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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1969
Page
14
The evergreen Madrone tree near Indian Lodge at Davis Mountains State Park draws tourists with thick red bark and bright red berries, earning names like Naked Indian Skin and Strawberry Tree. Berries decorate from August to June, adding festive appeal. Shop in Comanche and Save.
LB Russell recalls early Comanche Texas life as editor of the Chief. He recounts moving to Comanche aged 26 with a wife and two children, visiting nearby towns, meeting early local merchants, lawyers, and officials, and describes the near-blank south side of the square with historic storefronts and landmarks.
Diana C. File, former curator at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, joins Texas State Historical Survey Committee as Museum Consultant. The appointment aims to boost local museum development amid Texas expansion from 2 to 242 public museums since 1964, with 215 more in progress.
Mr and Mrs Robert Marion Cotten of Gatesville are the parents of a son Robert Marion Jr born at 1 05 a m at Coryell Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces The mother is Millie Jean Pagley daughter of Bill and Jean Bagley of Comanche Paternal grandmother Lorena Cotten of Gatesville Dallas and Hurst relatives noted Also Ernest Ebell and family spent the weekend in Dallas and Hurst visiting Gerald and friends
A poem by Cecil A. Nichols laments widowhood and memory, contrasting sorrow with faith. It urges charitable works, feeding the hungry and assisting the needy as a path to reward, citing the biblical call to serve the least.
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