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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1963
Page
1
The notice highlights city office filing deadlines including March 2 for a school trustee post and Comanche city posts. It promotes local shop ads for fabric and sewing needs at Evridge, Valentine’s Day gift items, and seasonal bargains. The piece also mentions recent warm weather and concerns about grain losses.
Comanche School Board votes to rearrange the football field to surround it with a regulation dirt track. Bleachers moved 45 feet south, light poles repositioned, and west fence shifted 100 feet into the parking area. Concession area and restrooms reconfigured to support the new track. Completion expected by summer, with the field usable for most of the season. Little League field relocation study underway by Comanche service clubs.
Janey McBride of Blanket and Llano County earned the Grand Champion Award for Hercules the steer at the Greater Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. Hercules also placed second at the National Livestock Show in Denver, with a sale price of 6200 dollars. Durham’s K.A.V.S. livestock remedy helped Hercules remain healthy, and the McBride family plans future show entries with support from local firms.
The Comanche Jaycees list plans for a Sabin Oral Polio Type II vaccination campaign on Sunday February 17. Physicians and nurses from Comanche collaborate to administer the sugar cube dose at First Methodist and First Baptist churches. A 25 cent fee will be charged to cover vaccine costs, following last summer’s Polio Type I drive that drew 8000 county residents.
School enrollment for the Coman Independent School District totals 1 057, up 52 from last year’s 1 105. Superintendent S H Fletcher says 85 six year olds have registered and start first year work next September.
The Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation chairman announces voluntary 1963 feed grain program for 1959 or 1960 corn, grain sorghum, and barley growers. Features include a single feed grain base per farm, a 20 percent diversion to conservation, no exceedance across farms, diversion payments, fixed price supports, and loans limited to participants on full 1963 production.
Comanche County candidates filed for trustee of Comanche Independent School District as two board seats open in the April 6 election with March 6 filing due. Darrell H. Smith and John S. Braziel won t seek reelection. City voters choose a mayor, city secretary, and two council members on April 2, with March 2 filing. Pirkle and McKinzie terms expire. Ruth Loudermilk seeks reelection as city secretary. An old fashion country singing is scheduled at First Congregational Methodist Church Sunday at 2.
Tax collector John D. Beaty Jr reports Co manche County poll tax total rose to 1774 as the February 1 deadline passed and citizens qualify for 1963 elections. The upcoming spring vote includes school trustees and city offices.
Terrill Anthony Sharp of De Leon has been nominated for the U S Naval Academy by Congressman Purleson. He is among six nominees for the post, with the Naval Selection Board to choose one appoint ment from the group.
Interest grows in forming a Comanche Municipal Band CHS band director Jack L King calls a second meeting of former Indian Band members and local adult musicians. The goal is a 35 to 40 member group with a spring concert to help fund the band's Texas Jaycees trip to Kentucky next summer.
Dr. Paul R. Ellis Jr. will visit De Leon and Comanche schools next Tuesday February 12 and speak at Lions Club meetings in both towns. Ellis a Baylor University Medical Center surgical director and Southwestern Medical School instructor is a leading heart expert joining county fund raising efforts with plans for a later style show event.
The Comanche Indians must beat Cisco in Cisco Friday night to stay alive for the 8-AA title. They then face Hamilton at home Tuesday in a pivotal league clash as Hamilton leads the pace with Comanche one game behind. The Stephenville girls hold a one game margin over Granbury as they duel next week for the 8-AA crown with Granbury, while the Granbury and Stephenville girls playoff could decide the title.
Paul Goodwin is appointed education and music director at First Baptist Church Comanche. He moves from Ballinger where he served similarly, and he holds degrees from Hillsboro High School Howard Payne College. He and his wife Doris Towery have two children Chris and Jim. He pursues a Master’s Degree at Southwestern Baptist Seminary Fort Worth with classes Tuesday and Thursday each week.
Beverly Smith, Comanche native and CHS graduate, is among 12 candidates for Homecoming Queen at San Angelo Junior College. She earned multiple honors in high school and is building an outstanding record at the college.
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