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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1961
Page
1
Comanche shoppers see ARTHUR CHEVRO, MO VAIRS and FORDS FAL ys and COMITS units on display. Dealers DARRELL, WILSONS, WALGREEN and CLEARENC BRY Lees offer specials with free coffee and doughnuts Saturday.
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions a person named Lagsdale and a move from many years past, with unclear context or details about dates places or actions.
The eighty seventh session of the Comanche Baptist Association meets at First Baptist Church Comanche Monday night Oct 2 through Tuesday Oct 3 Moderator Rev M F Cox pastor Gustine delivers annual sermon Tuesday morning at 11 30 Other speakers include Rev Harry Hames Rev Cecil Ray and Rev Clifford Nelson with reports from Dr James Basden and Dale Maness A covered dish luncheon is planned with drinks and bread supplied by the host church
Dean's demonstration plots planted June 5 under excellent conditions used equal fertilizer and seed size to compare Starr variety with a partner variety. Seventeen producers including Walter Beaty and Kenneth Evans aided by applying 200 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. Starr is developed by B C Langey after 12 years and 16 000 crosses, with statewide tests since 1960.
The Dudley Bros. top Hereford herd of 10 heads shows in Memphis at the Mid-South Fair with Johnny Cleveland and Bob Parker as herdmen and Gail and Eltas Dudley presenting. They placed strongly at Tyler and Abilene fairs and plan future appearances through Little Rock Dallas Kansas City and possibly Denver.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship and Youth Department of the First Methodist Church sponsor a bake sale and car wash on Saturday September 30 from 9 am to 4 pm. For 1 dollar a car ride at Johnson's Humble Station on the Brownwood Highway. Cakes pies cookies and candies will be sold on the west side of the square. Tom Brightman president coordinates with adult sponsors Mr and Mrs Jesse Watson and teachers Miss Nobia Dunn and Mrs Buell Arthur.
Fort Worth contractor Harry Campbell won the State Highway 16 rebuild project from Comanche to De Leon with a bid of 1 651 761.83, about 2600 under the next bidder. The 16.1 mile job starts Friday September 29 with cement and dirt crews and about 40 to 50 workers in the initial phase.
Federal approval for the Northeast Tributaries of the Leon River Watershed Plan covers 202 880 acres in Comanche Erath and Eastland Counties. The project costs 3 025 952 with 2 365 831 funded by the federal government and 660 121 from local sources. Local sponsors include the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District Palo Pinto SCD Brath County and Comanche County Commissioners Courts.
The J. B. Layne PTA met in the school auditorium Tuesday night September 26 with 200 in attendance. A panel of school board members and the superintendent discussed school problems and finances. Refreshments were served.
The Comanche Braves B team hosts the Coleman B unit Thursday night September 28 with a 7 30 kickoff. Comanche beat San Saba B 20 0 and 14 6 in two earlier starts this season. Coleman expected to field a strong second-unit squad.
The Comanche Garden Club will sponsor an old fashioned Comanche Stew in the Armstrong Cox home yard at 307 North Elm Comanche. The event starts Saturday afternoon at 5 30 o clock with proceeds supporting the new Comanche Garden Center. Public invited and urged to attend.
Mrs Trene Hoff 58 wife of Rea T Hoff Comanche businessman and farmer died Sept 28 1961 at All Saints Hospital Fort Worth Tentative plans call for preliminary services in Comanche final rites and burial at the Norse Church near Clifton She was longtime secretary of Farmers Produce Co before illness forced retirement She and her husband traveled by bus to Fort Worth for a plane trip to Chicago then Beatrice Nebraska to visit her sister Upon reaching Fort Worth she was hospitalized Tuesday night
Coaches Roger Oliver and Vic Richardson lead the Co manche Indians against Ballinger Bearcats Friday night in Ballinger. Ballinger has two wins in four starts including a 44-7 win over Post, while the Indians adjust lineups and face injuries. The Bearcats, small yet fast, run a T formation and will challenge Ballinger’s defense with starters Carpenter Cagle Johnston Northcutt Evans Todd and others. An expected crowd with a 70 piece Indian Band in new uniforms travels 90 miles to Ballinger for the clash.
Gartman View Church hosts regular Singing Sunday on October 1 at 2 oclock. Officials invite everyone to attend.
Comanche High School unveils new uniforms for the Comanche Indian Band and color guard to be worn for the first time on Friday night en route to Ballinger. The ensemble features gold and white striped trousers, a jacket with an Indian head motif and two arrowheads, a white vest, white gloves and spats. Band leader Nancy Caraway and several twirlers and guards will wear the new attire, funded by a Band Parents Club drive that raised 3,050 with additional school funds of 2,500.
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