Indians Open 9-AA Hoop Season With Brady Friday
The Comanche Indians host Brady Bulldogs Friday night to start the 9-AA basketball schedule. The B team plays at 6:30 followed by the A team at 8:00. Probable starters include Coulter Carpenter Brewster Price and Goforth with Coulter holding top scoring pace. Next week the Indians travel to San Angelo to face Lakeview then host De Leon.
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Comanche Indians
Brady Bulldog
Brady
Bulldogs
Herman Moore
Ranger
Indians
Temple Invitation
Caldwell
Travis
Austin
Moore
Gene Coulter
Bill Carpenter
Robert Brewster
Harold Price
Bill Goforth
San Angelo
Lakeview Chiefs
de Leon Bearcats
Police Captain Jeff Cheek Visits Home For Holidays
Siam born Police Captain Jeff Cheek returns to Comanche for holidays visiting his sister Miss Lot tie Cheek. He plans to depart Wednesday for San Francisco then to Thailand to resume duties with the Thailand Police. Cheek has been on leave four months and has spent two months in Washington D C. He has served in Thailand four years and is a Comanche High School and Texas A M graduate.
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Jeff Cheek
Siam
Lottie Cheek
Comanche
San Francisco
Thailand
Captain Cheek
Washington, D. C
Cheek
Comanche High School
Texas A&m
Raymond Lanes Family Gathering
In a Christmas gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Lane friends and kin joined in greetings and a festive dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilliam of Greenville Mississippi Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Lane of Fort Worth Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bear of Dublin and other relatives and neighbors. A decorated tree and gifts added yuletide cheer with Santa Claus remembered by all.
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Raymon Lane
Lane
Ralph Gilliam
Greenville
D. M. Lane
Fort Worth
Charlie Bear
Dublin
Miss Bettie Elrod Dies in Abilene
Miss Bettie Elrod aged 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Elrod of Midland and former Comanche County residents, died December 22 in an Abilene hospital. Funeral services were held December 24 at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev S J Isham of Gustine Baptist Church presiding. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery Comanche.
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Bettie Elrod
W. A. Elrod
Midland
Comanche County
Abilene
Miss Elrod
Comanche Funeral Home
S. J. Isham
Gustine Baptist
Oakwood Cemetery
Comanche
Christmas Visits Across Brownwood and Comanche
Visit notes show Mr and Mrs Myrle Kelton visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E Paul Jeanes with plans to move to California. Brownwood residents Mr and Mrs Bruce Clark spent Christmas in Brownwood visiting their son. In Comanche, Mrs Henry Durham hosted visits from Mr and Mrs Jack Bell Mr and Mrs Walter Gilmore and Travis Gilmore all of Brownwood.
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Myrle Kelton
E. Paul Jeanes
Kelton
California
Henry Durham
Jack Bell
Walter Gilmore
Travis Gilmore
Brownwood
Comanche
Bruce Clark
Birth of Luther Phogg in December at local hospital
Mr and Mrs Phogg announce the birth of Luther weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces. He is welcomed by his mother Mrs Belie and great grandmother Mrs A B Masters of North Street Comanche. Relatives visited in Wellington during Christmas.
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Sen
Phogg
Luther
Belie
A. B. Masters
North Street
Comanche
Mrs. P. L. Parker Rites Held in Eastland
Funeral services for Mrs. P. L. Parker were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Eastland with Rev. Henry Chambers and Rev. Harvey Kimbler officiating. A pioneer Eastland resident, she had lived with her daughter in Comanche since her husband’s death in 1952 and died in Comanche hospital after years of ill health. Burial followed in Eastland Cemetery beside her husband and daughter Alfa Winston Goodman.
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P. L. Parker
First Baptist Church
Eastland
Henry Chambers
Comanche
Harvey Kimbler
Parker
Parker Floral
Johnnie Collins
Honey Grove
Paris
Guy
Don Parker
Easter Hutchens
Petty
T. M. Collins
Big Spring
J. T. Toad Green Taken By Death
J T Toad Green 68 peanut buyer for Lake Grove died December 22 at a Brownwood hospital after an illness of over a year. Funeral services were held December 23 at Comanche Funeral Home with ministers W E Anderson and Raymond M Burton presiding. He leaves a wife Nona Carmichael and five children from his first marriage plus stepchildren and grandchildren. He was born March 19, 1886 in De Leon.
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J. T
Toad) Green
Lake Grove
Brownwood Hospital
Comanche Funeral Home
W. E. Anderson
Raymond M. Burton
Comanche Methodist Church
Randall
Tom Burton
Walter Chapman
Lon Evers
de Leon
Calvin Horton
Henry Stephenson
Mr. Green
J. W. Green
Mary Jemima McQuarry Green
Green
Nona Foster
J. C. Medford
Hillary Carmichael
Midland
Dale Carmichael
W. E. Chambers
Dallas
E. B. Lawson
Seattle
Washington
S L Smith Dies In Oklahoma Rites Held Here
Stephen Lynton Smith 56 of Duncan Oklahoma died December 22 after a long illness. Funeral Friday December 24 at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev J D Smoot in charge. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery Comanche. Survived by wife Estelle Dillard and daughter Jacqueline Smith plus brothers and sisters in Carlsbad Pampa Sidney and others. Smith joined the church at Sidney in youth.
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Stephen Lynton Smith
Dncan
Oklahoma
Less Dillard
Comanche
Duncan
Mr. Smith
J. D. Smoot
Oakwood Cemetery
Estelle Dillard
Jacqueline Smith
Dallas
R. B. Smith
E. R. Smith
Nancy Morris
Carlsbad
New Mexico
J. C. Smith
Pampa
J. K. Ward
Bill Merrill
Sidney
Smith
Bob Ripley Dies In San Angelo
G. R. Bob Ripley, retired farmer and longtime Comanche County resident, died Sunday in San Angelo where he had lived for several months. Funeral rites were held in Comanche Tuesday with M. F. Manchester presiding. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Ripley farmed for many years in the Mercer Gap White Point area and is survived by his widow and several children.
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G. R
Bob) Ripley
Comanche County
San Angelo
Mr. Ripley
Comanche
M .F. Manchester
Church of Christ
Oakwood Cemetery
Ripley
Mercer Gap
White Point
Sullivan family visits for Christmas holidays
Here for holidays are Mr and Mrs John Sullivan of San Antonio Mr and Mrs Bob Sullivan of Hamilton and Rev George Sullivan of San Marcos visiting their mother Mrs Lizzie Sullivan during the Christmas season.
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John Sullivan
San Antonio
Bob Sullivan
Hamilton
George Sullivan
San Marcos
Lizzzie Sullivan
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Brady Cagers
Raymond Lanes
Dorothy Gray
Tassane
Durham
Kimbell
Borden of
Puffin
Golden
Texas
C.A
Nabisco
Jergen
White Swan Coffee
Mrs. Tucker
Gerber’s Baby Food
Weaver T. Aishman
Wellington
MTS. A
Toad
S. L. Smith
Bob Ripley
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