Auvenshine Family Plans Holiday Visit to Ida Mae Auvenshine
Mr and Mrs Bill Auvenshine and daughters Kathy and Tricia of Austin visit Mrs Ida Mae Auvenshine for the holidays. Mr Auvenshine, a UT senior, will earn a Mechanical Engineering degree in January and has accepted a Los Angeles position with the Rane Woolridge Corp. Chicago is noted as a printing center with extensive industry figures.
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Bill Auvenshine
Kathy
Tricia
Austin
Ida Mae Auvenshine
Auvenshine
University of Texas
Los Angeles
Rane Woolridge Corp
Indian Maidens Fall To Coleman In Close Conference Match
The Comanche High School Indian Maidens coached by Roy Harmon lost 51 28 to the Coleman Bluecat lasses at Coleman last Thursday night. They host Lake View here Thursday in another 17 AA conference encounter. Coleman remains a strong factor in the 17 AA girls race while Comanche shows progress despite a tough season.
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Comanche High School
Roy Harmon
Coleman Bluecat Lassies
Coleman
Lake View Sextet
Harmon
Sextet
Funeral services for Comanche County resident Frank Carlton
Frank Carlton dies at his Comanche home at 206 West Paine after selling a prized horse recently. Funeral at Comanche Funeral Home Thursday at 2 30 p m with Rev Earl H Lightfoot officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by son Hollis Carlton of Hobbs New Mexico daughter Thelma Sargent of Houston three sisters May Woodward Maude Choate Hallie Rigby plus many relatives including Otto Carlton Dutch Woodward and others.
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Comanche Funeral
Earl H. Lightfoot
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Carlton
James Edward Carlton
Ada May Straley Carlton
Comanche County
Carlton
Comanche
West Paine
Hollis Caditon
Hobbs
New Mexico
Thelma Sargent
Houston
May Woodward
Maude M. Choate
Stephenville
Hallie Bell Rigby
Fort Worth
Annie Carlton
Johnnie Mason
John Bevil Cecil Carlton
Otto
Tex) Carlton
Now
Midland
Dutch Woodward
Lohn
M. T. Woodward
Brownwood
John Doyle Woodward
Dallas
John B. Hunter Former Railroad Man Dies in Comanche
John Barney Hunter 76 retired railroad man and father of Fred Hunter co owner of the South Side Grocery died at his home 1009 S Houston Tuesday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev Metcalfe officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named. He was born February 17 1876 in Navarro County Texas and married twice first to Grady Poole in Oklahoma in 1903, then to Lillian Viola Roberts in Comanche in 1920. He and his wives had sons Sidney and Aaron. Fred is their son. He worked mainly for the Cotton Belt Railway as a bridge foreman and later station foreman.
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John Barney Hunter
Fred Hunter
South Side Grocery
S. Houston
Mr. Hunter
Comanche Funeral Home
Metcalfe
Oakwood Cemetery
Comanche
John Hall
Johnnie Livingston
Buck Lake
Sheriff Wayne
Red Swindle
Gus Wilhelm
James Whitworth
Navarro County
Texas
Jesse Hunter
Fannie Gun Hunter
Maybanks
Oklahoma
Grady Poole
Sidney
Aaron Hunter
Sacramento
California
Political Announcements From Chief Office For Local Races
The Chief authorizes political notices for District Judge and District Attorney races along with County, Precinct offices. Candidates listed include R. B re election, Howell Cobb, George R. Goosby, Gus Wilhelm, Wayne M Swindle, Belve Bean, Oral D Morris, Homer Ed Miller. The notices reference Democratic Primaries dates July 28 and August 25, 1956.
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PEES
Micne Aeross
MUNTY
Justice OF Peace
52Nd Judicial District
R. B
Howell Cobb
George R. Goosby
Gus Wilhelm Wayne M
Swindle
Belve Bean
Oral D. Morris
Jim C. McKinzie Struck by Car in Early Morning Incident
Jim C. McKinzie, 76, was hit by a car driven by Rufus McNutt as he stepped from behind a parked car into the street near Dudley's and Baxter's Place. He sustained a severe head injury and bruises, remains in an oxygen tent, and showed signs of improvement after hospital treatment.
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Jim McKinzie
Dudley's
Baxter’s Place
Mr. McKinzie
Rufus McNutt
Comanche
McKinzie
McNutt
John Campbell Buys Used Car Lot Here
John Campbell a Comanche used car dealer has purchased the lot between Me's Drive In and Dairy King from Ira and Bill Clemons. He will continue selling used cars from the new location and plans a car salvage outlet selling used parts.
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John Campbell
Me’s Drive-In
Dairy King
Ira
Bill Clemons
Mr. Campbell
Soldier on furlough to return to Germany after visit
Cpl. Bill Jones, home on Christmas furlough from Wiesbaden, Germany, will depart Sunday after a 30 day leave with his wife Jimmy Dee Sturdivant a teacher in Dublin and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones.
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Cpl
Bill Jones
Wiesebaden
Germany
Jimmy Dee Sturdivant
Dublin
Clarence Jones
Mrs Lizzie Carroll Visits Dublin Family
Mrs Lizzie Carroll spends the week with her daughter Mrs Norieta Vorhics of Dublin while the infant grandchild is ill.
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Lizzie Carroll
Norieta Vorhics
Dublin
Hensons Enjoy Christmas Reunion
Mr and Mrs Virgil Weeks and children and Miss Bonnie Stephens of Park Rapids Minnesota visited Christmas Day at the Roy Henson home in Newburg. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Gilbert Owens and kin from Ft Worth and Abilene, and extended family from Beaumont Chanute AFB Houston Energy and Comanche.
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Virgil Weeks
Bonnie Stephens
Park Rapids
Minn
Joe Middleton
Roy Henson
Vera Howell
Newburg
Luther Woolsey Curtis
Fio Ellen
Beaumont
Gilbert Owens
Myrl D. Ho
Ft. Worth
Ter Smith
Abilene
Kenneth Henson
Chanute
Illinois
Comanche FHA Sends CARE Parcels at Xmas
The Comanche Future Homemakers of America chapter sent ten CARE parcels to Greece as part of a Christmas project. Forty-three girls contributed funds and items to aid needy families abroad, guided by sponsors Mrs Murphy and Miss Vic Frierson.
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Comanche Future H
Greece
Amplia
FHA
Comanche Fha
Murphy
Vic Frierson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parke, Davis & Company
Durham
Cara Nome
Chicago
Frank Carleton
John B. Hunter
L. H. Creamer
Jim C. McKinzie
Hensons
Viola
Children of Energy
Jatty Jo
Firestone
Speedway
Laer
Comanche, Texas
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