The Liberty Free Will Baptist Church at 504 E College hosts its annual Christmas Program on Saturday December 18 at 7 30 pm The Adult department presents a play Good For Christmas and the Youth department performs The True Meaning of Christmas The public is invited to attend.
The Chief announces its annual Christmas Edition to be published next Thursday Dec 23 featuring Santa Claus letters from area boys and girls. Letters can be delivered to The Chief or mailed to Santa Box 192 Comanche along with regular news and Christmas features in the issue.
The Stag Creek Community Center will host its annual New Year's Eve party on December 31 inviting all residents. Local talent including singers musical groups and skits are featured with a special invitation to attend attracting a large yearly crowd.
The GrilEF staff photo features Imanche High School Indian Maidens basketball players. Visible are players sand, Sue Russell, Rhonda Simhirle Humphrey, and Janette Prater. top-row includes Bobby Cotton, Linda Hicks, Nancy Hyatt, Gwinn Summers, Jodie Prater, Linda Tate. Coach Leta Andrews appears in the background.
Comanche will offer free parking on Saturday December 18 and Friday December 24. Parking meters will be voided all day for shoppers as a joint effort by the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce led by Roy Brannan Jr and Mayor Gyale Pirkle. The move aims to ease holiday shopping and invite customers to spend time selecting gifts.
Nineteen Sidney High School girls competed in the annual Miss Sidney pageant with Rita Reed crowned Miss Sidney by SHS senior Jimmy Martin. Barbara Clawson and Brenda Williams earned first and second runner up respectively.
The Durham Pecan Company opens in Comanche occupying the former turkey plant, shelling and packaging pecans with 36 crackers and 50,000 pounds weekly capacity. Walter Durham Jr and Russell Anderson lead the firm, targeting northern and West Coast markets via brokers, with plans for an Open House.
The Stag Creek Club will hold its annual Christmas tree event for the community on Saturday night December 18. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a gift for exchange priced at 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for children's gifts. Refreshments will be served during the fellowship hour.
Judges for the Comanche event included Mrs. Porter Franks Mrs. Reginald Waggoner and Ben Evridge all of Comanche, serving as panelists.
The Comanche Lions Club will run two Mile of Dime booths on December 18 and 24 to fund shoes glasses hearing aids and meals for local children. Elzo Brinson and Roy Dabney lead this charity with all proceeds staying in Comanche. Booth hours are 2 to 4 p.m. on both Saturdays, and donations can be mailed to Lions Club Charity Fund C/o D F Caraway president.
Forty nine top entries from the Comanche County Pecan Show were sent to College Station to compete in the State Pecan Show on December 15 and 16. Secretary Treasurer Dr. Benton Storey of the State Pecan Association says about 1000 entries are expected statewide as 23 counties submit their best pecans.
The Comanche Indians meet San Saba at 8 oclock Thursday night in the Bluebonnet Invitation at Brownwood High School gym. The winner advances to the finals at 8:30 Friday, the loser to the consolation at 4 p.m. Friday. Other AA teams include Dublin and Quanah, with Quanah favored. AAA contenders are Brownwood Snyder Breckenridge and Lake View, with Lake View the favorite. The rivals split wins this year, San Saba beating Comanche last week after Comanche won earlier.
The Fort Worth District of the U S Army Corps of Engineers will open bids on 413 acres of grazing land in the Proctor Reservoir area on December 21 in Room 703 at the T P Building Fort Worth. Leases run four years from January 1 1966 to December 31 1969. District Engineer Col Jack W Fickessen announced bidders may view the property.
With the new year approaching, first political announcements in Comanche are expected soon. Prospective candidates have been inquiring this week and will announce shortly. County offices to be voted on in April and May include County Judge, County Clerk, County Treasurer, and District Clerk. Precincts No. 2 and 4 will vote in 1966. State representation includes State Representative, State Senator, and the 17th District Congressman along with all state races and a six year US Senate term. Poll tax payments are required to vote in local and state elections. federal voting does not require poll tax.
A map showing land available for lease is offered at the Proctor Reservoir dam site by the Real Estate Division Office of the Project Engineer located in Room 703 at the T and P Building in Fort Worth.
Oklahoma couple Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Fritze of Grandfield Oklahoma visited the T. J. Cottrell family on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs W C Sturdivant of Stephenville and Miss Hazel Snead of Dublin visited Mrs I M Edmondson last weekend.
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