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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
1
The Comanche Chief features seasonal wishes and community goodwill messages for the new year. It notes holiday trading, and merchant ads including Clar Jones at Frozen Lockers promoting pork specials and country sausage with specific prices.
Byron McClellan of Gates announces candidacy for the unexpired term as District Attorney of the 52nd Judicial District. He will vie in the Democratic primaries to succeed Truman Roberts, appointed after Judge H W Allen’s death.
The Comanche Indians lost 28-26 to the Bluecats on Tuesday night in Coleman. Hugh Fletcher led with 15 points in a tight defensive game, the lowest scoring effort by coach Ray Smith’s Warriors this season. The Indians also fell to Coleman’s Bluekittens 41-28 in the opener. They head to the Howard Payne College invitation tournament next week and will face the Jacks tore Jackrabbits in the first round. Their next home game is Tuesday, January 2, hosting the Coleman teams.
Four Tarleton State College students are spending the Christmas holidays as guests of Mr and Mrs W S Lawrence at the Lawrence home in Tarleton. The visitors include Jose Miguel Hernandez Panama Armando Velarde Lima Peru Gen Olmos Panama and Julio Guillen El Salvador. Hernandez 17 from Dav id Panama studies agriculture and plans to return to the farm his father bought after completing his education.
The message expresses Christmas as a sacred trust of friendship and universal goodwill beyond race or creed. It wishes readers and their families a bright season filled with warmth, blessings, and benevolence, ending with a courteous greeting.
The Greater Comanche United Fund Drive reached 5500 this week and remains 1500 short of the goal. Chairman Ben Evridge asks workers who have not finished contacts to complete them promptly and credits the Comanche Jaycees for providing much of the manpower.
Dudley Bros of Comanche purchase the Gross Ranch of 8936.08 acres nine miles west of Ballinger on the Colorado River for just over a half million dollars. Sellers were W. O. Gross and L. H. Gross of Mineral Wells and Mrs. N. B. Preston of Mineral Wells. The Dudleys stock the property with purebred cattle and sheep, lease to Kenneth and Bob Gibson until June 1963, and plan continued Hereford operations.
Postmaster Robert L. Eaton announces Sunday morning deliveries on the City of Comanche delivery routes starting at about 9 o'clock to handle late arriving Christmas parcels.
Joe Waring, local insurance man, was elected Regional Chair man of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents at the annual meeting on December 13 in Stephenville. The Texas Association, with 14 regions, is part of the state body affiliated with the National Association. The organization promotes fair practices and represents independent agents serving customers.
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