Two New Farm to Market Roads Approved in Comanche County
Texas Highway Commission approves two Farm to Market road projects in Comanche County linking Gustine Pettit and Sipe Springs to Highway 36. Estimated cost 68400 dollars with construction planned pending right of way, funds, and state approval.
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Pettit
Sipe Springs
Comanche County
Texas Highway Commission
John Davenport
Texas Highway Department
Gustine
State Highway Commission
F.M
W Morris 1 Dead From Suspected Heart Attack
Nineteen seventy two year old Comanche resident W Morris 72 died at 7 p m Saturday near his home on the Mrs Smith farm. He was found by his wife and had likely suffered a heart attack. He was a native of Alabama later moving to Texas where he lived in Comanche County and Brown County. Interment was at a local cemetery with services at the Church of Christ. He leaves two sons Clifford and Oren and a sister in Alabama. He farmed and raised cattle most of his life.
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N. Morris
Comanche
Alam
J. E
Texas
Comanche Coun- Sidney
Brown County
Cis
Katie Smith
Clif Oren
Charlie Mornoche
S. L
Doc
Morbangeles
California
Tujunga
Cali
Alabama
Orris
Church of Christ Ars
de Leon
Pat Howard
North Ward
Mary Kinnard
Leonard King
Brownwood
Mary Gore
Ulric Gore
West Grad
Jimmy Blanton
J. Doss Miller
Co. M. Caraway Sr
Jim Ware
Sone
Schafer
Texas Electric Service Company
Comanche to Get New School Buses
Comanche will add at least two new buses for the 1949 50 year. Virgil Chaffin says each 42 passenger all steel bus will be equipped with heaters defrosters and extinguishers. Total fleet rises to 11 with five for Comanche ISD and one each for Fairview Van Dyke Pettit Newburg Hasse and Beattie. Enrollment in Comanche ISD around 1075 with opening day projections near 900 to 925.
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Comanche
Arm
Virgil Chaffin
Chaffin
Comanche Independent
Fairview
van Dyke
Pettit
Newburg
Hasse
Beattie
Vacation Bible School Opens at Mount Pleasant Church
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School starting Monday night July 25 at 7 30. Floyd Jones announces the event inviting all to attend with Mrs R M McGinnis in charge.
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Vacation Bible School
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Floyd Jones
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
R. M. McGinnis
Hospital Notes Summary of Recent Admissions
Hospital notes list recent inpatients by category: major surgeries include Mrs A N Brinson and Danny Clawson. Minor surgeries include Mrs C W Jones Mrs Ida Mae Ravenshine Mrs Rita Elliott Hamilton Mrs G O Kornegay Hamilton Leonard Moore. Medical patients include Mrs Aaron Little Mrs W E Williams Mrs A D Garrett Mrs Gladys Stanton Mrs Dale Fleming De Leon C A Stevens Mrs R W Neal T L Layman Mrs J W Littlejohn Mrs Roy Peace. New mothers include Mrs Robert Collins with a girl and Mrs T L Tyson with a boy.
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A. N. Brinson
Danny Clawson
C. W. Jones
Ida Mae Ravenshine
Rita Elliott
Hamilton
G. O. Kornegay
Leonard Moore
Aaron Little
W. E. Williams
A. D. Garrett
Gladys Stanton
Dale Fleming
de Leon
C. A. Stevens
R. W. Neal
T. L. Layman
J. W. Littlejohn
Roy Peace
Robert Collins
T. L. Tyson
Nelsons Buy Horton’s Cafe and Service Station
Mr and Mrs Joe Nelson have purchased the Horton Cafe and Service Station at 706 West Central Brownwood Highway. He brings 12 years in veteran service station operation and she brings restaurant experience. They will also handle groceries in the enterprise.
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Joe Nelson
Horton
West Central
Brownwood Highway
Nelson
Leave For Vacation Of McCullough Family To New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Elton McCullough and their children left this week for a vacation in New Mexico. They likely will visit Colorado and other states before returning to Comanche.
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Elton McCullough
New Mexico
Colorado
Comanche
City Building Permits In Comanche List Of Projects
Building permits issued for eleven projects in Comanche include J S Bo Brewer to build a five room one story residence in Walcott Addition cost 6500 with July 12 to September 12 construction dates. Other permits cover reroofing remodels and additions with costs ranging from 150 to 2600 for properties on John Duncan Addition Comanche Original Town Plot and East Walcott.
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J. S
Bo) Brewer
Walcott
Robert O. Helmecke
John Duncan
Nannie Perry
East Walcott
Earl May
T. J., Freeman
N. W. Cox
Sid Riley
Comanche Loan Improvement Company
J. W. Turpin
Comanche
E. L. Curb
Fred Edmundson
J. W. Carter Jr
Dudley Sil Test Down 1168 Feet Near Comanche
Drilling reached 1168 feet on the Rube Dudley No 1 well in Cedar Gap Demo crat community 13 miles south of Comanche. The rotary rig spudded in Monday with a 4000 foot target. test shows 35 barrels per hour flow. A separate John Ward Well litigation in district court seeks ownership among royalty owners.
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Democrat
Comanche
Cedar Gap
John Ward
J. K. Ward No. 2
Sidney
Voters Approve Tax and Bond Plan for Enlarged ISD
In Comanche two separate school elections last Saturday approved the tax and bond assumption plan for the enlarged Comanche Independent School District under a new Gilmer Aikin system. The school tax cap of 1.50 per 100 valuation passed 114 to 39, replacing the prior 1.00 limit. The bond assumption for outstanding indebtedness was approved 114 to 40.
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Comanche
Comanche Independent School
Gilmer-Aikin School
Sam Todd Guest at Canyon Banquet Honoring Burrow
Sam B. Todd longtime Comanche County businessman and Higginbotham Lumber manager at Gustine was a special guest at a Canyon banquet honoring Charles Richard Burrow for his 50 years as a Canyon citizen. Todd was introduced as Burrow's first boss and the two men have remained close friends.
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Sam B. Todd
Comanche County
Higginbotham Lumber Company
Gustine
Canyon
Charles Richard Burrow
Burrow
Mr. Todd
Mr. Burrow
Burrow Lumber Company
Sweetwater Revival To Begin Friday
The Sweetwater Baptist Church summer revival starts Friday evening July 22 and runs ten days. Fort Worth pastor Bill Clinton will preach. The public is invited to attend. Dan Killian visited his ill brother J P Killian in Cross Plains.
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Sweetwater Baptist Church
Bill Clinton
Fort Worth
Dan Killian
J. P. Killian
Cross Plains
First Baptist Church Plans Youth Revival
First Baptist Church Comanche plans a Youth Revival from July 31 to August 7. Evangelists Rev. Keith Parks and Rev. Yandall Woodfin will preach, with Emmett Johnson directing music. Parks, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student, and Woodfin, a Baylor graduate, have led various youth evangelism efforts.
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First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Comanche
Keith Parks
Parks State College
Denton
State Baptist Student Union
North Texas
BSU
San Andres Islands
South America
Parks
Emmett Johnson
Baylor University
REA Maintains Slim Lead In Softball Race
Newburg edged Higginbotham 4-3 in nine innings to stay two games ahead of Gustine and Downing in the City Softball League standings. Heathington pitched six and a third hitless innings for the losers, while Helmsley starred for Newburg, which sits third overall and eyes playoffs in three weeks.
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Rea
Newburg
Higginbotham
Softon
Merchantmen
Heathington
Burtonmen
Helmsley
Hizeinbotham
Newbury
Gustine
Suddereth
High School
VFW
Electricians
Downing
Texas Peanutmen
Sohio Oil Company
Gustine High School
TP and L Company Conducts Free Cooking School
Under Everett White TP and L public relations director, two free electrical cooking schools were held this week. Mrs Ruth Arvin and Mrs Margaret Roderick led sessions for dealers and housewives with strong attendance and praise for cooking on electric stoves and deep freezes. A display featured various electric cook stoves and deep freezes. eight attendance prizes were awarded including a grand prize electric toaster. Mr White stressed electricity’s cost savings and labor relief and the deep freeze’s value for preserving surplus foods.
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Everett White
Texas Power & Light Company
Ruth Arvin
Brownwood Tpa&i
Margaret Roderick
State Tp&l
Dallas
Veterans Building
Mes James Arvin
Roderick
P. L. Burks
White
Dodge Ad Misprint Corrected by Paper Chief
An incorrect Dodge car advertisement appeared under the signature of Arthur Chevrolet due to a second section error. Don Pierson, the local Dodge dealer, is correctly credited in the re-run in the first section. The Chief expresses regret for the error. Mrs. Martha Ferguson has returned home after visiting with Mrs. H. J. R. Gille.
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Dodge
Arthur Chevrolet
Don Pierson
Martha Ferguson
Higar
H. J. R. Gille
Rural Roads Program Meeting Planned in Comanche County Courthouse
Citizens and officials will meet at 2 PM Friday at the Comanche County Courthouse to discuss a farm-to-market road program and financing. Judge O E Rippetoe says the session will explore current road conditions and how residents can improve roads themselves if the plan gains support.
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Comanch County
O. E. Rippetoe
Crmanche County
Rual
Comanche County
Comanche
Miss Lacy Named To School Post In Comanche
Miss Virginia Lacy is appointed Assistant County School Superintendent succeeding Fizo Brinson who resigned to fill the unexpired term of J C Helm Jr. A Comanche native and Tarleton State and Daniel Baker graduate, she taught at Comanche Sipe Springs and Cross Plains. She spent three years in Civil Service payroll work at Camp Bowie during World War I.
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Comanche
Sipe Springs
Cross Plains
Lacy
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Huett Family Returns Home From Extensive Auto Trip
The Clarence L. Huett family has returned from a long automobile journey visiting many Deep South, New York, Washington, and other historic points in the North and East, ending in Canada.
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Huett
Clarence L. Huett
Deep South
New York
Washington
Canada
State Tax Rate To Rise to 72 Cents For 1950
The State Automatio Ts Board planned a Thursday meeting to set the state tax at 72 cents per $1,000 valuation, a 30-cent rise from the current rate. Comptroller Robert Calvert released 1949 valuation figures showing $5,295,992,054 total, up $146,263,199 from the prior year. The Legislature had set the rate, and the governor’s office called the meeting perfunctory as re-levying indicates a higher rate for 1950 with 72 cents: 35 to School Fund, 13 to General Revenue, 20 to College Fund and 2 to federal Pension Fund.
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State Automatio Ts Board
General Revenue
Robert Calvert
General Revenue Fund
College Fund
Federale Pension Fund
Annie Coleman Heads to New York on Business Trip
Annie Coleman plans a week long trip to New York for business. She runs a remnant shop in Hico and will be accompanied by her brother Tom Colemand and sister.
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Annie Coleman
York
Miss Coleman
Hico
Tom Colemand
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Sai Nasis
W. Morris
Oe Nelson
Dudley
John Ward Well
Chapman Gasser
W. D. Chapman
Southwest Natural Gas Company
Crouch
Robert Crouch
Proctor
Dublin
Sam Todd
Sweetwater Church
Arthur Johnson
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
North Texas College
Rice Institute
State Baptist
Woodfin Era Baptist Theological Seminary
Waco State Home
Homer
Charlie Page
Page
Hillhouse
Tp&l Company
Majestic Theatre
Tim Holt
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
John Garfield
Jennifer Jones
Roddy McDowall
Bisou Roland Winters As
Charlie Chan
the Golden Eye
WED
THUR
Walt Disney's
Burl Ives
Buelah Bondi
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