Weekend Grocery Ads Highlight Low Prices Across Town
Local ads promote sale prices at Frozen Food Lockers Fryers Red White Food Store and Service Drug March 25. Shoppers are urged to stock up on candy at Nick's Ben Franklin and seek discounts on groceries and dresses from Kelly Don and Gibbs Exclu. Community figures include CHS basketball scholarship talk and a Methodist banquet master ceremonies.
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Ses
Nick
Ben Franklin
Walgreen
Service
Second Annual Red Skin Relays Set For Saturday
Comanche High School hosts the second Red Skin Relays at Indian Memorial Stadium this Saturday March 27 with preliminaries at 1 00. Eighteen schools enter led by Baird and Dublin for team title with Santa Anna not returning. Admission 25 and 50 cents through a single west gate.
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Comanche High School
Indian Memorial Stadium
Baird
Dublin
Santa Anna
Rising Star
Cross Plains
Blanket
Star
Burnet
de Leon
Eastland
Granbury
Goldthwaite
Hamilton
Gustine
Ranger
Ranger Junior College Choir to visit area churches
Ranger Junior College Choir will sing at First Methodist Church Comanche on March 28 during morning worship and again Sunday night at Hamilton First Methodist Church. The group will overnight with local church members in Comanche after the Hamilton engagement. Director is Kenneth E. Alford.
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Ranger Junior College
First Methodist Church
Comanche
Hamilton First Methodist Church
Jack Frost
Eastland
Harry Lawson
del Rio
Imogene Jones
Brownwood
William Clinton
Houston
Peggy Neeley
Ranger
Guvnn Cook
Andrews
Wheat Elected President of Abilene Nursing Home Group
Jack Wheat of Western Hills Nursing Home Comanche was elected president of the Abilene Chapter of Texas Nursing Homes Association at the March 9 meeting. The chapter covers Goldthwaite to Big Spring and San Angelo to Graham with about 85 homes represented. Wheat attended the Texas Nursing Homes Association spring meeting in Austin March 15 16 where operators discussed new legislation. Speaker Ben Barnes addressed the noon banquet and voiced support for aiding the elderly disabled and blind.
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Young Farmer
Bill Willmann
Comanche
J. C. Wilkerson
Young Farmers Chapter
Jack Wheat
Abilene Nursing Home Assn
Western Hills Nursing Home
Abilene
Texas Nursing Homes Association
Texas
Goldthwaite
Big Spring
San Angelo
Graham
Wheat
Austin
Ben Barnes
Association
Barnes
Comanche Board Extends Principals and Reelects Counselor
The Comanche School Board extended one year contracts for Troy Norris high school principal and Glen Morgan and Cc E Irby elementary principals through 1966-67. The board also reelected Harley Black as Public Schools Supervisor Counselor for the 1965-66 school year.
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Comanche
Troy Norris
Glen Morgan
Cc. E. Irby
Harley Black
Campfire Girls Tea Event Saturday
The Comanche Camp Fire Girls host a tea this Saturday afternoon March 27 from 2 to 4 at the Camp Fire House. Former Camp Fire Girls are honored guests with special attendees the Bloomer Girls group including Marguerite Ross Lollie Cauley Editha Dudley Sue Carnes Elizabeth Durham Kathleen Marshall Faye Belle Evans Nadine Parnell Emile Meyers and Morene Johnson. Parents friends and interested Camp persons are invited to attend.
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Camp
Camp Fire
Ranger Junior College Choir Sings At Methodist Church
The 122 member Ranger Junior College Choir will sing at First Methodist Church Comanche on Sunday morning and with Hamilton Methodist Church for the evening service. Led by Kenneth B. Alford the choir performs seven numbers including What Is The World To Me and Look Down From Heaven.
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Ranger Junior College
First Methodist Church
Comanche
Hamilton Methodist Church
Kenneth B. Alford
Division of Fine Arts
Bach
Discount Store Set To Open In Comanche
L and H Discount Inc will open a new store in Comanche at 10 Sunset Center west of A&P in Carnes Bros built buildings. Operators Johnnie Livingston and Fred Hunter say they will stock over 5000 items including drug goods sporting hardware cosmetics and some clothing. They say the store aims to attract local shoppers rather than draw business from nearby merchants.
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L. & H. Discount, Inc
Comanche
Johnnie Livingston
Fred Hunter
Sunset Center
A&p
Carnes Bros
Livingston and Hunter
Comanche County Peanut Box Score
Comanche County teams posted early season statistics in a concise box score. The brief notes standout players and scoring totals, highlighting key performances for fans and local readers.
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Comanche County
CHS Senior Play Promises Laughter April One and Two
The Comanche High School presents a comedy about the Maxwell family's anniversary mix up. The event features Lyn Waggoner Gerald Ebell Gail Gleaton Judy Jarratt and others in a 7 45 p.m. show on April 1 and 2 at the CHS auditorium with Miss Nobia Dunn directing. Admission is 50c and 35c.
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Mrs. Maxwell
Lyn Waggoner
Mr. Maxwell
Gerald Ebell
Connie Maxwell
Gail Gleaton
Betty Lou Maxwel
Judy Jarratt
Wilbur Maxwell
Gray Jolink
Aunt Mary
Jan Robertson
Bernadine
Mary Norma Childs
Hercules
Tommy Willis
Gladys Gooch
Sandra Prather
Jeffry Gooch
Jerry Keesee
Brains” Burks
Tommy
Quarter Horse Show Planned Here by Comanche Club
The Comanche Roping Club will sponsor a Quarter Horse Show on Saturday May 1 at the Rodeo Arena. Fred R. Mabe is named superintendent and the event is approved by the African Quarter Horse Show Association. Halter and performance classes plus open lead activities will be judged.
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Comanche Roping Club
Fred R. Mabe
Rodeo Arena
The
African Quarter Horse Show Association
Pal Speaker All-Sports Banquet Set for Monday Night
Comanche High School honors all interscholastic athletes at the All-Sports Banquet Monday March 29 at 7 30 PM in the Junior High School Cafetorium. Rev Piez Todd will be Master of Ceremonies with Sid Carney Jr as chairman. Bob Wright Ballinger High School head coach will speak. Wright played at Ballinger and Howard Payne, and served in the Army ETO backfield. Tickets are $2 and on sale through the Lions Club gardeners.
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Comanche
Piez Todd
First Methodist Church
Belton
Sid Carney, Jr
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Jaycees
Garden Club
Bob Wright
Ballinger High School
Wright
Ballinger
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Olney High School
Brownhom High School
Comanche Lions Club
Farm Management Course Ends Friday in Comanche County
County Extension Service in Comanche County wraps a three session Farm Management Workshop March 23 25 26 focusing on Farm Records analysis and use and a Simple Farm Record System. Cecil Parker and Billy G Freeman lead sessions with Freeman at Tarleton State College and Parker at College Station.
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Comanche County
Worshop
Cecil Parker
Billy G. Freeman
Prater
Freeman
Tarleton State College
Parker
College Station
Tp&l
Austin
Comanche
McCullough-Jeanes Joins 1500 Store Buying Group
McCullough-Jeanes True Value Hardware of Comanche joins Cotter & Company as an owner member, joining 1 500 True Value dealers. The purchase co-op, largest dealer owned wholesaler in America, stocks over 22 000 items and develops its own brands to ensure lower prices for customers.
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McCullough-Jeanes
True Value
Comanche
Cotter & Company
America
McCullough-Jeanes True Value Hardware
Don Lavender Elected New President of Jaycees
At the last regular meeting Don Lavender was named president with Don McCraw first vice president Donald Spivey second vice president Henshaw named secretary treasurer and Eddie Lee Inter-Club Director Jack King retiring as CHS Band Director. The group approved a Jaycee Carnival for summer and park improvements at Little League Park including new restrooms and a fence to separate the highway.
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Don Lavenile
Tp&b
Emi
Loyee
Comanc
Jaycees
Don McCraw
Department of Choice
Balling Co
Donald Spivey
Moorman’s Manufacturing
Henshaw
T.P &L
Eddie Lee
Jack King
Peanut Production Costs Highlight Farm Scale and Timing
The article emphasizes capital costs and operating expenses in peanut production, noting how farm size affects cost per unit. It discusses timing of cultivation and harvest, potential economies of scale, and the implications for budgeting across different farm sizes.
Comanche High Names Alternates for Boys and Girls State
Alternates for Boys State are Lynn Brown and Travis Phifer from Comanche High School. Girls State alternates are Bennie Day and Debbie Carney, chosen by faculty from National Honor Society members for the Austin program.
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Austin
Comanche High School
Lynn Brown
Travis Phifer
Tom Brown
Like Phit
Bennie Day
Debbie Carney
Mire
Ottis Day
Sid Carney
American Legion
Lions Club
National Honor Society
Bal Bre
Sharks Use Smell to Track Food Cues
Sharks rely on their keen olfactory sense due to poor vision to locate prey, using scent to home in on meals in the water.
New Beef Cattle Record System Demonstrated at Workshop
County Agent Angus Dickson and Comanche leaders preview the Beef Cattle Pocket Herd Record System by James R. Dickey of Texas Power & Light. The March 25 Farm Management Workshop features Livestock Management and Irrigation by Tom Prater. Chairs are J A Cox and Charles Dudley with hosts at TP and L Hospitality Room near the Fire Station in Comanche.
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Angus Dickson
Stag Creek Community Club
J. A. Cox
Wayne Pinkerton
Pinkerton
James R. Dickey
Texas Power & Light Company
Comanche County
Tom Prater
Charles Dudley
Tp&l
New
Comanche
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Filmore Everett
KK Higginbotham
Adie
Waring
South Grocery
Clyde Williams
Ely
Jimmy Jen
Fletcher
Home Plains
Arthur Chevrolet & Olds
Ava Jack Gore
Red & White
Kelly Don
Gibb
Ned Stewart
Aaverluser
J. ©. Wilkerson
Comanche Hospital, Inc
Ranger Junior College Choir Coming
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Kenneth Burchfield
Fort Worth
Martin Barrow
Ken Hefner
Howell
Michigan
Harvie Chaney
Johnny Preston
Nancy Isel
Leona Bain
Gary Davis
Terry Loetz
Howard Starling
Sherrill James
Brookesmith
Ginger Gooden
Colorado City
Linda Bryson
Roy Mize
Kilgore
Dave Wyatt
Methodist Church
Acres
ASCS
CHS
Maxwells
Cuddles Maxwell
Hercules Nelson
Wright Pris
County Extension Service
Don Lavender
Bobby Roberts
Brownwood Club
Jerry Hinshaw
Proffitt
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