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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1958
Page
8
Advertisements offer 10 percent off all stock in a department store clearout. Meats groceries and coffee priced cheaply at local markets. Jewelry sale featuring Bulovas and diamond sets. The page also promotes a film at the Majestic Theatre April Love and notes community events including a school building project and upcoming thrift drive.
A Friday Day of Prayer service at the First Methodist Church will be held with Reverend Robert W. Walker delivering a message on unity among denominations. The sanctuary will be open for private meditation from 11 am, with presiding clergy encouraging all who desire quiet reflection.
Five passengers were injured in the Wednesday afternoon two car collision five miles east of Comanche on U S Highway 67. The dead include Mrs Veron F Gaines 50 and Mrs Jane Elliott 47 of Hasse, and Herman Hornung 59 and Miss Betty Mae Thompson 44 of Cameron. Survivors include two sons and a daughter. injuries include a 15 year old Comanche girl hospitalized with fractures. Hornung and Thompson were described as well known in Cameron. Funeral services conducted in Comanche and Cameron.
Odis Smart of Comanche has purchased the Frick Humble Service Station at 504 E Central and now operates as Smart s Humble Service. Frick plans rest and may take a traveling automobile supply job. the business will run 24 hours with same staff and new management.
Johnnie Robinson of Gustine will present a Hawaiian music program for the Coenehe Lions Club Tuesday night. He recently returned from Hawaii where he played with native Hawaiians and will bring an authentic Hawaiian touch to his numbers for the club event.
The March term grand jury for the 12nd District Court in Comanche County includes A P Burks Richard Armstrong Eugene Perkins Mrs Sibyl Stewart W W Causey McDonald Applewhite Mrs Cleone Willingham Gayle Isham Carl Brandt Mrs R V Bond Lee Holdridge B N Huddleston W A Gray Joe Robert Whiteside Burton Caffey Joe Evridge with terms starting March 3.
Rev. Henry M. Chambers of the First Baptist Church in Comanche announces a revival meeting beginning March 29. Elmer Dunham of El Paso, city missions secretary, will be the evangelist, praised as an outstanding speaker, with leadership from Dr. Dunham and Mr. Fordehase.
La Rae Swindle and Jack Pettit of Comanche were named All Tarleton Boy and Girl at Tarleton State College. Pettit, agriculture education major, holds leadership roles and track captaincy. Swindle, education journalism major, edits the TAC and leads campus groups. Both previously earned All-School Favorites at Comanche High School.
An all day work session is scheduled at the Newburg Cemetery this Saturday February 22. Dinner will be served on the grounds at noon. Organizers urge all interested to attend and help.
Two Sidney youths Tommy Hutchins and Roger Jones found a nearly perfect mastodon molar and jawbone fragments in a gravel bed near the Jones farm on Stag Creek. The tooth weighs 5% pounds, measures 4.2 by 7 inches, and was identified by J. W. Massengale and the TCU geology department as American Mastodon remains from the late Oligocene to late Pleistocene periods.
Edward Haffner a 34 year old Episcopal pastor with St. John s Brownwood and St Matthews in town holds Thursday services attracting praise. A native of Illinois raised in Texas he holds four degrees and is a CPA and orator. His Brownwood church grew from 200 to 234 members and four months added 44. Llano church rose from 16 to 129 during his tenure. Comanche church now 32 members. Billy Guy Elliott of Comanche was arrested for fraud related to a car purchase. the car was recovered in Dallas and returned to Hammitt Motor Co in De Leon.
Three men filed as candidates for trustees of the Comanche Independent School District for the April 5 election. By Feb 20, Henry Huffman Harry Mark Cauley and Thomas Foreman had filed with secretary John Robinson. Incumbents with terms expiring are E W Gleaton Cecil Fisher and Robertson. Absentee voting opens 20 days before the election. Huffman a Texas Highway Department engineer Cauley a rural mail carrier and Foreman an employee at Higginbotham Wholesale Dry Goods.
Allen Molone, Jerry Iley and W. R Cook attended the youth rally held at the Board Baptist Church on Friday.
Farm data from O D Johnston Comanche County ASC Office Manager shows 44 645 3 acre balance and 41 715 6 acreage potentially planted to cotton in 1958 with related figures and notes on balance. Aimed at farmers assessing next year plans and crop mix.
The ESA Sorority of Comanche will present a Spring Style Show Friday night at Comanche High School Auditorium on February 21. There will be no contest or prizes, and attendees can see the latest styles materials and patterns. The event aims to attract men women and children as entrants and the public is urged to attend.
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