Comanche Chamber Reports Growth and New Businesses
The Comanche chamber notes remodeling at Harelik's Department Store and a revived town square. New sites on Central Avenue include Hayah Tractor, Sayter Brothers, Goodson's Trading Post, and dining expansions at De Luxe and Texas Burger. Industrial Park adds a peanut testing station and Wright's Leather goods expands to 22,500 square feet. John Bethel Williams, visiting from Dallas, won first chair on trombone at the State High School Band Meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lockwood
Comancha
Harelik
Bur
Central Avenue
Mahay
Tractor Company
Sayter Brothers
Goodson
Comanche
Deluxe
Texas Burger
Highway 16
Industrial Boulevard
Wright’s
Nanche
Dallas
John Earl Williams
John Bethel
Molly
Jay
Carol
Charles Lane Dudley
Austin
John
Jaycees honor April and May recipients for service
Jay Wilcoxen earned Jaycee of the Month for April for leading the Invitational Volleyball Tournament project while chairing it for the State Welfare Department. David Robinson won Jaycee of the Month for May for organizing the Midget Baseball program at Clemons Motor Co. A Lakeside outing at Lake Travis drew the Huddleston family from Texas and West Virginia with G K Huddleston, Rod Richardson, Maria, Pete Huddleston, and Ken Huddlestons joining briefly in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Wilcoxen
Jaycees
Jay
State Welfare Department
David Robinson
Clemons Motor Co
David
Ray Huddleston
Lake Travis
Austin
G. K. Huddleston
Rod Richardson
Iraan
Maria
Pete Huddleston
Houston
Ken Huddlestons
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Ken
It's A Bo For The Sliders
Mr and Mrs James Timothy Slider of Dallas announce the birth of a son Jason Clerke on June 10 at Methodist Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds 10 ounces. Paternal grandparents are Dr and Mrs James Slider of Comanche. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs M Connally of Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layton Rogers
Rt. 1
Zephyr
Sheila Beth Rogers
Jerry Floyd Culpepper
Floyd Culpepper
Comanche
Hwy. 36
Friendly
James Timothy Slider
Dallas
Jason Clerke
Methodist Hospital
James Slider
M. Connally
Baytown
Freshman Miss Barret Earns Dean's Honor At NTSU
Miss Jackie Barret of Comanche completes her freshman year at North Texas State University Denton and makes the Dean's Honor List. She majors in English and Spanish and attends the summer session begun June 6 under registrar G W York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Barret
NTSU
Denton
G. W. York
Miss Barret
Bill Mazurek
Comanche
Final Rites For J. D. Reeves
J D Reeves 56 Odessa resident and Comanche County native died Tuesday June 9 in Belton. Services were Thursday at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev Floyd Brawley officiating. Burial in Stag Creek Cemetery. He was born January 22 1914 in Comanche County and was an oil field worker and Baptist. Survived by nine sons eight daughters mother brother and four sisters and fifteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Reeves
Odessa
Comanche County
Belton
Comanche
Floyd Brawley
Stag Creek
Mr. Reeves
The
Baptist Church
Charles
Jerry
MacDouglas
Jacky
Jimmy
Comanchean's Grandson To Visit In Europe
Bill Little a 21 year old NTSU junior from Denton is named one of 1970 Denton Lions Club ambassadors of goodwill to Europe. He will stay with a Paris family while Peary Joe Arisne 19 will spend a month in Sweden. The exchange is sponsored by Lions Club International. two European youths will visit later in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Little
NTSU
Denton
Denton Lions Club
Europe
Little
Roy Little
Comanche
C—anche
Peary Joe Arisne
Arisne
Paris
Lions Club
U.S
Lions International
Comanche Lions Club
Japan
Belgium
Odessa Visitors Spend Four Days in Town
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bagley and Mrs. Bess Youngblood of Houston visited Odessa this week to see Mrs. Ida Dunlap, their sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Tom Bagley
Bess Youngblood
Houston
Ida Dunlap
Mrs. Helen Franklin Dies in Abilene at 75
Abilene resident Mrs. Helen Franklin died June 10 aged 75. Services set for Friday at Elliott's Chapel with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. she had moved to Abilene in 1951 from Waldrip and was survived by three sons, three daughters, 17 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Franklin
Abilene
Elliotts Chapel
Chiuceles
Cedar Hill
Palipenters
Franklin
Waldrip
Presbyterian Church
Myles
Dickerson
Merle
Hale Center
Derrell
San Antonio
Lula Belle Chappell
Comanche
Clifton Doneldson
Knox City
Canones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sunset Shopping Cente
O. T. Cottrell’s
Iscount Fabri
Delmon
Mt Ae
GANDY
3Forst
Sammy Pride
RATH
Black Hawk
Cedar Farm
Wisconsin
Decker’s
Pepsi Cola
LISDA
Sportace
Frui Ie
U.S.D.A
Flyers
Wilson
Une
r + WITS
Mase House
Super Save
MXTS
TOP Jaycees
College News
Lewis
Pug) Rambo
Wiesbaden
Germany
Church of Christ
Yale University
Joe F. Cuthbertson
Thelma Cuthbertson
Jane
University of Texas At Arlington
Joe
UTA
TWX
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Austin - Houston
Hattie Brightman
J. C. Wilkerson
Clyde Silvas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!