The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1959 Page: 1 of 12
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points to tie with y
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The Comanche Chiel/t
Comanche County's Oldest Business Institution — Published For And About Comanche County
EKIHTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 29
COMANCHE, TEXAS, JANUARY 16. 1959
12 PACKS IN ONE SECTION
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bring out hidden glow,
oz.—*1.25 (reg. -r )
contains 10,000 i >r*
ooth tiny line |
oz—*2.50 (reg. 45.QQ)
""'Drui
urrmg] of the TEAK usually
lnlTaome business changes
/■JtwL , ; this year in CO-
jygflf k Just a few
oamil- T. DAVIS and
HAHfj.: OONNALLY have pur-
IsiTthe J. O. DAVIS PEED!
i'oHE on West Orand. and are
In charge. J O. DAVIS, 1
id IMP worked at the DURHAM
■lAIPZl COMPANY part time;
r th# past several months, wllr
ntliM» this work with the lo1
l , .
f, I WUJIM who ha.
.a«M the SERVICE DRUG
„plbM> Repair Department
sr the last several years, lias
urdUts- 'i the repair depart-
,rnt I r o in the SKIM H'f
'KUO, and It will be known
a WALKER'S APPLIANCE
ERVK I
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Newt"ioer* to .COMANCHE •
re JOHN O. SHAW and
\CK K BURKS, who pur
^aantl the MAST BARBER
HOP this week. Both MR.
•UWRE and MR. SHAW are
>rmert of Goldthwaite and
»rt Been barbering In Fort j
North. MR. MAST bought the
Iwy hum the late J. 11. WIL- '
H.M. barber here for over
g yMTs the early part of last
ear.
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W. J. PARKS, manager of the:
iMApC'HE COUNTY EH.RC-1
u Opc
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AUCTION PLANNED AFTER
JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW
7
The 1959 Comanche County
Junior Livestock Show will at-
tract the largest number of en-
tries In recent years—and in-
terest Is . running high from
sponsors and exhibitors alike,
show date is Saturday. January
24.
Following the show, thehre will!
be a’ livestock auction of fat anl-j
mals at. the McDourhI Auction
JBA!!U Ttrts is the first time that
an auction fins been held ♦ and
I vrstock Association members.
v ! .. ......... Kits annual show, are
l imistic Unit tills will mean ex-
tm levenue to exhibitors i
N'o commission charge is to be
m;ultv(iir the sale of stock at the
Mi Dotigal Sale. Ira (-lemou*.
fterrnii ( inwny ttl«l John- Uo -
bertsori head the committee to
Comanche Day Set At Fort Worth Stock
Show; Rodeo Tickets Available Here
™ f Dudley Hereford*
it
s are being f
che Day at thi
tion and. Fal
coording to -of
iftio Roping '
i s Tif‘this ui ci
>6 tickets' are
it the Clianvb
office here, f
4-1 —»«l,w in.—$Vb:
Win At Odessa
500,0001 h IMthSt KIPTION;—L. C. (Jake) Durham, center, is shown handing1 the
500,000th prescription .filled by the Durham Prescription Pharmacy, to Mrs. Nor-
man Moore, Rt, 1, Sidney. Ted Durham, right, is presenting Mrs. Moore with an
electric blanket, with the pharmacy’s compliment,* on the occasion of this half-mil-
lionth prescription. The Durham Pharmacy, which was founded in 1920"by N. N.
Durham when he purchtfsed the Wm. Reese Drug Store', is now owned by L. C„
Ted, and N. N. Durham. Harry Mark Cailey is alsb a registered pharmacist with
thjs local drug firm. . ' ' ^
sec that extra interest is shown,
in buying of these fat calves,
offered hv Junior Exhibitors
Ous Wilhelm, Don Gray and
j Gaston Boykin head the fat lamb
; committee to find the advance
| buyers- Ben Sartor is handling
the details of the stock sale in
Cooperation with Ernest McDou-
gal.
At a. niceun« of officers of the
Comanche County Livestock As-1 minister
ncotile date << ■ uh as
(V rnnivlic «Day in . Fort Wort ■■
► flu os Dudley-- Roping Clqb
—T^,-<——pi • -niellt.—aa.Vl. 11 mi_some 40 to
/ '!i0 mounted riders are expected
to be in Fort Worth on thi#. dale
• reprt j ,ttlng Comanche Rjders.
,-wlwi participate In Uie .gWd en -
Pictured try at the Port Worth Rodeo
is Thomas Snear, 27. who is the.®^'£*
nrw minister of the Church o>-secretary.
Christ at Oustlne. Minister Snead Miss Deanna Durham. Coman-
ts a native of Oklahoma, and'che High 8ehool sophomore and
served the past 18 months a*
(•('STINE MINISTER
MilPUtir, bilTT c.
showing of tl
a> a inimbei
thi Ida.
The Dudley
ly this week
daughter of Mr and Mrs. M, Col(>rado show
has been selected kH
of RangervtUc Church i Hurhl,!LJr" £as Dudley plan .to leave Friday to
or Kangcrviiie enureniComahche Sweetheart at the .. ,n . *
df: first pries la-
irke- bulls, as welt'
of seconds and
Hereford* left ear-
f or the Denver.
Oail and Eitos.
OPERATIVE, says ..that
us Buck program, now
nsored by the REA is
ff to a good start. This
l, whereby the REA pays
#30 for adding certain
■llances from some 26
WTREDHAND appliance
f the area, will continue
more months.
INDIANS
IN 8-AA
NIP DUBLIN 42-41
SEASON OPENER
sociation Wednesday night, de-! ()f Christ. He is a graduate of
tails were worked out.' Motion I AbiIelu. Christian College, and is
■pictures will-be taken at the show| mKrm.d to the former Patsy
thU year j Johnson, daughter of Mr. and
More Uian #800 in cash prizes l^rs Garland Johnson, Coma.ii-
are to be awarded to winning
entries, as well hs ribbon, rosettes, parents of a two-year-old son,
and special' placques.
UwhUiLJd. Bi lghtman is to the
! Show Superintendent, and Derroll
Caraway, assistant.
che Mr. and Mrs,. Snead are
Paul.
KVRIDGE’S FABRIC
|K has a special fabric
hi progress. "Out they
ys BEN. referring to all
fabrics, adding that heV
hare room to make
for the new spring ar-
ow already coming In.
t'He ad, and you’ll see
■e timely savings.
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ng for a good feed—at
price? Dairymen and
eeders are finding that
TOPPER pelleted feeds.
Ifht here In COMAN- |
y the TOPPER FEED
NY la subsidiary com- |
DURHAM PEANUT)
nlng extra savings In
lot. For many details
new feed, check the
ad—this Issue.
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ft’hlte Goods Kale time
ELIK’K, gs the local
enl store stages this
onee-a-year clearance
Sts. towels, pillow fases
her white goods, as well
^y special ready-to-wrar
rtter Check HARELIK'K
those savings.
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(M'S advertises
tl 8-piece living roofn
^lg sofa, matching plat:
rker. occasional chair,
hie. 2 end tables, and 2
kll for $124 88. a special
ie HIOOINTKYTHAM ad-
appear tin page 2.
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A RERSE. COMAN-
?UTHLAND LIFE Insur-
announces a new F&m-
a new kind of basic ln-
-and is mighty anxious
Jn this new policy to you.
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5NCE SCHWARTZ has
y thr EVETT MOBTL
West Central, and i
grating It MR FVETT
trge caged hen poultry
far completion, and will
chicken and egg busl-
a large scale within a
The Comanche Indian swept-a
pair of games from Dublin in 8AA
district openers here Tuesday night
with the Indian Maidens downing
the Dublin sextet 44-29, and the
Indians winning a 42-41 overtime
thriller over the Lions.
The Indians got off to a fast At ^ mfetlng of the HIGGINBOTHAM'S BUYERS
w ** «*. S a:v,s,T nA,XAs market
of his 24 point* for the nt^it. ]0wing officers and directors Bob Allen, head hardware buy-
were eleoted: W C. Chilton, er for Higginbotham Bros &
Comanche National Bank Has Best
Year Since Organization in 1890
Sohio Plans
Plug Back In
Bibb Field
with a couple
of
seconds
go ]
The Box Score
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Bod 3.
Sohio Petroleum Co. filed ap-
oiiration to plug-back from the
Mlsslssippian to the Marble FMlls
formation at an old well in the
West Bibb Field lo Comanche
Countjr. _________
prefldent; T. J Williams, chair- Company drady Ripiey."h^td of; th^°^r7,u '1''^,,
man r\$ Ih* Rhor/i I- U7 IZTvxr* iha Uar/tui.e. rw«f M— M<irbiT U« 11S U 111 W* 2 350 I
feet.
It is No, 1
REAs Bonus
Bucks Program
Going Strong
The Comanche County Electric
*»•> ...........
Ha£o“‘ck?U *««'•• -«* *1";
an<t those not sold here will be I iV^ter ,}^c,
returned to F6rt Worth about a '‘fI**Y 14**rvf<>rri.s will compete trr
week in advance. Any person de-
Fort Worth El Paso. San- An-
slring to purchase tickets is ask-jt0"1®' a~» Houston shows before
ed to do so as soon as (possible.
returning home to Comanche.
Stop, Look, Listen!
By Mrs. C. B Baxter "
We are here again and thank-
ful to say we survived the holi-
days. *
Not long ago someone said the
playground equipment, the J B.
Layne P.T.A. has be-n working
so hard to pay for, was danger-
ous. Of course It l#—th^e's noth-
Cooperatlve is now ofterirK its lnr about oui* juvenile bombshells
members a bonus for adding to
their electrical living posslblllt-
that isn't dangerous! If one wants
to live to the decent age for a
STATE REPRESENTATIVE—Ben
Doyle Sudderth. Comanche at-
torney. began his second term as
man of the board; J» W Moore, the Hardware Department of the
vice-president; K L Macon, local Higginbotham store, and
cashier; Reginald K Waggoner, managers of hardware depart-
asslstant oashier; Donald R Hall, menu for the other Hlgglnboth-
located five miles^
are cooperating and in De Leon,
Stella M Summer.J
miles, southeast of Bros 4 Co' arf P*rtlclpatlng.
* «» °“n*V • “ Ior lne otn®r HWnbotb- Sidney Driiuite “is 1083 feet' A number of Co-Op members
assistant cashier. Directors are; arn stores; were in Dallas Sunday from south and 330 feet from have already taken advantage of
T J. Williams, chairman: Rob- md Monday. Jan 11-12 attend- JuTm Vi; inT„ S3° re®1 ’ISP: this oooortunitv and have in-
ert L. Esvon. J W Moore, V. L. in, the State Hardware Conven- °f ^|.uSe^S^Sp£& BeTow l#
There are two other wells on a P***1*! list of those who have
the Summers lease. | already completed the deal;
— --- | R R. Smith Jr.. Rt. 2, De Leon,
Birth Of Son 'home freezer; J. C. Bowden. Rt.
* Continued On Back Page
p*tttjohn
Evans. W C. Chlllon. * tion
Mr Chilton said, upon inter- They report good marketing
view, that this had been a most with many new Items being
satisfactory year for The Coman- shown. First of these purchases
che National Bank, that the de- ar<* expected to arrive at Higgiti-
poslts of 83.489.OCO was the high- hothanT' stores within a day or
est deposits of the bank in its *°- and the others within a few
70 vears of existence, that its weeks.
capital structure was the largest Higginbotham Bros. <fe Com-
and strongest that it had ever P«ny. with headquarters in Co-
been. being tn excess of $370,000 n,anr+n«*,0perates hardware de-
He said further, that It was re- P’rtments in nine stores of the
markable and ft tribute to the arfa-
the opening quarter. Oomanche people of this county that they -—--
hit for the next six petals—and j could have made as marked and j , n,|mbrr of possible poker
were out In fibnt 8-0 before the , as quick a recovery from seven ’an^f a ^cclt ** 2.598,960
visitors counted. years of drouth as they have done ——' ------ —
At the quarter. It was the In- this year ,----
(Mans 12-4 and at the Intermis-
sion mark the score favored the
locals 24-12. but by the end of
the thlid quarter the Lions were
rallying und trailed by five. 36-
31. • 1
Duncan high scoring all-district
forward for Dublin, hit with forty |
seconds left to knot the count at Jack R Burks and John O.
39-39 A free toes by Holland of ph-m. b^th formcrlv of Ooldth-
tbe Indians and by Eoff. of Dub- vaif». who bj»ve been barbering
lin. fan the count to 40-40 all. <n B-owntng Heights. Fort Worth,
ak the final buzzer sounded. for the last several months, pur-
of $200 million.
Sc ^rssnt&riAs sir
to help pay for the appliance.} inching bag. and target Pr«c-1
All the merchants of Comanche tice, all the while running adult1®" Ux nee<1-s K tp
blood pressure up to the boiling
point. Which brings us to the
heart of this whole situation—
the home.
The National Safety Council
says that more than 80% of all
accidents occur in the homei
With adult reactions that should
make the home about 100% pure
danger
flo-r-Stop, Look, and listen—
Please!
J. B. Layne PTA
-Th<- J. |
um or The
_ B Layne Elementary
p-^^ill meet in the audttor-
lum or The Main Building at 2:30
p.m.. Tuesday. January 20.
The Third Orades will present
the program.
Rev., and* Mrs. Don Welbom,•
anounce the arrival of a son, |
Ronny Dee. born December 22,1
at Medical Arts Hospital. Brown-'
wood. The young man weighed 6
pounds and eight ounces.
The We I boms are parents of
two other children Rev Wilborn
is the pastor of the Haw Baptist i
Churcli
Goldthwaite Men ■ndians Sign Lampasas;
Buy Barber Shop *0mpl®,e ’59 Grid Schedule
Four CHS Musicians Named
To All-Regional Band
£late National Bank Enjoys Good
Year; Pays 20 Percent Dividend
The Comanche Indians 1959 football schedule was
completed this week—when the Indiana and the Lam-
pasas Badjrers signed a two-year contract, on a home
and home basis.
Betty Durham, Gail Anthony,!
June Ferrill, and Glenda Walker,
members of the Comanche High
School band, won places in the!
Regional Band Competition at!
MoMurray College, Abilene. Bat-j
urday. January 10. These stud-
ents competed against the best The State National Bank of |1|_|LA_ A#
students from a large area oflcomanche. under direction of its Ifd KPf rUlCndjUj
West Texas The band‘composed president. Boyd Anthony and hls|
corps of assistants,_ continued to J
show growth during 1958. and as
a result was able to make a fine.
slues can be found at
3 this week. Check their
his issue for the many
-ving Items
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It’* birthday time at
S BAKERY, a* the
■i I* celebrating It* Uth
-ry. Thi* week-end.
ked item* are to be
and you can get a
kle* for 13e or a don-
doughnuts for 23r—
u buy any ode of the
rwtotn baked Itema of-
r *ale.
horntons
s OF SON
d Mrs. Eddie Thornton,
?. announce the brith of
wry Lee, on 8unday,
the Blackwood Clinie-
He weighted 8 pounds,
es.
!•«. Thornton and aon
nicely and are now at
their East Fleming real-
ft*s«rsas.-a!SBr.;sssfi^r s-unrsi .ssSSiSSr ^
Next season’s ifame will be the first between the
Companche and Lampasas teams.
Comanche will have 16 of 26 “A” team lettermen
returning next season, plus 26 returning "B” team let-
termen. The Indians won 6 of ten frames in ’58—and
the Braves won 8 and lost two.
The 1959 schedule, as released by Bill Scoggins,
coach of the Indians, follows: ' ‘
-----
charity toss In the first five sec- now in charge
onds of this three minute play- mhc shoo is the former Wit-
off Dublin tied it with a free toss helm Barber Shop, south side of
then L. ,G Holland, made the square which was owned and o«-
winrting free throw with 25 sec- erat»d hyrf for more than forty
onds gone In the overtime period - ye«rx by the late I H Wil^-dm
and the Indians rdde out the clock Mr. aM Mrs Shaw and their
with some smooth ball-handling, two sons. Ronnie 8. and David 3 ’
the next 2 minutes, and thirty- end Mr. and Mrs. Bur'-s »nd
five secohds • j their four children Pamela Kay)
John Oieaton grabbed high V Dale Ray 4 Linda Rue 3. and
scoring honors for the night with Deborah. Lou 1, are "house hunt-
24 points followed by Dublin’s! ln«’’ now and will move here as^
Duncan, with 16 Oieaton hadi*o°h as they can locate homes,
nineteen of-his points in the open" j Mr Mast reports that his fam-
ing half rly wll) continue to be in Co-
_ rn.w.ti,' manche until the end of the Mav
but that he will
mov<' t0 *°nie other local-
«* ,oon 10 Mio* hia trade,
for 1° of these ' 3 L Roberson will continue as
J hiL^ f^'iSSTaSmx^n1 ' barber at the Shaw-Bwrks
Z ,
M 'r0''1 61 * *""35 V,.„ »„. „. (U,
Lewis Sims, senior Center for1 Elkins Inez Sullivan,
the Indians, was assigned to the EsU> e. and^r* To.e>Z ’1
task of stopping the high scoring Infr.Y^^pd ^*r? ^ c**.r
Duncan Hr did a good Job in ,1.ast ,M”
doing this—limiting him to six Glair long time re-sldent of Co-
points t.he first half, and hold- manche. is seriously ilj.
lug him to four more point* when ____.
he picked up hia fifth foul mid- Rooaevelt declared the famovis
bank moratorium the day after
Continued On Back Page he took office.
of winners was rehearsed in the
afternoon and gave a concert
Saturday night.
A number of Comanche band
members stymied thw festival a* at the .annual pieet^g held
observers and received a Jot of
Sept. 4—Santa Anna, there
11—Coleman, here
18— Cisco, there
25—Lampasas, there
Oct. 2—West, there
9—San Saba, here
16—I)e Leon*, there
23— Hamilton*, there
30—Dublin*; here
Nov. 6— 'iranbury \here
* District 8-AA Games
benefit -from hearing such a fine
band. Those making the trip
were; Judith Robertson, Beverly
Barret. Ronda Rauhut. Judy Mc-
Cullough, Nancy Foreman. Oail
Anthony. Janice I sham. Larry
Fuller, Carolyn Ooodaon, Austin
Anderson, Dale Lsham, Marilyn
McKtnzle, Max Harellk, Otis
Johnson. Johnny Huett, Stanley
Rauhut. Joe Frank Guthbertson.
Betty Durham. June Ferrill, and
Glenda Walker.
The atudents were -accompan-
ied by Mrs W. L. Ferrill, Mrs.
Boyd Anthony, Mrs.-J. D. Wal-
ker, Mrs W H. Howard .Band
Director W. H Howard, and the
driver Homer Norwood.
Mr and Mrs. L. C. Durham
drove to Abilene Saturday even-
ing to hear the concert in which
their daughter played.
Betty Durham- and Olenda
Walker won the right to compete
at Tarleton State College Jan-
uary 17th for places in the All-
State Band in Oalveaton in Feb-
ruary.
In Han Angelo Hospital
Mr* J. D Adcock of Oustlne
la seriously ill in a San Angelo
hospital, where her
report to the board of director*
Appliance Repair
Service Shop
the bank on Tuesday, Jan 13.
Twenty percent dividends were!
declared, and in addition to thia.l j D WAlKtt^'who has been
each employee was given as a (COnnert«d with the appliance re-
bonus. an extra month's salary. pair department «f the Service
The employees are Joanne Chan- Drug, store for the past fifteen
ey. Lurlen Haney and Sibyl Stew-1 yPars- pas purchased thU busi-
art. I r.i'ss. Hind will continue to oper-
All bank officers and directorsat the same location. West;
were re-elected. Oran d.Avcnuc. under the new
Officer* are: Boyd Anthony, f,r‘m name, Walker's Appliance
president: E. A. Kerby Jr., vice-
president and cashief. E. E.
Anthony Jr., vice-president: L.
C Durham, vice-president; E. H.
Denny, assistant cashier.
Directors are: Boyd Anthony,
E A. Kerby Jr . O. P. Tate. El-
len Norris, and L. C. Durham.
The lgst statement Issued by
the bank on Dec 31. 1958. was
one of the best in history, re-
Service.
Mr Walker will continue to
Install all appliances sold by the
Service Drug Store, is well as to
service these appliances for the
store during the warranty per-
iod.
He Is experienced in all lines of
small appliance repairs—Includ-
ing television, radio, refrigeration,
air-conditioning, etc.
••• aw- dll -UGlIUUIUIIilig, rw..
vealing deposits of *2 408 078 asv The Walkers--Mr and Mrs J.
compared to *1.918.183 on Sept , D and their two children, Olen-
24. 1958. showing an Increase of,da. who' is a Comanche High
$644,885 The deposits In the School senior and Jimmy who 1*
bank were also up $49,135 over a sophomore, reside at 101 Wll-
those of a year ago when de- liams Dr •
posits on Dec. 31. L907, were $2.-: "I will appreciate the contin-
358.939. Jurd trade of all regular custom-
Loans and discounts for the; era of the firm, and look forward
bank on the laat report were to serving many new ones, too,”
$675,408. an Increase of $63,481 says Mr. Walker
over the $611,926 figure on Sept. — " —~-
i4. 1958: and were also up $138.-4537.394 as of Dec. 31, 1957.
— — • ' ' ~*1** assets of the bank on
1958 were $2,849,968 39
hospital, where her eon* J. B. 009 over loans and discounts of Total
Adcock, la business manager. | —— -------------------------Dec 31
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