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Comanche County
Leaden would like to i.
Thanks" to the rodeo
officials at the recent«
manche AJHa Rodeo
by the Comanche
According to
man Gayle Me
ftfna consumed nesri^
drinks, over 500 Hot r
•00 Sno-cones, and I
pop corn, along with
mlngs during he three 4
Association President J
in expressing appreciate
volunteer adult leaden]
"Workers put in houni
Of hard work getting i
operating the concei
Coot added, -All
the concessions are
Club work In Comanche I
Below is the JURA[
report*—
0X066 INCOME
Thursday night, June
Friday night, June 11 •
Saturday night, June ‘
Totoi Grose Inreme
. Expenses
Net Income befer# 1
Club Payment
Oomanrhe Roping
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The Comanche Chief
ninety-second year—no. 3
COMANCHE, TEXAS 76442 JULY 10, 1964 12 PAGES IN ONE SECTION
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Urge Safely To Prevent Grass Fires Program Crowing
Baseball Play-off; tount Up To !S1
____ „___and trash
„ __wa ADOLPH flre*- ,n the clty and in the rural
tt* !?ypRir»rPTrrS areas, is keeping the Comanche
f °wrJ~M*ibuv one Volunteer Fire Department on
July 'Pc^1 • . J tha the go around the clock -and It’a
Tlxli or WHO extra every day. so says a joint report
I price and g ooupled with a warning from Fire
| only I100' . Chief Willie Tupin and Fire Mar-
'~w shal John Carpenter.
EJH- fabric aale Marts Residents, both in and out of
I Julv it. at BEN EV- the city, are urged to take every
■ faBRJC CENTOfC precaution against fire. “What-
to save on fabrics,” ever you do, don’t attempt to
Vv Check his ad for de- bun, trash or grass and weeds,
■Sub^ nm' unless you have plenty of help
and protection against the fire
I column.
, ^1 me * free J*
or containing
of my uuoL Also. p»-
lowed dipping of
of my niece. And
jnn T» doesn’t cost
mt. that I have two tw*»
[To, »»1«*, and oar chart*
a chill with
, 7Sf. Aa my sobecrlptten
plftff ittop the pepee ••
fie too hard to waste
1 «a newspapers.
cooked over
grown Spanish oak
mu, ■ that's the way they
■t JESS and THttMA
ft QUA LIT T
Now Underway
ANNUAL RODEO HERE NEXT WEEK
| Fortv additional would-be awim-
have been added to the 211
1 who enrolled the first day of
i classes, swelling the total num-
The Raiders. Saints, Guetlne b«r to 791. who are now at the
and Wizards advanced In the first ^ormn-he Municipal Swimming
round of the Little League tour- pool. Lake Eanes Park, each
nament with victories. Monday., morning learning to swim,
and Tuesday nights. T CHS Band Director Jack King,
The Raider* shut out Blanket who is directing the leam-to-
10-0, and the Saints downed the mvlm program, which is sponsor*
Toppers 11-0'in Monday night's ed by the City of. Comanche, re-
action. Gustine upset Oak Lawn ports that -- ——— — -
11 Q Ik. ffllJ a_____ S.
-* Prot,^'uon sgeJnst the fire action. Gustine upset Oak Lawn ports that great progress
"Dear Editor: ials...... The Raiders and Saints will school students and recent
,7-. The Raiders and Saints will school student* and recent grad-
we ll 00 our best to help you meet in the second round of tour- ualse. The last class will be con-
wtth equipment and men, in case1------ - *—■--------- - - - — - --------
of fire, but remember, we have
only one paid man, and there’s
no way he can answer but one
call at a time—and the other
men are volunteers who must
leave their jobs, business or home
to help you so let ua ask you to
help u*—prevent fire—but if you
need ua call ua—366-2LIS—in a
hurry,” the firemen concluded.
Marie is featured this
| it GIBBS EXCLUSIVE
Check the ad.
Record Number
Of Swimmers At
Pool July 4fh
•iiv*. v •*» * 1 iv cn. wmi ivuihi ora wmi lUMtSB* 1 IIP Igni uans w iu 1
nament play Saturday night. July ducted Frictey, July 10th.
11 at 7 o’clock; and Gustine and Additional students to
the Wizards meet in the night- listed in last week’s Chief are:
can. Loretta Smart, Mark Fletcher,
Monday night’s games will be Donald Davis. Ray CM, Sara and
Blanket vs. Toppers add Oak Mary Robinson, Jerry Frasier,
Lawn vs. Sidney. Brenda Daniels, Freddy Williams,
The semi-final round of the Virginia Murphnee, Jimmy and
double elimination tournament in Margie Carr. Mary Hasty. Joe
the winners bracket will be play- Brannas, Kathy Grey, Brenda
ed next Tuesday night, as will Nowlin. Cinthla Braswell. Jeff
the quarterfinal round in the lot- and Less Davis of Dallas, Oam
ers bracket Huffman. David Carpenter, Judy
Unto Lead in Fee-Wee Oliver, Junior Reynolds. Ram
In the Pee-Wse Division, the ’5""yvJI»v*rRMlke Tibor
Saints continued their winning «*• 1
ways, downing the Wizards and £«t Plrk£ ^y Long. Key
gg£i»g..— i, »nd
Sidney pulled Into undisputed J1mf"T *titherford. Julie Wat
second place by beating Gustine
|rt)INT TO
in the
when you trade
|HCME-TOWN
A record number of swimmers,
POO of ’em smashed and niayed
»t Comanche Munidool Swimming
Pool. lake Banes Park, Saturday,
Julv 4th.
According to Mrs. Roy Nelson,
who is managing the pool, tt waa
, the largest number of swimmers
. . ‘.T on record for a single day. Aver-
Westem straw hat MJe to m number rf mvlmmerse at the
»' * **cUI pool la betwen 126 and 160.
,INB g. The pool la open from one untU
sss.'snJsBi
local artist. MQNBHLLE “V*
IN’ ha* been drawing much
m In the window this
[will he paintings by our
■ artists MIKE TABER,
an<l KAY HARELJK.
intion Is called to the OO-
■ NATIONAL bank
km in this issue of THE
/. JACK MOORE, president
b hank states that deposits
loans and discounts are up
[the call a vear ago and the
I in April. • • ■
Cir Sneclals are araJn
■ p‘ ARTHUR OHFVRO-
I * OLDS.. INC. ARTHUR.
palatent advertiser in THE
’« one of the State’s top
bile dealerships.
i”u:s to- Friday. Saturday
INotki,,,. *ee featured thia
t»v BAXTER’S PLACE.
the ad in U
Back From Buying
Trip In Now York City
Clark Crownover. Comanche
Ihuyer for Higginbotham’s, end
Ewlnr Chilton, who was reared
in CV'msnphe and has worked for
Hirednbotham-Bailev for the port
30 years, were in New York City
last week were they were buying
fslt merchandise for the Hlggin
botham stores.
SHIMMER ICUARBNCI Sals
is underway at HARELnCS. Bet-
ter check his ad on back page for
t-arratM.
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Happy over at
TONlQHfeV Say
t HATMOOCK’I
and the Raider!
In other Pee-Wee action. Gus-
ne .beat the Toppers and the
kins. Donna Msttpcks, and Patsy
Currie. •
Raiders downed Oak. Lawn.
Pee-Wee Steadings
W L Pet.
Saints 8 0 1.000
eurney
7
3
.777
Gustine
6
3
.666
, Toppers
5
.*
MB
Wizards
2
6
.232
Oak Lawn
l
8
111
Raktors
1
8
.111
Next Week’s
Poe-Wee Gomee
Friday, July 10—
Toppers vs. Wizards
Gustine vs. Oak Lawn
Sidney vs- Saints
Monday, July 12—
Gustine vs. Raklefa
Sidney va Wizard*
l*. Oak Lawn vs. Saints
______ #4i _____________________
—and t he "l 96i Coma net he Amateur Rodeo "is ex|»cte<l to
be thfc test in the twenty-four year history of the event.
The rodeo will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, July 16-17-18. Performances begin nightly at 8
o'clock. Over two hundred top rodeo stars from Central
Texas are attracted annually to the Comanche show.
Lloyd Woodley, Lampasas rodeo producer, will lie back
again thia year with his rough and tough string of live-
stock for the Comanche Rodeo. Woodley will also direct
j the local rodeo. . •_ . _ ,
Eltos Dudley, president of the Comanche Roping Club,
sponsor of th« Comanche Amateur Rodeo, announces that
! aix. big action type eventa will be preaented at the 1964
rodeo—-which is one of the I - -L
most popular western events R# VI VO I Now In
presented in this section.
Event* for the rodeo will be
bareback brone riding, bulldog-,
gtng. wild cow ndIkUlg. <*»f »®IP-
ing. -girl* bairel racing and Bra*
ham bull riding.
r
Here From Iowa
Mr. and Mr*. James E Mahan, ■
and Mr- and Mrs. Jimmy Mahan
and eons of ML Ayr, Iowa, re-1
turned home Wednesday after a1
visit bare with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Connor.
1 1. iiyjfwwjm*
PROUDLY POSTING PLACARDS are Fred Mabe,
general chairman of the Annnal Comanche'Amateur
Rodeo, and Eltos Dudley, president of the Comanche
Roping Club, rodeo sponsor. The 24th annual rodeo,
which will be held July l£l7-18, will Ret off to a
colorful parade at 6 o’clock Thursday afternoon, July
16th, before the opening 8 o’clock performance. -
Bank Deposits
$600,000 In Pasi Year
. ■! .. Popular jtflmteuioa pfto* of M
for adults (beginning w«h 12
year eMs), and 80c for children,
will again be charged this year.
Special parking inside the
grapnds, adjoining . tbs. rodeo
afens on the west side will be
sold this year—on the first come,
•first served basis, with a 12-foot
front for the oar at <6 for three
nights gr. S3 tyr. a .single night.
Rodeo Parade
The Mg Comanche Rodeo Par-
ade. scheduled for • pjnu. Thure-
day. July 1«. is expected to draw
more than 300 mounted cowboys
and cowgirls, Invitations have
been extended to riding chibs
rvtthin a 100-mJle radius of Co-
manche to come join in the Mg
spectacle.
a Adding beauty and interest to
the parade will be highly decor-
ated floats, by civic and fratern-
al organizations, community clubs
and nearly every business firm
in town.
- Its Qaiuous .and Ed Jartor yfiU |
be parade marshals, and they re-
-d-t Mat much interest U being
Prog rats At United
Pentecostol Church
1
*Ev*!tgellst Jetry Solomon from
Jacksonville. Texas, is-pttochlng
•t the United Pentecostal Church,
'’’renan-be. in revival services,
Julv 6-l» at 7:30 p.m. The church
to located at the corner of South
Houston and Fleming Streets.
Mi]
t
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M
y
Revival To Bogin
At Sipe Springs Baptist
Revival services will begin Sun-
day. July 13 at the Sipe Springs
mrch.
and will continue
ay, July TB.
Rev. I. K. Holme* do the
Baptist Ch
through Sunda;
Check their ad for the details of J one.” said a
revival preaching. V
Service* will be held nightly at
g o'clock.
“A cordial Invitation to attend
this revival is
this IssueTffj icw you can do It!
j Sipe Springs Baptist Church.
every-
tor the
«•— e
|KF C0UVTY STUDENTS TO ATTEND
mu CONFESSNCE IN AUSTIN WM
Four young Comanche an* and
one De Leon youth have been
rejected to attend Attorney Gen-
eral Waggoner Carr’s Second An-
nual Youth Conference in Austin,
j July 10-11-12.
Representalves and their spon-
I soring organizations are: Sam
j Weaver, De Leon Lions Club;
I Malcolm Cleveland. Comanche
i Lion* Club; Jane Caraway. Co-
> manche ESA Sorority; Quinn
Mason. Burton Bible Class of the
FYst Methodist Church, Coman-
rhe. and John Norris, Comanche
Junior Chamber of Commerce:
Norris will serve on the Youth
and Religion Committee which
met July »th and will report to
the General Session.
Mrs. Buell Arthur. Comanche,
was selected by Attorney General
Carr to serve as one of the con-
ference counselors, but 1* unable
to attend due to Illness. Counsel-
ors for the girls are provided by
Third Annual Flower And Tomato
Show Scheduled For Saturday, July 11
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Postal Receipts
Show Increase
The thirti annual Comanche
Countv Tomato A Flower Show
will be held Saturday, July U.
In the Courthouse at Cdfhancht.
■ays announcement from the
County Extension Offlice. I
Entries are due in the Exten-
sion Office by 8:30 ajm. with
ludging starting at • o’rioek. The
flower and tomato exhibits from
4-H Clubs at Comanche, De Leon,
dustine. Newburg. Proctor. Sid-
ney, and Soda Springs, will be
on display in the ground floor
hall of the courthouse until 12
noon. . , __
Bac i 4-H>r may enter one 4m
mato 'exhibit for each different, October 12 1962 614,758.27
InmatAtoS thaV KflVP ifl Hifi rtsf <Vtnhir 1,1.
the Stephen F. Austin Chapter.
Order of De
w.«w — DeMolay Mothers Chib;
and the boys will be supervised
by Juvenile Officers Association
of Texas.
The girls will be housed on
the campus of the University of
Texas: and the boys at the Texas
•gehool for Deaf and Blind and
a :<*• 1 - W cHm-itA* teste
t°l TH COUNCIL DELEGATES—Left to right. John
Quinn- MaaonT Jane Caraway. »nd Malgin
K ***1^’ all of Comanche. Not pictured, u Sam
'eaver of Da Leon. --sl..: ....
iln Brsckenridge Hall at the Uni
1 verslty of TSxa*.-- -
i Chartered boee* from the City
of Austin will furnish transpor-
tsMon to the youth throughout
♦he three day meettng. - ■
■weX— -re-T ....... ■*■'■>«' i ■ 1 j,
-SHAM KLATE REUNION
■ ryTlant* of th* late- A. J-
* -* Celia Itoam will hold their
■TF*fi'Ttt feonlew - wir toiodayi July The
variety of tomatoes they have In
their garden project.
Three to eight tomatoes will
make an entry depending on the
variety- They will be di^Sayed
on >-inch paper plates.
Mrs. John Robertson 1* super-
intendent for the flower division,
and Ernesto Arias Is superin-
tendent for the tomato division.
Markums New
Cafeteria Owners
New owners of theGolden Ar-
row Restaurant and Cafeteria
are Mr. and Mr* H. D. Markum
vho recently purchased the busi-
ne** from Mr. and Mra. O. B.
Carthen.
Mr. Markum to no new comer
to the restaurant business; he
nomes to Comanche with his
family from Beaumont where he
has managed Little ^ Mexico, a
Mexican speciality house, for the
past five years.
The Markums are at home with
their three and one-half year old
son, Michael Allan, in Comanche
at 606 West Central. They are
member* of the Baptist and
l^amyteriah CBURilws.
Tr. Markum is the son of Mre.
Henry C. Markum of Hfflsboro,
and Mr and Mrs. EWl B- Moore
of Dublin are parents of Mrs.
Markum.
The Golden Arrow Restaurant
and Cafeteria vrtH continue to
open at 5 a.m. for breakfast
trade and will serve until » pm.
in the evening.
Foetal re~**nte fpr th*
Year 1064 cont’n’-il to mctOMB.
—fA a rolaas# 1 soiled by
Jan>es E. Carpenter, postmaster.
Receipt* for 1664 totaled 663-
nki 52. as compared with 68t,-
766^6
Postal Rerelot* Fiscal Tear 1666
1st -Quarter June 38. 1963 thru
Deposits in the two Comanche
banks continued to grow, as at
the colae of busines on Tuesday,
June 30. deposits hit a total- of
68.680,917.43 — a gain of over
6800.000 from the call at the same
time last year, when the total
deposits were 68.031M1-61.
The mid-year call in M»62 for
the local banks wa* 66.604,046.80
—tor a gain of over 62,000,000.00
in the past two years.
Loans and Dtaoounta for the
two local banks totaled 62,633.-
64666 ae of June 60, 1964, com-
pared to 62.340.493.94 at the same
Fiscal time last year.
rvldei'ed. ".Everyme is invited
to get in an entry,” said, dem-
on" and Sartor.
Trophies will be given for the
■>trtstanding riding club, the beat
float, and the best pet in th*
p-urad*.
Band Leads Parade *—>-■
The Comanche High School In-
dian Band will be leading the
'oJorful tour around town.
The pet parade which was in-
troduced two years ago, will be
held again this year. All boys
snd girt*, along with their pets
(except horses) are asked, to
meet directly behind th* Higgin-
botham Building shortly before 6
o’clock and be ready for the Mg
parqde. _ • ^ _ ')
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‘■SaSSS ■SS'iSE^IftftrJsp’csai
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EVANGELIST SOLOMON
fprc'al staging will be furniab-
1 by the evangelist’s wife and
the local church.
,. T-xe paBtor, Wf I- ^Boon. said
that anyone rdeslring to attend
the sendee* that does not have
trsnnror* aticn 'may call the church
phone 366-3334- and a way will
be provided - for them. He oleo
•aid "We urge everyone to come
wo—hln with us and you will
re-rive a cordial Christian wel-
come."
I
w'.H be hfcvUBd by Oaymend Pow-
er, chairman. Df. - James Slider
to tickets managerrOus Wilhelm
!l grounds superintendent OUl*
Gandy Is ch«tf» and peps boss.
Comanche County 4-H ClUbs. un
;
___ aL the rodeo ae weU
concessiona.; Fred Mato* to
che.
LaJg Eanes Park, Coman-
2nd Quarter, October 13. 1962
thru December 31, 1963—414,614-
47. ., ____ -
3rd Quarter January 1. 1963
thru M-aroh 29. 1963 413,903.34
♦*h Qusrter March 30. 1963
thru June St. 1963 J13.994.27.
Postal Receipts Ftorel Yepr 1964
1st Qusrter .Tunefc 22. 1953 thru ■
October 11, 1963 -618.19836.
2nd Quarter October, 12. 1963
thru January 3, J964 J17.697.56. |
3rd Qusrter. January 4. 1964
thru March 27. 1964 — 613,086.94.
4th Quarter, March 28. 1964
ftni June 19. 1964 — 613.669.64
Extend Henlce
Postmaster Carpenter also
elated, “So far we have been able
to extend sendee to additional
areas in which we previously had
no service and without the ad-
dition of anv extra manpower.
This reflects highly upon the per-
sonnel of the office as they af%
able to maintain this this service
through their own extra efforts
and efficiency.’’
“I you have problem* or com-
plaints regarding the Postal Ser-
vice." says Postmaster Carpenter,
"please tot someone of the office
force know as this to the only
method we have of knowing your
sttitotian,’’_k _
61,110,871.64.* ...............j.
Deposits at th* First State
Bank in "bustlne, also showed a I
nice gain over a year ago. Da-[
posit* as of June 30 were
$787,729.94, as compared with
1719,074.50 for June. 1963. Loans
nM Discounts for June 30 were
6652,857.61; in June 1963 they
were 6574.6*7.07. ---- ; —“
6
n 1
■re—
prepared fresh each day for both
the restaurant and cafsterla.
Remodeling and redecoraUitg
plans are undemay and Mr. and
Mrs. Markum will announce an
open bouse date when th* work
is completed. They will welcome
making your acquaintance and
(tty Water Use
Up Says Jollnk
“Summer la here, and Cbman-
~ ’*an* are really using th* wat-
•r”. reports John Jollnk. Public
WorkS Superintendent for the |
Cltv of Comanche.
Jollnk stated to Th* Chief this
week that during the month of
June, the City putnped more wat-
er than any other' period for the
same month in its history. i
City facilities at the filter plant
are now operating 20 hours per
day. The plant to rated at 30.000
gallon* per hour, but mt present
the sand filters and the high
pressure 8-lftch main to the City
reservoir 1* tojtyg overloaded by
50 percent. i
’ overloading th* faculties,
nche to wall supplied with
pure water and atoo a constant
reserve for fire protection to be-
ing mMqtalnsd/’ sold Jollnk. All
suy^i
• > c
if
j
11:00 until 2:00.-
smptastms that ■
toe ways.
ring you at Jteto. business, j
ited at the on the port Ptont
irgjHrowgwooraAtoBene Higto*
five of the City’s., pump# jura
crating at full capacity, ha
ported, bringing water from L
re- F”
,,kicu, wit'v'a —. •— Lake
Comanche to the filter ptont and
Into th* City reservoir.
Peak day consumption in the
City was Tuesday. July T, when
local residents used over 1.000,-
000 gallons of water. Th* local
uit to designed to produce on-
720.000 gallons of water par
RUM '»>»
JAMBOREE BOUND—Conumche Scouts John Mark
Cauley and William Tyson Clemons left Brownwood
July 9th with other members of the Comanche Trail
Council to attend the National Jamboree of Boy Scouta
of America to begin July 16 in Valley Fbrge, Pa.
Enroute they will visit in Washington, D. C„ Phila-
delphia. Pa., and Now York City including a visit to
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