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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1965
Page
3
Property listing describes an old single family home with 4 rooms and 1 bath, stove included, carport, and large yard. Located near West Coast area, with a vacant outbuilding and a potential vacation cabin site. seller seeks buyers and is willing to sell quickly.
A local ad offers to buy brass copper lead junk radiators aluminum and other scrap metals. Contact M A Kemp at 904 Houston St for details.
Advertises extra money during Christmas selling season through Avon. Encourages writing Mrs. Painter at Box 13446 Fort Worth for details. Mentions earnings of 500 to 1000 dollars during the season and costs about 16 to 17 cents to join.
The Stewart Title Guaranty Co board declared a 12 2 percent third quarter dividend on class A common stock payable Oct 29 to holders of record Sept 20 and a 3 percent dividend on outstanding preferred stock payable Dec 20 to holders of record Dec 15. Stewart Title operates from Comanche County Abstract Co with over 250 issuing offices across ten states from Florida to California.
The Community Improvement Club of Zephyr gathered at the Community Center on Tuesday night October 5 at 7 30 p m for its regular meeting.
4 H Adult Leaders meeting chaired by Mrs John M Robertson reviewed 4 H livestock show results with 83 commercial steers weighed. Members praised dairy and swine exhibitors at Abilene and the West Texas Fair Nineteen clubs planned National 4 H Week activities including a window display and church group attendance. The County 4 H Achievement Program is set for Oct 23 with a 730pm District Courtroom ceremony and gifts to speakers for the Leadership Training Short course.
Cactus Pryor of Austin will be master of ceremonies for the Jim Wright Appreciation Dinner in Fort Worth set for Oct. 23. Pryor is a nationally acclaimed KTBC-TV humorist and longtime emcee who has entertained heads of state and United Nations ambassadors.
Two Gustine FFA members were delegates at the Cross Timbers District FFA meeting. Delegates were Wendell Decker and Ronnie Rinehart. They joined Texas state FFA officers and district leaders in Stephenville and heard from Belinda Long and Kenneth Graeber.
Notice invites residents to meet the Social Security representative to discuss changes in the Social Security Law and answer matters regarding social security. The meeting is scheduled for October 12th.
Amon Carter Jr. announces a dinner at the Commercial Exhibit Building Fort Worth venue with tickets at 10 dollars. Tickets are sold across 32 North Central Texas counties and by Jim Wright Appreciation Dinner headquarters PO Box 824 Fort Worth and by phone ED2 2525. Carter calls the program nationally significant and highly entertaining and among Fort Worth’s finest events.
CHS WARRIOR reports the Arrowhead staff for 1965 66 with Lynn Brown editing and Mike Davidson assistant editor. New reporters include Chris C and Don Parks. Joe Watkins named photographer along with Martha Barret and Jimmy Rambo. Representatives from junior and sophomore classes add diverse talent.
Comanche County Court House schedules indicate meetings with the district office in Abilene on October 12 and 26. If unavailable, contact by telephone visit or writing to arrange alternatives.
Samuel Edward Hillhouse 56 died Tuesday October 5 at his Gustine home. Born Shannon April 9 1909 he married Glenda Rhin hart April 12 1935 and lived in Gustine 45 years. Services were held Thursday October 7 at 3 p.m. in the Comanche Funeral Home chapel.
A home chapel service was held with Rev. G B Wilmott and Rev S J Isham officiating. Pallbearers included Johnnie Roberson Eric Seay Leonard Lemmons Leroy Morgan Nig Rinehart and John Ripley. Survived by wife Glenda Hillhouse Gustine three sisters Ethel Fisher Gustine Eula Whitaker Sunset and Eunice Ables Dublin. Visit Big Bend Country as Ide Lane and wife visited sister Joe Maples in Fort Stockton recently.
Notice invites college students to subscribe to the Chief for the school year at two dollars weekly. It invites readers to drop in and start a subscription.
During National School Lunch Week 10 to 16 October, about 18 million children will receive nutritious noonday meals via the National School Lunch Program. The program, run by the U S Department of Agriculture, provides roughly 20 percent of costs in cash and food, allowing an average lunch payment of 27 cents. About 7 percent of lunches were free or reduced last year, with roughly 71,000 schools expected to participate.
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