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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1965
Page
1
The column lists multiple store promotions and discounts including Bond Stamps, fashion openings, and special offers at shops like Harelik's Gibbs Mart and Higginbotham's. It highlights prizes, extended discounts up to 50 percent, and a 1965 Westinghouse unit for 199 dollars along with a promotion for local merchants.
Dorothea Byrd of Comanche selected as Texas state winner in the 1965 Danforth Leadership Program. She will attend the American Youth Foundation Training Camp at Stoney Lake Michigan August 1 14 with full scholarship from Ralston Purina and travel paid by United Gas. Dorothea, a 1964 Comanche High School graduate, is Tarleton State College student active in 4 H Club work and community affairs.
Local rancher Don Gray is hospitalized at the Veterans Hospital in Temple for medical care.
The 4th Annual 4-H Tomato and Flower Show will be held Saturday July 24 1965 at the County Courthouse. Entries must be in by 12 noon with judging at 1 pm and displays open until 4 pm featuring clubs Comanche De Leon Gustine Newburg Proctor Sidney and Soda Springs.
Mr and Mrs M M Carmack celebrate one year of ownership of the Fieldan Motel in Comanche located at the Y of the Fort Worth Brownwood and Abilene highways. They are Comanche natives with a stock farm in Sidney community and three grown children.
Out of Hospital Porter Franks, funeral director at Comanche Funeral Home, went home to 505 W Grand on Wednesday after hospitalization in Abilene.
Comanche youths Buddy Prather and Jimmy Norris join 23 Explorers and 3 leaders for a ten day wilderness canoe trip from the Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base near Ely Minnesota. They will travel through Quiteco Provincial Park in Canada with limited gear and no motorboats. The expedition runs July 26 to August 6 under Comanche Trail Council BSA with Roland McFarland James Horn and Joel Lamkin guiding.
Zion Hill Baptist Church will hold a summer revival starting Sunday July 25 led by Rev J L Woolsey preaching by Rev Jack Patton of Gustine with music by Mrs Hazel Streety and James Fritts. Services begin at 8 p m nightly.
Crowds filled Comanche on Thursday July 15 for the Rodeo Parade and the 25th Annual Comanche Amateur Rodeo. The 1965 event, run by the Comanche Roping Club, featured top action across three nights with Queen Shelly Houck crowned. County 4H won best float in the club civic division, while the McDougal Auction barn claimed top commercial honors and Lone Ranger Riding Club took riding club first place.
The Hot Rods defeated the Cross Plains Drillers 14 to 0 to claim the Central Texas Junior Teenage Baseball title and advance to the Texas Junior Teenage tournament in Brownwood. They receive a bye in the first round and will play July 30 at 7:00. Bo Elrod manages the team with Clinton Geye as assistant. starting lineup includes Randy Geye and Clyde Weaver among others.
Harelik Raiders, first in regular play and undefeated in the double elimination tourney, reach the championship after a 5-2 win over Oak Lawn. They will face the winner of the Toppers and Wizards, who meet Thursday at 7 to decide the challenger for Friday’s 7 30 p.m. title game.
Victor Scott will lead the Gold Kist peanut plant in Comanche succeeding Pat Cagle who moves to Atlanta. Scott, a 1943 CHS graduate and 40 year industry veteran, plans no staffing changes while overseeing expansion projects including three new warehouses and upgraded drying facilities. He is married to Rosemary Hall of Rockwall and they have son Mark.
Board Baptist Church announces a summer revival from Friday night July 23 to August 1 led by evangelist Donal Key from Baggett Creek Baptist Church. Dick Garrett will lead singing and nightly prayer begins at 7 30 with preaching at 8. Ed N Garrett, pastor at Board Church, invites all to attend these services.
J. D. Walker local Frigidaire dealer for Comanche visited Fort Worth on Tuesday to view the new Frigidaire 1966 line. He toured showrooms and evaluated features and pricing for upcoming promotions.
Five Comanche High School Indian Band members left for a two week camp at West Texas State University Canyon. Autie Merrell Jane Caraway Bob Brannan Jimy Rambo and David Chambers traveled with their families. Autie Jane and Jimy joined the honor band on arrival.
A historical note details the origins of stage coaches with the boy slung in straps, marking the advent of early transport methods in the 16th century.
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