The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1946 Page: 1 of 20
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MS IN. SNOW JAN.
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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAH
NO. 27
■ SHOW OPENS HERE TODAY
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Thursday January 31 Last Day To Pay Poll Tax
Pd! Tax Payments Lagpg Here;
Many Will Be Disfranchised Unless
Payments Pick Up in Next Few Days
Eanes Discusses
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Poll Ux payment* In Comanche
County totaled approximately 2500
Thursday morning according to
nMminrt»rry»ny. ffOIO J. K. .
LUrhtfoot A *^e**w-Selector, The
poll tax deadline, for privilege of
. voting in thia year'* elections,
ends next Thuraday. January 31.
Poll tax payments for the last
election yew. In 1344, set a high
------ 11~1 “1---- f~
oent voting year* show .945.
2M?. 1944. 3363; 1343. 3673; and
3624
an advertisement carried In
Tissue of The Chief. Mr. Light-
foot also calls attention to the
fact that next Thursday, January
I!
Value of Dam
On Leon River
Clarence Jones
Now Sole Owner
Of Food Lockers
• ; •!
In one*., of Comanche'* biggest i
business transactions of the new|
year, Clarence Jones became sole'
owner of Frozen Food Lockers
j he»e recently whc|i he purchased1
Eleventh Anna! Junior Livestock
-
Here Todays! Sutton Dudley Barn
Free Rife T«-
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALB— Pictured above is
32nd, owned by Barret Hereford Ranch,
Grand Champion Female atthe laid-Texas
lion show held Monday. January 21, In BtephenviUe. The com -
nna Aneta
which waa
Assocla-
ing two year old heifer won flOQ in prise money
auction for-11200. ■ i
Hep_
.The Interest ofHafvey Durham in
that plaht. Jones had been Dur-1
ham’s partner In that business i
since the two bought the plant
last September from W. C. Mc-
Horse and brother, founders of
■tyre nrm1 ini y
(By J. R.
-*T-
31. will be the last day to pay
1943 taxes without penalty. „
Comanche National
Bank Hat Good Year
ftdiowlng the recent
suvkmotrtm and directors —I
ing of the Comanche National
A flood control dam on the
Leon River near Proctor would
cost the City of Comanche noth-
ing and would furnish an auxil-
iary water supply that could be
tapped In case of need by three
good towns... It ia to the- Interest
of these three towns to actively
support every effort made to ae-
i cure the construction of this dam.
Rev. M Lambrides New Pastor
Of First Baptist Ckurcb Here
const ructioi
e would mi
e. Frath. fl
—*1—ww,—w—w—
dedt. announced the bank had. a
materially serve
Comanche. Frath. Hamilton, and
QoryeU Counties, whether it fur-;
nlshed water to any tdwn or not. !
good year during 1345 and set an „,•«*»rt,
all time record for deposits. „ ■' ^ '
All officers and directors of the - manc^h* bring watev or aecu,
bjxj* -ere r,-,U for uotlxr ^?T?her,
«•—>J* .?~e5€jrs^”558£W; ----------------------
VictoryOotliin?
I Drive Opens
Rev.—John G_Ktmhrittaa
more than three
chaplain in
and sold at " w,r 111111 *s|. Jintdt TlWTWWrWfttf
M*-'- .....plant since its establishment
I here, being employed by Mr. Mc-
—Horse before the latter sold the
■*— business to Durham and Jones.
. -(The sale price was not announced
bpt the original investment Is
I Understood to have been more
--- ;than lift AAft, ; t ______^
1 Comanche Frozen Food Lockers
has proven one of the most popu-
lar business In Comanche since
its establishment and has met
with hearty response from the
^^iCri<n^|1 -ttgn JortCTS
Livestock Show
wt type of ci^rles in recent y«£rs
accordfrig to those in charge. The
show is sponsored by the Coman-
che County Livestock Association.
The FF*A and 4-H livestock Judf-
^SSp.1 Wli v Will
a frontline' was established and more had to
ar^IL ,wUS be Installed. The plan sineCrjhas
*f. conduct retut-r -rvteoi Durham p^.^, * r,,rmt„.Co..
(Sunday. there before he entered th£ Army
Rev. Idflferidea. who was nas-4.At the time Mr. Me Horse sold the
I cTiUTCh hi Maryland for ^Frozen
was passed to undivided proitt* tComanche should *iaV\ */*
secure cl6tftlng\'
the needy over- Army.
olds; i
en Food Lockers, he described
the Mr. Jottei as btmu one of
grtes from a (ml- most valuable' men he eVar had
employ and said that Mr.
TWghiy understood the
National showed $2.937V7Q6 2g witn '.There are two igxe shcs. one drive «U1 continue through
total resources more titan three to the north of Comanche and
million dollars*. }qhe to the northwest couM cooW Mr; cflAfftn unres those who * -hospital, but is no-w physically _T—
Following Ji * U*t. of officer* be developed at....a <y»t little. If to donate anything for the TiL . 4^1 nrKifnoi
nd* directors any grestef tliaa Quf pipeline driving‘to Wave the etcithing -at- Rev. Uuubridcs. hn hag haen L,1Yltlutlt
Of!leers W C. Chilton, presl-) frbjn Lake Brownwood* and thu| their txwt office or schooL
nt; T- J Williams, vlce-presi- (supply would belong (oOimaMhoi- Th.Pn0ne ^ urgert to help In his dischargeTftrm the Army mar--; »
di*iu, J. W. Moore. viqe-pcesUlent.: A lake northwest. In addition to;lhi„ impop»am movement. sAys rled a Tfcxafc girl -Thay have tyo T ® ,„u,f ' 7
R L.“Macon, cashier. Mrs. JeraU;bring an auxiliary supply for Co- chairman Chaffn dren'V Mias Faith. 16. who U / ^
dine Allen secretary to the presl->.iAaacUc would proteft quite an .. . ______^ ^ ^ ta.'studfnt of inuv.-r-iSv OMcsscr-^ouector.
dept ; Hsrile Neel Miss RuUta Louiacreage of bottom T»nd on Rush TVtroleurn retining is the lead- Wacoi.' and a
Evan* and Mias .Bonnie feingleton. -Cr.eek arid would, be a protection industry if Ohio.-------- - i-hiiE Whe4l utodAiL
b<M>kkt*f pers ' "TW bridges unrt- pttWte ‘roada. and
Directors T J, Williams. Chair- w«)d - ta- quitf an aswl Ux ^le. -c ■ 1
s
ng locker Ibwktneas add .jvbs popular
the war and spent some time in w^h the puW^' '
LAmbx;ides. who has been
making ms home in Houston\in^ Livestock Catalogue
his dlMkitrcr ffnm the Armv: mar- w
^urooBsselM Cl—her af
Commerce has maAg arrange-
ments to famish a school bos rs
for free rides fr— the weo4
side of the Comanche County
Coart Hoaoo to the Button
Dudley Bartr. where the Ilth
Annual Junior Ltwriod Show
Is being held today, accord-
ing to John D. S—wg, CofC
president. /
house square, on thq hour, be-
at 9 o’ehri this mom-
until the show;M.ovor: f
Those ^ who wish h' go --- to .
the show barw hy this method
meet at the court hoawii on the
hour. It will take only a" few
minutes to make the trip and
you will have an hour to stay
'bus which win ki uocd to con-
vey the passengers returns to
Cliff Pettit Helps
Sponsor Stock Show
v
The Eleventh Annual JunkJT
Livestock Show opens here Fri-
day -morning, Januaiy 26, In the
Sutton Dudley Barn in North Q>-
manche near the Rev. J. D. Smoot
with of the lsu;h-
0C»
be Judged first on «»• program
with W. W. Reed oV StephenvlIN
and E. L. PierSon of Comanche
as Judges. /MWy
Superintendent* of the various
divisions are: General Superin-
tendent, d. M. i?araway, 8r.;JFat
Steer Superintendent.- Gull Dud-
ley; Fat Barrow Superintendent.
Walter J. Frtkts: Fat Lamp Bus
intendent^ (fiavence Albin;
Capoiy Superintendent, - At
Caraway; Livestock Judging
‘ ‘ f:00 am.: Closing time for «n-
; tries. Opening of show. FFA nnd
“OTClub Livestock Judging..O^»»-
test.
10^0 am.: Judging of fat bav-
roa».>W. W. Need. Stephenvillc.
Judging of fat capons. R. L. Ple*-
son. Comanche.
11:30 a m. Judging of fat lambs,
W. W^Jleed. Stephenvllle.
- L;00 p.m.; Juding of fat steers*
the parade; “Grand Champion
steer, barrow, lamb, and caffon^—
■j RcitrrT barrow,
jamb, and capon; any other blue
ribbon—steer, barrow, lamb, or
capoh ______ ——— ---
Cliff Pettit, Guatlne farmer and
_. I ranker. And. one of the county's _
Ts^u^portSS rriost-p-rog-r5sfly* Nowlin Candidate For
P* Reprove
In the catalogue Just-publish- Mr. Peftit took a half page ad-| w B Nowiln> 0( De Lepft ^thls
niHii v\ iin- bo*** 1, Mis. J B cull-
ton, Mrs. Otrtlrude ^hlUon; Kob-
*rrt u>n. W. C. Chilton
Beat-tie section
Burl H. Wagnon For
State National Bank j Commissioner No. 1 .«
k ’ Closes Year Purl II Wagnon. 50-yVsr-dldt
' ’---- • ; .t-ockfarnjex of Sidney,"Route ~1
The enniinl stockhcl^crx and 'hi* week tuake* Ink Smnottnce-
directors tncettnR hf. the Stqle merit as a.'candidate fox; Cotnpih-
NntioijoL Bank of 'ComadrBe ^as sloher nf Pnechicf- No,: Li .
Ti? 1 ft&*‘Tuesday •• t, Anthony,- -Mu. Wn non, a .jjattvs ot co- “
p‘rWA£irnt. fiindunccd yiuit tJ’T’TrianthejCflrUnly„ alCrmti-h in lived
year itt4Vwas a good one foe the qut j>J tUif» county fatoms'
h«nk and* that duruyt the year vj-ars. rcfinned to. htb* farm-4n
’ thr rtrporits reached tlwir li»Khe*.t Commissioner's Pirtinct 1, two
poak in^history ' -years ago, ‘Tve-^nsid taxes on
Virgil H . Norris, a resumed property of the precinct all my
Naval yeteran wTiid served -m tha life." says Mr. Wagtvori.
Pat-ihe 4» w*m making his home -Til tiy to^sri* Just as many
lh Comanche, and iuu, Jolnyd the of the folks of bur comml vdoner>
Estate .National Bank force. precinct iu possible within the
During the year an 8 percent next few month*." says Mr; Wag-
L_ dividend was paid oh stock. non. "and until I Wkm- P«r*
i State National added 17.000 dol- .vmaUy. please Uke thls annouce-
Urs to its surplus during the past ment .as- a personal sollcitaUon
year and H300 was added to un-'Wr your vote an<nrrmxe»«a4’
divided, profits. ^ _ -
‘ -- Tl,i
vines, jamhche-today
. ^ubheh- Mr Pettit U
^ ^ ts a", advimise-^ vertisement in the eatatatue. uk^ c'ax'kuk'ie
nient complirfienttfry pf the cotti>* ojtjfit from whiclMMfi h#»io ^ ____«•__a-v.4-
‘ [y officers. Mr Ttgmfoot^s tiawre pay show prlgey^y mg
by fnisiabc was left oif this Jfst..
payfl
^dycriisement was omitted
Gfficcrs and directors of
■ : . • - , * j.i • i i mbo yjfiiji -f*m x fc/ary
MACHINE. .INCREASES VDLl’MF- members of the Kervic*
Drug * Store, Comanche, are grouped around, the sales-building
mpnogramnAng msrhinf Kfentfr Installed there. Stwwn wtth own-
er Clarence L. Ituett Mcht) are, I. to r.,-4L ‘D- Swea/engirt. Oita
Harrison, and Lavern Powers.
ham.
Anthony. Jr , _ ......
Anthony, mshter; E. H. Danny. Iii
5*a^!a,Rlrlmiond * “ T“ * rand.d.J lor County ComimvMon- .
M. A Rlthmond. _ „ . , #r Precinct No. I. His name will P-'V’1 8lx >eaw
A' mpnogramnung machine that
| is given a prominent position'at- Roy Dsibney To
|u“ s*rvlr, Dmi s»or*. her*, hi, M>ke Race por
Cemanche Cattfe Sell Well At
MTsxas Hereford Anctioa;
Barrel Heifer Grand Champiop
"• Jobs Roberisoa
Named County
Service Officer
«> ""P for 'the State Legislature for this
j *ce district -which’ is composed of Co-
manche and Mills Counties. iThe
- office Is now held by O. H. Moor#
- fof JQg I eon who is serglhK ^.jtua
.second tertn. S
'MV. Nowlin kays that he ferii
proud inf the fact that ’he carried
both Comanche boji£* the last
cip. i*ofi and a large number of
rural boxes,.when he then wa*. a
cawdtdfte for the office lxo hovf
- Speksl —--- -; ‘ '
.For the past fifteen KihIwBU
N
C^omanchc County calfTe. nwji-
luu. bii-n In the advoftis-...........-4
mg business, sjxjoaring advcxtlsa*...
rVenta in song Uoofe. fans, bc-ok
Covers, and other Similar art teles.
Hi* 'representatives cover mere
than a dozen -states and he Is
possibly tlie most successful per*
led by Barret Hereford RanchuL&on in that line of' business In
Dudley Bros., and T.‘ J.-MfrilUams. tho South. ^ ^ ^ , 4 .
Comanche ranchers, sold-well at-v Miv.NOwlin *>ay* that if elected,
the Mid-Texas Hereford Associa- tt« %IH render the best service
tion guction sale held Nfonday in
Stephenvllle. , *
In the show that was held be-
fore the auction. Donna Aiji&
132nd, owned by Barret Hereford ,
J Ranch, was Judged the gTkhcT *r,om
possible and that he will apprec-
iate your vote and InfRienc#.
fitmte National Bank am: E. K. CtwH® V.. Bigg, For
fi2TWSS!SSii VC>^!.CdtaB#M2^ NO* U tw^pon.mi* rot mot, «taM.n- ...... _ - ,
Vlo#-pmlq«nt, Boyd. . oHssrllW V. Bigg#, 40, this week fry sales in the last eight months. County Clerk
lakes his announcement as a sine#*its installation', than in the • «. ‘ * ___ -4--4ywnu_m. Kiwrtnon, vpmwnwiic.Rancjh, Hamilton.
^candldato for County conuntaalon-; 5lx yM„ - . -___, ^ . ao, Dabntv. Comanch,. trtwn- I Print, Dnmmo ‘
cordlhg to owner C. L. Huett, servicebinn with twenty-six ^ Court upon f^iar'cs Htephenville.
equipment, months in the tuiwan Thejg (,lp rprommMlf1fttlon of the A^.nva* grand champion buli. and sold
Inforihffm of- iptiatioii t is week m^es-Tftri ^K(nTl Posts of Comanche r°r 4ti30®- ..
— ser- -Ills •nnouhcemi pt Wr C<>ilpty Bnd I> l*eon. He succeeds J. B.1 ’The reserve champion bull, ;
champion female, and also topped. ms PftITn'
(the female- sale, when she went’ Nant*ais. *
JoTm. M Robtrtaon. Coinan.h«!S * »ld of *J.2«p. to Bywttr.
Pterann]
W, Dt Randals who recently re-
ceived hit honorable. discharge
tlie Army is at home with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ifuily
Rookkeei>ers: Virgil ft. Norris*
14th. owned
Mr*. Bioyi Stewart, and Hxk. A1- thf ksonogrammlng*
ma Denliy
Ct:C: Fiikcr 1ft
Sheriff Candidate
Mr. Bigg*, a native of Comanche,* displayed with a si» n ipfolrr
ounty. lias Uvrd in, JtrecJnct of frrr monovramwlhg
t.1
-week make* his formal annoimee-i He ownV 8 farm In' the Gotton.monogniinmimi 1* done skillfully- Srhool „n{\ of iiraughon's Busl-
ment as a candidate-for sheriff Orove community, and has ope rat-! »nd tf 18 Promoted |WJW college’H
of Coihanche County, subject t<> . ,t tt since moving Into the pkwt. foil.' (m»gpfl1ts - will exper*-..
action of th* regular Democratic cinct futirtecn years agd. ,...?, yjlence the'same Very gratnying rc-
prtanaries. ! VL am coritlhuing to ’Work oh’"Suits.
Mr. Fisher, 46. ts a native' nf
Comanche County-. He was boro ______________
In the Beattie community, and plb„of the precinct .uruirr uif .cnnwnm!i ;iinesnn mnrr riu w»- vetrr* dr noK-lbie between
has lived In^PPriianche for th«rj juiu Primary A* poeilbtor". Jltyk [sons ........ • P ■ "
PAst twenty years Befqre moving Mr Bigga; who explains that he to dl__ V
to Cofftanche. Mr. Fisher fargiecl know*~The Tbacbr of the- territory, Hum adds, rxiilainthg that be-
at Seattle, and while here/ was and declares that lie win be imj- incrcaslnK sUHonery sales.
Ih th(arnQlcsal» gasoline business. pArriftl+b everyone thtoughout the Lho rnn^hine has al*o been re-
He recanl^r leased out his «a*olln4- precmctcwlH keep' up. tklb .roads, uponsibljt for a rii« uv vohrtne at
agency." ■-* ~ .....*: '* as good>shape as possible, and the leaij
lie lias A ion. M/M Vernog attend to other duties of the of-
Fishcr, who is in-the Navy, serv- Tice erf commissioner; ,to the vecy R
ing-ffith the Pacific Fleet. besh-ivT fil* ability.- J> ton
"L .will. surely appreciate Four * "I will appreciate yourvot* and ’
the "entire . county," spending
two days a week at De I^eon ami
the remainder of the Wpie In Co-
lb' s^rvcil^B^a deputy tax as- Mr. ^oberls'bn will lake a slx-
s^wor-fQ,llectbr here for three wrpks training course at Waco
garret Herefofd Ranch woh $100j jl BATtJRDAY 'ffffTHT ~
iiwm. no suycpeos j. o.-t
acyon ot ,vne /gfleom.’Service Officer, and .Mr, Bocaido Masterpiece, was exldblt-
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C. wwnef w womanww wip, ~ “ ling 1* done skillfully <. two days a week at De Leon ami tn pH/ei money for showing the *j
grand champion female, and $30 ■,
for showtng the reserve champion | !
bull. .•• ^~Z . i. >i
\ "l am coritlhuing to work on suits,,- - _ v^ars''hefore .^lu rtng the anued^'IHSEL "J?! 0««ren. owned by T. J.
the ro&ila ot-JE!reclnct No. I, but' ‘;We likve ih«m qraitiftg aeveraf"*J^r*; w. before ^atumttiw his duties, in William*, pomanche, wj*s a .blpr
will seejust as many o} tpe t>eo- ft tlpie Veepecia^. around [will ^ee lu ■ as manv of ytHi i5ftv?r#r ’.IfcrVllb^,n Shiner, uUvclng fitst in the
pie of the precinct befofe the’cHristmas timewnd other filft sea- votrl^. nm-itdo batweeji^ now ft< c^',ht^ ^P'icP l>f/^r’ i .senior peifer division, and was
fson«. Wn voulH not km w .wh^^lgcUoS by DUdJey Bros.. Ooman
«ry. whose m. W wW appear « W.{ohe t |4^ .
pprecta
vote and ipflence," says Mir, Irish- support.
i ton
who adds that he will contact
as ■ many voters" as pdsstbte,
■— »nd ihe r
S
er, goods department.
weekly in tlie nwular announce-
ment colump of * he Chief.
Quarterly rontri'enee waa held
Church here
isldTn-e Elder
time in De Leon.
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MRS, . _
RRO
J. »JB» AJtTHJia
KEN ARM
Mrs j. *B
■
Miss Stanway D 6th. from, the
Dudley “herd, sold at lAOO to Ralph \
ins, ROSdoe. and Miss Stan-,*- •
way D 5th, gold tbOto the Dud U y
concJudBa.jMr Btsck.
•"Hnnker Kill Mbnmnent la
^r-
l-day furlough from Camp ^ome to Mrs. Arthur; About
to-VlJilk hig 'parenUr -Mr •
I tt;—-i hft-‘fil4L.„
UI1C AltlJIll
mt&fbrtunc
Arthur./ About threq
ago, her resided©* was dam-»salP aokl at an guesaga of
Mid-Texas Hereford '-Aasoci
> wist1
aftd the 1$ bulla averaged $359.
■Nidi
Near ^Vlaj^fttic
*■ Theatre
FRI. & SAT. MATIN?E
Bob Steete'
. - - Jh+-
' “NAVAJO TRAIL”
Tom Neal and Barbara Hale
FIRST YANR INT<V TOKYCT
MONDAY ONHY
•‘the Great mike*
«i —r... - -with— j
Stuart E«wtn And
__Robert Henry.
^ TUESDAY ONLY ;
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LawietKc Tierney ^nd r-j
Ame Jeffreys ^ • J. '
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& THURSDAY
_ ^Barfield And .
leanor Parker . M
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•PRIDE OF THK^IAJUNWr
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