Thanksgiving Sales Brighten week with specials across departments
Thanksgiving week promotions fill Red & in Barbecuing free ham offers. Varying ads announce connections to new Lion Cable Service, Christmas values and pre-Christmas toy deals. Local notices mention Thanksgiving meals and event servings, with department ads highlighting furniture, appliances, and table goods.
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LION
Charles F. P
MR. Tabor
PTIME
Red & In
Sore
Oscar Hill Returns Home After Hospital Stay
A fifth grade teacher from Oery School returned home last Sunday after surgery following a fall. She underwent a medical procedure and is expected to recover at home in the near future.
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Ear Han
Oery School
Hardy Creamer Dies at 83 in Comanche County
Hardy Creamer 83 of Comanche died at home on November 16 after a long life as a ranchman hunter and political activist. He helped found Comanche County’s first Old Age Assistance Club and was a former county judge candidate. Funeral services were held November 17 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Indian Creek Cemetery. He is survived by his wife four daughters four sons 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Hardy Creamer
Comanche
West College
Mr. Creamer
Comanche County
Coke Stevenson
Luke Stewart Taken By Death in Comanche Community
Luke Stewart 74 a retired farmer of Comanche County died early Tuesday in a De Leon hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 30 pm at the First Methodist Church in Comanche with Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. He was born September 26 1884 in Calhoun Georgia and lived in Comanche County 53 years. He married Dollie Elizabeth Williford in 1897 and had ten children seven sons and three daughters with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a member of the Comanche First Methodist Church and survived by his wife and large family.
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Lewis Hardy Creamer
Comanche County
Jasper
Martha Creamer
Freewill Baptist
Laura Magdaline Taylor
Beulah Card
Roswell
New Mexico
Opal Springstead
Comanche
Gay Whitefield
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Mildred Burlingame
Los Angeles
California
White Sons
Bargey Creamer
Berrville
Wardell Creamer
el Paso
J. CC. Creamer
Luke) Stewart, Sr
Armstrong
van Dyke
Passa
de Leon Hospital
Stewart
First Methodist
J. D. Smoot
Piet Todd
Henry Chambers
Oakwood Cemetery
Comanche Funeral Home
Milton McNett
Elmer Wilson
John Carpenter
Lloyd Fritts
Hale Cocttrell
Buster Cameron
Mr. Stewart
Calhoun
Creorgia
William
Fannie Stewart
Ned
Wm. E
Bill
Paul
Wayne E. Stewart
G. L. Stewart Jr
Hondo
Harry W. Stewart
San Diego
Calif
Rector C. Stewart
Miami
Florida
Vinnie Greally
Dallas
Beulah Anderson
Artesia
N. M
Car Crash Injures Tom Carnes in Comanche
Tom Carnes of Comanche sustained bruises and a possible concussion after his 1958 Plymouth struck a parked cable truck owned by Wayne Adams of Gustine. The collision occurred at 6 pm on November 17 in front of Marshall's Cafe. a second approaching car from the opposite direction was not involved.
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Tom Carnes
Comanche
Wayne Adams
Gustine
Marshall
Carnes
OLS To Honor Masons Tuesday in Comanche
Comanche Chapter No 316 Order Eastern Star invites Mineons and Eastern Star members and families to a program honoring the Masonic Brothers of Hope Lodge No 481 at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday November 25 at 8 30. Refreshments will be served.
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Custine
Fort Worth
Stace
Rson
Ustine Rich School
Starline
Gustine Methodist Church
Comanche Chapter No
Order
Eastern Star
Mineons
Masonic Brothers of Hope Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Mrs. E. B. Anthony Returns Home From Fort Worth Hospital
Mrs. E B Anthony leaves All Saints Hospital Fort Worth after several weeks of treatment and returns home to be with her daughter Mrs. L C Durham and family.
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Anthony
All Saints Hospital
Fort Worth
L. C. Durham
Jaycee Turkey Shoot Set For Thanksgiving Weekend
Plans are ready for the Jaycee Turkey Shoot on Thanksgiving Day November 27 and Saturday November 29 from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm at the Hoacs Grounds one mile west of Comanche on UK Brownwood highway. Proceeds go to the Jaycees civic improvement fund with live turkey and target shooting options and a free daily turkey giveaway.
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Hoacs
Comanche
Brownwood Highway
Ciocd
Turkey
The
Jaycees
Jaycees Civic Improvement Fund
CKS Cagers Open Home Season With Eastland Tuesday
Comanche High School to host a three game sequence starting with A team girls match, then B team boys, followed by A teams finals. CHS Girls beat Bosque County 37 36 at Iredell. junior high girls win 18-? to stay undefeated.
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Comanche High School
Cagers
Ican
Bastia
Eca Ey
CHS
Fred Curry
Iredell
Bosque County
Comanche Junior High
Bernice Swindle
Stop Look And Listen Please Stop Look And Listen
School children walking home from J. B. Layne Elementary crowd 700 North Pearl and De Leon Highway as they scatter across streets, vacant lots, alleys and yards. More than four hundred youngsters travel home daily, unaware of traffic. Please enter 600 North Pearl from the south during school hours.
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Pearl
J. B. Layne Elementary
de Leon Highway
North Pearl
Mrs J W Power Dies After 65 Years In County
Mrs J W Power a longtime county resident died at home following a lengthy illness She was born in 1870 and married Jamel Power in 1891 The couple had eleven children and she lived in Comanche County for 65 years Funeral services were held at Taylors Chapel Church with Rev Dean Bradley officiating Interment was in Taylor Cemetery The survivor list includes five daughters four sons a sister a brother 26 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and 20 great great grandchildren with many relatives accompanying the body to burial.
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J. Wower
Taylors Chapel
Dean Bradley
Bob Gressett
Taylor Cemetery
Coman Funeral Home
Mitchell Kelle Ey
Curtis Power
Essey Vineyard
James Jones
Willy Gressett
Damon Power
Power
Congregational Methodist Church
Comanche County
Soda Springs
Anna Blanton
Uvalde
W. T. Kelley
Plainview
J. F. Vineyard
F. A. Jones
Comanche
Frank
Bud
Jim
Ezra Power
Laura Drennan
Dan Gray
Sarah
Oklahoma
Rev Marion Cox Named New Pastor at Gustine Church
Rev Marion Cox 28 a Howard Payne College senior ministerial student from Chicago accepted the call as pastor of the First Baptist Church Gustine and began duties Wednesday. He and his wife and two children reside in Gustine with Roy W Hill moving to Meridian as the new Baptist minister. Mrs Oscar Sloan visited Greenwood friends recently.
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Marion Cox
Zephyr Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Gustine
Cox
Howard Payne College
Chicago
Rev. Cox
Roy W. Hill
Meridian
CHS Band Members Shine at District Band Meet in Breckenridge
CHS sent 12 students under Banc Director Jack King to Breckenridge for the district band meet. Awards included Dale Isham fourth chair first tenor sax in the first band and Larry Fuller first chair first baritone in the first band, with multiple other chair recognitions in first and second bands.
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Banc
Jack King
Comanche Hitch
Breckenridge
King
Carolyn Anderson
Virginia Kay Cobb
Dale Isham
Janice Isham
Larry Fuller
June Ferrill
Nancy Foreman
Naylor Accepts East Side Baptist Church Pastorate
Rev Wayne Naylor becomes pastor of East Side Baptist Church Comanche after moving from Wyoming He holds a 1948 degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and served previous Texas churches including Brice and First South Gantt He is a World War I veteran with 23 months overseas and he and his wife Tevis are parents to three sons Wesley Barr Wayne and Hale born 1946 1942 194?
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Wayne Naylor
Fast Side Baptist Church
Comanche
Ig Famiv
Forest
Denire Counky
Texas
Wroomine
Naylor
Pryte
Bert Worth
Brice Baptist Shireshonal Hartey
Wrydurdig
First Southeon
Gantt Chutch
Baptist Church
Sie ‘Pines
Wyoming
Tevisr
Behten
Vota
Navies
Bots
Howard Pay College
Naylors
Wesley
Barr
Wayne
Hale
Pacific Theater of Operations
Congressman Burieson Visits Comanche District
Congressman Omar Burieson of Anson representing the 17th District met with residents and colleagues in Comanche on Wednesday to discuss legislative problems and assist constituents.
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Omar Burieson
Anson
Tarleton Homecoming Events Set for Saturday
Tarleton State College officials announced homecoming activities for Saturday November 9. The Arlington State Rebels visit, with two former Comanche High School athletes expected to play, as Ted Hicks starts at quarterback and Bruce Couch lines up at end in the Plow boys game.
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Tarleton State College
Comanche
Arlington State Rebels
Plowboys
Rebels
Ted Hicks
Bruce Couch
United Fund Drive Nears Goal With Final Reports Due
Comanche community reports United Fund Drive at 41 700 short of its 7 060 goal. Louis Harenk urges all committee members to file final reports by December 1 as drives support Red Cross Salvation Army Warm Springs Porination and local youth groups.
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Paynatie Tobilet
Ereday Morin
Louis Harenk
Comanche
Red Cross S
Salvaton Army
Warm Springs
Lee
State National Bank
United Fund
Case Dealer Wins Bahamas Trip For Nassau Conference
Merman Kopap Jr of Kopp Implement Company Comanche departs for Nassau Bahamas on a five day business vacation as guest of J I Case Company. He attends the Nassau World Premiere and Annual Case Dealer Conference highlighting new 1959 Case Agricultural and Utility equipment and dealer services. Vacation features include deep sea fishing sightseeing tours and beach leisure at Emerald Beach Hotel.
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Merman Kopap, Jr
Kopp Implement Company
Comanche
Nassau
Bahamas
J. 1 Case Company
Mr. Kopp
Emerald Beach
Chief Out Early Next Week For Thanksgiving
The Chief will publish one day early due to Thanksgiving. The City of Comanche observes a one day holiday Thursday November 27 with businesses and schools closed. Many teachers will attend the Texas State Teachers Convention in Fort Worth November 27-29.
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Comanche
Texas State Teachers Convention
Fort Worth
Strong Winds Cause Damage Here Monday
A Monday morning wind storm around 7:45 lasting 15 to 20 minutes caused extensive damage in town. About 50 television towers were blown down or damaged along with roofs, antennas, and trees. A plate glass window at Durham's Pharmacy was broken. Weather observer Sam P. Hatchett recorded gusts up to 90 miles per hour.
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Durham
Sam P. Hatchett
Comanche FHA Observes UN Day
The Comanche FHA observed UN Day on October 23 with a program. Eight girls dressed in costume presented facts about the country they represented. The stage featured a large UN flag and pamphlets about member nations.
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Comanche Fha
The
Twenty-First Annual Flower Show Attracts Exhibits
The Comanche Garden Club held its Twenty-First Annual Flower Show on Saturday November 15 in the Episcopal Parish Hall. Winners included Mrs Darrell Smith for the tri color award Sunset and Beverly Smith in the Junior Garden Club Division.
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Comanche Garden Club
Episcopal Parish
Darrell Smith
Beverly Smith
Show exhibitors honored with ribbon winners listing
Winners of blue red white and yellow ribbons are listed for the show. A pink ribbon was awarded to Mrs Ralph Hull for three arrangements and a green ribbon to Mrs John Barton for a novelty arrangement. Continued on back page.
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Ralph Hull
John Barton
Hicks announce birth of son Garland Alford Jr
Mr and Mrs Hicks announce the birth of a son Garland Alford Jr in a Brownwood hospital on Tuesday November 18. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Jim Hicks of Comanche and Mr and Mrs Cleburne Spain of Brownwood.
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Garland
Speedy) Hicks
Garland Alford Jr
Brownwood
Jim Hicks
Comanche
Cleburne Spain
Lou Ellen Durham Elected Baylor Press Club President
Miss Lou Ellen Durham of Comanche has been named president of Baylor University's newly formed freshman-sophomore press club in Waco. A Baylor sophomore majoring in English and education, she also belongs to Delta Alpha Pi and is a 1957 Comanche High School graduate.
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Waco
Lou Ellen Durham
L. C. Durham
Comanche
Baylor University
Delta Alpha Pi
Baylor
Abilene Visitors Include Captain Jack Brightman and Family
Captain Jack Brightman visited Abilene with his children over the weekend to see relatives and enjoy the stay in the city.
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Jack Brightman
Abilene
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Gustine Church
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G. C. Sloan
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East Side Baptist Church
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