Study Club Closes Year With Dinner Party May Fourteenth
The Comanche Study Club ended its 1952 53 season with a May 14 dinner at West Ward School lunchroom. Guests enjoyed student music, a Texas talk by J C Wilkerson, a playlet, and toastmaster Vasco Lee. Program and menu cards used hand drawn Commache maps and cactus themed decor.
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Comanche Study Club
West Ward
T. R. Atwood
J. C. Wilkerson
Texas
Porter B. Franks
Charactures
Vasco Lee
CHS Class of 1951 Reunion Slated for June
In Phoenix Arizona Barbara Smith Jameson reports Comanche High School class of 1961 will hold a reunion Saturday June 6 at Lake Banes Park near 7:30 o clock. She seeks publicity to reach all classmates.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Comanche
Gamma Zeta Holds Founders Day Meeting at Tarleton College
Delta Kappa Gamma Gamma Zeta Chapter held its year end meeting in the Wren Dining Hall Tarleton College with Ste phenville hosts. Founders Day candle lit service honored outstanding founders and contributions to the National Scholarship Fund were collected to support each state's future scholar.
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Gamma Zeta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Wren
Tarleton College
Stephenville
Werner
Comanche
National Scholarship Fund
Lee McGlothlin
Edna Harris
Jewel Werner
Mable Hall
Ollie Sloan
Mescames
Frank Reese
Robert Eaton
Clarence A. Réa
County 4 H Clubbers Win in District Meet
Comanche County 4 H boys and girls excel at District 8 events at Hamilton Elementary May 16. Shirley Godfrey won 1st in Dairy Individual Demonstrations, Mojie Henson and Martha Haynes took 3rd in Dairy Food team demos, Harold Lee Price placed 2nd in Radio Speaking. The Hillbilly Kids won 1st in Share the Fun Festival. Shirley Godfrey and Harold Price advance to state contests June 25 at Texas A M College.
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Comanche
Hamilton
Shirley Godfrey
Mojie Henson
Martha Haynes
Harold
Harold Price
Pete
Texas A&m College
Local football figure Pledges at Jacket Club Breakfast
Pat Cagle of Comanche, ex Howard Payne standout, delivered the principal address at the Jacket Club breakfast held last Friday at Hotel Brownwood roof garden. Coach Gardner, Brewer and Hinton spoke briefly. Groner Pitts led the meeting. Cagle, former CHS coach, is now president of Durham Peanut Company in town.
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Pat Cagle
Comanche
Howard Payne
Jacket Club
Hotel Brownwood
Gardner
Brewer
Hinton
Groner Pitts
Cagle
CHS
Durham Peanut Company
Garden Club Hears Plan for Comanche Pool
The Comanche Garden Club met May 21 at 4 PM at Mrs. Nick Higginbotham's home for a picnic and business session honoring the Junior Club. James Hoffpaulr from the Comanche Chamber of Commerce outlined a proposed swimming pool project and requested club support, with a forthcoming financial drive.
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Comanche Garden Club
Nick Higginbotham
Higginbotham
John S. Brazier
James Hoffpaulr
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
English Teachers Meet in Stephenville
The Joint Committee on Integration of English teaching in high schools and colleges met in Denton to plan the 1953 English workshops. District XI members Mrs E Lightfoot of Comanche High and Mrs Harry E Peck of San Angelo Junior College attended. The theme is Where Are We and Where Are We Going in English teaching. The District XI workshop will be at Tarleton State College Stephenville in October 1953 with Mrs J E Peck as General Chairman and Mrs Lightfoot as Program Chairman.
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Denton
E. Lightfoot
Comanche High School
Harry E. Peck
San Angelo Junior College
Lightfoot
Peck
Stephenville
Tarleton State College
J. E. Peck
Former Comanche Chief Publisher Dies
Paris Texas May 16 Lon Boynton publisher of the Lamar County Echo died in a hospital at sixty. A third generation newspaperman he born December 30 1892 in Hamilton later managed the Comanche Chief and published the Walters Oklahoma Herald. He was past president of Texas Editorial Association and North and East Texas Press Association. Funeral services scheduled 2 p m Sunday survived by wife daughter and brother.
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Texas
Lon Boynton
Lamar County Echo
Boynton
Dallas
Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Fraternity
Hamilton
George H. Boynton
Hamilton Herald
Walters
Okla
Texas Editorial Association
North and East Texas Press Association
Paris Rotary Club
Paris Chamber of Commerce
First Christian Church Board
J. W
Bill) Harris Jr
Harry B. Boynton
Star Telegram
First baby born at new De Leon Hospital
Randall Wayne Hardin son of Mr and Mrs W L Hardin arrived May 18 and was the first birth at the new De Leon Hospital.
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Randall Wayne Hardin
W. L. Hardin
New de Leon Hospital
Barret Hosts After Meeting Picnic for Members and Guests
At the close of the business meeting, members and guests enjoyed a picnic supper together, sharing refreshments and fellowship.
Amity Progress Club Plans May 11 Tour After District Victory
Amity Progress Contest Club members and guests met at Amity Church for a Mother's Day program. A. D. Jenkins welcomed visitors and urged joining. Plans were set for a May 11 tour by state judges, amid talks on a farm-to-market road intersecting May Comanche Road and Highway 36 North.
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Amity Progress Contest Club
Amity Church
Mrother
Mmes. Caudle
Fox
A. D. Jenkins
Tom Stewart
Rising Star
Cook
May - Comanche
Amity
Girl Scout Camp Opens in Mineral West This Summer
The established Girl Scout Camp will open in Mineral West on June 14 and run through July 25. Girls should register for their planned week and Troop 8 led by Mrs. Walton capped the scouting year with an overnight at the Chilton farm northwest of town. Mrs. Evridge hosted the troop and several girls earned camping badges while the group enjoyed a wonderful time. The Comanche Garden Club won blue in Hamilton’s Flower Show, and Everett Hallis led the program with songs by Walter Henderson, a prayer by John Starkey, Ramona Myers humorous reading, and Mary Haynes’ skit The Little Willie Waltz.
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Mineral West
Wm. C'alton
Chilton Farm
Ben Evridge
Joe Evridge
Everett Hallis
Walter Henderson
John Starkey
Ramona Myers
Mary Haynes
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