Local Ads Highlight Week of Deals and Visitation Program
A garbled ad page outlines a Texas public school visitation program and a flood of local store promotions. It promotes remodeling materials from a lumber yard, spring footwear from Edith Willis Shoes, and various weekly bargains at Evans, Gore and Son, Green Agency, Hendersons, and others. Free baby chicks are offered at Williams Feed Store, with Tide and Maytag appliances advertised.
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Williams Feed
Fear
Ealgreen Agency
RES Nee du RE ESH with truck 1 ce af
RES Nee du RE ESH involves a truck incident with unclear details. The readable text references a vehicle event and possible equipment issue. No confirmed locations, dates, or entities are evident to specify.
Father Holt Named Priest at St Matthew's Comanche
Bishop Mason announces the Rev Harold G Holt of Fond du Lac Wisconsin is priest in charge of St Matthew's Church Comanche. Holt formerly served as resident canon at Fond du Lac Cathedral and chaplain at the Convent of the Holy Nativity.
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Mason
Episcopal Diocese of
Dallas
Harold G. Holt
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
St. Matthew's Church
Comanche
Father Holt
St. Paul
Holt
University of Illinois
Farm Bureau Sets March Kickoff for County Drive
Directors in Comanche outline county wide Farm Bureau membership push from March 16 to 19 with a goal of 400 members. Kenneth Chunp of De Leon chairs the drive joined by Cecil Fisher and state planners from Lubbock.
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Comanche
Farm Bureau
Kenneth Chunp
de Leon
Kenneth
County Farm Bureau
Cecil Fisher
Lubbock
Veterans Halls
Comanche County
Death Claims J. A. Bettis Blanket Pioneer
James Alford Bettis 74 a Blanket farmer and stockman and former Brown County Commissioner died in Brownwood Hospital after a heart attack at his Blanket Zephyr road home. He was father to Mrs Oswell Brightman Comanche and husband of Dolah Eoff Bettis. Funeral at Blanket Baptist Church with local ministers, interment Blanket Cemetery. Born 1877 in Alabama he moved to Brown County at age 3 and helped build a local farming legacy.
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J. A
Chax) Bettis
Brown County
Brownwood
Oswell Brightman
Comanche
Bettis
Blanket- Zephyr Road
Blanket Baptist Church
Guy Self
Guy Self Baptist Associational Missionary of Comanche; Rev. Chester A. Wilkerson
Italy
Blanket
William H. Orton
James Alford Bettis
Clark County
Alabama
Mr. Bettis
Fain
Fain~ily
First Baptist Church Revival Opens Sunday
The First Baptist Church revival begins Sunday March 11 and runs through Sunday March 18. Services are at 10:00 AM and 7:20 PM daily with Rev. Joe P. Seif Jr. as evangelist. Seif, Albany pastor, previously led a revival here and is a graduate of Hardin-Simmons and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Music is by John Satterwaite, a Howard Payne College student from Breckenridge.
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Joe P. Seif, Jr
First Baptist Church
Albany
Self
Hardin- Simmons University
Southwestern Baptist Seminary At
Fort Worth
John Satterwaite
Howard Payne College
Breckenridge
Henry M. Chambers
Revival to Open at Co manche Foursquare Church
A revival meeting at the Comanche Foursquare Gospel Church begins Sunday morning March 11 with 7:30 p.m. services each night led by Rev. Haines from California and Rev. E O Carroll. Sunday services will also include a 2 30 p m session. The Red Cross drive for Comanche County starts next Wednesday under Virgil Norris with local chairmen named across the county.
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Comanche Foursquare Gospel Church
E O. Carroll
Foursquare Church
Foursquare
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Texas
Calfornia
California
Carroll
Red Cross
Comanche County
Virgil Norris
Norris
Comanche
The
Comanche County Swine Breeders Assn Formed
An organizational meeting of the Comanche County Swine Breeders Association established officers for the coming year. Clyde Wall of De Leon is president, W. W. Sadberry vice president, Ray Hastings secretary, and Don Chester treasurer. Meetings set for the first Monday each month, next on April 2.
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Clyde Wall
de Leon
W. W. Sadberry
Ray Hastings
Comanche
Scretary
Don Chester
New Mechanic Elmer Guill Joins Campbell's Used Cars
Elmer Guill joins Campbell's Used Cars as the new mechanic. He is well known in the area for general repair work and will specialize in tractor repairs.
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Campbell's
Elmer Guill
Guill
Grand Jury Indicts Eleven Cases in Texas County Report
The Comanche County grand jury for the March 1956 term reports 11 true bills after examining 21 witnesses over two days. They thank Judge R B Cross and county officers for cooperation and request adjournment subject to the court’s call.
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Texas
Comanche
Comanche County
R. B. Cross
Indians Enter Gorman Relays
The Comanche Indians track team will compete in the Indian Trails Relay Saturday in Gorman with about eight men planned. Brady Bulldogs are the favorites. Jack Pettit and Gaylord Ross lead the hurdles and the Indians will enter sprint and mile relays from Pettit, Sliger, Couch, and Ross.
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Comanche Indians
Gorman
Brady Bulldogs
al Laneford
de Leon
Rusty Sanford
Tarleton State College
Mike Murphy
Indians
Jack
Pettit
Gaylord Ross
Comanche Native Fred H. Moore Named Mobil Oil of Canada Leader
Fred H. Moore, longtime Magnolia Petroleum executive, promoted to executive vice president and manager of Mobil Oil of Canada Ltd with Calgary HQ. Effective April 1, he succeeds H. R. Moorman who moves to Socony Mobil in New York. Moore, a Comanche Texas native with strong geology background, has risen through Magnolia since 1935 and serves as a director for Texas Tech and the Texas Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association.
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Fred H. Moore
Magnolia Petroleum Company
J. L. Latimer
Moore
Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd
Calgary
H. R. Moorman
Socony Mobil Oil Company
New York
Magnolia
Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc
Comanche
Texas
Comanche High School
Texas Technological College
University of Virginia
Yale University
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Ohio
Illinois
Dallas
Harvard University
Tthe Company
Geological Society of American
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union
Texas Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association
Mobil
Four File For City Council In Comanche Election
Four candidates filed for three seats on the Comanche City Council as filing closed last Saturday. The election is set for Tuesday April 3. Incumbents Louis Harelik Jack Filippo and Ned Steward seek re election, joined by challenger Joe Byrd.
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Comanche
Louis Harelik
Jack Filippo
Ned Steward
Joe Byrd
Three Seek Trustee Posts in Comanche District
Three candidates announce for two seats in the Comanche Independent School District trustees election scheduled for April 7. Incumbent Gail Dudley seeks reelection while Riley Hilliard will not run. Co D Swearingen and A Buster Robertson complete the candidate slate.
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Comanche Independent
Gail Dudley
Riley Hilliard
Dudley
Hilliard
Co. D. Swearingen
A. (Buster) Robertson
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Eure
Coman Schools
Texas Public School
Ation
Joan
Eds
Higginbotham
Partment
Edith Willis
E R. Goosby
Gore and Son
RED & White Food
Claire
Hare
New Spring
Harelik
Ival
Henderson
W. B. Barret
Matthews
Fathier Holt
Comanche Chapter of
Farmers of America
FHA
Dwight Brightman
FBI
Proctor
J. A. Bettis
Joe Self, Jr
John Satterwhite
Foursquare Gospel Church
Harmony
R. G. Halbert
Democrat Star
White Point
J. C. Roberts
Rt. 4
van Dyke
Jack Pyburn
Rt. 1
Gustine
N. E.palmer
Amity
A. D. Jenkins
Rising Star
Baggett
Earl Kelly
Rt. 8
Dublin
Hasse
Herman G. McDonald
Energy
Kenneth Pettit
Lamkin
M. L. Geye
Box 173
Sipe Springs
Herman Anderson
Eric Seay
Henry Drennan
Ae Tee Ey
Hazeldell
Forrest Jackson
Newbury
Marvin Lee
Board Church
Elmer Westmoreland
Rt. 3
C . de Leon
Comyn
Tate Counts
Mercer Gap
Ray Parrish
Ster
Sidney
Dale E. Steele
Fairview
Charlie Hendrix
Duster
Ernest Johnson
Beattie
B. Ray McCorkle
Soda Springs
R. E. Gressett
Wilson
E. R. Palmer
Grand Jury
Cred Moore
Mobil of
Canada
Oil of Canada
Mr. Moore
Fannie H. Moore
Jack Moore
Henry Moore
Clara Slack
Tom Helmsley
Carla
Mary
Fred Moors
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