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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1959
Page
1
In a brief ad style note, shoppers are directed to local stores offering yard tools and other hard goods for home projects with emphasis on savings and in store specials. The message highlights how customers can shop advertisements to meet yard and household needs.
J W Uncle John Northcutt turns 100 on Sunday May 3 and will celebrate at the Westmoreland place in Board Church with Mr and Mrs Will Henderson hosting. Northcutt children invite relatives and friends to visit during Sunday with an old fashioned dinner on the ground served at noon.
The Comanche Chief announces its annual Soil Conservation issue will publish next week. John Simpson and the Soil Conservation Work Unit contribute to a centerpiece featuring news, articles, and photos on soil preservation and productive farming.
Delegation led by Castle B. Ellis and Bill Clem ons and a group from Dublin to Temple Hamilton and other towns will go to Washington on Monday May 4 to urge congressional support for $300000 in funds for planning and construction of a dam on the Leon River near Proctor. The Comanche County project has seen prior grants totaling $300000 after initial planning funds of 75000. Robert Terrence joins Jordan Implement Company of Comanche as a junior partner arriving April 26 with family at Blackwood Memorial Hospital site.
A rummage sale by the Comanche County Home Demonstration Council will be held Saturday May 2 at the Veterans Building in S Austin Comanche. Donations may be arranged with Mrs Gayle McCullough Rt 4 Newburg 5 Enters Clinic Dr L K Ory has entered Scott White Clinic at Temple for a check up.
Newburg, Stag Creek and Soda Springs led district contests with multiple top positions and cash prizes. Newburg earned $200 total across Rural Neighborhood and Joint Improvement programs, while Stag Creek netted $130 and Soda Springs $115 in cash plus certificates. Other counties and clubs earned smaller prizes. state championships proceed by district winners only.
Summer baseball opens with Brath County Attorney L Keller presiding as president of the Central Texas Flood Control and accompanying civic figures inaugurate the season with local games and ceremonial duties.
King, Comanche High School Band Director, will lead the high school band and beginners in a May 1 concert with proceeds from ticket gates benefiting the Play Ball program. Floyd Elliott will umpire the event at 7 10 p m. Thursday night. Opening night baseball actions follow in Comanche with Gustine and the Raiders.
The Common 2nd presents the coronation of the Girls Auxiliary on May 6 at 7:30. Maidens Coven Morrow Linda McEwin Myre Plumice Diane Lady Inaeene Mary Shannonnees Jane Sree An eer McKinzie Lyn Waggon Queens Mary Norma Childs Sara Mae Hitt Darlene Hightower Judy Jarratt Karen Patillo Sandra Prather Jan Rob.
Gleaton heads CHS student council opens Blanket’s seventh annual rodeo at Blanket Football Field with two divisions 4-H and FFA. Comanche Junior Roping Club plans a horseback trek and parade of events including bull riding barrel racing and calf roping. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students.
Comanche veterinarian Dr James F Hallmark plans to resume his practice at 290 East Central after eight months from a heart attack last September. He has remodeled the Hardy Evans Service Station at 900 East Central into offices with animal care facilities and back parking, and will ease into full time work over the coming weeks.
George C McKinzie 82 native of Comanche County longtime farmer wholesaler and relic collector died April 29 after illness Funeral set at Mer Gap Baptist Church May 1 at 2 30 p m burial Mercer Gap Cemetery Comanche Funeral Home in charge He born September 1876 parents Charlie M and Mary Ellen McKinzie survived by wife Levenia five children and siblings and noted for local history knowledge and Indian relic collection. John Gleaton elected Comanche High School Student Council president for 1959 60 amid campaign events and classroom leadership roles.
The Texas Senior Citizens Association will meet Saturday May 2 in the County Court room at 2 p.m. all 65 or over are invited especially those at the courthouse. Mrs. Mollie Mullican, secretary treasurer, says the group hopes to have a speaker to interest attendees.
An appeal urges individual business owners in Comanche to invest money time and effort to strengthen the Chamber of Commerce. The message stresses the Chamber as a positive force for orderly growth and development of the community and city.
Johnny Livingston and Fred Hunter, owners, have been partners for five years in the South Side Grocery firm. The building, owned by Dudley Bros, has been enlarged by a third, adding 560 feet of new space.
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