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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1961
Page
1
An odd local ad notes a McCullough Jeans promotion with a propane torch offered at 6.95 value and a Rubbermaid dish pan included with a $10 purchase. The message mentions tires and bicycles and seems to target area readers with scattered details.
Comanche Indians host Eastland Mavericks in the lid opener under new head coach Roger Oliver. Kickoff at 8 p.m. with a youthful squad aiming to improve on last season’s 2 7 1 record despite Harold Perkins missing weeks due to a knee injury. Eastland brings eight lettermen led by backs J D Ables and Mike Graham.
The Comanche Indian Booster Club will meet at the CHS auditorium at 7:00 PM Monday night September 3. Ted Durham urges full attendance. Game films of Eastland and Comanche will be shown and a Coleman scouting report will be given. Back the Indians, be there.
Comanche will observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday September 4. Merchants approved the date as one of six official holidays for 1961. Most businesses will close all day, while service stations cafes and suburban stores will remain open to serve the public.
The Soda Springs Homecoming is set for Saturday September 2 at the Soda Springs Community Center. A Comanche stew will be served at noon along with a basket lunch under the oaks. A large crowd from across Texas is expected and invitations have been mailed to former teachers students and residents. Visitors in Smoot Home are noted from New York City Blairstown New Jersey and Austin.
Mrs Carolyn A Owens formerly of Bell County is new Comanche County Home Demonstration Agent and began duties Monday. She is the former Carolyn A Allison and wife of Riley Owens who married August 12. He is a junior at Howard Payne College and will attend Brownwood this fall. They reside at 40242 North Ross. Owens is a Holland High School and Mary Hardin Baylor graduate with homemaking major. She previously served as Junior Assistant Homemaking Agent in Bell County and was active in 4 H and Future Homemaking. She succeeds Kathyleen Stringer who resigned July 1.
The anthrax outbreak in southeast and southwest Comanche County appears under control with no new infected premises in days. No human cases reported. Quarantine bounds Farm Road 590 to Brown County line west, Brown Mills Hamilton lines south, State Highway 36 to Hamilton line east. Movement out of zone prohibited until released. Local vets and ranchers aided vaccination effort. officials urge contact with veterinarians or sheriff for information.
A Comanche Jaycees initiative aims to operate a weekend rest stop on the south side of 8 367 to aid weary motorists. The effort targets Friday and Monday travel, with cooperation from local volunteers to keep roadways safe and traffic smooth.
The community mourns Tommy Evridge and Paul Gleaton, both 19 and 20, killed Saturday near Comanche when their 1955 car left a curve and overturned. Evridge, a CHS grad slated for TCU, and Gleaton, a student-athlete and NHS member, were pronounced dead at Blackwood hospital.
Governor Price Daniel appointed Truman Roberts of Hamilton as judge of the 52nd Judicial District to succeed the late H. W. Allen. Roberts, 44, former District Attorney, is a Baylor Law School graduate and Army veteran. Byron McClellan of Gatesville will replace Roberts as District Attorney.
Three Comancheans earned degrees at Howard Payne College summer graduation. Jim Kirkman received a Bachelor of Arts, Betty Suevans a Bachelor of Science, and Kenneth Gossett a Bachelor of Science. Curtis McGlothlin, a Comanche youth, enrolled as a Florida high school sophomore while visiting relatives.
The new Texas sales tax starts Friday September 1 amid merchant concern over early issues and evolving interpretations. Officials expect months of questions and possible test cases to settle rulings, with trade associations active in guidance and advocacy.
More than seventy Comanche area youths prepare for higher education across Texas and beyond as fall football season opens. Among them are 22 from Comanche High School's latest graduating class pursuing medicine engineering geology theology and journalism. Dale Fisher, Brownwood College senior and three year letterman, is expected to be a starting halfback for the college team.
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