The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1968 Page: 9 of 14
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August 30, 1068 Comanche, Texas 76442 Section Two
Drive Safe! Don’t De In faabor
Day Uleeh-End List of Occidents
Jane fallen Caraway and Russell Len iKirliam l nit<J
la Double Ring Cliurcli ( erenionv, Saturday, 2 I
Wtss Jane men Caraway
and Russell Len Durham ex-
changed wedding vows Satur-
day, August 24 at 8pm in
manche. Rev John C. Wiles
The First Baptist Church in Co-
performed the double ring cer-
emony
Parents of the couple are Mr.
and Mrs Derroll Franklin Car-
tway and Mr. and Mrs. Travis
Russell Durham of Comanche.
Mrs. Floyd Prather was or-,
ganist and accompanied John
Uliey as he sang “Walk Hand
ta Hand", “The Lord's Prayer"
and “O Perfect Love."
The bride given in marriage
by her father, wore a formal
gown of ivory peau de soie
with scooped neckline and
short sleeves French Alencon
lace circled the waistline. The
bell skirt was banded with lace
at the floor length hemline The
matching lace mantilla was
»<rn in high Spanish stvle Her
bridal bouquet was a cascade
arrangement of white orchids,
stephanotis, pink -roses '-and
English ivy.
Honor Attendants
Miss Susan Casey of Bekon
was maid of honor Brides-
maids were Miss Robin Davis
of Slaton, Miss Nlcki Fowler,
of Amarillo and Mrs. James
Culpepper of Arlington They
wore pomegranate pink dresses
of silk worsted with formal
flared skirts stemming from a
caftan yoke with cowl collar.
They carried bouquets of pink
roses and English ivy.
Candlelighters were Miss
Patti McKir.zie of Comanche
and Miss Kerry Hope of Bryan.
Their dresses were floorlength
fashioned of pale pink linen.
Best man was Jack Gregory
of Fort Worth Gary Knust and
Bob Gates of Houston and Bob
Allen, Comanche, were grooms-
men Ushers were James C.
Wllkerson III of Austin, Ron
tie Smith of McKinney, Bobby
Wallace of Dallas, Roger Free-
man of Dublin and Hank Dur-
ham of Waco.
Mothers’ Dress
The bride's mother wore a
light turquoise silk dress with
Jeweled collar with silver ac-
cessories and a white orchid
corsage.
. The groom's mother chose a
cocoa brown silk dress with
matching accessories and a yel-
low orchid corsage.
A reception was held imme-
diately following the ceremony
in the Comanche Garden Cen-
ter
TTie bride's table was laid
with white satin cloth overlaid
with white net with beaded
wedding bells and centered
with a pink and white floral ar-
rangement Appointments were
crystal and silver.
Mrs James C. Wilkerson III
of Austin, Mrs Lannes Hope of
Bryan and Mrs Chester Me
Kinzie of Comanche served
pink fruit punch, pink* mints,
and nuts and the tiered cake
which was topped with wedding
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AUSTIN — Colonel Wilson E. ways to enforce traffic laws. areas of the state. Texas Safety
(Pat) Speir, acting director of “Many other groups such as Association said W. F. <Biu>
the Texas Department of Pub- local police and sheriff’s de- Leonard will coordinate effort*
lie Safety, t«id the DPS esti- partment, the trucking indua- of over 12,000 Junior Chamber
mates. 46 persons may die in fry, and the Javcees will bn, of Commerce members in 0|P-
traffic accidents in Texas dur- cooperating in this effort to erating some 200 Test stops
ing the Labor Day- weekend. promote safe driving during for serving free coffee to lsl»-
“This is the last holiday holiday," Speir noted Rued drivers „
weekend of the summer, and For examnt*. the Texas Mo- Texas Highway x>p .
thnuaJtnrii aL molortsts lr*di- tor Trauspoitation Association j™'1:* haf P1 (.ivl,,f^n
tionahy take to the highways and its Texas f’ourcu of Safrty tdedl* With 8 bulletin I wing
tor an outing,” Speir said. “It Supervisors will sponsor a hot- roai) construction areas in
is indeed tragic that so many iday read patrol during the
men, women and children will Labor Dav w~.k»nd to assist , „ cunATi
become victims of motor vehi- stranded motorists. VISIT J. D. smuuts
ndents (hiring an other- jack Bryan, TMTA safety Mr an<j Mrs. Don Smoot,
wise happy period.” he added, director, said sdme 40 cars Mr and Mrs. Graham Smoot,
* Speir said the Department of marked "Holiday Road Patrol’ and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smoot
Public Safety will use all facili- wiU •* w**d in ‘he program. a|i Austin and Mrs. Earl A.
ties and personnel at its dis- Th“se wl11 *** manned by the Taylor of Blairstom, New Jer-
no-al inlln effoif Jo reduce (he sXety directora, safety super- fsey visited thetr parent*, lUv.
predicted death toll A special visors and safety engineers of ^ Mrs. J. D. Smoot last
"Operation Motorcide" will be ‘he trucking-industry who com- week Other visitors in the
activated at 6 p.m. Friday, Au- Dr*-e ]®t jn*mbersuip of the Smoot home were Mr ~ and
gust 30, and ‘continue through Council Personnel participat- Mrs. Ben Butler and children,
midnight Monday, September ir|g in the road ngtrol will work Jesse and Kellv of Austin.
2 During this period, all uni- as volunteers Mrs Butler is a granddaughter
formed DPS officers and equip- The JayceeS will provide rest of Rev. and Mrs. Smoot.
FOOTBALL Season Is Here! Enjoy It
In True Color with An
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Miss Pam Seale of Amarillo To Hold Reunion
and Miss Sallv Moore of Lub-
bock served chocolate double TFliS Week-end i’
ring cake and coflee from the
groom’s table which was cover- Comanche High School
ed with a brown doth and deco- . ___ , , ..
rated with marigolds. Appoint- ‘ l®88 °‘ has final) zed
ments were brass. plans for its "* year” reunion
When the couple left for a ‘n>* weekend,
wedding trip to Acapulco, the Saturday evening the group
bride was wearing a pale blue will meet at 8 p m at the Co^
silk suit wtth hot pink aeees manche Garden Center for a
sories and a white orchid cor- dinner served by Underwood’s
sage They will be at hon*ie at Jar- B- Que from Brownwood.
104 Tarrant Rd , El Presidente if anv class member has not
Apts., Grand Prairie. notified the committee that
Both art* Comanche High they w4U a<‘end P*e«s<' *> so
School graudates and the bride °V Friday. Virginia Daniel. 406
attended Texas Christian Uni- Prach, >s m charge of reserva-
versity, Texas Tech and will ‘>ons-
continue at the University of Sunday afternoon at 2 pm.,
Texas at Arlington. She is a class members, families, an<
member of Kappa Alpha Theta friends will meet at the L. C
Social Sorority The groom re- Durham lake house for an in
ceived his degree from Texas formal gathering. This locatior
Tech where he was a member can be reached by going ap
of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity oroximately 5 miles cut the Dt
and Double T Association. Leon highway to the Lake
~—- Proctor cut-off Follow this for
TO MISSOURI * miles and watch for a sign
. to the left directing you to the
,Mr,V R L Maize reunion. If there are any ques
h, * °. Missouri to visit tions concerning arragements
his mother who is dl in a hos- please call Betty Durham Lil-
i i ley or Virginia Daniel. *
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FIFTY YEARS WEDDED LIFE—Mr. and Mrs.
Bussell Earnest Nance, Ft. Worth Hwy., Coman-
che, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary on Sunday, Sept. 1. Open house will be heltf
at the Nance home, 2 to 1 p.m. All friends and
relatives are invited. Hosts will be their children,
W. B. Nance and wife Lucille of Brownwood ami
H. L. Nance of Comanche. Mrs. Nance, the form-
er Alma Annie Stewart, will he the fifth daugh-
ter of tho late Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Stewart to cele-
brate a 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.
Nance are members of the East Side Baptist
Church, Comanche.
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Mr. & Mrs. Clemons
Return From Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clemons
have returned from a vacation
trip to Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands. The trip was
sponsored by a Sales Contest of
the Ford Car Division. Mr. and
Mrs. Clemons flew from Dal
las to New York where they
ioined eight other couples from
Texas and five hundred more
persons from various parts of
the United States At New York
the group boarded the S. S. In
dependence (or the cruise to
Puerto Rico and the Island of
St. Thomas in the Virgin Is-
lands On tr.e return trip Mr.
and Mrs. Clemons flew from
St. Thomas to Miami and
from there to Dallas. They ar-
rived home Tuesday.
qFOR TEXANS ONLY
S. M. A. or S I M I L A C
TUNA Del Monte 6V2-Oz.
COFFEE Folger's
LETTUCE
4 cons $1.00
3 cons 89c
VISIT MOTHER
J. B. Carnes of Wichita Falls
visited his mother, Mrs. Jack
Carnes last week.
lb.
ZEE TOWELS
SUGAR
69c
hood 25c
mm
(180 count)
L I PTO N
FLOUR)
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Glodiolo
3 rollt $1.00
5 lbs. 59c
!/4-lb.
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F L O UR Glodiolo
NAPKINS" Kim
YAMS Sugary Som
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39c
5 lbs. 49c
25 lbs. $1.79
70 Count 15c
22-oz. can 30c
Gooch or Wilson
FISH STICKS
Mariner's
12-ox. 49«
29c
8-ox.
JEWEL, MRS. TICKER’S, DIAMOND
SHORTENING
3 lbs. 49c
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We Give S&H Green Stamps -- Double On Wednesday
OPEN 7:00 A M. CLOSE 9:30 P.M.
Ned’s Grocery
n WAYNE and! BILL STEWART
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SPECIAL
Back To School ~
OFFER !
HEARTLAND now offers for a limited time a $1000 Life Insurance Policy
or $10 for the complete school term (9 months)!!!
’’hi* offer is restricted to those students enrolled in Kindergarten, or Grades 1 thru 12, who are
n good health, and insurable.
TALK ABOUT A BARGAIN!! For less than 4 cents a day, you can have
51000 PROTECTION on the life of your child for the full 9 month term.
Take advantage of this offer NOW! Complete the following information, and
nail to HEARTLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 501 East Central,
!omanche, Texas 76442. If you prefer, you are welcomed to visit us in person.
T : Name Age Date of Birth
understand that this is a special policy for a limited period, and that the policy may he extended
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1968, newspaper, August 30, 1968; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892051/m1/9/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.