Junior Livestock Show Date Moved to January Twenty Sixth
Comanche County Livestock Association President W. C. Chilton announces the Junior Livestock Show is rescheduled to Tuesday January 26 due to conflicts with the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. Morris Dean oversees preparations as interest in high quality cattle grows amid a smaller entry field. A. E. Boyd Jr. plans musical entertainment and the association urges strong 4H and FFA exhibitor turnout.
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W. C. Chilton
Comanche County Livestock Association
Chilton
Fort Worth
FFA
Comanche County
19th Junior Livestock Show Set For Next Tuesday
County sponsors the 19th Junior Livestock Show to be held next Tuesday at the Fort Worth Fat Show site. Local exhibitors prepared to display stock and vie for prizes as the event encourages future Comanche farmers and ranchers.
Barber Shops Set New Closing Hours in Comanche
Five Comanche barber shops will shift closing times to 6 00 pm on weekdays and 5 30 pm Saturdays starting February 1. Participating shops include Wilhelm's Thompson Rambo's Massingill's and an accompanying advertisement confirms the change.
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Manche
Wilhelm’s
Thomp- Rambo’s
Massingill’s
Mange
Public Relation Course To Draw Attendance Here
Interest grows in a four day public relation course to be held in February under the local Chamber of Commerce sponsorship. Dale Biggs teaches with Dr. E A Willeford from the University of Texas Extension Department guiding sessions. The program uses charts maps and sound film plus lecture sheets with topics on what public relations means to everyone and how to improve group relationships and customer service. A $2 per person fee helps defray expenses. local business leaders urge firm representation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dale Biggs
E. A. Willeford
University of Texas Extension Department
Herbert Goodson
Comanche
Soctomers
Goodson
Higginbotham Firm Holds Annual Meeting In Comanche
The Higginbotham Bros. & Company annual meeting gathers officials directors and stockholders in Comanche drawing merchants from Dallas Waco Dublin Stephenville Gorman Rising Star Cross Plains De Leon Ballinger Winters Hamilton and other firm stores. Dinner and social hour follow routine business as Comanche remains a longtime headquarters with the Williams family marking 53 years since the Comanche store opened in 1901.
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Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Comanche
Dallas
Waco
Dublin
Stephenville
Gorman
Rising Star
Cross Plains
de Leon
Ballinger
Winters
Hamilton
Higinbotham
Comanche Higginbotham
T. J. Williams
Higginbotham Bros
Comany
Williams
Higginbotham
Tom
Mr. Wiliams
Mississippi
Texas
Higginbotham Brothers
Ben Higginbotham
Mr. Williams
Comanche Chief
Comanche National Bank
Comanche County
Plans Set For Football Banquet Honoring Comanche Indians
The Comanche High School 1953 Indians will hold a football banquet Monday night at the high school gym. Abe Martin, head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs, will speak. About 400 Indian fans are expected. Tickets are $1.50.
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Stacue
Comanche Indians
High School
Abe Martin
TCU Horned Frogs
Comanche High School
Howell Cobb Seeks Re election as District Attorney
Howell Cobb of Comanche announces that he seeks re election as District Attorney of the 52nd Judicial District. He is completing his second term and cites an outstanding record. Cobb is a Goldthwaite High School and University of Texas graduate and a World War I commissioned officer who came to Comanche from Brady several years ago.
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Dutch Meyer
Abe Martin
Martin
Jacksboro High
Ft. Worth
TCU
Darrell Lester
Jack Graves
Wallace Myers
Francis Schmidt
Mike Brumbelow
el Paso High School
Texas
The
Frogs
Abe
Don
Howell Cobb
Comanche
52Nd
Cobb
Goldthwaite High School
University of Texas
Brady
Mothers' March on Polio Day Proclaimed in Comanche
Mayor Roy W. Brannan designated Friday January 29 as Mothers' March on Polio Day to support the 1954 March of Dimes. He urged porch lamps to be lit from seven to eight PM to welcome marchers seeking donations for polio care and research.
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Roy W. Brannan
Comanche
March of Dimes
Indian Cagers To Weatherford Friday Night
Comanche Indians travel to Weatherford for the final night of the opening round in District 9-AA basketball. The boys teams A and B and girls A resume a double round robin ahead of a best of three tournament. Weatherford clubs own three straight wins as district leaders. a win could spark a three way tie with Stephenville.
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Weatherford
Wewers
Shar
Stephenville
Kangaroos
Girl Scout District Homemaking Course Draws Crowd
A large crowd from Stephenville Brady Rochelle Brownwood Goldthwaite and San Saba attended the Homemaking Institute at Veterans' Memorial Hall in Comanche on Wednesday January 13. Nell Lyle Pat Nesbett and Alice Sanderson led discussions on uniforms grooming and Homemaking badge requirements and guided制作 banana hats purses and puppets.
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Stephenville
Brady
Rochelle
Brownwood
Goldthwaite
San Saba
Veterans’ Memorial Hall
Comanche
Nell Lyle
Pat Nesbett
Area Girl Scout Office
Alice Sanderson
National
Girl Scout Staff
Miss Sanderson
State National Bank Ends Good Year 1953
State National Bank reports a solid year with ten percent dividends paid and about 3900 added to undivided profits. By year end 1953 resources reached 2 056 201 80 with 694 514 69 cash and deposits totaling 1 3858 523 16. Officers and directors were reelected: Boyd Anthony president E E Anthony vice president Dr E E Anthony Jr vice president L C Durham vice president E A Kerby Jr vice president and cashier E H Denny assistant cashier George R Willis assistant cashier G P Tate director M A Richmond director. Bookkeepers Mrs Sibyl Stewart Miss Janet Willingham.
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State National Bank
Dreath
Boyd Anthony
E. E. Anthony
E. E. Anthony, Jr
L. C. Durham
E. A. Kerby, Jr
E. H. Denny
George R. Willis
G. P. Tate
M. A. Richmond
Sibyl Stewart
Janet Willingham
Sirens Signal Polio Drive In Comanche County
County wide Mothers' March on Polio prepares for a 7 to 8 pm window on Friday January 29. Volunteers will visit homes with a welcome light to solicit donations to the 1954 March of Dimes, urging support for polio victims and ongoing vaccine research.
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W. D. Blackwood
Comanche
Blackwood
Mrs. S. N. Haynes Announces For Tax Office
Mrs. S. N. Haynes 53 of Amity Community announces for Tax Assessor-Collector in the Democratic primary. A Comanche County resident since 1905 she taught school at Duster, Sidney and Sipe Springs and has been a 4-H leader. She aims to provide efficient service and fund her daughters college plans.
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S. N. Haynes
Amity
Comanche County
Mattie Coan
T. J. Coan
Duster
Nugent Haynes
Sipe Springs Independent
Rising Star
Mary
Martha
Haynes
Patsy Ann Licks
Colorado Springs
Cole
Downing
Pounds and Duster
de Leon High School
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Sidney
Sipe Springs
Randall
Farmer Stockman
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Nanche
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Stude
Alver
Desif
Jeanes
Toney
Doo Russ
Howard Gym
Wood Lions Club
Roy Turner
Mullican
DR. Willeford
Higginbotham Firm
Galveston
Texas Central Railway
Calvert
Texas Central
Clairette
Erath County
Girl Scout District
Girl Scout
Bert Byrd
California
R. T. Hart
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