Community notices and sales events at Comanche region shopfronts
Local shops in Comanche and vicinity advertise upcoming sales and events. Sousa items for sale at a library sale, new owners at a hardware store, and a furniture business feature promotions. Community groups including the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees announce meetings and volunteer opportunities. Public service notices promote health programs and affordable polio vaccine resources for families unable to pay.
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Sousa
Royd
Mims
Health Department
Scouts to Organize Tonight at Night Meeting
A Boy Scouts recruitment notice invites prospective scouts and their fathers to a special meeting on September 19. The event welcomes boys aged 11 to 18 and aims to form a local troop with inclusive enrollment.
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Banes
Sale of building and awards postponed to Monday
Fragmentary notice indicates a property sale and related outstanding items with unclear dates and parties. The readable bits suggest Sat-1 and Monday events in WY with unspecified figures or participants.
Dreams of Commercial Comanche County Uranium
Dreams of uranium in Comanche County grow as minor tests hint at potential for commercial development. Drilling tests and new dirt sitting centers emerge near Comanche city, Indian Creek, and Newburg with several farmers and merchants marketing uranium bearing dirt and offering sitting services.
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Comanche County
Carnes Newburg
Big Spring
Indian Creek
Albert Miller
Miller
Comanche
Soda Springs
Jack Martin
M. W Helm
Helm
Martin
Jesse Reese
T. R. Shaffer
Fort Worth
Ted Patton
H. O. Kelley
Kelley
L. S. Ripley
Dublin Road
Uranium Valley
Comanché Square
Brownwood Highway
H&y Mercantile
Messrs. Hilliard and
York
Bally Robertson
Newburg
Robertson
Thomas H. Greer Named Music Director at First Methodist Church
Thomas H. Greer a Howard Payne College music professor will direct the church choir and perform Bach’s Passion Chorale this Sunday His background includes degrees from McMurry SMU and North Texas State Teachers College He met with the choir Wednesday and plans to sing a violin solo The church reports a 182 percent rise in summer quarter school attendance and a goal of 250 for the current quarter
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Thomas H. Greer
Howard Payne College
First Methodist Church
Mr. Greer
Gustine
McMurry College
J. Thompson
Lightfoot
Pinson
Paul Jeanes
Commission of Christian Education
New County HD Agent Miss Cynthia Lee McKethan
Miss Cynthia Lee McKethan begins as Comanche County Home Demonstration Agent on September 1. She holds a BS in Home Economics from North Texas State College and is a Midway Rural High School graduate who lettered in basketball for four years. She resides at 103 10th Street Petsick Addition and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H G McKethan of McGregor.
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Cynthia Lee McKethan
Comanch?2
10Th Street
Petsick Addition
McKethay
Comanche
McGregor
Midway Rural High School
North Texas State College
Denton
Midway School
Waco
Miss McKethan
H. G. McKethan
The
Baptist Church
Kappa Delta
Farm Bureau Meeting Set at Soda Springs Club
Farm Bureau Community Policy development meeting scheduled at Soda Springs Community Club on Tuesday night September 20 at 8 p m Adjoining communities invited to attend H M O'Brien Jr chairman Legislative Committee
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Farm Bureau
Soda Springs Community Club
H. M. O’brien, Jr
Robertson Named to Comanche School Board and Trustee Post
John M. Robertson of the National Farm Loan Association of Comanche was appointed to the Comanche School Board to replace John Jolink who resigned after his wife took a teaching position. Robertson was also elected secretary treasurer of the Board of Trustees at the same Monday night meeting.
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John M. Robertson
National Farm Loan Association of
Comanche
John Jolink
Mr. Robertson
Board of
Indians Face Releas at Mineral Wells Friday
Comanche High School Indians travel to Mineral Wells to meet the Mountaineers in a top AA clash. Strong opening win over McGregor 31 15 sets the stage as Mineral Wells tied Ranger 15 15. Crowd expected large. last year a 13 13 tie followed by 18 13 win in 1953. Coaches Murphy and Scott lead the Indians with tri captains Cox Pettit and Wicks.
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Ted Hicks
McGregor Bulldogs
Kenneth Gossett
Mike Jenkins
McGregor
Hicks
Indians
Mike Murphy
Kenneth Scott
Comanche High School Indians
Mineral Wells
Mountaineers
Mineral Wells Eleven
Ranger Bulldogs
Thillers
Dublin
Glenn Johnson
Frazier
Jimmy Walker
Bobby Burris
Charie Smith
Yankees Organize Here Comanche Junior Chamber
The Comanche Junior Chamber of Commerce was organized Monday evening with Van Austin Evans elected president. Other officers include Dr. Wm. T. Calhoun as vice president, Wm. M. Gould Jr. as secretary-treasurer, Albert A. Brannan as state director, and directors James Carpenter, Kenneth Tidmore, and Dick Armstrong. Charter members total twenty, listed by names including Ches ter McKinzie, M. L. Green, Bill Parks, and others.
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Comanche Junior Chamber of Commerce
van Austin (Barney) Evans
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wm. T. Calhoun
Wm. M. Gould, Jr
Albert A. Brannan
James Carpenter
Kenneth Tidmore
Dick Armstrong
Jaycees
Chester McKinzie
M. L. Green
Bill Parks
Billie Gore
Bill Parker
Eugene Shankle
Wayne Stewart
Travis Rasberry
John Salberg
Roy Harmon
Bill Clemons
Louis Harelik
Clinton
Contract Let For Widening Of Highway 67
The $556 065 contract for widening US 67 377 from Comanche to the Erath County line was awarded to Luce Construction Company of Vernon and Stephenville. Highway Engineer P R Huntington says work should start within a month and bridges culverts and roadways on US 67 and 377 will be widened from 30 to 44 feet. Spruell in Hospital reports treatment last week at German hospital.
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Comanche
Ferath County
Luce Construction Company
Vernon
Stephenville
P. R. Huntington
Humble Football Kickoff Meeting At Brownwood Hotel
Comanche Humble Service Station men led by Bulk Agent Joe H Tupin and Comanche High School coaches attended a Humble Football Kickoff at Brownwood Hotel on Tuesday night. Attendees included Joe H Tupin Wayne Johnson Cecil Hall T G Frick Nathan Orwell Kenneth Gofarth Don Kirkland Pawwl Coulter Aubrey Johnson Ian Johnson Oliver Hall Paul Pat ton and coaches Mike Murphy Kenneth Scott and Roy Harmon. A panel Q and A highlighted the evening along with a recap of Southwest Conference games from 1955.
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Comanche Humble
Joe H. Tupin
Comanche
Humble
Brownwood Hotel
Wayne Johnson
Cecil Hall
T. G. Frick
Nathan Orwell
Kenneth Gofarth
Don Kirkland
Pawwl Coulter
Aubrey Johnson
Ian Johnson
Oliver Hall
Paul Patton
Mike Murphy
Kenneth Scott
Roy Harmon
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Attress & Furniture
Panning
Fanning
Lubbock
Era Herring
PERRY
Coman- Wa
Chamber OF Comthe Jaycees
Barney Evans
Ruby Evans
Motel Cafe
Auto Associate
Walter ME
FRICK
Jolink
Proffitt
the Newburg “Urein, Inc
New County HD
J. B. Chilton
del Beeman
Fort Stockton
Eugene A. Beeman
Kerrville
Dave
Calvin Cox
Pack Pettit
Ted Wicks
Mineral Works
Oden
Bailey
Couch
Brooks
Brewster
Conway
Brock
Mallory
Lusk
Wilhelm
Sullivan
Center Palmer
Scott
Quarterback Hicks
Walker
Norwood
Gossett
Smith
Evacet
Coach Murphy
Spruill
Lee Spruull
Forrest Renfro
Maurice
Albertino
Gray
Gray Ranch
Renfro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
San Antonio
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