Weekend promotions and fall warnings sweep Comanche County
JRB Super Market offers double S and H Green Stamps with weekly Wednesdays promos. A P says Ann Page Jamboree with prizes demos and free samples from Robin Hood Flour and Borden reps. County budget hearing set for Monday. Indians host Hamilton Bulldogs Friday with advance tickets. J C Biggs Piggly-Wiggly runs Del Monte sale. Auto inspections underway under new law through April 15. Shane opens at Majestic Theatre with 40c adults 9c children. Harelik's closes Saturday for holiday. Side Delivery Rakes arrive at Petsick Implement. Peanut crop first movement, heavy movement next week. Greene and Waring promote accident protection for students.
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Roy Dutton
Dudley Barret Hereford Cattle Leave For Amarillo Tour
The Dudley Bros and Barret Hereford ranches ship prize cattle to Amarillo for the first show on a circuit that will take them to Tulsa Dallas and the American Royal in Kansas City They plan West Coast shows at Cow Palace San Francisco and Utah State Fair Ogden and later Albuquerque and Dallas with entries including 7 bulls 5 heifers and the get of fire HG Proud Mixer 673rd J J Larry Domino 7th and staff will accompany the cattle Judges will be Walter Barret and Walter Jack Barret and others from both outfits will attend.
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Comanche County
Dudley Bros and
Barret Hereford
Amarillo
Dudley
Barret
Dudley's
Tulsa
Dallas
Kansas City
DB Cattle
West Coast
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Utah
Barrets Herefords
Louisville
Kentucky
Baltimore
Maryland
Hereford
Barrets
HG Proud
W. W. Horton, Jr
Earl Walker
Bate’ Clark
Walter Barret and
Walter Jack
Kyle
Dudley Bros
Gail
Tom
Eltos
Bobby Arthur Suffers Broken Leg
Bobby Arthur 13 year old grammar school student and son of Mr and Mrs Euell Arthur of Comanche fractured his left leg in a fall on school grounds Monday. He received treatment by a Comanche physician and was taken to Hendrix Memorial Hospital where his leg was set Tuesday afternoon and he was reported as doing as well as could be expected. He is due home from the hospital in about ten days.
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Bobby Arthur
Euell Arthur
Comanche
Hendrix Memorial Hospital
Arthur
Bobby
Scott Vancleave Undergoes Surgery in Stag Creek
Scott Vancleave, a prominent resident of Stag Creek, underwent surgery this week at the German hospital. His condition is reported satisfactory.
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Scott Vancleave
Stag Creek
German Hospital
L C Davis Dies in Tin Top Gin Accident
Leidon Cleveland Davis 44 of Comanche died September 15 from injuries after his hand was caught in cotton saws at McMillan Gin Company in Tin Top Matagorda County near Palacios. Funeral set at Comanche Funeral Home with burial at Board Church Cemetery. He was born February 2 1909 and survived by Olive Florence his wife four children and his mother brother and sister.
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L. C. Davis
Comanche
Tin Top
Matagorda
Palacios
Comanche Funeral Home
Mr. Davis
Board Church
Davis
McMillan Gin Company
Mrs. S. J. Mack Taken by Death
Mrs Sarah Jane Mack 71 of Comanche died at her daughter Mrs Robert Hughes home on East Fleming Wednesday September 16 Funeral services were held at 4 30 Thursday at the Comanche Funeral Home with interment in Oakwood Cemetery She was born in Alabama March 30 1882 and had lived in Comanche for 12 years She was the widow of William Mack who died several years ago at 64.
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Sarah Jane Mack
Comanche
Robert Hughes
East Fleming
Oakwood Cemetery
Mack
Alabama
William Mack
Indians Bulldogs Clash Draw Big Crowd At Memorial Stadium
Comanche hosts Hamilton in a non conference football clash at Indian Memorial Stadium hoping to attract a large crowd. Hamilton, from 22-AA, tied Dublin 12 12 last week after a 12 0 halftime deficit. Comanche beat De Leon 47 7 and last year crushed Hamilton 45 0. Coaches shuffle lineups as Ted Jones leads Bulldogs with Paterson at quarterback and a strong rushing attack led by Taylor Couch and Conner.
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Comanche
Calvin Lee
Indians
de Leon
Calvin
Edward Seay
Bearcats
Willie Forrest
Marvin Lee
Comanche Indians
Hamilton Bulldogs
Indian Memorial Stadium
Bulldogs
Dublin Lions
Lions
Hamiltonians
Hamilton
Galiga
Wednesay
Charles Patterson
Dale Taylor
Elton Couch
Ted Conner
Jim Jackson
Minnie Grabartschick Dies in Comanche at 79
Mrs. Minnie Grabartschick, 79, native of Germany living near Pottsville, passed away in Comanche on Wednesday September 16. Funeral services were held at eComanche Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Thursday with interment in Pottsville Cemetery. W. D. Carroll, Sidney Star Route mail carrier, is in the German hospital after surgery this week and is reported recovering satisfactorily.
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Minnie Grabartschick
Pottsville
Comanche
Grabartschick
Germany
eComanche
W. D. Carroll
Sidney Star Route
German Hospital
Mr. Carroll
IOOF
Phifer Sent Home on Furlough Before Far East Duty
Staff Sergeant Wade Phifer, stationed in Columbus Ohio, is on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Sam Phifer before departing for overseas duty in the Far East.
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Wade Phifer
Columbus
Ohio
Far East
Sam Phifer
Comanche County Peanut Harvest Opens on Wide Area
The 1953 Comanche County peanut harvest began on 56 625 acres with early crops from De Leon Comanche Robersonville and Fairview showing 56 to 67 grade peanuts. Yields averaged around 3 25 per bushel while weather cut production 20 to 40 percent from expectations.
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Samanche County
Yhe County
Comanches
Comanche
Robersonville
Fairview
Duster-Beattie
de Leon
Comanche County
Rev J Y Robinson Baptist Minister Dies at 77
Reverend J Y Robinson longtime Energy area Baptist minister died after a lengthy illness at age 77 He preached in Comanche and Hamilton counties since 1906 and was interred at Energy Cemetery Services were led by Rev Roland Bynum with music by Luke McGlothlin and Amon Morgan He was born January 4 1876 in Mississippi and survived by his wife Maud Ethel Webb and numerous children grandchildren and great grandchildren He was ordained in 1917 and served multiple churches while farming continua
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J. Y. Robinson
Comanche
Hamilton
Energy Baptist Church
Roland Bynum
Elida
New Mexico
Bynum
Music
Luke McGlothlin
Amon Morgan
Energy Cemetery
Gus Rudd
Troy Morgan
Frank Caraway
Cliff Pettit
Claude McPherson
Russell McGlothlin
Robinson
Mississippi
Jimmy Irwin Inson
Rev. Robinson
Comanche County
Energy
Minnie Ola Bruce
Maud Ethel Webb
Ethel McDowell
Dallas
Cassie Halbert
Democrat Star
J. Q. Robinson
Chama
Myrle Robinson
Rex Robinson
Colleen Bailey
Baptist Church
Beattie
Sweetwater
Mount Pleasant
Pottsville
Evergreen
First West Ward PTA Meeting Draws Large Crowd
An unusually large attendance welcomed the West Ward PTA at its September 8 meeting. Mrs. W. D. Blackwood led a cordial reception, with reports from project, finance, and publications committees and a social hour. The rummage sale continues Saturday in the McDonald Building for last minute bargains.
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West Ward
PTA
W. D. Blackwood
R. M. Burton
McDonald
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JRB
Seay
Durham and Service Drug
North Side
J. C. Biggs Piggly-Wisgly
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Mr. Biggs
Shane
Majestic Theatre
Harrold Flemins
Harelik’s
James Petsick
The
Petsick Implement Company
Allis- Chalmers
Mr. Petsick
Comaniche County
Greene and Waring
Dudley, Barret Show
Herefords
Proffitt
Vancleve
S. J. Mack
Hamiton
Ted Jones
P. T. Galiga
Herman Moore
John Baker
Newt Penderson
Harry Bullard
Tommy Moore
J. J. Petrey
Chas Patterson
Johnny Brown
Name Pos
Dalton Hicks
Harold Price
Glenn Ellis
Harold Seay
Calvin Cox
Billy Goforth
Weldon Hicks
Cecil Brownlee
Robert Willis
Senna Nat
St Tensor
DeLeon Bearcats
C. Lee
C. Brownlee
A. Timmons
W. Hicks
R. Willis
B. Curry
G. Coulter
Tota
de Leon and
West Texas
W. v. Blackwood
Louana Cox
Patsy Wilhelm
Charlene Matthews
Virgil Chaffin
James Wilkerson
Ward School
Kathleen Eads
Blackwood
Billy
Fred Curry
Sharon Green
Bearcat
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