Comancheans Begin Trek To 20 Colleges For 1953
About sixty Comanche High graduates head to twenty Texas colleges and a few out of state for 1953. First choices include University of Texas Tarleton College and Baylor. others attend Sam Houston State Teachers College and Rice. Several students pursue work at Tex Tech, Brownwood College of Business, and Galveston nursing programs.
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Texas
Comanche High School
Collegians
Weldon Turner
Howard Payne
Cynthia Keeler
University of Texas
U of T
Joe Paul Tupin
Jack Vaught
Joseph Slider
John Lacy
Kenneth Pinson
Bill Ravenshine
Joe Wayne Bonser
William Clyde House
Gyale Pirkle
Nathan Kiser
Tarleton College
Stephenville
Comanche
Tarleton
Jerry Gregory
Lloyd Biggs
Jimmy Norton
Gene Way
Nancy Sue Carter
Eldred Wilson Dale Carmichael
J. B. Arthur
Garrett Palmer
Baylor University
Jackie Freeman
Janelle Burnett
Jimmy Jones
Ronald Matthews
Edward Seay
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Jerry Beene
Houston
Rice
Jerry
Owl
Jimmy Dee Sturdivant
TSCW
Patty Ruth Loudermilk
Frances Ann Dean
Pine Arts School
North Texas Teachers College
Kenn Gregory
How Payne
Kansas City College of Osteopathy
Kansas City
Kansas
A. B. C. Dowdey
Texas Medical School
Galveston
Rosemary Wilhelm
San Angelo College
Bill Jones
East Texas
Commerce
Texas Tech
Sue
University of Houston
Louise Biggs
Galveston Medical Nursing School
Nursing College
Stephenville Public Schools Enrollment Rises
The Stephenville school system reports total enrollment of 1 380 for the first week, up by 25 from last year. Senior High School enrollment is 386, an increase of 2 over the prior year.
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Stephenville Public Schools
Cled Heathington Named All Regional Softball Pitcher
Cled Heathington of Brownwood formerly Comanche was named one of three pitchers on the All Regional Softball team at the U S Regional contest held at Lake Jackson. Cled received a trophy for his performance in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cled Heathington
Brownwood
Comanche
U. S
Lake Jackson
Cled
Eastland School Enrollment Reaches 711 Nationally
Total enrollment in Eastland schools is 711, marking a substantial gain over last year. High school enrollment stands at 193, 27 shy of the level needed to move the school into Class AA for athletics.
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Eastland
Dunlap Reunion at Buffalo Gap Draws Family Ties
Seventy eight descendants of Thomas Jefferson Dunlap gathered August 31 to September 1 at Presbyterian Encampment grounds Buffalo Gap Texas for the 20th annual reunion. Organizers Rev E D Dunlap and Mrs A C Hoover were re-elected officers. The event featured pictures, meals, and socializing with numerous Dunlap relatives from Dublin Dublin Lubbock Abilene Ozona Ysleta Sweetwater and other Texas towns. Three marriages four births and one death were recorded with several attendees noted from multiple Dunlap branches.
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Thomas Jefferson Dunlap
Presbyterian
Buffalo Gap
Texas
Comanche
Thomas J. Dunlap
Comanche County
Dunlap
E. D. Dunlap
A. C. Hoover
Doc Carter
Dublin
Rt. 2
Minnie Johnson
Mae Doggett
Waco
E. J. Dunlap
Abilene
Lela Smith
Ozona
Alva Williams
Tucumcari
N. M
Hughes Family Holds Reunion at Lake Eanes Park
The Hughes family held their fourth reunion on September 6 at Lake Eanes Park with a noon picnic and group photos. Attendees from Comanche included H S Hughes and many relatives, while out of town guests came from Fort Worth Abilene Midland Cleburne Waxahachie Uvalde Grandview Dallas and other Texas towns.
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Hughes
Lake Eanes Park
Comanche
H. S. Hughes
Raymon Lane
Jess Anders
Jim Burks
Waymon Hughes
Henry Soward
Betty Park
Ralph Gilliam
Greenville
Miss
D. M. Lane
Ft. Worth
Juania Thorp
Perry Rinehart
Cleburne
W. E. Cox
Lucy Lester Cleburne
Gene Summers
Abilene
C. L. Patton
Jim’ Rinehart
Waxahachie
Cecil Rinehart
James Layman
Uvalde
J. B. Hughes
Sidcrawford
Luke Hughes
Grandview
Willie Hughes
Dallas
Alpha Hughes
Midland
Archie Andrews
Mack
Sherilf Hicks
J. D. Hughes
Tolar
Jimmy Burks
Ed Gossett
Gene Coker
May Pearl
Mullicans Return Home to Pecos After Year and a Half
Mr and Mrs Tom Mullican who have lived in Pecos the last year and a half have returned home to their place 242 miles east of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mullican
Pecos
Comanche
Brattons Honored With Church Shower in Tyler
A church shower for E. J. Bratton and bride Rita Jo Arms was hosted by Mrs. Hogan Scott and Mrs. G. L. Stewart at Zion Hill Baptist Church on September 5. About thirty guests attended, with gifts opened by the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Bratton
Tyler
Hogan Scott
G. L. Stewart
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Rita Jo Arms
Gustine
Bonita Hilburn
Lloyd Fritts
Doris Holland
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Goodyear
Dudley
Comanche, Texas
Sam Dunlap
Claud Dunlap
Granville Johnson
Charles
David
Darrel
Earl Thornton
Jane
Esther Parsley
Bennie
Roger
Anna George
de Leon
Frank Helmsley
Ysleta
Mattie Scarbrough
Sam Scarbrough
Donald
Ftta
Sweetwater
Dave Dunlap
Ernest Dunlap
Walter Dunlap
Sheffield
Jess Williams
Olin Dunlap
T. J. Dunlap
Roland King
Joan
San Antonio
Finis McErcheran
Janelle
Bob Cornelius
Lubbock
Mattie Dunlap Butleer
Mattie Butler
Thomas D. Butler
Dale
Mary Edna Eubank
Johnnie Eubank
Moran
W. Grand
Joe’s Lumber Yard
Blackwood Clinic
Post Office
E. E. Blackwood, D.O
W. D. Blackwood, D.O
Fordomatic
Ford
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