Comanche News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Updates
A Friday night CHS graduation drew one of the largest crowds in years, honoring alumni including former Superintendent W. Z. Compton. The Ritz Theatre plans a June 1 opening after remodeling, with a 400 seat capacity. Lake Eanes pool reopens to popular crowds, and Brownwood reports a 1946 polio case. Besides local notes, items cover weather, stamps, political races, and a Cypress tree believed 5000 years old near Santa Anna Maria del Tule.
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CHS
Santa Anna Maria del Tule
Mexico
Comanche Area Personal News Recaps Several Weekends Visits
Local residents and visitors fill the weekend with travel and family ties. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Melowsky returning from Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ory J. Geo in Dallas and Kilgore, and Dr. J. D. Atkinson visiting Abilene. Betty, valedictorian of the 1946 Comanche High graduating class, accepted a city job after commencement.
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Harry Melowsky
Chicago
Thera
Ory J. Geo
Dallas
Kilgore
Cr. C. Carson
Lordsburg
New Mexico
W. Switzer
Comanche
Walter Durham, Jr
Walter Jack Barret
Wayne Evridge
el Paso
Comanche Baan School
R. M. Barton
Kingsville
Manche High School
Earl Ray Evans
Charles Marshall
Tom Clyde Marshall
Linton
Lee McCartney
Brownwood
Yukon
Oklahoma
Sidney
Bow ties return amid clothing shortage
Frayed shirt collars see revival as bow ties gain popularity. The piece notes limited supply offers a novelty edge, with a playful line about twelve making a dozen but only a few making a million.
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J. C. Wilkerson
Texas
W. Z. Compton
Dublin
Compton
St. Paul
J. W. Carter
Ritz
iThe Picture Show
Old Majestic
The
Carters
Ritz Theatre
Coleman’s Grocery
Ballinger
Priddy
Lake Eanes
Erlinda Flore
Gib Sandefer
Hardin-Simmons University of Abilene
Sandefer Is
J. D. Sandefer
John Tarleton College
Hardin-Simmons
Windsor
England
Windsor Castle
Fort Worth
Japan
Germany
de Leon
Carlsbad
Gorman High School
New Orleans
Gase
Pearl Harbor
Rockdale
Grady Colvin
Brown County
Comanche County
R. L. Lane
J. R. Eanes
Verg Stanton Wilhelm
U.S. Marine Corps
J. H. Wilhelm
C. F. Williams
Lucille Williams
Peyton Williams
Lubbock
John Stalecup
Tom Connally Johnson
Victoria
Alvin Gandy
Sacramento
California
Newburg
Ity
Ecuador
Portis
Higginbotham
Hiccinsotuam Bros.& Co
Botham Bros.& Cc
TOS
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