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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1959
Page
1
A fragment shows local ads from a store.owner and others promoting hardware heater sales at HIG Bankes Hardware De and gasoline at certain prices. It mentions Western Auto Store inviting shoppers to toy selections and a new store with a large toys stock. The piece also references a season kickoff at a drive in theater with movie suggestions.
The Comanche Garden Club will hold its twenty first annual Flower Show with the theme Fall Fashions at the Veterans Building on Saturday November 7 from 2 to 8 pm. Flower Show chairman is Mrs Tom Dudley with a full committee and multiple chairmen handling schedules staging classifications conservation and education publicity juniors entries and headquarters booth. Exhibits must be in the building by 11 am show day. The event is open to the public with free admission and non members invited to enter exhibits.
Pottsville Bobcats crushed Gustine 53 to 6 last Thursday in a 6 Man District game. Mullin hosts Gustine’s former coach Robert D. Lee in a Homecoming clash and Mullin last home game at 7 30 p m.
Anne Wright formerly of Brownwood becomes registered nurse at Trotter-Dean Medical Clinic in Comanche. A Bangs High School 1952 graduate and Scott and White School of Nursing 1955, she spent the past two years at Medical Arts Hospital in Brownwood. She is now at 201 East High.
Mrs Porter Franks will review a book at the First Presbyterian Church at 7 15 o clock. Tickets are on sale or may be obtained at the door. The public is invited to attend.
The first major movement of Comanche County 1959 peanut crop has begun. Dry weather and improved harvesting have increased throughput at the county grading stations while quality rises from early tests into the upper sixties and above seventy. County Agent Angus Dickson Jr notes losses from prior rains are shrinking as more peanuts are marketed. Demonstrations at Rock Bluff and Gayle McGinnis farm show harvest crews planting raking and combining. new peanut diggers and combines appear more frequently as operations continue for about three weeks.
As of February 1959, old age survivors and disability checks totaled about 12,000,005 yearly in the sixteen county Abilene district. The distribution in Comanche County alone reached 55,120 monthly, with a 31 percent rise in beneficiaries since 1957 and an 18 percent increase in beneficiary numbers.
Gustine School hosts a Hallowe en Carnival Friday Oct 30 starting at 6 30 pm with booths for food games and recreation Crowning of the King and Queen at 9 15 pm urged for all to attend and enjoy the fun.
A range tour is planned for Friday October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Roy and Dick Henson Ranch in the Mountain View community southeast of Newburg.
Comanche and Dublin meet in a toss up homecoming tilt under Friday night lights. Dublin’s attack is led by James Bassett while Comanche counters with injuries to Bob Slider and Danny Sanford, aiming to snap a seven game skid.
The Comanche High School Hallowe'en Carnival and coronation take place Saturday at the high school gymnasium and auditorium. Carnival runs 6:39 to 9 00 with free admission. Queen nominees include Dina Baxter Judy Scott Rhonda Rauhut Betty Burton and escorts and duchesses listed with their partners.
The Comanche United Fund Drive seeks 7000 dollars but has raised about 8019.37, leaving roughly four thousand still needed. Ben Evridge appeals for last contributions, urging donors to give ONE DAY'S PAY to support Red Cross Salvation Army Camp Fire Girls Poy Scouts and local funds. Contributions can be made at State National Bank or to Ben Evridge or Dwight Brightman.
Ernest L. Carpenter announces a United States and Canada patent for an electromagnetic highway cleaner. Mounted on a Chevrolet truck, the machine cleans metals and debris from roadways over 64 feet, featuring a 27-foot aluminum boom and magnets to pick up nails, screws, tacks, and bottle caps, potentially yielding greater income than his 40 years with the Post Office. He plans to retire March 1, 1960 from Comanche, Texas.
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