Junior Livestock Show and Swine Show head Comanche week
Comanche County hosts the 17th Annual Junior Livestock Show and the 4th Annual Swine Show at the Comanche Livestock Building near the Indian Memorial Stadium. Calves sheep and capons compete by FFA and 4-H youth. the Swine Show is sponsored by the Comanche County Swine Association.
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Comanche Livestock Building
Indian Memorial Stadium
FFA
Comanche County Livestock Association
Comancheunty Swine Association
Comanche County
Glenn Buys Out Vineyard Grocery in Comanche
Russell Glenn, Tennessee Dairy distributor, bought Vineyard & Son grocery and appliance store on the Brownwood highway. H. M. Vineyards and son Gene will run the shop under Comanche Egg Company with I W Keith T B Keith and John Smith in charge. Produce marketing center to be opened. appliances and plumbing stock retained.
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Russell Glenn
Tennessee
West Texas
Vineyard & Son
H. M. (Shorty
Gene
Brownwood Highway
I. W. Keith
T. B. Keith
John Smith
Beattie
Comanche Egg Company
Vineyard
W. Keith
Poll Tax Payments Lag in Comanche County 1952
Comanche County reports 1 863 poll tax receipts issued to date, far shy of the 4 000 goal by January 31. Tax assessor Edwin Sartor urges timely payments ahead of April city and school elections and the July and August primaries, with the general election in November anticipated to be highly contested.
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Comanche County
Edwin A. Sartor
Two More Candidates Enter Local Political Race
County Judge R E Seay seeks re election while dairy farmer Jack Cagle announces for Commissioner of Precinct No 1. The Chief’s authorized slate lists candidates for various offices ahead of the Democratic Primaries on July 25 and August 2, 1952 including Cox Sartor Streety Nicholson Moore Wilhelm Elliott Phifer Miller.
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R. E. Seay
Judge Seay
Jack Cagle
Siamey
Cagle
Jack Cox
Stephens County
R. EB. Seay
Wayne
Edwin A. Sartor
Hazel Streety
John T. Nicholson
T. D
Tom
Moore Ben Wilhelm
W. R
Bill
Elliott Jack Cagle
Sam Phifer
Homer Miller
Barret Dudley Herefords Enter Fort Worth Show
Barret and Dudley Herefords will enter in the Fort Worth Exposition and Fat Stock Show opening next week. The Barrets enter two summer yearling bulls a junior bull calf a summer yearling heifer a junior yearling heifer and a junior heifer calf. They offer for sale at auction one summer yearling bull and the junior yearling heifer. Dudley Bros Ranch plans 9 or 10 head at Fort Worth after showing a like number at the Denver show this week.
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Fort Worth
Proud Mixer
Dudley Bros. Ranch
Denver
Colorado
Absenteeism Rises in Comanche Schools
Superintendent Virgil Chaffin reports 104 of 1,015 students were absent Tuesday in Comanche schools. Ward School had 52 absentees. The local absentee rate averages about 40, as several Texas towns close schools over a virus outbreak, though Comanche avoids serious impact.
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Texas
Comanche
Virgil Chaffin
Ward
Majestic To Show Cimmaron Kid January 18 19
The Majestic Theatre in Comanche presents a Central Texas premiere of The Cimmaron Kid a Technicolor outdoor adventure starring Audie Murphy matinees Friday and Saturday January 18 and 19 1952 Comanche residents will see it ahead of others. Austin Texas January 14 Texas Attorney General Price Daniel will announce his 1952 political plans in a statewide radio address Monday night January 21 at 7 30.
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Sun Drive-In
Comanche
Sherman Hart
Frick’s
Humble Station
Majestic
Cimmaron Kid
Majestic Theatre
Texas
Austin
Comanche Cagers Open Conference With Split In Cisco
Comanche opened the 1952 ICAA basketball race by splitting a twin bill in Cisco. The Indian girls defeated the Cisco Queens 32 22 while the boys lost 31 25 to Loboes. Black scored 11 for Cisco as Comanche next hosts Eastland Friday night.
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Comanche
Cisco
Cisco Queens
Loboes
Ciscoans
DeWitt
Andress
Hall
Black
Bobby Black
Indians
Biggs
Dalton Hicks
Spivey
Turner
Goforth
Eastland
Gustine Fire Destroys Two-Story Building and Causes Loss
A two story stone building in Gustine’s business district was destroyed by fire discovered between 7 and 8 a.m. Sunday. The blaze damaged two grocery stores and the Cozy Cafe and Masonic Hall on the second floor. Total loss and damage reached about 25000 dollars. Firefighters from Hamilton and Comanche aided as electric pumps failed and water had to be hauled from stock tanks. The Palace Theatre, owned by R R Reed, was not open and the cause was undetermined. Rebuilding plans had not been announced.
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Gustine
Palace Theatre
R. R. Reed
Jimmy Allen
Masonic Hall
B. A. Howell
W. D. Starkie
Hamilton
Comanche
Community Public Service Company
Texas Telephone Company
Directors to Vote in Feb 8 REA Meeting
Comanche County Electric Cooperative schedules a special meeting in Comanche on February 8 to elect three directors. Candidates include W. D. Chapman, B. Ray McCorkle for Comanche Place 3. F. J. Woods, Walter Durham Jr. for Place 2. A. N. Lancaster and Joe Weeden for Brown Place 2. Incumbent directors Dewey Hames, M. A. Richmond, W. B. Starr, and L. C. Hensley call the election.
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Comanche County Electric Cooperative
Comanche
Comanche County
W. D. Chapman
B. Ray McCorkle
F. J. Woods
Walter Durham
Brown County
A. N. Lancaster
Joe Weeden
REA
Dewey Hames
M. A. Richmond
W. B. Starr
L. C. Hensley
Dudley Herefords Sweep Two Firsts at Denver Show
Dudley Bros. of Comanche led Texas entries at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. C E Yoder and Sons of Muscatine Iowa took the grand championship with their entry. Dudley Bros. won both senior bull call and summer yearling bull classes with Larry Domino animals and placed 11th in the summer yearling class.
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Dudley Bros
Comanche
Texas
Denver
Colorado
C. E. Yoder and Sons
Muscatine
Iowa
Frank Reeves
Star- Telegram Livestock Reporter
Larry Domino
JJ Larry Domino
Jack Haley
California
Tax Office Lifts Vehicle License Inspections Rule
County Tax Assessor-Collector Edwin A. Sartor will license motor vehicles without inspection following an order from the State Highway Engineer. The Attorney General ruled the inspection deadline moved from April 1 to September 6, with further announcements expected.
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Edwin A. Sartor
Attoreny General
Sartor
Commissioner Keith Injured In Katy Train Collision
W. T. Keith a 40 year old county commissioner from precinct 4 in Comarche County was critically injured when an M K T freight train hit his pickup at a crossing near the Comon Community. Fireman H A Echols and engineer Pat Polnac pulled him from the wreck and moved him to a German hospital where he remained in critical but improving condition while in his first term and seeking re election.
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W. T. Keith
Comarche County
Here
M-K-T
Keith
Comon
Pat Polnac
de Leon
Polac
H. A. Echols
R. E. Seay
Polio Fund Drive Underway In Comanche County
James Slider county chairman announces the March of Dimes polio fund drive is underway with a county wide meeting held last week. Dan R. Martin city drive chairman says Comanche business district is split into eight sections with two canvassers per district. The city is divided into twenty districts with two women per district for house to house canvassing starting Friday.
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James Slider
Dan R. Martin
Comanche
Comanche County Livestock Show Set for Jan 22
The Comanche County Livestock Association sponsors the junior Livestock Show with hogs shown Jan 21 and the main show on Tuesday Jan 22. Entries include 60 fat barrows 12 fat steers 10 sheep and 35 capons judged by Fred Hale W D Graves and H L Self. Bands from De Leon and Comanche High will entertain with Morris Dean and Red Campbell leading the committee.
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Comanche County Livestock Association
Comanche County
W. K. Prey
Tom Peacock
FFA
Fred Hale
Animal Husbandry Department
A & M College
W. D. Graves
H. L. Self
Tarleton College
de Leon
Comanche
Red Campbell
Morris
Entertainmet
Caraway Sr
Quarterly W M U meeting at Gusthis Church
The W M U Associational quarterly meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday January 23 at 1 o clock. Mrs E E Bradford of San Angelo president of district 16 will be guest speaker. Each lady is asked to bring a covered dish.
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W. M. VU. Associational
First Baptist Church
E. E. Bradford
San Angelo
District 16
Swine Show Scheduled in Comanche County Monday
Comanche County swine breeders and area farmers prepare for the Fourth Annual Comanche County Swine Show on Monday January 21. Harold Price says visitors are invited. last year had 58 entries with champions awarded to a Duroc boar owned by Don Chester and a sow owned by I F Carroll. Fred Hale of Texas A and M will judge the show and the next day’s junior show.
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Comanche County
Texas
Harold Price
Comanche
Don Chester
I. F. Carroll
Fred Hale
Texas A & M College
Joe Hancock
Dublin
Lowell D. Cox
Gustine
Cox
Percy Parsons
Ford Dealers Preview 1952 Models in Dallas
Local Ford dealers Ira and Bill Clemons attended a Saturday Ford Dealers meeting in Dallas. They saw a preview showing of the 1952 Ford cars in the ball room at the Adolphus hotel. The first public showing is planned for early February.
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Ira
Bill Clemons
Ford Dealers
Dallas
Adolphus Itsel
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Shorty) Vineyard
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Bob) Isham
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