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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1960
Page
10
Statement of the condition shows State National Bank assets totaling 2,920,030.83 dollars. The cashier Elmon Kerry attests the above statement is correct as a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
December notices record burials in Oakwood Cemetery Comanche with names Lilly Malisse Wilson Walter Wagnon Michael Ratliff and births to Guill Rich ard families Mazurek Jeschke and others at Blackwood Mims Hospital. Also court fines paroles marriages licenses probate deeds and appraisals across the county with multiple executors and estates listed.
Alvin L Hall 87 of Comanche died Friday in a Brownwood hospital after long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at Board Church with Rev S J Isham and Rev Harry Hames officiating. Burial followed in Board Church Cemetery. Survived by wife Ollie Mae, daughter Mrs Keith Johnson, six sons, two brothers, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Revs Don Turner and clergy noted resignation to take post in Nacogdoches.
The record lists land transfers from L. V. Horto n to G. T. Burks in 1946 for 1500 dollars and Emma S. Norsworthy of Dallas County to Charles D. Ballew for 40 acres at 1000 dollars. It also notes New Motor Vehicles Registered including Herman T. Murray 1959 Plymouth Sedan Roy Tongate De Leon 1960 Ford Meabow Lanner 1960 Ford Two Door Miss Pat Mahan De Leon 1960 Chevrolet Sport Coupe A. P. Gore Comanche 1960 Ford Sedan R. L. Tate Comanche 1960 Chrysler Sedan.
Effie Terrill Howard 177 widow of a De Leon grocer and longtime resident died Friday in a Stephenville hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at First Baptist Church with burial in De Leon Cemetery. Survived by son Emmett Howard of Fort Stockton. Easter Sunday in 1960 falls on April 17.
Lawrence Allen Shupp 45 a De Leon cabinet maker and carpenter died after a short illness Tuesday in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services were held Friday January 1 at 2:30 PM at De Leon First Baptist Church with burial in De Leon Cemetery. He was born in Dublin and lived in the De Leon area most of his life.
The notice names survivors including Billy Dean and a stepson in the US Army, two brothers Wai De Leon and Elms Downine, and five relatives tied to Susie Graham. It mentions a Mrs. Imap Louise Coat and Mrs. Arvye Lay land, and notes Cisco c Frank R ager of the Commerce firm resigning a comparable position.
County records show a workforce in Callahan County with 44. of 10 percent noted for January 1960. The fragmentary data references employment levels and a January point in time, but the details are incomplete.
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