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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1959
Page
1
Readable ad blurbs list price cuts and products from tires to enamel paint. Mentions Gulf Tire specials 670 15 at low prices, floor enamel quart deals, and assorted hardware items. Mentions names like Billy Hicks Bryant and Alvin, plus references to dairymen and a Youngsters agency in a busy mid century storefront page.
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Joe Paul Tupin, son of Mr and Mrs Joe H Tupin of Comanche, receives the Segres Doctor of Medicine degree at The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston. He earned honorable mention for meritorious research as a medical student and will intern at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco.
David Beene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Beene of Comanche, earned a B S in Business Administration at Baylor University in Waco during Friday evening commencement. He will join Sears in management training after working for Sears Roebuck in Waco during his senior year. Dr. W. R. White, Baylor president, gave the principal address.
Mrs. Gertrude Smith of Gainesville Florida traveled to Comanche this week to visit her aunt Bess Moore confirming family ties and travel within the state.
Comanche County farmers and ranchers received 94777 in Federal cost sharing under the Agricultural Conservation program in 1958. O D Johnston, ASC office manager, said 121 project types were funded. Committeemen assisting included Bryant Barnett and McGinnis.
Three boys from Comanche area captured a three foot long, eight pound reptile in Indian Creek seven miles east of Comanche. Jerry Mast Robert Mast and Charles McNutt roped the animal after a pellet from a .22. The creature caused excitement in Comanche and may be a crocodile rather than an alligator per Webster's dictionary.
Jeanne Gagie, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pat Cagle and Comanche High School graduate, left Monday for Lubbock to enroll as a freshman at Texas Tech. Complete line of office supplies at The Chief.
A Vacation Bible School will be held at the Sweetwater Baptist Church from June 8 to 12. Mrs. ow sore, there will be classes for all ages with free instruction starting at 8 oclock. Dr Causey invites all people of the community and surrounding territory to attend the Bible school.
The House Appropriations Committee on water projects approved 300000 for preliminary work on the Proctor Reservoir, one of 27 Texas projects. The facility near Proctor and Hasse on US 377 would build on 375000 already spent in planning over three years. The panel rejected Eisenhower’s no new starts policy, urging funding to avoid stalling national water resources.
The first annual Comanche Junior Rodeo drew large crowds from Comanche and nearby towns over Thursday through Saturday. Riders from Blanket traveled 13 miles to attend the final night as top times, rides, and spills thrilled spectators. Show winners earned trophies. many have not yet collected and are asked to contact the Comanche Chamber of Commerce.
The public is invited to an open installation of the Order of Eastern Star at the Masonic Building. Friday night June 5 at 8:00 Mrs Faye Gray will be installed as Worthy Matron with Mrs Jesse McCullough retiring from the post.
The Comanche County Board of Equalization will convene Monday June 8 at 9 a.m. in the County Court room. Letters were mailed to property owners tracing increased renditions as the first large real estate reassessment in over 30 years prompts notice to interested parties to attend.
Comanche County communities Amity Soda Springs Stag Creek and Newburg will be honored June 17 at Lake Eanes Park in a Rural Neighborhood Progress Contest and Range and Pasture Contest awards program hosted by the Comanche Chamber of Commerce JayCees and Lions Club. The event includes food by the Lions Agricultural Committee and entertainment by Lions while the JayCees handle setup duties. Oklahoma visitors Carl Hall and family spent the weekend in Oklahoma City. Rainfall across Comanche County this week ranged from 1.5 to 3.5 inches with some areas reporting higher totals.
Scotty Lockridge 21 son of Mr and Mrs H H Lockridge of Comanche suffered two broken ribs a fractured jaw and facial and body injuries when his car failed to make a curve near Custer Sunday night. The Baylor University junior ministerial student was alone in a 1959 Oldsmobile and is reported in good condition at Brownwood Hospital with release expected this weekend. He had been helping Rev Davis of Comanche with Sunday services at Midway Baptist Church near Gorman.
Nine year old Ricky Waring, son of Dawesee, sustained head injuries after a horse kicked him at a local rodeo. He received emergency care at a local hospital before transfer to a Dallas hospital for surgery on a fractured skull.
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