Water Works School Examinations Conclude Today
The State licensed Water Works School sessions end today in Comanche with examinations for licenses to be held at City Hall auditorium. Attendees include mayors, water superintendents, and city officials from towns such as Brownwood Blanket Ranger Cisco Gatesville Dubuque Stephenville Coleman Hico De Leon Evant and more.
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Tex
Anche
Williams of
Texas A&m Lege
City Hall
Comanche
Brown
Blanket
Ranger
Cisco
Land
Evant
Gatesville
Dub- Stephenville
Coleman
Hico
de Leon
Fanedrop
E. Jenkins
Inwick
Bruce Shoemaker
J. C. Barrow
F. T. Daniels
Tolares Burris
Norman Burris
Nnton
Carl W. Form
Pryor Rtin
Bradley Guthrie
Er Andrews
Browwood
Jacam
Truman Hall
Roy M. E. Jenkins
Coanche
H. Barron
Luke Ker
H. E. Hanks
Est T. Horn
Brownwood
E. Lrb
Fayne Waldrop
Ell Arthur
O. B. Carlisle
R. Sharp
Leonard Steel
Community meeting at Woodman Hall invites all women
One of the most important Woodman meetings in years is set for Monday night at Woodman Hall. State Auditor S C Findley and manager Roy Clark will preside and Brownwood women are invited to attend as the Central West Texas Log Rollers are introduced.
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Woodman Hall
S. C. Findley
Roy Clark
Rownwood
W. Cc. Cauley
Courthouse News and Marriage Notices from De Leon Ledger
District Court petitions remove disabilities of minor Betty Lou Payne. Numerous marriages recorded with dates in May and June by multiple ministers. Marriage licenses listed. county court cases include real estate dealer license issue and swindling case. Deeds recorded across De Leon and Comanche. multiple property transactions. Births recorded for families in De Leon with April dates.
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Betty Lou Payne
R. C. Caldwell
Della Lee Huggins
J. L. Woolsey
Archie Onlee Harris
Edith Lucille Meyers
W. O. Newton
Jarrett N. Hicks
Ollie May Spivey
J. D. Smoot
R. L. Bowman Jr
Nelda Louise Nabors
R. L. Bowman
John R. Morrison
Rowena Gibson Adams
V. W. Neecham
Boyd Parker Chandler
Mary Patsy Beaty
E. N. Strot
D. L. Terrill
Joe Featherstone
A. C. Humphrey
Edna Ladelle Humphrey
C. A. Tucker, Jr
Liberty Heights
City of de Leon
J. M. Sturdivant
Alford M. Davidson
Mary Davidson
Oak Lawn
de Leon
F. W. Roberds
W. West
East Texas Railway Survey
Charles C. Fenter
O. L. Cogburn
D. H
Ola M. Hodges
W.W. P. Couch
Gustine
Clark Survey
C. C. Fisher
Chambers
Comanche
E. G. Rowe
Ty. We
Pittman
D&d Asylum Survey
T. K. Ladd
Henry W. Scott
Lakeside
Berta Goodson
W. D. Phifer
Leroy Morehead
Sandra Lee
Archie Anderson Kyle
Gary Wayne
Albert Leach
Alvin Wayne
Manual Jasper Winfrey
Troy Lynn
Teachers suffer first losses in local softball action
The VFW nine defeated Marshall's Teachers 15-5 on Friday. The RBA men crushed Teachers 24-2 Monday, then Teachers beat Vocational School 17-4 on Tuesday. Higginbotham's moved into first place with a 11-5 win over Texas Peanut, while Comanche All-Stars shut out Eastland 5-0 in Eastland.
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VFW
Charlie Marshall
RBA
Marshall
Higginbotham’s
Higginbotham
Cottrell
Wheat
Arthur Chevrolet
George Frick
Texas Peanut Company
Durham Peanut-Higginbotham
Henry Durham
Texas Peanut Girls
Clay Building Material Company
Murphree
Comanche
Eastland
Comanche All-Stars
Comanche Battery
Franks
Coan
Durham Peanut
REA
Arthur Chev
Vocational Texas Peanut
High School
Vocational
Texas Peanut
Arthur Chrolet
Teachers
Durham
Arthur
Cavalcade to benefit Comanche High School auditorium show
The famous Eastern Cavalcade will present a program at the Comanche High School auditorium Thursday night June 5 at 8 30 oclock. Stars include Hank Thompson The Brazos Valley Boys and Irls Lovenia Merle and Flup erchip Fawnsworth. Mr and Mrs Joe Gaines and others attended the homecoming at Proctor Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estern
Comanche High Hool Auditorium
Une 5
Hank Thomson
Brazos Valley Boys
Irls
Lovenia Merle
Fluperchip Fawnsworth
Joe Gaines
Seth Moore
Frank Luki
J. B. Everett
Thers
Piggly Wiggly Expands With Frozen Foods and Air Conditioning
W. H. Thate, owner of the Comarrhe Piggly Wiggly, announces a new frozen foods display counter and a complete line of frozen fruits and vegetables now for sale. The store also adds a large air conditioner to keep a cool, even temperature throughout the shop in hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. H. Thate
Arkansas boy visits Texas uncle with big fish
Here From Arkansas 10-year-old boy Mr. and Mrs. Kay Burrow and daughter Bonnie Sue of Arkadelphia Ark spent from Wednesday to Monday with his uncle Mr. and Mrs. W A Langley and sons in the Indian Creek community. This was Mr Burrow's first visit to Texas since 1926.
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Arkansas
Kay Burrow
Bonnie Sue
Arkadelphia
Ark
W. A. Langley
Indian Creek
Mr. Burrow
Texas
Jackie Miller of Houston Clarifies Family Affiliation
Jackie Miller of Houston asserts she is not part of the Cullen Stephens family, denying any claimed relation and stating her own family ties clearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Miller
Houston
Nota
Cullen Stephens
Boy Catches 9-Pound Catfish at Lake Eanes
Billy Paul Carpenter age 10 of Comanche and son of Mr and Mrs John Carpenter landed the week's largest fish Wednesday a 9 pound catfish caught on a rod and reel from a boat under the direction of his uncle John Meyers.
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Billy Paul Carpenter
John Carpenter
Comanche
Lake Eanes
Billy
John Meyers
Local Grammar School Pupils Earn Perfect Attendance
Comanche Grammar School principal Mrs. Robbie Burdette awarded perfect attendance certificates to 19 students for the year. Recipients include Mina Pearl Bjorn Billy Clark Otho Cleere Norman Foreman Barbara Ann Godfrey Earlene Hatchett Patsy Hicks Jimmie Jones Darlene Loudermilk Frances Osborn James Osborn Frances Pendergrass Erfie Radford Herbert Roberts Sherley Taylor Joe Paul Tupin Bobby Gayle Watson Rosemary Wilhelm Gene Wilson.
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Comanche Grammar School
Robbie Burdette
Mina Pearl Bjorn
Billy Clark
Otho Cleere
Norman Foreman
Barbara Ann Godfrey
Earlene Hatchett
Patsy Hicks
Jimmie Jones
Darlene Loudermilk
Frances Osborn
James Osborn
Frances Pendergrass
Erfie Radford
Herbert Roberts
Sherley Taylor
Joe Paul Tupin
Bobby Gayle Watson
Rosemary Wilhelm
Gene Wilson
John H Green Buys City Cafe Here
John H Green who operated Cozy Cafe in Gustine for a year before selling last March purchases City Cafe from John Odom and becomes in charge. Ruth Striplin will be assistant manager. Green plans daily hours 5 to 10 and invites friends to visit. Odom returns to contracting in Comanche and will remain there.
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John H. Green
Comanche
Gustine
San Angelo
John Odom
Mr. Green
Ruth Striplin
Mr. Odom
City Cafe
W. L. Tate
Richard Hudnut Representative Visit at Sutton Dudley Drugs
Mrs Truly from the Richard Hudnut Salon in New York will be at Sutton Dudley Drugs the week of June 9 through June 14 to give individualized skin care and makeup advice. A free DuBarry makeup lesson will be offered to consultants. The Dudley firm carries the Richard Hudnut cosmetics line.
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Mrs. Truly
Richard Hudnut Salon
New York
Sutton Dudley, Drugs
Sutton Dudley
Canadian visitors to see Judge and Mrs. Rippetee
Here from Canada Mr and Mrs Roy Hill and their baby daughter visit Mrs Hill s parents County Judge and Mrs O E Rippetee. Mr Hill an ex service man works in the Civil Service Radar Division and is being transferred to New Jersey.
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Canada
Roy Hill
Public Hearing On Soil Conservation District Scheduled
A public hearing sponsored by the Comanche Chamber of Commerce will be held in the District Courtroom in Comanche on Tuesday June 10 at 2 00 p m regarding annexation of parts of Comanche County to the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District. Howard H Goss explains the district and the chamber president urges full county inclusion with no extra tax.
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Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Comanche County
Soil Conservation
Upper Leon
Soil Conservation District
Congress
Farmers urged to form county farm bureau group
Comanche County farmers are called to meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday in the district courtroom to form a local Texas Farm Bureau Federation organization. Marvin Carter, the federation’s organizational director, outlined aims while Herman Rauhut was elected temporary chairman. Local farmers from surrounding counties are expected to attend.
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Comanche County
Marvin Carter
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Herman Rauhut
Old
Cotton Farm Bureau
Comanche
Homecoming at Carlton June 13
The annual homecoming will be held at Carlton on Friday June 13. Hico and Hamilton bands will perform and entertainment is planned. A noon barbecue and basket lunch will be served. residents are urged to attend and bring filled baskets.
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Carlton
Hico
Hamilton
Vocational School Adds Instructors
Paul Whitton announces two new instructors for the Comanche County Vocational School. Nabors Gleaton of Comanche heads a cabinet making class, a full time two year course demanding 25 hours weekly. Gleaton brings fifteen years in carpentry and cabinet making, a Gustine High School graduate who attended Howard Payne College. R. Dee Price joins as agriculture teacher for the De Leon class, a Texas A&M College agricultural education graduate with ten years in the ACA and seven in the Soil Conservation Service.
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Paul Whitton
Comanche County
Nabors Gleaton
Comanche
Gleaton
Gustine High School
Howard Payne College
R. Dee Price
Terrill Clemons Rites Held In De Leon May 31
Miss Polly Terrill daughter of Mr and Mrs Grady Terrill De Leon and William E Clemons son of Ira B Clemons Comanche were married in a candlelight ceremony at De Leon First Baptist Church May 31 Rev D A Chisholm read the rites A reception followed at Travelers Hotel De Leon The couple plan a monterrey Mexico honeymoon then live in College Station for the summer before moving to Comanche where Clemons will join his father in Clemons Motor Company
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Polly Terrill
Grady Terrill
de Leon
William E. Clemons
Ira B. Clemons
Comanche
de Leon First Baptist Church
D. A. Chisholm
First Methodist Church
Mineral Wells
Travelers Hotel
Clemons
de Leon High School
Texas Christian University
Texas A&m College
Monterrey
Mexico
College Station
Clemons Motor Company
Comanche Girl Scouts Head to Camp Shawendasse
Barbara Boone Joan Skaggs and Jo Loudermilk of the Comanche Girl Scouts left this week for summer camp at Camp Shawendasse near Mineral Wells.
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Barbara Boone
Joan Skaggs
Jo Loudermilk
Comanche Girl Scouts
Camp Shawendasse
Mineral Wells
Burton Henson Dies in Oil Field Accident
Burton Henson 26 son of Mr and Mrs Mack Henson of Newburg was killed in an oil field accident in New Mexico when well piping slipped and struck him on a derrick. Funeral at South Leon Baptist Church Newburg burial in Newburg Cemetery. Survived by five brothers Roy Willie George Dick and Derek.
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Burton Henson
Mack Henson
Newburg
New Mexico
Henson
South Leon Baptist Church
J. Isham
Mr. Henson
San Angelo
West Texas
Roy Henson
Indian Gap
Willie Mack Henson
George Henson
Dick Henson
Derek Henson
U.S. Army of Occupation
Japan
Officers School Here Friday
Comanche County officers meet with surrounding counties at the District Court room in Comanche on Friday at 2 o clock p m. County Attorney Robert Long says the goal is coordinated effort against hot checks forgeries and liquor law violations with exchanges of offender names for future felony charges. FBI agent Dwight Brightman of Abilene will speak and dinner at the Cactus Inn follows.
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Comanche County
District Court
Comanche
County Atorney
Robert Long
Long
Dwight Brightman
F.B.I
Abilene
Cactus Inn
Henry Durham taken by death in Comanche community
Henry Harrison Durham 58 a Comanche County native and longtime Comanche business man died at the local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev. John G. Lamb in charge. interment at Oakwood Cemetery. He leaves a wife Joe Gilmore and two children Gilmore Durham and Mrs. Jack Bell along with a large family.
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Henry Harrison Durham
Comanche County
Comanche
Durham
First Baptist Church of
John G. Lambrides
W. B. Gray
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
E. E. Anthony
R. L. Eaton
Jack W. Moore
E. D. Cox
Hart Shoemaker
Abilene
Frank Palmer
Brownwood
Henry Durham
W. F. Durham
Joe Gilmore
Jack Bell
Mineral Wells
Gilmore Durham
N. N. Durham
Harvey Durham
W. W. Durham
L. C
Jake) Durham
Lillian Durham
Arthur Elm
John Bartomn
Ballinger
John Kimble
Gorman
Durham Brothers
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
Walter Durham
Book Review At Christian Church Set For Tonight
Mrs Julian Williams of Waco will review Laughing into Glory tonight at Central Christian Church. The author, renowned for touring major cities, brings a respected perspective. Miss Connie Gaines of Stephenville visited over the weekend with her sister Mrs Seth Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Central Christian Church
Julian Willams
Waco
Betta Roberson
Comanche
Williams
Connie Gaines
Stephenville
Seth Moore
Moore Couple Welcome Daughter Mildred Sue
Mr and Mrs Clarence E Moore announce the birth of their daughter Mildred Sue on May 29 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John W TManche and Mr and Mrs Steadham of Fort Worth, with relations from the Van Dyk community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Moore
Mildred Sue
John W
Anche
Steadham
Fort Worn
van Dyk
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Courthouse News
J. P. Silvey
Wilma Frank Spruill
T. J. Sparkman
J. H. Beck, Jr
Wanda J. Neal
T. A. Jamar
Mozelle Whitehead
William T. Morris
Frankie Zane Foster
Archie Onlee Morris
Lucille Myers
Ww. A. Ellis
Frances LaVern Smith
Eee
Ritz Theatre
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Lawrence Tierney
the Devil
Johnny Mack Brown
Pasco Basin
Hershel Horton
Beattie and Comanche
Worth Street Baptist Church of
Dallas
Rev
D. B. Russell
Horton
Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
Richard
Oswell Brightman
Eteameesie County
Darmare
Lee C. Coffey
Majestic Theatre
Oklahoma Frontier
Ida Lupino
Robert Alda
Man I Love
SUN. Mat. & Mon
Errol Flynn and
Eleanor Parker
Nick Tracy VS
Morgan Conway
Anne Jeffreys
Stan Laurel
Oliver Harey
the Chimp
Olivia de Haviland
Lew Ayers
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