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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1962
Page
1
The Comanche issue highlights holiday greetings from local Progressive firms and merchants. Curtis Lackey’s Coman 66 Station opens Christmas Day while The Owl serves and CLARENCE SCHWARTZ expands services with a new Laundromat launch and several coin machines.
A report from Comanche County lists 1962 county winners in the 2nd Annual Pecan Show. J H Womack heads class results across multiple districts with top placements for Barton, Choctaw, Comanche, Mahan, Stuart, Success, and more. Winners advance to the statewide show January 4–5, 1963 at Texas A M.
During pastors illness regular services continue at Rien Church with guest minister Dr C C Klingman Sunday at 11 am. Miss Janet Meyers will provide special music at 11 am followed by an evening service at 6 pm. Members and friends urged to attend.
The Hasse Community Club hosts its annual tree and program at the Community Center on Friday December 21. A Christmas play will be staged as part of the program with refreshments and fruit bags to be distributed, inviting wide attendance.
Work to close the earthen embankment on Proctor Dam along Lean River near Comanche is set to start within two weeks. The project will flood 500 acre feet when the cofferdam seals the two bays and spillway, with Armstrong and Ryan handling main contract and Moorman and Bingleton directing earthwork in Dallas.
Mrs. Kate Stratton 94 grandmother of Mrs. Robin Bass skier and great grandmother of Shumpes and Betsy Comanche, died in Gulfport Mississippi. Funeral services were held December 11 at Wilkerson Hatch Funeral Home in Waco.
Comanche post office reported a peak outgoing mail day with 11 000 first class pieces and Christmas cards mailed in a single day. Heaviest incoming mail fell on Wednesday as residents mailed early this year and cooperated by routing ecards and letters by destination. The office will open as usual next Wednesday December 26 to serve the public.
The First United Methodist Church Comanche presents a Christmas musical featuring the church choir directed by Wanda Ryan. Rev Piez Todd invites the public to attend if possible or listen on Television Channel No 3 on Cable Sunday from 6 to 7 PM. The program is a Christmas time feature for viewers unable to attend services.
Thieves broke into Hathcock Furniture and Appliance Store Monday night or Tuesday morning stealing items including three TV sets a record player a sewing machine and several radios. Cash register showed $14.40 while safes remained locked. Estimated total loss 800 to 1000 dollars. Sheriff Bean and Deputy Sledge investigated but few clues were found. No burglary insurance was held.
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