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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
1
A busy Comanche County page celebrates 4-H Club Boy and adult leaders for farm youth work as Nation Club Week nears. It notes a Moorman Manufacturing Plant expansion and new product lines, license plate deadline, and local sales events at Mulligan's, Baxter's Place, and McCullough.
Next week March 3 to 10 marks National 4-H Club Week with activities across Comanche County. Bill Parker elected president of the 4-H Adult Leaders Association leading 50+ adults. events include church visits, window exhibits, school observances, and the Share-the-Fun Festival March 10 at the Comanche High School Auditorium.
A garbled OCR fragment references a range event involving cleaning or caning, with unclear timing and actions. The readable bits mention starts and cooking terms, but no definite persons, organizations, or locations are identifiable.
Three Comanche High School players earned spots on the 8-AA All District squads at a Dublin meeting February 26. Sue Ann Henson headlined the girls first team with 28 ppg in district play, Jerry Norris led the boys first team, and Harold Perkins earned a spot on the boys second team.
Sidney Schools observe Texas Public Schools Week inviting the public to visit all next week. Superintendent Ray Pruitt says patrons may tour classrooms and meet teachers and students with a free noon meal offered at the school lunch room on Thursday.
Gail Godfrey, 14, an eighth grader at Comanche Junior High, was accidentally shot in the head with a .22 rifle on the Godfrey dairy farm near Comanche. Jimmy Sledge, 14, reported handing his gun to Godfrey moments before the accident. Gail was treated at Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Stephenville for eye specialist care. doctors said his vision was not damaged and he was recovering.
Comanche County reports 2143 scholastics ages 6 to 18 as of February 1 1962 after transfers from four districts Comanche leads with 1107 followed by De Leon 687 Sidney 139 and Gustine 210 The 1961-62 gains include Comanche up 57 Sidney up 21 Gustine up 16 and De Leon down 13 Open house at all Comanche public schools March 5-9 to celebrate 108th Texas public schools week with enrollment at 1039 and a March 6 evening visit plan
Comanche County Farm Bureau invites members and guests to a Brownwood meeting at Chisholm's next Tuesday. J. H. West bishop, president of the State Farm Bureau, will discuss the National Farm Program. Lunch at noon, tickets 1.25 dollars.
Four candidates for two school board seats join two incumbents in the Comanche Independent School District race. New entrants Keith Lane Jr and Richard Bean and James Roberts join prior applicants Howell Cobb, Johnnie Vogrocer, and others as filing closes March 17 for the April 7 election. In city politics, Comanche voters will elect three council members on April 3 with candidates Adolph Proffitt Jerry Wright H O Kelley and Jack Flippo in the ring as filing nears March 3. The Presbyterian Church plans a rummage sale Friday and Saturday on the East Side of the Square.
Comanche County tax totals for 1961 reached 478957.37 at the Assessor-Collector office and De Leon sub station. Ad valorem taxes 291071.63 and motor vehicle license tags 187885.74 plus state and school disbursements and auto registrations show detailed allocations and salaries, with 20725.23 of county funds deposited to the officers salary fund.
Granbury girls triumph 56 42 over Lakeview in bi district action at Brownwood. The 8 AA champions split with Hamilton 43 38 in a playoff at Stephenville to decide the district crown.
A letter from a visiting county agent in Washington D C to James Wilkerson and family describes his wife Pache and daughter Domanshi in Bombay awaiting Ars. He notes plans to leave Washington Saturday at 6 40 pm and mentions calls about Comanche in the U S A and sending regards to Hallow.
Comanche High School honors the senior class of 1962 with a three act comedy Just Ducky staged March 28 to 30. The Maxwell family leads a chaotic plot as Betty Lou and Bernadine stir trouble with Ves ter Blayne, while Papa Maxwell heads a citizens committee.
Mrs Dudley Jones of 10 Williams Dr Comanche sustained serious injuries in a train auto crash at a Santa Fe county road crossing near 67 Trailer Courts three miles east of Comanche. Her 1960 Pontiac was destroyed after her car was struck by a freight train. She was taken to Comanche Hospital with rib fractures a concussion and other injuries. Early Thursday.
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