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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1967
Page
1
Comanche Public Schools announce an Adult Basic Education program to aid at least thirty learners aged 18 and up. Classes run two evenings weekly from seven to nine, covering reading and mathematics at three levels, taught by district teachers with no charge, starting late September or October depending on enrollment.
Mrs I M Davis of 992 West Walcott won the $5 prize in the Comanche Chief football contest for correctly predicting all but one game. Entries came from multiple towns including Comanche Dublin De Leon Sidney Brownwood Hamilton Gorman Big Lake Houston San Antonio and Graham. Second place went to E W Sullivan with three misses and third to D T Red Thompson of De Leon.
Representatives from Comanche County join about 1 000 Texas homemakers for the 41st annual Texas Home Demonstration Assn convention in Fort Worth. Mrs Keith Johnson and others attend with local clubs. Walter Richter will keynote on The Significance of the Other War, with Mrs Florence W Low introducing. The two day meeting covers 4 H family life safety citizenship health and recreation training workshops.
Floyd M. Key reports Comanche County 1968 Commercial Steer Feeding Program has 68 official entries from FFA Chapters and 4H Clubs in Comanche, De Leon, Gustine, Newburg, Proctor, and Sidney. Steers were weighed and started on feed September 9 with a December 1 weighing window, culminating at the 33rd Annual Junior Livestock Show January 18-20, 1988.
Comanche County farmers posted a 1966 gross of 14.795 million dollars, up from 12.346 million the prior year, with per capita receipts of 3565. Crops accounted for 38 percent of receipts and livestock and dairy for 62 percent. The rise outpaced national and state gains.
Farmers will vote on September 20 for ASC community committee men. Ballots mailed September 8 to eligible voters must be returned by mail or in person to the ASCS county office. The county committee oversees price support and helps run farm programs. A county convention will be held September 27 to fill vacancies and elect officers.
The United Pentecostal Church at South Houston and Fleming begins revival services from Sunday September 17 through September 24. Services start at 7 30 p m each evening with evangelist David Dean of Friona and formerly of De Leon. Special singing by his wife and church members.
The 1967 68 Band Parents Club elected Roy Brannan Jr as president James Carpenter as vice president and Mrs FE A Kerby as secretary treasurer. A SMORGASBORD planned for October 28 was tentatively set. Committees formed for finance project chaperone publicity telephone and smorgasbord with named members.
Charles FE Paul’s habeas corpus filing prompts a 9 am Saturday hearing in Hamilton before Judge Truman E Roberts. Paul, a Bay City oil field worker, is charged with the August 29 slaying of Mrs Don McClellan the Comanche mother in law. Bond was denied by Justice of Peace Ottis B Fields. Evidence goes before the Comanche grand jury on Monday October 2.
Comanche will host the San Saba Armadillos at Indian Memorial Stadium Friday at 8 30. Jolley and Ellis say the defense and passing attack look sharp as the Indians eye a stronger crowd after beating Dublin 74 to 0 and holding the Lions to under 60 rushing yards and under 100 total yards.
The Rush Creek Watershed steering committee met to plan securing easements for federal flood control structures. About $2,000,000 will be invested over five years, with dams aiding flood control irrigation and recreation. Members present included C. B. Williams Jr, H. M. O'Brien, Herman Anderson, Travis Boswell, and Henry Drennan.
Coach Jolley says we will be ready to play and that our boys look good as the squad trains for an upcoming contest. Listed players include Johnson 180, LB. Jimmy Armstrong 150, HB. Lerron Jones 165, HB. Jack McDonald 145, Safety.
CHS Ag student Ken Cattles and his father George farm peanuts near Comanche. The six acre crop yielded 93 bushels per acre, graded 69 and sold at 3.40 per bushel, grossing 1643.29 with net income 872.77, slightly up from last year.
The Gartman View Free Will Baptist Church marks its 81st anniversary with a homecoming on September 17. Rev. John A. Brooks delivers the 11 o’clock sermon, lunch follows, and the church history is read in the afternoon. A portrait of Rev. R. B. Easley, who organized the church in 1886, will be presented. Pastor Rev. Arthur Hearron invites all former pastors and members.
The Woodmen of World Lodge voted to buy four walkie talkies for the Comanche Volunteer Fire Department to improve in-vehicle communication during fires. The lodge also plans a steak gathering for the department soon. Lodge officers include W. C. House, Jack Odell, and Wille Tupin.
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