The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1957 Page: 16 of 16
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COkLVMCHB CHIEF.
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from the
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Ssalr-sjsss;
A chmuiuitn MSftni hl» native
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l»uadnd UK .Me twU ptalMd Sine,
*hlrto that the fastidious men of meeting
that day wort. Oor****•""
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year Old
Comanche !
Oeeding H Friend j
Newburg Quilting
1 Club Holds Meeting
By Club Reporter
The Newburg Quilting Club
ihet September 4th at the Coaa-
munity Center. One quilt was
quilted for Mrs. Wade Chancel-
Waggoner Elected •
As Director In
Life Insurance Co.
Business and civic leaders from
all over West Texas gathered m|
Apllene Saturday to launch one
of that clty’e newest and meat
SURPRISED FIRE CHEF MEETS HAPPY “CHIEF”
Mm
-f-
• tomb-stone man lived there ®
sffirsw.“asfl
outside the building caused con-
aemation among the crowds of
cfUiaren who passed there at night
^Tthelr way to the Methodist
Church to attend the Uhion
Christmas treea
few can sttll remember.LPr“1„dt;
when Unde Cap Swltter stooped
over his anvil at work while little
Charley Burrow pumped the bel-
lows thhat kept the ooals aglow
They can recall the hoes, the pott-
er and shovels and other needed
nrwnmmfatipt be fashioned m this
his blacksmith shop.
. It seems to have changed hands
many times. It is surprising that
It. has stood these many years with
..♦such inferior material used
plaster
Uncle Rufe Swltaer as he would
say. “I was only a lad of a boy
when I mixed sand and lime for
plaster for the old. bidding.” A
this was the first club
since vacation months,
the club elected new off leer a for
coming year: Mrs. Marvin
lee. president; Mrs Wade Chan-
cellor. vice-president; Mrs. Mat-
tie Beaty, secretary-treasurer,
and Mrs. Roy Henson, reporter.
For roll call next meeting each
memben will give., something on
what if takes to make a good
■I it:
Mrs. Tom Spencer Aad two
poems, “When You Need A
Friend” and “Give Me A Friend”.
Mrs Keith Lane read „ “Oood
AdvUt.” ........
Those present were Mrs. Wade
Chancellor. Reba Burton, Ruby
Spencer, Lovle Cox, Alice Moore,
Peart Burton. Era Lane, Emma
Johnson. Anna Belle Seay. Lillie,
and Mary Frances Lee, Lamella
foP Levlsay. Belle Cunningham. Mat-
j tie. Beaty, and Ruby Henson.
promising enterprises. The event
was the first stockholders’ meet-
ing of Key Western Life Insurance
Company.
The day's activities included an
open house In the company’s home
offices where directors and officers
were host to over three-hundred
stckholders and Invited guests.
TTie official meeting of stock-,
holders was held Saturday night
In the ballroom of the Windsor
Hotel Abilene’s mayor pro tem
extended the city’s welcome to the
stockholders and to their com-
pany. Other speakers congrat-
ulated them on being the first
company-to be cmpletely organi-
zed under Texas’ strict new In-
surance laws. I _
Jack McQueen, president of Key *“ "
Western, used posters to' retrace C;«|nAW CUA
for the stockholders the steps *,,ant'7 rrl/*
whch took over two years from ChaDter NcWS
the time the company’s stock was
Miss Belle Guinn
Taken By Death
Miss Isabel Guinn, 84, retired
Comaijch e* for £2y\ eTrSTfo^
Oakwood homa cuyLul* *• 1_
Ros'^5 ^
!.:• Oebrge
a*. W V?**
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_| moving to Oklahoma City several
years ago, died Wednesday, Sep-
tember 4 in Oklahoma.
Funeral services for Miss Guinn
! were held here Friday, 8ept. 6.
at the Comanche Funeral Home
Chapel. Rev. Ben F., Hearn of
;.Fert Worth, former pastor of the
| local CenttaJ Christian Church,
| officiated.
Music was furnished by Mrs.
Jane Harper, soloist and Mrs.
[Lillian Hatfford, orfranist, with
the staging.
Interment was In
Cemetery, Comanche.
Pallbearers were Boyd Anth-
ony, Ira Clemons, a. p. cox w
C. Chilton. L. C. Durham and
'Oswell Brlghtman. u.TlI1,„. —-----
Miss Ouinn was born June 2.0, REsl'Me To
ster, Scot"
ty, Illinois. She was the daugh-
ter of the late John Franklin
and Mary Elizabeth Guinn.
Her school teaching career
started at the. age of eighteen
and she taught for eleven years
In Illinois before moving to Tex-
as with her -parents. They mov-
ed to Downing In Comanche
County, and she made this her
home until a few years ago, mov-
ing frbm here to Oklahoma City
She was converted and Joined
the Central Christian Church In
R- L- Eaton.f Mrs. Maudle Creek Comanche,
and Eiland Fagan assisting with| Miss Guinn Is survived by one
-v
Brotherhood
vacation 0f twn
»m IJt-jWS
Piogram.-^ecr^J^.;
X*D*Rh,r'? h
'veek by train bfohk, i
verslty to wttneA*
fnoh" J*a,n- receive a k
In electrical engln, ^
ate-
Fire Chief Clay Wolverton (right) of Port Angeles, Washington,
only children but .adults fear
for their lives as they have to go
iwiK-t ivi uk v*h. “«««« 1 * out into the street at that busy
lad of a boy in that day meant he, intersection,
was twelve or thirteen years of Even at that the stones from the.
age. building could fall Into the street i
Now it needs to be repaired lit Ins’t there someone or some or- {
its endangering little children who guruzatlon to try to preserve this
swings on the bars that mat ene one of . the few landmarks left
has used to fence In the building., showing the handy work of our
For the past five or six weeks not: pioneer forefathers? - '
was surprised and speechless recently when he was suddenly In-
troduced to the new “Chief’ scheduled to take over his firehouse!
The chief, a 7-month-old Dalmatian puppy named "Chief*—
awarded to Ute ^Puget Sound community for Winning the National
Central Mutual Insurance Company at a special surprise masUng
of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Above, C-of-C Presi-
dent James Robinson (left), and H.L. Petrey, vice president of
Central Mutual, look on In amusement as Chief Wolverton 'gets to
know the new “Chief.”
........ ■ .....— i...—~
j uary, Barbara Wright; February,
I Mary nicies; March. Paula
I Cheatham, April, Lavorice Ross;
May, Carolyn Ferll; June, Sue
registered until it received Its „ „ . - ___. r, I Bingham; July, Carolyn Moore;
charter last month. The meeting By Carolyn Ferll, Reporter August, Jan Caffey; September,
closed with the election of six- The 81dney FHA Chapter metlju1[sy Hllhw, October, Doris Gra-
teen directors who will guide the Monday. Sept. 8. to elect offlc-,hami November,-Marjorie Mer-
company through Its first year of ers. FHA Chapter 8weetheart,1 WOrth and December, Susie
peratlon r_ ' - — ■ - ahr -*|— ,
Reginald Waggoner, of Coman-
che. was elected a director of the
company.
and Girls of the. Month. |cook
Officers , are: Doris Oraham.! Max Reed was elected
president; Paula Cheatham, vice-. Chapter sweetheart,
president; Lynn McDaniel, sec-i plains ’ for Initiation will
Here From Odessa
Mr. and Mrs. Ory Grigsby of
Odessa visited his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Grigsby here
over the week-end.
FHA
retary; Shirley Walker. treasur- USc~fi
er; Carolyn Ferll, reporter; Shir-
ley Taylor. parliamentarian;
Doris Steele, historian; Marx
Hicks, program chairman.
Girls of the Month are; Jan-
ln a later meeting.
1 Mexican Jumping beans Jump
because of the larva of a moth'
which is inside.
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Excellent Business Opportune
MR. BUSINESSMAN
If you are, then here is
are you a renter?’
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the opportunity of a lifetime
For sale, in DOWNTOWN COMANCHE, 208 North
Austin, Brick Business Building. The price is reduced
to $7,500. If you have the proper credit rating, you
can buy this property, with cash payment of only
$300.00 — balance in 72 monthly payments of- $100.00
at low interest rate.
OCCUPY YOUR OWN BUILDING-
and PAY FOR IT LIKE RENT.
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Write or Phone
7039 Midbury Drive
EM 1-6238
Dallas 30, Texas
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1957, newspaper, September 13, 1957; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892302/m1/16/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.