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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1963
Page
12
County Judge D F Caraway of Comanche County joins the Texas Governor to proclaim February 4 through 9 as Farm Bureau week in Texas highlighting county farm work and state support.
The Algginbothaim distributing department and its general office and retail outlets employ 84 people in Comanche County with 64 at the main site and 16 at De Leon and 4 at Gustine. Buyers for Comanche include Allen, Tambo, Cox, Crownover, and Foreman. Crownover has returned from New York wholesale markets. A new Early Lumber Yard was added at Early with Carlton Land as manager. Comancheans Willmann and Power attended the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo.
The Comanche Chief reports a lineup of speakers for a career guidance event. Abilene and Comanche area supervisors Ural Horton and ht Brightman will discuss FBI work. Frank Hughes of TCU will address Fine Arts. TEXAS OUTLOOK editor Traxel Stevens will speak to journalism students. Lawyers Howell Cobb and Belve Bean with patrolman Wilburn Long will discuss law enforcement careers. Medical, Navy, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical education, teaching, science, aerospace and Air Force conversations follow with specialists from Stephenville, Fort Worth, Brownwood, Howard Payne College and TSTA in Austin.
Comanche Public School lists weekly noon meals. Monday offers beef casserole with sides and ice cream. Tuesday serves pork roast with vegetables and jam. Wednesday features hamburgers with chips and peach cobbler. Thursday provides beef and chicken stew with crackers and cheese rolls. Friday serves fried fish with mashed potatoes carrots peas and banana pudding.
D. Slaughter, 78, retired railroad engineer, died January 23 in a De Leon hospital. Funeral services were January 24 at De Leon First Methodist Church with burial in De Leon Cemetery. A Mississippi native, he lived in the De Leon area for 50 years, survived by his wife, three sons, and six daughters. Mr and Mrs Eugene Rauhut and son Stanley and Miss Gail Gleaton visited Calvin Lee and daughter Natalie in Arlington Tuesday. Natalie celebrated her first birthday.
Rally at Band Hall at 7 o clock invites past members of the Comanche Indian Band to organize a municipal band. CHS Band Director Jack King notes possible formation and a later concert with proceeds benefiting the Indian Band trip to Kentucky in June. Refreshments follow the rehearsal. bring instruments or use school horns.
Bertha Huftmann Wilkes born December 3 1901 died January 16 1963 at All Saints Hospital Fort Worth at 61. Funeral at First Baptist Church of Hurst with burial at Blue Bennett Hill Cemetery near Hurst. Survived by husband George six sisters and two brothers Ralph Huffman.
Comanche High School students and faculty received copies of Your Constitution in an assembly presented by the Comanche Jaycees led by Jack King. The booklet explains each section and promotes educated youth for a free tomorrow, available at the high school and Comanche libraries. Robert Wills of Comanche Moor-Man dealer is visiting Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Moor-Man display is led by Loel Dene Cox.
Johan Simpson reports that the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District honored board members with Certificates of Merit for 1961 and 1962 achievements. H. W. Turney, Ike Hickman, Bernal Hickman, C. M. McCain, Ory Beaty, Wade George and others received awards for leadership and conservation work across Erath, Comanche and Eastland counties. The district, one of 181 in Texas, spans 1,346,412 acres with about 5,500 farming units.
The Coulter family expresses gratitude to all who aided Beverly Ann Coulter during her illness. They thank the Jaycees for sponsorship of a Station KCOM drive and KCOM staff for their efforts, plus all businesses and individuals who contributed. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray Coulter. Also notes Mrs. Walter Wagnon of California visiting and relatives in town.
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