Indians Open 47 Basketball Race Friday Night Here
Comanche High School launches the 1947 basketball season with home games Friday night against German Panther teams in District 10-A. Boys, led by guards Joe Howell Travis Fritts and center Clyde Grayson, aim to prove after a three week practice. girls under Mrs Marguerite Rice field a six player unit with Laura Johnson and Parmalee Williams in key forward roles.
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Comanche
Whitey Morris
Glenn Daughtery
Comanche High School
Joe Howell
Travis Fritts
Clyde Grayson
John Grifee
Kenneth Hicks
Indians
Garland Hicks
Lawrence Samuels
James Level
Harold Sledge
James Layman
Bill Cathey
Garland Driskill
Jack Gore
Cletus Robinson
Billy Joe McNutt
Talmadge Fails
Alvin Grayson
Wallace Coulter
Marguerite Rice
State National Bank and Santa Deliver $1700 Bonus
The seven employees of State National Bank received a Christmas bonus averaging substantial sums with reimbursements. Pat Cagle, the bank president, cited the staff's efficient service as the reason for the holiday payout and noted no employee with at least 12 months’ service received less than a full month’s salary.
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State National Bank
Santa Claus
Pat Cagle
Peanut Receipts Top 23 Million Pounds In Comanche
Comanche records show peanut receipts reaching 23,696,500 pounds by noon Tuesday, a season high. Public weigher C F Denny notes about 95 percent of the crop harvested and expects total receipts near 25 million pounds. First 1946 peanuts weighed September 15 with steady runs since. mid November daily total nearly 1,000,000 pounds. Local buyers have been Durham Pecan and Peanut, Texas Peanut, and Lake Grove, paying roughly 8.5 to 9 cents per pound.
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Comanche
C. F. Denny
Denny
Checker
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
Texas Peanut Company
Lake Grove
Nichols to Start Sales Company in Comanche
Ira Nichols, a local truck operator and former farmer rancher, announces plans to open the Comanche Auction Company just outside the city on Fort Worth highway. He says a lot has been purchased and materials gathered, with sales planned weekly likely on Tuesdays handling all types of livestock.
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Ira Nichols
Comanche
Fort Worth
Comanche Auction Company
Mr. Nichols
Nichols
State National Bank Declares Ten Percent Dividend
State National Bank announces a 10 percent dividend for all stockholders in a Dec 27 1946 meeting. Pat Cagle reports the bank had a record year with surplus up by 10 000 and capital at 50 000, plus remodeling costs and increased undivided profits. The message thanks Comanche and Comanche County for patronage and looks to a prosperous 1947.
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State National Bank
Pat Cagle
The
Comanche
Comanche County
Mail delivery starts in Stephenville on January 1
The Stephenville Empire Tribune reports that free mail delivery began in Stephenville on January 1, marking a new service for residents. The change is described as a modernization effort improving postal access in the town.
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Stephenville
Empire Tribune
A P Reopens Comanche Store After Expansion Monday
The A P Food Store in Comanche, closed for a week of repairs and remodeling, reopens Monday at the northeast corner of the Square in enlarged space. Manager L R Smallwood notes a new meat maker and modern fixtures, expanding to the A P Super Market site. Bo Brewer will lead the meat market, with F D Coker supervising produce. Regular staff includes Mrs L R Smallwood, Faye Jones, Merle McGlothlin, and Jimmy Warren.
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A&p Food
Comanche
L. R. Smallwood
A&p
Smallwood
Bo Brewer
F. D. Coker
Coker
Mr Brewer
Homer Palmer Suffers Severe Heart Attack in Christmas Visit
Homer Palmer a bookkeeper for Durham Pecan and Peanut Company suffered a heart attack on Christmas night while visiting his wife's parents near Richland Springs. He is reported somewhat improved but still in critical condition this week.
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Homer Palmer
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
Richland Springs
Mr. Palmer
Curb Named City Secretary in Comanche
E L Curb former Comanche High School principal and recent assistant City Secretary was appointed City Secretary to fill the unexpired term of H R Jones who died Monday December 23 The appointment followed a special City Council session December 26 The term runs until the April city election Curb born April 1 1904 near Mullin Mills County attended Baylor John Tarleton and Howard Payne Colleges married Mary J Underwood in 1927 they have one son Ernest Neal a 16 year old Comanche High School student involved in local work at Durham's Pharmacy
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E. L. Curb
Comanche High School
H. R. Jones
Mr. Curb
Mullin
Mills County
Prairie
Baylor College
John Tarleton College
Howard Payne College
Curb
Custer
Sipe Springs
Indian Mountain
Mary J. Underwood
Ernest Neal
Durham
Prescription Pharmacy
Denny backs bonds and rerouting Highway 36 through Comanche
C F Denny a former city council member and civic leader says he will support all proposed bond projects for Comanche. He also favors rerouting Highway 36 East through the city to remove a dangerous right angle turn near the city limits.
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C. F. Denny
Comanche
Denny
ABC Roundup Salutes Comanche W P Jackson
Comanche native W P Jackson of the Texas State Network gathered history of Comanche County for the ABC Roundup script. The program, titled saluting Comanche, airs Friday January 10 at 9 30 P M on eight Texas State Network stations, sponsored by a national advertiser and offered free to local listeners.
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W. P. Jackson
Texas State Network
Comanche
Comanche County
A.B.C
New county officials sworn in as terms begin
Four county officers and three commissioners took oaths January 1 with holdovers also sworn in. Gas ton Boykin became sheriff. Roy Dabney county clerk. Roy Little treasurer. Otis Coker district clerk. Commissioners are Charlie Biggs Jesse Reese and H S Freeman. Deputies named include Mike Sullivan Hazel Streety and J E Lightfoot staff across offices.
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Gaston Boykin
Perry St. Clair
St. Clair
Boykins
Roy Dabney
Claudia Fisher
Miss Fisher
Roy Little
Margaret Craddock
J. C. Helm, Jr
Robert H. Long
J. E. Lightfoot
F. T. Brandt
E. A. Williams
O. H. Moore
de Leon
Comanche and
Mills Counties
Mike Sullivan
Lizzie Sullivan
Comanche
G. R. Goosby
Ben Cleveland
Opal Harris
J. D. Gray
de Leon Ofice
Otis Coker
Bobbye Jean Carpenter
Elza Brinson
Lee Coffey
Annie Lucy Lane
Army Engineer Colonel to Conduct Hearing on Leon River Plan
Colonel Griffith of the Army Engineers will hold a hearing at 10:00 am January 8, 1947, in Comanche district court on Leon River middle and upper watershed improvements. A coalition of Gatesville Hamilton Dublin Gustine Comanche De Leon Eastland and Ranger propose flood control water supply and soil conservation projects to protect farming land and ensure municipal water, with several towns needing new dams.
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Col. Griffith
Army Engineers
Comanche
Leon River
Gatesville
Hamilton
Dublin
Gustine
de Leon
Eastland
Ranger
Galveston
Leon
Beers Election Planned by Comanche County Court
Comanche County will order a county-wide beer election at the next regular meeting led by Judge O E Rippetoe. The poll is expected for early February after a petition with 403 signatures made the election mandatory. The county has been legally dry since 1904.
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Commissioners Court
Comanche County
O. E. Rippetoe
Clarence Edwards III Hospitalized After Severe Heart Attack
Clarence Edwards III, local feed store owner, suffered a severe heart attack on Thursday December 26 and remains in critical condition at Blackwell Sanitarium in Gorman. Reports from Gorman indicate he suffered two additional subsequent attacks.
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Clarence Edwards III
Clarence Edwards
Blackwell Sanitarium
Gorman
Mr. Edwards
Poll Tax Update in Comanche County
Only about 1000 of 7000 residents subject to the poll tax have paid it to date, with February 1 deadline to qualify as voters in 1947. Tax Assessor-Collector J E Lightfoot urges prompt payment as January payments are needed to vote this year.
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Comanche County
J. E. Lightfoot
Lightfoot
OES Grand Officers to Visit Local Chapter in Spring Event
Comanche Chapter No 310 Order of the Eastern Star will entertain the Worthy Grand Matron Mrs Hattie Lucille Dowell of Austin and District Grand Matron Mrs Pickins of Waco at a spring Tuesday evening meeting. The program begins at 7 30 o clock with officers and members invited to attend the event at the Comanche National Bank Annex location.
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Comanche Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Hattie Lucille Dowell
F/ Austin
Pickins
Waco
McDougal Plans Auction Ring in Comanche 1947
Ernest McDougal, a long time Comanche County farmer, plans to erect about 6000 dollars in barns and facilities and launch a weekly livestock auction ring once weather allows. The McDougal Auction Company will be located one mile from the Fort Worth Highway. Floyd Graham and his wife visited W H Howard in Comanche last week.
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Comanche
McDougal Commission Company
Ernest McDougal
Comanche County
Mr. McDougal
McDougal
Fort Worth Highway
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