The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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Co*w*nchc County a Oldest Business Institution • Published For and About Comanche County
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FZ we tip our hats to
ffljb President Earl A-
I hard working crew
f«rk done in arranging
! ^ Annual Rodeo, I
ONE OF THE bestj
reduced in Texas and |
JjJ is fortunate to have
ISC show.
good thing about
firodeo in July - It
I always brings a rain.
Ut | little shower yea-
TJjiybe sometime this
(U have some rain.
FARMERS are re-
ft/Gore Bros, that they
1 the insecticides A dust-
for their peanuts.
j budget priced and
I ready for your locker
here, are being adver-
Frozen Food Locker
YIHH
LODGE OFFICERS are pictured looking over the
new. Masonic Temple now under construction on
N. Austin St. Left to right: Bill Clemons, Junior
War?®”:. George Ware, Senior Warden, and Rot>-
ert Willis, Worshipful Master of the local Hope
Lodge.
COMANCHE, TEXAS 76442 JULY 16, 1965
New Teachers
Named To Faculty
In regular School Board ses-
sion on Monday night, July 12,
I die Comanche School Board
| carried out the following action
Approved milk bid forma to
be sent to Borden Milk Com-
pany, Foremost Dairies. Gan-
dy’s, Vandervoort’s, and Metz-
ger’s. Approved bread bid form
to be sent to Mrs. Baird’s Bak-
ery, Holsum Bakery, Rainbo
Baking Company, Mead’s Bak-
ery, and bakers of Jane Parker
bread (if interested).
Accepted the resignation of
Brenda Camp as a classroom
teacher in Comanche Public
Schools.
Chief 10$
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: GOODS SALE now at
k’s Ben Franklin
Robert Willis New
Worshipful Master
Of Masonic Lodge
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Robert Willis, Comanche, has
been elected Worshipful Mas-
ter of Hope Lodge, No. 481
A.F.A.M. for the ensuing year.
Other officers of the <Coman-
u . che lodge are Bill Clemons,
[His ad, back page on junior Warden; George Ware,
Senior Warden; Bill Dudney,
|A MTHINC Suit? Nowj treasurer; Don Gray,
at Gibbs Exclusivejw^at, Senior Deacon;
m m , . ’ James T. Roberts, Junior Dea-
run-Storel DY-.and (Con. Damond Power, Senior
. Steward; Don McCraw, Junior
NCE SALE now under- steward.
| Joint Installation ceremonies
bit travi *«.• A were held in De Leon with two
WCekT^v Shriners from the Karem Tem-
IDISCOUNT Store. Look p|e ^ Waco charge
lirer in this issue. _____________ ^
p’s Chevrolet A^ds. Attend Journalism
ft toed up some extra
Mrs. Don Walker
To Teach Music
In Public Schools
nyi on New and
Eft his ad in this issue.
TO SAVE money on
D items — Then Higg-
l is the place for you
ay the folks on the
[Bemember, when you
ptfinbotham’s — You
i satisfaction of guaran-
tiee.
Mrs. Pallie Palmer, CH8
English teacher and Warrior
sponsor, Miss Kathy Anthony,
co-editor of the Warrior, and
Ginger Seay af the Arrowhead
staff attended the 7th Annual
High School Journalism Work-
shop July 12-16 at Texas AAM
University.
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THURSO A Y, FRIDA Y, SA TURDA Y MIGHTS
It’s RODEO-TIME in Ooman- morning—and Earl AJbin, prea-
che this week-end and top ama
teur cowboys and cowgirls from
throughout this area are here—
ready for the opening perfor-
mance Thursday night, as the
Comanche Roping Club pre-
sents its 25th Annual Rodeo.
First of the field of an ex-
pected 200 cowboys and cow-
girls here for the show were out
inspecting the "saltiest, most
ornery rodeo critters” at the
Rodeo Grounds early Thursday
Gold Star Tour
Went of the Comanche Roping
Club, reports that all is in evi-
dence for big crowds to be
showing up for the three night
event, which opens at 8 p.m.
Thursday night and repeats on
Friday and Saturday nights.
The rodeo is again being pro-
duced and directed by Lloyd
Woodley of Lampasas. Rodeo
producer Woodjey is furnishing
the livestock for the local rodeo
for the 11th straight year. Co-
manche’s 25th Annual Amateur
Rodeo is again being sponsored
The big street parade, always Iby *** 1R°P|n« dub,
a hit with the crowd, starts at I* oon-profit organization
6 o’clock. The Oomancbe High! Grand entry each evening
School Indian Band, all decked | will be at 8 o’clock, and over
out in western attire, will lead;300 cowboys and cowgirls and
the parade. contestants are expected to be
on hand to ride in the event
Popular prices are again fc
be charged—61.00 for adults-
50c for children.,
In addition to added attrac
tions in each rodeo perfor
mance, there will be six big sc
tion events — bareback bnax
riding, steer bull-dogging, cal!
roping, girls barrel racing
bead and heeling and Brahms
bull riding.
Remember! There are rodec
performances nightly at 8 p.m.
Let’s all be there!
Elected Jerry Hulsey of Rt. 8
Saturday Juiy tJ $300,000 loan for extended service
By Judy Fleming, County
Home Demonstration Agent
The 1965 Girl’s Gold Star
U be held Saturday, July
h* tor will leave the
year. Mr. Huhey is a graduate'
of Dublin High School and will KJ" WVWi iS?
Dublin, aa an English-Spanlsh x h5d <LtuXv K
£“*>F ,ta <- o m a n o h . High ;jj£
ouse rt« 2:45 p.m.
receive a BA dZTfZ tour there from 4 to 5 p.m. We
' * JLYrfSTE lh» trerel t. De Loon and
The Comanche School Beard
in recent action has made fe-
stive plans to have til organ-
ized Junior High and Senior
High chorus for the runs tag
school year.
Mrs. Carolyn Walker, wife sf
assistant coach Don Walker,
will direct these groups when
Mrs. Palmer was awarded a' final details have been worked
with the Texas Education
Tarlatan State College In Aug
with a double mai ^
iSSSfttatf-ti
tag run(afternoon)
member of the M
church.
fe to 5:40 p.m. and then re-
Star Tour
RURAL TELEPHONE CO-OP. RECEIVES
Comanche County Telephone ween the new Exchange at j
* .
iSiiW to »«W loonialtan odu-
hundred and thirty
pothing but buying
Remember — The
in town are adver-
Chief.
sots preregistered for the
workshop conducted by the De-
partment of Journalism.
Kathy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd Anthony and
Ginger la the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Seay. Kathy will
be a senior and Ginger a junior
at CHS this fall.
Singing at Sand Hill i Brady, pastor
Friday night is regular sing- staging,
tag night at Sand Hill. Every- . . a .
Sweetwater Baptist
To Hold Revival
Revival services at Sweet-
water Baptist Church will be-
gin Sunday, July 17 and con-
tinue through the following
Sunday, July 24.
Rev. Charles Ethridge, Glade-
water, will do the preaching
leettag. Rev. Boo
■, will direct the
Cooperative, Comanche has
just been granted a $300,000
loan according to a telegram
received by R. L. Mull, presi-
dent of the Cooperative.
The telegram reads — Am
notified by Department of Agri-
culture of R.E.A. Loan of
$900,000 to the Comanche Tele-
phone Co-operative Association
at Comanche-
t 3 i . V
Rev. Wiles To Hold
Gustine Revival
MR. DeLANEY
Elected Robert DeLeney of GustiM^wUl htdd*a* Revival1 bu-
Services during the meeting Lamkta, as s Junior High math ginning Monday, July 19 and
will be held each morning at and social studies teacher. Mr. “ ‘
11 o’clock, and 8 o’clock each DeLaney has recently taugta for
night.
and 4 party service through-
Waltur McCul- 01)1 the telephone system and
Star Bov* Mrs 6,60 tor 37 1111168 °* D6W 1106
|W. W. Causey chairman of the to *6rve 213 new subscribers,
Home Demonstration Cboncfl* 60(1 construct a new dial of-
jand BID Parker. 1166 4H Adult «« buildtag at Proctor.
I Each of the girls have turnad Signed — Ralph W. Yar-
ta a record book and they ham borough, U. S. Senator,
i been tauged. Hie record hooka The purpoee of the loan is
count half and the torn count* to upgrade the present loaded
half in determining the IMS fortuities In the Exchangee of
Geld Star Girt. The GoldStar Sidney, Newburg and Hass*
Proctor, and also to serve new
customers over a ten year per-
iod.
The first 18 month plan to
use the money will be (a) to
cut prosit 7, t, and 9 party
lines down to not more than 4
parties on any line in any ex-
change.
(b) To add new Dial office
and Buildtag on U. S. Highway
87-377 close to townaide of
Proctor. This new equipment
will replace present switch-
board in the Hasse - Proctor
Exchange.
(c) To add extra lines be-
tween allv Cooperative Ex-
changes and Comanche with
Cooperative furnishing its por-
tion of call free lines and Gen-
eral Telephone Company fur-
nishing i t s Comanche Ex-
change Dortion of Call Free
lines and facilities. Lines bet-
Proctor and Comanche will bej ^ , ■ un
underground DamgfJ ff 1(1
Why is this all necessary?!
Cooperative Manager Roy D.
Adams made this statement to
the Chief “Loaded systems
and party lines are becoming
more and more of a problem
to ogr busy America and to
that furnish the
latum (fn people
4r-*f instant Ml
League Title
j Award is the highest acktam-
!ment a 4-H club member can
* The boy’s tour was bald on
FHday, July ». Iks boys toured
ware Ronnie Cox and Baddy
Lane.
I The 1966 Gold Star Boy and
Girl will be announced eerty fat
Ljctooer.
ending Sunday, July 25.
Rev. John Wiles of First Bap-
three years on the Island of tint Church. Comanche, will be
Guam, and has a Master’sDe- the evangelist
gree from Southwest Texas Evening services are at 8 p.
State College, San Marcos. He m with prayer service at 7:30.
is married, has two children to i Morning services will be held
college, and the Delaneys are Tuesday through Friday at 10.
members of the Methodist: Brad Helbert is the regular
church. pastor of the Gustine church.
buildings
litieTwffl
will help us upgrade our pre-
amt system before our pro-
blem of overload becomes too
complex."
Manager Adams also states
that all equipment,
and outside plant facilities
be built by contract, with the
board of directors using the
Sealed Bids method.
It is expected to take 18
months to complete the plan-
ned work.
The local telephone coopera-
tive, which was cutover in 1966,
serves 640 farms and ranchos,
and has the reputation of be-
ing one of the top telephone co-
ops in the state.
Present Board of Directors
of the local Telephone Cooper-
ative are R. L. Mull, president,
D. E. Steele,., vice-president,
James T. Roberta, secretary-
treasurer, Walter Mazurek, B.
J. Pyburn, Harold Seay and
Claude McPherson.
Toppers 6-1 lx
pitching of Ds
The Raiders
PORTER FRANKS
SUFFERS SLIGHT STROKE
Porter Franks, popula
manchean, sufferd a
ar Co-
ht
stroke at his home Thursday
morning, and is how in the Co-
manche Hospital, Inc.
Harelik’s Raiders captured
first place in the local Little
League last week by downing
the Central Texas Fertilizer
behind the strong
Danny Graham,
also proved that
they mean business ta tourna-
ment play as they won the first
two games of the double elim-
ination tournament.
The Raiders will dash with
Oak Lawn Thursday night,
at l:S0 to see which teem ad-
vance to the finals. $
Also on tap for Thursday
night at 7:00 will be Gustine
vs. Wizards.
Other games scheduled are
Toppers vs. the winner of the
Wizard • Gusttae game on
Friday, July 16 at 6:20.
Also playing Friday night will
be Sidney vs. the loser of
Thuursday night game between
Oak Lawn and the Raiders.
. The tournament champion
will be crowned either lues-
day or Thursday night.
Last week results of tourna-
ment play were Gustine over
the Saints 6-5; Qak Lawn 10,
Toppers 6; Raiders 12, Sidney
2; Toppers 8, Saints 7; Oak
Lawn 8, Gustine 5; Raiders 10,
Wizards 4.
1 »*
V Rev8*!??8Mrs. Ural Sherrill
of Abernathy visited with Rep.
and Mrs. J. D. Smoot Tuesday,
July 12.
°°K1NG over the new korner fashions
fc**! Kuykendall end daughter, will hold its p-and opemnj Friday
iladv ^ serve* a* part-time and Saturday. $80.00 worth of free
FashioiTkomer, merchandise will be given*wdur;
i.h( ’ho fashions at the neW fng the opentng, also free balloons
p- ln Sunaet rWtftr wKL-h and free drinks.
MR. CLOPTON
Elected James Robert Clop-
ton of Brown wood aa a High
School P.E.-health-social stud-
ios teacher. CTopton will receive
his B.S. degree in August from
Howard Payne College, with *
double major in P.E< and his-
tory. Clopton is single and Is a
member of the Baptist church.
Ho will serve as an assistant
bus driver and as an assistant
coach in all sports in the junior
high sbcool.
Chevrolet Increases
Baseball Lead
Comanche Chevrolet, sponsor-!
ed by Arthur Chevrolet & Old?.
Inc. and managed by Bo Elrod
is leading the Inter-City Junior
Teenage Baseball League.
The Chevroleters have a 7-1
record, two games above the
Cross Plains Rebels.
Comanche Higginbotham is in
third place in the league with
a 5-4 season record.
Last weeks Comanche Chev.
downed Cross Plains Drillers 7-
2, and the De Leon Colts 24-11.
Comanche Higginbothams beat
the De Leon Eagles 64, and the
Cross Plains Driller 6-3.
Saturday night a double-
header will be played here, with
Comanche Higginbothams meet-
ing the De Leon Colts at 6:00.
and Cfeanche Chevrolet will
meet the Cross Plains Rebels.
On Monday night Comanche
Chevrolet wfll host the Ooes
Plains Drillers.
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Here from Stephen villa
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brock of
Stephenville - visited at Lake
Proctor a few day* this past
weak with Mrs. Brock’s daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. M. Durham Jk*.,
Mr. Dorkare, red DM* f|
'day afternoon, July 18.
Rev. and Mrs. Tommy Knotts The parsonage, which was
cordially invite everyone to at- completed approximately six
tend open houle at the new par- [weeks ago, was under constnj
sooage of the East Side Ban; torn 75 days. The 1700 oquare
tilt Church located at 1000 E., feet residence has three bed-
Walcott from 2 until 4 p.m. Sun- rooms, two ceramic tile baths,
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large living room, dining room,
kitchen and den. A cement pa-
tio connects f
with a double
Exterior of the attractive mo-
dern residence is of cream
brick.
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1965, newspaper, July 16, 1965; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889138/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.