The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1960 Page: 1 of 12
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Comonthe County's Oldest Business Institution - Published For And About
Comanche County
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OMAN* HE, TEXAS
CHOOU
OPEN
Bowling Meeting John Jolink
Set Here For New Teach*
Monday Night At Gustine
£#cal fyeweten Has Cotfcdci j
9tcw 9k 1835 Gtandud Cteck
rirfet day of. regular -H-hciol fori
19(H)-’61 next Mondaj August j
29, according |o itpiouni i-ment [
by Superintendent S -H Fletcti-I
er Final enrollment* times • and
plans are as follows
Grades 6-7-8 1 06 p in Frl-l
day, August till Students are ask-
ed to bring a pencil.
Grades 1-5' All enrollment to
be taken care of oil Monday,
August 29. first day of school
except for first graders not un-
rolled last spring. Thoy are .askr
ed to see W. L Morris before
Monday Previous arrangements
fall for them to have done this
bn Thursday, August 25. First
graders must present birth cer-
tificates' and verification of small
pox vaccination
High School: Enrollment has
been, completed: excepu ffir some
25 who did not come oti designat-
ed days They are urged to con-
tact J K ■ Light foot, before Moil*
day
1 Monday. August 29. will be a
regular school day'with regular
dismissal times except for the
first grade. - They will be dis-
missed at 2 pm.
School buses will make their
regular runs. Routes have been
changed slighU#am&nd all stud-
A r 1 i n e^jlliits- sre- urgi'd to be ready a few
Wc'dbfi minutes early in order to avoid
•fcultutT. slight variation,
lush, and Plans are nearing completion
d social w hereby good or new school
buses will be on all bus runs'
shortly after the openin. of
Gilbert ’thoo! When three new buses
ic bunch n®w beln« process* d arc. ready,
ung out l l’atrons can be proud of one of
ruber 15 Hie. best fleet of buses m the
at Tiger • state. It is-the desire of the
Friday IRlTool administration -that every
I parent and student aid in help-
. j ing take care of the budes. Stud-
ients on a school bus are still in
ula Tea- and are responsible to the
jn Mrs.1drivers. Everyone should be
i>- Burks i conscious qi our good buses- and
illis. and .cooperate with at! drivers In tak-
X'r spent W* °f them, as well as
a Primi- j rrtaftiti(? them as safe as possible
at Ko-1 a:i Parents and students are
.(to keep in mind that all lunches
. will be 5c higher this year This'
Dick Gaines,--local Jeweler, has] Pay in Gaines' office,
a rare “Grandfather’s Clock over I
125 years old. This colck is valued 'ft,
at between $500 and $1,000
It was made by Riley Whiting " ■
a well known clock maker who |
produced clocks with wooden I .
works from 1807 to near his deftth I
In 1837. Most of Mr. Whiting’s 1m|
clocks arc today collectors items. *^99
Mr Gaines purchased the clock . i f
from a man In Gilmer, it having -t j
been brought out of seclusion a few ........ , i
years ago to be used at a centen- ‘ 1
Gustlno public Schools will op-
en for the 1&6O-61 term next
Monday August 29. aceordine to
announct ment from Superin-
tendent Gilbert Davis. f
Enrollment in the Gustlfib sys-
tem this year is expected to be
between 190 and 200 pupils The
eleven * member faculty is now-
complete . .
Jolink New Teacher
John Jolink. former .bakery
Owner here, will teach the eighth
grade, and science at , Gustine
this year. This will be Mr Jp-
to new bowlers, and to link's first tirpe to teach since
those interested In competing in 1941, when he taught for two
the league this fall. Bowling will years in a Minnesota school sys-
be at Fiesta fames. Brownwood. tern.
each Wednesday night at 7:30, other members of the Ou.siine
hi .'inning September. 8. . , faculty are: Mrs Jack Whitten
The Comanche Leagues filled 1st grade: Mrs. Roland Miller.
men and women ' Interested in
competing in the new fall and
winter league being formed. Is
j set for next Monday night, 7:30
1 o'clock at Mc's Cafeteria
The Comanche Indian Bowl-
ing League president, Roy Bran-
1 nan Jr and Secretary Bill Park-
I er, and Secretary of the Women’s
Bowling Leagpe. Elouise Parker,
I urge the attendance of all team
•captains of present members of
j teams.
A special invitation is also ex-
tended
a pal* ■ *****
**. j*a.-Aui
inclusive 1
L 14 M
MOISTURE C«!*»
r*> ►•’ll S.iM**'
nlal.
The clock is 6|g feet high and
welghe® 150 pounds. All of its
works including 10 wheels are
made of wood. It still keeps per-
fect time.
This thing of beauty is general-
ly referred to as a hall Clock It
is a 30 hour clock and strike on
H SUMMER-DRY \
*r, younger look ti
eaytilymg, non-gn
rtoru »«m t
r ONE harries
TO-SCHOOL next
foe approximately
IVCHE COUNTY
Tod the LOCAL
ready to outfit
stt their need*—
to, |« the riant
rrixrten thru col-
the hour
The frame of the clock is
mahogany with a beautiful china |
decorative face.
Tills collectors item is on dls-
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK'
, 7, Over 175. Years Old
lgreen
jency
#md m*ny tmveiy
] loo »-hen y°u t
idirrtiKmenU carried in
, of THE CHIEF,
a •
, f, mu tone*, fw the
d*r\ «n4fr school iff•
> mothers have to do to
them to the SER-
jaiG Feantain Satur-
pl nth one (under
»111 be presented
, (w Ire cream eone.
1 uaROARET WARING
pet piano and theory
t/wsr-and la now ac-
l cudent registration.
TEACHER ** ON CRCISI Pictured left-to-ruhl are Comar he
. ... r •
County s hool tea.-hers. M.-. Mabel Hall, Sldie \ Mis .Jew
Wei nest 401 N Houston. Comanch*-; and Mrf Lucille R Duke
lie Don aboard the l(•')*•;• ,1.1 1 oiwltt-.oiled SS Bahama a
aiiin-: from the- tropical port of Miami to Nas ua While in
Nassua the teachers had the opportunity to view the historic
siUs of. the quaint "Old World’ city while riding through the
winding streets in a surrey Then* was also plenty of time
tou browse leisurely through the many British shops bargain
with natives in the straw market, and visit the popular para-
dise beach.
the Eastland Mavericks Just a
week away, and with mmrieg al-
ready beginning to pile up on
the Indians, Coaches Moffatt,
Sherwood. McNutt and Smith,
have been’ euminal.i. most of
the contact work the last couple
of days.
But Friday afternoon, u s to be
a differi at story: as the Indians -
journey to Brownwood. to engage
in a scrimmage session with an
out-of-town team
In Monday night's contest, the
locals came out second best in
the scoring columns against the
sixth ranked 'in State AA cir-
cles) Oatesvllle Hornets Oates-
vltle. coached by former I> Leon 1
mentor A1 Langford and former
Comanche coach Bill Scoggins.1
scored six times on the Indians
to twice. In the two-hour session.
“But we weie pRased with
our over-all team effort.” says
' Coaeh James Moffatt. who had
particular praise for some of
the boys. The Indian mentor
HAKt'.K)
HU, PARKS opens her
kDooI »nd kindergarten
ONESDAY
URCHASES a
'Drue
a speech are being
un this year by MRS
McNUTT.
.TjistraUon will be held
wav sftemoon for en-
m the MRS MARTY
uct classes. MRS OORE
k iMtruct In tap, acro-
fcoom and ballet danc-
lopeiun* classes will be
Wtdnesdsy, Sept 9.
Bill. Clemons, of lire Clemons |i(.rp |.rom Amarillo
farm Store, local John Deere D-al- Mrs. Burline Tims and son,
,,,s will linve an opportunity next fj,0|lny 0f Amarillo were here last
week to see first hand just how visiting' her*. parents, Mr
many independent businessmen a an(1 Mrs Bin.j Fanu.,. ancl hcr
major- manufacturer needs to see mother-in-law Mrs Charlie Den-
Chief’s Football Guessing Contest
Begins; Free Prizes Weekly
L HI.K UOIMMT
Y—including drufv
And how x<M*d are you at.
picking the football winners' of
games of the area on the op-
ening week of the season?
This week. The Chief starts
its annual football rontests—
and $10 ^n prizes are awarded
to the to pthree entries each
week.
first prize is $5 cash; 2nd
prize is two reserved seat tick-
ets to the n«;xt home football
game of the Indians . (which
will lx- Cisco); and third prize
will be one year’s subscription
to The ( hief.
Interest lias been consistent-
ly good in thjs, contest the past
several years, but'In order that
all subscribers might enter—
rules are being (hanged up a
bit this year. Games, to be
forecast will be a wek away,
anil contestants will have until
Wednesday before game time
Ice Cream Supper
Planned At Hasse
There will be an ice cream
supper at the Hasse Community
Center at 8 o’clock Saturday
night, August 27..
Everyone is invited to come
and bring ice cream or cake,”
says announcement from the Re-
creation Committee.
Pal Tupin
Passes Away
Dallas Visitors
Mi- and Mrs Ray Fairish re-
cently visited their son. • Harrold
Fairish In Dallas, where he is
working this summer
JW«T WORTH STAR-
■W trr due to be in
‘ lew days. THF.
F® (’HIEF will ,ip-
P kudihig your sub-
f ‘n*n tbl* year—eith-
■ * rmfwah.
Pat Tupm. Comanche County
nattve. who spent most of his life
in and around Comai •' passed
away in Grand prairie. Tuesday
Augu-1 23. when- In- 1..* 1 b -n
living tin past few vc : Funer-
Rural Phone Co-op. Meotinti
At Lake lanes August 30 t
' “ 1 hi-, is quite .in honor for
Nick-Chicks," says E C. Itrdi
Wewlhrrby, sales malinger for
the ToWtil hatchery. Atwood
Hatcheries, whloh has an egg
hatching capacity of 300.000 at
a single time, is one of the
largest hatcheries in Texas—
and j> home owned by Mr. and
Mrs I It \lwood.
or Katurelay to get . ol *01 vice- and burial w* c held
HARGRAVE
J®®. in violin and
S’ op,n nwt Mondav.
ffgietraCon is
F»b.
|*A8(Mf opera next
r-Md you’ll find the
u,, . a[Ki otlier hunting
r.W’* in COMA.YCHE
^ this week
Eevl Vxi
wlU b«Kln
Church Sun-
rL (3ev- Milton Baty
hi then entry blanks,
Foothall contest entries may
there Thursday.
Fat the son c,f th ' iate Joe
hi . w;f - 1 hi former (’• Allen
and by two brothers Joe of Co-
mnnehe and Ernest o; r>- Leon,
and by three sisters, Mrs. Stripling
of 1 hand Prairie. Mrs Knowle
of Dallas- and Mrs. Vei.do Feregi-
on pf^Tpmancho
G. It. Dyson Dies
George B Dyson. D. fonnet’
D<‘ Leon rsidenf, d.ed August 8
" h home in. Sinter
terinan and a starting guard, suf-
fe+d—j»—th-doetHed elbow in prac-
tice last week Roger Johnson,
fullback, is- In the hospital with
an infected knee. Jim Jarratt.
guard, is due to Join the squad
today after missing a week of
prueiiee due to :i knee infection,
Danny Sanford, letterman half-
back. is nursing .an Injured knee
and Barney Stokes, center, an
injured shoulder.
Mad Hatters Named
The Comanche coaches have
Continued On Back Page
J each having its ow n frequency,
1 It is powered by A.C. voltage
’and Is equipped with a "stand-bv
power” batter/ supply designed
1 to operate during the period
Three new members are , to be
named to the fivc-iqan board
Following the business session
’ three youffg ladlerr; Miss L«-
Vonne Hall. New burg; MJss Car-
ol Lee Steele. Sidney, and M»o
Margaret McDonald Haas*, will
vie for the honor of being named
as Queen of Comanche County
Rural Telephone Cooperative
Manager Adams announces too
that refreshments are to be
served, and attendance prize.*
■awarded
Pictured age newly installed
carrier units serving the Bethel
Church community In Brown
County and Energy community
in Comahche County’s Rural
Telephone Cooperative
From Bethel Church commun-
ity are V. O. Burton and Cturhc
* HOMECOMING 70 se HflP AT
Wings Saturday, September 3
expected from «thTr states. Ores-
atlended school at Soda hdve a
I special Invitation to come back
to the scene of their youth and
relive the happy days of long
a;;o with their old schoolmates.
Gressctt says Comanche busi-
ness and professional men and
Women also have a special in-
ail atlon to attend
swings on Cecil Fisher will have charge
3., accord-|°f the singing. , t
*• who 1* c. L tSllck) Ttobertson and
Mbecomlng Hugh Coan will prepare their j ‘'
famoufi Soda Springs Stew, which
the Rns declare will be the equal.!
louv u*aa hot better! than the famous
old Comanche stew which at one;
Ml for th tlm<’ traded state-wide ntten-
t‘On The slew will be served at
ssns i,“
school, All former residents of the
*®hrra. t eommunlty -haye a special lnvl-
B:30 ,tation to attend and many are
until about sett said. Hundreds of people who
\ugust
cludinR <
\ VI |*3tc |)ifA E Jones oi ki. i, oopnyr.
A M ' Pate 77 rwldent of De Cooi>ort»tive directors Jess Haij-
Leon before ’ moving to Corpus son. secret ary-treasurer. Rt .2
Chi-Mi ill 1937, (lied it tli’ '.alter Dublin, and Ory Beaty, president
n-iwc August 15 He wiw • ed : Comanche.
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1960, newspaper, August 26, 1960; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892396/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.