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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1954
Page
2
The Dublin rodeo runs through Saturday night with admission two dollars for adults and one dollar for children. Reserved seats cost two dollars and fifty cents. A lamp advertisement promotes Aladdin magic vaporizer at Fur niture Department Higginbotham's.
Contractors may bid on 8.11 miles of graded street work from FM 1027 to SH 36 and related segments in Eastland and Comanche Counties. Proposals due 9:00 A.M. Sept 14 1954 at the Highway Department Austin. Public Works project under Texas House Bills 54 and 115 with wage rates prevailing locally. Plans available from R. Huntington, Resident Engineer, Comanche. Usual rights reserved.
A recent Byrd family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. Bert Byrd’s home featured reminiscences of childhood days and photo making. Guests included Luther Hammons and family from Midland Texas, R. F. Hart and Bill and Betty from Lancaster California, and extended kin from Virginia Cisco and Lake Eanes swimming party after a noon chicken dinner.
The Comanche County Pension Club will meet Saturday Sept 4 at 2 p m in the County Court room in Comanche. A recent meeting featured good speaking and letters from Omar Burleson and Omar Burkett. President George Dillin urges all members to attend as important business is planned. Friends invited.
Mr and Mrs F D Hicks return to the De Leon Free Press after selling Rising Star Record two years prior They had published the Free Press about five years before 1951 Ralph Tucker will continue as Free Press Publisher after the sale.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Burns, 78, mother of George Burns formerly of Comanche High School, died at a Brownwood hospital Saturday. Burial was in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood. A Brown County resident since age seven, she is survived by a son Denman of Raymondville and three daughters.
Noted author and columnist Boyce House was a Co Manche visitor at the Chief office in a brief wartime era exchange.
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