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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1963
Page
1
An abrupt publishing disruption due to gas problems led to an unscheduled cutoff of the Thursday edition. Reporters and staff faced delays as the press room paused production and readers awaited updates.
Comanche County opens its 1964 Commercial Steer Program with a weigh-in at Gore Bros. scales from 9 to 12 Saturday September 1. Calves must weigh 425 to 500 pounds to pass. committee members are Gayle McCullough Eltas Dudley and R J Reed. Percy Parsons will supervise the Market Steer Dept at the 29th County Junior Livestock Show January 17-18 1964. Calves may not nurse after September 14 and participants must reweigh within five days of December 1 and submit a weight certificate to be eligible to show.
Fifteen students from Pakistan and Tunesia joined a farm tour of Stag Creek and nearby farms on Monday afternoon August 25 guided by Fred Mabe Dave Ravenshine Henry Drennan J A Cox B J Pyburn and A C Kilgore They viewed peanut growing and harvesting dairy operations orchard work and a large calechil pile They were hosted to a Gadent supper at the Community Center and praised Stag Creek hospitality with comments on 4 H work and local farming efforts.
The Comanche Chief invites entries for its first 1963 football prediction contest with ten games listed. Entry is free. $5 prize to top predictor and a year’s Chief subscription for runners up. Deadline is Wednesday afternoon September 11, mail or drop entries to Football Contest Box 192 Comanche.
Tom Reilly a Yoakum High School graduate and state AA pole vault champion visited his grandmother Mrs. Joe Marshall and relatives this week. He will attend Rice University this fall on a track scholarship.
Comanche High School Indian Memorial Stadium is renovated with North side as home seating. Bleachers added along forty yards and new flood lights installed. West ticket booth designated for entry.
Postmaster James Carpenter announced approval for expanded mail delivery by Rural Route 4 in Comanche. Service covers blocks on East Fleming Avenue South Park Street East Mill and Oak Avenues and Jones Street through Last Mill Avenue. Carrier J. H. Porter will begin Sept 28 arriving around 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. Patrons must install rural boxes on the right side of the road.
The Comanche Indians open the 1963 grid season against the Eastland Mavericks at Memorial Stadium Friday night. Kickoff is 8 o'clock with a big crowd expected. Season-ticket sales are up, about forty reserved books remain at $6.25 each, and the team with fifteen returning lettermen seeks a sixth straight regular season win amid strong practice.
Comanche County 4-H hosts a swine show at Proctor Community Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon with judge W. W. Sad ferry of De Leon. Exclusive Roebuck Foundation 4-H Swine entries, selected from essays, will compete for five gifts and one bear from the Proctor 4-H Club.
Elton McDonald elected president of the Comanche County Young Farmers at the August 28 meeting. Officers include Bill Willman II as president, Gayle Isham Jr as secretary, Norman Moores as treasurer, and John Keeter as reporter. Outgoing officers under whose leadership the group had a successful year were Robert Willis as president and Elton McDonald as vice president.
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