The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1957 Page: 3 of 16
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has been reaiding in
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, -'visitor Monday.
I oan. Angelo, where he
treatment at the
sanatorium Mrs.
taken up residency in
liberty Bell crack-
I t uWM tollln* f0r
■John Marshall.
i Nick Higginbotham, wholesale
buyer for the Hlggmt>oinam firm,
who recently underwent surgery
at the Stephenvllle hospital, Is
now back on t)ha Job here.
Attend Funeral In Dallas
Mrs. W D. O’Dell attended
funeral rites for her brother. E.
R. Cox in Dallas Wednesday. She
was accompanied by her sons,
City Marshal and Mrs. Jack
O'Dell. Comanche, and Mr. and
Mrs. Marcus O’Dell, Eastland.
Courthouse News
Deaths Recorded
1 «<>£ ®el1 Couch. 81, PO Box
$24. O us tine, died March 24 at
home Burial March 26 In Union
cemetery. Born February 11, 1876
in Comanche County, Texas.
Daughter of Gideon Asberry Tun-
nel) and Bettie Briscoe Tunnell.
Resident of Gustine 81 years.
Husband, James David Couch
died at age 65.
.Marriages Recorded
Earl Dempsey Dorris,’ Mingus,
Texas. Rt i. and Miss Nina Lie
Parsons were married April 20
by Rev. James M. Bradford.
County Court
State vs.. A. B. Bayless Jr.,
chaiged with driving motor ve-
hicle on public highway while
intoxicated.
Oil and Gas Leases
Mrs. Willie Straus et al to E.
1H. Robertson.
i (Marvin L. Jasper rt ux to
Standard Oil Company of Texas.
Isla W. Hughes Leintz et mar
to W. L. Hinds.
New Motor Vehicles Registered
M. M. Rucker. De Leon. 1957
; Chevrolet Pickup.
! Ooen y. White, De Leon, 1957
Ford Town Sedan.
W. B. Nowlin, De Leon, 1957
fChevrolet Sedan.
L. E. Rice, De Leon, 1957 Ford
I Tudor.
j Floyd Sorley, De - Leon. 1957
(Chevrolet Sedan.
Milton B. Ascue. De Leon. 1957
Chevrolet Sedan.
Charles E. Lightsey, . De Leon,
1957 Ford Tudor. >
. Bennie Warren. De Leon. 1957
Pontiac Coupe.
Mrs. Cleve McAlister. De Leon,
1857 Chevrolet Pickup.
E. A. Spoon, 1957 Ford Tudor.
Elzo Brinson, Comanche. 1957
Buick Sedan.
E T. Wyatt, 89,
Former legislator
Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Elijah
Thomas Wyatt, 79. former mem-
ber of the Texas Legislature and
newspaper subscription salesman,
| who died Monday at his home in
Stephenvllle, were held from the
jTrewitt Funeral Chapel in Ste-
phehville.
Burial was In the Union Ceme-
itery. Gustine. -
Wyatt represented Erath and
j Hood Counties in the House of
(Representatives tn the early
[1030’s, and was well known in
Comanche County and through-
lout the area as- a newspaper
subscription salesman. He had
been a Fort Worth Press sales-
man -for many years, and also
had written many subscriptions
for The Chief.
He is survived by his wife:
three daughters. Mrs. Gladys
Bordner and Mrs. Ona Robbins
of Orange and Mrs. Cloda Jack-^
son, Stephenvllle: two sons, Lloyd
Wyatt of Port Worth, and Paul
Wyatt of Palo Pinto.
He Is also survived by seven
grandchildren; three brothers,
(Frank Wyatt of Antelope. Dar-
Irell Wyatt of Houston, and Char-
lie Wyatt of Kerrvllle: and a
sister. Miss Maggie Wyatt of
California.
Miles 8tandish was the cap-
tain of the Mayflower.
Texas Power & Light Company Spends Wm. L. Keeton
$15,997,088 In Expansion For 1956 Dies Suddenly
In California
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To meet Increasing demands
for electric service in North. wa„
Central and East Texas. Texas
Power & Light Company in 1956
spent $15,997,088 on new and en-
larged facilities. This continued
expansion of the company is re-
flected in its annual report to
the stockholders Issued In April
Constructed
facilities during the last five
passed away suddenly at his
home tn Santa Clara, California,
following a heart attlack oh Ap-
ril L8
Mr Keeton, 48. was the hus-
of the former Miss Ruth
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Funeral services foV Mr Keet-
• on were held Monday, AI5H1 211,
__________ ______________ William L Kee’on son-in-law in the Chapel of Memories. Santa
fgs. or 4:613 more than were of Comanche County 'fax Asses- Llaia. Ftmeral Home with Rev
served, at the corresponding date^sor-Collector George R Ooosby, A -Nelson, pastor of the
T53 The annual sales of kllo-
At the end of 1956 the. com
pany was serving 329.857 custom-
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watt-houns had . increased 360
125 000- kilowatt-hours per residential
of the „
kilowatt Stryker 'creek "steam O^tomer an 1.269 per ^ommer-
Electric Station was started and c*a' customer,
was 20 per cent complete at the The report names two national
year's end. Equipment was ord- industry awards received in 1966.
ered for the addition of a 200.000- the George A Hughes Award in
kilowatt generating unit to the recognition of outstanding per-
company's Lake Creek plant tor formance In the promotion of
service in 1959 Construction of electric range sales, and ' the
the new Stryker Creek plant and Ebasco Safety Award for out-
enlargement of the Lake Creek standing achievement in prevent-
plant will bring the company’s ing Injuries to employees,
total generating and purchased During the last year. 32 new
capacibillty to more than one industries established plants in
million kilowatts in 1959. the area served by the company
The report cite.* a 15 per cent In tdu$ group are several nation-
: Increase in operating revenue, a ally-known firms, including the
115 per cent increase in operat- ..FllnTkbte Company, Ennis; ln-
ing expense and a 10 6 per cent ternational Business MSachine
j increase in net income over 1955. Corporation, Sherman; . Johns-
This added net income helps to Manville Corporation, Denison;
service the large added invest- Fleetwood Trailers, Inc , Waco;
!ments in the company’s facilities. Southern Paper Box Company.
i The company has invested $103.- Paris; HUbbard <te Company.
poration Bonham.
636.CC0 in new and improved P*ano, and General Cable Cor-
Corrrmunity Methodist Church of
Santa Clara, in charge.
__ . Interment was' in the Golden
the activities of She* cWany’a fmet<ry m San
communPy development- dlvUion.r 1 ^
which sponsored community de-■ ^L'' *7fe. Ruth, and a daugh-
velopment clinics in 22 towns ter, Sally. II. survive.
during the past year These clln-i Mr and Mrs Goeaby of Co-1
ics attracted an ‘attendance of Tranche, attended the funeral
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1957, newspaper, May 3, 1957; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892160/m1/3/?q=wyatt: accessed December 2, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.