The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993 Page: 11 of 18
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After we left Sipe Springs
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I would appreciate your vote on May 1st. I feel
local, state and federal taxes are out of control.
Political Adv. Pd. For By Paul La Rocque. RM, Boa 48, Sidney, TX 78474
self to a view of the bluebon-
FIXED RATE
LOAN PLAN
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Mr. Brown’s condition was
listed as fair by the Comanche
My wife Charlotte and I live in Sidney, Texas. I
retired from the Air Force in 1977. We love this area.
My platform is one of fair representation between
business and taxpayer.
Various
Colors
We Accept Food Stamps.
We Accept EXXON - VISA - MasterCard -
DISCOVER Card for Groceries A Gasoline
pii<
iness
tions
MY BEST FRIEND
Pet Grooming
1038 Early Blvd.
Brownwood, TX 76803
915/6434563
answer to a question. Duby
had the answer to <me that had
puzzled me.
Comanche Appliance
The Back Porch
Johnson’s Florist
Granny May’s Comer
Blossom’s Floral
Peggy’s Fitness Center
Jack & Jill Donuts
Cuts ‘n Stuff
Wanda’s lees & Such
Rosa's Cafe
Movies & More
The Comanche Chief
Basket of Rowers & Gifts
Garri
f May
ream
mix
ches,
We also want to thank everyone who assisted with
our annual Pee Wse Track Meet. We appreciate each of
you for supporting our school activities.
Open 7:30 am. Monday - Saturday
Check for In-store weekly specials.
hetti,
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Harry’s Western Wear
Rib Eye Club
Dallas Fashions Pius
Movie Visions
Barricks Jewelry
Higginbothams Bros.
Perry’s
Service Drug
Innovative Ideas
The Hair Works
Right Away Printing
B.J. Classics
Ned Stewart
Food Store & Market
LAM D BAM K
start!
jnks,
itter,
- .Car Wash - .Rug Doctor
MuM Slice Sandwich Meat
NEW LOWER
PRICES
call:
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lie, joined me and we drove
the country lanes east of Co-
manche. It was well worth the
time. Tractors were churning
the soil in fields, leaving a trail
of thin dust. Pick-up trucks
were on the road,
supplies of seed and
to them. It’s a buy time of
the year for farmers...but none
will be too busy to miss the
annual cemetery-workings in
their community. And I plan
to be at Oakland as has mem-
bers of our family for around a
century.
Hired hands with rakes and
shovels...the farm dogs trot-
ting behind the wagon, bas-
ket lunches...for it took ALL
DAY back then. And we were
1 weeds rear-
that adorned
the grave sites back then. And
fill in the holes that armadil-
los made. And enjoy sniffing
the fragrance of buffalo clover
that made a carpet near the
entrance- Memoriae- - and to-
day’s generation must carry
on the tradition.
I do not receive mail from
someone that has roots in
^°^an^e_^°faty-"’^anto[ig to encouraged to participate in
this special prayer event.
II Chronicles 7:14 says: “If
My people, who are called
by My name, shall humble
themselves and pray, and seek
My face, and turn from their
wicked way; then will I hear
ieir letter. from heaven, and will forgive
If you haven treated your- their sin, and will heal their
- ~ z — t_z ‘ • land."
THANK YOU!
Comanche Intermediate students and staff wish to
thank all our friends in the community who helped make
our Earth Day activities a success.
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year: a custom that has been
followed since the first set-
tlers moved into Comanche
country.......Cemetery-working
time of the year...and it is
taking place right now...rural
cemetenee...day-long clean- ups
or those fortunate enough to
have a year-round care-taker.
So I have been making the
rounds...checking..Jooking...
caring.
Last Sunday i hit by brother,
Thx Dukes, up and asked
Wagon Wheels
keep on turnin'
nate to thia fund may do so
by talking to any teller at Co-
manche National Bank.
last Thursday in celebration of Earth Day 1993.
nets at Board Church...do go
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Strawn, Thxas, recently and
/, Paul La Rocque,
am running for a place on
the Hospital Board.
Register your mother at any of the
participating merchants for a basket
of gifts. The three lucky mothers will
be announced on KCOM, Saturday
morning, May 8th at 8 a.m.
The merchants are:
Chute Material
(cotton/poly lining,
zipper front jackets)
Most Items Discounted 20-60%
North Side of Comanche Square
know more of their family
history. I received two letters
last week...one from Nashville,
Tennessee...one from a nephew
in Aurora, Colorado. And I
may be kin to the one in
Tbnnessee from the data in
their letter.
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the wife was hoping to locate
| the Cemetery where her late
I. grandfather, J. Y. Simpson,
R was entombed, back in 1915.
I asked Duby and he said,
L “He wasn’t buried here, he
' was buried at Rising Star.”
So now I can give the correct
answer...thanks to Duby.
We stroled the grounds and
read names long-
■ back to the oil
______FEDI iyRAI J Of/tai Lacaitd Tkmifkoul StaU
__ Land Baek Associate:
IN TEXAS
May 6th Is
Day of Prayer
On Thursday, May 6, Amer-
ica will observe the annual
National Day of Prayer. Con-
cerned individuals are urged
two general stores, WOW lodge H^tSt'd^. tadiidduaii
hall...rural school. Time mar- — —y -
ches on...and the sands of time
soon covers our past.
Fund Established For Bum Victim
On Monday afternoon a Co- stomach. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
manche man, Jerry Brown, have no insurance and a fund
104 Cottonwood, was burned for medical expense has been
in a freak accident. Mr. Brown set up at Comanche National
was working on a vehicle at Bank. Anyone wishing to do-
his home when the motor back-
ferti^er ®re<* catching Mr- Brown’s
clothing on fire. Mr. Brown
was transported to the Co-
manche Hospital by the Co-
manche Ambulance Service.
Mr. Brown has bums to Hospital on Tiesday after-
the hands, arms, chest, and noon.
Long-term
Rural Real Estate and
Rural Residence Loans
Fixed Rate for First 10 Years
7.85%*
* Annual mrcantaga rates ora 8.07% to 8.23% dapaiding on
length of contract; alter 10-yoar tend rate period. Variable rates
are subject to change.
LUOTED FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THESE RATES
■ NEW PURCHASES ONLY
■ LONG-TERM LOANS FULLY AMORTIZED
B ASSUMABLE
■ RXTB CONVERSIONS AVAILABLE XT END OF FIXED RATE PERIOD
■ OTHER LOAN PLANS AVAILABLE
When someone calls and gimme cap on his head be-
tells of sewing a painted
hunting near Lake Proctor, “P to 30 miles per hour. My days...and we had our bonnets
nets covering Board Church $OI^8_ “J
to know the vat "number through my wide-brimmed at Nineveh and plugged along
of Nature-lovers that care straw hat...into the knot of that sandy lane North. Thx
enough to share their latest long hair...and the hat stays said it would be better to
experience with me. on, no matter how high the not mow Nineveh Cemetery
It is that time of the wind in blowing. grounds until the wild flowers
... . „. . oa x had gone to seed. An abun-
We left Highway 36 West dance of rose-colored prairie
paint brush, wild verbena,
sensetive briar and coreopsis
for savings.
356-3088 118 W. Central
and headed toward Sipe
Springs. As we reached the __
De Leon-Rising Ster highway were bi fiiU bloom. " *
Springs Cemetery and see if we were children this was
and'there was a car right be- ^Tv^ld mT^^Tki“front"^f
hind me. That area of the us as we trudged through the
county isn’t too well populated deep sand.
so I wondered who it was. As we pulled in at the
When we pulled in at the entrance the recent heavy-
Cemetery grounds...so did the duty machine work was plainly
other driver. When we dis- visible. Erosion from recent
mounted...so did they and I rains had destroyed the road >_•_
recognized them: Duby Jones and soil had been moved and
and wife, long-time residents Zred with gravel totop the U
of Sipe Springs community. It roadway. It wasbadly needed
is strange how you can get tiie and made the entrance look
neat.
After looking over family
, . plots we came to a decision <m
I ran mto a couple from what we should do to iiqprove
our grounds and another de-
cision will be voted on at the
Dukes family reunion in July.
I asked Thx if he cared
to drive down another sandy
lane..this time toward what
was once the village of Duster.
It can’t even be classified
a Ghost town, now. In our
younger days there was a rail-
road...depot, telephone office,
fa1* 8tore, blacksnuth shop^ to participate and meet at City
will gather at their local City
Halls from 12:20 p.m. to 12:40
rau v«v<ua uui put. p nK jnd prgy fflc a moral re-
Never a week goes by that birth for America.
If you believe in God and
the power of prayer, you are
made a right turn that led to .
‘ '1 BEST EARTH DAY COSTUMES from each homeroom in the Comandie Intermediate School made from
tcTth^grocery store and back recyclable trash were made and worn by (back, 1- r) Kdsha Mmringill, ThHla Harlmoa, Yhnner
l-r) Rocky Hidrogo, Stephen Pinkerton, Cassie-HareHk, Lindsay \hn Brit, Dustin Gillette and
Thylor Abbey. Approximately 300 students in grades 3,4, and 5 had a parade to the town square
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^-remembered
boom days
of 1918 when the p<
shot up to 10,000 peoi
Scarlet was the first person
buried here...l873, shortly af-
ter settlers moved in to begin
farming and ranching in thia
northwest corner of Comanche
County.
As early memory of this
once-busy village came to mind
when we Dukes sisters were
invited by Grandpa William
Cummins Dukes to ride with
him in his light- hack up to
Sipe Springs for staples...flour,
iqeal and sugar. The team, a
pair of horses, a bay and a sor-
By Jewell Dukes Huddleston him to share a look-see drive rd* took to the sandy lane and
through the country with me. r““J~ - * ~x kx! tc
Sharing The Beauty of Spring He WM ready...and wore a Sipe Springs. Ybu didn’t sail
tainted Z^thT'wtod^jrstS hLme^f^m^utee^th^ n^0,’ Brff?r
uuutiug »m»u * iwm.', UP to 30 “ii®8 pw hour. My days...and we had our bonnets
or the blanket of bluebon- hat was pinned on. Long hair on, too...orders from Mother!
nets covering Board Church comes in handy. Those old- After we left Sipe Springs
Cemetery it warms my heart fashioned hat pins are slipped Ifexas and I took a left turn
straw hat...into the knot of that sandy lane North. Thx
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away we went. I looked back a 8afe mJ secure nesting site,
hind me. That area of the
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Wilkerson, James C., III. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1993, newspaper, April 29, 1993; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291634/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.