The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959 Page: 1 of 14
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Comonche County's Oldest Business Institution - Published For And About Comanche County
EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 25
COMANCHE, TEXAS. DECEMBER IS. 1959
II PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
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Ben Barnet Seeks
Representative
Nomination
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B<-n Baines, whose home is in
Do l< on, has ^authoilzed this pap-
■r to announce his name as a
candidate .for State Representa-
tive from the 73rd District. Mr.
Barn' s states that lie will make
v; jOrous campaign, and will p1*
SANTA
CROWD;
DAY ATTRACTS DIG
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Ch
lurTt: crowd bin si of tl
trrtf ' .shopping season. :i
:cd Comanche Wediu*: di
in effo : to sop every vot-
in the district if- possible.
iarnt-.s vras an honor graduate
the De Jioon High School, and
af tided Tarieton Stale Col-
■, Texas ChrUtian University,
i current;v attending L-n
loo! at til' Uni'c rsity of Tev-
Barn's v. h.s a Business Ad-
tisiration Major .at Texas Oni-
V
December .16 despite cool,
■ether and an inch rain U
inta, as the Comanche Ch
Commerce and par tic.
\NTA DAY CELEBRATK
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biT.-
l odltle. Ul'livilv llRl<'
lick.
The schedule parade
lanciie lliglr School
ancert was posponed
e a tlier"
A INM tv
mdise p i/rf's
i paling Ch >mt
iiH ixwants. ui.
moved to th(*
trie1 ! I’renfo
CcMtkr'r
Mr^. Koxie" Bean;
. cuk’ i > g fnpnr
llurtou
Hroo..
s; J Case Sli#-cp
D-«*ch
If
\\ ilttlurd. Blanket.
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Mr*
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^|r!a1 South 1
Baxter’s.’Flat*# >2S
Ihi1 gifU:
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tr<. >t;ilind* 1 ivtng-
Ahfvroli'l S50
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CaKlIr Insurance.
k. Ifdl Moo re. U1
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irgsrft Jordan. 507
> Store $1U iufkfy
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Johnnie rhambern
it. '39 *#0. IVd Man-
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on Back Face
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Jean's X,
sslve
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flANT-i in this
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.nd 11 n SHOP X OMIN
I OBIT!
a new 'n°^
toys for tlie
»t r tu fv%\ t >’
CHRIST M >* ‘
..-you’ll f nd good seit c -
of just about everyth n
■mi’ll bS braniidg and neec
f flffB.TiST.MAS giving, ill
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,KIO<JO®OT71AMA ad. pa Ft"
mu tonic, you'll find advev-
'sc hfU fo, f ni y membot o
iinlly—the honv too!
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iYMPN HUGHES. of t lie
tans nr HIT STAND, ha
Gr
outsicie the city limits on
Brownwood Hiway.
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over at SERVICE DRUG
.BE suggest that you come in
and pkk out that special
guns* gift Among the nd-
he pnoli
'd and
i 800 youni tere on-
free movrompl*-
Stet lc and staff t
Theatre Old S ini-i
Javeers and an up-
* of Comanche H
ts, had free end
;un for the kiddoes
hud *. cheery *hi '
.11 as lie was dreneh-
. 'iuiy drizzle, which
'it the day -- tout
ipearanct) right on
Comanche, Do Leon Among
Entries Af HPf Cage Tourney
Boyd Belyeu In
Critical Shane
A ffer Car Wred
- flight
Ho
Central - West Texas
s srre. on hand here
when the seventeenth1
v.ard Payne Course In-
Rev. Harry Hames
New Pastor Of
East Side Baplis!
d in Y
d.vi
PROCTOR LAKE PLANS CAU FOP
3 YEARS CONSTRUCTION; $17,100,000
|H*pv
i arc entered in ii
ms. D.vision I. which .
■ B A i d A A 1 am*'"
h trams i ■ om l.rady,.
Lr<m. Coleman. 1,1-[
:r. Blanket and Co-’
ly pan. smallest
d in the tourney. ls|
ie team to beat for;
nrel*.
IT. AAA and AAAA
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South San Antonio, de-
lrent he e last, Tlru
B'lyou. employee of thr
ohotham Lumber Yard
if In d Interna! Injuries,
ho c .*r lie was driving hit a cul-
ert near h:s residence, .606’ East
and
i< * are now
Holmsley
<xi t of Co-
.. site High-
laptis's are
iew pnrson-
U):' and his
•n Coman-
v hen r^r' w^f n thla is completed.
Rev. and- MiHarnea are
iCak.
Work on *» * 'or Dam is d ;;
to start .’uni it; l."60 and it »ii
ggccials are electric blan- three yeaii* to complete it
for I15.&5. electric shavers at at a co., of gn.ioO.OOO. aci-oidinr
»-*» well as special values t0 p, D Collins, general mamui-
toi' and other toys. You'll er 0j tlle Brazos River Authority,
o'hfr guggestlons too. wherv Colliiv.' ftatement was made at
'to the SERVICE ad in recent meeting held ui 'Dublin
m' , , I Amon othoji attending the y v, ™
meeting in Dublin, were Mayor and universities in East Pakistan
I Charles Eck, Hamiltan. Mayor scheduled to visit in Coman-
jiLouks Evans. Stephenvllle; Mayor,chr County on Dec. 2J-21 -22,j
Roy Thomas. De Leon; Mayor C. They will tour and visit in four
Coot- VukoMHmi fa Unit
9n Cwi ty (text Week
ScJil Conservation
-Offees Here Move
To Klew' Location
(HMSTM.AS HMIllS—com
wlrctiens s'" ait you. and
..B get many special savings
w LOCAL GROCERS have
displayed their
zy faodstuffs of all kinds
advertised these ton this
Tarn to POOD STORE
Ihh Issue—and see how
that your food dollar goes.
•Hopping at the LOCAL
Lrt’i make this a WEST
TflOTOE Christmas.'’ sug-
JOHN M. (Happy)
'TRCOTR, whose loeAl furnl-
dsn is staging a big pre-
sale. In a full page
•Hh hsue—you'll find r«nv
savings on WESTING-
C8t white goods. TV’s and
sf their fine appliances.
Methodist Youth
Nativity
I Tire ofilces. of the Comanc),.
•work unit of the Upper Leon soil 17?.,< pm •,
• Oonsrrvatiqn District ave been ’ » *”.".#2' - 11 p m :
moved from the Texas Rowe#- and
Urht Company Building h.-re to
The Youth Department of the the off.ces. formerly occupied br
Present
B. Bradberry. Dublin; Mayor John j of Comanche County's commun-1 Prist Methodist Cliurch will pre FPr. Herbert Nock, at the rear of
H Hall, Comanche; Mayor T L.'i.ies', Beattie, N<wburg Soda sent ’'The Nativity Seen?", each Scrvlee Drug Store
Mondnv M mbeis of the Aocal unit arc
Jay. Gorman, and Mayor D. E.;Springs and S'.ag Creek. night beginning n»xt
| Bullock. Hico i To pa rstanl* ar" all current- night, and continuing
j An individual roll' call gt the y enrolled In Texas A&M Col- December 24.
I meeting showed that the mayors 1 . takln > graduate work - The Real live animals will be used..’
,of each of the cities voted for RU : ‘ a;e all of the Cos’.em faith and this interesting Chrirtma ,
I the creation of a unified water Sven of the group are married display represents much hard!
! district. The group favors a bill and hive wives and children at work and enthusiasm by members
| legalizing such ^ district would home in East Pakistan. All speak of the Methodist youth and their
!be submitted to the called ses- English and are staff members ’ teachers
sion of the Texas' Legislature if teachers and research people in The exhibit, in which the young
|there is such a sess;on. and if their respective colleges and uni-1 Methodists will portray Biblical
not. at the next regular session 'ver.sitlrs in East Pakistan. 1 character*, is being set up on the
Homer Hunter. Dallas engineer. I ™e «ro„uP w1,11, arrl'’e between i West Hide of the ■ Methodist,
pointed out at the meeting, the 1:00 and i°0 o’clock Sunday af-1 Church. The public Is cordially
following plan for different cities ,Tr,no?n' JDe£fr?b<!r ,2° m 1 °° lnvlUKl 10 comp hy and see this
to get water from the Proctor 0 clor'k the Pakistanis will show special Christmas feature from
Reservoir colored slides of Chelr country in - ■
out that it j
fending champs; Sweetwater,
Plalnvlew. Port Worth. Carter-* Afier getting preliminary treat-
RVr-lde. Abilene, Fort Worth at i.f;v. Belyeu was canted to
rastleberrv. Bro^*nwood and Fort gn Abilene hospital, where Sat-j
’ ’• D miond Hill, will shoot " : dm . was removed. Hlsj
•)” the too trophy ......oil', kidney v.as a!s> badly dam-1
r’-ames Thursday include Brady- nivd.
Hamilton, fu30 am ; Coleman- Mr and Mrs. Belyeu and their]
D“ Leon. 1#:00 am.; 1 nan-Bal- ^vo 'mall children reside at
Blanket-Co- k. Ouk. - . .
South Ran i
Antonio-Sweetwater,' 3:30 p.m : ----j
Plainvlow-rn-ter Riverside, 0 00 ;n' iit team will be chosen from]
pm.; A bile no -Cas. lc berry. 7:15 toVh ‘•la**^* Coaches of both
pm and Brownwood-Diamond "inning clubs will receive wrlat
Hill. 8 -30 p m. j watches.
Trophies will be awarded to Howard Payne College basket-
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606 |
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I
through ^Impaon. Whit Jarratt and cftch dlviaion
Iicnry Oregory
winning and runner-up teams in hall corrh Olen Whitts is tourna-]
and an all-touma- ment director.
7 to 9 o’clock Monday through
manche. "The public is invited to
Hunter pointed
the MAY and JUNE would be cheaper for water to
(TIC PRIMARIF7H fast flow In the Leon River to Ham-
wtmng— tntereat jn COMAN- liton with a separate filtnxtion
00WTY politics is begin- plant than to run a pipeline to
f DUblln ! manche County 4-H Adult Lead-, the week-end
On the other hand. Comanche | ers Association who will MIC the
BOLLS, oat they go at
7** leas, says Oswrll
** White Auto. Cheek
“ '*r other advertised bar-
toy Senior
To Preien!
•r December V.
Miller Seeks
Re-election To
Pd. No. 3 Post
nty l-idlratlno^^iiv^ wouW BPt 1U WBt0T dlrectly from afternpon program Mrs Jean
»mpwm than f^Lthe Proc10r R'‘*PI^0,r filtration Rflrheis of Comanche will assist
* "L th*n ,or P’‘«nt with feeder lines carrying, wlth the program.-
eoup of^ election years. wlter t0 ^ and oorman. A-cording to Kamaluddin Ah-
f'-i'nn. #k .... A reservoir at Duolln also would mad. who will act as MC for
»t rni»u*w« serve Hico and Stephenvllle the Pakistanis Sunday afternoon,
mid* iu? Oolllns said that each city continued on Back Page
- '»v h« *hould pIon ,or ,he WRX#r n0W M____
ind sf the wish It Should a water
^najuflsuggestlon. from lil8trlrt br f0rmed each city will
pare “d' Pfty lt-'’ Proportion late sliare of
wus section. Ithr r0Rt ln Kett)ng WBter from!
Itht reservoir.
It was pointed out at the meet-
ing that cities and municipalities
have priority, or first chance, at
the Proctor ’Reservoir water, and
if thep want it. now is the time
to contract for lt. If the cities
fall to take specific steps now | Hemer Ed Miller, veteran Com-
to secure their part of the wat- mlssioner of Precinct No. 3. an-1
er. then downstream people will nounced his candidacy for re- j
get a chance at it and the cost election to the post this week, j
’*of condemning it for future muni-. Miller. 50. who resides in the
cipnl water needs, might be pos-liamkin community where he has
islble, but very costly. farm and ranch interests, is cur-i
irently serving in his eleventh year’
jin the position to which he asks
re-election, subject to action of
the D inocrntlc primaries slated
ln May and June 1960 Miller
was elected to the port. In
eraMH ' * 1 “
PEANUT AND COTTON
QUOTAS ARB OKAYED HERE
Bob Gressett
Commission No. I
Announces For
There were 104 eligible votes
by Oral I). Johnston. Office Mgr.,cast in Comanche County in the
Comanche County ASC. 1900 uplan cotton marketing
Preliminary returns show that Quota referendum. 145 voted in
428 eligible votes were cast in favor of marketing quotas and
the December 15 marketing quota 19 voted against marketing
and Quotas.
twelve percent of the eligible vot-
ers voted in the cotton referenda.
REV. HAMES
parent* of two daughter^, Mrs
Paul Waldrop and Mrs. Armon
Kelly, both of Brownwood.
Post Office To
Be Open Here
Saturday Afternoon.
I
Stag Creek Set
Christmas Party Sat.
The Comanche Post Office will
be open Saturday afternoon. Dec.
19. to help take care of the
farmer Christmas mailing rush. Assistant
Postmaster E. W. Sullivan an-
nounces.
I
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R E 'Bob' C'-rssett,
of the Soda Spr'ngx corpmunity.
Rt. 2, Comanche, this wi4k an-
nounced his ^r^'dacy for Com-^-^ local olrice wln ^
mlssioner of Precinct Nm 1, sub- untll 4 o’clock Saturday—trans-
lect to action of the 1900 Demo-|ap41nR r1j usua] business of the
by Club Reporter cratic primaries. office with the exception of
On Saturdav night Dec 19 Oressett. 51, is a lifelong reel-1 handling money orders,
for the monthly rec^ation night. dp"» Soda Springs-Sweet-1-----
the Stag Creek Community Club *.BtPr spctlor' “J1** 'las resided Howard Pavne College
n an* a mristmaa tree and ex- there continuously with the ex- “ltPnamK no*“ra rmync GOliege.
changing of gifts, singing, games ception of temporary absence* 1 Oressett said he would make a
and music at the Club House Oressett. son of the late Rev _____. .
1 Mrs Robert Roe. Mrs Lee Van- and Mrs. W W Oressett. is mar- aJ'“ 1 J*')™™'*
cleeve. and Mrs Era Auvemhtne rled to the former Ina Power. bi
will have charge of the decora- daughter of the late Mr and Mrs.|ln Commslsioner s Precinct No 1.
tlons and entertainment J W Power, all of the Sweet-; “I would appreciate inquiry ln-
On New Year’s E>e, MY. and water-8oda Springs secqtr The to my qualifications for the of-
Mrs. Jean Rachels will hold open Oressetts are parenU of two child-, flee I seek, and pledge. If elected,
house at their Stag Creek country ren. Mrs l^ee Jordan. Comanche, to serve you to the best of my
home. and Billy James Oressett, who is ebilRy." Oressett said.
formal statement at a later date.
>and to launching an active cam-
CHRISTINAS DECORATION CONTEST RULES
(Open
House To
J. Fritts
the
ZlOT»£r3ete's ’Honor W
U nUrtit, December j
aiidwJ! ,n' Stdnev Mr Bnd Mrs W J Fritt-s. Rt j'348 gpnerai election, and took
will,), Comanche, will be honored by offlo#> Januarv 1. 1949. He has
TV " #0c itheir children on Sunday. Dec 27. BPrvf^ continuously since.
*• for this three ac' 2 to 4 P m . with open house at A nfttlvP 0f the Lainkin sector.
the FtiIts home in the Van Dyke lMt,lpr K„jd regarding hi* candi-
Pepperdine-Chris- communlty open hT,h! My Ppr90nal Jnteresu in
being held in observance of the thp agr4cultural and livestock life
•Ckfero couple’s golden wedding annlver- f Comanrhr County, and my
s£«5.JSi _... .............
0M|' *5^! Md Dor- j oohdes ip administering the af-
**» Jlbk OkniM ____Christmas oaity,P°,,c,r . 4.. . __
I be-
T h e Christmas Decorations
Committee For Comanche has re-
; leased a set of rules for the
| Christmas Decorations Contest
! which they think will be help-
ful with the hopes of brlhglng
j about the prettiest Yulotlde de-
; corations ever seen in Oomanclie
.County.
basis for selection of places and i
displays. ,-
Dsplays must be in place and
Iflrushed by 6 p.m. Monday.
Dec 21.
Judging also will be done Mon-
day night.
Decorated Stores
All Comanche merchants, in-
CImpwo.
t,,
IgVffiyWcr* oa'SsSSA's?-
evening at 7:90 o’clock.
Continued on Back Page
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A BOOST FOR THE WARM SPRINGS FOUNDATION came
from Governor Price Daniel as he proclaimed December "Warm
Springs Month" in recognition of the Center’s "contribution
to the conservation of human resource* in Texas.” Mr*^.Betty
'McCullough and Miss Wanda Puryear. former patient* of the
Center, are shown receiving the proclamation. H. P Orts,
Foundation pres dent. San Antonio, and Edward Badoph, se-
cond vice-president. New Braunfels, represented the Foundation.
Oonzales Warm Springs Foundation (The Texas Rehabilitation
Center) treats the after-effects qf catastrophic injuries and
dtoaaaaa such as spinal cord Injuries, arthritis, polio, muscular
dystrophy, cerebral palsy., brain damAge. and birth defects
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Community Clubs, which have
been so successful and efficient[fd ^v„d ,^1“^
e.iw.saaw to nave them ready by Monday
carrying out *ny '^ave t^XTu *on
that night.
Only one prize will be offered:
_ . _ ^ ,to merchants and that will be!
The decoration* must be per- >10 for flret place
manent enough to last through j_____
Funds For Hospital
freedom of carrying out
Christmas theme which they
think will be appropriate for
their communities.
Christmas
Three prizes
r,
third place.
The courthouse
on a "first come
including >25 for first pride: lit
for „ s»cona place, „and $15 for
will be offered, A total of >7.650 has been rais-
ed bv subscription at De Leon
towards a gciV of- >10.000 to be
matched by a Federal grant, if
and raised,' for the improvement of
’the De Leon Horital.
Santo Letters To
Be Featured In
Christmas Edition
The Chief's annual Christ-
mas Edition will be published'
on Wednesday, Dec. IS.
As Is the usual custom, a
feature that Is always popular
will be SANTA CLAUS LET-
TERS from boys and girls if
Uic area. Letters may be sHhsr
.brought to The Chief er mail-
ed to SANTA. Bex 1M. Co-
manche.
Regular news and Clortat-
maa features will atoe appear
liw the special Christmas edi-
tion.
Thanhs,
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959, newspaper, December 18, 1959; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904008/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.