Higginbotham Store Tops Group in November Sales
Rising Star stores report Higginbotham Bros & Co. lead ten stores in November sales with a 10 percent rise. The Comanche store sits near headquarters ahead of Stephenville Dublin and De Leon. Koonce serves as general manager of the Rising Star Higginbotham organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginbotham
Costands
Rising Star
Tigonbotham Bros & Co
Comanche
Stephenville
Dublin
Devon
Koonce
Rising Star Higginbotham i
Christmas Services at St. Stephen’s Parish Schedule
The Rev. John T. Salberg presides over Christmas Eve 4 30 p m Children’s Service of decorating the Christmas Crib and carols. Christmas Day midnight Holy Communion and 10 0 a m Holy Communion. December 26 St Stephen’s Day 9 30 a m Church School 10 4 m Holy Communion and ser mon 11 a m Adult Bible Class. January 1 Feast of the Circumcision. All welcome. Episcopal Church invites attendance.
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John T. Salberg
Jesus
God
Episcopal Church
Miss Virginia Parker Weds Weldon Turner in Comanche Church
Miss Virginia Grace Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Parker 801 W Grand became the bride of Weldon Turner Saturday December 18 at the First Baptist Church parlor. Rev Henry M Chambers performed the double ring ceremony with maid of honor Miss Jo Nell Payne and best man Roy Turner. Bride an alumna of Comanche High School 1954 Smile Girl worked at Blackwood Clinic Hospital groom a 1952 graduate star athlete attended Howard Payne College and works for the State Highway Department.
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Virginia Grace Parker
R. E. Parker
W. Grand
Weldon Turner
First Baptist Church
Henry M. Chambers
Jo Nell Payne
Roy Turner
Alvin Hafford
la Rita Street
Comanche High School
Blackwood Clinic Hospital
Howard Payne College
State Highway Department
Weldon
Texas Telephone Company Declares 30 Cents Dividend
The Texas Telephone Company board declares a regular quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share on 6 percent cumulative preferred stock for the quarter ending December 31 1954. Dividends payable January 1 1955 to record holders at the close of business December 20 1954. The company serves about 31 000 telephones in 19 communities, mainly in north Texas.
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The
Texas Telephone Company
Texas
Yale Season Window Display and Yard Lighting Winners Announced
Judges praised the city wide Keeping Christ in Christmas displays with nativity scenes in Higginbotham's window and Perry's Store. First place went to the Higginbotham window. yard lighting won by Armstrong Cox with a back yard nativity and temple lighting. Second and third places honored Edmondson's Shoe Shop and Baxter window, with honorable mentions to several homes and merchants.
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Higginbotham
Armstrong Cox
Ralph Hull
Bob Allen
Garden Club
Edmondsons Shoe Shop
Elbert Cox
Cree Edmondson
Baxter
Cc. B. Baxter
Junior Garden Club
Hardy Slider
Merchants
Harelik
Durham
Perry
Mc’s Drive-In
Arizona
Clarence A. Rea
James Wikerson
L. C. Durham
Castle Ellis
Bethlehem
Henry Chambers
Tom Dudley
Gaston Boykin
Walter Greenwaldt
Christ
Eugene Perkins
Elton McCullough
Tom Cox
E. E. Blackwood
Dick Weekes
E. Oden
E. H. Birkelbach
Neil Rose Webb
Park Huntington
L. K. Ory
N. Durham’s
Ministerial Alliance
Comanche
Boy Scout Winter Camp Cafes Set For Eight-County Council
Over one hundred Explorers and leaders from the Comanche Trail Council will camp at Camp Billy Gibbons near Richland Springs from December 30 for three days. Groups supply tents food and winter gear and will cook their own meals. A western barbecue is planned Friday noon. Oren H. Ellis of Stephenville chairs the Camping and Activities Committee. The Order of the Arrow annual banquet is set for December 28 at Hotel Brownwood at 7 30 p m with Dabney Kennedy Lodge Chief taking reservations at Box 808 Brownwood. The Order of the Arrow is a national organization of experienced Boy Scouts selected by fellow campers.
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Brownwood
Dabney Kennedy
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scouts of America
Sidney and Gustine Split In Non-District Basketball
Sidney High School girls defeated Gustine 47 to 33 while the Gustine boys edged Sidney 45 to 33 in non district games played last Tuesday night. The regular district schedule begins after Christmas.
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Gustine
Sidney High School
Tiger Cagers
Sidney
Lt William C House Returns from Fort Lee Furlof
Lt William C House Jr of Comanche arrives home on furlough from Fort Lee Virginia this week. He attends the Associate Company Officers Course at the Quartermaster School and will be eligible for reassignment after completing the course in February.
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William C. House
William C. House, Jr
Forts Lee
Virginia
House
Quartermaster School
Cantata At Priddy Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church
A Christmas cantata with solos duets and choir sections will be held at Zion Lutheran Church Priddy Texas on Sunday December 26 1954 at 7 00 P M The public is invited says Rev John Striepe Pastor The piece features Junior Youth and Senior Choirs and includes various vocal parts.
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Zion Lutheran Church
Priddy
Texas
John Striepe
Calvin Lee Makes Williamson 2-AA All-State Team
Calvin Lee of Comanche was named to the Williamson System Class AA All-State first team along with Hollis Gainey of Colorado City and Gary Ferguson of Ballinger. Gainey and Ferguson earned halfback and tackle spots. James Lester and Harold Price of the Indians gained honorable mention at guard and tackle.
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Calvin Lee
Williamson
Comanche
Hollis Gainey
Colorado City
Gary Ferguson
Ballinger
Gainey
Ferguson
Sene
Nederland
Larry Ward
Athens E
Pat Beckham
Erie Ballinger
Jim Payne
Univ. High
Waco G
Tom Whitehead
Asper
Killees
Bobby Turner
Seeeeer
Weatherford
Kenneth Korges
Mt. Vernon
Don Meredith
Chee Hee
Calvin Lee Ever Reeene Oon
Phillips
Don Meek
Beson
Carthage
Put Out Shoe Time An Old Dutch Christmas Custom
A nostalgic note on the Put Out Shoe Time from Dutch and Pennsylvania Dutch roots, describing how children left shoes with corn hay and awaited Santa. It then surveys global Christmas customs in Mexico Bulgaria Holland Czechoslovakia and Norway with brief examples and a child’s Santa letter.
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Kentucky
Texas
Wise County
Parker County
Santa
St. Nick
Otey Envelope Company
Dallas
Holland
Mexico
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Norway
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Higginbotham Are
Miss Virginia Parker Bride of Weldon Turner
Telephone Company
Lares
Yale
Boy Scout
Santa Claus
Gary Mike Easley
Pam Ormsby
Koleda
St. Nick’s
Danny Mac
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