Christmas Spirit Shines as Max Harelik Is Welcomed Home
The Comanche Chief marks a festive edition with Max Harelik welcomed by Betty and Louis Harelik after time with nine dogs. The issue notes 20 shopping days left before Christmas and urges mindful giving, praising 100 merchants and 380 Santa letters in the first Christmas Essay Contest. Three churches schedule Christmas Eve services, and readers share memories in a community letter.
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Max Harelik
Betty
Louis Harelik
Max
Christ
DeBolt Named As Air Force Nominee
Congressman Omar Burleson announces Joseph Richard DeBolt of Comanche as one of ten nominees for the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for July 1977 admission. DeBolt, 17, is a Comanche High School senior with prior residence in Middletown Rhode Island and European living experience.
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Omar Burleson
Joseph Richard DeBolt
Austin
Comanche
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
17Th
Joseph
Comanche High School
Middletown
Rhode Island
Brightman Family Attends San Marcos Degree Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Dwight Brightman and Mrs Jack Brightman traveled to San Marcos from Friday to Sunday to witness Janet Brightman receive her Bachelor of Science degree on Saturday from TSA with a major in Commercial Art.
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Dwight Brightman
Jack Brightman
San Marcos
Janet Brightman
Obituaries: Glen W. Gooch 63 of Houston dies in VA Hospital
Glen W. Gooch, 63, of Houston, died December 18 in the Veterans Administration Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. December 20 at De Leon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Spencer officiating. He served in World War II and retired from Shamrock Oil Co. Survivors include his wife Betty Ruth Ko, two daughters Glenda Clanton and Shirley Williams, two sons Tommy Gooch and Robert Turner, two sisters and 10 grandchildren. Earl P. Hurt, 75, dies in Benton Illinois. funeral December 17. He married Vera Cottrell and is survived by eight children in California and siblings in Comanche.
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Glen W. Gooch
Houston
Veterans Administration Hospital
de Leon Funeral Home
Billy Spencer
First Baptist Church of
de Leon
Indian Gap
Cisco
Betty Ruth Ko
Ranger
American Legion
Shamrock Oi Co
Glenda Clanton
Lake Jackson
Shirley Williams
Tommy Gooch
Bellaire
Robert Turner
Luther, Oklo
Pauline Baker
Marilyn Cook
Earl P. Hurt
Benton
Illinois
Minois
Vera Cottrell
Comanche
California
John Wesley Hurt
Vera Beaty
Gorda Martin
Ora Cottrell
Ora Boyd
De Leon Man 89 Dies. Retired Railroad Engineer
K. G. Myers Kosuth G. Myers of De Leon died Tuesday night at De Leon Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at the De Leon Funeral Home Chapel with burial in De Leon Cemetery. Born January 13, 1887, he was a retired MKT Railroad engineer and married Eunice Bell Collins in 1904. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
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Kosuth G. Myers
de Leon
de Leon Hospital
de Leon Funeral Home
Billy Spencer
First Baptist Church, de Leon
MKT
Eunice Bell Collins
Myers
First Baptist Church
Christmas Gift Of A Birthday To Annie Hyde
An anecdote about Robert Louis Stevenson who was born November 13 1850 but shared his birthday with a girl born on Christmas Day Annie Hyde received his birthdate so she could have two festive celebrations a year with a proper birthday and a Merry Christmas.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Annie Hyde
Tarleton TexAns Gymnast Linda Trotter Shines
Linda Trotter, a Comanche sophomore, is on Tarleton State University TexAns gymnastics team. She competes in Class II Bars and Class III Beam as the squad defeats Texas Christian University then falls to Texas A&M University and Texas Woman's University.
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Linda Trotter
Comanche
Tarleton State University TexAns
Texas Christian University
Texas A&m University
Texas Woman's University
Linda
Glenn G. Trotter
Woodlawn Dr
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