The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1958 Page: 1 of 12
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Wp^i'r^ Services March 30 Calif.; Reports Outstanding Meeting Tm|| ac lcf Place
—».>i‘ss is Pre-Easter worship sendees at Comanche School-Superlntend-!''nl-s should be so challenged by i M ^ ®
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■i EFFECT- 30, jmil .win continue each night.Association of SchOki Admin-] |,ru ^homework ea.-li week _ _ The Comanche,
k » sURfe through Jwiy, April 4. accortL istr>tofs hold last Week ;n San ’* ffi
' grow economic^ lng to John Patterson,
firnu. of the area. Oue*t minister for'the speetftl
ml t-.»t Atorvifres will >-^frthur Murrell. crowd of- srlio,.:men from
First Christian throughout-the nation
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The educator pointed out that Teachers
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■£> 35?* ^d|f
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Superintendents o fthe area, in
attendance included Mr Harper,
Paul L. Whitton. Cio's Plains:
•W. D. Raley. Dublin; Wendejt
Seibert, Eastland: J T. JpWPs,
Goldthwaite, Eloe D ,J*tFiiufer.
Hamilton; J. D. ISiW;, Browgpie
■R. wood; C. D. Rec'r.odtv BiWT
and John-W<le*t,ul»eli. Bl^lten-
Ttto''trll>i Which included trans-
ition. food, hotel, and regls-
FattOn. cost each superintendent
approximately 8300
Qr,' JSmes B Conant
debt Emeritus of Harvatof’Unl-
verstty. at the fin
I the conventionatfolned a toi
program fr^^Sne students,
ant. whjx^-making a two-year
begin to realize that
Ing provides friendly c;
with, people, unusual a
tunity for personal adys^^ment.
HdvMltaed forlhe week-!Church m Henderson. Mr. Mur- time well spent ln,.-rfiteresting
It, the rharTy shoppers • rell received his A.B. degree work. Jseful training In a sP«lal-
V, flrm in this iasue of1 from Texas Christian University lad fled, rewarding service to
k ymgtesUng that you m 1953 He. graduated from America's young citizens and en-
ok at the ad. then come
hop HENDERSON'S for
bnt way. S*
peegta, ** the lO'
3Y, Co-
Tax Asseesor-
ealls attention that
half of COMANCHE
Mrs _
ru 1.
m t >■ _
pol® 2CTFON time
'^i>pruaclilng boo.
^ver at CLEMONS
_ 3MPANY. who aug-
lt you bring your auto,
pickup in now to theJr
f Inspection Station.
S'' tCreath pi^mted the award to,
« School-Ftl-! John Ghtomn. who^pfoudly a j
fwon fjjEtof place i reptMFdr m the jMtme of the FT A 1
highly gifted, youth might notig”the otafn. W1*VH Year Book}Odb and copafllimented his mem^
profit f.oin such a program be- Conte>*^«nd waa present'd wU^Ffoi'rs onThe hadl work they
cause It might not be challeng-1 th^^Ward at the recent .State! do
lug enough School systems, he^jeefjng of TMture Teachers held
raid, are coining Up with pe^Pfe Dentdn, March 7,and 8
Continued oil Back Ea^ ^ ’ * The theme of the meeting which
held on jhe campus of North
j Texas State College, was "Educa-
tion —Art Investment In the Fu-
n State
t&wurd achieving
Reed
aster
Of Board Church
Twelve dlsUrtcts were re;
,____^ited. DanMdClung, i
TFT AC a*ra also frpm
lung president I
District I
the ttjree General
wthc conducted
on CoordlnatfUfT FT A Work. FT A
MembMrfwT Mr. and Miss FTA
oute^TSpecial RTA Awards. VI-
ng FTA Programs, and pro-
esslonal Activities of FTA.
The two Official delegates from
Comanehe FTA Cubwefe Its pres-
ident John Gleaton and Ita past-
tiresldent Ctmrth Davis. At
convention, Creath served
of the Nomina!
rasberrt. ms
at-
ihe week-
MVKRF.I.L
needs
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House time Sat-
COMANCHE’S new-
KOPP IMFLE-
IMPANY—as the new
fASK dealership opens
Houston. The KOPP8,
PAN, SR. and JR., are
i —and HERMAN
Is to be the local
A busy day Is seht-
Saturday. with free
aa the attendance
llueludlng a 21 - Jewel
other prlaeu. free
doughnuts served
free movies aa weh
1 opportunity to see an
model CASE tractors
farm machinery.
Beef Bonanza Sale la IV
at GORE’S RED *
•with the local food
ting choice, home-
at special prirvs.
ks sell at 55c per
'-hones at 5tc. club at
»«en steaks at 49c—
ek spast at 39c pound. I
MRS. R. a HAL-
> u nannlc goat,
attracting a tot of
these days. The J-
Angora nannlc pare
OCADEtTPUCATCS
ago—right In tto-
• cold, wet spelt
FRT reparta that
[of the kid gaat* aur-
“» apparently do-
Tbc II \i.Herts re-
the HARMONY pom
land raise about 85
louts annually.
£sr!?'E SSS* -s
campus of T.C.U. in 1966 with
a BT>. degree Since 1956 through
correspondence courses and brief
summer sessions Mr. Murrell has
been working on a Master of
Theology degree from the sem-
inary.
Mr. Patterson will bring the
Sunday. March 30. messages, and
Mr. Murrell will bring the ser-
mons through the remainder of. *
the week. His sermon topics:'
18 The following Is a speech that
* Martha Chilton, daughter of Mr.
,„Rev. Reed Harris will pre,
his first sermon as pastor
Board Baptist Churc . _
,v. Harrlg waj^toKmed last
lay at hi$—fiOTflc church fn
Maud. Okl ,
Ordip^tferti services were led by ,
Rey.'JdT - Holt Sodeman, pastor of
Baptist Church. ROT—.
ell \>r MUburn, pastor of the' At tl\e barwp«^Rf^Saturday
FTrat Baptlstcehurch. Bhdwnee.1 evening, awards were presented
Gkla preached the ordaining ser- to the winners of the most out-
i standing scrapbook and the Year-
Aornmpanying Harris to Okla-.bftck Thhc Comanche FTA Club
homa for the ordination and a was presented a gold engraved
visit with his parents. Mr. and loving cup which was the award
Mrs. Edd Harris, were Mrs Har-' for First Place In the 3tate for the
ris and their small daughter. Yearbook
Cynlthla Dianne ___ In assembly on onday morning
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Woodmen Circle
To Hold District
Meet In Merkel
’ ! \t< mb< jpE-vf!e Northwest Texas
K>c 1 js^jdeStrlct of the Supreme
! | Foreyst Woodmen Ctrcl ' will hold
I Ur convention In Merkel March
The < <invy.«t'<>n will be held at,—
the CpnrtmipHv t enter areurd-
ing f«» Mrs. UtUnn H*dW
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Rev. Biwr rnoma
MantUa Glutton 9tt Spotlight
\
/U Mid- 'iejoai. 'ieacite^i Meeting
Monday. March 31. "Faith
and Mrs. William C-Ch^^,1
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pre-
pared and gave to the Mid*T,-xas
EMucaUoo Association whibh met
at San Angeo on March 14. 8he
Is a active member of the Ola
Cunningham Cub of Future
Teacher* of America. President of
the Senior Class and an outstand-
ing student at Comanche High __
School.
FT A—An Investment In The I
Future
•’I saw tomorrow marching by
on little children’s feet;
Within their forms and faces read
her prophecy complete;
I saw tomorrow look at me from
little children’s eyes.
And thought how carefully we’d
teach—If we were we wise.’’ ..
t Ifhe Inspiration behind these
words Is the guiding light of all
* Future Teachers. The main pur- j Martha Chilton
pose of the Future Teacher Or-
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School Absentee
Voting Underway
Absentee voting In the school
trustee elections are now under-
way at the County Clerk's Office.
Comanche
Persons wishing to om» their
ballot by absentee, due to illness.
physical dlsabllty or beeauae of ----_
absence form the county, may do Lubbock Visitors
'so now. or at any time through; Mnl Elton McCuUough and
XhV candidates have filed for "JSS*
three position, to be filled In the JSSmTiJ B^
April 5 school trustee election Seta i^^laughtera M B
of the Comanche Districts Can- Hlc“ ana aaugmer*.
'GLEATON-DA
. accepting a a
-DAMS
award
Jaycees Sponsor
Pancake Supper
Good
AHem .
Side Revival
a.fh A m eef!: 11! .^Wfk),W-''
state man-
commltteewo-
Instruct the,
__ ritualistic workj-<"
Guest speaker will be Mnfc Kate
Good crowds are in attendae >
at »hc rvivai metlpg now In pro-
gress at the E«s* Ride Bnpti'.t
^Vl Church Comanche and hearing
1 •^me - pf>stlon*l aernons by
The Comanche Jaycees will; Evangelist Danny M Williams, of
hold their annual pancake supper j Fort Worth
w ,oetCTanji Ha11 Saturday, i The mcetlnc which opened Sun-
March 29. , day will continue through Sun-
Jajrcee president Wm T. Ual- night service . Ma/Ch 23
houn says that there will no wait 1
Ing as the Jaycees are experienced
Rev Bruce Thomar. pastor. In
behalf of his congregation extends
and experts In cooking pancakes , _ .__ .
menu for the ponrake ‘ l ,^n^u
come out and attend these ser-,
supper will Include Jaycee Su-
preme pancakes using Aunt Jemi-
ma Pancake mix, delicious Mor-
rell bacon, easy spreading Kraft
Oleo, and good to the last dorp.
Maxwell House coffee M. E. Gore
and Son’s Red and White Orocery
made the arrangements for the
baeon. coffee and oleo and the
Comanche Wholesale Grocery ar-
ranged for the pancake mix?
Cbme out and bring the family
suggest the Jaycee* You can eat
all you want for only fifty cento.
Tickets are now on sale and
can be purchased from any Jaycee.
vices. The meeting starts at 7:30
each evening.
MR. PATTERSON
didates, lntbe order that their
names appear on the ballot are:
H. M. I Bun) Caoley)
Henry Huffman
Thomas Foreman
Beth HaUmark
L. B. (Lloyd) Fritto
James Slider
Beal McDaniel
J. D. Walker
Board members, whose terms
April l. Youm wignt. uo xou ~ and consider the words of a poem
rwV‘i‘‘™ V«,£wn mSUKTS.to «ol*n P Am- ?? “£
I Think”: Friday. April 4. ’“Hie ™ orientotton sue? V E. W. (Cap) Oteaton. vlce-preal-
Highest L^vel of RHlglon to the teaching profession and Have you really considered the
u-T<kl Oayle O’Dell, song director of benefits.
lal price on^helthe ch^ch‘ bo.in charge of ip Uv Future* Teachers of' That school teaching offers you?
House for th* services. , America we learn that teaching There are the people you meet
•the W l .STrNOHOUSE Invite everyone, retardieas provl<j0„ ft challenge to serve your and the friends you make.
SSS STtoU)bS?uiaoru“ ZUUlings whlch you J01ntly
In furnjture items this lod "_“!? Mlnlft*r _,rI^ world understanding, and to de-; The talent found where you’ve
ary.
Hold-over board members are C.
D Swearengln, Buster Robertson.
Braslel.
John S.
Smith.
and Darrell
! home conked by
including fruit
9'ea, banana nut
trh bread, or home-
»«-and you get *
'regularly tfc.>
I Joe H. Tupin. board chairman of velo_ AmertCa’s greatest wealth—I kindled a flame,
I the Central Christian Church. human resources. _ Continued on Back Pago
GILMORE A CANDIDATE
Walter Ollmore. -a Brownwood
Mrs. Amos Whitlock Is in Dal- |
las visiting Mr and Mrs. A. J. i
Whitlock and children.
Evangelist Williams
Kopp Implement
Open House Saturday
Plans are all set for the open,
house festivities of the new J. I.
Case, tractor and farm implement j
dealer, Kopp Implement Com-
iu-day.” Fan and ranch folks
are especial’? ur-ed to see the
Swine Short Course Here
Attractina Good Attendance
mm' % i.. ~iffxvnttmr
bu.slneas man. a brother of Mr».:Pahjr> 315 N- Houston, on Sat-j
Brown County.
Leon; C. S. Cambell. Proctor; w.
C. McCJeakcy. De Leon; Keith
Orgory, Oorman; V. L. Files, pus-
tor; O. t). Sadberry. Comanche.
Clarence Bryant, • Comanche,
Den Chester. Soda Springs, I^rcy
Persons Comanche; W. W Sad-
berry, be Leon; Homer Stephen^
Gorman. Clyde Wall, De
R D. Walker. De Leon; 8am
Watto. Energy; »P v»
Energy; Bernice Stokes, oustlrte
lid urns From Temple
Mrs. R. D. Pols ton has return-
<xl from Temple, where she vls-
i iU‘d Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cope-
I Land and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
‘uaimette.
T P & L Planning $29,800,00
Construction Program For 1958
The Board of Directors of
In Dallas recently authorized
construction expenditure* of 829.-
800.000 In 1958 for expansion
*K V COM INCHE S | OoOd crowds, homing uch lnter-
rsrtur,r of a|r ron-. [ est. are attending the Comanche
fnoJ, ,* limfte«l time County Swine Short Course, now
P ” Cf M Air Cooler, i In piogre>s at the Comanche
' pump, only County Electric Cooperative As-
« d VS S, AKK firm socilnton Building
ikl.1rn*d * nrw *,f ^ The course, being sponsored by
ur. and he the Comanche County Swine
Inr.iT at h*" mod- * Breeders Association In cooper-
htr.i . 8 hIn<’k" out atlon with Ure A&M Extension
oniiiii 've deeding a 8ervlce. opened Monday night,
, oner? Then bet- . with Fred Hale, of A&M. as ln-
snd %rr this one ; stnxtor, and contlnuw, through
, , Thursday night
Doe w 1 ■ I Mr wh0 hai visiting
*RV 8al'“ 1* with the hog raisers of the county
livi.n ^ Hioam-1 during the day and Instructing the
rom*n/i se’ec-iClass at nlht, reports that he is
H-i *lrta, bon; well pleased with the Interest be-
rtStoT «n! Ing shown.
*4 95 RO* - Swine breeders who complete _______. „___ M—__
^lection^-!?* Include, the Special course, are to be pre- Seven head of Comanche Omrnty f#||nty to Texas—with latest flg-
first tt^SJ aented with graduation certificates hogs will bacarrled to Fort Worth urf>t| l)ltv|nt it.363 has* I* the
U whereTL £.•** 3-( ^ w A ,C°C' Rohmann, former Friday—3 durOCJ from the IhUe _ Largest produced In the
LW Hnd oroanche County Agent who now salberry faito. aiul 4 head of the nUU> la rayette County, with
M for de- directs the WBAP T-V and Radio ^w Lam ace cross (Dnmark) from fallowed hv WllfUmwm,
-----._ ' farm and ranch programs at 9 the T C Burleaon __ _ with 13,131; then by Lavaeaa
Mrs wiiii- t special luncheon In Fort Worth C«m*rche County rank* as the v||h 12.93* and Leee with 13.-
n 4 iSSSK:■***} Wdlir. March 21 I t u torgmt ^ 464. then Comanehe with IU
Mr and Mrs County Agent Angus Dickson 12388. ' j
the wmk-endC • : 1 i' ■ .
Texas Power & Light Company at the present time
at Its regular quarterly meeting thf< gtryker Creek plant In
T
rtergy; T snd improvement# of the com-
Bruc,> -1?^ BmSiw pany’s fact lit lee The program
Dickson Coman- Includes a new power plant, the
Ta^>t!oV of a large gfneret ng
w*' noJicv Comanehe: unit at an existing plant, the
Mr* I9^1rK/;_Pn?0inancbe Alton construction of some 70 miles of
Loei Dew Cox. Comancne auoti duty transmission lines.
lxirLeon^Unrm*r' ' an<* various substation*, and lm-
two power plants under
Icherokee County, whfch will be
placed to service Obis summer,
and tlx* addition at the Lake
Creek plant near Waco of a new
generating unit, which will be
placed In service In 1989. .
Mr Lynch told the directors
that all the company's district
and division manager# are at-
tending a series of two-day
wor' shop conferences at Trini-
dad concerning area develop-
ment. It Is the purpose of these
meetings, he said, to prepare the
managers for more effective
community, agricultural and In-
dustrial development programs
in their respective sieas.,
J Fresh Cartoon Paper
1 CHIEF
at THE
■jfaj /
vi **
^4
Mr. Koppij are experienced in
the farm machinery business.
The elder Mr Kopp has been 1»
the garage-farm Implement busi-
ness at Priddy for the past 30 j
years ,
Herman Kopp, Jr will be the
manager of the new implement'
firm here. He and his family j
have moved to Comanche, and I
are at home at 201 9th St. He I
Is married to the former Frances(
Niemann also of Priddy, and
they are the parents of two
children Myrna Lynn. 3'a. and
David Harold, 6 months.
Lohman Feist, who also form-
erly resided at Priddy, will as-
slct Mr Kopp hero-T-ln both thet
sales and mechanical depart- ‘
ments
Mr. Kopp explains. "We arte
holding a • special open house
during which the people of this
area will get the first look at ..... : 11 _11 '—•
hew Case tractors along with S,NGING SET AT
planters, cultivators, plows, spd BETHEL CHURCH SUNDAY
other farm Implements.” There will be a singing meet
Attendance prizes are to be j at the Bethel Baptist Church, near
'' De Leon on Sundar afternoon.
_________________ Funeral rites for Mra Jna H
prise*. Coffee and doughnuts J nouncament from Mrs Phillips. Harris, long-time Comanche reR-
wlll be s-rved *11 day. I secretory, who extends the In vita- dPnt, ^ held Friday alter-
A motion nicture specially tkm to one and all to attend. | noon. March 21 at 1 :S0 o'clock.
I LOHMAN KiilST
, Chicken Supper at Harmony >
j The pub’lc ls invited to a fried
j chicken supper Saturday night,
j March 29. at the Harmony Cbm-
injiunity Club Center Serving will
Me from 6 until 8 o'clock. Adult
HERMAN KOPP. JR. plates 60c, child's plate 25c.
a!>-n**v C**?-'’ u”'' w;.oni| ——
where “there’s not clutching, no
shifting, and no stalling "
1
!Y-,-
slyfn away—Including a 31-jewel} Dg Leon
wrlil watch, and several smaller Maich 23 accordii.g to an an
Mrs. John Harris
Rifes Friday
filmed at the "World Premier*’'
of the new Case line in Phoenix.
w*U W shown- every hour on
the hour
Thy new owner* of CdfhanoheH
___________ . ,st the Comanche Funeral Home
ATTENDS CONVENTION , Chapel.
^cb^^^Tr^j 7” »*in *" 21on
hii«ln»«» Invite one afid Lodge session to Galveston on I Mrs. Harris passed away Wed-
-- — -- ----- l. -
all to “come and be with ns Sat- March 15. it. 17, and 16
lnasday night
•
Mrs. Laura Kreus
11 Jackson, suuc junior committee-
woman, Brownwood She will dis-
cuss, "The Junior Work- What
It Means To Be a Junior In Wood-
men Circle.”
The district drill team and the
Merk,l drill team, both led by
i Lillian Matthews, will participate
In the ceremonies.
Mrs. Amanda Hinkle, state home
and welfare commit tee woman of
Brownwood. Is also planning to
attend
I Members of Merkel Grove No.
11 563 will act as hostesses
11 Woodmen Circle, one of the
1 ' country’s oldest and largest fra-
ternal organisations, has offered
membership to men and boya The
1 • group has an active program for
kill age groups among Its 156,000
I members
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