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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1969
Page
11
A reader along the Salt Grass Trail 1969 sends regards to Mr and Mrs Wilkerson praised for community leadership after a Comanche Hamilton basketball game. The letter expresses nostalgia for hometown visits and notes Houston Pasadena air concerns.
The piece extols taking out insurance to shift financial risks from individuals to local agents. It argues insurance provides peace of mind and protection regardless of loss, claiming rewards even without a claim.
The Ola Cunningham Chapter of Texas Future Teachers of America attended the twentieth annual state convention in Austin on February 21 22 with Shelley Houck Vickie Croft Max Parker Royce Lubke and Mrs Robert Lubke. The event featured sessions workshops awards and entertainment including Lt Governor Ben Barnes and Dr Joy Elmer Morgan addressing attendees.
Arrowhead staff announces the 1969 Arrowhead Honor Graduates. Eleven seniors are honored for high grade averages across four years. Named honorees include Sharon Beaty Shelley Houck Sue Cox Royce Lubke Linda Lou Lane Rosalie Gaines Jackie Barret Sue Huffman Vickie Croft Avlyn Speck and Carol Ann Byrd. The honor graduates will be announced again in May at graduation.
Liberty Freewill Baptist youths hosted a surprise program on February 19 honoring their pastor J A Alexander. The event traced his life from boyhood to his ministerial call and included a gift presentation and refreshments for both youths and adults.
The Comanche Future Homemakers group met Tuesday February 11 at CHS. Coach Houston Jolley spoke on citizenship. Julie Pinkerton led relaxers. The Spring Sweetheart Banquet was discussed and postponed to April 19 for FHA members and their dates.
A dense roster of church listings names pastors and service times across numerous Gustine churches. Entries include Victory Baptist Walter Eliss, Bergett Creek Baptist Bill Wells, United Pentecostal Rev Wilbur Boone, Pearl Street Church of Christ Dale Scott, Liberty Free Will Baptist J C Alexander, and more with Sundays 9:30 to 11:00 services, Wednesday prayers, and youth events noted.
A church piece notes the moving of a house to clear way for a new freeway and urges community members to find a church home. It cites scripture from Philippians and Hebrews to encourage resilience and neighborly love as neighborhoods change and new neighbors arrive. The message invites attendance in the local community church this week.
Nora Hamilton Lamkin A G Lovjoy 94, early Lamkin community pioneer, died in Houston on February 15. Born Minnie Ewell in 1875, she was daughter of Charlie and wife near Toliver Cemetery. Graveside rites were held with Rev. Ernest DeWald and Len Dalton Hamilton. She married A. G. Lovjoy, a Fairview teacher, and survived by son John Ewell Lovjoy of Houston, three granddaughters, six great grandchildren, and many relatives including the Neels and Collins families.
Mrs. Dick Armstrong accompanied her son Jimmy Armstrong to Fort Stockton where the Comanche High School senior placed second in the intermediate hurdles and fourth in the high hurdles.
Fort Worth visitors include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Isham and Mr and Mrs John D Hicks with children visiting families in Carrollton and Arlington. The Dallas Black Hawks beat the Fort Worth Red Wings 4 to 3 at the State Fair Coliseum. Vernon residents were in Comanche visiting relatives, with Mrs Parker and others hosting relatives.
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