The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1960 Page: 2 of 12
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF, DECEMBER 2. I960
Tha Comonch* Chief
■sum
micunti
J. C. WILKEBSON
—* I Editor and Publisher,
rubltfchid Every Friday
Established tn 1873.
sc»»» mcrfow pric
On the other hand, If you re-
cognize the symptoms of the
Screwy Bird in tire mirror you
may be able to do something
about It and regain the respect
of your hunting companions. as| He resembles closely the
well as of tire men on whose land BOOZKBIRD. sometimes called
across his grain, Uttering the
place with such things as beer
bottles, whiskey bottles, and oth-
er rubbish.
C
you are hunting.
9* y LFT1
I 'for •
ISM
» UM par fmt.
ft# * tot • MtttM In OomB»ch« Cteuaiy
tad on rural routes of Dublin. dinwtfi
H^ukrt Cur Hon. M*» ood Zt^hfw
•3 no per yoor. Il.fl for • month*
«tiers in Tmu MM P*r T—*.
tifr « month* Minimum aubaeiOpunn
t uum Ui tiid iicaiui, Uutl A'sis no
much of his time during the next
few weeks assisting the new ap-
pointee. John Jolink in adjusting
himself to his new duties.
Merlin comes from one of Co-
manche County’s best knowp
families His father, the late W
D Jenkins served for many years
as head of The Comanche Gram-
mar School and was the county’s
second County School Superin-
tendent. serving In that capacity
for six years
•»"- u _ ‘ '* - r,,V/i
his farm near Mercer Gap a
Tlie must common of the
Screwy Birds Is the heavy-footed
FENCEHAWK He ride# the
fences for all they are worth and
spreads the barbed enclosure so
wide that you can drive a truck
through them
the "Redeyed Swallower.” There
Is no need for him to wear heavy
hunting clothes; he Is already
fired up Internally There Is no
cannot compete on an equal' Many young ^XVinc^ ioX it7"froV. says The Brady
"basis with many «nior collwe. ’ go to coli*e In order * tnerjM*
and men!just looking at the cars parked
basis wlin many sciuui cvwiw ------f
which have well established ath- then ^’^''Uge o a cha
letlc schedules We expect to make a bettei manlage.
schedule a 'few small senior coll- ’ * * nMrlv half
ege-s in football next <al, but for Statistics show that nwlyhaU
the most part, will’ schedule u( the students who go to college
games with the B teams of these 4 years either marry a peiso
institutions.”
tliey met at college or
whom t—,---- - .. .
murfy a person whom they m<t
Tarleton just recently complet- * result of moving to a new
limit to the damage" till* bird I ed*its season as a member of the location to begin a job that they
might not do on any man's farmpioneer Junior College Conference secured as a result ol tneir to»
If you are a football fan but
not too well versed in an phases
of the game, you may have won-
dered what Is the ’purpose on the
Held of the little platform up
near the top ol a conspicuous pole,
with steps Jeadlng from the
ground up to it.
or. pasture.
lege education.
of which It had been a member
Then there Is the SNEAK- *" * Many yOung people, especially
EYED WOODPECKER He not Within three years after Ailing- girls, go to college because ny
- . Crawling thrco*b.Jl»*.. ^Mhe kim vour birds, but he wl^ l,01\,,SW’ ij^'rfi^‘er''no"as | ‘ ^iroltiion.
r„ vst 5 srsssus?. sasrys&s ’stjz umsMsst&st 1 ~■-—■•—
During his 26 years, of service,i kins says, observance of the Texas Beef
Mi- Jenkins worked under 7 dlf- Sure, I’ll miss the Job an awful .Council. Governor Daniel in shown
The /explanation la that the
coach and one of his assistants
are equipping themselves with
two-way radios.
handing proclamation to Hugh A.
Fitzsimons of Ban Antonio,
president-elect of the Council.
ferent mayors, all of whom In lot. You can't do a Job for 26
their own way attributed to the years and give It up without miss-
belter men t of Comanche Under lng It. but I'm going to enjoy rest-
thc administration of M. Coleman, ink awhile." Jenkins said
Lake Kanes was added to the Even in retirement, Merlin hasi -————-
water system. a full slate of activities planned. Get acquainted offer—810 per-
Under John E Hoff a young Most of which consists of working, manent waves $7.50, and $7.50
University of Texas graduate, a with hi* wood lathe in his shop
progressive program was lniatlat- back of his house 1 of f<T, fr?f!LaX'.K^,™YBEAUTY
Mr. Jenkins sgys tat he wished—advertised this week.
including the paving of 15
hours after deer season opened.
Some deer and turkeys have
been seen .west df May and a
flock of some 25 turkeys were
reported seen on the George
Reeves farm, six miles north of
Comanche Just before the season
opened " ~
6iuos ami cigar stubs wilfi reck-
less abandon. This Fire Bird has
cost • Uncle Sam and the farm
and landowners millions of dol-
lars in fire damage to timber,
grass, and wild life, each hunting
season.
There are many different kinds
of birds seen In Texas this fall,
savs The Qoldthwaite Eagle In
an article from "Outdoors In
Texas ” The most common of
these birds arc the "screwy”
birds of many different species
and the most despised of all birds.
8-.
Most of you have seen these
birds, but have seldom read about
them Screwy birds are called by
several ottyer different names,
most of them unprintable.
The hunting season is a good
time to mention these birds.
irfnjt not only the city offlcals,'
finds any hartu>.~* *■”—*—
* WTEWRITER FOR RENT—only
Then there Is the RHD-HA jp P^r month or >2 50 per week-
TED LOON, who either dofSijHE^CHIEF _____tfc
kno\t the difference between
Under Texas laws today a person
annot start teaching school un-
11 he or she has^ a degree.
Many young men who > feel a
call” to the ministry must go
,o college to bettei prepare them-
clves for their chosen work. In
ome churches, a minister can-
lot be received into full fellow-
hip hi the ministry until he ob-
ains a college degree.
He Is not only careless, but he
just does not give a "hoot”. If the
farmer Is left with no place to
hunt. .It Is no concern of his.
i twelve-point buck and the faij
er's registered Jersey, or
doesn’t give a heck, Just so|
doesn't go home without son
thing to show for his hunt;
prowess.
in Cotton
13 listed
Many gills who are looking for
i career and seourlty, feel that
X will help them attain their
;oal if they have a college edu-
ation.
It used to be said that many
girls go to college to get their
MRS Degree, but possible many
co-eds never had this in mind
when they entered college.
They put one of the sets on
top of the platform, which In
some fields ts on top of the press
box, instead of on the top °* a
pole. The head coach has the
other set down on the bench, and
then they broadcast to each oth-
The man on the pole or atop
the press box can spot weaknesses
in the opposition, or get a better
idea of why his own runners are
being stopped, and he radles this
Information to the coach on the
bench. —
He is the main bird that causes Tarleton State College, a
. , , , . ____ _ 1 _ l_ i____I___ nililnt I
the farmers to forbid even a ;er in junior college athletic;/
. . . . « « . ____ _____ ___ , i___ Vmtf oaniiirt' 1
careful hunter, who always goes
by the farmer's home to offer
him some of the game, when the
hunt Is over, from ever getting
an lhlvitation to "come out and
hunt on my place.”
more than a half century,1
begin its program as a apmi
ts In
tor in senior college spor
fall of 1961 when for the f
time, the, third year of acade;
work \ylll be offered.
Sullivan Wins
rid Contest
The fourth year academic wc
If -the baby boys, of today nev-
er have a place bFhunt, it makes‘of a senior college will be offe
no difference wdth him. What in by Tarleton for the first time
the heck does he care about the the fall 'of 1962
future? He won’t be here then,
anyway.
Many people may never have Then there Is the migratory,
seen one of these despised birds,. LITTERBIRD. who goes out some
but if some of them will look In
the glass, they may find out how
they look.
If you are one of these birds,
maybe you should not go hunt-
ing. but stay at home and give
some thought to correcting your
faults.
20 or more miles from home on
a hunt where he never expects
to come back He does not ask
the land owner for permission
to hunt, going on the assumption
that he will never be seen again
anyway. He not only kills the
farmer's birds down to the last
one of the covey, but he walks
Upsets were the rule rather
lan the exception last week-end
football games throughout the
ition—if The Comanche Chief’s
jntest is a true indication.
Nearest to the correct guess re-
ilted In twenty persons missing
10—for
ball, golf and tennis.
Tarleton President E. J.
ell said in an interview, "Wi
entering the athletic pro
cautiously. We know that at
Many boys and girls who go
to college are not able to finance
Brownwood High School, In the
bi-district football game last Fri-
day afternoon In Brownwood, de-
feated Snyder' 29 to 20. and will
play Monahans this Friday af-
ternoon In Brownwood for the
regional championship of Class
of this section.
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VOl’E
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WHILE THEY LAST, ... A FEW
AAA teams
Just six years ago. the Coman-
che Indians under Coaches P. T.
a four year course, but most peo-|oallgB and Herman Moore, went
pie say that even if you don't
graduate, the time you did spend
1 in colleege was not wasted. Even
jone year, in college gives most
; people an experience they will
cherish the remainder of their
liSes.
to Monahans and defeated that
team 48 to 1? for the Class AA
hi-district championship.
A small town Is a place where
you can drive by the movie
theatre and t»U who Is inside by
It was a great, but costly vic-
tory, as Cecil Brownlee, one of
the Indians star players, was In-
jured In the game and was never
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At a recent meeting of
board of directors of the Te Dur contests out of the
A&M College System, of wh he first place tie
Tarleton is part, the Stephenv in a drawing. E W. Sullivan,
college was given approval!Comanche Assistant Postmaster,
compete as a- senior collegrLron the first prize of $5; Wayne
football, basketball, track, b Hill, Comanche, runner-up, and
Charles Kirk. De Leon, third. Hill
and Kirk get subscriptions to
The Chief.
On the honorable mention list
were Mrs. Donald Hall. Alice
Stokes, Brownwood; Otis R. Cok-
er. C. C. Rosb, Blanket; Mrs.
Mary Ruth Ross, Charles Hicks,
Moreland. Okla.; Edwin Jones,
Dublin; Ray H. Crowe, Slpe
Springs.
Ruth Davis, Mrs. J. C. Helm.
O A. Reid, Graham; Oary Har-
bin, Hurst; Nell Rose Webb. Mrs.
A E. Vanderpool, Dublin; Roy
Bloyd, Roy Hufstutler. Mrs. Ruby
Hall, and Ken Wilson.
Final contest of the 1900 sea-
son was in last week’s Chief—
with a possible $$100 going for
a correct pick of all 20 game*. _____
suits of this last contest, on | pjVst
.his week-epd’s games, will be.at g
nnounced next Week. 'monj
Th
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vine;
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luccessfully engaging In the cabiR; .J'
'Hisiness. Several years --- *—■“ s
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. »*» a«o he;
ught land near Brownwoodf r. 7*
chore for the past few years he V .v1
ad been engaged In farming ►A1,le
At the time of his death. Mr
agness was a member of the
John’s Episcopal Church in
now n wood.
Survivors Include his widow,
rs Lora Magness; a son, Don
agness. and" a granddaughter
>nna Magness. all
ood; two brothers, Wagner
agness of Comanche and Jack
agness of El Paso
Mr Magness was preceded in
eath by his father and a sis-
pr. Mrs. Grady ijohnnyet Mag-
oss, and four brothers. Tom.
lonmo, Winlow. and Joe Mag-
<> less.
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the roll of c
explanation of
Wft the National Honor
on the four prln- "
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f v were given by Paul J
5^. James Johnson. J
•ffidennllk and Judy *
“ if RDlce Isham sang
Sjr," following the talk
F, ind old members re
1 , flledge of the National
‘ ,nd the new mem-
tJvfd their membership
tCV • t'----—
(uerteon. Janice Isham.
ijWetta, Connie Butler,
^ tVHiin * •
,nd Judith Robert-
■ ieeoinpamed by Gall
•* thi piano, sang. "My
Induction ceremony
-Mh the benedlcton
Dudley.
_CHS ’Warrior”
iFHA’ers Hold
Workshop y
^ri» of the Coman-
"rto are working on
HtaDemaket s Degrees
^ Sutler, La Oene
t jinet Meyers, and Rita
pVj have put In many
i <f hard work prepar-
) far their degrees
November 12, the
U tbs Homemaking
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[Hu workshop.
I the morning the girls
___i to resd and re-
Durees that have
I by FHA members
iuten Broyles and
t (BA girls met with
iTfroup discussing
and giving many
___Nancy Page
Lancaster have
their degrees while
r. ind Janice Kee are
|« (Mr State Degrees
t Mrt Yen Newton and
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1960, newspaper, December 2, 1960; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892451/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.