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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1966
Page
1
Comanche prepares for a district game hosting Hamilton with key players returning from injuries. Coach Aldridge and Joley list starters and backups stepping up as both teams seek a late-season lift in the district race.
The Farmers Home Administration will insure loans for Comanche County families to buy, build or repair homes in rural areas. Private capital funds most of the money while the agency guarantees principal and interest. The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 authorizes up to 300 million dollars annually at 5 percent, with 6 percent for moderate income families. Contact the county office at Heartland Life Building 104 North Cole Street Comanche for details. Barbara Click, a language arts teacher in Comanche Public Schools, resigned effective Oct 14 and will be replaced by Margaret Presswood. Harley Black also resigned as Public School Music Teacher for health reasons. Collin Jones temporarily fills the counselor role. Dorothea Byrd becomes a Reading Teacher Aide under Title I, replacing her mother injured in a car accident. C. D. Watts of Hasse is hired to drive a school bus. The athletic budget for 1966-67 is set at 13,935 in disbursements with the same receipts. Coach Bob Clapton’s 9th graders travel to Rising Star to face the Wildcat B-team. Comanche freshmen beat Rising Star B-team 6-0 earlier this season.
The Methodist Home choir from Waco will sing at Sunday evening service at St Church in Co- Rober with director Clark, Watters, and chaplain Choy leading. The home, founded 76 years ago, serves 8700+ children and now houses 361 on campus, focusing on religion education vocational training and health with support from Texas and New Mexico Methodist Churches.
Fred H. Moore president of Mobil Oil North American division and Comanche native spoke at Hartwick College in Oneonta on Founder's Day after receiving an honorary doctor of science degree. He warned that progress is driven by self feeding technology and stressed education must create leaders with character integrity imagination and decisiveness.
Dr. Terrill H. Sharp of De Leon correctly picked all ten games in the Comanche Chief official entry blank and won the first prize of five dollars. Jimmy Farley of Route 2 De Leon took second for a year’s subscription after missing only one game, while Bruce Humphrey of Eastland finished third. Honorable mentions went to Alice Stokes Brownwood W Dixon Comanche and Lowell Pittman.
Erl Albin will hold a Quarter Horse Sale beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday October 25 at the Earl Albin Ranch nine miles south of Comanche Auctioneer Ike Hamilton of West Monroe Louisiana will direct the sale rain or shine Callers from Indiana Florida and California seek copies of the sale catalog Up for bids will be Royal King progeny and other horses from the 1200 acre Albin Ranch including broodmares yearlings geldings and foals The Albins have run the ranch for 24 years and are parents of three daughters and son Billy a Tarleton State College rider and RCA qualifier.
Joe Waring, a prominent Comanche businessman and civic leader, becomes County Chairman of First Aid and Safety Services for the Red Cross. He replaces the late Carroll Loudersmilk, with notification dated October 10 from the Midwestern Area office in St. Louis. Waring offers First Aid instruction to the public and may arrange course bookings.
Comanche Indian Band Parents Club hosts its third annual smorgasbord to raise funds. The meal runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Junior High School Cafetorium on Saturday November 12. Tickets cost 1.25 per person. James Roberts chairs the club. Mrs. W D Blackwood is general chair. Louis Harelik is finance chair.
At a recent Production Credit Association meeting Tom Mazurek withdrew from re election plans after nine years on the board. R W Bill Evans of Proctor Community was elected to fill the vacancy. Evans, a diversified farmer rancher, has shown strong leadership in demonstrations and budevaluations. He will serve Fort Worth Cle burne and Comanche offices destined to benefit members served.
De Leon hosts a Saturday Harvest Festival on October 22 at the Festival Grounds. The event funds the Lord's Acre program and the new church building, with a noon bazaar, needlework, baked goods, a 5 to 7 pm barbecue, and an auction featuring furniture livestock quilts and more. Fred Williams, festival chair, urges community attendance.
Absentee voting is now underway in the County Clerk's office for the November General Election. The ballot lists Democrat Republican Conservative and Constitutional candidates with 16 amendments and measures. Absentee voting continues through November 3.
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