Comanche News Highlights and Local Contests
Comanche beat Zephyr 6 to 3 in a Sunday base ball game. A yard contest awarded prizes to Mrs. Nellie Palmer and Mrs. J. Barret. 4-H club members attended Lake I last Friday and Saturday. County officials and elections announced for the 1936 Democratic primary July 25. Lake Eanes opened in 1925 and the Whitville school of 1881 is noted. Medford Stephens married Louise Lucky in San Antonio.
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Comanche
New Deal
Zephyr
Robinson
Ww. B. Barret
Nellie Palmer
Bill
Lake I
A&m
College Station
G. H. Hillin
Arthur Robertson
Har
Wade Butler
Ory A
B.C. Dowdey
Ray
Floyd Fisher
G. W. L. Robertson
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Coman
Louis Medical College
Jim Bonner
Ring
Foster
Sox Dy
Texas Iial Commission
George
Tom
Fort Worth
Rio Grande
Nehe
4Se
M. C. Es
Frisco
Pital
E. Quilich
Hoffiis
Texas & Light Company
Harry Flentge
Ben Wis
Whitville
W. D. Cox
Lake Eanes
J. R. Eanes
Dallas
Comanche Independent School
Medford Stephens
Jack Stephens
Louise Lucky
San Antonio
Linda Smith Honored With School Graduation Party
Mrs. Wm. B. Wilkerson hosted a cake party April 30 for Linda Smith a 1958 Comanche High graduate The event featured gold and white colors and graduation cap cakes with 1958 numerals A fold and white tree with gold umbrellas greeted guests Attendees included class sponsors Joan Rambo Betty Loudermill Polly McCullough Toni Evridge Ann Weeks Carlotte Carnes Laura Hilliard Peggy Godfrey Karen Willingham Wanda Cottrell Mary Mercere t Edmondson Marguerite Ross Nobia Dunn and the honoree’s mother Mrs B B Westerman Also Mrs Arthur Mrs Frank Ross and Mrs Gene Arthur visited from Brownwood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Wilkerson
Linda Smith
Comanche High
Joan Rambo
Betty Loudermill
Polly McCullough
Toni Evridgs
Ann Weeks
Carlotte Car
Waring Family Visit Blessed By Weekend Stay
Here From Houston Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Waring of Houston spent the week end in Comanche with his son Ricky and his mother Mrs Frances Waring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dawson Waring
Comanche
Ricky
Frances Waring
Comanche Camp Meeting Opens Near Fleming Springs
The union camp meeting opened last week at the grove near Fleming Springs. Campers are numerous. J. P. Cook has completed a dwelling house for Sam Houston. Comanche shows five dry goods houses. Miss Mary Hart of Florida Mississippi has been elected by the Comanche Board of Education as a teacher in our school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Grove
Fleming Springs
J. P. Cook
Sam Houston
Comanche
Mary Hart
Ofluka
Mississippi
Comanche Board of Education
Comanche News Highlights Local Growth and Travel
The item lists rapid growth and increased need for help in the county, notes heavy rain, and reports on W H Montgomery fencing 6000 acres. It records John A Elliott receiving 2300 dollars and a lifetime rail pass after a wreck suit, plus various social moves, memorial services, business ads, and school events in Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Montgomery
John A. Elliott
Comanche
G. C. & S. F. Railway
Samuel Zettlemeyer
Heroic deed near Hazel Dell referenced in local reminiscence
Homer Stephens recalls a powerful incident at Hazel Dell on the Leon River where a brave man defended a neighbor against a cruel scalawag. The story portrays justice in a rugged setting with a jury blessing the heroic act and highlights enduring communal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Chhildren
Old Hazel Dell
Leon River
Roy Bean
Justice of the Peace
Court—Law
Pecos
Homer Stephens
Stephenville
Texas
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R. S. Me. W.T. House
H. L. Steward
H. R. Creamer
D. P
Frederick G. Har
A. Luker
B. F
George W. Rollins
Patterson
E. Gostrong
W. D. Starkie
Lacy
I. M
L. Little
H. W. Scott
Ed Williams
T. Cunningham
Sam
Ons Luker, F. T. Brandt, Graham and
E. W
Bunt
Justice of Peace
George C. Wetzel, S. E. McDonald and
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Comanche Y i
Slim S
Price
James E. Slider
Comanche, Texas
West Texas
J. O. Lane
Snyder
Slaton
Big Spring
Midland
Odessa
Lubic
Fluvania
Weisendanger
James A. Ows
Denison
Chester A. Arthur
A. Beeman
Chilton
Campbell
Sweetwater Valley
Morris
Sweetwater Volley
Westinghouse
Proad Band TV
Hathcock
NW Corner Square
John M. “Happy” Hathcock
Homer
Lumber Daslers
J. B. Ruth, Mer
S. Austin
FORD
Clemons Motor Company
East Central
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