Youth Activity Week At Methodist Church
First Methodist Church hosts Annual Youth Activities Week from July 30 to August 4 for junior high through college students and friends. Chris Schnabel, a West Berlin refugee, will guest minister with 21 years of speaking experience, preaching each evening at 8:30. The program includes foreign films and an 8 30 p.m. sermon series with a midweek screening of Butterfield 8 on August 2 at 7 15 p.m. Parents are urged to attend.
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First Methodist Church
Christian
Chris
Godfrey Schnabel
West Berlin
East Germany
Robert Haynes
America
Cation
Couts Memorial Methodist Church
Weatherford
Yaw’s
Trinity
Wichita Avenue
Western Hills
Chris Schnabel
Elizabeth Tayllor
Laurence Harvey
Seay s Bar B Que and Steak House Under Construction
Comanche construction starts last Saturday July 29 with Walter Jack Barret overseeing the first dirt work. The 1288 square foot a la carte eatery at Highways 36 east and State 67 aims to open by Labor Day weekend featuring a western cedar styled frame and seating for about fifty with on site dining takeout and catering. Mr and Mrs Seay CHS graduates natives of Comanche plan a merchants luncheon menu addition and they raise three children Julie Anna Wesley and George Edward.
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Comanche
Seay’s
Walter Jack Barret
State 67
Baxter Property
Seay
Pat Baxter
Julie Anna
Wesley
George Edward
Methodist Church
Sidney Church To Hold Gospel Meeting August 4
The Church of Christ at Sidney opens its annual summer meeting with an 8 p.m. opening service Friday August 4 and closes Sunday August 13. Minister Lowell D. Wallace of Palestine preaches. Ernest Steele of Brownwood directs singing. Sunday schedule includes Bible study at 10 a.m. and worship at 10 50, evening service at 6 p.m. No day services during the week. nightly services at 8 p.m. George W. Ewing of Abilene Christian College and the congregation invite all to attend.
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Church of Christ At
Sidney
Lowell D. Wallace
Palestine
Ernest Steele
Austin Ave. Church
George W. Ewing
Abilene Christian College
Sidney Church
Fanning Named To State Bar Committee
State Bar president Thomas M. Phillips of Houston named Comanche attorney James E. Fanning to the committee on continuing legal education. Fanning's appointment is for a term expiring in 1970.
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State Bar
Thomas M. Phillips
Houston
James E. Fanning
Committee
Fanning
Country Club Membership To Close Soon
The Proctor Area Recreation Assn plans a Lake Proctor country club with 100 acres west of Copperas Creek Park. Charter memberships at 75 dollars sell until August 1, then regular 150 dollars as construction proceeds. Facilities include a clubhouse pool docks piers and a nine hole course. Dr. William Calhoun urges prospective members to join at the charter rate.
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Proctor Area Recreation Assn
Lake Proctor
William Calhoun
Copperas Creek Park
Calhoun
Arthur's Hot Rods Claim District Tournament Bid
Arthur's Chev Hot Rods beat the De Leon Colts 9 7 in Brownwood Monday night to win the league title and secure a spot in the District 2 tournament in Coleman on August 2. The regular season ended in a three way tie with Cross Plains Drillers and De Leon Colts.
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Arthur Chevrolet Hot Rods
de Leon Colts
Brownwood
Cross Plains Drillers
Arthur Chev Hot Rods
Colts
Hot Rods
Coleman
Arthur Chev
Olds, Inc
Comanche
Queen's Contest Opens De Leon Peach and Melon Festival
The 53rd annual De Leon Peach and Melon Festival begins with a queen contest on August 1 night. Twelve contestants vie for queen by judges after an informal tea, with entry rules including ticket sales and bachelor status until the event closes. The festival program features parades, float prizes, music by Nat Stuckey, fiddler contest, 4-H judging, receptions, coronation, and a series of events through Sunday homecoming.
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de Leon
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
C. L. Mahon Jr
Stonewall
Nat Stuckey
Main Street
Miss de Leon
Crazy Days Shopping Spree Hits Comanche Merchants
Local Comanche merchants kick off Crazy Day with 20 stores featuring deep discounts. Stores include Jeanes Hardware Barrick Jewelry Baxter's Hathcocks Western Auto The Hub Higginbothams Edmondsons Service Drug Store Hareliks Sears M&S Trading Post Gibbs Joe's Service Station L&H Discount Mullicans Perry Bros South Park Super Save and The Comanche Chief. Ads run on pages in The Chief and on KCOM radio. Shoppers are invited to visit for big bargains and special pricing.
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Comanche
Jeanes Hardware
Barrick Jewelry
Baxter's
Hathcocks
Western Auto
the Hub
Higginbothams
Edmondsons
Ser
Vice Drug Store
Hareliks
Sears
M&s Trading Post
Gibbs
Joe’s
KCOM
Your Life Is Not So Private
Special to the Chief. The article notes government and other agencies collect extensive personal data on Comanche County residents and may store it in a Federal Data Center. It cites FBI fingerprint and Social Security records, Census data, and divorce and foreign-born counts, with safeguards pledged but public concern remains.
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Comanche County
FBI
Boy Scouts
Social Security Administration
Census Bureau
Washington
White House
Budget Bureau
Changes At Central Texas Fertilizer Co.
Central Texas Fertilizer Co. of Comanche, a Hooker Chemical Co. subsidiary, hires Thomas Connally as bookkeeper. Connally, a Comanche High School graduate, studied at Draughns Business College and lives with his wife Fleurette and three children on Route 1. Sidney. Mac Pyburn, longtime bookkeeper, becomes salesmen for Topper fertilizer in the northwest Texas area after five years with the firm.
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Central Texas Fertilizer Co
Comanche
Hooker Chemical Co
Thomas Connally
Connally
Coanche
Draughn’s Business College
Fleurette
Route 1
Sidney
Mac Pyburn
Central Texas Fertilizer Company
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Wizards
Western Auto Store
Mike Bingham
Eugene Bates
James
Hicks
Roger Craig
Neal Lester
Dennis Hall
Jerry Hitt
Larry Conway
Weldon Holland
Ken Kerby
Randy Holland
Mark Wilhelm
Alvin Titt
Mike Luckie
James Evett
Chris” Schnabel
Soil Conservation
Soil Conservation Staff
Guy Moore
Stafr Phote Truman Renshaw
Whit Jarrett
Clinton Geye
Charlie S. Campbell
Ernest de Leon
Bill Hendrick
National Guard
State Bar Committee
Arthur's Hot Rods
Vmibkan Asus
Comanche County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Troy B. Pettit
Cama A. Bain
Louise P. Sledge
CHISF
Texas
Ernest EE Straley
Roy Freeman
Ter
Paul Slider
Shieh Stafp
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