The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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NINETY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 9
E. Cobb
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pr*«id«nt. an-
flection of Howell
the Board of Director*
-he National Bank,
name to OomaiM**
. qcto from Brady at
be purchased the Co-
ntv Abstract <*V and
-rtly engaged to the
• Oils bustne* and tHe
Lew.
who was In the U.S.
World War H. and
Colonel from the
is a member of
R&r Association and
District Bar As-
ia a member of the
E. COBB
TUle Association, and
as Distriet At-
this district.
Have always been
COMANCHE, TEXAS 76442 AUGUST 21, 1964
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SHOTGUN BLASTS KIUSIDNEY FARMER;
CATTLE BUYER CHARGED WITH MURDER
RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE OFFICIALS—Pictured. members of the
1 board of directors and manager, Roy Dale Adams, of the Comanche County Tele-
phone Cooperative. The Cooperative’s annual meeting is set for Friday night, Aug-
ust 28 at Lake Banes Park, Comanche. Pictured left to right: M. G. Mattews,
Newburg; Manager Adams; Norman Moore, Sidney; Bob Mull, Proctor; Claude
McPherson, Energy, and B. J. Puyburn, Sidney.
shotgun
Sunday
broke the usual await action of the 52nd District
Court grand Jury which convenes
here Monday, October 5.
Relates Story to Newsman
In a witnessed Interview with
Three blasts from
jr
morning tile nee in the
center of the Sidney community,
resulting In the death of a wide-
ly known farmer-stockman—and
murder charges lodged against a ,_ . _
prominent Sidney cattle buyer, Newsman C^-penter at the court
and ranchman house hare, Sunday, Hall readily
. admitted he fired the fatal shots.
The shooting, which occured The atookman said that he and
about 8 c'clodf at the Damon carouth, both Sidney residents
Hall home, was fatal to Chester for years, had been "having troub-
Oarouth, 40. One charge from the for the last S or 4 years.
No. S shot, fired from only s’quCloned as to the nature of
few feet distance, struck Oarouth
in the left upper abdomen area,
slightly under the rib-cage. Two
other chargee struck the Sidney
tenner In the back of the upper
left shoulder. •-« » - „ • - * <
Admits Firing Shots
Hell. 51, in e statemsnl tot
The Chief* Bob Carpenter, said |
what he deaaribed as trouble, Hall
said "Business and personal, end
I do not cars to elaborate.’’ He
did claim that aome two weeks
ago, Oarouth confronted Mm with
r threat to kHI him (Hall). Hall's
wife. Gretna, and then kill him
ntf.
Tim Iff Bean knows about It,
he”flmd""ttVB three blaststoMmd
that killed Carouth
DA Loads
if. I'.w'
Telephone Co-op Meeting
At Lake Eenos August 28
| Investigation
Leading the Investigation of
the shooting was District At-
torney Byron McClellan, Oates-
vtile, wrio was summoned hers.
Hell signed e written statement
before the District Attorney. Hell's w_lklM
wife, Gretna, and neighbors of — - ^
the Hails were also questioned
: Sunday Immediately after «hs| (Continued On Last Face)
shooting. Since Sunday, District | .
.Attorney MoClellen. Texes Hen-,
ger George Roach, StephanvUle,
• and Sheriff Bel vs Bean and De-
j puty Sheriff Leon Sledge have
continued an Investigation.
it." referring to the alleged threat
Hall tokl the newsman he had
been observing Carouth, In Me
oar, drive back and forth several
(Inns on the road In front of the.
Hell home tat Sidney, before ho
said Carouth finally parked Me
car near the Hall home, end came'.
the front porch.
Hall said It erne then that he
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COMANCHEANS TO
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Two Oomaachcens, Bob Car-
penter and Herbert H. Williams,
will leave Sunday for Atlantic
City, New Jersey, to attend tbe
National Democratic Convention.
Carpenter, associated with The
Chief, and a Democratic Party
worker for many years, will at-
tend the convention ee one of
four official delegates from Tex-
as' 17th Congressional District
Other delegates from the district
are Congressman Omar Burleson
of Anson; Viigll Mu*lck. president
of 7-Up Bottling Company, Abi-
lene, and Borden (I as berry at
weatherroro, attorney ana real
estate developer.
Williams, local ranchmen ^
Investor, has been connected with
Democratic circles for a number
of yean, and will attend the con-
vention aa a guest observer, in
IMS Williams was In. charge of
a helicopter-Wilt to Oomanche by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, who
then wes campaigning for a seat
In the United Mateo Senate.
Texes’ delegation to the con-
vention in Atlantic City, will be
quartered in Chalfante-Haddon
Hall, where Williams and Carpen-
ters will attend a Sunday night
reception honoring Texas Gover-
nor and Mrs. John Oanaally.
Texas delegates, headed by Gov-
ernor Connally will hold a pre-
convention opening caucus In Had-
den Hall Monday morning. The
convention proceedings get under-
way Monday night and wig con-
tinue through Thursday night,
Aug. 37, when it is presumed as
a forgone conclusion that Presi-
dent Johnson will make Ms ac-
ceptance speech as the Democrat-
ic Presidential nomine*.
Carpenter and Williams will
take an American Airlines let
from Dallas’ Love Field to Phfla-
d*ipma, Pa, enrrnite to Atlantic
City. Prom Philadelphia. Che Co-
rn uncheans plan a hue tour on to
the convention site. They will re-
turn to Comanche via the same
route on Friday. Aug. 38.
!
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| The ninth annual mealing of
the Oomanche County Telephone
■l be held Atday
,. • ,_ Cooperative will
___
g*iy hour beginning at 7 pm. end oon-
4 tggjg. *
time tw li i mem-' Ml"w" *° ** . _
.ary of the Board of The main order of business win
the Comanche Inde- be tbe election of director*. Oan-
:1 District., • • -jdldates for the coming 3-year
kr». Cobb live at 804 i**1*"8 wU1 be:
vt*. they have two! District 1—Newburg, Place 1:
!lna Key, who will - Gayle McCullough and Kar-
in North Texas Uni-
Robe rt who is in the
ttils year.
rays "We are very
h»v« Mr Oobb aseo-
u» as a Director, in
I—Sidney, Place 1:
Gibson and Whi-
ter Mhsurek.
District m — Haase-Prootor,
Place 1: R. U (Bob) Mull
and Bert Beaty.
Named
The Telephone Cooperative
j Registration prizes will be uae-
11B_« ei.ful to an members this year,
oral CMCTITC along with an assortment of very
.. . _ ^ useful Items to be given away
*** psrrett, petite at ^ drawlnr following the
£rsr sSS— <*■
of Texas. She is .
Of Mr. and Mrs. mk)vsd .
f'HLH: a? rssLrrssr „
of the Comanche -ly^y from the dial offloaa of
“ Sidney, Newburg and ProcLori
Haase, over 400 terms,
land businesses are enjoying
latest in modem ata-tBal
j phone equipment operating
.more than 500 miles of
Ui an assortment or •
ems to be given a
drawing following
period. Refraidinvite
rErohaa
t the otd-
EChange 4t
circuits located in TOIL
Brown. Mills and Eastland Coun-
ties.
Progress CMed
Tiie Cooperative takes groat
pride in being able to May
abreast of the fast moving pnoa
F progrsas in this age of
uni cation.
The Cooperative Is reaching
outlying areas with HJ*■ con
trolled vo*ceTcarrier telephones.
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Hnr»* Electric
CHIEF CELE88ATES 91"
BIKTHDAY FKlOAY
As we understand
child la born
thaf tey to Me first!
Ms second birthday, _
is only one year and one day
old. The seme formula is used in
lshlng the age of a news-
paper.
Records show that the first is-
sue of The Oomanche Chief came
off the press eh August 31, 1578
with G. B. Beeman. editor and
publisher. Therefore when The
Chief comes off the press this
Friday, August. 31, it will be M
yean of age end enters it* »3nd
year of continuous publication.
Mr. Beeman, a brother of the
late Mrs. L. B. Russell, sold The
Chief after about a year, but
had to take it back three or four
times, before he could sett it to
someone who could make R pay.
•°m* 9t the e*»Jy **ccemftd
L. B. Rneeell, Judge
rwjWain william
A- Field*. Joe HlU^and M^imted
* ^^Sd^fc^SSS
6 years before eelllng R to th*
Sidney Thomas, who own-
H tor about 14 feara before
it to A B, Anthony a
Mr. Anthony made a suc-
of the paper, Cut wanted to
JdiTsold It to a atock
Tom J. Cunning-
ham s .others as officers.
time phrvoomanebe
Chief bought and absorbed The
Pioneer-Exponent, a-Popullst pub-
lication that nourished In the
county tor about >18 years. Some
of the editors of The Chief when
It was owned by The Oomanche
Publishing
Couple Dead, Two Injured In
^ Head-On Collision Near Here
with Justice Of I ,
Pease No. 1 J. H. Hall, Comall- Happiness from an earlier Sad- i
MM1K Auunw)'
plaint, all«g^njr nu
ice. «u filed w
Coaches Friday
Oomanche HI ah Junior Ooaches
John Smith and Rodger Maddox
invite all 7th and 8th graders who
are Interest in oomlng out tar
Junior High football to meet at
the Junior High Gym. Friday af-
ternoon from one until five.
The new coaches want to get
aqu&tnted with their persons] and
to issue uniform* and equiptment. __
All boys wanting to participate Chicago
In Junior High athletics must
rieve a physical examination.
Physical examination forms can
be obtained from the prindpal’e
office In high school.
w. - n w egi—S,
nMG junior nigu virmm
atieeeee that any boy who
to play football, whether he par- fV*nMln in Chicago
tlclpated last year tF sal. ii urged oated 35 aaOaa south
to oom* by Friday afternoon. I for the past years. Be states
•For any Junior higher who can- that he hopes to have the Ooman-
peace at JU.0B. W MM wan AOMene ooupea in a--r----,
Immediately executed Sunday af- tog head-on automobile crash, a*|
ternoon, and Hall was freed to they drove toward Oomanche.
___' Deed on arrival at a Oomanche
hospital after the two cars ooUld- j yMi h
ad on State Highway 36, 5 miles .cKooi
of. Oomanche about •:45'0n>Th.
Saturday night, Aug. 15. regular
Mf 1568 jf"l7th*UAWleno
collision was
Mr*,. brother. WHI-
TS, Oomen-
a l the Strick-
SCHOOLS
THURSOAY
li
m
*i
i£^MH*StsCk'roilX*,u thj earner
Of trie Ben Fratftlte alone in
•tort
to C. O. 8
tautdaeto lltnees.
operated a Ban
igo Heights. lo-
nstb of Chicago,
not make It Friday, the
wf) be at 4he-Gyat also on Satur-
ator morning frbm
13K». 1 :
5:50 until
o* E
could not get service
and also saving re-occuring
of maintenance on derial
erosaanns.
Underground Cable
Ten! Meeting
To Get Underway
The Church of CTirlet will have
a Tent Meeting August 21-38.
Ripley, now of Lewis-
do tbe preaching each
_ _ r Company
trolled veaoa (mlTmT [carpenter, D K Doyle. Tom J.
thus reaching feunnlngham, Grade Callaway,
Mrs. Oscar Callaway, and a Mr.
Boynton from Hamilton.
BBiagiuiw / ed^T^^C^nM^^angmuS1^?
Last year the OooperaUw Pur'(^.nMimj|M which he published
chased It# own cable-laying plow. Comanone wmeo ne P _ _
Today, 90% qf Ml 1U new tele-
being burled
from 24” to 3V' deep. The flmt
construction of this nitoajf-
fan In the spring of 1963, vrlQi
the burial af 50 linos from the
dial office in Haase to the town
of Proctor Juat below the Proc-
tor Lake project.
The latest construction Is the
(Continued On Last Page. Sec. 1)
its own cable-laying plow, ^ ^ ^ ^ to «.
Findley. In 1925 J. C. Wilkeroon
* the Findley ----- '
bought the Findley paper ana
sixty percent of The Comanche
Chief, the late W H. Carpenter
owning the other 40 percent.
When W, WL Carpenter died In
1986, J. O. Wilkeroon purchased
Mis. carpenter's internet
Bill WUkersan. a graduate of
the University «* Texas, was tak-
en in as a partner In The Chief
In 1866 after ha had finished *
electric cooperatives of Texes 1»» years tn th# UAL Air Force
a national oontoet at Miami taken a night
Beach, Irtorlda, to January. Ml*
Garrett, representing 10 Weet
Texas rural electric cooperatives
including Comanche, was selected
at trie annual meeting of Texas
Electric Cooperatives,. »tate-w1d*
seeoclatlon of the rural Meotrlca,
to Austin Thursday algt*. Aug-
ust 18. Nearly 1.000 persons from
Ml sections of Texas attended
thJLtiimdiBg flpom the Oomanche
Rural Electric Cooperative board
w8»to Minafer and Mrm. w. J.
.Parks, and Directors Keith Lane
rural Jr and Wink Palmer.
had taken a night course
type opqrOUun in BnwMj
Vernon
viBe. will
night at 8:00. Sunday morning
aarvirM will Ks at tjw>
building, (comer of North Austin
and West Neely *40 ** usual.
ehe store In operation by mid-
September.
The new variety store is to be
located in the new building erect-
ed here last year on the west aide
of the square.
In explaining the operation of
the Ben Franklin stores, Bonlck
stated that each store Is Inde-
pendent, featuring home owner-
ship, quality variety hne, self
goods and a complete line of
quMlty toys.
Mr. Bonlck is married, and he
and Ms wife, Dorothy, have six
children, James, 21, who is an
electrical engineering student at
the University of Illinois;
nette. 19. who has lust
Tile Oomanche Public Schools
hold Its first day of regular
____j* for tbe 1984-46 iohool year
about 9:46 'on> Thursday. August 17, with a
*m regular length day being held.
The usual dismissal times will be
foUowa: „
Non-Bus Students— Grade 1
2:30 pm.; Grades 2-3, 3:00 p.m.;
Grades 4-5. 3:06 p.m.; Grades 6-
7-8. 3:22 pm.
Bus students— Grades 1 thru
6. 3:15; Grades 8-7-6, 3:35.
Ah high school students, both
__ also hos-, mm-bus and bus students, will be
pMMlsed hers INTOlnJuries re* dlsmiseed at 3:88 pm. Bus runs
estved in the crtnET (will be bturically on the same time
Th# Stricklands, former Oosnan-1 arKj pouting procedure aa at th*
che and Mr^Auvt7l^lln*J *n^ng of last aobool year _
in the night. The
id to 001
scheduled
Lake Banes Park,
State Highway
en R. Ckow,
veetigated the
Stricklsmd cai
Strickland, 77,
while Dr. Th
west when tin head-on crash oc-
curred during a rainstorm. Pat-
rolman Grow said ana of tha ve-
< Continued On Last Page, Sec. 1)
*; Lyn-
ftoished
I today’s
and ^nmrt
editor
Wilkeroon
Bob Carpenter, The Chief* ef-
ficient linotype operator for the
pe*t 85 years, ehdp foreman and
public rotation* man. was with
Mr.
SUPUtT
puphv_ " j_ii ing over KOOM Radio each morn-
ttip]ey Win also be preach-
er ROOM R<
8:00 during
early
W^jjRSflrtbr imWt iraor,
Nftvym ft n. litfit 1 everyone
rsbe r.
•CoMimied On Last Paget See.
Mr Burt,
to listen Jo
radio aernuMa’ and oome to
tout each Mgh«2E=2ESSSS2t:
Revival To Begin
At East Side
The locaJ Beat Side BaptiM
Church will 'hold their annual
lunchrooms of the first day of
school with price# being the same
aa last year.
When purchased on the weekly
ticket, prices are; J. B.
$1:60; Junior High and
School. $1.75. Ooet of lunches
tbe day will be: J. B. Layne, 36c;
all others, 40c
Special Education students are
Layne School, in aS. announce-
ment*.
Enrollment for Junior High and
High School students has been
berried out this week.
Tou are reminded that Mgh
school students were suppose to
have registered onday and Tues-
day of this past week, and Jun-
ior high students on Thursday
and Friday, August JO and S3,
with 8th grads registering from
8:30 until 10:00 am; 7th grade.
10:15 until 11:46: and 8th grads
firm 1:ML until 2:45 on either of
these days.
All other students register the
first day of school unlee# they are
in our district,
to
.
The a new student
August
students______
20 on the J. B. Lame
that level. On other levels tl
considered a part 'of the J. B small pox confirmation
WENN I
are to call their respective prin-
cipals if they have not enrolled.
Find grade parents are re-
minded of the requirements for
the certified Mrtri ~ certificate
from either the County Clerk’s
office or the Bureau of Vital
Statistics at Austin, and ak*>
Texas.
Robert Howell Cobb spent five
days over last week-end visiting
Mrs. Foster
his grandmother,
to- Leech, in Brody
panied home on Tuesday by Me
cousin.- BUI Trigg, who will visit
for a few days in
il
Lr
~r
ElMBCS
Robert Elkins will be the evan-
gelist, Russell Nance song leader,
and Maude Croak pianist. ~
Service# Witt 6® held twice
aooom- dally at-46
. and 7:30 p m
Everyone la Invited to attend,
this revival, say the nrembers of
the church. __t
I*OLE Oomanche Dairyman
awarded
hanqu*J|-j
la*t Saturday night to Dublin.. Davis had txKu tha high bard
average in milk production and high butterfot average far the
entire ECUA serving Broth aad -Comanche Counties. Hie bead
of 44 Holstein* on DKLA test averaged 16.348 pounds of Grade
A milk and 819 pounds of butt erf at. Even better—33 or half
of the 44 cows on teat were first cMf heifer*. Juat how
t milk tar 15.348 pounds per cow per year -tt—maai
produced more than enough to give one full plat of
each and1 every person in Oomanche County.
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