Back to School Aids Hit Comanche Merchants
Comanche district gears up for school season as local stores offer back-to-school bargains. J S Starr promotes value in supplies, Higginbothams and Durham's advertise gear and pens, Service Drug Store offers free ice cream and a bicycle contest. McCullough-Jeanes, Hub, and J C Biggs Pigely-Wiggly push chairs, shirts, food values, and Roy Rogers merch. Nelsons open cafe near HWY intersections as Dollar Days return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Starr
Service Drug Store
McCullough-Jeanes
J. C. Biggs
Biggs
Spanish Club Rum Mage Sale at Comanche High
The Spanish Club of Comanche High School will stage a rummage sale again Saturday September 5. The sale will be in the McDonald building on the East Side of the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
McDonald Building
Lions To Entertain Ladies And Teachers Tuesday Night
Comanche Lions Club hosts the annual Lions Ladies Faculty night at 7 15 pm in the high school lunchroom. S B Culpepper of the Texas State Teachers Association will speak on Lets Take a Look At Our Public Schools. Fourth graders are assigned to Ward School or Grammar School by zoning with listed names to Ward School on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam B. Culpepper
Texas State Teachers Association
Lions-Ladies
Lions
S. B. Culpepper
Lions Club
Comanche
Culpepper
Scho 1
Texas
John Tarleton College
Howard Payne College
Baylor University
Erath County
Proctor
Comyn
Comanche County
State Department of Education
Division of Health and Physical Education
Sweetwater Homecoming Planned With September 6 Event
The annual Sweetwater homecoming will be held Sunday September 6 with an interesting program in the works. Organizers invite all residents to attend and enjoy the day’s activities.
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Sweetwater
REA Annual Meeting Draws 2500 at Comanche Lakeview Park
About 2,500 people attended the Comanche County Electric Coop annual meeting and electric fair at Lake Eanes Park on August 28. Highlights included performances by the Black Mountain Boys and the Siberian bear Laura. Directors were elected to multiple places with three new appointees and several re-elected officers. Attendance prizes totaling around 400 included items such as fryrytes and Willie Wirehand scarves, with Service Drug Store and Frigidaire Dealer prizes also awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Electric Coop
Lake Eanes Park
Comanche
Black Mountain Boys
Laura
Mulecreek
General Motor
Comanche County
J. M. Foreman
Mercers Gap
Troy Pettit
Energy
Stephens
Shackleford
Paul E. Roberts
Harpersville
B. Ray McCorkle
Beattie
South Place
Mills
Brown
M. A. Richmond
Blanket
North Place
Joe Weedon
Grosvenor
Eastland
Callahan
W. B. Starr
Cisco
M.A. Richmond
Fryrytes
Willie
C. F. Moore
J. de Leon
Troy Morgan
T. R. Damron
Pearl Hawkins
J. W. Sharkey
Percy Wright
Sidney
Clyde Wall de Leon
Roscoe Collins
H. F. White
Rt. 1
N. W. Pounds
Rt. 2
de Leon Robert Cox
Gustine
R. C. Pilcher
Dublin
C. E. Rinehart
W. W. Wright
T. H. Nabers
Guy W. Taylor
Rising Star
John Dean
T. H. Donald
J. H. Morgan
de Leon
Chester Damron
Zephyr
H. R. Frazier
Larry Helmsley
O. T. Hazard
W. C. Walker
C. C. Harwick
O. T. Weatherford de Leon
W. L. Cadenhead
Walter F. Henderson
M. Cc. Helm
B. M. Payne
T. M. McKinzie
J. L. Little
E. A. Rogers
A. C. Feiler
Gorman
C. B. McGuire
E. D. Miller
Lamkin
Larry
Sidney Schools Open Monday for 1953 54 term
The Sidney Public Schools begin the 1953 54 term on Monday September 7 with Joseph M Sarter in his fourth year as Superintendent heading a ten teacher faculty. New hires include Coke Sawyer as history coach and Ruth Dewbre English plus Dorene Moore Homemaking and Mabel Hall teaching primary grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Schools
Joseph M Sarter
Sidney
Ray McCorkle
Coke Sawyer
Sidney Eagles
Ruth Dewbre
Brownwood
Jack Leeves
Dorene Moore
Cliff Lusk
Sartor
250 Expected At NFLA Meet Here Saturday 2 p.m.
More than 200 farmers and ranchers from Comanche County are expected to attend the annual membership meeting of the National Fort Loan Association of Comanche. The event, Saturday at 2 p.m. in District Courtroom J, will be presided over by president J. A. Lightfoot of De Leon. Director lineup includes Gail Dudley, L. T. Cunningham, J. V. Lee, and Cliff Pettit. Congressman Omar Burleson will be the principal speaker. Ten percent dividend checks will be paid and refreshments provided. John M. Robertson, secretary treasurer, invites all members and prospective members to attend. Loans totaling 330 this year in Comanche County amount to about $750,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
National Fort Loan Association of
Comanche
J. A. Lightfoot
de Leon
Gail Dudley
L. T. Cunningham
J. V. Lee
Cliff Pettit
Omar Burleson
Anson
17Th Congressional District
John M. Robertson
Forty GHS Gridders Start Twice-Daily Workouts
Comanche High School opens full football practice under Coach Galiga with 40 grid hopefuls. The 27 on the A squad include 13 lettermen and 8 regulars from last season, as the Indians prep for a 1953 schedule featuring nine Class AA opponents and new district members Weatherford Mineral Wells Cisco Stephenville.
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Comanche
P. Tt. Galiga
Herman Moore
Jerry Hamrick
Indians
Stephenville
Ranger
Galiga
de Leon
Conrence
Mineral Wells
Cisco
Weatherford
Ball
Harold Price
Weldon Hicks
Letterman
Dalton Hicks
Billy Goforth
Robert McRee
Donald Spivey
Price
Marvin Lee
Calvin Lee
Harold Seay
Sharon Green
Glen Ellis
Robert Willis
Gene Coulter
Priddy School Opens With New Superintendent
Priddy Public Schools opened Monday August 31 with Earl H. Culp as the new superintendent. A community program was held in the gym at 8 30 a m. The summer improvements to the school property are noted and faculty assignments listed including H L Driskill as coach and history and several teachers for high school and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priddy Public Schools
Earl H. Culp
Priddy
H. L. Driskill
Anna Currin
Beulah K. Evans
Eulah Cc
Martha Stegemoller
Henry Hopper
E. Stelter
Comanche Schools Readied for Opening Next Tuesday
Comanche County schools prepare for a full day opening next Tuesday with lunchrooms operating. Enrollment totals from area districts are reported with transfers. compulsory attendance is enforced for ages 7 to 17, vaccination and birth certificates required, and new buses to arrive later in September. Approximately 1,000 students are expected to register across all grades.
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Comanche
Grad
van Dyke
Hasse
Beattie
Proctor
Comyn School District Annexed. De Leon to Open 1953-54
At a Comanche County Board meeting on September 1 Roach portion of Comyn was annexed to Dublin. The rest of Comyn will be contracted to De Leon for 1953-54. Vernon Welch will teach in Dublin. Mrs. Sara Kay, Mrs. Grace Daniel, and Mrs. Maurine Ripley will teach in De Leon. Proctor, Van Dyke, Gustine, and Sidney schools plan clean-up day and opening September 8 with Jim Roberts as principal at Proctor and Garlan Frix at Van Dyke. W B Sartor returns as music teacher for 1953-54 in multiple schools.
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Comanche County
de Leonanche
Comanche
Beattie
Hasse
Proctor
van Dyke
de Leon
Gustine
Sidney
Comyn
Rising Star
Hamilton
Lamkin
Coma
County Board of Education
Roach
Dublin
Vernon Welch
Sara Kay
Grace Daniel
Maurine Ripley
Jim Roberts
Rosa Smith
van Dyke School
Garlan Frix
Frix
W. B. Sartor
Comanche Chamber Leaders Attend A M Industrial Clinic
Herbert Goodson and Walter Durham Jr representing the Comanche Chamber of Commerce left Thursday for a two day Industrial Development Conference at Texas A&M. Leading regional industrialists will give talks and participate in work clinics. Goodson is chamber president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Goodson
Walter Durham Jr
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Texas A&m
Goodson
Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule Highlights
The Presbyterian Church lists services and activities including Sunday School at 10, Morning Worship at 11, Senior Young Peoples Fellowship at 6:30, and Evening Worship at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Young Peoples Fellowship
Kenneth Carnes suffers severed arm in tractor accident
Four year old Kenneth Charles Carnes, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Carnes, was riding with his grandfather Charlie Carnes on a tractor when it tipped and a disc wheel passed over his left shoulder injuring his arm. The incident occurred while breaking land with a disc plow near Camp Bo Fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Charles Carnes
Kenneth Carnes
Kenneth Charles
Charlie Carnes
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Durham
Shaeffer
Joe Nelson
Highway 36 and 67
Nelson
Mullican’s
Parent’s Magazine
Ben Evridee
Bates
Ben
Grammar
Ward School
Ward
Garry Mac* Autrey
Ivon Cagle
Dannie Cagie
Charles David Carrell
Tom Brightman
Tommy Wayne Coourn
Joe Galiea
Max Herelik
Jimmy Lane
Johnny Lightfoot
Lewis Ray Rombo
Doyle Wain Shelton
Harold Gene Perkins
Stanley Rauhut
Richard Walls
Jimmy Wilkerson
Katherine Joanne Grayson
Rodney L. Strain, Jr
Cevolyn Kay Goodson
Connie Lee Proffitt
Ruth Robertson
Shirley Lee Deal
Nancy Caraway
Sharon Devalene Dutton
Sherrilan Loudermilk
Sherry Ann Rtobertson
Beverly Smith
Johnnie Ruth Coulter
Reesé
Burham
Sweetwater Sun
REA
NFLA
Powers
Brownwood Meyers
Myers
Clee Wilson
Comanche Rt. 3
McKinnerney Trio
McRee
Robert
Hicks
Dalton Sr
Goforth
Bill
Spivey
Donald Steele
Donald Jr
Woods
Robert Jr
Harold
Seay
Haro
Cox
Calvin Jr
Lester
James
Brewster
Robert Guards
Lee
Marvin
Green
Sharon Jr
Carter
Billy Jr
Enters Jr
Carpenter
Ellis
Glenn
Weldon Jr
Coulter
Gene
Willis
Robert Sr
Brownlee
Cecil Jr
Curry Jr
Ae Ardith Jr
Cunningham
Don Sr
Hayes
Chester Jr
Elrod
Kirkland
Don
Comyn School
Elie Brinson
A& M
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth C. Carnes
Wilson
Ws Week
X Am Switzer
Sam Hatchett
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