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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1954
Page
4
Pad for sale listing 250 or 260 White Leghorn pullets and 15 to 20 two year old hens. Reason: remodel house. Laying condition good. Sell all or none. Contact Bobby Wilson Comanche Rt. 1.
A long list describes various antique items such as a money safe tent cable forge electric wire and a range of household objects. The tone shifts to a seasonal blessing wishing readers peace and protection on their journeys with hopeful imagery of flowers and a painterly sky.
Property listing shows a house barn and 1.6 acres on De Leon Highway near city limits. Former J F Langley place marketed as poultry or bird farm with contact via Wilmer Langley Sidney or Mrs W D Everett 242 miles out on Ft Worth Hwy. Socialist Party notes national status in 1892.
Herbert W. Hoover former resident of Comanche County died at Sweetwater Hospital at 9 40 a m Saturday January 2 1954 after two years of declining health Funeral services were held at the Palava Baptist Church Rev Carl Rea officiating He is buried at Palava Cemetery He was born in Wood County in 1891 and survived by brothers and sisters in Sweetwater Stephenville and Comanche with nieces and nephews listed.
Charles D. Ratliff aged 18, son of Carl L. Ratliff of Comanche, finishes Air Force basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio. The base, known as the Gateway to the Air Force, handles basic training for men and women and hosts the Officer Candidate School.
The Lions Club met Tuesday night at the High School Lunchroom with 65 members and guests. President John Jolink presided. The program, led by Sight and Blind Committee chair H. H. Galbraith, featured polio survivor Little Mike and his grandfather W. J. Ormsby, plus a talk by Herbert C. Wilson on care and training of the blind. A football film concluded the program. next meeting set for February 9 under Citizenship Committee.
The VA in Waco warns that the Korean GI Bill offers a final enrollment window with an Aug 20 1954 cutoff for veterans separated before Aug 20 1952. Those starting training by the deadline may continue, while those separated after Aug 20 1952 have two years to begin. VA notes the rule covers Korean GI Bill trainees only, not the WWII GI Bill.
The Comanche County Baptist Youth Rally will meet January 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Mercer Gap Baptist Church. The program includes Song Service Kenneth Brown Announcements Devotional Lu Ellen Durham Offering Special Music Peggy Jones and a message by Rev. Maurice Smith pastor Morton Valley Baptist Church.
Comanche High School Indians reach the Coleman Invitation Basketball Tournament final after defeating Winters 46-42 and Ballinger 53-46, then fall 72-33 to Coleman Bluecats. Dalton Hicks leads with 18 points, Weldon Hicks 14, Gary Ferguson 14 for Ballinger. Coleman dominates with Clary scoring 14 and Byerly 13. Hicks earns All Tourney honors.
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