31 May 1957
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
1
The issue features firm promotions by Ellis Insurance Agency and a large jewelry sale. Readers are urged to check ads for free Ford giveaways, grocery deals, and a new service department addition. Weekend items include fresh bakery goods and frozen pastries with specials at local dealers.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a meeting involving Adams Hager of Tenhone dated May 27. The text mentions immediate measures and managerial actions tied to the past five period.
Plans are set for the 1957 Comanche Little League season sponsored by the Comanche Jaycees. Five teams compete including four from Comanche and one from Gustine. Opening Tuesday features Dudley Bros vs Raiders and Saints vs Gustine, with Friday action Toppers vs Dudleys and Raiders vs Saints.
Castle Ellis and Lucille Ellis announce the lease of the Iva agency in Comanche effective June 1. The office at 105 South Houston Street will be managed by Mrs. Nellie Mae Clark until August 1 when Mrs. Castle Ellis joins, with Mr. Ellis continuing as Higginbotham Insurance Company manager. The agency will write all lines of general insurance and seeks to extend service to the public. Six Comanche churches join regional Civic Righteousness Field Day on June 2 sponsored by the Texas Alcohol Narcotic Education organization with Dr J Howard Williams and Dr Albert Tucker among organizers and speakers. Rev Glen Beles of TANE will address First Baptist Church Sunday morning.
Effie Shannon notes the Comanche County Pension Club will meet Saturday June 1 at 2 pm in the Comanche Courthouse. A letter from Joseph Harvey of Portland Oregon contains news on a National Pension Federation bill in Ways and Means. Attendance urged. J C Wilkerson returns from Houston visit.
The annual Van Dyke Homecoming will be Sunday June 9 at the Community School House. A basket lunch is served at noon. The program begins at 11 with a message by Rev A Brooks. Visiting singing and a program by descendants of former students follow in the afternoon.
Dean Gardner of the Round Grove community five miles northeast of De Leon has been honored as the 1957 Outstanding Farmer in the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District. A former member of the district board, he has led local conservation efforts through terracing rye and vetch crops and irrigation improvements that boosted peanut yields to over 60 bushels per acre on irrigated land.
Notice to readers: soil conservation stories receive priority among articles this week in the special edition. Many pieces were omitted due to space and will be carried next week. Public cooperation is appreciated.
Dorcus D. Brown 55 longtime principal of the local elementary school died May 25 after a heart attack. He served 31 years in teaching including 28 at Comanche schools and was principal of J. B. Layne Elementary at his death. Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church with burial at White Point Cemetery.
East Side Baptist Church will hold its vacation Bible school starting Monday June 3 as announced by Rev. Bruce Thomas pastor.
Miss Hicks, a nursing major and Harris Hospital trainee in Fort Worth, returned home from Texas Christian University to attend CHS graduation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hicks and her brother Ted over the weekend.
The article promotes pasture deferment as a key soil conservation practice for Comanche County. It argues five years of drought and over-stocking have damaged ranges and suggests deferring grazing this year could yield more progress than five dry years. It urges all landowners to participate.
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