Comanche County Fair Highlights and Local News Recap
The Comanche Chief reports a booster's trip by train to the county fair in 1916 with a 40 car caravan from De Leon. Winners receive free trips to the State Fair. notes on pig clubs, baby beef, and old fiddlers contest prizes. Community leaders, marriages, and local sports stories are included along with license updates and county demographics.
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Waco
Cotton Belt
Comanche County Fair
Waco Cotton Palace
de Leon
Comanche
Comanche County Club
Monte
Frank Rymes
Joy Pettit
Clemons
Hollis Goldwon
Cotlace
Iriage
E. C. Ab
Bernice Kelley
Hurst
Charisiers
Ira C. Nichols
Helen Williams
County Fair
J. L. Owens
Thomas L
Leon
Ore
Nehe
Pittman
C. Woodward
Cox
Pnc
Brown
West Texas
Harris
Drst
J. L. White
Coe
Coman
Emmett Long
Miss Lewis
G. L. White
Sam
Comanche. the Bride Oung Lady of Rare Accounts and Possesses A Sunjon. Mr. Long
Alexander the Great
Darius
Thedea
Oan
Henry Heath
Freeland
J. R
Y Bailey
Comanche Cound
John W. Wyattson
T. W
Lillie Fletcher
Ivan Ir Fletcher
Miss Roberts
Gordon
Tson Sisters
Brownwood
Things Rare and Unusual Reflection on a Longevity Romance Tale
A storyteller recalls a long lived citizen who avoids romance and once argues with an imaginary mother in law while picking cotton on a hot September day. The piece breezily muses on crossing people only when necessary for society or principle and ends with a reflective closing remark.
Pasadena couple welcomes son William Lewis Jr
Mr and Mrs William Lewis Cottrell of 930 Francis Drive Pasadena Texas are parents of a son William Lewis Jr born Jan 18 at Southmore Hospital Pasadena The baby weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces Mother and baby are at home Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs M C Lightfoot of Pasadena paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs C B Cottrell of Comanche Mrs C B Cottrell has returned home to Comanche from Pasadena where she was for the arrival of her first grandson.
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William Lewis Cottrell
Francis Drive
Pasadena
Texas
William Lewis Jr
Southmore Hospital
M. C. Lightfoot
C. B. Cottrell
Comanche
University Bureau warns of 1959 inflation trend
The University Bureau of Business Research says 1959 could bring another inflation round. It notes that prices did not drop in 1958 despite the recession and foresees potential sharp price rises as business expands.
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University Bureau of Business Research
BBR
Drive a 59 Chevrolet for the best value and comfort
Be our guest to test drive a 1959 Chevrolet and see why it offers a bigger, roomier interior by Fisher with more seating width and luggage space. The ad promises you won’t find a car costing less that offers more for your dollars and self.
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Tp&l
Fisher
Mrs. C. W. Estill Taken By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Donnie Estill 76 were held Friday at the Comanche Funeral Home Chapel. She died December 22 at her daughter's home in Comanche and is survived by two daughters, two sons, four sisters, four brothers, and many grandchildren. She was born in 1882 in Comanche County and was a Methodist.
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Sarah Donnie Fstill
Comanche Funeral Home
J. Isham
Creath Davis
Union Cemetery
Chastine
Don Greenlee
Leon Westfall
B. M. Wayland
Bob Estill
Levi Johnson
Gale Johnson
Estill
Comanche
Fred Estill
San Antonio
George Fstill
Cisco
A. B. Newbanks
Cleburne
Nannie Edwards
Brownwood
Leeie Clements
Gustine
Vergie Reeves
Stocktow
Calif
Tunnel Johnson
Chester and
Dee Johnson
Baptist Workers Conference Set With Zion Hill Church
The Comanche Baptist Associational Workers Conference will meet with Zion Hill Baptist Church on Thursday night February 5. Supper and fellowship start at 6:00 p.m. in the school house across the road with programs and songs led by Cecil Fisher Raymond Woodruff and Don Welborne. Youth Rally set for February 13 with venue to be announced. Group Trial Schools begin January 16 meeting at First Baptist Comanche Gustine De Leon and South Copperas churches. Next Associational Workers Conference will meet Barrett Creek Church March 5 for simultaneous revivals District 16 March 16-29.
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Comanche Baptist Associational Workers Conference
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Evangelium
Cecil Fisher
Church In
Trai
First Baptist
Comanche
Gustine
de Leon
South Copperas
Associational Workers Conference
Barrett Creek
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HE Ober
Comanche County
M. L. Harris
Juanta
Payl Smith
Minnie Black
J. W. Black
Beatrice Bagley
Kenneth Bagley
Sidney
West Ward
Elizabeth Greer
Alma Dell West
Wina Cameron
Ernestine Carmichael
Mattie Bell
Clarence Huett
Kate Reeves
C. Russell
Eleanor Dunlap
Jewell Hilliard
Archie Black
Fleming Switzer
Lena Langston
Haskell County
Ereal McOys
H Ellis Surance
Mrs. Cottrell
Partners In Texas Progress
Chevy
Chevrolet
C. W. Estill
Martha Chilton
Charlotte Carnes
Toni Evridge
Ann Weekes
Texas Christian University
Baptist Church News
W. G. Self
Eddie P. Cummings
Norris Insurance
Lovely
Iearn
Arthur Chevrolet -Olds. Inc
Comanche, Texas
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