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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1960
Page
2
A reminiscence traces Chesley Turnbow and W H Gilbreath to Erath County near Dublin in 1855. Early settlers Stephens and Barbee formed a frontier community before county organization, with abundant wildlife and wide open ranges described as a poor man's paradise.
Rev and Mrs Strother hosted four sisters of Mrs Strother and their families at their new ranch style home in the Neuburg community. Present were Mrs Jesse Renfro and Mrs Edith Lehmann of Brady Mrs Ethel Sanders of Carrizo Springs and Viviap My
Freddie Clark son of Mr and Mrs Fred T Clark of Blanket earned a Texas A&M degree in Electrical Engineering on May 28 and received a commission as second lieutenant in the Air Force. He and his wife Ann Weeks Clark will drive to Pittsburgh, Pa.
Choice Baking Company maintained their lead over the Kiod Hoppers in the Comanche Indian Bowling League by winning 3 of 4 games Wednesday. The Kioa Hoppers swept their series 4-0 and are 5 games back. Baylor students Tom Palmer and Butch Loudermilk led scoring with 510 in 3 games. Butch had a 205 high game. Two teams were absent and will make up series later. High team games: Jimmy Wilkerson 175 for Chief. Ernest Ebell 181 for Choice.
Readable list shows church names with Sunday school attendance figures across multiple local churches including First Baptist 259 First Methodist 189 East Side Baptist 71 Congregational Methodist 15 United Pentecostal 59 Church of Christ 154 Proctor Methodist ot Emmanuel Baptist 38 Liberty Freewill 32 and others in De Leon and Gustine. The tally includes De Leon First Baptist 278 De Leon Church of Christ 69 De Leon First Methodist 146 and De Leon First Christian 31 among totals.
Mr and Mrs W H Rick Armstrong of 1218 Pecan Abilene announce the engagement and marriage plans of their daughter Patsy Yvonne to Airman First Class Jerry Elmore Morgan son of Mr and Mrs George Morgan of Erwin North Carolina The Armstrongs are former residents of Comanche County Miss Armstrong is a junior at Abilene High School Morgan is a Dyess AFB 819 Weather Support Squadron graduate of Erwin High School and plans are set for a June 4 wedding
A narrator recalls how life in Texas changed over 85 years from 1830s to 1870s, noting shifts in food, dress, language, and customs. He contrasts old dialect with new ways, laments language loss, and imagines reviving early residents for a historical tour of Fort Worth.
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