The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960 Page: 2 of 12
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Comonche Chief
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C,ark .Crownover, manager of
Ctr' h.kk-: -.botnam .dr>troods de-
partment at Rising Star since'
U 40/ except tor the war year*
tut- »••!» p.-omoud <t:.d Irans-
: i-d to ComancIf?, where he
* if. be a. buyer fbt the drygoods
>n or the Higginbotham or-
i sa> tratton assisting Nick H;«-1
- jit'.bdttham ■ at the coma nr he
ue^dquaru rs which are undei the.
i general management. ot
a ltd ^promotion where we dire- to
live In another good town, we do
rr«rvi verymuch leaving bur
tnehdc *ntf association in Kuing
otgr
form before the arrival Of the
eqsus taker Tire' census be?ins
April I. and will continue through
most of the month.
The eertsut. laker will" oopy on
orma of hts»own the Information
i-.tn on the advance forms which
oti fill out
as rost Oftlm
' Most of our lives liavo been
ajxnt here and It is trot easy to
part with associations and friends
which have become so intimate
a part of otir lives, We are glad
T o m l tjMkt we are not .going far aw ay
| and that we can return so often
. , id a community we love so much i •
The Ruiin- Sun Record says —O— Tlie idea behind tire advance
Crownover 1. one of the beat I "r,v‘* *•* »«**•. b“l JU«lionur» 1. to. give everyone
\ • »,*ls men W<-t Tr\i: ,l *hls wrltln* It 1* *MU cold. &1- J t.me to ponder the questions'and
■ • . hough U may u warm by the provide accurate information.
^^■Crownove up dutlesjLme r»u read this, if you ever do.1 ■ •
Most families will be visited
t two'weeka of Ap-
-y . *
v
ave you net red the changed
?arance of . Higginbotham’*
here?
• •
course you have, if you
been over that way lately
nearly everybody ha*. There
e beer, some change.' made
. evervbody will agre. ihat all
for the better. It is the same
dly store, but it ha* been
♦demised
• •
,Tb* store hss taken on a big
y appearance with the mer-
dise so displayed that it
' es you want to walk up and
. every aisle and see the nice
merchandise that seems to
arriving almost daily tnclud-
many articles not former.!
died
• • *
It seems that progress ls un-
rway In Comanche with most
_ wanting to f:\ up their
of busiiiess and to make it
~e attractive
• •
Per years a-e have been aware
the fact that Harelik’s is one
the better drygoods stores in
section, and even that con-
is making improvements
• •
It seems that Comanche ought
adopt a new slogan: "You can
d H In Comanche "
. • •
People like to trade where they
find a choice of the up-to-
qua’.ity merchandise and
prices are right
hclude contacts with dry-,
departments of all Higgin-!
| -hasing of stocks and trips to
Eastern and other market centers]
j from which Higginbotham's se-l
f cur* merchandise.
. *■
Mr Crownover will retain his
! t.orar in Aislng Star f« the pres-
ent to instruct Doyle Maynard,
who u< transferred from anoth-
-r department at Rising Star to
ihead the, drygoods department
there. > ■
Information gathered la kept
on j confidential and cannot be used
on for purposes of taxation, invest*-
or. nation or regulation
Sometimes Spring comes
March a° Th^ye^r c^e
March 20.
• * Pages two and three of the
Easter, which comes this yea: questlonalre asks about all 'regi-
on April 17, will soon be here and dents of the towelling plus any-
*11 women are expected to have one who stayed overnight on
something new to wear and men Thursday. March 31 In ycur
*re expected to put away their home
old felt hat and don a straw. * “
* * Page four asks about your
However, a few hot days may housing facilities There are
do more towards making men questions about kitchen equip-'
buy a new straw- hat' than will ment water supply, flush toileu
Mr Crownover served In the lhe arrival of ^Easter,
electronic division of the Naval - . * — ,
Aviation Services during World Most peaoh trees. apples, and
War n He is past-master of the P*um* *rc in full bloom, but the
Rising Star Masonic Lodge: has ““«««* trew not begun ¥>
served on the City Council, and' out yet which is usually re-
the board of trustee of R^ng this section as evidence
Star school, and 1* an ordained wintei ls over.
deacon in the Baptist Church. 4 „ .. _ .T-?— .
. . Hamilton bank deposit* were
For the past ten years Mr UP °n the last call The total de-
Crownover ha* been clerk of the P°*1tg « bank* on th*
First Baptist Church of Rising cal1 *'** “ corn-
star Mrs Crownover is a teacd-1 P°rrd t° *6,136.134 on the Dec
bath tubs and showers Bach
householder is also asked to value
his dwellln*. JJ_he owns one. or
otherwiise list Ills monthly rent.
Deposits' in the Dublin Nation-
al Bank on the March 15 call
were H.B02.569 as compared to
$3,667 $42 on the same date in
1959.
Miss
lever
-right, was m received -by *n,Ust Sundaywid ts *hed^ “j
mueualiy' large crowd of adults close 8unday night. Apm ? ■
Notoia Dunn, director, who Hjggs lT1 lhe stephermlle
fa. - to produce a good last week, had a.
ulay alone with her fine cast on - ' Old Tinu Re-
1i-serves commendations and con- dLn • -
tratulat'.ons for the Interesting ligion V .
♦erformance « «, „„ .n
,0 Rufus, we believe, grew up in
CHS this year stands a good an<1 ar0und Tolat.. and he may
-hanee to w:n the District One- ^ a uttle too young to remem-
Act Plky Contest of the Inter- ber about the o]d time re-
-hoHasnc League should they ^*1* at their best, but after
hoo*e to enter' nading his article, he left no
-o doubt in oui mind that be ha
Comanche County 4-H Adult attended enough of them to knob
Leader.'- A.v-ociation is to be con- .*-nat he was wTitlng about
ratulwted on. having won an • •
was-d in the Farm and Ranch According to history, the old
-a/riy Conu-st. sponsored by the fashioned revivals started in
Texas Safely Association. America Just before, or a little
* * after, the1 American Revolution
Mrs L M Richmon 4-H Adult -j-^e biggest revivals were held D>
Leader of De Leon, ls also sehe- t^e Baptists and Methodists The
duled to receive an Individual regular Presbyterians were more
award the church members of to-
—o— day . but the Cumberland Pres-
With Easter just about here, bytenans were experts at holding
churches of Comanche County the old time revivals
are approaching the revival sea- • •
sor. when the different churches that in the revivals
nf the city and county work out f tod' . ae usually have excel-
!.:4: s for a special week or 10 . t preaching and better than
days .of spiritual dedication. . average singing and both seem to
_ . * .* . ... _ . go well together. *hich is pleas-
The annual revival of the First Tcontinued on Next to-Last Page*
Methodist Church got uiwjerway
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Hiqqinbotham’i
er in the Sunday School and
worker with the WMV
ember call Combined resources,
however, were down *51.60149
The Crownovers
daughter. Mrs Bob
Abilene
have one
Siekman of
Lavish spending and lanneas
are the two main causes of fin-
ancial failure!.......................................
—The 32nd Annual Tar 1* ton
State College Tri-Area Judging
Contest will be held Saturday.
April 2 Members from ITA
Chapters of Comancb* County
will take part in the contests
Speaking 61 The move to Co-
manche. Mr Crownover had this
to say in the Rising Star Record:
• •
"Although we are certainly
pleased and grateful tot the Hig-
ginbotham management for of-
fering us this new responsibility
Dublin High School's football
schedule for I960, besides games
with member* of the district—
Comanche, De Uta, Hamilton,
and Oranbury—will Include con-
Hieo Cross
and Ranger.
Important,. mall arrived last
week for all families in Coman-
che County when the Post Office tests with Early.
Department delivered advance Plains. Ooldthwaite
qurstionaire* for the 1960 Fed- —O—
cral Census to every port office The Comanche High
box and every rural mall baa
Each family Is to fill out the
School
Senior Play, staging Its final and
third performance last Friday
25th. Year — Rural Electric Power
SILVER JUBILEE Specials
- v- « - *< • _
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION u celebrating ha 25th year — and WE OFFER
these SPECIALS on ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. We extend congratulations
for the progressive work done hy the COMANCHE COUNTY REA, in bringing
electric power to farms and ranches of the area.
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Speed Queen Electric
—. DRYER
Dearborn AIR COOLERS
■Airufcws
with fgqhi(X) FUiinrirj
u£n*wZ 0*Orbofn ho«
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k#,’’ *'iP-S»r.oi
lhe mi,) y#v »•' oil
Only o 0*orboV« hot
gflfGtir* hsisdiv* •on**
This tough, wot*fP'00« P»o-
t*ctivo borriof tnlO»1o«h*
with th* turloc* of »hO
rnetol to protoc*
rust ond w*°f •
Ooorborn alto givti you . .
★ Rigidiisd front panof
it Uniloc from# conttruc-
ft«n.
★ Sound cuthionod mount-
it Push button control
soo th • complofe tint at
... the finest ii AIR COO!
. and you can get the prescription
compounded properly at
nnlv . j*1 /i
Victory Baptist ChurcP JL A
by J. E. Hurt
will be an ordinatioid
Durham
Prescription Pharmacy
s^rvim; your health needs
FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
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There
service at Victory Baptist Church. ______
' on Sunday afternoon. March 27j*lVlOKSE
immediately -after the missionary
sendee at the First Baptl
Church.
The purpose is to ordain
new pastor. Brother Bob Bran-________
son NTED UNIT
We Invite all who wish, to *t-
tend. I P- MOTOR,
We have prayer meeting each __
Wednesday night at Victory Bap-** AINU JBT
tlrt.
Suffers Arm Frartare
Mike Ellis, son of Mr and Mrs q iu
Jim Hits. 266 N Pearl, is recov-
ering from a fractured right arm
received while playing with
I friend
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$159.5*
Condensed Statement of the Condition of
(Thr (Comanrhp National Sank
OF COMANCHE, TEXAS
A* Made to Ti e Comptroller at the Clone of Business March 15. I960
RESOURCES
Loans and DUcounta** ,
Overdraft*
Fe deral Reserve' -Bank Stock ......
Banking Housr ^
Furniture and Futures ' .
-- Other Resources ....... v!?TT ....
,"int#w-aw*y aluminum bowl liners.
—-Counter-balanced oven door with check-stop.
—Heat-proof. o\er d<s»r window (optional).
j —Two larjje -toraRe drsw^ tifi '-ilent n>lt»n rollers.
_MonOttilxd unit^ for simplified cooking, easy cleaning.
—<>ven light with pushbutton switch.
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INSTALLATION.
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When you touch the selective push button control of a' DEARBORN COOLER—
you confidently start the finest air coder in the world. DEARBORN COOLERS
offer many outstanding advantages not found in other types of cooling units. •
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They sure relatively low in initisd cost. .. much more econmical to operate
. . . provide a continuous volume flow of cool, fresh air . . . operate with
j >w* and doors open rather than closed ... expel rather than recircu-
late stale air, smoke, and food odors.
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hr ,index h>*hf mud fhhieg
trig., hedryg «r Arylini. Tlw
very beet lev nekleg eMby mud
duruddity.
FREE BONUS
(with purchase of DEARBORN Cooler during April)
HIGGINBOTHAM’S is giving away FREE, with any
DEARBORN AIR COOLER, a HOBO CHEF PORT-
ABLE BARBECUER. This, plus FREE INSTALLA-
TION, complete with furnishing of fittings and plastic
tubing—enough for normal installation. Don’t forget
the FREE $19.95 BARBECUER ... plus FREE
INSTALLATION, when you buy your DEARBORN
AIR COOLER now through April ...
No Service (large Daring April For Replacng Cooler Pads
Also, at HIGGINBOTHAM’S, during April, you can get your old cooler
pads replaced now with new ones—and you pay NO SERVICE CHARGE.
Bring in your old cooler side panels, and we will install new pads ... and
charge you only for the new padding. Get this FREE SERVICE now!
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960, newspaper, April 1, 1960; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892281/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.