Comanche Profiles City Growth and Local Officials
The Comanche profile notes the city sits near the state center about 100 miles from Fort Worth and 130 from Austin. Population 1965 is 4020 with county total 12900, plus 590 in the local workforce and diverse industries. Local infra includes rail and bus lines, a large landing strip, parks, Burks Museum, library, banks, hospitals, doctors, churches, and hotels. The piece praises Mayor Gyale Pirkle and council for water and street plans and mentions Ben Barnes on the Democratic Lt Governor ticket.
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Chamber of Commerce and
Comanche
Fort Worth
Austin
Abilene
Lake Proctor
Burks
Comanche County
Ben Barnes
Martin leases 3000 acre block near Comanche for oil test
William C. Martin of Houston has leased a 3000 acre solid block northeast of Comanche starting just beyond the city limits on the De Leon highway. He plans a wildcat well this year to test geology down to Ellenburger, a region inactive since 1919. Good luck, Mr. Martin.
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William C. Martin
Houston
Martin
Comanche
de Leon Highway
Ellenburger
Rites Held For Kerley Infant in Comanche
Funeral services were held at Oakwood Cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Kerley of Comanche. Rev. Allen Owens officiated. The child, born Oct. 16, died shortly after, with burial at Oakwood. Survived by parents, two brothers Michael and Richard, and sister Linda Kaye.
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Brooks Kerley
Comanche
Oakwood Cemetery
Allen Owens
East Side
Rites Held For Mrs. Darlce Gober
Mrs. Darlce Gober of Comanche died October 15 at a local hospital at age 42. Funeral services were held October 17 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wilbur Boone and Rev. J. W. Hurt presiding. Burial followed in Zion Hill Cemetery. Born March 19, 1926 in Comanche, she lived there all her life, married George P. Gober in 1955, who died in 1967, and was a former Darlee Adams and Pentecostal Church member. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Frank Adams of Comanche and four brothers J. W. (Dub) Adams, Curtis Adams, Milford Adams, and Wayne Adams.
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Darlce Gober
Comanche
Comanche Funeral Home
Wilbur Boone
J. W. Hurt
Zion Hill Cemetery
Gober
George P. Gober
Darlee Adams
The
Pentecostal Church
Frank Adams
J. W
Dub
Curtis
Milford
Temple
Wayne Adams
Kermit
Stag Creek Clubbers to Hear Lockers Operator Talk
STAG CREEK COMMUNITY CLUB will host Froz en Food Lockers operator Bill Jones as the principal speaker Saturday night. Jones will discuss "How Much Meat?" and the meeting starts at 8 o'clock with public invitation. Robert and Odell Ormsby attended the Texas and Oklahoma game in Dallas.
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Bill Jones
Comanche
Stag Creek Community Club
Jones
Stag Creek Club
Robert and
Odell Ormsby
Dallas
Eden Visitors Share Weekend With Local Families
To Eden Mr and Mrs Donald Ray Spivey and sons David Richard and Neal visited Mr and Mrs Walla e Burris of Eden last weekend. Mrs Frances Waring joined her son and his wife Mr and Mrs Dawson Waring in Dallas Monday and all attended Man of La Mancha. Dallas Visitors Mr and Mrs Ernest Fhell visited their son Gerald in Dallas Saturday. They were accompanied by their daughter Julie from Texas Tech. Albuquerque Visitors Mr and Mrs J W Rye of Albuquerque New Mexico visited Mr and Mrs D B Burk this week. Mrs Rye is Burk's sister.
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Eden
Donald Ray Spivey
David, Richard and
Neal
Walla@e*Burris
Frances Waring
Mrs
Dawson Waring
Dallas
Man of la Mancha
Ernest Fhell
Gerald
Julie
Texas Tech
J. W. Rye
Albuquerque, N. M
D. B Burk
Rye
Mr. Burk
Weekend Visits Across Bryan and Comanche Notes
In Bryan Mr and Mrs L C Durham spent the weekend visiting their daughter Mrs David Ruesink and family Mike Chuck and Katy. Mrs Ruth Page spent last week in San Antonio attending the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. LaVernia resident Mrs T A Kincaid visited Western Hills in Comanche to see her mother Mrs McDonald and sister Ire C B Baxter. Fort Worth businessman Fd Branham president of Texas Ice and Refrigeration Company, visited his aunt Mrs Kenneth Ory in Comanche last week.
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G. Reese
Nell Jones
Harvey Raines
First United Methodist Church
Methodist
Father Coggin
Episcopal Churc
Bert McGuire
Richard Grote
San Antonio
Ollie Smith
A B Glover
San Gabriel
Calif
R A Pittman Co. Ming
Sunnyvale
Ben Ross
V. Ming
T. A. Kincaid Jr
la Vernia
C. L. McDonald
C. B. Baxter
Mrs. L. C. Durham
Bryan Visits
David Ruesink
Mr. Ruesink
Mike, Chuck
Katy
Ruth Page
The
Order of the Eastern Star
LaVernia
T. A. Kincaid
Comanche
Mrs. McDonald
Western Hills
Ire
Fort Worth
Fd Branham of
Texas Ice and Refrigeration Company
Kenneth Ory
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Gyale Pirkle
Don McCraw
Dan Mims
Roy Turner
Joe Waring
Ora Cox
Clarence Green
Anna Pack
Charlie Nelson
Dublin
Ellen Nelson
Faye Kemp
Tom Moore
Bessie Edmondson
Coleman
Wayne Woolsey
Donnie
Sidney
W. A. Ross
Burn Harris
Glenneth Ferguson
O. G. MecCullough
Greenville
Jess McCullough
Joe Jones
Horton Williams
California
Sanders Edmonson
Faulkner
Bob Stewart
Larry McIntire
Canadian
Keith
Kayla
Stewart Caffey
Shana
Aber
WBW
Warren’s Cafe
Tankersley’s
Lorene Warren
Ft. Worth Hwy
Kerley
James C. Wilkerson, III
Lance
James Wilkerson Jr
D. F. Caraway
D. Gober
Stag Creek Clubbers
Albuquerque
Bryan
Grand Chapter
Comanche Seed & Feed
S. Austin
H & R Block
America
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
W. Lovers Lane
Texas
Belleve Coffee
Wagner
Stokely
Libby
Shurfine Green
Owi
Whit Ironstone
Gandy
Ironstone
USDA
EDULE
Chuck
Duncan Hines
John Livingston
N. Houston
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