New Slider & Lacy Department Store Opens in Comanche
Comanche gains a new business Sl ider and Lacy Department Store to open in the F E Adams building with partners R Slider and Hugh Lacy. The issue lists local candidates for District Judge Tax Assessor County Clerk and other offices while noting marriages deaths and upcoming political events in the county. Former Governor Tom Campbell has entered the U S Senate race and a Jackson Day Dinner draws 44 attendees praising Democracy.
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Comanche
Slider & Lacy Department Store
F. E. Adams
R. Slider
Hugh Lacy
Lacy
Sidney
Slider
Martin & Company
J. H. Arnold
Yatesville
FE. & Dodson
de Leon
Volley Jackson
Bob McCampbell
John
U. S. Senate
Ellen Gravis
Peter W. Gravis
D. E. Graham
Proctor
Willie
Ned Holman
Guthrie
Oklahoma
C. F. Payne
Jonathon Miller
Hill Cr
Comanche County
T. M. Pulliam
Indian Creek
W. S. Wilkins
Buck Anderson
Lamkin
J. O. Anderson
Hamilton County
Buck
JFK
Jenkins
Waco
Gertrude Jones
T. J. Burks
Hode Carmel
Comanche Cagers Defeat Brownwood Twice in Week
Comanche High School Indians basketball beat Brownwood Lions 19 18 in the Blanket Invitation and 22 17 in Brownwood, as Gustine and Lamkin advance to the Daniel Baker Tournament. Lamkin reached the Blanket finals, losing 23 22 to Mozelle. starters Hall Havek Wilhelm Ermtor Wetzel and McCard headline the squad.
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Comanche High
Brownwood
Lions
Daniel Baker
Gustine
Lamkin
Mozelle
Comanche
Hall
Havek
Wilhelm
Ermtor
Wetzel
McCard
Motor Patrol to Check Car Lights in Comanche Area
State Motor Patrol will inspect car lights within the next few nights in Comanche. Property owners are advised to review lights to protect their interests. This is guidance, not a warning, signed by Co. C. Hamilton, County Attorney.
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Comanche
Harmony AAD 5 Improves Long-Used Fanton Trail
Seventy five to eighty years ago the Fanton Trail served as part of the old Spanish cattle routes through Harmony. Commissioner Lewis and locals with outside help completed about three miles of straightened road from the Fellowship road to Harmony Church and beyond. Eight resident families gain a safer link to neighboring communities as buses transport schoolchildren daily over the new road. The community thanks all contributors especially Martin Hanson for right-of-way clearance.
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Harmony
Lewis
Comanche
Harmony Church
Brushy Gap
Mullin
H. B. Rogers
Newburg
Martin Hanson
Women Plan Centennial Events In Comanche Meeting
The Business and Professional Women's Club will meet next Tuesday evening to plan the Comanche Centennial celebration. The event includes a home beautification movement with prizes for best kept yard and lawn. details announced later per president Miss Iva Hart.
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Comanche
Iva Hart
Minister on Honor Roll at Presbyterian Church
William Hazel of Conanches earns honor roll for the second six weeks ending December 6 1955. He posted an unusually high record of 4 tart 1 R at Dyniel Baker school and is connected with the local Presbyterian Church.
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William Hazel
Conanches
Dyniel Baker
Dember
Subscriptions Campaign Closed Saturday Night
A counts and audits certify the final ballot tally for The Comanche Chief campaign. Winners listed include Mrs Bruce White for the 1936 Chevrolet Coach, Mrs Lily Drueckhammer and Miss Rena Dendy with cash prizes, and Mrs W D Renfro. contestants receive weekly cash reports plus 10 percent of funds turned in during the campaign.
Cut In Fire Loss Optimistic Sign
An optimistic view notes a steady fall in national fire losses from 1932 to 1934 and through November of the current year. Despite lower totals, $275,000,000 remains a large annual waste, and insurers pass costs to policyholders while urging greater fire prevention.
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D. Charles Clarke
Pew Wm
Sidney FFA Boys Complete Projects
Sidney FFA members completed projects totaling 2,998.17 in net profit from cotton, turkeys, orchards, sweet potatoes, peanuts, Irish potatoes, syrup cane, corn, maize, and grain. Twenty boys raised cotton as their main project averaging 149 sounds per acre while thirty completed their projects across multiple crops and livestock.
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Sdney
Gustine Talk Set On Old Age Pension Plan
K C Jaye will speak Friday night January 10 at 7 80 o'clock in Gustine on the Townsend Old Age Pension Plan. Pr KF Thomsen is chairman.
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K. C. Jaye
Gustine
Townsend
KF. Thompsen
Mrs Bruce White Wins Automobile Prize
Mrs Bruce White of Gustine won the Comanche Chief Chevrolet DeLuxe Coach in the circulation campaign ending last Saturday night. She totaled 56 605 000 votes and earned the $200 cash prize. Second place went to Mrs Lily Drueckhammer of Priddy with 38 226 000 votes earning $100, third to Miss Rena Dendy of De Leon with 28 075 000 votes earning $50.
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Chevrolet
Bruce White
Lily Drueckhammer
Rena Dendy
W. D. Renfro
Gustine
White
Priddy
de Leon
Comanche
Drueckhammer
Dendy
Renfro
Euell Rogers
Zourah Lacy
Paul Brewer
Jeanette Egbert
Emma Lee Jackson
Jamkin
Texas
1936 Marks Dawn of Eventful Year
1936 opens with Texas celebrating its Centennial of Independence and planning a statewide demonstration culminating in the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas. Frank N. Watson, Director of Imotion, Texas Centennial Exposition, frames the year as a new century of promise and achievement across the state.
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Texas
Gulf
Panhandle
Red River
Rio Grande
Lone Star
Dallas
Frank N. Watson
Answers on Farm Debt Committee Aids Local Farmers
Local paper presents a Q and A with J. B. Pogue and others on the Farm Debt Adjustment Division's lack of legal status, its potential to aid farmers, and how refinancing and creditor patience can avert immediate losses. The committee offers guidance to those serious about resolving debt and obtaining temporary relief.
Service Drug Store Announces Store Improvements
Clarence Huett proprietor of Service Drug Store announced improvements this week including a general line of electrical appliances and radios. He also installed a modern open prescription room and updated the store interior.
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Clarence Huett
Service Drug Store
Huett
Meeting of Farmers Is Set For Saturday
A mass meeting of Comanche County farmers is called for Saturday afternoon at Comanche by the County Committee in charge of the AAA program. The gathering aims to discuss farm problems and craft recommendations to Secretary Wallace and Congress for a permanent farm program. Chairmen W. J. Fritts P. A. Pettit and H. F. Short of Cotton Corn Hog and Peanut groups will lead.
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Colonial Hotel
Comanche County
Charles Hoffman
J. C. Wilkerson
J. Hk. Eanes
Thomas Jefferson
M. Coleman
Mr. Coleman
J. I. Starr
J. R. Eanes
R. L. Scott
De _ Leon
Will Roberson
Gustine
S. B. Culpepper
Comyn
de Leon
Oscar Dilaway
Washington
Callaway
George Washington
Jackson
Roosevelt
Hoover
Hilton Burks
Supreme Court
AAA
Congress
H. L. Stewart
H. Boulter
United States
Democratic Party
Comanche
Wallace
W. J. Fritts
P. A. Pettit
H. F. Short
Indian Population in San Saba County 1950 Census
San Saba County reported 21 Indian residents in the 1950 census, the nearest county to Comanche with documented native population.
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Comanche
San Saba
Preston Foster and Dorothy Wilson Lead Pompeii Screen
Preston Foster and Dorothy Wilson star in the film The Last Days of Pompeii shown on Saturday night and Sunday. The production features period drama set against ancient Vesuvius and includes scenes of catastrophe and heroism.
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Preston Foster
Dorothy Wilson
Pompeii
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B. Ray McCorkle
J. D. Bramlette
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J. F. Jeeter
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Alda Morton
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