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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1965
Page
1
Spring events loom with three banquets planned for March 19 including CHS speakers and Chamber hosts. Local merchants advertise fertilizers, fabrics, appliances and sales while Youth Services and First Baptist Church prepare programs.
Judy Fleming outlines National Peanut Week from March 7 to 13 with peanut foods to enjoy. The U S Department of Agriculture notes peanuts are plentiful in March and offers a Peanut and Peanut Butter Recipes bulletin from the Extension Office.
The Comanche ASC County Committee urges each peanut producer to plant or release their 1965 allotment by April 5 1965. Releasing acreage will be reapportioned to others who file at the ASCS Office. In 1964 Comanche planted 46929.3 acres and harvested 45836.1. total production 38472562 pounds at 839 lb per acre. The 1965 county allotment is 58394.9 acres.
J M Henville Jr son of Mrs J Comanche longtime Stephenville poll leader and former Comanche High School graduate continues as County School Superintendent of Public Schools in Stephenville after a three year contract extension through 1968.
Boy Scout Troop 47 sponsored by the First Methodist Church held a Court of Honor on Wednesday night at the Boy Scout House. Scoutmaster Sammy Marshall and assistant Kenneth Tankersly led the event with guests John Pounds and Roland McFarland from the Comanche Trail Council. Tyson Clemons earned four merit badges as he pursues Star rank. ten scouts earned Tenderfoot ranks and several earned Second Class.
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department hosts Kenneth Tooley from the Texas Department of Public Safety Office of Defense and Disaster Relief for a 7:30 p.m. March 15 drill session. He will present a lay narrated 15 minute film on nuclear fallout and outline county and city civil defense plans led by Bob Carpenter.
Kenney Kuykendall announces the opening of a new Texaco station in Comanche named Kuykendall Service Station at 301 East Central Fort Worth Highway. The modern facility will operate 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily with pledged courteous service. The Kuykendalls recently moved from Hereford and are active in the First Baptist Church.
An official visit to Comanche is planned to inspect facilities and meet Civil Defense workers. The Comanche Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a 94 hour course on April 19 20 21 under the TEA Civil Defense Adult Education division to bolster emergency preparedness.
Comanche High School students Jane Caraway and Autie Merrell were named to attend Bluebonnet Girls State in Austin. Sponsored by NHS, they are daughters of County Judge D F Caraway and Mr Mrs Autrey Merrell. The ten day program runs June 16 at the Texas School for the Blind.
The CHS faculty selects two girls for the American Legion ballot representing the CHS Auxiliary of De Leon.
Ben Barnes Texas House Speaker will be honored in De Leon with a March 70 dinner at the City Auditorium. Cactus Pryor of Austin will MC the De Leon Chamber of Commerce event with dinner at 8 00 p m and tickets priced at 2 50. Reservations close March 16.
The First Baptist Church of Comanche announces a Youth Led Revival for March 19 to 21 led by the church youth council. John Norris is council president with Judy Jarratt as secretary and other members handling publicity prayer and pew duties. A team from Howard Payne Baptist College will lead the services with Gary West as preacher Richey Craig on piano and Dan Whittenton as song leader.
A list of prospective petit jurors drawn by the Jury Commissioners for District Court of Comanche County for the week of March 15. Jurors will report at 9 a.m. in Comanche and nearby towns including Gustine De Leon Sidney and De Leon. Names include Robert Ripley C Pat Denny Wayland Les ley Marvin Hurst and many others.
Ham placed second in the Senior Division and serves as the alternate to district travel. Mrs. Jack Johnson chaired the 1965 4-H Favorite Food Show. Danny Farley topped the Junior Division with 15 girls and one other boy competing for the honor.
Tarleton State College rookie Billy Albin dominated the Pan American College Rodeo in Edinburg winning tie down calf roping first in the first go round and in the average among 36 contestants. He also placed third in steer wrestling first go round among 25 competitors. Tarleton earned a team trophy for first place with five teammates scoring in tie down and ribbon roping and steer wrestling events.
Comanche teachers will attend the Texas State Teachers Association District meeting in Brownwood Friday and a Future Teachers program in Houston. Arrowhead staff will proofread the final copy in Wolfe City. The school board approved 1965 66 textbook adoptions across grades and two new school buses. A meeting in the high school will plan Texas Teen Age Baseball participation with area towns and a state director guiding details.
Hospital chaplain Rev. James Ansley of Harris Hospital Fort Worth will preach at 10 50 Sunday morning at First Methodist Church. Evening service at 6 00 will be led by Rev. James McCall of First Presbyterian Comanche. They fill in for Rev. B L McCord who had surgery March 9. Sunday School at the usual hour.
Leon and Gustine residents including Mrs. James Slider, Richard R. Smith, Rt. 2 De Leon, Mrs. W. J. Parks, J. T. Kimmel, A. T. Gilchrest, Elton Ray McDonald, Rance Adcock Jr. appear in cross town notices tied to Comanche and Gustine areas. The fragment lists multiple individuals with road references and towns.
The First Methodist Church of Comanche pastor Rev. B L McCord underwent surgery at Harris Hospital Fort Worth last Tuesday. He is reported doing fine and recovering in room 658. A separate note states that $12 661 000 000 has been paid on behalf of children by social security from 1940 to 1964.
Comanche High School plans an all sports banquet Monday March 29 at the Junior High Cafetorium. Honored teams include the 1964 football squad the district champion basketball team the Indian Maidens and the track squad. Ballinger High School coach Bob Wright will speak Sid Carney will host. Sponsors include the Comanche Lions Club Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce. Tickets go on sale Monday March 22.
The Fort Worth District of the U S Army Corps of Engineers will open bids March 17 for leasing 45 acres of grazing land within the Proctor Reservoir project in Comanche County. The lease runs four years nine months and 14 days from March 18 1965 to December 31 1969. Prospective bidders may view a map at the Proctor Project Office or the Fort Worth Real Estate Division in the T P Building Room 703.
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