Comanchean to Guest Conduct As Spring Palace Band Plays
Walter J. Cunningham, a Comanchean former bandsman, will guest conduct the Spring Palace Band on June 6 at Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in Fort Worth for the 100th birthday performance of The Texas Kikado. He earned recognition from Sousa after requesting El Capitan on several occasions and will lead the piece El Capitan during the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
Spring Palace
Walter J. Cunningham
J. Frank Dinkins
Sousa
Buffalo
St. Louis Exposition
Waco
el Capitan
Fort Worth
Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium
Wetzel Reburial Here Indefinite
The body of Set. Bob Wetzel, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wetzel of San Angelo formerly of Comanche, is en route to the United States. Reburial date will be determined on arrival and likely held within two or three weeks. Wetzel, a former Comanche High School athlete, was killed in the ETO on April 7 1945 on his sixth mission as tail gunner aboard a B 17. Four crew members died including the co pilot tail gunner navigator and ball turret gunner. He was 24. A son was born to his wife four months after his death. She has remarried and lives in Coleman. He landed in England March 10 1945 and was killed soon after. Before service he worked in the San Angelo undertaking service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
Bob Wetzel
C. E. Wetzel
San Angelo
Comanche
United States
Wetzel Manche
Wetzel
ETO
Germany
Coleman
Sgt. Wetzel
England
Armed Services
Cpl
Richey
Eschweiler
Church of Christ
Oakwood
VFW
R. R. Richey
Doyle
Arlene
Tommy
Odessa Fay
Dorothy
Abilene
Frank Arrotta Jr
Washington, D. C
Bertis Richey
Rule
Repeat Performance Hoffman's Ad Featured Nationally
A Father's Day ad from Hoffman's Dept Store, first run June 18 last year in the Chief, gained national notice after being reproduced in Publisher's Idea Des Moines Iowa. The same ad had previously been featured in December 1944. The 1948 ad titled Now Doggennut Family marks the second Hoffman's piece selected for publication.
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Hoffman’s Dept
Chief
Publisher's Idea
Des Moines
Iowa
Hoffman
Doggennut, Family
Junior Softball Opens With Six Teams In Comanche League
Comanche Junior League opens with six teams six including five from Comanche and one from Fairview Van Dyke Red Raiders Apaches Cherokees lead at 1 0 after opening games Delawares Navajoes Kickapoos battle through the week with afternoon and night fixtures scheduled Regular admission is free and games run 430 PM on weekdays with additional night matches.
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Comanche
Fairview-Van Dyke
Fred Curry
Cyril Irby
Red Raiders
Curry
Tom Graham
Apaches
Millard Ellis
Cherokees
Raiders
Delawares
Navajoes
Kickapoos
Kenneth Burks Visits Minta White Over Weekend
Kenneth Burks of Camp Hood visited Minta White during the weekend time frame.
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Kenneth Burks
Camp Hood
Minta White
Proctor Homecoming Sunday Event Draws Community
The Proctor community invites residents to Sunday June 5 for homecoming activities at the Methodist and Baptist churches. Events include Indian Sunday School 9:45 to 10:45 with song by Miss Bessie Green devotional by L. T. Green and a welcome by R. A. Luker. Lunch at noon followed by visiting hour and a round table discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Jess Dixon
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Bessie Green
L. T. Green
R. A. Luk
Sidney Homecoming Set For June 12
Sidney holds its annual homecoming on June 12 with all day singing and visiting. The program starts about 10 a.m. and runs to noon, followed by a basket lunch, then more singing. Many oldtimers and good singers are expected from across the state, and all singers are urged to bring their songbooks.
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Sidney
Hareliks Dollar Days Store Sale Planned
Hareliks in Comanche advertises Dollar Days Friday Saturday and First Monday with stock reduced to bargains many items under half price. Louis Harelik store manager notes extensive stock reduction and rare values in the event.
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Harelik’s
Comanche
Louis Harelik
Mrs Dupree Visits Sister in Lake Charles
Mrs. F. K. Dupree of Lake Charles Louisiana is visiting her sister Mrs. W. O. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Dupree
Lake _Charles, La
Ww. O. Hill
Beaty Reburial Rites Held for War Hero in Newburg
Military services for Capt Wendell W Beaty killed in a 1945 Calais France plane crash will be held Friday at 2 PM at South Leon Baptist Church Newburg. He served with the 358th Fighter Squadron and earned the Air Medal with 7 clusters the Presidential Citation and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Survived by parents five brothers and sisters and several relatives in Chicago DeRidder Ozona Comanche and Newburg.
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Wendell W. Beaty
Calais
France
South Leon Baptist Church
Newburg
B. F. Beaty
Rt. 4
Comanche
Beaty
358Th
Comanche High School
Howard Payne College
Army Air Corps
Kelly Field
Foster, Randolph
Goodfellow Fields
Texas
Newbury
VFW
American Legion
Melvin Beaty
Chicago
Walter Liss
DeRidder
Gerald Corby
Ozona
Boyd Chandler
Wanda
Billy Beaty
State Agencies Suggest Lakes Sanitation Rules for Comanche
A Texas State Department of Health letter to Mayor W H Howand outlines sanitation steps for Comanche water sources. Recommendations include closing Lake Eanes and Lake Comanche to swimming and boating, prohibiting shoreline homes, fencing marginal land, enforcing regulations with a patrolman, and posting signs to protect drinking water quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Lakes
Howard
Texas State Department of Health
Austin
Texas
W. H. Howand
Comanche
City of
J. L. Robinson
Lake Eanes
Lake Comanche
V. M. Ehlers
C. E
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
Revival at City Park Sunday Night Begins
A mission revival will begin Sunday night at City Park across the street east from Comanche County. The event starts June 4 and invites all residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revival Owens
City Park
Comanche County
Newhure Defeats REA to End Undefeated Run in City Softball
Newhure beat REA 1-0 in eight innings to end the undefeated streak in the City softball loop. REA, 7-1, led the standings with Higginbotham's close behind. Gustine and Downing also contending as the league schedule moves into weekend games and a big Friday clash looms.
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Newburg
REA
Higginbotham
Downing
Gustine
High School
Charlie Page
Big Charlie
VFW
Bend
Higginbowham's
Cled Heathington
Texas Peanutmen
Electricians
Suddereth
Dale Helmsley
Ted Masters
Rbamen
Burton Bros. Newburgmen
Pet. Rea
Association Meets Sunday at Taylor's Chapel Cemetery
The Taylor's Chapel Cemetery Association will meet Sunday June 5 with Rev. Vernon Cook of Dunitin to preach Sunday morning. A lunch at noon will follow and a singing session is planned.
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Taylor’s Chapel Cemetery
Comanche County Schools Reelect Faculty Amid Shifts
The Comanche school faculty is mostly re-elected with Pop Peters resigning from the high school post. County boards report varying re-elections as Gilmer-Aikin bills face Senate action, with several schools listing pending decisions and potential reclassifications for 1949 50 term.
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Comanche
W. C. House
Pop Peters
J. C. Helm Jr
Gilmer-Aikin
Newburg
Custer
Pettit
Downing
Lamkin
Fairview School
Fred Curry
Robert Eaton
Curry
Eaton
Fairview
Aot
Beattie
Smith
Ross
Beattie School
Sidney Hig
Hasse School Board
Connie East
Grace Daniel
East
da Jes
Hasse School
Tor
Cyril Irby
van Dyke School
and Irby
Comanche County
Jayton Graduation Attended by Summers Family
Mrs. T. C. Summers along with Rodney and Royce returned from the Jayton graduation exercises where her son Billy Cade was a participant.
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Jayton
T. C. Summers
Rodney
Royce
Billy Cade
Huntington Family Heads to California Vacation
Leave For California Mgr. and Mrs. P. R. Huntington and Henry Moore of Comanche depart for a two week vacation to California. They will visit their son Joe Park who serves in the Marines during the trip.
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California
Mgr
P. R. Huntington
Henry Moore
Comanche
Huntingtons
Joe Park
Marines
Masons to Meet Here Friday Night
Hope Lodge No. 481 calls a meeting Friday night June 3 with Master’s Degree work. Secretary Earl Burnett notes a second meeting Friday June 9 for election of lodge officers.
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Hope Lodge
Earl Burnett
Mr. Burnett
Hospital Notes Summary Of Recent Admissions
Hospital notes list patients hospitalized this week by surgery type and medical status. Major surgeries include S M Eady Brownwood and several named patients. minor surgeries feature Lynetta Duren and others. medical cases include P H Dobkins and R D Ryan. new babies reported for Kirkland Hornsby McKinzie Seay and McNew.
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S. M. Eady
Brownwood
F. A. Kirkland
Marie Walkoviak
Gene Seay
J. A. Duke
J. R. McKinzie
Lynetta Duren
Lometa
Shirley Terry
Sherry Ann Robinson
C. A. Bain
Owen Fletcher
North Carter
John Stephens
Cynthia Merritt
Patsy Adcock
P. H. Dobkins
W. A. Langley
J. H. Griffin
John Mahon
R. D. Ryan
T. B. Hancock
Harvey D. Smith Jr
J. E. Adcock
Ronny
S. L. Hornsby
J. R. McKin
Vacation Bible School At First Methodist Opens
The Vacation Bible School at First Methodist Church opened with sixty enrolled students. Director Evel Arthur says the service project asks each child to bring two Swan soap wrappers and CARE will send a bar of soap to children overseas. She urges saving Swan wrappers and giving them to Bible school by June 10.
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First Methodist Church
Evel Arthur
Bible School
CHS Homemakers Meet at Cisco With Stephenville Breckenridge
CHS Future Homemakers plan a joint Thursday meeting with Stephenville and Breckenridge chapters in Cisco. The group will share lunch swim and bowl with mothers and sponsors accompanying the girls on the trip.
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CHS
Cisco
Stephenville
Breckenridge
Mrs. C. E. Huffman Taken By Death
Mrs. C. E. Huffman aged 70 a native of Albany and longtime Comanche County resident died after a month long illness at the local hospital with time in Dallas for treatment. Funeral services were held at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev Melvin Fields of Lubbock and Pastor Rev Lee assisting. Interment followed at Sardis Cemetery.
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C. E. Huffman
Albany
Comanche County
Dallas
Frances Ann Dean To Play In Tarleton Piano Recital
Frances Ann Dean a 13 year old Comanche High School freshman and fourth year Tarleton State College piano department student will perform in a recital at Tarleton State College auditorium Stephenville on Sunday afternoon June 5 at 3 30 oclock. Her teacher is Charles Froh and the public is invited to attend.
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Frances Ann Dean
County Baptist Workers Conference at Beattie
The Comanche County Baptist Workers Conference will meet with Beattie Baptist Church on Wednesday June 8. Sessions start 10 am with Devotional by Roland Miller, then talks by W E Butler S J Isham and E N Strother, with reports by R M McGinnis, a sermon by Lloyd Gentry, lunch at noon and meetings of Board and W M A at 1 15 pm and adjournment at 2 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Baptist Workers’ Conference
Beattie Baptist Church
Roland Miller
the Brotherhood
W. E. Butler
S. J. Isham
E. N. Strother
Southern Baptist Convention
R. M. McGinnis
Lloyd Gentry
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Joseph M. Perkins
Eastland
O. 8. Cox
Harelik
Wendell Beaty
Comanche Baptist Ass'n Missionary
Brotherhood of the First Church of
R. M. McGignis
Comanchero Baptist Association
Gus
Newhure
Play Reviewed
Higginbotham’s
the Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Association
Wilburn Richey
Wilburn R. Richey
South Side Church
Comanc
Cpl. Richey
Tarleton
Majestic Theatre
Tombstone
Barry Sullivan
Marjorie Reynolds
Walter Brennan
Marguerite Chapman
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Don “Red” Barry
Fuzzy Knight
Jessie James, JR
Thur
Bing Crosby
Rhonda Fleming
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