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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1965
Page
2
The Comanche Chief lists J. C. Wilkerson as Editor and Publisher Wm.8. Wilkerson as Managing Editor and Mrs. James Wilkerson as Associate Editor. The weekly paper has served Comanche, Texas since 1873 and is printed at 203 West Grand.
The 1965 Comanche Amateur Rodeo runs July 15 to 17 with 250 top rodeo stars and Lloyd Woodley returning to supply livestock. Local organizers Earl Albin and the Comanche Roping Club push plans for a strong show, including a parade led by the CHS Indian Band and a wide roster of officials. The issue also notes county delinquency stats, Texas adoption ratios, kindergarten debates, Six Flags history, and upcoming fiscal cautions amid inflation.
Attorney General Waggoner Carr announced the appointment of James Norris of 101 Williams Drive to serve as county correspondent for Comanche County at the 1965 Attorney General's Youth Conference on Crime in August in Austin. The conference will draw more than 1600 students from Texas to study delinquency prevention projects and county reporting duties.
George Herman Keating 53 of Comanche died July 13 after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services July 15 at Oak Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John C. Wiles officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters a son mother two sisters two brothers and eight grandchildren.
Judy Fleming explains the peach’s journey from China through Persia Rome and beyond to America. She notes Spanish credit for early peach planting in the United States with later French and English plantings in Louisiana Jamestown and Massachusetts. The July crop is plentiful with supplies about three times last year’s. Smaller peaches are especially economical this season.
A fragment notes a large quantity of peaches and marshmallows in storage or supply. The line mentions quantities, including a count of 15 marshmallows, but details and context are unclear in the readable text.
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