High School Night Event and Local Advertisements
A noisy page shows a High School night event inviting attendance to boost wholesome values and understanding among boosters, fans and participants. It mentions a Manchekill ame film showing and a first connection to a new Cable Service with a $30 fee. Local ads promote furniture, hardware, mattresses, and an Oldsmobile display, with theater schedules at Hathcock Mele’s Majestic and E-Arthur service station notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organa
Gil Mee
Audi 9i
County School Enrollment Figures for Comanche County
Enrollment in five public school systems in Comanche County last Monday totaled 2 104 with Comanche County 075 De Leon 770 Gustine 199 Sidney 140 Proctor 20.
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Comanche County
Comanche
de Leon
Gustine
Sidney
Proctor
Sidney Hosts Pottsville Practice Friday at Eagle Field
Sidney Eagles host Pottsville in a Friday night six man practice game at Eagle Field. Both teams are in the same district. the contest serves as a non league tune up. Sidney beat Venus 14 to 12 last week for their first win. Gustine and Carbon are ranked as district favorites. Next Thursday Sidney travels to Mullin for the opening district clash.
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Sidney Eagles
Pottsville
Eagle Field
Sidney
Venus
Eagle
Massingale
Gustine
Carbon
Mullin
Indians Face Kangaroos in bid for season upset
Comanche High Indians travel to face Killeen Kangaroos in a Class AAA matchup. Killeen, with 1957 roots and three fourths backfield back, features John Cook the horse and Joe Searles in the backfield. Comanche opened 1958 with 34-0 over Santa Anna before two losses to Coleman and Cisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
India
Mmi
Ronnie McPherson
Butch Loudermilk
Lewis Sims
Kenneth Henry
Swearenzin
McPherson
Gileaton
Indians
Santa Anna
Coleman
Cisco
Candle Making Demonstration at Garden Club Meet
The Garden Club held its first fall meeting with Mrs. Walter Janesday welcoming about 30 guests. A candle making demonstration by Mrs. J. Burtt Worth from Fort Worth and speaker Thomas Taylor entertained attendees as buffet refreshments were served.
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The
Garden Club
Walter Janesday
Vel Smith
Fort
J. Bur
Thoma Taylor
Dr. Herbert Koch Joins Houston Clinic Staff
Comanche physician Dr. Herbert Koch has moved to Houston to join Lake Forest Medical Clinic. He resides with his wife and five months old daughter Lana at 9129 East Houston Road Houston Texas. The Kochs have lived in the area for fifteen months.
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Herbert Koch
Houston
Lake Forest
Koch
Lana
East
Houston Road
Texas
Kochs
Jimmy Teague Named New Telephone Maintenance Man
Jimmy Teague is the new General Telephone Company switchboard maintenance man in Comanche. He comes from Garland with eight years in telephone maintenance and specializes in switchboard operations. Hilton Burks moves to San Angelo with an installation crew. Co. V. Davis continues as maintenance and service man here.
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Jimmy Teague
General Telephone Company
Teague
Comanche
Garland
Hilton Burks
San Angelo
Co. V. Davis
De Leon Juniors Defeat Locals 20 12 In Prized Debut
De Leon Juniors beat Locals 20 to 12 in a 1958 grid season opener at De Leon. Comanche Junior High Papooses trailed 29 12 after a hard fought contest sparked by quarterback Jerry Todd and fullback Troy Seckenger. Benny Mayo coaches the Comanche team and they travel to Glen Rose next Tuesday.
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Comanche
Papooses
de Leon
Fough
Jerry Todd
Troy Seckenger
Benny Mayo
Glen Rose
Preaching at Shiloh Sept 27 28
There will be preaching at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church on Saturday and Sunday September 27 and 28 at 11 a.m. Elder Len Dalton will lead the services with J. L. Gore issuing the announcement.
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Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
J. L. Gore
Len Dalton
Preaching Revival Underway At Hasse Center
Rev. John W. Reynolds, Baptist evangelist from Tyler, is leading a three night revival at the Hasse Community Center. The meeting began Wednesday night and continues through Friday night.
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John W. Reynolds
Baptist Evangelist of
Tyler
Hasse Community Center
Dallas Visit Noted By Mrs. Ozella Wilson
Mrs Ozella Wilson of Dallas visited her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Gene Wilson in Dallas over the week end for a family reunion and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Ozella Wilson
Gene Wilson
C. W. McCollum
Paul McCollum
Odessa
Comanche
Funeral Rites Friday For Calvin Thomas
Calvin Thomas 15, retired stock farmer and native of Comanche County, died Wednesday afternoon in Comanche. Funeral rites will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Oak Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche. Survived by his widow, two daughters Mrs. Eldon Tupin of Comanche and Mrs. J W Reece of Fort Worth, and four grandchildren.
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Calvin
Thomas
Comanche County
Harmony
Comanche
Oak Lawn Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Eldon R. Tupin
J. W. Reece
Fort Worth
CHS Future Teachers Hold First Meeting
The Ola Cunningham Club of Texas Future Teachers of America met at Comanche High School with president Bob Slider presiding. Eugene Preston announced year plans under the theme Building Bridges for the Future, and a Bake Sale fundraiser was planned. Thirty members attended and adjourned to October 2.
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Ola Cunningham Club of Texas Future Teachers of America
Comanche High School
Bob Slider
Paul Ray McKinzie
Eugene Preston
Finance and Service Committee
Harmony Club Plans Supper for Charity
Harmony Community Club announces its annual fall supper to be held Saturday night October 4. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes. Mrs. D. B. Aldridge and Mrs. Venoy Kirkland oversee the event. Menu features turkey and dressing. Adult plates cost 1.00 and 50 cents for children under 12.
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Harmony Community Club
D. B. Aldridge
Venoy Kirkland
Melvin Harkins Wins Weekly Grid Contest
Melvin Harkins correctly predicted 8 of 10 games to win a $5 cash prize in the weekly football guessing contest. John D. Hicks and six others missed three games, with Hicks winning a year subscription to The Chief Willie Bail.
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Meivit Jrarkins
Focal
Barber ' T Rue
Timie
Harkins
John D. Hicks
Box
Comanche
Cisco
Comanch
Hicks
Willie Bail
Maxene Barret
Harold Perkins
Jewell Hall
Johnny Lightfoot
Roy Brannan Jr
Gatesville
Hamilton
Texas Tech
A&m
de Leon
Eastland
Baylor
Arkansas
District 8 AA Games This Week
District 8 AA schedule includes Commanche at Killeen Hamilton at San Saba Rancver at De Leon Jacksboro at Granbury and Dublin at Gorman.
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Commanche
Killeen
Hamilton
San Saba
de Leon
Jacksboro
Granbury
Dublin
Gorman
i V Cable Construction Under Way In Comanche
Comanche begins cable television deployment on Reservoir Hill with four 80 foot poles and a four channel system. Charles F. Tabor of Hillsboro promotes the service and says first pictures should arrive within two weeks. Monthly connections are $30. feeder lines to homes start soon.
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Comanche
Reservoir Hill
Wright Avenue
Elm Street
West Grand
North
Houston
W. Walcott
Charles F. Tabor
Hillsboro
Mr. Tabor
Death claims Bert Byrd county Sunday school resident
Bert Byrd 3 years county Sunday School resident died Saturday Sept 20 at his Wis home 501 E Hichland Comanche. Funeral held Sept 21 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Charney Almond officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by widow three daughters two sons one sister one brother twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Bermuda Onion was named off the Bermuda Islands.
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Bert Byrd
Wis
Hichland
Comanche
Comanche Funeral Home
Charney Almond
Oakwood Cemetery
Mise Sullivan
Raymond Lane
Kenneth Steele
Floyd Steele
Leonard Steele
Jim Burks
Bill Elliott
Floyd Jones
Lancaster
California
L. G. Hammons
Wiclane
Miral. Byrd
Harry Byrd
Nona Byrd
de Leon
Roland Byrd
San Angelo
Grandrail
Peanut Field Day Set For Next Wednesday
The West Cross Timbers Experiment Station at Stephenville will host a peanut growers field day next Wednesday, October 1, from 1 30 to 4 30 p m. Co Manche County growers and others in the peanut industry are invited to tour plots and discuss peanut problems including southern blight insects and varieties. The station is a few miles north of Stephenville on the Mineral Wells highway. Geneva Richman of De Leon 4 H Club won first in the District 4 H Demonstration Awards and a 25 dollar bond, with the De Leon club taking top honors in a 20 county competition at Tarleton College.
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West Cross Timbers Experiment Station
Stephenville
Comanche County
Mineral Wells Highway
Geneva Richman
de Leon
Braves Face Brownwood Here Tonight At 7 30
The Comanche Braves Indian B team meets Brownwood High School Sophomores here Thursday night Sept 25. Kickoff is 7 30. Coach Ben Jackson's Braves in their only 1958 start beat Hamilton B 28 6.
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Comanche Braves
Brownwood High School
Ben Jackson
Braves
Hamilton
Gustine Ladies to Stage Rummage Sale Here
Gustine Methodist Church women sponsor a rummage sale Saturday September 27 at the Burridge Building on the north side of the Comanche square. They invite patrons of all ages to browse and buy and promise good rummage for sale.
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Gustine Methodist Ladies
The
Gustine Methodist Church
Burridge Building
Comanche
Gustine Ladies
Indian Booster Club Formed to Boost Comanche Athletics
About 35 to 40 serious citizens and two women met at Comanche High School to organize The Indian Booster Club to support a strong athletic program, with football among goals but promoting all sports and sportsmanship under interscholastic rules. Pat Cagle was elected president with officers to be chosen next week.
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Comanche High School
Texas
S. H. Fletcher
Indian Booster Club
Pat Cagle
Scoggins
Pat
Kinnie) Sullivan
Comanche
Football score grid from Sunday games across several churches
A readable list shows Sunday results for many small church teams and venues including First Methodist, First Baptist, Gustine, Sidney, De Leon, Mercer Gap, and Comanche. Totals indicate about 2 222 points across the listed matchups with varied scores and many teams posting double digit results.
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South Copperas
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
First Methodist
First Baptist
de Leon Assembly of God
Mercer Gap Baptist
Gustine Church of Christ
Gustine Methodist
Gartman View Freewill
Comanche Church of Christ
Sidney Baptist
Sidney Church of Christ
First Presbyterian and
de Leon First Baptist
Board Church Baptist
Past Side Baptist
United Pentecostal
Free Pentecostal
Pompey Methodist
Hasse Baptist
Ay Victory Baptist
Beattie Baptist
Proctor Baptist
Indian Gap Baptist
Taylor Chapel Methodist
Congregational Methodist
Blanket Methodist
Fremanuel Baptist
Central Christian
Gustine Baptist
Tethel Baptist
Liberty Preewill
Beatlic Methodist
Pleasant Valley Methodist
Prectoy Methodist
New Methodist
rional Baptist _ Pirst Freewill
Euth Teen
PR W Newman Rites Held at Procter After Illness
W. Newman died after a short illness at his Proctor home on September 8. A longtime resident of Cornelia County, he was born in Wetumpka Alabama Oct 188? He married Data Macon in 1898. she died in 1949. Surviving are two sons Guy O. Newman Ross M. Newman Oma M. Loving Eva N. Arms and others. He belonged to Hasse Baptist Church and was active in Masonic and IOOF lodges.
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Proctor
New
Newman
Wetumpka
Elmore Coun
da Macon
Alabama
Roy Walker Newman
Guy O. Newman
Hasse
Ross M. Newman
Rt. 1
Portales
New Mexico
Oma M. Loving
Eva N. Arms
Fellows
Calif
Mary Lee Ritter
Walker Newman
Sharon Ruth Loving
Martha Dee Arms
Lonnie Joe Ritter
Mariche Lanel Ritter
California
Mr. Newman
Hasse Baptist Church
Murray Cox Film Shown At Temple Church
Mrs Coda Baggett and Mr and Mrs Cleburne Willingham traveled to Temple for a film event at the Temple Methodist Church featuring the WFAA Farm Tour directed by Murray Cox. The program, planned by Mrs Rubilee Ferguson, drew several tour members. many Central Texas locals were delayed by high water.
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Coda Baggett
Cleburne Willingham
Gustine
Temple
Temple Methodist Church
Wfaa Farm
Murray Cox
Rubilee Ferguson
Baggett
Texas
Visiting Waring Family Guests From Houston
The Waring household welcomed Mr. and Mrs. John Block and daughter Leslie along with Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Waring and Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Waring, all visiting from Houston.
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Warings
Waring
John Block
Leslie
Dawson Waring
Hayne Waring
Houston
Comanche booster praises school loyalty to teams
A football player expressed forty years of watching the Indians and said his interest and that of most Camache fans align with the current and future teams. He praised Comanche High School boosters as among the most loyal in the state.
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Camache
Comanche High School
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NEW Television
Botham
Hil le Walgreen Ie
E. Arthur
Central
Mele Local Theatre
Derth
Majestic
E-In
Erica
Jim Cotton
Alvin Patterson
Lake Comanche
Teonne
Cotton
Patterson
Proffitt
Wil Cy
Bill Scoggins
Dellbert Brewster
Brewster
Stewart Knight
Harold Parrish
L. G. Holland
Gary Don Swearengin
Jone
Houston Clinic
de Leon Juniors
Shiloh
Calvin Thomas
CHS
By Deanna Durham
Harmony Club
Melvin Harkins
I-V
Bermuda Onion
Bermuda Islands
Angus Dickson, Jr
Richman
Bill Parks
Coeege Station
Barba Harris
Hazeldell
Nelson
Sherman Nelson
Rt. 3
Bruce Chambers
Brownwood
Mills County
W. W. Sadberry
PR. W. Newman
Procter
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