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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1962
Page
1
The carnival in the school gym opens at 6 p m with ceremonies and voting underway in the district. Anniversary sale begins at 8 pm as the community gathers for recognitions, updates on expenditures, and notes from the state meeting.
Comanche hosts Cisco in a pivotal 8-AA opener at 7 30 p m Friday as both teams seek to stay in the district race. Cisco led by Danny Phipps and Jimmy Brown aims to slow Loboes who seek a conference mark after a 1-0 start and a 36 0 defeat last season.
Sarah Lou McCullough and Don Kemmitz of Newburg named 19 2 Gold Star Winners for Comanche County by 4-H Leaders Association. They will receive medals at the November 17 Achievement program and attend the December 8 Gold Star Banquet at Tarleton College Ste Phenville with parents.
Postmaster Jim Carpenter gains Post Office Department approval for extended delivery starting November 10. Rural Route 1 patrons on Worth Street may place voxes at curb front. Rural Route 3 residents on Milton Avenue to G. Day residence may set curbside boxes on the right. Gore Bros. area on East Central Avenue will have service on two North South streets. Sunset Hills Addition gains service for first time. Boxes must be curbside in front of homes. 900 and 1000 blocks of West Walcott included.
In Dallas at the State Fair of Texas Jersey exhibits lead Comanche County awards with three blue ribbons and six red ribbons plus a sixth place. Anne Williams and Charles Williams win multiple ribbons for Jersey heifers, Soda Springs 4 H Club members. County herd trophy and judge Jimmy Davis highlight the event among 150 Jersey cattle shown.
Rev. Henry M. Chambers of Comanche departs Tuesday for a seven day preaching mission in Bogota and Cali Colombia. He will observe Southern Baptist mission work meet missionaries and visit Dr. Ben H. Welmaker president of Cali Baptist Seminary. K COM radio sponsors trip. Sidney Carney will fill in at Sunday services in his absence.
Residents of Worth Street Sunset Hills Addition W Walcott and Milton Avenue are asked to place their names on the side of the mail carrier box facing the approach. Use house number and street address as the mailing address.
Mr and Mrs Marvin E Moore move from Waco to Comanche where he will run the A P Meat Department. They have two sons Endre aged 3 and Morris 14 months. Mr Moore has seven years with A P.
An advertisement in SEVENTEEN and THE COMANCHE CHIEF promotes sleek RACY and NAT URAL POISE low-slung sportswear at Harelik’s with a price tag of $6.98.
The Dudley Bros Hereford bull sale at their ranch drew about 500 ranchers and buyers, selling 112 registered bulls for a total of $45,150. Top price went to Walter Pfluger of Llano at $1,100 for Don Ranger 2, with other notable bids including $1,000 for DB Ranger 12 and $985 for DB Ranger 178. Buyers stretched across Texas to Florida and included Ern est Gibbons El Paso and W E Pelley Odessa.
MoorMan salesmen from Ihru Texas visit the Quincy Illinois plant for three days. They tour laboratories and the research farm, meet MoorMan staff, and observe production while learning about the training program. Visitors include personnel from Comanche and other Texas towns.
Comanche fans in Austin watched the Texas Longhorns edge the Arkansas Razorbacks 7 to 3 as UT rallied in the closing minute. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Gyale Pirkle, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Carney, Mr. and Mrs. Buell Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall, Mrs. Bess Arthur, Richard Arthur, Don Parks, J. C. Wilkerson, James Wilkerson, Ted Durham, Louis Harelik, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilkerson.
Breckenridge Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Cox will visit Comanche Friday October 26 for an 11 15 am courthouse steps talk to last about 30 minutes. He travels via Hamilton to Dublin and Stephenville afterward, with a caravan of supporters joining him. Committee chair Mrs James Hallmark urges attendance to meet Cox amid the Cox Connally race heating across the state. Also noted, C M Caraway III left for Fort Wallace Ga to begin active Army duty with his wife Polly Jo McCullough.
The Comanche Garden Club will sponsor an old fashioned chili supper on Saturday night November 3 at the new Garden Center. Tickets are $1 each and on sale from Garden Club members. Proceeds benefit the Garden Center with first servings at 5 o clock.
The Gustine Tigers travel to Pottsville for a six man football game Thursday night. The district tilt starts at 7 30.
Light interest shown in absentee voting for the November 6 general election with only nine voters by absentee to date. County Clerk Fred Hall notes the 11 by 30 inch ballot lists Democratic Republican and Constitution party nominees, independent columns, write ins, and 14 proposed constitutional amendments. Absentee voting runs through November 2. apply at the County Clerk's office.
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