Comanche Observes Thanksgiving With Closings and Services
Comanche firms plan to close Thursday November 24 for Thanksgiving. Pre Thanksgiving services are set at First Methodist Wednesday 7 15 p m led by Rev H N Alexander. Sunrise services Thursday at First Baptist invite all. Local football fans travel to Brownwood for Howard Payne College vs Abilene Christian College. Ballinger vs Ranger in bi district. Coleman Station hosts Texas Aggies vs Texas Longhorns matchup.
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First Methodist Church
H. N. Alexander
Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Comanche County
Brownwood High School
Brownwood
Howard Payne College
Abilene Christian College
Ballinger
Ballinger Aggregation
Ranger Bulldogs
Texas
Aggie
Cole Station
Aggies
Longhorns
Comanche Area News Highlights From 25 Years Ago This Week
Peanuts sell for 1 40 a bushel as receipts run about a car per day. A car overturn injures M Coleman and Miss Thelma near Ballinger. Jakkie Burks to leave for Austin as chief clerk in the Tax Redemption Department. SMU Freshman stars Danforth Wilkerson and touchdown pass aid Colts 17 0 against Terrill School. Cotton ginned in Comanche County totals 11 404 bales by Oct 24. Deputy sheriff Bunk Vineyard sworn in. Road talks with Hasse leaders and 35 farmers yield plan for Comanche Hasse road. Largest crowd of 4000+ at Comanche Cisco football district title game. Comanche loses by 30. Newburg Honor Rolls list top students. Sam Cheatham leads Newbury School with staff named.
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Comanche
M. Coleman
Thelma
Ballinger
Lamesa
Jakkie W. Burks
Austin
Tax Redemption Department
Comptroller's
Danforth Wilkerson
Marion Wilkerson
Dallas News
SMU
Terrill School
Colts
Gerald Mann
Wilkerson
Comanche County
Bunk Vineyard
T. R. Helmsley
J. P. Hoff
J. A. Lee
Hasse
Cisco
Newburg High School
George Henson
Luella Johnson
Ethel Love
Sidney Burton
Basset Burton
J. B. Maples
Roger Vancleave
Newburg
Mabel Cunningham
Aubie Love
Sarah Burton
Lucille Cunningham
Myrtle Moore
Jettie Corby
Lewis Helmsley
Sam Cheatham
Newbury School
Dell Stailey
Cheatham
Fanning Joins Callaway in Comanche Law Firm
James F. Fanning, formerly of Brownwood, aligns with Mark Callaway to form Callaway and Fanning in Comanche. Office in Comanche National Bank Building. Fanning, a WWII veteran and UT and South Texas Law graduate, plans to move his family to Comanche.
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Mark Callaway
Comanche
James F. Fanning
Brownwood
Callaway & Fanning
Comanche National Bank
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Fanning
Sulphur Springs
East Texas
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
University of Texas Law School
South Texas College of Law
Houston
Will Fanning
Optic Herald
Mt. Vernon
Daily Gazette
William J. Fanning
Grover Sellers
Texas
United States Army
Security Intelligence Corps
Counter Intelligence Corps
Rodeo Contests At Dublin Sunday
Top steer wrestlers to compete at Colborn Bowl Dublin on Sunday November 27 at 2 30 p m. Other events include a cutting horse contest and a jackpot roping event open to all. Contenders include Todd Whatley Ken Boen Jack Favor and Bill McGuire. Championship featuring Lightning Clive and noted cowboys.
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Colborn Bowl
Dublin
Todd Whatley
Hugo
Okla
Ken Boen
Jack Favor
Arlington
Bill McGuire
Fort Worth
Lightning Clive
Grammar School PTA Meeting Set For Dec 1
Comanche Grammar School PTA will meet Thursday afternoon December 1 at 3 oclock in the school auditorium. New officers will be elected and installed. Nominating committee was chaired by Mrs Pat Cagle with Mrs Marshall Meyers and Mrs Euell Arthur. By laws will be presented. Mrs DeLappe will present student carol group. Refreshments will be served.
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Comanche Grammar School
PTA
Pat Cagle
Marshall Meyers
Euell Arthur
DeLappe
J. T. Allred Dies in Big Spring at 76
J T Allred 76 longtime Comanche resident died in a Big Spring hospital November 16 after two years of ill health. Funeral services were held November 18 at Nally Funeral Home in Big Spring with burial in City Cemetery. He was born October 25 1873 in Arkansas and survived by his first wife Eliza Whitzgears four children Ella Merchant Della Dark Sephy and Oscar Allred of Duncan Oklahoma. his second wife Emma Lashley and son Oliver Allred of Cross Plains. The family moved to Big Spring then Comanche in 1946 where he spent most of his life as
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J. T. Allred
Comanche
Big Spring
Mr. Allred
Nally
Alfred
Arkansas
Eliza Whitzgears
Ella Merchant
Della Dark
Sephy
Oscar Allred
Duncan
Oklahoma
Lone Grove
Emma Lashley
Oliver Allred
Cross Plains
Howard Payne to Meet Abilene Christian on Thanksgiving
Howard Payne College football hosts Abilene Christian Wildcat rivals Thanksgiving Day at 2 30 p m in Brownwood High School Stadium to chase a share of Texas Conference second place. Homecoming events begin Wednesday night with pep rally and music program in the auditorium.
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Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Yellow Jackets
Abilene Christian Wildcats
Texas
Mms
Allen
Brownwood Ex-Students
Hocul Brownwood
Sartor
Comanche
Nickel Coffee Returns in Comanche After Price Hike
Nickel coffee, briefly absent from several Comanche eating places, returned Monday morning despite another 5c rise in wholesale coffee prices.
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Comanche
Tuesday Morning Breakfast Opens Scout Drive in Comanche
Arrangements are complete for a Kick-Off Breakfast at the Cactus Inn Tuesday morning to start a drive that funds the local Boy Scout unit. Drive chairman Pat Cagle named four captains Floyd Prather J C Biggs Bryan Austin and Joe Tupin who will lead ten assistants. The campaign will interview every business firm and professional in downtown Comanche and extend to industrial areas ranchers and city men and women. Scoutmaster M M Meyers leads Comanche Boy Scouts as they start a new chapter for Scouting locally.
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Cactus Inn
Comanche
Pat Cagle
Cagle
Floyd Prather
J. C. Biggs
Bryan Austin
Joe Tupin
M. M. Meyers
Garden Club Sets December 15 Date For Banquet
The Comanche Garden Club will host its Christmas banquet on Tuesday night December 15. President Mrs. Tom Dudley urges members and guests to make reservations soon by contacting Mrs. Dudley or calling Mrs. L. K. Ory at 38 or Mrs. Ben Evridge at 100 by December 5.
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Comanche Garden Club
Tom Dudley
L. K. Ory
Ben Evridge
Money to Combat Polio Received By County Chapter
Comanche County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis received a $590 check from the March of Dimes national headquarters to aid local polio patients. Chapter Chairman W. D. Stephenson said funds were drawn from the emergency epidemic aid fund as the chapter has run low after distributing 50 percent of yearly proceeds to patients. The national totals show $8,493,780.68 advanced this year. Boyd Anthony reported several local cases. four patients from prior years are still being cared for, with about four current cases under treatment and no new aid applications yet filed.
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Comanche County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes Organization
W. D. Stephenson
Emergency Epidemic Aid Fund
March of Dimes
National
Stephenson
Boyd Anthony
Jack McCurdy Taken By Death
Comanche County farmer Jack McCurdy 61 died November 11 at Medical Arts Hospital Brownwood. Funeral held November 12 at Comanche Funeral Home with Rev. S J Isham. interment Newburg Cemetery. Survived by wife Clara Mae Isham, daughter Louise Koonce, son Adis McCurdy. Born November 23 1878 in Comanche County.
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Jack Jones McCurdy
Comanche County
Medical Arts Hospital
Brownwood
McCurdy
Comanche Funeral
S. J. Isham
Newburg Cemetery
Christopher Columbus McCurdy
Mary Eliza Little McCurdy
Clara Mae Isham
John I
Louise Koonce
West Texas
Adis McCurdy
Democrat
Central Christian Church Notes
The article lists Sunday schedule for Central Christian Church with 10:00 a.m. Sunday School led by Bob Allen and 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship. A 5:30 p.m. Youth Meeting at First Presbyterian Church discusses The Prodigal Son Today. Refreshments will be served. 7:00 p.m. Evening Service features congregational singing prayer a religious news item and sermon. A renewed enthusiasm for the evening service is noted and readers are invited to join.
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Bob Allen
First Presbyterian Church
Comanche Bank Deposits and Local Life Notices
Comanche Bank reports total deposits of 4 214 006 54 on No 1 with a gain of 284 262 88 over prior call. Courthouse News records divorces James Blair and L V Blair and multiple marriages including Abernathy Walker Brightwell Roberts and others. Deeds and oil leases list transfers in Comanche area. Death notice notes Betty Marie Wilson born and died November 14 with Union Cemetery burial.
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James Walter Abernathy
Maude Ella Walker
A. C. Jackson
Gerald Hale
Betty Ann Brightwell
Clyde Pittman Dale Roberts
Adelaide Roberts
L. O. Fowler
Fort Worth
James Emmett Archer
Ella Fay Cleere
A. A. Heathington
Robert A. Shaw
Kieffer Johnson
J. K. Wadley
H. F. Hodges
J. Wade Driv
George Mulhurn
Comanche
Bonnie Allene
Merlin Efford Elliott
Janice Myelene
Elmer D. Wilson
Gustine
Betty Marie
Vaden Lynn Daniels
Donnie Lynn
Betty Marie Wilson
Elmer Dee Wilson
Union Cemetery
Comanche School Lunchroom Menu Overview
A snapshot of the Comanche school lunch schedule listing daily meals from Monday November 28 through Friday December 2. Items include Frankfurter and cheese, spaghetti meat casserole, pork chops, barbecued roast, and Swedish meat balls with sides such as mashed potatoes, beans, salads, fruit desserts, and milk.
Comanche garden club drives funds for city park playground
The Comanche Chief notes strong start for the Veterans Memorial Park playground drive with donations from Greene & Waring, Higginbotham Bros, and others. Contributions support barbecue units, a wading pool, underground water lines, and playground equipment including an Ocean Weave Merry-Go-Round and two-swing unit. Public donations continue to be welcomed to complete the park.
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Comanche Chief Garden Club
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Comanche
Comanche Garden Club
Greene & Waring
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Dudley Bros
Texas Peanut Company
Central Texas Fertilizer Company
Durham Pecan & Peanut Company
Comanche National Bank
Park Playground
Comanche Lions Club
Garden Club
Lions Club
Durham
C. L. Huet
Durhams
Jake
Ted
E. E. Blackwood
Tettler
Heart
Judy Wolfe
D. Charles Clarke
Leve Roberson
Linda Lu Burnett
Billy Charles Wheat
Comanche Nat's Bank
Jim Guthrie
Carol Sue Hoffman
Gary Hoffman
Buzz Barton
Ralph Carnes
Durham Pharmacy
Susan B. Blackwood
Total deposits rise in two Co manche banks and Gustine
Total deposits for the two Co manche banks reached 4 214 006 54 on November 1, up from 3 929 733 66 on June 30, a gain of 284 262 88. Loans and discounts totaled 1 360 964 08. Gustine First State Bank deposits rose to 361 917 28 from 353 418 38, while loans and discounts fell to 249 927 03 from 260 786 99.
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Gustine
New Presbyterian Minister to Be Installed Sunday
The Mid- Texas Presbytery approves Rev. H. N. Alexander from Brazos Presbytery for Comanche Church. An installation commission of five ministers and two elders is named. The service occurs Sunday November 27 at 7 p.m. in Comanche Presbyterian Church with Dr Tenney presiding and Dr Salyer leading prayer and questions.
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Mid- Texas Presbytery
Brownwood
H. N. Alexander
Brazos
Mr Alexander
Comanche
Volfie Meyers
Comanche Presbyterian Church
Tenney
Salyer
Dr. Gray
E. Y. Freeland
Blanket Baptist Church to Be Dedicated Sunday
The improved Blanket Baptist Church building will be dedicated Sunday with services starting at 10 a.m. Dinner is served at noon. A new brick educational wing and brick veneer auditorium finish give the structure a new building appearance. The plant includes about 20 Sunday school classrooms and serves as a homecoming for many former members.
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Blanket
Cemetery Work at Union December 1
There will be a cemetery work day at Union on Thursday December 1 per C L Evans urging full attendance. The association will provide meat bread and coffee and ladies are asked to bring desserts. Mrs Jesse R Smith has returned from a visit with her sister Mrs Max Cantrell of Smithville Tennessee.
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Union
C. L. Evans
Jesse R. Smith
Max Cantrell
Smithville, Tennessee
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