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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1959
Page
1
Read this week’s issue for car values at OLDS and WHITE AUTO WEEK END, new locations near Ritz Theatre, free barbecue outside, and furniture bargains from FURNITURE CO. Core names include JORDAN IM COMPANY, SCHWARTZ, HATHCOCK, AMS, and LEALNE with carry discounts and 5 policy notes.
No contested races developed in Comanche city or school elections as filing closed. Two trustees on the Comanche Independent School District board will be elected April 4 with incumbents C. D. Swearengin and A. E. Robertson seeking re election unopposed. City races include two council seats mayor and city secretary on April 7. Incumbent mayor John Hall and city secretary Ruth Loudermilk run unopposed for second terms. Dr William T. Calhoun seeks re election for council. Joe Waring not a candidate. Chester McKinzie runs for a council post.
A pre Easter revival will open Sunday at East Side Baptist Church Comanche with Rev Wayne Naylor preaching Joe Middleton directing song services and Mrs Maudie Creek as pianist Services are set twice daily at 10 am weekdays and 7 30 pm each evening Special prayer services and Booster Band are scheduled at 7 pm daily
O. O. Brightman a long time Comanche resident died at 201 W. Walcott Thursday March 6 after a year of illness. Funeral at Comanche First Methodist Church March 7 with Rev. Piez Todd and Dr. C. C. Klingman officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery under Comanche Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Alma six children and eleven grandchildren. services paused local business in mourning. continued on back page.
The spring revival at the First Baptist Church in Comanche opens Sunday March 15 and runs through Sunday March 22 with Rev. Henry M. Chambers preaching. Ed Gifford directs song services. weekday meetings are at 10 am and 7 30 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.
ESA Sorority presents Boxley and Marie the Miracle Masters in a magic show at Comanche High School Auditorium Friday March 13 at 7 30 pm. The nationally known pair have appeared on Ed Sullivan Show and You Asked For It. Tickets cost 50 cents adults 35 cents students with preschool children free with parent.
Noah Kenneth Rinehart, 34, of El Campo and native of Comanche, died Tuesday night in a motor vehicle crash near El Campo. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church in Gustine. Rev. Milton Beaty and Rev. Victor Hankinson officiated.
Clinton D. Geye a 31 year old farmer from Soda Springs Rt. 2 Comanche placed second in the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Farmer contest at a Houston awards banquet on March 7. He was sponsored by the Comanche Jaycees after earning local Outstanding Young Partner of Comanche County honors. Roy Brannan Jr Comanche Jaycee president calls the achievement very high. Geye and his wife joined Mr and Mrs Brannan at the banquet and Houston Jaycees boat trip and reception for finalists.
Mr and Mrs Walter Mazurek of Comanche announce the birth of a daughter named Linda Karen on March 6 at Blackwood Mims Hospital.
Mr and Mrs B Bufford Cottrell, long residents of Temple, express concern as a repairman arrives. The fragment suggests a local domestic issue or service visit noting the couple's residence and state of affairs.
Joe and Ted Littlejohn announce purchase of the J I Case Implement Co Comanche from Herman Kopp Jr and operate as Littlejohn Implement Company at 215 North Houston Comanche They intend to keep offering Case tractors implements parts and service Kopp stays with the firm and Roy McDaniel joins as service specialist to assist and maintain equipment
The Comanche County annual Share The Fun Festival will be held at Comanche High School Auditorium on March 21 at 7 30 pm.
Miss Tommye Dunlap, after a year with the local telephone exchange, accepts a position at Blackwood Mims Hospital. She is the daughter of Mrs. Essie Dunlap.
A charity basketball game features the Isses and the Exes on March 17 at 7 20 pm in Comanche High School Gymnasium. Admission is 25 or 50 cents with proceeds for the CHS Senior Trip. Cakes cookies pies and more will be sold.
About 400 people are expected at the Comanche High School grid banquet for Indian athletes. Guests include the A B and Junior high football squads, the Indian Maidens and girls basketball team. Guest speaker is Bob Wright of Howard Payne, with Pat Cagle chairing. Wright, a 1949 Howard Payne graduate and former coach, is a noted football leader.
Carton Whaley named new manager of Perry Brothers Comanche store with five years in Perry organization. Norman Clement to move to Tulsa to head Perry self serve store. Whaley to join from Lufkin where he was assistant manager of Perry No 1 after Albany service. Whaley married to Ruth Rose of Stephenville with son Clayton Whaley Jr. Apartment or furnished house sought. Spivey and Sloan weekend visit to Hico to see Mrs. Couch and Mrs. Stewart.
S. H. Fletcher, superintendent of the Comanche Public School System, was re elected for a three year term by the Board of Trustees at the regular meeting Monday night. The extension runs July 1, 1959 to July 1, 1962. Principals J. E. Lightfoot Bernice Swindle Wyatt Lee Morris and J. B. Layne Elementary School received two year extensions.
The Society for Crippled Children funds wheelchairs for crippled or sick children in Comanche County. Gary Don Moore of De Leon received a needed chair through the drive which runs March 1 to April 30. Contributions from the public support this aid and express thanks from the society and the children helped.
The Comanche County Texas grand jury for March Term 1959 reports five true bills of indictment after a three day session examining 26 witnesses. They commend the court’s charge and propose lowering juvenile age to 16, noting one member disagrees. They reserve final conclusions on enforcement details.
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