Christmas Holiday Notes and Local Festivities in Comanche
Comanche businesses observe two day Christmas holiday with Friday and Saturday closures except groceries cafes banks and stations Owl Drug offers Christmas dinner 85 cents Majestic Theatre features Tumbleweed with Audie Murphy Dec 24 at 2 pm no matinee Dec 25 Indians football team loses to Ballinger 20 13 for state title Ballinger meets Huntsville for championship Higginbothams Burks Fruit Sligers and Westinghouse TV gifts advertised Comanche Chief extends thanks to advertisers subscribers and readers for 1953 season
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Owl Drug
Harrold Flemins
Jersdayywsy
the Majestic
Audie Murphey
Lori Nelson
The
Majestic
Majestic Theatre
Indians
Ballinger
Huntsville
Temple
Higginbotham
Local residents report remarkable garden and poultry finds
Mrs. J E Morris of East Highland Street grew 80 pounds of yams from two vines in her yard last spring. R H Rogers of 205 South Cole brought a 20 inch by two foot mustard leaf. P L Burks of East Central Comanche delivered a white egg weighing 6 ounces from a 10 month old white leghorn pullet, with measurements 9 inches around and 6 1 4 inches across.
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J. E. Morris
East Highland Street
Chief To Be Out Early Next Week
The Comanche Chief will be mailed one day early next week due to the New Year holiday. The January 1 edition will carry January 1954 accounts for all ads and notices. The first list of candidates is expected to be announced in that issue.
Most Stores To Close Two Days For Christmas
Comanche business firms will close for Christmas on Friday and Saturday December 25 and 26, giving three days off with Sunday. Schools reopen Monday December 28. two football-related holidays will be made up by Saturday sessions. CARE invites ten dollar donations for Korean children.
A pessimist quote attributed to Anonymous
A pessimistic expression notes that feeling good may trigger worry about feeling worse later, reflecting a cautionary mindset about happiness.
St Matthews Episcopal Church Christmas Services Schedule
St Matthews Episcopal Church announces a Christmas and year end service schedule. December 24 includes a 11 45 crib blessing followed by Midnight Mass. December 25 Holy Eucharist at 10 am. December 26 Deacon and Martyr Holy Eucharist at 7 am. December 27 Feast of St John 9 30 am Eucharist and sermon. December 28 Holy Innocents 7 am Eucharist. January 1 1954 Feast of the Circumcision 9 am Eucharist. The church invites worshipers.
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John
Jesus
God
Episcopal Church
New Irrigation Well Near Proctor Doubles Farm Irrigation
Bob Branum of Dublin completed an irrigation well south of Proctor reaching 105 feet and pumping 90 gallons per minute. The well filled a two acre foot pond in six days and will support 30 acres of Branum’s land. Drilled by Fred P. Clark with a turbine pump by Hoff Irrigation Service.
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Bob Branum
Dublin
Proctor
Branum
Fred P. Clark
Hoff Irrigation Service
Comanche Territory
Comanche
Quote on party splits before and after elections
A brief quotation notes that Republicans split after elections while Socrats split before elections, attributed to Willy Rogers. The remark frames party strategic timing around electoral moments.
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Socrats
Willy Rogers
West Ward PTA Hosts Christmas Pageant at Comanche High
The West Ward PTA met at 2 45 Tuesday December 15 in the Comanche High auditorium. A large crowd of patrons including fathers attended as first and second graders staged a Christmas Pageant featuring The Lord s Prayer Jolly Old St Nicholas the Story of the Christmas Tree Deck the Halls with Holly Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer The Dancing Dolls and Nativity readings with Vibraharp and musical numbers.
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West Ward Pta
Comanche High School
West Ward
PTA
Elias Dudley
Jolly Old
Holly
Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer
Judy Moore
Reader
Pat Sullivan
Jeanine Gleaton
Texas Telephone Co Declares Dividend to Shareholders
The Texas Telephone Company board on December 14 1953 declared a regular dividend of 30 cents per share on the 6% Cumulative Stock for the quarter ending December 31 1953 payable January 1 1954 to holders of record at close of business December 19 1953. The company serves nineteen Texas communities with about 29000 telephones and toll lines interconnecting most exchanges.
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The
Texas Telephone Company
Texas
Comany
Arthur Family Announces Birth of Daughter Sheril Ann
Mr and Mrs John Manning Arthus announce the birth of a daughter Sheril Ann born Friday December 18 at Lampasas hospital Both mother and baby are doing well and at home in Lampasas Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J H Arthur of Comanche
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John Manning Arthur
Sheril Ann
Lampasas Hospital
Comanche Indians Switch From Football To Basketball Practice
Comanche Indians shift from football to basketball after a 20-13 semi final loss to Ballinger. Eleven players make the A squad under coach Hermi Moore, led by 6 ft 3 in Dalton Hicks, with several other returnees over six feet. Opening district play at Cisco January 12 and a schedule including Howard Payne, Temple, Coleman and other tournaments through February 9.
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Comanche Indians
Ballinger
Indians
Comanr
Hermi Moore
Squire
Plainview
Herman Moore
Howard Payne
Comanche
Stephenville
Jackets
Mineral Wells
Weatherford
Cisco
Dalton Hicks
Hicks
Robert McRee
Billy Goforth
Glen Ellis
Calvin Cox
Weldon Hicks
Gene Coulter
Donald Spivey
Calvin Lee
Harold Price
Robert Woods
Temple
Coleman
Payne
Howard Temple
Mineral
Two Carlton Children Burn To Death
A fire at the Scales home near Carlton destroyed the frame house killing a 3 year old girl and later her infant brother. The mother Mrs Vernon Scales was burned while rescuing the infant son who died in Dublin hospital. The father was away. two other children, Hazel and Patty, were uninjured.
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Carlton
Linda
Charles
Vernon Scales
Dublin
Tull Thompson
Scales
John Moore
Klin
Hazel 6
Patty
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Burks Fruit Stand
Sliger
Ft. Worthighway
Happy Hathcock
Westinghouse
First Ave
New York
N.Y
Texas Telephone Co
John Manning Arthurs
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