Summer Clearance Ad Specials Across Town
The notice outlines summer clearance and sale items including straw hats at half-price, a bakery deal with a dozen doughnuts and cookies, Kraft Salad Oil jar offers, and discounted charcoal bars. It mentions in-store specials at LY Wiggleys and Sun Drive-In promotions, plus local parade winners and ads for Harelik's clearance sale and Gore’s home foods promotions. It cites various local merchants and a tire sale by Evans Tire and Battery, with references to summer jewelry and a service store closing.
Pettit Beaty Earn Lone Star FFA State Degrees
Jack Pettit and Joe Beaty of the Comanche FFA chapter received state Farmer Degrees for superior projects and leadership. Pettit served as chapter president in 1952 55 and judged dairy cattle in 1954, while Beaty showed the grand champion steer in 1954 and served as third year Ag class president. Both noted for multiple projects and praised by fathers and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pettit
Joe Beaty
Comanche
Joe
Ory Beaty
Cliff Pettit
Morris Dean
A. E. Boyd
A&m College
Turkish soil conservation student visits Comanche County
Muhlis Geyik a 26 year old forest engineer from Civril Turkey arrived in Comanche Monday to study soil conservation under John Simpson head of the local Soil Conservation Service. He will study in Texas at Stephen F Austin State College and Oklahoma A&M College before returning home September 3 1955. He has two children and is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muhlis Geyik
Turkey
Comanche
Comanche County
John Simpson
Soil Conservation Service Office
Geyik
Civril
Instanbul University
United States
America
Colorado
New Mexico
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Learn to Swim Program Starts at Lake Pool
The Red Cross sponsored learn to swim program begins July 25 at 9 a.m. at the lake pool with no charge for regular admission. Instructors will offer week classes beginning August 1 with several time slots and levels for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Red Cross Oend
Hhour
Sunday School Attendance Report for Comanche Area Churches
Sunday School attendance totals 1116 across Freewill Baptist Taylor's Chapel Indian Creek United Pentecost Free Pentecost First Methodist First Baptist Central Christian First Presbyterian Gartmans View Zion Hill Mount Pleasant Church of Christ Four Square Gospel GB Victory Baptist East Side Baptist with a combined figure reported to The Chief for July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Freewill Baptist
Taylor’s Chapel
Indian Creek
United Pentecost
First Methodist
First Baptist
Central Christian
First Presbyterian
Gartman’s View
Zion Hill
Mount Pleasant
Church of Christ
Four Square Gospel
Victory Baptist
East Side Baptist
First Baptist Church Revival Opens Sunday
Revival meetings begin Sunday morning July 24 at the First Baptist Church Comanche with Rev Henry M Chambers preaching. Services are at 10 am and 8 pm daily, with 7:30 pm prayer services preceding the 8 pm sermon. The church invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Comanche
Henry M. Chambers
Robert McConnell
Higginbothams and Toppers Lead Little League Race
With two games left in the 1955 season Higginbotham's and Durham Peanut's Toppers share first place. Dudley Bros and First Baptist vie for third and fourth as Raiders loom, with regular play ending Monday and a two-night playoff plan set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginbotham’s
Toppers
Durham Peanut
Dudley Bros
First Baptist
Raiders
Dudley’s
Ra’s
Saints
Comanche Pony League
Higginbotham
Stephenville
Dublin
Cisco
Eastland
Gorman
Brownwood Bees
Hamilton
Ray
Ee Dudley
Second Polio Shots Due July 28 In Comanche County
The second round of polio vaccinations will be given next Thursday July 28 starting at 1 PM in the Comanche Ward School Lunchroom. Dr E E Blackwood says 70 percent of the May first round doses were ordered for this session and the inoculations are free for first and second graders on a first come basis. Parents from Sidney Proctor Van Dyke and Comanche schools are urged to bring their children. the Comanche West Ward PTA and School Nurse Kathleen Eads will assist. The vaccine is supplied by Eli Lilly Company and will be used for Texas in this round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Comanche Ward
E. E. Blackwood
Sidney, Proctor, van Dyke
Comanche
Comanche West Ward
Parent-Teachers Association
Kathleen Eads
Blackwood
Texas
Eli Lilly Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Senior Citizens Picnic Set for August 15 in Comanche County
Texas Senior Citizens Club No 1 of Comanche County invites seniors to a Lake Eanes Park picnic on Monday August 15. The event features group fellowship and outdoor activities for local residents aged 65 and older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Senior Citizens Club No. 1
Comanche County
Lake Eanes Park
Uranium Dirt Sits Draw Record Crowds In Comanche County
Uranium benches on Jesse Reese dairy farm attract hundreds from Texas and beyond seeking relief from aches paying two dollars for two hours. National and international publicity swells as CBS TV and major papers cover the scene. Reese endures constant media requests and telephone calls while planning future sittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Reese
Lewburg
Reese
Comanche
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Cbs-Tv
FE. A. McBride Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Herald & Express
Pensacola
Fla
Jeese Reese
New York
London
England
Texas
Dallas Morning News
Fred Pass
Jesse F. Reese
Comanche County
Dallas News
California
Kansas
Good Rains In County Bring Smiles To Farmers
Rainfall totaling about 2.02 inches across Comanche County over Friday through Tuesday boosted spirits among farmers ranchmen and local business people. Comanche city measured 1.90 1.60 1.96 inches on Saturday Sunday and Tuesday with heavier totals in southeast sectors reaching up to five inches in Swan Hill Beattie Pettit Van Dyke and nearby areas recorded four inches while parts of Logan Gap received two inches and east Newburg saw about four and a half inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Comanche County
Swan Hill
Pettit
van Dyke
Beattie
Logan Gap
Harmony
Mercer Gap
Brushy Gap
Democrat
East Newburg
Hasse
Proctor
Sidney
Sipe Springs
Methodist Revival Set For Sidney
The annual Methodist Revival in Sidney is tentatively set to begin Sunday and run for a week. Rev. Earl H. Lightfoot of the First Methodist Church of Comanche will deliver the sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Earl H. Lightfoot
First Methodist Church of
Comanche
Gustine pastor Rev L L Wilson dies after heart attack
Rev. L L Wilson 55 pastor of Gustine Baptist Church died unexpectedly Wednesday morning July 20 after a heart attack while retrieving mail at Gustine Post Office. He was taken to Stephenville Hospital where he died en route. He leaves a wife and daughter Mrs Alba L Bowen Jr and funeral plans are pending. The daughter and son in law are in France with the husband in the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Wilson
Gustine Baptist Church
Alba L. Bowen, Jr
The
Red Cross
Bowen
France
United States
Gordon
East Side Baptist Revival Planned
Our Summer Revival will begin at the East Side Baptist Church July 22 and run through July 31. Bro. Jimmie Dobbs of Weatherford will be the guest speaker, remembered as former pastor of the Gustine Church. Services start 10:30 a.m. daily and 8:00 p.m. each night. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side Baptist Church
Jimmie Dobbs
Weatherford
Bro
Dobbs
Gustine Church
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Mit
Ggly Wiggly
LY Wiggly
Sun Drive-In
Harelik
Urself
E. Gore
Songest
Gore
Fy Evans
Evans
WAL Green
Pettit, Beaty
Lone Star Farmer Degrees
Ram
Henry Chambers
Revival Meeting Baptist Church
Robert McCgannell
Dallas
Heer
Rea
Wilson
Gustine
Comanche County Electric Cooperative
W. J. Parks
Parks
Twenther
United State
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