The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1954 Page: 2 of 16
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF. NOVEMBER A. 1964
Comanche Chief
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Established in 1873.
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ntrol route* of MUtNalnS eeunStes.
(SOS por yoor, elsewhere Us. T»u
JU to for out -ot -•tot* subscriptions
ptr yoor Mlnlmuqs
wvptoo. (IPO
ad 100%. Ever? store, on and
off the square, had their show
windows fulf of antiques and ar-
ticles used by our forefathers.
The Friend* (Quakers) have s
membership of J 13.715 and the
Mennonitea have 161.065.
One thing we can begin to do
now. Is td rolled and save all
old Items that we think will, be
of lnter||l public.
The Evangelistic United Bretih-
eren have 784.560 and the Eva.>
gOUstlq Reformed Church has a
membership of 751,964
Hamilton Is a good town with
a good school system; Is close
jy shd always was a good draw-
fajg attraction.
The lafe Paris Smith used to
have quitc^an Interesting exhibit
of curios in his drug store Per-
hips his son. Dr. Nelson 8mith.
'or someone else oan arrange to
bring back that exhibit to Co-
1 manohe for the centennial.
The largest individual church
is The Methodist Church with a
.membership of 9.180,428, follow-
ed by the Southern Baptist with
* membership of 7.644.493.
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The writer and wife had the
privilege of being two of the
fudges of the huge And worthy
parade at the opening of the
Stephenvllle Cenetennlal celebra-
tion Thursday of last week. The
main advantage of this was that
we got elevated seats where we
oould see the whole beautiful
performance without stirring
around in the big crowd.'
J Dr. Nelson Smith. - Vr' ne-> re
t sides In Ontario. California, is
still a subscriber to The Coman-
che Chief and always raises a
>ig fuss when he misses an issue.
When you once get the Coman-
che sand .In your eyes, you never'
forget the town.
Rtephenville spared neither
' tjme nor labor 1n making this
one of the biggest and best par-
ades we ever saw outside Coman-
che.
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It was terrific with beautiful
floats and hundreds of other en-
tries portraying both the ancient
and modern, pepped up with
plenty of music, including a mili-
tary band.
There were four groups of
etr* vns to pick the most
beautiful float; others to choqse
the most ‘unique entry ; the most
appropriate entry for 1954 and
the mo6t appropriate entry for
1854.
Our fpb was to select the most
unique entry. W? finally decided
igx>n the entry of the Beta Sigma
Hii—an old horsedrawn covered
wagon on its way to Stephenvllle
100 years ago. It was loaded with
the wife and kids and household
furniture The coon hunter,
walking along, clad in his hunt-
ing clothes and coonskin cap
carrying his gun and horn, and
followed by a half dozen hounds,
was a close second.
The celebration went off with
a bang. The outdoor historical
pages r.t. “Stephenvllle In Re-
view." given at Tarleton Stad-
ium Thursday and Saturday
nights, was one of the best per-
formances of its kind we have
ever witnessed.
Editor C. Applegate of The
Hamilton Herald-News, says that
It always seemed backward to
him that when a man Is a little
fellow, all the big girls kiss him
and when he grows up. It’s the
little girls who kiss him. .
“Too many people quit looking
for work when they find a job."
-ays an exchange.
Trying to keep up with the
“Jones” is often harder on the
pockelbook than a two year
drouth.
The Roman Catholic Church
has more .members than any oth-
er church In the United States.
Aorordlng to the 1954 World
Almanac, that church has 90.-
4)75.015 members and Is 'growing
faster than any other church.
Next In size is the Bagtist
bodies with 17.7fl2.783 members.
Third in slze...ts the Methodis:
bodies with•-11.060.549.
The Presbyterian bodies num-
ber 9.547.966 members, and the
.'rotes tint Episcopal 2.545.449.
Eastern Orthodox churches
have 2.129.978 members, of whom
nore than a million belong to
the Greek Church.
Tha . Congregational churches
>ave 1.269.743 and the Christian
~hurch (Disciples of Christ) has
i membership of 1.933.003.
The Church of Christ has a
membership of 1.250.331 and has
16.000 church buildings.
The Comanche Centennial Is
due- to-he held In 1966 when Co-
manche County will observe its
100th anniversary.
It Is not too early to berm
plannin • for Comanche Qmnty's
Centennial ob'ervanc- oo” Mer-
chants of Stephenvllle cooperat-
Ohrt&t Unity Science churches
bavr a total membership of 1,-
112413.
.Iewi,lh congregations have a
memborjhlp of 5,117.221.
The Latter Day Saints (Mor-
mons i have a membership of 1,-
323.132.
Altogether there are 26 differ-
ent Baptist churches listed* The
nrtft largest after the Southern
Saptlsl. is the National Baptist
Convention, USA. with- a mem-
bership of 4.446.606.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses , do not
keep a record of their members,
but t there are 3.196 congrega-
tions and 158.024 preachers with „ ■ . . ..... .
an estimated membership In this u ^ however 10 b k
country A ott athletic relations with Ham-
8 >.372 Bible studies conducted aton to get rid of the old ar-
weekly In pr!vat<^ Homes. j rangement whereby the home
b . , school; team got to keep all the
The rise of De Leon again .as , .... „„
a football power Is a good thing S^te recelpu exCept 130’ Today'
article
ROOTS OF "1
CHILD DELINQUENCY
by A N. Spanel. Chairman
International Latex Corporation
The sun won’t shine so bright-
ly for America’s children In the
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•chools.
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trace 'backet, * °Ur
8hame^ lnW the
fefence
'Continued On -
both for De Leon and for Co-! it takes lots of money to finance
manche. Friendly rivalry between football and circumstances, -like*
towns near each other is the a rftlny nljfht one year aad a,
fp'orable night' the next year.,
often led to distorted division of
receipts.
best. It saves travel and expense
and Insures large attendance at
the games. H-
Tw° Baptist groups have h annual high school gomes cauw for wave of
w membership of over a million. “8Vf ,n,“n *cno®1 juvenile dellnauencv was ad-
ich Tbev ore the National » *» unofficially reported that
The distance of 135 miles be-
, tween CAmanche and San An-
' gelo (Lakeview) W too far to
Low salaries for public school)
teachers may b6 ' an indirect
present wave
ach. They are the National Bap-
i.jit Convention of America with I
the growth of the Lakevlew
i membership of 2.69A.987 and1 "ext..year pUu!*
.he American Baptist Convention
with a membership of 1.560,684.
Freewill Baptist have a total
membership of 401.000 and the
i.-Timitlve Baptist have 200.621.
In the AAA classification
would then, no longer be
league. .
It
and it
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vanced by the author of a very
interesting and convincing arti-
cle In a national trade magazine
handed us by C. L. Huett, local
druggist, with the suggestion
that we pass It on to our readers.
Lucky Wind?
Minimum salary for teachers
In Texas today is around $2,800
Besides The Methodist Church,
there are 22 other branches of
Methodists. Next In size after
The Methodist Church, is uie | worth
African Methodist Church with a
membership of 1.166,301. The j
African Methodist Episcopal,
Church has 760,158 and the Col
ored Methodist Church 392,167.
Lakeview is a good independ-
ent school within the city limits
of San Angelo and has a total ...
scholastic enrollment of nearly with provisions for a small an-
2.000. The Lakeview tea.m this nual increase for a limited num-
year Is excellent and well coach- ^ °* years,
ed, and in this case, will be well
driving the * distance
see the game Friday night.
This will be an
While this may seem large and
sufficient to some who do not
make that much money In. a.
important ycer, it Is low In comparison with
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you and your .family in . ' *<*4
Comanche, Texas
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LIFE • ACCIDENT • HEALTH «
hospitalization
The Free Methodist Church
has a membership of 50.441 and
the Congregational Methodist {
Church of which Taylor’s Chapel i
* one. lias a membership of j
18488a
game for Comanche, and one we the income of successful men
must take in order to hold our and women in other professions,!
undisputed lead In district play, especially considering the high)
unless there is some upset along cost, of four years college work
the line somewhere.
which Is now a requirement.
Episcopal
The Methodist
Church South,
united with
Church” in 193C sl.ll has a mem-
bership of 9,231 with 52 church
houses.
U the step-up of Lakeview to, one of the main argument for
Class AAA were to develop, Co- the increase in salaries advanced
manche next year could have an I in the article is that the mini-
opportunity to schedule an addi-. inum and maximum salaries now
tional inter-district game. Per- (are not high enough to attract
we would like to see
most of whom | we would like to see worthy recruits Into the public
The Methodist, Hamilton again on our schedule, gchool teaching profession.
r THBIIKS To The flREdil
We wish to thank the Comanche Fire Depar
for the good work done in fighting the fire r
at our laundry—and holding down the dama
are now making repairs now and will re-open
Thanks to all.
In January 1954 there were
251 different religious bodies in
the Continential United States
with a total membership of to),- j
860,799. owning 287,551 church
buildings.. * ”
Total - Protestant membership ;
in The United States is 52.890.972
and that of the Roman Catholic
30,425.015.
There are some churches in the
United States who worshlD neith-
er God or Christ. The largest of
these is the Buddhist Church
with a membership of 7,900. own-
ing 417 buildings of worship.
Those of the Baha’i Faith in I
the United States have no pro-
fessional clergy and no churches,
but build communities, of which1
there are 169 organized In the
United States; 57 of whioh are
legally Incorporated. There are
12 national organized communlt-
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1954, newspaper, November 5, 1954; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892182/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.