Comanche Firms Plan Dual Christmas Holidays Observed
Most Comanche business firms will observe two Christmas holidays with Sunday and Monday closures. Some restaurants service stations and suburban shops stay open. The Chief staff will take holidays through Tuesday once mail notices are issued. Churches schedule programs and the Presbyterian Church reports 10 a.m. services. Stores stay open until 8 30 nightly for the week. A late REA worker, Donald Cole, was killed December 8 near Carbon when a power line electrocuted the digging truck he operated after four years with the Comanche County Electric Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monauay
Presbyterian Church
R.E.A
Donald Coleleasure
Comanche
Carbon
REA
Colcleasure
Comanche County Electric Cooperative
Comanche Girls Fall To Gustine In Gustine Tourney Finals
The Comanche High School girls rallied to edge Gustine in the finals of the Gustine Invitation Tournament held last weekend. Gustine dominated the boys division with a 51 to 14 win and claimed their second straight title as an overflow crowd watched Saturday night.
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Comanche High
Gustine Girls
Gustine
Concho High School
Conche Boys
Sidney
Gustine Boys
May
Omanche
Proctor
Sidy
E Chandler Dies At Elm Grove Home
L E Chandler, 76, longtime Comanche County resident, died Friday at his Elm Grove home. Funeral services were held Saturday at Manche Funeral Home with Reverend Lilley presiding. He married Cynthia Viola in Alabama. survivors include Lester, Jim Chandler and J Chandler. He was a retired farmer and a Church of Christ member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Chandler
Comanche County
Hos Me
Elm Grove
Mr. Chand
Manche
Mister Lilley
Comanche Arch of Christ
Inent
Taylor’s Chapel
Young Ahood
Mr. Chandler
Alabama
Cynthia Violanley
Lester
Birth of Danforth II to Mr and Mrs Danforth Wilkerson
The statement from Mr and Mrs Danforth Wilkerson of 802 West Highland Cowie announces the birth of their son Danforth II on December at Gatesville Hospital. He is reported to be doing nicely and is expected at home next week with his brother and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danforth
West Highland
Cowie
Danforth II
Gatesville Hospital
Weck
David
Carolyn Goodson
Herbert Goodson
H. L. Kight
Dublin
H. L. Rigit
Jimmy Whixerson
Lions Club to Host Marion Snider Quartet Christmas Show
De Leon Lions Club presents Marion Snider and his quartet TQN stars in a Christmas Fat at the City Auditorium on December 22. Admission is 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E de Leon Lions Club
Marion Snider
Rial
TQN Stars of Gin
City Auditorium
Big Chief Cage Tourney Set Here January 5 6 7
The Big Chief Basketball Tournament will be held here Thursday Friday and Saturday January 5 6 7. Six girls teams and seven boys teams have signed to enter. Teams come from Comanche Gustine Sidney Como n Freeland De Leon and Priddy with a Dublin boys quintet also entered.
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Comanche
Gustine
Sidney
Comyn
de Leon
Priddy
Dublin
Pilgrimage to View Christmas Decorations Draws Praise
More than 225 people joined a Monday night pilgrimage in Comanche to tour Christmas decorations in five homes Park Huntington Dr L K Ory Armstrong Cox Mrs George W Tate and Tom Dudley Visitors came from Brownwood Dublin Stephenville Rising Star and surrounding areas The visitors praised the beauty and arrangement of the decorations and homes Nick Higginbotham commended Mrs George W Tate’s home for general excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Garden Club
Comanche
Park Huntington
Dr. L. K. Ory
Armstrong Cox
George W. Tate
Tom Dudley
Brownwood
Dublin
Stephenville
Rising Star
Nick Higginbotham
Oil Plays Quiet as Holidays Pause Drilling
Oil activity slows for holidays with several wells paused or nearing completion. The J. H. Burton well remains shut after casing, not expected to resume until January. Feril test at Round Mountain plugged and rig removed. Lane test at Taylor's Chapel idle. Blackie Jones well near J. W. Ward producing as casing proceeds. Leasing continues with new tests planned in January including Jessie Reed place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Burton
Round Mountain
Taylor’s Chapel
Blackie Jones
J. W. Ward Wells
Jessie Reed Place
Hospital Notes Patients Hospitalized Here This Past Week
List of inpatients across surgery medical and maternity units. Notable entries include Mrs. Ben Bu brey Cross Plains and Mrs. John Wright in minor and maternity sections, with multiple names in medical, including Earnest Smith and Mrs. G W Schlee. Two newborns reported a boy for Bert Schoen and a girl for T O Cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miurgery
Ben Bubrey
Cross Plains
John Wright
R. E. Mackham
R. L. Flanagan
J. B. Hilley
R. M. Woolsey
G. W. Schlee
R. T. Reid
Juanita Toliver
Earnest Smith
N. C. Gilbert
W. A. Creamer
Bobby Carter
Allen J. Camp Dies at Sidney
Allen J. Camp, 83, longtime Sidney resident, died at home after two years of ill health. Funeral services were held at Sidney Baptist Church with Rev. Isham and Rev. Ferguson, and burial followed in Pendergrass Cemetery. Survived by wife Alma, son Charles C. Camp of Phoenix, daughter Mrs. W. H. McCullough of Gustine, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A Georgia native, he moved to Texas at 19, married Alma Huff two years later, farmed most of life, and was a long time member of the Sidney Baptist Church and Comanche Baptist List Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Camp
Sidney
Mr. Camp
Sidney Baptist Church
S. J Isham
Ferguson
Pendergrass Cemetery
Gustine
Georgia
Texas
Alma Huff
Camp
Comanche
Indians Defeat Rising Star Cagers In Two Games
Comanche High School basketball teams swept Rising Star squads on Monday night. The girls won 47 to 35 while the Comanche boys defeated Rising Star 26 to at Comanche. Five Rising Star starters also played for the Wildcat football state champions last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Star
Comanche High School
Comanche Girls
Op Bn
Rising Star Boys
Wildcat Grim
Birth Announcement for James Albert Schoen Jr
To Mr and Mrs James Albert Schoen of Priddy a son James Albert Schoen Jr is welcomed into the family.
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James Albert Schoen
Sidney Grade School Fire Destroys Building
A Friday morning blaze leveled the three room Sidney Grade School, with the Homemaking and lunchroom buildings damaged. Vernon Welch, a Sidney High School teacher, spotted the fire at about 4 o'clock. The high school remained mostly intact, with total loss in the grade school and only $2,500 insurance. Classes moved to the Vocational school and Homemaking annex as Comanche Volunteer Fire Department fought the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Vernon Welch
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department
De Leon Man Suffers Broken Hip After Auto Crash
Morgan Ross 65 of De Leon suffered a broken hip Saturday afternoon when hit by a car within city limits. He is receiving treatment in a German hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Ross
de Leon
Singing at Indian Creek Friday Night Dec 22
Regular weekly singing will be held Friday night Dec 22 at Indian Creek. Gospel singers and quartets are welcome. Bud Langley will be in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek
Bud Langley
Contributions For City Park Playground Fund Grows Steadily
Story notes ongoing donations to the Comanche City Park playground fund including $5 from H L Rigit and gifts from local families. Mentions several marriages births and court matters, with emphasis on community fundraising and pursuit of affordable equipment.
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City Park Playground Fund
Singing Sunday Night at Gartmans View
Sunday night December 25 invites all singers and quartets to Gartmans View to attend the regular event bringing piano and new books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gartman’s View
Pia
W. T. Dillin native of Comanche County dies here
W T Dillin born September 1 1877 in Comanche County died Sunday in Merkel after years of ill health. Funeral services were held at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Johnson in charge and burial in De Leon cemetery. He married Cutie Poynor in 1906. she died in 1943. Survived by a brother George Dillin of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Dillin
Comanche County
Merkel
Mr. Ditlin
Comanche
Arthur Johnson
First Baptist Church
de Leon
Mr. Dillin
W. W
Susan Francis Dillin
Texas
Missouri
Bill
Cutie Poynor
Indian Mountain
Josie Dalton
Eunice Burrow
Merel
George Dillin
Waggnors Announce Birth Of Daughter Phyllis Gay
Mr and Mrs Reginald Waggoner announce the birth of a daughter Phyllis Gay on Tuesday December 13 at Blackwood Clinic Hospital Comanche She weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs A E Nabors Brownwood Paternal grandparents Rev and Mrs H E Waggoner Comanche Mrs J C Greer is spending the holidays in Merkel Lubbock and Brownfield with Mrs J W Willingham and family and Toby Greer and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Waggoner
Phyllis Gay
Blackwood Clinic Hospital
Comanche
A. E. Nabors
Brownwood
H. E. Waggoner
J. C. Greer
Merkel
Lubbock
Brownfield
J. W. Willingham
Toby Greer
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Anne Grootin
E. Chandler
RTH Wilkersons
Rial Quartet
Courthouse News
State of Texas
James Sahford
Herbon Wilson
Fred O. Jaye
State
W. C
Dub) Winkle
J. D. Couch
Roy Miears
George Bridges
Louise Hanaberry
John G. Hanaberry
Fred Willard
Travis Cottrell
Mamie Freeman
W. P. St. Clair
Lester Hopson
Alsa Suellen Holland
H. N. Alexander
Billy Vinson Bingham
Ruth Juanita Fair
Garnett Dale Stock
Dorothy LaVerne Richburg
H. F. Skaggs
Homer Smith
Charline Schlee
A. H. Muehlbrad
Earl Dwain Fair
Gertrude Fair
Robert
Leland Grimes
Sipe Springs
Reginald Kelley Waggoner
Allen
James Clifford Matthews
Edith Faye
Mrs
James Wilkerson
Waggoners
Majestic Theatre
Lash” LaRue
Puzzy St. John
George Brent and
Ann Blythe
Technicolor
Rex Beach
John Hall
Rita Johnson
Cinecolora
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
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