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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1955
Page
3
A dense farrago of birth announcements, deaths, marriages, court notices, and vehicle registrations from De Leon and surrounding counties. Names include Kinchen, Vineyard, Perdue, Steed, Dailey, Hewitt, and more with dates, hospitals, and obituaries. Vehicle registrations list 1955–1956 models and owners across De Leon and Comanche locales.
A brief note describes a money back guarantee priced at three dollars. It emphasizes customer satisfaction and refund terms.
The guide explains wool length terms used in market reports including wooled fall shorn and pelts No 1 to No 3. It defines lengths from over 1 inches to under 4 inches and notes pelt credits matter most in early year as yearling lambs are marketed.
Goodson Rieger sixty native of Comanche and former oil and gas supervisor for the Texas Railroad Commission died Friday night at his Houston home after a long career beginning with the first Ranger well in 1919. He had lived in Houston since 1926 and was active in Masonic circles Shriners and church affairs. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Settegast Kopf with burial in Forest Park Cemetery. He is survived by his wife two daughters two sisters a brother and four grandchildren. He once ran for State Railroad Commissioner.
Mr and Mrs N N Durham were among Comanche football fans at Baylor Stadium Saturday to see SMU beat the Bears 12 to 0. Brady Game Bill Goforth, a former Comanche grid star injured three weeks ago in a service station accident, is making a rapid recovery and attended the Comanche Brady game Friday night.
A damaged OCR fragment notes Cleopatra's Needle as a monument in London. The brief entry identifies the landmark without further context or dates.
In a funeral notice for Mrs. J. C. Perdue held November 14 at Comanche Funeral Home, many out of town visitors were listed including Mrs. Bob Millage Georgetown Mrs. C. J. Milliam Houston and Mr and Mrs Gene Perdue Galveston. The write up later notes that two sons Gene Perdue of Galveston and J C Perdue of Fort Worth were omitted from the survivors list.
Here from Austin Mrs L S Walker and her daughter Miss Maurine came to attend the funeral of Miss Gussie Walker held Sunday.
Here from Fort Worth Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Horton visited Rev. and Mrs. Gloyd Horton over the weekend.
The Agnes Graham Class of the First Methodist Church celebrated Thanksgiving with a cider party honoring Mrs. Vireis Chaffin in the church parlor on November 17. Activities included readings, humorous sketches, songs, and gifts, ending with “Blessed Be The Tie That Binds.” State official C M Gandy of Meridian, longtime Bosque County Clerk, visited Comanche for State Store Tax business.
Mr and Mrs I G Evridge will visit his mother Mrs Wade Evridge in Comanche for Thanks Living. The trip from Brady highlights family gathering and holiday plans in the community.
The Comanche Piabla Schools faculty and employees hosted a November 15 event in the High School library for Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Chaffin. Gifts included a leather bound guest book, framed silhouettes, and a Samsonite suiter. Afterward guests enjoyed pie and coffee.
Hogs topped at $12.50 to $12.75 at Fort Worth on Monday with the lowest class at $11.50 downward. Losses of $1 to $1.50 per hundred under last week. A near 170000 hogs were reported at 12 major markets, 33000 more than a week earlier, the largest single day run since 1942. Pork supply pressure affected meat markets nationwide.
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