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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
9
Superintendent Fletcher reviews the 1963-64 school year noting expanded classroom efforts and planned programs. Honors include marching and concert ratings regionally, high literary results with a state second place, and strong Americanism emphasis across Junior and High School activities. Additions mention renting and selling adding machines by The Comanche Chief.
The report notes Gundar Sidgore purchased the Gulf Station at 410 West Central and assumes control under a firm name. Abbey and Abbey, parents of six month old Randall, are connected to the change. Texas A&M College opened its first session on October 4, 1876.
The article notes five top seniors Jerry Norris Rusty Durham Jerry Todd Bob Carpenter and Jim Jarratt are expected to miss all-district selections. It mentions Coney Elliott Tommy Wills George Salois and six returning lettermen plus two or three others as the likely A unit for a season with ten wins in eleven games. It also cites 1962 Texas fatal traffic accident statistics at 37 percent.
Construction begins on a brick veneer drive-in by FP N. and J. G. Thompson east of the DeLaixe Motel on Fort Worth Highway. The 24 by 38 foot brick and glass building sits on a 126 by 140 foot lot at 1300 East Central with parking for many and indoor seating for 35. Lease talks are ongoing with four or five interested parties once completion occurs.
CHS elected officers across all classes after voting day on May 13. Franklin Power and John Caton led president nominations while Donald Feist won the CHS senior presidency. Tom Willis was chosen by juniors and David Hill by sophomores for next year.
Naomi Gertrude Mayo aged 56 wife of Comanche businessman Felix Mayo died in Brownwood hospital at 8 30 a m Monday May 13 Funeral services were held Wednesday Survivors include her husband daughter Martha 17 of Comanche four brothers and three sisters born November 17 1900 in Mangum Oklahoma.
Two boys from the CHS play slipped through shadows and tampered with a white 1960 Chevrolet parked near the school. Miss Nokia Dunn, the director, later started the car and it smoked. she quipped that something must be wrong with it. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fisher and children visited from Brownwood.
Mrs Tom Wilson 70 Rt. 1 Sidney died May 9 in Brownwood hospital. Funeral set for 10 am May 11 at the new Baptist Church with Rev Dan Gaines and Rev Henry M Chambers officiating. Survived by husband five sons and two daughters, plus siblings and 17 grandchildren.
The 1963 Comanche High Senior class will attend baccalaureate in the school auditorium on May 26 with scripture and prayers led by Reverend Henry Chambers. Ken Rachels will sing To Walk With God, and Reverend Piez Todd will deliver the sermon followed by the senior choir singing Onward Christian Soldiers. Jerry Norris will speak as vice president and the class will sing a choral amend. Mary Norma Childs will play proces sional music under Jack King. Texas records show 26 violent deaths in the weekend of May 11 13 including 10 traffic accidents.
Jone Lane, a regional farm leader, expanded his 260 acre operation to 500 acres with 65 Holstein cows 156 Angora goats a 4000 lamb feedlot and diverse forage crops. He and his family are active in the State Association of Young Farmers who chose Lane as On Young Farmer of the Year in Texas. He was nominated for the 1963 Hoblitzelle Award with a wide support network and volunteer coordinators assisting the nomination.
A screwworm outbreak was confirmed in the Angus Dickson area near Sipe Springs Comanche county. An Animal Health crew will spray an eight mile radius and monitor livestock with a county agent contact line 356-2424 or 842-2352 for reports of fresh wounds.
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