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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1965
Page
1
Several business notices detail store openings and sales. Len te Franklin Store advertises a sale while Comanche Peanut promotes planting time and TOP D FERTILIZER. De Luxe Motel and nurses’ uniforms are highlighted, with a Chevrolet and Olds car ad closing the page.
Plans advance for the AJRA Rodeo in Comanche on June 17 to 19 with over 150 contestants and 1500 entry blanks mailed. Local sponsors including the Comanche Roping Club back stock from the X-Bar S Ranch. clowns Bill Shaw and John Bland, announcer John Kearney. Prizes from multiple local businesses and expansions for more stalls.
CHS basketball mentor Russell Berry announced resignation to take a similar role at Floydada High School in West Texas. Berry, a Howard Payne graduate, led the Indians to a district title last season before Bi district loss to Brady.
The summer recreation program starts Tuesday June 1 at 9:00 a.m. Coach Berry, overseeing youth recreation, urges all school age boys to enroll and participate in the activities.
Comanche reveals a new jet-propelled fogging unit spraying Malathion nightly to reduce the mosquito population. City Public Works Director Lowell Pittman urged residents to remove standing water, trim weeds, and spray around buildings while the city offers mowing services at 3.50 per hour or a minimum 2.00 per lot.
Gustine hosts a rodeo and homecoming from May 27 to May 29 with a parade at 5 30 pm May 27 and rodeo performances nightly at 8 pm. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students. Saturday parade 5 pm followed by a hot fried chicken supper for 1.00 and a 25 dollar bond drawing nightly. Participating schools include Comanche Hamilton Dublin May Blanket Priddy Pottsville Carleton Goldthwaite Sidney Mullin Zephyr Lometa De Leon Star Bangs. Events feature Grand Entry Bareback Bronc Riding Ribbon Roping Calf Riding Girls Barrel Races Tie Down and Wild Horse Race.
The 4th annual Miss Comanche and Junior Miss Comanche pageant will be held at 8 p m in the Comanche High School auditorium. Epsilon Sigma Alpha sponsors with 44 entries backed by local merchants. Jack King to MC. Out of town judges will select winners. Miss Comanche to receive a jeweled tiara and a $50 Savings Bond from E S A. A Coke party for entrants follows at 7 30 p m at the Texas Power and Light Hospitality Room. entries close 5 p m June 2.
About 150 youngsters enrolled at the Lake Eanes Park Municipal Pool for a two week Learn to Swim program sponsored by the City of Comanche. CHS Band Director Jack King and 30 band students acted as instructors for beginner to advanced swimmers, with 130 swimmers from Comanche and one out of county.
Sears Roebuck & Co. opens a Comanche office Thursday in the Sunset Shopping Center at the Y of Brownwood and Abilene Highway with phone 356-2556. Manager Mrs. Jean Walker, aided by Mrs. Dodie Shaw and Mrs. Lucille Steele, offer credit service and immediate delivery. hours 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A free television is given away Saturday, June 5.
The Comanche High School Class of 1915 announces its 50th reunion set for May 28 29 at the Holiday Inn in Brownwood and in Comanche. Twenty two of the original 33 members remain, with several living in Comanche and others elsewhere, and a memorial tribute is planned for departed classmates.
Baseball returns to Comanche as the Jaycee Little League Park hosts opening night with Sidney vs Toppers and Oak Lawn vs Saints. Earlier games include Oak Lawn against Toppers and Comanche Higginsbotham’s versus Comanche Chevrolet. Early June schedule shows Gustine facing the Saints and Raiders meeting Sidney, with Gus tine vs Wizards and Saints vs Toppers on June 3. All games start at 7:00. Coach Russell Berry endorses an excellent season.
James Hudson Dudley of Comanche was sworn in as a Texas attorney by Chief Justice Robert Calvert in Austin on May 17. Dudley, UT Law School graduate, joined 159 other new lawyers sworn in that day after passing the State Bar exam. The American Junior Bar Association hosted a luncheon at the Driskill Hotel and a reception at the Texas State Bar Headquarters.
The Comanche Kindergarten celebrated its graduation on Thursday May 20 at the Garden Center with about 120 guests. Mrs W J Parks, the teacher, led the ceremony and the graduating pupils were pictured with 10 standing and 10 seated students named in the caption.
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