The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1968 Page: 2 of 14
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cards, of the last mentioned since Ihe War begani but this in« onto the rupg and hollering quiesced on his plans, and sev-
articte every woman had pio- was a new and untried field Gee and Haw and sometimes eral cf ur rtjrttid out in quest,
vtded herself with one or more ot endeavor Even n-w I . re- Gee Haw wi.h as muth impor- cf a suitanie pole,' f-rtimately
pairs.'knowing g would be dif- .call with woat trepidaucn 1 ap- fane* as a trained ox driver, 1 we Wi? in t£? Uhl/fiL* «n I-
ficuk to obtain them in the preached tl.u-e oxen. It was managed oy dexterous efforts soon futr.d one. I,undertook the
south it arty nrico. It was very hard to tell of which end 1 was to k tn them in the road until task of chopping the sapling
Shady Elm
T <* hr jest cr 'w l 'we have
he Comonch# Chief esseniial dial each lads supply K- A -the hfpl* ft we had ghne atput four miles, down, Af ar cutting Hit ^ a tended 'he (lurch
io) w. osano herself wifh this most- needed the herns. Morning' came, as when all at once they became lire's and cut* ji - the Me to ,' eUB(1sv a'*,.rnnon W1 u
article We Southern people had it always docs, and found all unmanageable and broke the the. df**ej s - •> ’aid ~
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•k ' „ to manufacture all our wearing busy prepat mg to tweak camp, w *on tongue. All halted, and and dragged it into camp, oarlnnd Johnson leading
l»««sii>nM «• tan apparel Thse Blue-coated sol- being resolute and always grasping the kitiuuon went vin- where osier.., the odc.-tup «•» th„ 8
. foiusMto ran fsioav dfers took possession Of all of equal to any emergency. I t.> camp • Sam. by close ^mti, ^ - Then* was a so a B!Me Study
j. c. wiutasoN. tew a f«an«aw the above mentioned articles, manage ! with the aid of inhere *l.»e unanimous decision was the tingite m ule and attached f,Hd bv the I n.f’>s’ Mr sf.^irv
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wm. a. wiLKitsoN. M«o.«ift« setra* calling them contraband .goods., tu |*ic.‘ anti fitch my. oxen to that we would have to get a to the wagon hefc’c the son' <-s,.ri„'*rrn, j^p p * qj,|„ jja^.
mbs. jamb wiuhson, Am. sea*. Whoever heard of Such thtngr1 the wage a, net knowing Gre Workman to make a new **t. We were how ready to take ^ on Wednesday 'at
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loascaiFTioN mices h oo *•* being contrahai 1 Mi Wa I placed a repe tongue, and .-cme of us wore up our line cf mat h ■
iw,|i.niiiiM<mi*CM»cM Johnson and lister lJzti* aroumj the h erns c' the leader, on the eve of railing out to Nothing 01 any special inter- . vipers to «■ > W M Hrw-
OMMtv «* on rural **.♦•* .« Oak»a. sought out the caDtem and ask- hoping by th s mea s to he bet: Mud ore. whkn Sam. my -wtp- est o-etirwi for several days. ucp uas- hik_ dauslite) Mrs T
Oo.m.n iiantat. c.rbo., M.v mi £d him for their teams. He at ter able io manege ihem. ATI pled negro hoy called to me ta Crcesk»r>sllv _we m< : ft i;h some. L jjj , is r<v L(.hj . r,?rvi.
tumr r«*r H w «w firs*, refused -but finettr-ewn- thins i htiog u> r-»< d i n m i »g, "Mw« Thena. if wa hart a minor difiiml v which wa stxm .— hfrs .fnmrs ftifrlfti
iM.e,.i,Mi.r.iiiWUMp« seated. TheV led the teams enue: Id th- way, other.- long pole-we might be aMe to ovnrcnme Our ne«t serlouw a„d , ^ flom Kifl en Mr
M«, 11M Ur 4 •wh MriyW* back And tied them to their falling into line, mvsclf about l x u. ou^ehes,’’ and explained t*cable jeeurtd in Arkansas. ap(1 (-f[forri Lundy ahd
Minimum lyb.cription 4tc*iU4# wagons. There was onlv three miaway of ’he caravan, swing h a 1 o.alJ. be. done. W. ar- Wd camp.1! it an old camp O'ls Braswell. New Braunfels
(1.74 Sacond Clan foil.gr paid d
Cpm.ncfp. !■«.
By: Mrs. P. H. Haggard
Written: February. 1908
Fort Worth, Tex As
(Editor’s Note: The late
•Mrs. Haggard, writer of this
interesting historual article,
was the eldest sister of the
late Mrs. Aaron ( Aunt Jen-
nie) Cunningham. early day
Comanchean, and the aunt
of Mrs. W. It. Burton. Rt. 3.
Comanche. <
horse teams in the ccmpan'’.
the rest "wisely star.mg w th
oxen. Mrs Will ams-had a fine
saddle horse which she rode to
rest herself end sick babe She.
too, asked the captain fur her
horse He answered, “No, you
‘ “ and we do
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don’t need him
She plead with him on behalf
of her sick babe, but he very
sarcastically replied. “Your
sick babe will do betlEr in Ihe
wagon
Finding all persuasion tin-.,
availing, she pro c e e ded t a
build a bonfire, platting the
-o— saddle, blanket and bridle upon
H was trot an easy task, it a dozen or more cf us tntn
there being but few men at ed hands, forming a circle
home, and unfortunately for us around it. dancipg and; cheer
.they were on the other side po- ing as the flames wrapp I
* htically. and had no sympathy themselves aiiout Quanlrell’s
fir a rebel, as they called us. outfit. The hofsw diad been. a
It was two or three days be- gift from M.s. Williams* broth-
* fore we found anybody who er who had iaded him dow n
would undertake the jqb.r Fi following his daring leader,
nally we located a man several and the horse had been named
miles out in the backwoods who in his honor The Bluecoatcd
owned a little blacksmith shop «old:ers havine' completed ih ir
We soon made known to him work of ransacking and pillag-
our troubles, and after much ing. mounted their steeds, rode
parleying and some persuasion wav carrying their trophies
on our part (the most convin- with them, leaving us to gath
cing argument being our finan- er tegither as best* we could
- oial pbility to defray the ex- our plunder rcattered o\er the
* penses in legal tender, with hillside and to replace it in the
which we were not overstock wagons
ed, but fortunately possessed ‘But the more difficult task
some of the much coveted ar- yet remained I must needs re-
ticle) he went to work imme- place the stolen team Noting
diately and in a couple of that all the ox teams were un-
had the wheel repaired and molested, 1 at once decided to
ready for the road procure oxen, and started out
” The old adage, “troubles in quest of same, searching
never come single-handed” far and near, making inquiry
was verbified in our case. While of all w.e met. and finally lo-
we were camped waiting for caled and purchased the much
repair to our broken wheel, the oesired animals, returning in
first night some thief or thieves triumph to the camp, where I
' sneaked up and untied my received th; hearty congratu-
team from my wagon wheel lations of the whole part We
apd naade ^ good their escape were now equipped and ready
with two fine ffiares and four to take uo our line of march
mule colts, leaving sister Liz- on the morrow
zle’s team tied to her wagon, I was nervous that night.
. which was drawn up dose be- sleeping but little Not know-
side mine The movements of those oxen. Many and varied
the midnight marauders were experiences had been mine
so stealthy and well planned ^
that their movements did not
awaken us. but the neighing of
the two mares which were left
soon aroused us. We got up to
investigate the cause of their
excitement, which was proven
at once bv the absence of my
team and the mules We made
. a little search in and near the
damp, thinking they had pos-
__ aible broken loose and were
grazing MParby; but search
MAJESTIC THEATRE
LET'S GO TO A
_L
MOVIE!
pr-euM dgrt mrJes eH ef \jr Mrs. Dace Sears, Dub-
Fayetteville known as _ Mqurt |,n ar.(; \jr and Mrs. Roy Car-
romfort. enr of -dst«r i.trrtr*s ,er fl,„, Muleshoe. - ’
h-.rses b Ing crippled and about Mr«. Gladys McMann and
played out. and my wagon on granddaughter, and Mrs. Jua-
the verge of co.lapse, she and n)ta Browri: Fnr> Worth, visk-
fl discussed our dilemma, ^nd ytj \jrs Nellie Moore.
^ decided to, e-msolwltrie our -out-----M,.TcTri McNutt iTXmn;
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CMIBF STAFF PHOtO
------- —, - ------- - - MelVlh McNutt «T n i V I n,
fits, she Jcaring the crippled J«ycc White, Huts),
horse, and 1 my wagon
and Nell Hamaker. Comanche
3 BIG DAYS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
March 7-k-9
t. .v-ir, -r 'Si-IMS
transferred our trunk and m\ visked Rufus McNutt,
bedding leuvmg all else I jm*s- ja(>k Carter's guests were
sessed in the abandoned waecn Mr and Mrs Troy , Carter of
bv the roaoside. wilb mv ov*n Angjeton \trs James Taylor
drawing us. and leading the old anil Janet of BraZi)ria
horse, we wre on the move Mr an,p Mrs Merie’
again with lighter -spirts (ilo^hlin viaued his motlier,
baggage a* Wall.----------— Vtnttrr Mocrr:—
The country was very roueh \yt. vvelccine Mrs. Floyd Car-
and rocky. and grew;, worse the pt.n^.r vvho is a new resident
rearer we approached the-Bos- jn our hotTu(tThose visiting her
vnur ai«rr rrwiw
A 1,1^-SMILES — These two 8th gra.lefs were all
smiles as they registered visitors I uenday night
during the Open house, at the local dumor Mtgh^-
Piciured Is Nancy (Mms) ' . (telii dnu.«n***i **i AS*-
und Mrs, tWell (b in shy aud Lindy I’arks, (laughter
<7^ Mr.—mid Mrs* Bltldl arks. . . ........- ■ .....
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•Will
ton mounta.ns , We found the
were her daughter,- Mis Dora
THROUGH%
[WASHDAY
fliEBCTi
T3YLDR
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iRicusmi
ElIRfON
k:ter almost impassable, and (,ore ,and grandson and wife,
by the time we crossed over M|. aru) M|V' K T Gore, Ste-
them we had two or throe bro- p>lt.nville. and also all of the
ken wheels The country , arpei;tt.r iamily in Comanche
thrdtigh which we were 'trav- Mr> Pruitt Humule came to
SPEED QUEEN
F n Will,
wfixiHcx a*
inwaiii nimai
t S.T’it ftVS
'(ti
wuP* ■
cling had been the battleground- Sl,c Nlrs ola Johnson
sec* :
for both aimies, and const- We are ItKiking forward to
quently wa- destitute of both ;he Fil,. BapList, Church ser-
men and shops Experience next Sundav at 2:30 with
and' cireum-taree had taught I<ov .)ov,n t’. Miles in charge,
us much Instead of camping.
Sunday and Monday
Mar th 10-11
we could Vcf down a lor ft! pole
and attach it to the front axle,
allowing it 10 extend 12 or. 14
feet behind, the spindle resting
on the pole, idacing the broken
wheel in the
drive on uni-il we came to a
shop This plan we carried out
rBeCr r,t4W'*mct I ’jtMBe-ori V»- WMV.
aft
LEE MARUIN
POINT BLANK"
O sUt:la|
ANGIE DICKINSON
la P4A*«it<4n ind Mtlroctlo,
t * t ft r
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lions All had troswsl over in
safety- except Mrs Cbenowcth
end il Bxxhn were to bring up
‘near She drove in, I fol-
wagbrT would whon w<-* reached deep
water about midway the stream
her team refused to go for-
m'The \*yr'ofrtim^' ^4- ‘krnUiJL to the . ight_ and
two' or.more ’agens thus equip- f e.t rits -and (one
ped we rocked on fa.rlv well lMr<i L'ndfv the driver, could
reaching Van Buren in' prettv bnn« \° b, nr the>,
gcxxl shapr- There we had to !n :b*''r coirse tbe>,
cross the Arkansas river Wo nroten every ap.rk®^ut of the
drove through the ' town and frnnl ,eam, tm,ev to
down to the river, halting on a lhe«r- ‘nstincis. fo.lowed u^eir
sandbar The river was verV 'Vaker and se*ung my efforts o
loA' and we had to ford ,t All ^ th,‘m .f;,il 1 rcaH ,r,b'
felt a little Shaky, and uncer ,bt‘ WHU‘r aLoul **'*} an,d
tain about crossing, be mg un- f’pstork freely
acquainted with the ftHM. arKT^ ^Ueedcd jn
knowing the quicksand w a s ' r^t 1 ,cm. ,W'r
constantly changing ft We (*r?r no' b< fun" tbt'-v bad
held a short consultation and b,rokcn tl*fe«s or iour s^,keS oul
decided to uoss oveh in sec - 0 ^XJNTINURD Next Week
S=ri. J
s what put*
SPEED QUEEN
In a
0*p*od«blllty CI«M
- by itaaif!
^ SALUTE the PEANUT
growers DUR,Ng
failed to locate them, and
wending our way back to the.,
wagons we lay down, but not
to sleep, we were too much
distressed, to be> able to sleep
The mght wore on, and finally
day came but failed to reveal
the whereabouts of the missing
animals I feel sure the thief or
* thieves wore the Blue, and
appropriated the mares and
mules to their own personal
beliefi! The Government could
* not have used such stock But
< this was not all the troubles in
* store for us.
; We were camped four miles
west of Greenfield, which was
a Federal post occupied by the
Militia, especially the south-
west Missouri were the lowest
down set of men God ever
made. When the war broke out
our best citizens volunteered in
th Southern army The next
best’ volunteered in the Feder-
al army, laiter, when the Fed-
eral® were m need of recruits,
they raked and scraped up all
the scalawags and thieves who
did not have the courage to
join either army and made the
Militia
The news of our presence in
the community must h a y e
reached them the ' day we
came, doubtless carried by the
thieves who stole the mares
and mules A1 anv rate, by ten
o'clock the following day a
scout of 35 Militia came swoop-
ing down on that old hillside
where we wtre camped, charg-
ing and yelling like we had
been so msny Comanche and
'-p* r
MARCH 6 - 16
WE’RE MIGHTY PROUD OF THE PEANUT FARM-
ERS WE SERVE AND SALUTE THEM ON THIS
SPECIAL OCCASION.
In fact, we're mighty proud of all our customers, and
are striving to serve them better each week.
{'_-_m <* i uUam
F
THE COMANCHE COUNTY TELEPHONE COM-
PANY, INC. serves 2,351 telephones on the 855 miles
of lines. Within the next two years this number of
telephones will increase to 3,089.
Apache Indians instead of a lot
of defer
defenseless women and chil-
dren whom , they had driven
from home
Their flrat act wai to^ take
of all our horses,
Jed ofl i little way
At the present time, we’re in the process of spending
over $300,000 to add new dial equipment and over
$700,000 on our outside plant.
gons and tied to
lie next thing in
order was to search our wag
«ms for contraband goods, of
which they knew we had none,
they tearing the wagonsheets
off Two or three men would
mount the wagons and pitch
trunks boxes and everything
elae they contained to -the
• units and
breakable,
promiscuous
m ran-
These expendituress will help us serve you better.
, * i___^
WE
■ —i ur inn Thm
GROWING AREA AND ARE PLEASED TO SERVE
OUR MANY CUSTOMERS.
Comanche County
Telephone Company,
Ij». Others were engage*!
sacking through every t h i ng,
flttmg such things as coffee,
gugar, soda, salt, and cotton
1 ’
IMIOIDEIRJNr IvULID
COOK-’N-CLEAN CENTER
In Only 30 Inches
R0LL0UJ
VENT HOdb
4 ELEMENT
EYE LEVEL
COOKTOP *
6 PUSHBUTTON
OVEN
DISHWASHER
If space it a problem in your remodeling or new kitchen
plans, the Modern Maid Coen n Clean Center ’ is yeur
Caok n Clean Center” is year
answer. Eye level oven and cooktop plus roll out vont
hood installed above matching dishwasher. Big 21" oven
and top has lifetimt Guaranteed Permacoil' elements
with eye level controls. 14 place setting dishwasher
features lifetime Guaranteed Tub, Hygienic £ash and
Rinse plus Miniature Food Grinder.
HIGGINBOTHAMS
QUALITY and SERVICE
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HIGGINBOTHAMS
MAUOi a. 4
GET
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. 4 i
Comanche.,
got away froi
Most reader
aware, that- .
didate F.uv'ri
tfie former ,
native Com an
• John Hill,
♦Governor, -s
manctie Cou
former Jessit
sided in the (
Hill was rea
and Desdemo
This week
ano l her gu
date's wife l
ehe- Ed Whi
oil man and
tive She is
Verne Wells,
and Mrs A.
ed in Comai
1930's and da
La Verne g
manche High
While we
Whittenburg s
Governor, h
sketch reveal
a self-made :
He was bor
in Hockley G
was the oldos
He attende-
Whitefare. T
v.orking to
family when
high school \»
tenth grade
Army during
He earned
diploma wnil
and attended
while station*
In 1947. h
Tech, workin
graduated in
lor of busine
During the
volunteered I
commissioner
tenant Late
from seryicc
various insui
Houston, anc
Whittenburg
dependent in
and consulta
now one of tl
Rs kind in 1
In addition
business. Mi
chairman ot
Texas banks
He and In
c+iildren, a
Lynn. 10 and
—o~
Tho seven
In her . infan
and care. 1
wants fun li
wants excite
i{ga die wan
thirties "he
In her forti*
pathy In he
cash
We return*
al Rural E
held in Dali
impressed tl
value of ryi
Of course
cred to the i
attendance •
were desigtn
siasm- to th
certainly did
Perhaps tl
talk of all w
vts:t by Pre
not everydaj
mandhe gets
dent in per
perience ale
trip
We talked
men all ov,
they had no’
our local c<
good job th*
The Coma
trie Cooper*
6.030 cu> ton
manche. St,
Mills. Catlai
Counties
We also
fine .organi/
job we kn<>\
big
One of th*
face is ii
of it clased
Cliff V
Dies ii
niff Wa
resident of
che, died 1
Dalles, wh<
for the po
Funeral
Qualify « Service
4=
■rap
—
raw**
i-fc:
v-
-*. • -
Walker, a
teacher. W
a number
ducted Moi
terment wa
tery.
Mr Walk
wife and
number of
Attending
eraT In Dfl
- * era an*l sia
~ commurthr
Wallace Si
Howze, M
Welker, an
Walker an
' Walker of
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