County-Wide Baptist Revivals Start Sunday in Nineteen Churches
Revivals in Comanche County Baptist churches will begin Sunday morning led by Dr. E. H. Westmoreland of South Main Baptist Church, with music directed by Joe Trussell. Services at 10 am and 7:30 pm daily feature Westmoreland preaching and Trussell leading song and readings.
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Coman
E. H. Westmoreland
South Main Baptist Church
Aston
Joe Trussell
Jin
First
Comanche
Ving
Trust
Comanche County
Joel Trussell
Brownwood
Houston
First Baptist Church
H. E. Westmoreland
T. Mays Co Announces February Furniture Sale
The T. Mays Company announces a February furniture sale as part of a clearance event. The advertisement confirms the sale is underway with details carried in another notice.
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T. Mays & Company
Sture
Quartets To Meet At Harmony For County Singing
Comanche County quartet aging meeting set for Friday night February 7 at Harmony. Thurman Fagan president urges all singers to attend.
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Comanche County
Harony
Thurman Fagan
Association
Prince Drug Adds Ocean Nut Machine and Nuts Line
The Prince Drug Installations reports new Ocean Nut machine and a full line of fresh roasted nuts including cashews almonds Spanish peanuts pecans and mixes. Mrs Dora Lu Stokes 65 wife of Jim Stokes of Comanche Route died January 29 burial January 30 at Ard Church Cemetery. Born in Texas May 28 1881 daughter of Isaac Taylor and Hamilton Taylor resident of the county 65 years.
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Dora Lu Stokes
Jim Stokes
Comanche
Ard Church
Orn
Texas
Isaac Taylor
Hamilton Taylor
Comanche Invitation Cage Tourney Opens With Eight Teams
Opening round play begins Thursday night for the Comanche Invitation Basketball Tournament with eight teams entered. Both boys and girls divisions award trophies to champions and runners up. Favorites include Proctor girls and De Leon boys. Semi finals Saturday afternoon, finals Saturday night. admission 15 cents students and 25 cents adults.
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Durham
Prescription Pharmacy
Proctor
de Leon
Sidney
Lamkin
Beattie Cagers
Comanche
Gustine Girls
Gustine Boys
Comanche B
Westfall Killed In Auto Wreck Near Blanket
E L Westfall 27 of San Diego and formerly of Comanche and Hasse died in a Brownwood hospital after a head on collision on U S Highway 67 near Blanket Friday night. Lester Johnson 59 of Brownwood was injured as were Mrs Westfall and the four year old daughter Linda Joyce. Funeral services for Westfall were held at Comanche Funeral Home with burial in Board Church Cemetery. Westfall served in the European Theater and worked in San Diego for a tractor firm. he is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, two brothers and three sisters.
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E. L. Westfall
San Diego
California
Comanche and
Hasse
Brownwood Hospital
Blanket
U. S. Highway 67
Brown County
Johnson
Brownwood
Westfall
Comanche Funeral Home
Board Church Cemetery
S. J. Isham
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Edgerton couple visit Texas bakery family ties
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Jolink of Edgerton Minnesota are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Jolink and their son Byron Gray. It is the Jolinks first trip to Texas and their first time meeting their grandson Gray. Mr Jolink, head of a large Minnesota bakery, has spent most of the week helping at his son's Texas bakery.
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D. J. Jolink
Edgerton
Minnesota
John Jolink
Byron Gray
Divorce case of Wanda Jean Young vs Marvin L Young dismissed
Divorce proceedings filed in Comanche District Clerk's office have been dismissed at the plaintiff's request. Wanda Jean Young and Marvin L Young are the involved parties.
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Comanche
Wanda Jean Young
Marvin L. Young
State approves Comanche water rights on Leon River near Proctor
The State Board of Water Engineers approved the City of Comanche to impound and divert Leon River waters for domestic and municipal use in Comanche County. The permit authorizes a dam and a 70 acre foot reservoir with up to 1000 acre feet annual flow, under strict terms and a one year start and two year completion deadline.
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City of
Comanche
Leon River
Proctor
State Board of Water Engineers
State of Texas
Brazos River
Comanche County
Leon
Oscar Callaway Ex-Congressman Dies at 76 in Brownwood
Oscar Callaway colorful Comanche lawyer and rancher, ex-congressman, died at 7 p m Friday January 31 in a Brownwood hospital two weeks after a heart attack in his office. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Comanche with many in attendance. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Oscar Callaway
Congress
Brownwood
Callaway
First Presbyterian Church
C. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church
W. B. Gray
Presbyterian Church
Eugene C. Barker
University of Texas
University Law School
Texas University
J. W. Battle
E. T. Miller
J. H. Arthur
E. H. Denny
Jack Moore
Bob Stanton
W. C. House
Wm. C. Chilton
G. P. Tate
Emmett Whitesides
Oakwood Cemetery
Rusk County
Waldrop Not to Be Candidate For Mayor
Comanche resident Fane Waldrop announced he will not seek the mayor’s office. Waldrop co-owns the Owl Confectionery and serves as commander of the local VFW post, saying business and time commitments make a campaign impractical, though he will cooperate as a businessman in Comanche’s growth.
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Fane Waldrop
Comanche
Waldrop
Owl
VFW
Curb Announces Candidacy for City Secretary
FE. L. Curb, City Secretary since December following H. R. Jones obituary, announces his bid for the office. He has served as assistant City Secretary since July 1, 1946, and the election is set for Tuesday, April 1. His name will appear in the regular city political announcement column weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Curb
Mr. Curb
H. R. Jones
Sunday School Reorganized at Taylor's Chapel
Sunday School services will be held next Sunday morning at Taylor's Chapel at 10 o'clock. W. H. Vineyard announces that plans for reorganizing the Sunday School of the Methodist Church have been worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor’s Chapel
W. H. Vineyard
Methodist Church
Wright Announces Jewelry and Radio Clearance Sale
E. R. Wright of Wright's Jewelry opens a clearance sale across three stores in Comanche Dublin and Eastland with savings up to fifty percent on jewelry purchases. An ad elsewhere notes elephant leather takes over three years to tan.
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E. R. Wright
Wright’s Jewelry
Comanche
Dublin
Eastland
Dr Robert Cunningham Dies in Houston
Dr. Robert Cunningham aged 31, a Houston dentist and Navy captain, died suddenly of a heart attack in Houston on Monday. He was son of Mrs. Dave Cunningham and brother of Herbert Cunningham and Mrs. Harold Craddock of Comanche. He practiced dentistry in Houston before and after serving in World War II.
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Robert Cunningham
Houston
Dave Cunningham
Herbert Cunningham
Harold Craddock
Comanche
Cunningham
Courthouse News Briefs Include Local Pairs and Routes
Court notices list pairs such as John E. Cleveland and Miss Ima Marie Cox, Robert Dowell Flippo and Miss Billie O Kirkland, Myrle W. McGlothlin and Miss Dorothy Jean Fuller, and others from Comanche Dublin and De Leon areas. Additional names include Doyle Bryan Watts, Neva Freeman, Birdie Ray Tucker, Bettie Haynes, and Willard McKinney with Odell Otwell.
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John E. Cleveland
Ima Marie Cox
Robert Dowell Flippo
Billie O Kirkland
Myrle W. McGlothlin
Dorothy Jean Fuller
Comanche
A. D. McGettes
Tressie B. Ward
Doyle Bryan Watts
Neva Freeman
de Leon
Birdie Ray Tucker
Bettie Haynes
Dublin
Lee Carmichael
Orwella Walls
Willard McKinney
Odell Otwell
Baggett Church Joins Simultaneous Revival Campaign
The Baggett Creek Church led by Pastor K. P. Theda will start revival services Sunday as part of a county wide simultaneous revival campaign sponsored by the Comanche Baptist Association with twenty Baptist churches taking part. Rev. John G. Lambrides, publicity chairman, said the Baggett announcement came too late for ads.
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Baggett Creek
K. P. Theda
Comanche Baptist Association
John G. Lambrides
Voters Decide Beer Legalization and Tax Reallocation in Comanche
Comanche County faces a rare special election this Saturday on legalizing beer sales and reallocating county taxes. The beer issue dominates attention while tax reallocation draws less interest. Church leaders and a broad coalition backed by petitions and local officials pushed the vote, with little public campaigning noted for the beer supporters.
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Comanche County
E. A. Smith, Jr
Comanche
Commissioners Court
O. E. Rippetoe
Robert Long
Chief to Post Beer Returns In Comanche County Election
The Chief will gather and post returns from the Beer Election in Comanche County on Saturday February 8. Returns may be phoned or delivered from ballot boxes to The Chief or County Judge O E Rippe toe. Polls close at 7 PM and returns are expected quickly.
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Comanche County
O. E. Rippetoe
Record Poll Tax Payments in Coman Che County
Poll tax receipts reached a record in Coman Che County for an off year election, with J. F. Lightfoot noting a total near 3814. Final two days produced about 600 receipts, surpassing the 1946 figure of 3814 and the 1945 off year total of 2300, driven by high interest in the upcoming elections.
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Comanche County
J. F. Lightfoot
Heer
Mr. Lightfant
Spastic Paralysis Meeting Planned in Brownwood
Mrs George G Smith announces Mrs August Kruger of Merifsen will speak on spastic paralysis at 4 pm Sunday at Adam Street Community Center Brownwood. The meeting aims to promote a state bill for a combined school and hospital for spastic children and seeks North Hospital of Camp Bowie for the project. Parents of affected children are urged to attend.
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George G. Smith
August Kruger
Merifsen
Adam Street
Brownwood
North Hospital
Camp Bowie
Smith
Wildlife Field Day Here Next Tuesday Plans Underway
Comanche County hosts a Wildlife Field Day in the District Courtroom February 11 to discuss creating a county game preserve. Speakers include Lee Coffey, R E Callender, Allan Baum, and John Woods as they outline deer turkey and fur bearing projects and quail restoration efforts.
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Turkey
Comanche County
Lee Coffeey
R. E. Callender
Texas A&m College
Allan Baum
Cisco
John Woods
Brownwood
Coffey
Palo Pinto
McCulloch
Dudley Mare Wins Grand Champion at Brownwood Show
C R Dudley, formerly of Comanche now Mullin and Brownwood, exhibited the grand champion Palomino mare at the Brownwood Livestock Show. His two year old filly claimed top honors in the prize class.
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C. R. Dudley
Comanche
Mullin and
Brownwood
Mr. Dudley
Staff Meeting At Blackwood Clinic Well Attended
Doctors from De Leon and Dublin attended a regular staff meeting at the Blackwood Clinic Hospital in Comanche on Saturday night February 1. A film on intravenous anesthesia was shown. Six doctors and seven nurses attended. Regular meetings are held twice a month.
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de Leon
Dublin
Blackwood Clinic
Comanche
H O Allen Critically Ill At Wichita Falls Move
H O Allen manager of J T Mays & Co Furniture Store is critically ill and has moved to his former home in Wichita Falls. He had recently resigned after undergoing major operations in a Fort Worth hospital and had led the local store since its founding.
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H. O. Allen
J. T. Mays & Co
Wichita Falls
Mr. Allen
Fort Worth
Jack Riley Accepts Fountain Clerk Post at Sutton Dudley Drugs
Jack Riley has taken a job as fountain clerk at Sutton Dudley Drugs, marking a new position in his career. He begins duties this week and will handle customer assistance and product guidance at the store.
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Jack Riley
Sutton Dudley, Drugs
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J. G. Lambrides
1St Baptist Church
Rniture Sale J. T. Mays Co
Toeet
Prince Drug
OCEAN
Ritz Theatre
Johnny Mack Brown
Riders OF the South
Fred Colez
Isabelita
Thur
Rosemary la Blanche
John James
DEVIL
Bat’s Daughter
Curb
Robt. Cunningham
Courthouse News
Baggett Church
Frownwood
Majestic Theatre
FBI
Roy Rogers
Oklahoma
Abie’s
Richard Norris
Joanne Dru
SUN
Matinee & Mon
Earl Carroll’s
Constance Moore
William Marshall
Chester Morris
Trudy Marshall
Boston
Buster Crabbe
Robert Young
Barbara Haile
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