Still The Best Of Friends At Western Hills Nursing Home
Two lifelong friends, Alice Cunningham Moore and Pearl Henson Burton, share memories from Newburg and early schooling in a 19th century Mississippi era to modern days at Western Hills Nursing Home in Comanche. They recall family roots, farm life, and long friendships spanning 182 years combined.
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Western Hills
Comanche
Alice Cunningham Moore
Newburg
Wallace Cunningham
Pearl Henson Burton
Hamilton County
Aaron Cunningham
William
Mr. Moore
John Reese
Nat Hamilton
Gaines
Burton
Nat
Pearl Burton
Moore
William Burton
Berry Moore
Western Hills Nursing Home
Deadline set for Miss Comanche County contest
Eligible girls from Comanche County must enter by Friday August 3 with sponsor fees of 10 dollars payable to the Comanche County Fair Assn. Barbara Williams is the contact for sponsors and contestants. Two charm sessions and a makeup hair session precede the Aug 18 pageant with top prizes of 100 75 and 50 dollar savings bonds.
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Barbara Williams
Barbara
Comanche County Fair Assn
Comanche County
Centennial Edition Next Week of The Comanche Chief
The Comanche Chief announces a Centennial edition published next Thursday August 2 with more pages than ever. It will feature old pictures articles and histories including a complete 1870 census of Comanche County. Copies cost 60 cents over the counter and subscribers receive it free. US postage is 1.00. For ads or participation call 356 2636.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
United States
Jets to Perform at Comanche Air Show
Navy jets from NAS Dallas join the third annual Comanche Air Show at Comanche City-County Airport on August 18. Jerry Beene, airline pilot and son of Tome Beene, will pilot one jet. Judge Fred Hall proclaims August 18 a special day as the event honors returned prisoners of war and missing in action.
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Navy
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Comanche City-County
Lake Proctor
Jerry Beene
Tome Beene
Comanche
Fred Hall
De Leon Peach and Melon Festival Aims Weekend Events
The 57th De Leon Peach and Melon Festival runs July 31 to August 4 with nightly drawings for cash prizes. Highlights include Little Miss De Leon contest judging, a Wednesday street parade, Queen’s Café performances, and bands by Jimmy C. Newman and Joe Paul Nichols.
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de Leon
Jimmy C. Newman
Joe Paul Nichols
Miss de Leon
Feds Cut Comanche School Aid By Twenty Five Thousand
H R Jefferies reports the Comanche School District will lose 25000 in Federal aid next year. Funding shifts from 1960 family counts to 1970 counts reduce reading program funds and three teacher aides. District previously received 48301 for reading aides and materials.
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H. R. Jefferies
Comanche
Jefferies
Calf Houdini Captured After Townwide Chase
A red brindle whiteface calf named Houdini eluded hunters through town from midnight until 6:45 a.m. The pursuit involved Jones of the Frozen Food Locker, local Fire Chief Nowlin, police, and townspeople. Houdini was finally lassoed near the airport and loaded into a trailer by 8 a.m.
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Houdini
Jones - Bill
J. D. Walker
Walker
Grand
Jones
Jane
Jimmie Dee
Dale Nowlin
Nowlin
Arthur
Clemon
Jones and Company
de Leon
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Haywood Burton
Mrs. Burton
Mrs. Moore
Newbury
CHS Athletic Fund
Fred West
SP4
Donnie Graves
Graves
73Rd Aviation Co
Gary Summers
Germany
CHS
Men of
Apo
Feds
U. 5
Joneses
Lola Dingus
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