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Comanche Chief
Comonchg County's Oldett Business InsHhiHoo— Published For And About Comanche County
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COMANCHE, TEXAS, JUNE 25, 1954
i6 pages in two sections
Prosperous Area
Says Writer
B1 hot^and Thomas
HboUdsj^^11^ C^n OiWlhe boasts "good schools
wmSTIWFUB rh"rrhes. servo, a uroM.or,
by now—and fanning area said Pressley Bryant .
^thebot days ahead In a write up of Comanche County
by addliu; one of jn Sunday Fort Worth Slur H
-made *ir con" Telegram as follows:
", Gustine, named .for Samuel
w,e tlme now Gustine, its first postmaster Is the
flpfj shoppers supplv .center of a prosperous
,«*1 racks priced farming area. It’s First State Bank
‘ 115.00. You’ll find the has deposit* totaling (#508.465.
lent fivbig deta. > 1 Banker 6. W Robinson, a former
, merchant and longtime advocate
m
De Leon Serves
Wide Trade Area
Says Writer
De Don a city of schoo's and
chtirches. is nn.hruv'rtnrv* trar’Jnt/
center says Presley Bryant in the
following article:
j De Leon, in northern Comanche
i C<;uuntv, r ime into evr tri'■" with
;the arrival of the TcxasCen'ro]
: Railroad, and >now a part of the
i Missouri - Kansas - Texas svstem
It was named for the Leon Rtver,
near which it Is located, although ,°.urs«e™n'
ortginnally it wafe called Cooner- ^» ,L>e.r* lh^
Comanche HD
Rodeo duly 8-8-10
Big Parade Planned
—i.
-ss Baptist Teams Set Demo Comillmee
th- city Baker>' this
John Jolink Will give
!£L^te»tWthe reg- jmercial fertilizer
a dozen of County.
. _■ _ TO SPtAK HERE—-Pictured is
of Soil Conservation eryasofu a Ralph "w Yarbar moh
i^as~
.....'............ «<*"■*• Sl"LbTnh‘,rh.!f,;a“Koo“
•Idly 8 at 4 o'clock Judge Yar-
borough, favored by Comanche
County voters in the 1952 gub-
ernatonal race, is making a vig-
orous campaign for the governor-
ship. His Austin campaign head-
quai ters point out that Yarbor-
ough's visit to Comanche will
give him opportunity to express
personal gratitude for 1952 sup-
port of Comanche Countians and
__. . . , .seek their favor 'in the forth-
?ri!r'“7k,?.^,X0rJ,lr«iC<>ml,,* Julr
|,rs,osr^»^n
BRffSrwS
Pfvr
fii*jiIM i*tir Chairman
rfminris candidates
lt Jymp 28, i* the
E p»y their UMeumeais
!H «r their names on
lor the coming July
«• A—‘M-■ -—•» • - - • ———
___Sinclair Agent.
, fin* Kartwi * the oil
U22, u an stent for
»<S Oo. His
1 teoBMUM »io*Ui
now «#ves 10
m Comanche
Good churches, a well housed
Independent school district and
a hospital are among Gustine’s
social assets The 10-bed Smith
Memorial Hospital was a $40-
000 gift to the town by the late
Mia. Phil Bertram of Wftxa-
hachie. In hpnor of her father,
Dr. W M. Smith, pioneer Gustine
physician After her husband’s
death. Mrs. Bertram returned to
known as the
Highway 36.
In addition to the hatchery
operated By Will 8turkie, Ous-
tinWs industry includes a tailoring
business operated by Mrs. Coye
Witting ham, which specializes in
the manufacture of funeral cloth-
ing. Its product Is sold all over
Tbxas.
fondomf bfrJ uus-o ttuHHteac
nails* how fast
icnty U growing.’
at in this
iRl COM by General
|uoiD|. "General Electric
j m belief ui a long-term
| industrial growth by the
program in its
more than a
e* lkitr. You’ll
l.O-E ad of Interest
of this issue
•Masons Top
Install New **
Officers Friday
i for the price of 1 on
LipeUck at the
Agency Drugs.
Itvo of these Permasticks
Ils progreiBflng nicely on
IKsenolla Service Station,
I miung them at thg
*psny. You 11 find these
specials advertised in
regular advert isement
lUUf
:-Prt*res^Uiu nicely for
cf^ths oidgast, t>eat
In recent years---and
Wei are uust two .weeks
[M (et behind this entn-
windyid* project, and
W viy tliru we caii.
lichmon
•n Stote
Food Contest
Mrs. Ret a
"*• Mkry Haynes, and
Harvey C Byrd. Grand 8ec-
’■etary of the Masonic Lodge of
Political Rally
Af Beattie
Night July 3
The Beattie Community Club
Apr"15
3rd. at the Community House.
All candidates are Invited to at-
tendand wjll be given an op-
portunity to make a brief speech
In their behalf. ....
lillle League Pace Makes Plans For
vine, The Leon and the South Lm^dav' jl ***** antt
Leon, which toin In the southeast- tU da> J J ^*10
ern part of the countv are named Another popular action-type
'gr.rr-i iatiw DrimariA(
i w,
in 1900. is estimated at 2.500. 1 . -----. . . * I top place In standings in the} ing until
.. h»» nr«BroofhoUl. • nrThe ■«»>•
a city auditbrlum and- 9- Comanche Rodeo, which annually Both
aoth,3i40^HtmaUnrtCLPa'>0 attract» mort than one hundred
inw h4nn*lno l^ni»rr0rUn l | lOP ttrnatVUr ‘ COWhand* fXOm all
federal low-housing project. I sections of Texas. . .
" Library, auditorium and Amer- ». d slated
lean Legion are located in the City , _ . ^ _ • _ . ,
built In 1938 ' Comanche Lions Club is spon-
a rw. soring the Rodeo Parade, which
There are 8 churches in De Leon l8 to ^ held at 5:30
^ rtutri>taChwhtrhde^^eMv Thursday altemoon. July 8. The
school district which recently xjon8 Club wiu present |lft to
built a new $125 000 high school the winning float, $10 for second.
:!£ *nd * 'w
"2* ,H*^r wra S 7Tn
d'r"'“, „..
Because of Its committee are Edwin Sartor. Jim
on Highway 6 and 16, pe I^on carpenter, Harrold Flemins, Bob
Carpenter and .Dale Biggs.
Everyone is invited and urged
teams
the first Democratic
primary election, slated for Sat-
but the First Bapt1stUnR^eaS ;yrday’‘ JU!y, 24' mter“»
their unblemished record on the jln Comanchd County is beginning
line in the Friday night opener plck “P- and the County
against fifth-place Hlgginboth-1 Executive Committee
draws business from three count-
. Jes. The Fanners and Merchants
National Sank headed by R. B-
Nauonai uanx neaaea oy n. n. , . ...__. .,
hM d,po.l« Of $2,617, 2.3
WM b» Mw
to buy. a ticket to the dinner-in;
prder to attend the pfbhtlral
at the special Installation program
♦o be ^eld WVidev night Jun^ 25 at
LrV» Park Comanche.
W Br Sartor is to be lnsUlled
as Worshipful Master. Wayne
Woolsey, as Senior Warden. Joe
Sartor as Junior Warden. R K. ,
Waggoner as Treasurer and Wtt -»^y Everyone is Invited.
Mewbom as Secretary
Virgil Norris .will be Senior
Deacon. Bill Clemons as Junior
Deacon. David Woolsey*. as Sen-
ior Stewart, and M< t*. Green- os t
will find week-end Junior Stewart.
Installation services Will be for
Master Mason's and their fam-
ilies A meal will be served
'We ore honored to have our
Like Comanche. De Leon Is one
of'the most important peanut
markets in Texas, with a shelling
plant operated by the De Leon
Peanut Company, of which N. T.
_ „ ^ . v , Haskins is president. It is also an
The - Comanche Chamber oft marketing center for , .
Commerce is Inv^ed to send ^h« iaSTOetonB «^daloupes ‘s already being shown, and en-
representatives. and members of hn«x eatttle and poultry-expected from practic-
the Comanche School faculty peca“' ho**; “ c the ally a11 Comanchc buatne»
*re especially invited I D* Geon busihesses mclude tne | cern8i M wey ^ lodges, clubs.
™ r^lly: Milling Company. Bassett Feed tQ0
that the type of entry, whether
a beautifully decorated float, a
humorous one. a commercial ex-
hibit. or an entry depicting a
western "bY" pioneer 6dttlng, is
left entirely uu to the individual.
Good interest in this parade
Individuals
5*^? Sir. a£Z*S iSSi-issSsrir4 ^ ^
mere, office, II U not nectary "workll
A. Hill
The .Community Club, of which
Parade committeemen say too
that they aVe counting on en-
tries friom surrounding commun-
ities—and point out that these
Joe Cadenhead
Claimed by Death
O. H. ktoore, city judge. Justice of entries created much interest
peace and former school super- and added much to last year’s
intendent, is secretary, serves trig (highly successful event. Com-
ciiy in lieu of a chamber of com- mitteettlen are canvassing -th
merce.
Funeral Rites Held
.the
but
who would have beer 78 on July 7,
died at his heme in Comanche In
we “onvT0" .T'lnciiTii his slerp snmrtinlf nround Wfd-
Orand SecretaiY hete • ninht »artv 'TViiirwHav mnAlnr
town for parade entries now,
point out that regardless of
eon tart., the parade Is open to
overgone.
Here For B. M. Poyne n„a,.
* —►( The Lions dub is also spon-
-BTdrop Marvin Payne. res-; soring ^ Rodeo Queen
am’s.
In last Friday nights games,
the Toppers beat Higginbothams
14-1 in the opener—and the First
Baptist RAs shut out the Saints
16-0.
The Saints got off to a fast
start Monday night—scoring 8
times in the opehing inning, but
f&ded. as the Raiders pounded
out a 16-8 decision in a single
game
Friday night. June 26 games
match Higginbotham's vs. First
Baptist RAs; and Raiders vs.
Toppers.
Monday night's tilts: Higgin-
botham's vs. Saints; First Bap-
tist RAs vs. Victory Baptist RAs.
Little League Standings
Team
Victory RAs
First RAs
Toppers
Raiders
Higginbotham’s
Saints
L Pet.
0 1.000
• 1.000
1 .067
2 .$37
2 .125
0 .000
Newburg Takes
Softball Lead
has been busy making final ar-
rangements. .
Midnight Saturday, June 26. is
the deadline for aspirants to of-
fice to make payment of th*ir
filing fees to County Democratic
Chairman D- W Long. Failure to
pay the fee will prohibit a can-
didate’s name , to appear on the
offknut ballot in a recent mect-
Ing, the Democratic Executive
Committee voted to levy a* filing
fee of ten percent of the anfiual
salary of the each office sought
by candidates. The ten percent
levy Is divided equally between
the number of candidates for
each office.
A sub-committee met Monday
morning and drew the order In
which names of . the candidate*
will appear on the official ballot.
The sub-committee arranging
the ballot was composed of Coun-
ty Democratic Chairman Long,
and precinct chairmen W. F.
Duke. De Leon No $3; Ide Lane.
Fleming; L. E. Westmoreland.
Dingier: John T Carpenter, Co-
ton. Newburg. 'T
In a June 12 meeting of the
Democratic Executive Commit-
tee, attended by twenty-three
precinct chairmen. Chairman .
Long was authorized to make
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wewourgr oerending (Jity Soft- appointment of precinct chair-
hall champions annexed two vict-men to nn existing vacancies,
ories durin gthe week, to take over , and the newly-named will pre-
leadersnjp ,ln the local qoftball side in the July 24 primary. The
'OOP. - ■ (new precinct chairman are: J.
The Charlie Camesmen pound- If Hall, Comanche No J; Oayle
cd out a 16-10 extra inning win. Isham. Energy; M. L. . Oeye.
over Gustine last Thursday night.' Lamkin; L. O. Holland, Proctor;
and came back Tuesday night to D O. Armstrong. Sidney; Cecil
down runner-up High School Robertson. Beattie: John T. Car-
5-1. ' -----------r-’ penier. Comanche No. 2.
High School beat Beattie 13-m—Long said—one or two other -
ecrevary ^ hf ^ Thurviav morhingl if^n* of the Elm Grove Com- inviting every Comanche County. night, and Hugh Coan's: precinct chairman will be nam-
Big Ranch Deal
h Closed Here
1rnr’22nK:.e«r*?v,o;™ «rr»)lrdIvl(I«f^«HK *21* bWJn«
■ 5 „ m that h, had pa.:,rd awnv. •r->m, June 23 ««i »«•-*?. JS. WWW ,be ».••«••!
ThurM., mteht nnmeulw.il to.r Run-<*
-=7^
<-'-e r»f real
deals iiere ln several years was'10
, i . . ,V n mnnehe Countv March 29. 1885. Rodeo Queen will br crowned at
Funeral sen-ices are to be held f th , t .tolm the Friday night rodeo perform-
estate at the Comanche Funeral Home i|t the son of t ne iaie ^
Friday June 25 wlUi Wesley Payne and RehecCft T»ra
a. m.
ROles ,n 'the Rodeo'Queen con^
o- d last week when in O^o^Cemetw. P«W. ^ was manied in test are that the entry must not
Brothers purchased the Dick 1’BC t‘lst church of Comanche County to Miss Sara be more than 21 years of age,
Alexander Ranch. Consisting of charge of the ! KUzabeth Hurt in’^July 1905. who; and single. Contestant must ap-
3.076 acres The property Is lo- Comanche will nave cnarije ...rvlv^, ,Jp6ar ln the parade, but does
__________„.,Jlcated ln the Frytonville com-
^ur. Jr., Home Dem- munity. some six miles west of
? «,A*ent attended the it^omanche. •»
I Round-Up and Contest | Purchase of the Alexander
*}une 7-11. About property, brings
seiylces.
survive*. _ ..
Mr. and Mrs. Payne were the
pear
not have to ride a horse or ap-
Mr Cadenhead is a native of i nn1"‘nts”'0f 8eVcn children, one of pear in rodeo regalia Attire and
s" xsrjfc; ar sr15 wiu’
nuriiev son of 13 children bom to the abopt 7eRria in 1 iott ofW __
tr0m M I B^nch ^holdings" to 18.600 .ores, j “^^C^nhead £?rl nworth; Mre. Treva -Newton « R| IL VA„lLr
it the biggest ln Coman- Be u«* the lMt •^v^chlld « Comanct*e; Chester Payne / Uf (1(1y Y OUT
-^attending were che County, and one of the »-■^ ^ J
Isz?zr ‘° co°unchg ^ Killed one Hurl
Afferent short courses., *cst in U..s -section.
of the coui-se the«e n. Dodlcy Ranch lands come
were given cem- to the Comanche city limits on,. -■
completion. Mrs. Wade .1 extend south and When MY. Cadenhead was 24
IcBded the short course west for several miles. | years of age, he wa* married ^n
1 *-H Adult leaders”
Also surviving are four^riktere.
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-T^fSlSriS^r"S'
Mrs. Minnie Randolph of Wichita Jjj gy|*p0| Qjj||
Cjananch?_ tpiri}s_ Mre- Gore Taylor of VU^~
rSd tlhldhNulriti.0nB” mostly with registered survives^ Ot^ su/^^0” ‘“C‘Ud5: »nche and Mrs Ethel Brlster of ; Tvq youn(r of promi-
Cauiey. Jr., of Baytown and two
. great grandsons, Larry and Keith
| Cauiey of Baytown.
Mr: Cadenhead. a farmer and
Wtont" short coarse. | picnic AT l>E I.KON
SI.ATF.I) MONDAY, JULY 5
went* during round-up
,! >H Share th* Fun
r* y-B Chuuck Wagon
Th$ seventh annual picnic and |
*nd tx. 1 ,, j:”' -• —•— homecoming will be held »». owunen »•»» — — 7 m . --------- ---
™ me 4-K Recognition Hodges Park, De Leon. Monday, mg community before moving to and neighbor.
JzJ* k^ral out- July 5. Comanche in 1908 where he spent \ —-
Tt4Hy.c— wpre
at'business man, lived In the Down- which he lived as a good citizen
i Mr. Payne was converted ^hen | Rnd a third youth wa* reported
a boy and united with the W”- in a serious condition Thursday
church, beilng an active member noon M a re8Ujt 0f an auto-
was a Sunday school teacher ana mobjie-trUCk crash at a highway
was known ln the communilty m intersection ln ,Burnet about 5
, Featuring the program will be the remainder of hi* life. | McCullough Renulon a e
the Blackwood Brothers from 1 Mj. cadenhead was active in The McCullough reunion will be
Memphis. Tennessee: the States-, rommunity and civic affairs and; held *t Coggln Park in Brown^
men Quartet from Atlanta. Oa.:[ R a member of the Baptist, wood. SiMday June 27. All friends
io tom^ homT ith™ aiXd th* Stamp* Quartet from| church. 1 and relative* are invited to attend
‘ “jPfr lHhe^tatel1^-11**" —..... .1 ----------"SLI> - -
* ih! ivIc&ihI.s Hotfi ■
^rHillraB Communities In County
^ ■>*«• Reta
V RolSl?^ »tUm-
the
Get S Cash Ruiards Tonight
tlori honoring Hazeldell. Amity
Hundreds of people are ak- and Stag Crook communltieu,
looted at Lake Fanes Park. Cot which are to receive three money
manch*. Thursday night: June pr1*ei In Community Rang«*and
M, to take part in the celebra- 'Pasture contests.
A picnic supper will. bei aerv
at 6:80 p m., following by tr pro-
gram and movies.
o’clock Thursday morning
Fatally injured in the colli-
sion of, their automobile with
a truck loaded with steel,
were R. J. Tiemann. son of
F. H. Tiemann of Priddy:
and Spencer Renfro, son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Renfro
. of Priddy. —
•' Reported critically injured, is
Ruben Lippe.' $on of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Lippe. Rt. L Goldth-
waite. f.
The three youths were enroute
to Seguin. where the collision oe-
rured. Lippe and Tiemann plan-
ned to study, for the ministry,
and were enroute to make ar-
rangements to epter Texas Luth-
eran Collage at 8eguin. Young
Renfro also planned to eiHer
Lutheran College after his
here and Newburg goes to Oustine.-i ®^}y 1,1 J*
The Pony League will play here
.j L
Tuesday night.
l eague Standings
Team : * . W
Newburg 3
High. School .1 2
Gustine -----— 1
Beattie 1
thei* a possibility for a run-off.
The precinct race is for constable
in the De Leon territory, where
pp) three candidates are campalglng.
75(i, Nomination in the July pri-
.500 mary will be equivalent to elec-
833 - tion in ah other county and prp-
.3331 fclnct races, something that will
---;— , happen for the first time since
Mrs. Bob Seale Dies ' !“•
At Mt. Pleasant Home g* *g«
Mrs. Bob 8eaJe. 74, long time
resident of the Mt. Pleasant
') candidates.
ed away at her home there-June
21 at 3 p. m. Funeral services
were held at the Mount Pleasant
Church June 22 with Rev. 8. J.
However, there Is a strong pos-
nihlllty that the. Aligimt. run-off
primary may hold keen interest
for local voters in a State-wide
riace. There are four candidates
for governor and even though
two of the sspifants rare not ex-
w‘w' rM Y'- two of the aspirants rare not ex-
Isham officiating -Burial was in-peered rr> pW u l.-uvr vote, their
the cemetery at that place Pall I total might, be sufficient to force
bearers were H. ,M O’Brien. Jr
a run-off should the race be-
.Jim Stewart. Curtis Power. C. T.} tween Shivers and Yarborough
Jones. Jack Byrd, anc. Alfred Me prove close. -
Convention Dates Set
Democratic Executive Com-,
mltteemen adopted a- resolution,
calling for precinct conventions
to be held at 2:00 o’cldck Sat-
urday afternoon. July 24. the 4ay
of the first primary. Delegates
to -the county convention will be
selected at the precinct meetings.
Kinzie.
Mrs Seale, wiu> was Evelyn
Williamson before her marriage,
was bom May 14. 1880 in Co-
manche County, being the dau-
ghter of the late Tom Williamson
November J8. 1900 Miss Evelyn
Williamson was married to Bob
eale. who survives They were the
parents of one chikl. Clara Mae _. . ■ .. _
Seale who survives Thev were the Place of I>racinct conventions
MCwSaihi th*|Will be announced by eUch prec-
- Mr. and Mrs , Seale spent* all ;lnct chalI!inan ••
their .married life in the Mount 1 The County Democratic con-
Pleasant Community with the ex- 1 v*ntion will be hj*ld in Coman-
ceptien of 18 years in pomanche. | at l:(W ©clock Saturday af-
When a child Mnu Seale was ternooni July $1- The «««««»>«
converted 4nd urtited with the t wtu ** held in the district court-
church. bein gan active member, <"°°® in the_ courthouse.^ DpIct
of the Mount Pleasant Church1 *8tes the September 14 State
for many rears. ; cdnventlon will be named.
gg The law provides that at the
Visit in Bowman Marne ! precinct convention each box
Mrs.'Al Copes of Fort Worth, may elect one delegate to the
Mrs Jim Dodson of Waco and , County convention and an uddi-
Mrs. R Y Cirtoil of Comanche I tlonal delegate for each 26 rotes
- reent viaitrrrs.in the home'cast for the Democratic eandl-
i 4/1
‘I
High School.
J
f, < ■
^rfhatiorTnext >ear”from Prtd-jw Wr. and Mrs. Columbus Bow: $ the ,aRt
; general'
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