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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1961
Page
1
A garbled pamphlet notes sales at Henderson's and mentions HEN, ATWOOD, and HIGG departments with items like portable TV and bronze tuba. It hints at television cable, gift items, and a political election in Texas and Wichita contexts, reflecting a mix of store ads and civic notes.
Fal Day Services 9 Creek Sunday address with Philp Wate Court held in.
Gustine FFA Rodeo postponement due to wet grounds shifts to Friday Saturday and Monday. Entries drawn from seventeen area schools with events for 4 H and FFA divisions including barrel racing and calf riding. Parade at 6 00 pm Thursday kicks off three day event with local dignitaries and community support.
On May 18 thirty? sixteen children from Mrs. W. J. Parks kindergarten graduated at the Methodist Church in front of about 150 spectators. The program featured poems and finger plays, a poem read by Mrs. Parks, and red mortar board hats as souvenirs. Refreshments followed and Mrs. Parks reports she has several enrollments for next term.
Tom Palmer, a Baylor University May graduate and son of Mrs Pallie Palmer, has accepted a position with Atlantic Oil Company in Exxon Litt.
Comanche's Municipal Swimming Pool at Lake Eanes Park opens Saturday after noon for the 1961 season. Kenneth McNutt returns as lifeguard and pool manager, with Mrs. Roy Nelson in charge of concessions. Hours are 1 9 o'clock Mondays through Saturdays and 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays. Admission same as past seasons, 35 cents for children and adults. A hot dog supper for Comanche Pack 15 Cub Scouts is set for Saturday May 27 at 6 p.m.
The Comanche Junior Roping Club met to elect a Sweetheart to represent the club at school rodeos. President Roy Dale Polvado called the meeting and secret-ballot voting produced a run-off among Lou Albin Sandy Williams and Cassie Wilhelm. Sandy Williams was named Sweetheart.
Comanche County Old Settlers Association announces the annual reunion to be held at Lake Eanes Park on Wednesday July 26. President Dc E Straley and vice president James E Steele say a pot barbecue at noon will start the event and invite former residents to attend.
Sixty one Comanche High School seniors are to receive diplomas Thursday night May 25 in the high school auditorium. Dr Baxter D D Greer delivered the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening. Valedictorian Judy Kay McCullough and salutatorian Judith Robertson lead a list of honor graduates and graduating seniors in a program featuring a processional invocation and musical selections.
Comanche County voters join 253 Texas counties in a May 27 election to fill Vice President Lyndon Johnsons vacated Senate seat. Interim Democrat Blakley faces Republican Tower in a tight race after Tower led Blakley in statewide returns. Polls open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with light April turnout.
The Comanche County Cancer Society will hold its annual meeting Friday night May 26 at the First Christian Church in Comanche starting at 7 30.
The city of Comanche will observe Memorial Day next Tuesday May 30 as a holiday. This marks one of six approved holidays for merchants alongside New Year s Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas.
All ex servicemen are invited to meet at Oakwood Cemetery Sunday morning May 28 to place flags on graves of soldiers from all wars. The meeting starts at 6 30 a m and those needing flags for rural cemeteries should contact A P Cox at Higginbotham s Home From Baylor. Baylor University students are home for the summer including Betty Grace Durham Mary Ann Durham and Scotty Lockridge of the Comanches category
Heavy rains reached Comanche County with 2.80 inches recorded in Comanche and reports of 0.5 to over 3 inches elsewhere. Damage included hail and wind, but crops may benefit with oats and peanuts highlighted as promising harvests despite some grain and garden setbacks. The rain boosts maize hegari corn and cotton prospects, aiding pastures and late grain.
The forty fifth annual Round Grove homecoming is set for Sunday May 28 with a regular singing meet as a featured highlight. Special guests will be the nationally known Stamps Baxter Quartet of Dallas. Everyone is invited to attend, says Dean Gardner of the Round Grove community.
The McDougal Auction Company of Comanche sets May 31 as its first special sale in fifteen years. A stocker feeder cattle sale draws consignors and buyers from across the region and beyond. Ernest McDougal and his sons manage the operation as prospects appear.
Robert Pinson 72 of Dallas and former Proctor resident died May 18 in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services were held May 19 at 2 pm at Proctor Baptist Church with burial in Proctor Cemetery. A retired schoolteacher, he lived in Proctor many years before moving to Dallas 15 years ago. survivors include his wife and a daughter Mrs. Gerald Geiger of Dayton Ohio.
The buyer and sellers both benefit as McDougal runs a routine Saturday auction at the local facilities noted as among the best in the region.
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