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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1968
Page
8
Steady demand in Brownwood with fats and yearlings uneven. Stocker cattle, calves and cows show varied values with feeders and bulls noted. Mrs. Oswell Brightman arrives Thursday from Pecos after a year teaching there.
Donations are being collected to aid Cecil Bessent and his family after a May accident in Mississippi that killed his son Kenneth. Funds will cover medical and travel expenses as he aims to move nearer Comanche within weeks, with air transport offered by P. Lloyd.
Marcus O'Dell 49, a 20 year postal veteran, was named Acting Postmaster of the Eastland Post Office after Mrs. Marene Johnson retired June 6. Endorsed by the County Democratic Committee, O'Dell has served as Clerk in Charge and pledged uninterrupted service. He is a Comanche native, Army Air Force veteran, Bethel Baptist Church deacon, and active in American Legion Lionism and local United Fund work.
Mrs Lula Strom 73 of Comanche died Saturday June 1 in a local rest home. Services were at 2:00 pm Wednesday June 6 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Horton and Emmert officiating. Burial followed at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio. Pallbearers Ottis Day Gaston Boykin Earl McDonald J M Buchanan Alvin Steele Ed Green. Survived by son Wesley Strom sister Ruth Clark and brothers Tom Reed C C Green and three grandchildren.
Dr James C Slider Comanche optometrist will present a color slide series See to Live at the Driver's Education Seminar sponsored by Howard Payne College in Brownwood on Friday June 7. He cites vision as key to safe driving and lists acuity field of vision eye alignment distance judgment and color perception as essential. He notes factors like speed fatigue alcohol drugs glare and age affect vision and adds making it easy for a driver to see can cut accident risk by at least fifty percent regardless of cause.
Mrs. Robert Haynes was entertained by a group of Methodist ladies before leaving for the Central Texas Conference. They presented gifts in appreciation of two years of friendship, and served a buffet of salads strawberry cake and iced tea to the group.
The Sidney 4 H Club reports completion of garments for the 1968 Comanche County Dress Revue. Four girls participate in sewing projects with two units. Sewing leaders are Mrs J Cox and Mrs Dwayne Burns.
Mr and Mrs David Beene announce the birth of a daughter named Tiffany Lynn on May 29 at 2 am. She weighs five pounds and is the younger sister of Jerry Scott, age seven, with grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Tom Beene and Mr and Mrs B E Gore.
The Gore family invites friends and relatives to the annual reunion at Lake Eanes this Sunday, June 9, encouraging attendance and shared memories.
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