Local real estate firm Baxter Real Estate opens in Selma
Mrs. Selma Zschiel Baxter and D. B. Baxter announce the opening of Baxter Real Estate at 105 East Central offering complete residential, commercial, and farm property services. The item also notes a Comanche County Old Timers Reunion set for Lake Park with attractions and local sales pitches from area merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Baxter
Baxter Real Tate
East Central
Baxters
Plete Real
E. Straley
Comanche County
OLD Lers Reunion Assoc
Lake Park
Comanche Readies 22nd Annual Rodeo With Parade Planned
Comanche prepares for its 22nd annual rodeo next week featuring six events including bareback riding calf roping bulldogging and bull riding with about 200 top local riders. promoter Lloyd Woodley brings stock while Ollie Gandy sponsors the event with admission set at 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. A parade is slated Thursday July 19 at 6:00 pm led by the high and junior high school bands with civic floats and cash prizes from the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Woodley
Lampasas Rodeo
Ollie Gandy
Comanche Roping Club
Incomplete OCR: Dr Harold Price Coman Bed Guard
Fragmentary text mentions Dr Harold Price and guard roles with garbled names and dates. Unable to determine a coherent event, date, or location from the readable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Price
Formalice Coman- S Bed
Fire Department Urges Caution in Comanche County
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department officials urge extreme caution amid heat and drying vegetation. Fire Chief Curtis MecKinzie and Fire Marshal John Carpenter ask residents to refrain from trash burning and to protect fields and pastures. Public should avoid following fire vehicles too closely to prevent delaying response times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department
Curtis MecKinzie
John Carpenter
CVFD
Local Man Receives Dublin TV Cable Charter
Charles E. Tabor of Comanche was granted a Dublin charter to operate a television cable system. Engineering work will begin immediately and the project should be in operation in about 90 days. The service now spans over five miles and reaches most of the south part of Comanche with 25 miles of cable and about 700 members. It offers four television channels and one music channel without antennas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Tabor
Dublin
Tabor
Itasca
Comanche
Daughters and Families Visit Mrs Avalon Ellis Home
Visiting at the home of Mrs Avalon Ellis this week were her three daughters and their families including Mr and Mrs P R Chakala and their sons Robert and Brent of North Hollywood California Mr and Mrs Wayne Adams and daughter Carla Jo of Terminal and Mrs Joe Walker and daughter Julie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon Ellis
P. R. Chakala
Robert and
Brent
North Hollywood
California
Wayne Adams
Carla Jo
Terminal
Joe Walker
Julie
City Water Consumption All Time High in Comanche
Comanche set a record July 10 with 945000 gallons pumped from Lake Eanes as temperatures hit 100 degrees. Lake Eanes is low and may last about ten days without rain while Lake Comanche remains four feet under spillway. pumps could shift to Comanche next week. Roy Nelson, lake keeper, notes 7890950 pounds of water fed and asserts no water shortage.
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Comanche
Lake Eanes
Roy Nelson
Nelson
Lake
Eanes
County City Bank Deposits Show Gain
W. J. Parks, manager of the Comanche County Electric Cooperative, was chosen by Westinghouse Electric to join a representative group of cooperative personnel on an inspection tour of a transformer and meter plant. The group flew from Dallas Love Field to Athens, Georgia, then Raleigh, North Carolina, returning Tuesday night.
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W. J. Parks
Comanche County Electric Cooperative
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Dallas
Love Field
Athens
Georgia
Raleigh
North Carolina
All State Cage Game selects Luann Henson Roberts
Luann Henson Roberts daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Henson of the Newburg community and a May graduate of Comanche High School has been named to the All South Texas girls basketball group to face North Texas in a July 14 championship game at Hardin Simmons gym Abilene Suann an All District forward for the Indians Maidens three years left for Abilene with CHS coach Fred Curry to attend the coaching school and prepare for the all star game Roberts scored about 880 points in 27 games during the 1961 62 season and over 2500 points for her four years at CHS. Deposits in four Comanche County banks on June 30 rose about 1.5 million from a year ago totaling 6 604 048 89 with gains at the State National Bank Comanche National Bank and other local lenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luann Henson Roberts
Roy Henson
Newburg
Comanche High School
Fred Curry
Luann
CHS
Visiting Grandmother Here in New Orleans
Fred Rickie Waring son of Mr and Mrs Dawson Waring of New Orleans is visiting his grandmother Mrs Frances Waring in town for a stated visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rickie Waring
Dawson Waring
New Orleans
Louisiana
Frances Waring
Elliott Family Visit to Comanche from Terminal
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Elliott and children Dollie and Kimberly of Terminal spent Friday through Monday in Comanche visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elliott and his brother Rochelle Elliott and family.
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Ilere
Donald Elliott
Dollie and
Kimberly
Terminal
Comanche
Bill Elliott
Rochelle Elliott
Comanche County Wool Incentive Payments Total
William F. Bryant announces that 1961 wool incentive payments to Comanche County producers amount to 68,969.85 for the 1961 marketing year ending March 31 1962. Deductions of marketing costs were applied for wool and lamb payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Bryant
Comanche County
American Sheep Producers Council, Inc
Miss Comanche Pageant Set For Friday Night
Plans are in place for the First Annual Miss Comanche and Miss Junior Comanche beauty pageants at the High School Auditorium Friday night July 13 at 8 00 sponsored by the Comanche E2A Sorority Admission 50c adults free for preschoolers Eight Miss Comanche entrants and 29 Miss Junior Comanche hopefuls are listed with possible late entries Dale Carnegie’s Mat Casey from Abilene will preside over a panel of out of town judges This is the first Comanche beauty contest since 1951 and organizers plan it as an annual event Local instructor Mrs Jimmy Gore will run a modeling and posing class Thursday Contestants will wear formal gowns and bathing suits with each entry sponsored by a Comanche merchant Names of contestants are listed.
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ESA
Comanche
Virginia Kay Cobb
Phyllis Swindle
Margaret McDonald
Mat Casey
Dale Carnegie
Abilene
ESA Sor
Paity
Jimmy Gore
Hathcock Employees Attend Big Dallas Furniture Show
Bob Ripley Corrine Blue and Mr Mrs John Hathcock of Hathcock Appliances attended the Summer Homefurnishing Market at the Dallas Market Center this week. Mr Hathcock said the display is among the largest in the nation and dealers come from across the United States. He noted new furniture bought at the show will arrive mid August.
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Bob Ripley
Corrine Blue
John Hathcock
Hathcock Appliances
Dallas Market Center
Hathcock
United States
Rodeo Edition Next Wednesday For The Chief
The Chief and Co manche Roping Club publish a Rodeo Edition on Wednesday with last minute details on the 22nd Annual Rodeo and the Thursday parade. The edition circulates countywide on opening day, and news writers and advertisers are urged to submit copy early.
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Comanche Roping Club
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