The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1959 Page: 1 of 12
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Comanche County's Oldest Business Institution — Published For And About Comanche County
EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAH—NO. 22
COMANCHE, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 27, 1969
12 PAGES IN ONE SECTION
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Farmers Vote On
Cotton Allotment
IT'
by Oral II. Johnston,
j County Office Manager,
Comanche County A8C
Ths 1960 Cotton Marketing
|Quota Referendum and the Pea-
Peanut,
Dec. 15
Indians Sign Two Year Pack With
McGregor; '60 Grid Schedule Filled
Evart Steed
Announces For
Assessor Collector
.nut Maiketing Quota Referendum v fL ■<! ftl I
•OBffSTE; Sheriff Nabs
Tuesday, 1)all contract moetln« at McGregor ill , j » «
Wanted Man
,iar Wen*1* mt thi*
...GIVING »»“" 1959
,tBh you and your* a
holiday.
years will be held on
((December 15 * Polling places in
iS«mhtheCOhUnty WfU«^ ^ I ,^'«~n«0nof0C0Me^re«or
8t^n.aim ro,UrRct completed the Indian
p m-. 81 th® . following schedule for next year. , A much-sought ex-convict, who
;p“ie8:,/im. „ n . At a distlct 8-AA meeting last has been the object of a FBI
i '{rv „ ,ly Rau- week the schedule was revised warrant charging unlawful flight
naruy, napiisi enurch. changing the playing dates of the, to avoid prosecution, was arrested
uusune: City Hair conference games. last vrldav night in Comanche
vomanene: Oirice. The revised and complete sched• by Sheriff B'Mve Bean.
The man, who was Jailed here,
. fa also under charge here for
Nepl. 2—Eastland. there burglary, and faces questioning in
* there a series of Comanche County
16—Cisco, here
it was a dandy,” says
mrrrhant referring to
"7 th» COMANCHE
niyS—held here last
trade was brisk ov-
witb shoppers taking Farmers eligible to vote in the ule follows
of the many adver- r: fer r.dum sha be those fa:m-
[mM. as well as to ers wh0 are aged in the
0 itigtet and every day ducUon of the applicable allot-
tod holiday merehan- nient crop in the 1959 calendar
year as owner-operator, cash
■ ’ . .. t nc.nl. standing rent or fixed
of the oI tent tensnt. landlord of a share
[ayt events, will be held tenant, share tenant, or share-
,y Nov. 30 Among the fropper.
ONE DAY BPBCIAI^j if the husband is eligible to
['■jid at WHITE AUTO vote, the wtfe Is eligible.
1 |l«JS Deltox rugs only A;i elucible voters are urged to
I im) regular $10.96 elec- vote in this referendum
t elites at $6 68 , - --*—
, Gift* • free child's
’ hat. with purchase of a
I children's booU at ED-
jflg gad a free pearl
tUh a $2.50 jewelry
st SWINDLE JEW EL-
23—Lampasas, here
30—Ballinger, here
Oct- 7—McGregor, there
14—Open
21—’Hamilton, here
28—Granbury, there
Nov. 4—Dc Leon, here
11—Dubin, there
Cisco Beats
De Leon; Faces
Stamford Next
MR. STEED
Evart L. Steed, Comanche, this
.;rcak-in' of business establish-
ments,
Sheriff Beah 'was on a routine
car patrol, when he sighted the|
fugitive's automobile narked on a
Comanche street. Investigating,
the sheriff found the man. a week makes his formal announce
Comanche native., seated In the ment as a candidate for the of-1
car The arrest was made with fice of Tax Assessor-Collector, of !
no resistance. I Comanche County, subject to the •
Arrest of the man last Friday action of the Democratic prlmar- [
.night, brought two ex-convicts In | ies.
custody of Comanche peace of-, He is the son of the late Mr.
ficfrs, who still seek one more | and Mrs A. K Steed He Is mar-j
ried to the former Miss Ruby'
Straley. ne-
r Mr Steed, who spent his early
childhood here in Comanche
County, returned here 8 years ago,,
RECEIY E TOI* 1-11 AWARDS—County Judpe Dwifcht M. Briphtman is shown pin-
ninjr the Gold Star medal on Nancy Rlchmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. l„ .Vt' ni^h-
mon, and memlier of the De I>eon 4-H Clu >. Grady Earl Hall? non of County Clerk
and Mrs. Fred Hall, and member of. the Newburp 4-H Club, is shown holding his Cold,
Star certificate. The Gold Star boy and prl honors were the highest county honors
awarded here Friday nipht at the Comanche County 4-H Achievement propram.
4-H CLUBBERS PRESENTED
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
__ IM S has lin
rectal values Including
limy of men’* slacks,
jto HIM at $2.$5; a 1*
Ltitag room group for on-
• group of women’s
,(dog at It; $24.95 Nor-
liist Shavers at $14.88.
11 It-ipred GE Electric
■It regularly *39.95 at
>H-JEANBS you
Monday's special shop-
tin regular $19.95 Mlr-
r.tbc Fry Pans ul $11 95
MOTOR COMPANY
N25 plastic seat covers for
man for nuestionlng in connection
with burglaries in this area. Sher-
iff Bean said a number of per-
sons have been charged with the
•'-o'rglarle^ in - courts here., and ______J|____________I____I
5’*c 3 ' -wn. * . .. , Federal complaints may be lodg- j after an absence of about 35 years
Thr Cisco Lodo€B chumpilons nf f»d as the rfWlt of a break-in He has been employed at Me- by Anffutt Dickson, Jr
H9HE District 7-AA, clash with the de- of th** Oustine post office. | Culiou^h-Jeanes here for the past County Ar<*nt, # ,
fending state 2-A champions, the three years. Top *-H members, adult lead- On SoniC iBoOITtS
Rt*7ifnrrt Bu d0’r* PVflay nl^ ^ sM1TH. FATHER Among the experience that pr. n{1 , H clubB werp honored
m Abilene. ,. COMANfHEAV Qualifies him for the rrfflce h> 8nd 4 H Clut>6 were honoied
Cisco downed the De Leon Bo»'. nfrS at rromNWOOD s,.,!k‘ M. stped M.rVcd is Tax r rtay nlBh at the annual 4-H Comanche Dions Club members
?Rt« ^nHPln8,°LD1fiCt 8‘AA^1 I ,T L S,mlth 80 f"UlPr °f *yar" ' Collector for the city of AndIn- ^ vrmpnl 7°^r8m' T‘,e n WhLs me^Ung^Tthe V
1 to 6 Friday night at Ranger. The rell Smith. Comanche, passed a- Alaska—the ncweoi state t; anl W 8S conducted In the Dtst- n>ght s meeting at the V
i Loboes led by the hard running 1 way at his residence. 706 Maple I iH,u'Pa. r.tv for ,wo v,„.in Courtroom in Comanche. J „ „
and elastve Hllfback Lipste. had Tuesday night. November 2* fol-1 i win" aumeciaU- the eon&id- Amon* many honorees at Malcolm H. Holloway, admlnls-
a 25-0 halftime margin llowlng an Illness of two months ,,ro,tjOI, ,,r a„',i aii SHVS vi- **' “ PI0»ram were the newly-1 tratlve assistant_of Convalr dtvls-
The Stamford Bulldogs had Ut- ' Tenatlve funeral arrangement* steoi addins that lu- will s< . iusl !nm,<' Oo'.d Star winner*. Nancy l01^ ^tT.eral Dynamics Corpor-
tle trouble In diaposllng of Quanah j cai; for the services to be held rLiVfZi Wn^lble hlturei R hm 'n of the »* L®01' ‘‘-H aUon of Fort Worth made an in-
i In the first round of the state 1 Thanksgiving afternoon, from the How 'Id Wnlv Z > and Grady Earl Hall of Uw, teresting and educational Uhwtra-
now and Primary Election uq»« Newburg 4.H club county jud,fe tlve Ulk on the causes and effects
Lions Hear Talk
i play-offs. 48-13
Austln-Morrls Funeral ChapM.
next May.
IN REVIVAJ. — Evangelist J E
i ’‘Chuck” Gray of Kennett. Mls-
* Protein Blocks, only sh\irt.,ishol(ilng arevivalnmhUv
[ K": day IMVI3 PIBK> PentecmtelCburcli.
; HENDERSON'S one-dav s"’,th M,,"M •*“<* W»'M
DI E bug ObKfiola l"* 1 *"“"*£*: 0ray„ ls a
|<a jgc Hnd ltt hath bu«nei Hill Blli> singer and mu
regular *29 95 den divan 8l0utn and rftd)o entertainer Pres-
$115 ton Branum. pastor of the locai
• • church extends an Invitation to
t nllpaper sale is the se- c0*11® bear this ouutandlng evan-
AT BUILDING MATER- ««1‘st 81 w ftlld Preach tne old
.B*ANY special. Buy a tlm' Service b»9(in at 7:39
Lufttlgr price and get next ntehtly.
^ only » penny Monday
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MDE OROCHRY has
h>¥«r's coffee at 59c
adtols flour, 25 Ibu. for
[today—and at MULJLI-
IIM blankets- at only
First of the series of Comanche,
“Special” Dav*. held Monday
drew a large crowd of ensthu-
slaxtlr shoppers who gobbled up
the advertised special values—
in this first of the three Monday
Christmas Trades Day events.
The second of the series, spon-
sored hy the Comanche Cham-
ber of Commerce, and partici-
pating merchants will be held
Monday.
Comanche merchants have
. . There will be a pack meet- lined up some more extra special
take your choice of of the Comanche Cub Scouts, ™xi -Vi'
■mn . ?nolce °* >ww, ni„hf Moucrrvhe. 30 find these advertised In this Is-
Second of Series of
Baraam Days Mon# Jays Postmaster
Cub Scout Pack
Meeting Monday
fountain pen or nPxt Monday night. November 30.
|md pencil seats, at one- uncording to announcement from
L°ff- *ay the DURHAMB Cubmaster Ro>- Turner
I and TED over at r>TTW- Cubmaster Turner urges a full
IfHAMtACY.
Free cash and merchandise
•* dur- ss>, sss.su.teLiTwS
day. Deccmbei 16. has now
• M corduroy ttecora- Th > meethig is to be held at reached over the S1100 Wk.
Just Mc Mond^ it ‘h“ S-out House ‘ hamher of Commerce Presl-
dent Travis Rasberry says that
the early response among the
merchants has been good—and
that they report good sales of
holiday merchandise, as well as
good interest too In registering
for the prizes to be given away
here on December 16.
Plans call for the personal ap-
pearance of Santa Claus here
In the final day of the 'Xmas
promotion—along with a free
picture show for the youngsters,
a hand concert, and a special
bargain day for shoppers.
Registration for the prizes to
be given away Santa Day Is free.
Thirty-five local merchants
have already signed up to par-
ticipate In this Annual Trades
Day Event—and more will be
ready, as soon as the poll Is
completed.
Predicting that the Christmas
mall this year will set an all time
Dwight Brtghtman made their of sonic booms,
presentation. ; Forty-seven Lions and visitors
Bill Parks presented a $50 Sav- enjoyed this meeting as well as
lngs Bond on behalf of Texas | a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner.
Federation of Cooperatives to turkey w'ili all the trimmings.
Geneva Rlchmon of De Leon for- A short film was snown after
winning the first place State the talk, which gave a very in-
Cooperative Award teresting view of the B-58 super-
Linda Janes, Sidhey 4-H, was sonic bomber.
^presented a $30 check and oerti-1 Th® next regular meeting of
ficate by Charles Tidwell, reipres-1 the club will be December 8th
enting the Electric Service Com-! The Religious Activities commit- mww niercrnu
panics of Texas for taking second tec will have a Christmas. Lion W r‘>R Jame'” * F*n'
J. C. Wilkerson is chairman, with Comanche attorney, was
Dr. B D. D Greer and Minister elected a director of the West
It V. McFerrln assisting. Central Texas Oil Ac Cku As-
_____ _ — soclatlon at the annual member-
riere From Olton
Mrs. C V Venable and her *Wp meeting of the organization
■place individual honors In the
record, even exceeding the record Texas 4-H Electric Awards Pro-
set in 1956. Postmaster Robert gram. Tidwell also presented a
Eaton announced his 1959 "Mall $M ch®<* and certificate to the
Early For Christmas" Campaign Comanche County 4-H fund In
today 11 ecognltion of second place In
With Christmas less than a'District 8. The County Electric
held in Abilene on November 19.
Fanning will serve on the board
V. ____y_M __ three daughters of Olton visited
month away, the Postmaster re record book was prepared by the her parents. Mr and Mrs Burl
reminds us. ‘‘It’s later than you Sidney 4-H Cluto and edited by Earner here over the week-end. of directors for a three-year
think!” Most folks have a ten- ,Mr and Jean Rachels. ( - term Principal speaker^ at the
dency to wait until December rolls] Dr Roy O Mims presented a CHRISTMAS CARDS—Distinctive meeting were Val Peterson. Unlt-
around before they give their statewide recognition_certlficate|Christmas Cards, by special order ed States Ambassador to Den-
firm* will
™ THURSDAY, but you
»fti good Thankagtvlng
. ® ‘ton The OWL DRUG
your choice ot a tur-
''r*ith the trimmings.
t, jto® with the , works.
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reopened COMANCHE
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RED
h*-drL5ARI' HAIA., who
nr.6** fmm Oklahoma
L u _ ha<l resided for
14 months, u the op-
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* pr,r®* at the
fabricI cen-
lOa ,or "«*f Moif-
LT y only prices on a
lL1*. °f ginghams,
I* «2*sU>th*’ val as* to
Ttri ~ advertised at
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«CE ORUG 8TORE has
to* -wmodellng )oh_
lisTTS" tow Island dls-
[ ihJSjL'tontera. Among
LT*to* toeelata this
yffl *1 -»*t «•«-
»%nkeis at |lt.$s
L.<*?trto at- |I5.$8;
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Christmas mailing plans a single
t ought.
The Postmaster further suggest-
ed that right now ls the time to
take the following steps; Check
your Christmas card lists very
carefully m(3rf sure that each ad-
dress.,, includes the full name,
street and number, city, zone and
state.
He said, also, that it ls a good
idea to stock up on heavy wrap-
ping paper, sturdy corrugated car-
; tone, strung cord and paper ad-
\ heeive tape for use In securely
packing and wrapping your Xmas
gifts. If you’d like to Include your
Christmas card or letter Inside
to the Newburg 4-H Club In be-
Contlnued On Back Page
Tlie Comanche Chief. <tf) mark, and Governor Price Dan-
<Continued From First °age) lei.
plans set ran cage
TOURNEY NEXT WEEK
(will field a girls team—in addi-
Fifteen teams, eight girl* and l tton to Lampastl
your gift package. Just add thejf boy* teams, are all set for the
appropriate First Class mail post- | Comanche Invitational Basket-
age to the postage for the package | ban Tournament to open here
Itself, thus, insuring simultaneous j^day nighty-continuing thru
arrival of your gift and greeting. L, . ' J* . . _ ,
_ Thursday. Friday, and Saturday
Home From Hospital nights.
Mrs J A. Nelms, W. B Hor- There will be four games’each ------ -- — —r~i •
ton. and Mrs O B McDaniel night. Teams entered are Co- strong competition, specially try I
have returned to their Comanche manche. Oustine, Sidney, Potts-1 Comanche and Ooldthwalte ag-| Com an civ* Piiblic School*. Ttiopg
homes from a Gorman hoapital vllle. Ooldthwalte, Llpan, and gregatlons ,wlth other Bohools ol Comanche
where they were patients. i l^rifldy boys. Each of these schools j Admission is 50c per session
Comanche and- Gusllne girls LOCfll SCIlOOlS
play the third game Tuesday
night and the boys quintet of g* m Ra »
these two schools clash In the hQ||' DqVS ■01*
final game of the night. "
The strong Lipan teams are -
pre-tournament favorites, and
are expected to be furnished i
Thanksgiving
MARK COMANCHE COUNTY 4-H ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS-Show left to right gre representa-
tives of donor* Who made the presentation of gold achievement medals and cash awards at the
1959 Connin'-he County 4-H Achievement Program liere last Friday night. Front row: Mrs John
Barton In Olrls’ Home Economics for Montgomery Ward; Irvin Dunn. Farm Bureau president, in
Field Crops for Allied Chemical Corporation; Travis Rasberry, Chamber of Commerce president,
in Dairy Foods for Carnation Company; Afbojt Brannan. JayOee president, in Tractor for Hum-
hle OH Ac Refining Co County Judge Dwight Brlghtman. In Gold Star and Membership pins for
John Hutchison director Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the late Grady Coon. County
Commissioner Precinct * Kail Barry, president of Comanche County Livestock Aseociatlon. in
Reef for DuPont Homer Miller, county Commissioner. Membership pins for Precinct 3; Bill Parks,
tnco On Demonstration for Te’xas Federation of Cooperatives. Bock row; Oral D. Moral*, Coun-
tv commissioner Membership pins for Precinct 1; Lee Jordan. In Boy*' Agriculture for Inter-
rLionaTHarvester Co Bill Clemons, in Achievement for Ford Motor Company, Kite Dudley, In
for aeneral Motors. Angus Dickson. County Agent; Percy Parson*, In Bwlne for Moorman
Sw co Charles Tidwell In Texas 4-H Electric for Utility Compare* of Texa*; Tommy Snead,
m rxi^nshin for Tran-continental Oas and Pipeline Oo ; Sam PWtor. County Oommtesioner,
LSSSS dIm for >ra^not 2 Not shown- Em Bvrtdge. in Drem Revu. for Simplicity Fat-
ZTZTZi D - Mims, in Health for W UUy O Co.
United Fund Glueing
Dele Set December S
County,, will remain closed both
Thursday and Friday of this week
in dl.fiery once of the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays
Christmas holidays have been
set for December 19 through
January 3.
Comanche students will get a
holiday March 11 on account of
the Mid-Texas Teachers Assoc-
iation “ mrutlna. and an Easter
j holiday on Friday, April 15 <
I Shotweli to Speak at Cross Plains
m'^25?i'ZP$2,£*5 " SSW, «u ^|g!S; ^0^“'
its goal of $7,000 and officials of cards out. some with verbal, Foundation, the Comanche County £®« 1 ®*»^ “
have set Saturday week. December commitments, and some without. Junior Livestock fund - as well a*i. ' p . k„ t -w. U-™
ta”!ssr^oro? ’^u“n
ha* been odected- and an ad- Worker* are urged to get all charlltable causes in the Coman
dltlonal amount in pledge*, to be the cards iri Just as soon as pornt-! che area. ,
paid monthly, total $800, bringing ble. People who have been delaying 1 / Anyone, who has not yet been
the grand total to $6,236.25. 1 In making their contribution* are contacted, and who wishes to have
United Fund President Dwight1 urged to do so by the end of the s pert In this worthy drive can
iu’asfc
l Unn one final OH-out effort to | the Boy Scouts, the Comp Ftrel84**® Notional Bank.
|quet December 5
Gorman Girl* Win
The Oorman High School girt*
basketball team defeated Ra*t-
leaTe their check* with either Mr. j ltn4 Kt^ Schol girls loot week
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