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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1967
Page
5
Community notice from the Comanche Chief inviting readers to join the Friends of the Library. Encourages placing a want ad to sell items no longer needed and offers phone contact 356 2636 for this week.
Representatives from fifteen counties will attend to report on Texas history marking and preservation efforts. The meeting will be at J. B. Layne Elementary School lunch room starting 10 a.m. Registration is 2.50 dollars, covering lunch and a visit to Burks Museum. W. T. Dixon chairs Comanche County Historical Survey Committee.
Classified snippets advertise items for sale housing berry farm pickup and labor needs and promote library membership and transistor radios at local shops in Comanche. Notices mention saddle sale house listing blackberry pickers required and new Motorola radios at Walker's Appliance Service with AM and AM FM options.
Postmaster Jim Carpenter urges rural patrons to watch for June Livestock Survey cards mailed to sample boxes along routes. Cards mailed to Cary D. Palmer in Austin feed USDA estimates on milk production calf and pig crops lamb wool and hen counts. Families visit by Winston Wolsey and Tupins from Saginaw and Denton for Mothers Day weekend.
Beulah Fetelle Ross died in a local hospital May 17 at age 81. Services planned for Friday at 4 am at the First Methodist Church in Comanche with interment at Oakwood Cemetery. pallbearers will be her nephews. Born May 1 1886 in Archer City, she was a daughter of J B Arthur and Mary Lewis Arthur, married Frank Ross in 1913 in Gustine, he died in 1965. Survived by daughter Marguerite of Comanche, two brothers J H Arthur of Comanche and Ed Arthur of Odessa, and a sister Mrs W L Wallace of Hillsboro.
FOR SALE N8 Ford tractor on butane planter cultivator all in perfect condition. Contact C. C. McRorey at 3025 Russell Abilene OR4 8202 at night for details.
Fort Worth reports Mrs James Wilkerson was a visitor in the city last Tuesday.
Aiming to help outdoorsmen locate white bass, the article notes that flocks of diving gulls signal shad chasing whites. When birds mark activity, anglers should cast a heavy fast sinking spoon near the edge to intercept the feeding school and capitalize on the bite.
Lena Chaney 72 of Comanche died May 17 in a Gustine rest home. Services May 18 at 4 p.m. at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Knotts officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Born November 17, 1894 in Hill County she lived in Comanche County 31 years. She was married twice, W C Priddy and Don G Chaney, both deceased. Survived by sisters Edna Mitchell and Mable Tabor of Dallas.
A simple secret drawer can be built into a stair step with minimal effort and low cost. The modification involves creating a hollow space within the tread and attaching a discreet front panel for access.
The narrator recalls how white fish often feed on injured shad at the river bottom and occasionally hooks a large lazy black bass lurking there, capturing a late season fishing routine and mood.
Alfred Park Mehaffey a former Comanche resident died Friday May 5 in Wichita Falls Services were held at 3 p m Saturday May 5 at the German Church of Christ with John C Goble and Andy Moore officiating Burial was in Gorman Cemetery Pallbearers were nephews Jim my Jerry Aaron Howard Joe and Gene Mehaffey Honorary pallbearers were Vernon Files Crefford Thurman Bill Simpson Dick Foster E E Todd and Bill Parr He was born October 7 1907 at Lanes Chapel near Clarksville moved to Comanche early life married Bertha Geve June 12 1927 in Comanche employed with Humble Oil lived in many west Texas towns before moving to Gorman in 1941 He belonged to the Gorman Church of Christ and Gorman Masonic Lodge No 71 Survivors include his wife Bertha two daughters Wanda Goodwin Eula Lee Miears five grandchildren seven brothers and three sisters.
County Agent Floyd Key urges use of chlordane and dieldrin for ant control inside and outside. Apply 2-3 percent chlordane or 0.5 percent dieldrin in sprays. use 10 percent chlordane, 2 percent dieldrin, or 5 percent heptachlor dusts outside. Locate nests behind walls and in closets, treat foundations, baseboards, and yard nests. follow label directions to protect people and pets.
Stag Creek and Brand area residents express gratitude for support after district win. The note honors Judge Caraway, local businesses, and courthouse staff, and thanks tour leaders, sponsors, and volunteers including Gast Bovkin, Wayne Pinkerton, and Roy Pruitt. Also mentions visitors from Stephenville at a kindergarten graduation.
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