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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1962
Page
1
An old paper notice notes a sale event and Dollar Days ads by Grady Hutchins at Baxters Place Brownwood near West Street with real values on page back. It mentions B Baxter Real Estate and Robert Lee Will appearing in a modern home catalog.
Comanche’s 8AA Indians seek back to back district wins as they visit Hamilton for the homecoming game. Hamilton leads district rivals and hopes a strong defense plus a big Indian crowd can flip last year’s 28-6 defeat. Kickoff at 7 30 p m with injuries sidelining key Bulldogs players.
Comanche plans a Pack meeting at the Veterans Building on Tuesday night November 6. The session covers work and registrar details for new members and veterans.
Fragmentary text mentions Gustine as army chairman and references an event or speech. Readable names and places are limited, with obscured phrases throughout the OCR excerpt. The scantly legible items hint at organizational context but lack full factual details for a complete summary.
Miss omanua Timmis Home Demonstration Service Advisor for Teves Power and Light Company will conduct a cooking school on Preparing and Freezing Holiday Meals at the Jaycee building Wednesday Nov 7 at 930 am. Special focus on wrapping foods for freezing and demonstrations of ranges and deep freezers. A drawing will award the prepared dishes to some attendees and the event is sponsored by the Comanche County Demonstration Council.
About 2,500 Comanche County voters are anticipated at 28 polling places on Tuesday November 6 for the General Election. The ballot runs 30 inches with candidates from Democratic Republican Constitution and several independents. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee voting at the County Clerk continues through Friday with 23 votes cast by Thursday noon.
Oswell Brightman owner of White Auto Store reports losses from Thursday closing through Friday morning. Loot included 12 hunting knives, 144 pocket knives, radios, rifles, watches, and ammo with total value estimated between 500 and 600 dollars. Entrance was via an upstairs window after climbing from the Frozen Food Lockers and The Chief building. A strange car was seen near an alley connected to the crime. Police follow leads as they review the scene and missing merchandise.
Comanche County hosts the Fall Showmanship Steer Show at the County Show Barn on Saturday November 3. The day includes weigh in at 8 am steer washing at 9 am brushing and grooming at 10:30 am and a series of demonstrations by 4-H and FCA members followed by judging and take home at 2:20 pm. Nell Rose Webb of Comanche wins multiple ribbons at the State Fair. Mr and Mrs E C Thornberry and Noble Foster visit the home of Ray Pairish this week.
A county fair invites the public to visit Comanche County youth as they prepare steers for show day on Saturday November 3rd. The event highlights the daily work of boys and girls in agricultural projects and breeding programs.
The Comanche Garden Club hosts a chili supper at the Garden Center on Saturday from 5 to 8 pm. Chili cake coffee and tea priced at 1 per plate. unused cakes will be auctioned to raise funds for the club’s building fund. Miss Sherry Edwards of TWC Fort Worth visited her grandparents Harmony.
A brief note urges citizens to exercise their vote on Tuesday, emphasizing the American privilege of voting and the importance of showing up at the polls. It frames participation as a civic duty and a steadfast right.
The Comanche High School Hallowe en Carnival raised a record 3530.36 dollars led by Queen Cassie Wilhelm of the House of Wilhelm crowned by W M Day. Senior class earned 1387.76, Sophomores 892.93, Freshmen 671.86, Juniors 576.36 with Mary Ann Cloud named duchess and multiple escorts named from CHS families. An overflow crowd attended the gym event and coronation in the auditorium.
City Councilman Jary Wright, a leather goods maker, outran alleged forger Nicholas Zaccaro Jr. in a cross country race after a daytime incident tied to a $40 forged check. Wright tracked the suspect through town, collared him near Doe's Cafe, and recovered most of a $160 sum involved in the alleged fraud.
Virginia Kay Cobb of Comanche daughter of Mr and Mrs Howell Cobb is among twelve nominees for Del Mar College Homecoming Queen. Sophomore Virginia was nominated by the Engineering Club. nominees attend Assembly November 12 and a dance November 1. Mrs Wid Spivey visits sister Mrs O J Beckworth Gladewater recovering from operation at Gladewater hospital.
Rovert Ormsby Max Parker and Kim Evridge from Bownwood Bulletin received an all expense paid trip to Dallas on Sunday to attend the Dallas Cowboys versus St Louis CardinalPowdetball game.
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