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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1956
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text lists multiple Comanche County obituaries including Laura Marie Eds, Adeline McNutt, and others with burial dates in January and February. Also mentions land parcels, transfers, and a $2,000 consideration in a local property transaction.
Funeral services for Charles Edward Holdridge were held January 11 at the Church of Christ in De Leon. He died January 9 1956 in a Seguin hospital from injuries after a highline pole fell on him at Gonzales where he worked with Guadalupe Valley R.E.A. He was 23. He married Frankie Dean Phifer of Comanche in 1952 and they had one child Shannon. He served in the U.S. Army, with time stationed in Alaska. Interment was in De Leon Cemetery.
Bill Wilkerson visited his wife in Temple over the week end. The couple welcomed a son named David Blanton and plan to be at their home on 800 North Lane this weekend.
Stag Creek residents seek a suitable building for a community center and ask for leads or donations via Chairman Henry Drennan. The note notes local cemetery memory and increased traffic as context and invites help. The Heritage Club meets February 21 at Pat Cagle’s home with co host Gaynelle Cauley.
The Heritage Club met February 7 in the Methodist Church Parlor with Mrs. W. D. Blackwood and Mrs. Louis Harelik as hostesses. Mrs. Pat Cagle presented “The Evolution of Travel in the South” with a make believe TV program, then eight members answered questions on “Travel in Pioneer Days” for prizes. Mrs. J. Lightfoot spoke on “Driver Education in Texas,” reading passages from a new high school textbook and stressing safe driving today.
The Tarleton State College spring term enrollment reaches 705 students, the highest in five years. Breakdown shows 436 freshmen, 165 sophomores, and 94 special students, with 542 males and 163 females enrolled.
Here from Abilene Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hinton and son Michael DeShane visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Brightman at Proctor and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. O. O. soon here over the week end.
A turkey meeting in San Saba Texas runs from 10 a m to 3 p m on February 22 with specialists to discuss health practices marketing research and other turkey industry topics. A chemical conference at Stephenville Tarleton College begins at 9 a m on February 22 covering soil deficiencies fertilizers and pest and brush control.
A saying notes mahogany trees are felled under moonlight as sap recedes and color deepens. The claim links nocturnal timing to richer finish and easier cutting, reflecting traditional beliefs about timber quality.
The term hand in measuring a horse’s height is defined as four inches. This old unit, used in veterinary and equestrian contexts, standardizes horse height from ground to withers.
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