The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1950 Page: 2 of 20
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J. C. WILKERSON
Editor and Publisher
Established In 1873
Enter rd at the pot to nice at Comanche,
fnan as second-class mall matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Ctimanche County, $4.7§ l*r Y**r>
of Comanche County and In
per year; outside , ol Texas,
royalty holders receiving^ their ^No. £v?tddjSe vlsuS .^gr^TouTer Mrs. 8.
truth and said, “I am a Noble.'
If he were a Slave, he would have
and said, "I am a Noble.
NEW HOME Hemstltcher or h,
a-SsSSr'asS aS&SfffKSttS
to
outside
Texas $2
PM per year.
A new feature will be added Roberson. royalty holders r-----— ------ ** h®
to this year's Pre-Madison Square —o— . their proportional
Rodeo which Is to be held In The metropolitan population of profit.
Dublin August 23, 24, and 25. New York City has been placed • •
This will be the pony show for at 12.838.143 according/ to a re- There were originally 106 pro- lied
I children under ten years of age. vised report. ' duclng wells In the field and 99 The ----
fSS?rnTno 35 Inche, of these joined In the union plan. £ th. vW
In height. Prizes offered total Newsprint which was short • • a . 'd native in address-
3200. .during World War n Is again The production section aver.. 11 e vlsltor actually reported
—o— getting hard to get and papers ages 12.2 feet In thickness. “\g, , ,h first had said which
W. R. < Bill i Chambers of May. may be forced to reduce their Under the water flooding plan. * “* the second native a Noble,
well and favorably known in Co- size. water is injected into one well in jje v ^ur^jier reported that the
manche County, won re-election o the pool in sufficient quanities to ^rsj. natjve was a Noble. There-
as representative in Brown and Brown, County got its first tax pu?h the oil out of the other the flrst two were Nobles.
Coleman Counties, defeating two when the Commissioners Court wells. The water Is supplied from ’ native Immediate,/
reduced the r.te from ,1.00 to well, In the pool,. „¥ SmTZES hi
90 cents. . _ | gaid the second was lying, for in
—o— 1 Water has oeen injected so far making that statement, he Is ly-
Ray Mastei-6 received 2640 into only three wells and floofd- jng
Jerry Tucker was a Dali*,
or last week. V*;
opponents.
All is fairly quiet on the elec- * / ‘
lion front Since tha first primary. j H Childs, former Cross
II may be that the run-off can- p,ams star athlete, who was per-
4V hrnoth- a 1*41415 Svol **aj maotcio icbtiteu 4'v,,u tin cc W Clio CUiU uuuu
i idatcs arejust taking^ a manently disabled when hu by a votes to Sheriff Otis Shaw’s 2486 ing from the west side of the
ijg spell before going uaca to mortar shell in the Piullp- in the Brown
work tor the second primaryMuring World War II, won
August 26—rjust three weeks^^'“’^^n^^on als'CoTFn ly Clerk of the run-off.
..... County over two oppon-
Absentee voting staUs--Augusi, —tV-trf-the iree*>nt election.
*. but since thfs is on Sunday, , ,
Stamet^dnwm,havet’to>iwait'un- Coleman County is to have a of the new classrooms will be I
new county judge. In the recent ready for use at the local Gram-1 It h„,.
U1 Monday. primary. Ira Galloway defeated mar School when the new term would have^been
lis time Had not
CounS»praS B"' h“ J“‘ Blackwood Hospital
"* • I Engineers estimate that when Okayed For Training
\—0— l the flooding system gets into full ^ .i • » . -
Superintend Virgil Chaffin says swing, the pool will produce from WSteopatnlC interns
that he believes that about five 400 to 500 barrels per day.
. . I CHICAGO. HI., July 28.—The
that thp nnni Blackwood Clinic and Hospital of
abanttaned bv Comanche, has been approved as
Pierce Brocks is out in front L«man Brown and opens. ^ this time iSd not the unitization f registered hospital th*
over B n Ramsey in th • race for Ca.. Lo n 7^7,. wnteri and the water flowing plan been training ot oatropathic interns,
' iin* lnv rj hJT tl is docs o— The Kiik oil iiclu located in niif into onpratinn was Announced at the n&tionBl
ant’nc Warily mean that Brooks The Brown and Comanche Comanche and Eastland Counties p * headquarters of the American
will Wi Hi \ids in front in 1938 County Draft Board, located in is coming back strong after near-1 ~Osteopathic association here to-
ff r the same office with trie Brownwood, says that severe peh- ly dying out. says the Eastland' Here are the answers to the day.
blessm s of Pappy O’Daniel who allies'are provided by law against Record. The dramatic recovery of bram teasers in last week’s issue: Approval is given annually by
had just been nominated gover- men who fall to register With the once nearly dead Kirk Field No. 1—The three men could the association's board of trus-
a i ” 1 IS being watched with great in- see each other and each man tees, following inspection and re-
terest. could see ink on two forehead... commendations by the bureau of
....... ... . ^ Since neither of the other two hospitals. To be included on the
Tt'® .S00,1’ d!T ed,ln y11'a rusb J**d. Bone into the office, the list for intern training, osteo-
m 1948 in the Dustei-Gorman third man concluded that each pathic hospitals must meet or ex-
sector, declined rapidly under of the other two could see ink ceed the minimum standards es-
nor by a majority vote over near
ly & dozen othci candidates.
their Selective Service Board up-
on reaching the age of 18.
er visited Mr. and Mrs. Billy I machine. Do your own sewin’
Monroe at Monahans, and then \ Easy payments. — re-
visited in New Mexico.
sewln,
Easy payments. — Service*^
Appliance Dept. ,7“*
'Hi
Most people took it for grant- The Draft Board points out
ed that Brooks would win. His that they fear that there are
opponent was pipe smoking, slow some youths who are not regis
tn/UUliUlIU n pipv, ” OUIHU J VI l.) rvuu (lit, lll/V IChl" 1 | , . , . . , , , ( -----— ~ — ----- uvua.uui mu vu
'.peaking, but deep thinking Cuke tering a.s required by law. This Plociuction, and oil output was on his forehead, therefore, there tablished by the bureau of hos-
. ..... * . . flnu/n t n nnarlir nnf hinn Ktr tho mucr ho inb ui- «____i___.< ...
^Jtevenson, wiio won in the second will bring severe penalties,
primary and was later to become • •
governor and to serve longer in Men becoming 18 years of age
that office tha nany other man wdj not receive any official not-
down to nearly nothing
first of 1949.
by the
Later , the operators in the
field, joined in a unitization plan
must be ink on his forehead. pitals.
Reese’s Taxi
NOW IN NEW LOCATION AT
Reese’s Grocery & Station
Phone
356
—Prompt, Courteous
Service—Day or
Night!
YOUR BUSINESS IS APPRECIATED
Odell Reese Lee Reese
since Texas came into the Union ice of the necessity of their reg- 7T J .un,l“aw2" pian
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The fierceness of the: Korean ,nusf reKLsLer wlthin^Tdays alter pe^ay'™”1 2” 10 26°
war now underway has taken their 18th birthday. y‘
much of the interest out of poll- • • V- j *
tics for the present as well as Boys {becoming 18 years of as6 EnRineers now estimate that
f^ine other things including base- who live in Homanrhe Countv the recovery of oil in the pool
ball and other uthlctics. can regiater with County Judge w‘1' ..reacb 3f7,60'°®° barreuls
O. E. ! Rippetoe at his office in addlt‘on t0th® 425,000 barrels
a
Clark Coursey, of the Brown- Comanche without the necessity a*ready produced
wood Banner, points out that going to Brownwood. *
: jme historic utterances have al- , 0 *
readj[ com^ out of the present Bible Thought: “Because it is
conflict and quotes Herbert Hoov- p(Ven unto you to know the mys-
er as saying, “Now is not thp. telle? of the kingdom of heaven,
Ume to argue origins, mistakes, but to them it xs not given, and
IWPMXsibllities,^or^ consequences.” j-ie shall have more abundance;
* , but whosoever hath not, from
“niere Is only one way out of bim shall be taken even that he
a situation such as this,” con- hath.”—Matt. 13:ll.-~ k * *
Unued Hoover, “and that is to _0,_ | After production declined rap-
wrin and to do this we must have There are two sides to every- Idly, some of the properties in .
u"lly °r Purpose with everyone thing including the old fashion- the field were sold at salvage j
wnethei in the service or not to ed sheet of fly paper, but it makes Prices, the owners believing that i
make every sacrifice necessary, B i0t 0f difference to the fly .the field was through. i
even to the point of denying our- which side he’s on.
selves of some of the good things j _o__ Sbme of the remaining opera-
we enjoy.” j pnllr piimmivnia. will tin. ! tors hiied a firm of
The field was developed by
about a dozen independent opera-
tors in 1948 and over 100 wells
were drilled In the Marble Falls
limestone. Most of the wells at
first produced from 100 to 200
barrels per day and some more
after acidatlon.
It Takes A Heap of Planning
To Make A House A Home I
“The
Four encumbents- will be un- i tors hiied a firm of engineers!
— , seated as county officers in Erath early in 1949 to make a com-
greatest relaxation for County as the result of the ilrst Plete survey of the possibilities
some people Is to work on a real primary. They are: William O. i of the field,
hard pioblem, says the Star- Croft. Tax Assessor-Collector, de- ' * *
Telegram. feated by Albert O. Cragwall Jr.; 1 After much conferring, opera- ;
—°— Elbert V. Pollan, County Attor- tors and royalty owners, of whom
t month was the wettest ncy, defeated by G. H. William- there were several hundred,
July m 17 years at Fort Worth son; Beulah Johnson, Coupty aRreed to unitization and the ln.
sajs tne fatal--Telegram which,.re- Ti eusurer, defeated by Mrs. Ed terest of all were pooled. The
ports the total rainfall fyr Tliat Bryant; W. D. Tate. County Sup- 1 field is now operated as a single
month at 4.53 inches. errntendent, defeated bj L. E. , tease with all the operators and
Last
-ATTHB
RIGHT
PRICES
TO PAY
M-Lb. Package—With Large Ruby Red Glass FREE, *
Worth Brand Tea _ 37/
THE.
RIGHT
FOODS
TO BUY-
Hiqqinbotham’4
Personalized Service”
Will Help You
Every Step of The Way
Here’s A Step By Step Procedure
1 kb. Package
Bright &• Early Coffee
1 kb. (an
Cooper's Best Coffee
78c
85c
1 kb. Package
Admiration Coffee
A1 i-Gallon Hucket
Robinson’s Honey
Gladinla, American Reality, Gold Medal & Morrison's Peace-maker
FLOUR
25 kB.<
SAC*
83c
89c
98
4lrinK Your .Iuj{s,
Bulk Vinegar
( kb. Jar
Kimbell’s Jelly
Ranch Style
Beans
gal. 35c
20c
2 cans 25C
2 cans 35C
Clapp's. Gerber’s, and While Swan
Baby Foods
ft-:
White Swan
Kidney Beans
Imperial . ‘
Cane Sugar 10 lbs.—|
American Beauty flr
White Corn Meal, 10 lbs. uOC
'•* J *
No. 2 Cans rtr.
Mayfield Corn 2 cans Z3G
^CANNING SUPPLIES
Plenty of kids. Caps, Jars
YEGETARI.ES
AM) DESSERTS
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
1. Selection of Site
2. Preparation of Plans
3. Selection of Building Materials
f . . ) '
4. Arranging Finances
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5. Ready to Start Construction
And on each and everyone of these steps, HIGGIN-
BOTHAM’S, with its well-known ’ personalized ser-
vice” is willing and ready to help. Come in anytime:
let’s talk it over. That old sayifig, “It takes a lot of
planning to make house a home, is very true. And now,
when most building materials are available sufficient
quantities, it’s a wonderful time to get all your plans
together. _
WE’RE AkWAtS GkAD TO HEkP YOU with your building ideas and
furnish free estimates on the cost. Our planning service is at your
disposal! ^ .
Phone 114
Your Home Builders”
217 W. Central
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1950, newspaper, August 4, 1950; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892350/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.