Local sales and events in Comanche area arrive this week
Readers learn of a range of sales and events including a ready to wear sale in Palmer and Reese stores with spring coats, a furniture sale, a pancake breakfast at Comanche Lions Club fundraiser, a drug store super savings event, an aquarium set promo, and the Starr's weekend specials. Also listed are municipal election filing notices, a city trustee race, a Farm Film showing, and the 1955 use plate schedule to be issued by the assessor-collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Reese Ares
Cey
Comanche
Jenny Person
Banche Lions Club
Lions Club Y Fund
Airmaid
Owl
Sinclair
Sinclair Farm
Micney
Sinclairman M
Dhe
Imp Company
Vollie Meyers
Leon
George
Wood Horse Triumphs at Hot Springs Race
A 30 to 1 longshot named Wood Horse, ridden by E. E. Blackwood, won the Oak track race at Hot Springs on Monday. The Comanche horse finished first in the 54 furlong event, marking a strong start to the 1955 racing season with a consistent money win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex
Blackwood
Oak
Comanche
Infant Washburn Stillborn in Bell County Family Home
Ann Washburn infant daughter of Mrs. Clarence Arthur Washburn of Lake Road Coman, Midway Bell County, died Sunday February 1, after being stillborn. The baby was the child of Flossie Washburn before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Clarence Arthur
Lake Road
Coman
Midway
Bell County
Bell
Washburn
Flossie Ik
Barret Hereford Female Tops San Antonio Sale
The Barret Hereford Ranch of Comanche led sale results at the San Antonio Exposition Sale with the top female selling for 785 dollars. Roy Elbet paid 2000 dollars for a Hereford bull from Stanton Hereford Ranch Johnson City, while Arthur Nentwich bought the top female for 785 dollars. Sixty three bulls averaged 504 dollars with total 31745 dollars and 17 females averaged 398 dollars totaling 6760 dollars. Barret Herefords captured 1 first and 2 second places at the show boosting their recent Fort Worth and Houston awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Roy Elbet
Spring Branch
Stanton Hereford Ranch
Johnson City
Arthur Nentwich
Macdona
Comanche
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Ouston
Brookesmith-Lipan District Playoff Games Close at Comanche
Brookesmith boys edged Lipan 56 55 in a thriller while Lipan girls defeated Brookesmith 48 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Brookesmith Boys
Lipan
Brookesmith Girls
Washington Masonic Day program draws 138 attendees
A dinner for 138 followed a Washington Day program at the Masonic Temple. W. B. Sartor presided. Rev. Henry M. Chambers spoke on George Washington. Miss Frances Stinebaugh, a Masonic Home junior, described life there and received applause. The event featured Patsy Wilhelm and Bob Carter with Jeannine Gleaton on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
W. B. Sartor
Henry M. Chambers
First Baptist Church
George Washington
Frances Stinebaugh
Miss Stinebaugh
Stinebaugh
Patsy Wilhelm
Bobby Carter
Jeannine Gleaton
Hamilton Mail Carrier Dies After 40 Years of Service
Horace J. Fowler, 62, longtime rural mail carrier based in Hamilton, passed away last week at Gatesville hospital. He served the community for four decades and was known for his dependable route. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace J. Fowler
Hamilton
Gatesville
Salvation Army Drive Raises 746 Across Comanche
The Salvation Army drive in Comanche netted 746.96 by Wednesday afternoon with more donations possible. Co Chairmen Louis Harelik and Mrs Eddie Jones led the effort and thanked workers and contributors. Any overlooked donors can contribute at State National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Comanche
Louis Harelik
Eddie Jones
Cairmen
State National Bank
Pottsville Girls Win District Title in Three-Game Set
Pottsville High School girls coached by Fred Curry beat Sidney 45-34 to clinch the Class B district championship in Gustine. Pottsville led 10-6 after the first quarter and 26-14 at halftime, then 38-24 after three. Pottsville advances to face Jonesboro on a neutral court for bi district honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville High School
Fred
Red) Curry
Comanche
Sidney Girls
Gustine
Pottsville Girls
Sidney
Pottsville
Jonesboro
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Gustine FFA Boy Wins Calf Scramble at Houston Show
James Adcock, Gustine High School agriculture student, won the Calf Scramble in the Houston Fat Stock Show with a 160 pound Black Angus named Tar Baby. He earned $2.50 cash and a $50 prize for the calf’s weight gain versus cost, with the calf later selling for 46 cents a pound. He plans to return next year with his own calf after touring Schlumberger plant in Houston with Bud Griswold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Adcock
Houston
Gustine
Youne Adcock
Schiumberzer
Euston
Fredericks
James
Tar
Rice Hotel
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Gustine High School
Schlumberger
Bud Griswold
Gustine Fia Boy
Young Adcock
Dorothy Shatto
the Recorder
Sunday School Attendance Down in Comanche Churches
Influenza and cold season reduced Comanche Sunday School turnout last Sunday to 794, below 1000 for the first time in a month. Attendance across many churches is listed with counts from Liberty Freewill Baptist to Central Christian and more. Local organizers seek weekly reports via phone to track participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Liberty Freewill Baptist
Victory Baptist
United Pentecostal
First Methodist
East Side Baptist
First Baptist
Church of Christ
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Central Christian
Freewill Baptist
Congregational Methodist
Free Pentecostal
Funeral Rites Here Friday For R. G. Morris
Funeral services for R. G. Morris age 60 are set for Friday at 2:00 PM at Comanche Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Pendergrass Cemetery near Sidney. Morris, brother of Oral D. Morris Comanche County Precinct No 1 Commissioner, died Tuesday in a Veterans Hospital in Popular Bluff Missouri. His home was in Squires Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Morris
Comanche Funeral Home
Pendergrass Cemetery
Sidney
Mr. Morris
Comanche County
Oral D. Morris
Veterans Hospital
Popular Bluff
Missouri
Squires
Woolsey Completes Air Force Basic Training at Lackland
James Garland Woolsey 17 of Proctor Texas is finishing his Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base. The course assesses aptitude for specialization and future technical training as he enters military career preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Woolsey
Army Air Force
James Garland Woolsey
Charlie Woolsey
Proctor
Texas
Air Force
Lackland Air Fore Base
Anfor
Farm Bureau Holds Meeting in Comanche County
Officers and directors of the Comanche County Farm Bureau met Tuesday night at the courthouse in Comanche to discuss plans for the future welfare of agriculture and those interested. The piece urges joining the Farm Bureau to support farmers and rural living with freedom in a peaceful world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Comanche County
Farm Bureau
Gustine Student Elbert Adams Named to ETSTC Honor List
Elbert Lyn Adams of Gustine is named to East Texas State Teachers College Dean's Honor List for fall semester. Eligibility requires at least 15 semester hours and a 36 grade point total, as announced by the faculty honors committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
East Texas State Teachers College
Elbert Lyn Adams
Gustine
Five Die in Car Truck Crash Near Brownwood
Five people died and three were injured in a crash on Texas Highway 279 near Lake Brownwood. The car carrying Wesley Turner Richardson and Fula Joyce Richardson collided with a tanker truck driven by Clyde Baker. The trailer jackknifed and struck the bridge railing, dumping rails into the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Brownwood
Texas
Brownwood
Wesley Turner Richardson
Fula Joyce Richardson
Abilene
Duane
Clyde Baker
Cherokee
Richardson
Robert Haliburton
FE. P. Halliburton
North Lane Street
Comanche
Mre
Richardson Robert Halliburton
Baker
Richardson Auto
Lake View girls trip Coleman in district title bid
Lake View of San Angelo defeated Coleman 56 to 41 to take a 1 0 lead in the district championship best two of three. Coleman led 21 to 19 at halftime as the game moved to Coleman for the second game Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview Girls
San Angelo
Coleman Girls
Coleman
Forty Report To Open CHS Track Workouts
Comanche High School’s Indians begin intensive track practice under coach Hamrick with over forty hopefuls. Illness recently limited turnout but strong interest remains as returning point winners and new sprinters vie for events at district and regional meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Hamrick
Comanche High School Indians
Comanche High School
Hamrick
P. T. Galiga
Herman Moore
Calvin
Fred Curry
Jack Peil
Ross
Harold Price
Lee
Billy Curry
Jack Pettit
Dean Sliger
Bruce Couch
Dixon McGuire
Bill Carpenter
James Lester
Cisco
Tarleton
Gor‘mar
Stephenville
Comancone
Hamilton
de Leon
Dublin
Granbury
Mineral Wells
Weatherford
Also Mentioned on This Page
IEE
Beal
Pauline
Starr
Sect
Hot Springs
Ann Washburn
Jemima
Veterans
Comanche Lions Club
Lions Club
Veteran
Brookesmith
Masonic Washington
Jim Dudley
First Methodist Church
America
Dwight Brightman
FBI
Lake View Girls
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