Library site history and local plans for new building
The article traces the site 311 N. Austin in Comanche and local landownership from 1860 to the 1950s, noting museum like library plans, donor ties, and community groups shaping the move. It highlights Captain Duncan’s townsite gift, Hamilton’s drugstore legacy, and Lions Club input on locating the proposed library. It ends with a local gardener Henry Huffman showing a 37-inch banana squash at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail P. Dudley
J. H. Burton
City of
Comanche
Comanche County
N. Austin
PCA
Burton
Calvin Lee
Dudley
John Duncan
J. M. Jenkins
James Buchanan
A. L. Hamilton
Hamilton
N. Houston Street
Georgi
N. Houston
L. C. Durham
Virgil Norris
Boyd Anthony
Texas
Wm. Reese
van, Zandt County
W. B. Cuningham
Reese’s Drug
Durham Pharmacy
N.W
Austin St
Reese
Tom F. Reese
Dallas
T. J. Williams
Higginbotham Bros
Comanche, Inne
Mr. Williams
Wright Avenue
Eli McGinty
Ned Stewart
Mary E. Nance
Nance
Lion’s Club
Austin
Henry Huffman
S. Austin
Huffman
Texas Highway Department
Rites Held For Mrs. Lawyer
Mrs. Mary Virginia Lawver 42 of Fort Worth died July 21 in a Fort Worth hospital. Funeral services were July 23 at Oak Lawn Funeral Home Chapel. burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Larry, son Larry Jr., Navy, mother Mrs. J. H. Davenport, sisters Mrs. Ruth and Mrs. Sanders, brother Herbert Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia Lawver
Fort Worth
Oak Lawn Funeral Home
Larry K. Lawver
Comanche
First United Methodist Church
Larry
U. S. Navy
U.S. Navy
Air Air Corps
Calif
J. H. Davenport
J. B. Ruth
Warren Sanders
Hasse
Herbert Davenport
Louise Hill Returns From Louisiana Visit
Returns from Louisiana report Mrs Louise Hill has returned home after five weeks with her niece Mrs Kay Shorie of Bossier La. The text also includes educational notes on Robert Fulton and the history of the steamboat, electric units Volts Amperes and Watts, and a brief explanation of invariance in topology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Louise Hill
Kay Shorie
Bossier
Alessandro Volta
André Marie Ampére
James Watt
Robertson Visitor Details in Commerce and Austin Families
The visitor list for the Robertson family includes Mr and Mrs David Petty of Commerce and Mr and Mrs Jerry Don Ferguson and Jodie of Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Robertson
David Petty
Commerce
Jerry Don Ferguson
Jodie
Austin
Arlington visit includes Boyd Anthony relatives from Arlington
Last weekend Mr and Mrs Boyd Anthony hosted their daughter and family from Arlington including Mr and Mrs Ralph Youngdale and their daughters Teri and Melissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Anthony
Ralph Youngdale
Teri and
Melissa
Arlington
Two Comanche Students To Attend Baylor Citizenship Seminar
Two high school students from Comanche County Marcia Spalding of Sidney and Debra Jo Whitehurst of De Leon will travel to Baylor University in Waco on July 2 for a four day Citizenship Seminar run by the Comanche County Farm Bureau. About 457 students from 153 counties are expected. Lecturers include Dr. Clifton L Ganns Jr Dr C L Kay John Noble and W Cleon Skousen plus a former narcotics addict Richard Perigo. Seminar aims to deepen understanding of the American system with emphasis on economic moral and social aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Baylor University
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Marcia Spalling
Sidney
Debra
Whitehurst
de Leon
Marcia
Henry Spalding
Debra Jo
O. A. Whitehurst
Comanche County Farm Bureau
Waco Training School
Monsellle O’brien
Comanche
Clifton L. Ganns, Jr
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
C. L. Kay
Lubbock Christian College
Lubbock
John
Comanche Chief Details Local Publication and Rates
The Comanche Chief issues weekly issues from Comanche Texas with editor publisher C Wilkerson and staff. Subscriptions run 4.00 yearly 3.00 for six months in state while out of state rates are 5.00 yearly 3.00 for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Comanche
Texas
C. Wilkerson
WM. G. Wilkerson
Urs
James Wilkerson
Asoc
Comanche County
Dublin
Gorman
Blanket
Carbon
May
Sephyr
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Gail Dudley
Herbert Williams
Jim Allison
Crawford
Justin
Terry McCall
Leslie
Will
Houston
Justine
McCall
Norris Insurance
West Central
Comanche, Texas
Tell City
Lane
Basset
Lewittes
Higginbothams
NUWAY
Martha Glauber Shapp
New Book of Knowledge
Robert Fulton
Pennsylvania
Fulton
England
France
United States
New York
Iméer
North River
Clermont
Su¢ Robertson
Baylor
Baylor Hospital
Bessie McCullough
New Mexico
B. J. Clark
Flobbs, NM
Bruce Clark
John Pogue
C. M. Albin
Mrs
Betty Allen
Bod Allen
Matt
Jacksboro
Joe Jordan
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Majestic Theatre
Jane Fonda and
Michael Sarraz
George Segal
Eva Marie Saint i
Loving
Horror
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