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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1961
Page
1
The page lists rainfall totals for December 1960 and decade highs and lows, then advertises January sales at local stores Higginbotham Ben E. Wridge Fabric Center Gore's Red and White Odd Store Ray's store and Hathcock's. It mentions auto dealer promotions Arthur Chevrolet and White Auto Store and a county tax payment reminder. Grandparents reunion mention with family from Temple.
Ernest L. Carpenter of 509 East Central is recognized as Texas fireman with the longest continuous active service after fifty five years with the Comanche Volunteer Fire Department.
Ernest Carpenter, active pumper with the Comanche Volunteer Fire Department since 1905, is recognized by All-State Insurance for the state’s longest active firefighter. His family records 146 years of combined service across four Carpenters. Curtis R. McKinzie notes Carpenter’s enduring role and early work with the department.
The First Presbyterian Church of Comanche sponsors Troop 28 with Scout master Harry Mark Cauley and Assistant Scoutmaster Donald Ray Hall. Charter members include Douglas Bowden Casey Bradshaw John M Cauley Jimmy D Hall Jimmy Harelik Gary Murphree Dennis D Prater. The troop meets Friday at 7 pm in the Comanche Boy Scout House.
The 1961 Farmers Income Tax Guide is off the press. Copies are available at the County Extension Office or mailed on request. It covers soil bank payments, gasoline tax refunds, condemnations, rights of way, installment sale of farm, soil and water conservation, landlords in farming, and more than twenty additional topics.
Company officials sponsor a statewide search for Texas’s fireman with the longest active tenure. The program partners with local fire departments and veterans groups to honor one veteran firefighter for dedicated service and leadership across missions.
Comanche County Tax Assessor John Beaty Jr. states the poll tax deadline is January 31 to qualify for the 1961 elections. Property taxes may be paid without penalty by January 31. Vehicle license plates go on sale February 1 with DM 3277 to DM 8274 for county plates. Upcoming elections include a special U S Senatorial race and April school trustee and city elections. Oswell Brightman and wife traveled to Austin January 12 for medical consultation.
Comanche County banks report deposits totaling $9,911,797.07 at year end 1960, a record high and up about $1.2 million from October. Two Comanche banks hold nearly $6 million in deposits, with loans and discounts listed for each institution. Also noted are band competition results from McMurry College with students earning chairs in the All Regional Band.
The 26th annual Comanche County Junior Livestock Show is set for January 20 and 21 with fat animal auction at McDougal's Auction Barn, 7 p.m. Friday. About 120 animals in steer lamb and barrow divisions and 210+ entries across breeding and fat classes are entered. Local 4-H and Young Farmers volunteers assist with judging starting 9 a.m. Friday. top heifers may advance to Fort Worth and San Antonio shows. Ravens, names, and specific entries are listed among breeders and exhibitors.
R N Adams Construction Company of Kaufman won the spillway excavation and embankment work for the Proctor Dam and Reservoir with a bid of 1 167 520. The Comanche County project, estimated at 18 500 000, includes 17 other bids and a 10 month completion target in 1954. Col R P West opened bids at the Comanche County Courthouse. office building bid was 92 735 35 by Bennett and Forbes Brownwood.
Boyd Anthony of State National Bank announced the purchase of the McKinzie Hotel land covering almost a half block at East Central and N Pearl Street. Buildings must be moved within 18 months and a new bank building is planned within five years. The site has a century old mixed history of hotels and rooming houses. Louisiana has 17409 square miles under water.
The Comanche Indian Maidens meet Eastland girls here in "A" and "B" games. The B game starts at 7 with the nightcap at 115. Eastland, recent winner of the De Leon Invitation Tournament, earlier edged CHS by 3 points in a season opener.
The Order of the Eastern Star marks its 55th anniversary here on Friday night. All Masons and their families are urged to attend the 7:30 p.m. meeting with refreshments to follow.
Mr and Mrs Robert Davenport of Fort Worth are back in Comanche this week visiting relatives and friends. Federal Hill Kentucky inspired Stephen Fosters song My Old Kentucky Home.
Five additional engraved trophies will be awarded at the January 20 21 Comanche County Junior Livestock Show. Trophies go to champion Breeding Beef heifer Dairy Heifer Breeding Ewe Lamb Breeding Doe Kid and Breeding Gilt, donated by local De Leon businesses and individuals. The Breeding Swine Class is featured in cooperation with the Comanche County Swine Breeders Association. Entries include 4 H members from Hasse Gustine and De Leon and Comanche 4 H. Louisiana Cajuns are noted as descendants of Acadians expelled by the British from Nova Scotia in 1765.
Optimism rises across Comanche County as rainfall meets yearly totals, farming and ranching profits grow with record bank deposits and a major Proctor Lake dam project. Brownwood contractors win bids for dam works while cookie plant and housing expansions boost local industry.
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