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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
1
Sherman Hart offers free admission to every man who has never attended Sun Drive In in Comanche on Thursday June 12. Box office notification required to prove first visit. promotion accompanies local business notices and weekend sales.
The Texas County Superintendents met in Austin on May 12 to begin a self improvement project aimed at revamping rural education. Governor Shivers designated May 12 as Texas County Superintendent's Day, with Dr. L. D. Haskew urging a full inventory of rural systems as 100 plus superintendents heard guidance from Dr. J. W. Edgar and others.
Comanche All-Stars meet Mullin in a 1952 Central Texas Softball League opener. Curt Lemons of A M directs the Comanche Junior Softball Loop, handling pitching. Lineup features Hercel Robertson, Hollis Perkins, Paul Richards, Jim Carpenter, and Curt Lemons among others. Froggie Wilson is away on Army Reserve duty.
About 12 to 15 local Scouts plus Scout master Herbert Goodson and Senior Scout Bill Dudley will spend a week at Camp Billy Gibbons near Richland Springs. They will depart Sunday and return Monday, June 16.
The Comanche County Farm Bureau launches a membership drive Friday morning with a public picnic supper Thursday night at Lake Eanes. Cecil Fisher invites all members and the public to attend as Marvin Carter and Leon Lane discuss farm bureau plans, with Don P. Chester chairing the drive and a goal near 1000 county farmers joining at $8 per year.
WBAP radio host and former Comanche County agent Ruhmann will speak at the Lions Club gathering in Lake Eanes Tuesday night. He is heard on WBAP 820 at 6 30 a m weekdays and 10 15 a m Sundays and seen on WBAP TV at noon Saturdays.
The Comanche County Democratic Executive Committee will meet Monday at 2:00 PM in the courthouse. Chairman D. Long says all members should attend to plan precinct and county conventions in July and discuss candidate assessment payments for the Democratic primaries.
An All Day Singing meet is set for Sunday at Sidney with an old fashioned dinner on the grounds at noon. Organizers invite all to attend and expect several good quartets to perform throughout the day.
Mr and Mrs Less Dillard mark their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an open house on June 7 and 8 from 2 to 7 p m. Friends are invited to visit during the two hour window.
Comanche Chamber of Commerce launches a Community Clinic on July 10 to gather citizen input for a yearlong Program of Work. President Vasco Lee says meetings will target farmers, retailers, women, professionals, and others to define community needs and foster broader participation. West Texas Chamber staff will assist.
Comanche Lions Club will entertain farmers and ranchers at Lake Eanes Park next Tuesday night June 10. About 400 Lions and guests are expected for the annual event with fried chicken on the menu. Doc Ruhmann former Comanche County Agent and Farm Editor of WBAP Fort Worth will speak. Lions chair Virgil Chaffin and committee members Herbert Williams Gail Dudley and Jim Bumpas urge invitations and note it is also ladies night.
Midway and Van Dyke share the City loop lead after the first week of play in the Comanch City Softball League. Highlights: Midway beat Humble Oilmen 3-2. Van Dyke defeated Beattie 14-3. Newburg beat Beattie 8-1. Midway beat James Motor 7-0 in a late inning rally.
The Comanche Junior League softball program organized with 15 to 20 youths attending unscheduled workouts. Curt Lemons of Dallas leads the effort to train youths ages 9 to 15, inviting all interested to Ball Park Friday morning as the city program launches next Monday. Lemons, a top softball hurler and Texas A&M senior, directs the initiative for youth to learn the game.
Comanche Little League base ballers host Stephenville Little League here Saturday night. Wheat's squad lost 3 0 in the season opener last Thursday to Higginbotham Funeral Home nine. No admission is charged to these games.
Ww. A. Doc Ruhmann Farm Editor at WBAP Fort Worth will speak at the Lions Farmers and Ranchers program at Lake Fanes Tuesday June 10 at 7 15 p m. He was Comanche County county agent in 1941 and joined WBAP in 1951 He holds multiple civic roles including Fort Worth Kiwanis Farm and Ranch Club and American Legion director and is assistant superintendent at Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show He keeps a small cattle herd near Fort Worth.
The Daily Vacation Church School at the Presbyterian Church began Monday with good attendance and several more pupils enrolled on Tuesday. The program runs 9 to 11 am through Friday, with Sunday morning departments taking part in opening exercises and an exhibit of Vacation School work after the Sunday School class. Directed by Mrs. John L. Schaeffer.
The Service Drug store now offers four major cosmetics lines after merging with Corner Drug. It previously carried Helena Rubinstein and Dorothy Perkins and added full stocks of Tussy and DuBarry cosmetics at the consolidation.
A F Doc McNutt was appointed general agent for American National Insurance Company in the Ordinance Department covering Brown Comanche Mills Eastland and Callaham Counties. A Comanche County native and former Comanche School Board president he is active in the First Baptist Church Lions Club and Knights of Pythias. He previously owned a Comanche barber shop and has made progress there.
Piggly-Wiggly at 217 North Houston marks twenty years in Comanche with a two day celebration Friday and Saturday. Free seventy five pound birthday cake beverages and pastries will be offered. A Universal Food Mixer and Fruit Juicer plus grocery baskets and a main prize will be given to callers.
Gustine adds fire fighting gear including an Army surplus truck a tank wagon and a centrifugal pump. The city plans to purchase hose and extend protection for Gustine area as Mayor J D Center city officials and councilmen lead the campaign.
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