The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1969 Page: 1 of 14
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF
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NINETY-SF VRNTH YEAR—NO. 19 COMANCHE, TEXAS 73412 OCTOBER 21. 1909
1 I PACES IN TWO SKX’TIONS
Priddy Zion Lutheran Church To
Observe 80th Anniversary
Proctor Liquor Election
Hearing Being Held
The Zion. Lutheran Church of
Priddy will celebrate its 80th
(anniversary of service, in the
Priddy community October 26;
There will be a service of re-
dedication, a box luncheon and
an Informal program in the af-
ternoon. A new time capsule
will be set on that dav to be
opened October 26, 1983; the
100th anniversrry of the church.
The capsule will be a metal
box enclosed in a brick hous-
United Fund To
Open Monday
To buv or Not lo buv Alco-
holic beverages in Comanche
County, that is the question.
That question will be an-
swered shortly as District
Judge Truman Roberts Ts hear-
-Coach Houston Jolley's In-
dians will travel to Hamilton
Friday night seeking (heir scc-
T opd District 8 - AA win The
Redskins opened district play
with a 38 2ft victory over Clyde,
while Hamilton was losing 47-18
to state ranked Eastland
Kickoff for the contest ts
1.30.
Comanche blasted Hamilton
last year 33-6 but this year's
contest should be anyone's ball-
game Each team hasn't fared
too well this season Hamilton
holding wins over De l-eon and
Dublin, while losing to San
Saha, Eastland, Lampasas and
Clifton
Comanche got hack in the
winning groove last week,
downing Clvde, after being
beaten by I)e Leon, Coleman.
San Saba. The Indians opened
.he season with a 38 0 win over
Dublin.
The Bulldogs spotted East-
land four touchdowns in the
first half, then staved on even
. _ — tin--r terms with Mavericks'the scc-
,Se8son th'8 we*k ond half, each scoring 3 TIK
at Higginbothams as they are
Open Season Sale
At Higginbothams
. .. - - -..... ;— The 1969 Unjtfd Fund Cam- T . ■ u , c, . ,
irg similar to n corner stone, pajt,n jts annual cam- Triple Header Slotcd
and will he attached to the east for funds in jthe city of
wall of the church resting on (omanche on Monday. C
some np-longer used steps. Chairman Ben Cleveland
ty
Inside th^-capsule Will be ty- pounced that serving with him
pical examrilcs of life today. It as precinct chairman in the
wdl include a copy of the spe- city-wide fond drive arc David October 23.
=5sss
i no election, lor or against e 0f the outstanding backs in the
the legal sale of all alcoholic A full page ad on page 2 of pistrict in Chris Wood Bob
beverages for off premise com this issue describes the fantas- Gardner, defensive back, has
rxr&tsz'i&ft »lvs ass*" *'* sr-Nty “■ ”*”n ,w
Sl2lTb^0llS.U.urhl3 ■» Tl» Bull** •«** Is •I'jilar
128 for legal sales and’ 117 plaln that 0,1 the c,rcular a to Clyde High School. They
Comanche will play a triple against the sale of all alcoholic *|(for‘n« Aluminum Combi- sweep end. and hit short passes
head r here Thursday night , beverages. rat,on . U 0 0 ri P«rma w h L‘ e then go for the long pass.
Thursday Oct. 23
Notice of contention of
the tnanru'1 ':s a d vc r *iscd The Coach JoUey and his staff of
ropy oMh^new" church familj HinThaw^'ild’c'ya^S Urn'kli^17 • ('":'.cb •,3mes Wllson's unde- election wa's fiM Anr'i! is, and Kw'dcIcM Gene Westmoreland and Tom-
photo‘athuifi recently produced
JIL1E PINKERTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Pinkerton, Comanche, was selected as the
l'. oi/ ilomecomfng Queen Friday night. She wan
crowned at halftin>e during the Clyde-Comanche
Homecoming' (lame by CHS Student Body Presi-
dent Ray Dudley.
_ rholo by PROFFITT
Ten agencies will come un-
ami an anniversary plate de- (it,r thl. UNITED FUND banner against* Stcnhenville The
( oach .lames Wilson’s unde- election was Hied Aoril 18. and f,ave Hpietrd thp Pprma WhitP „ 7 . ^
fruli'd 7tli Grade l‘a(,s will open Uni1 .. the Goon,, Judge ■JS’^SS 2^1*^555*5^
0 1" •» »•» "n_,hat d‘".....Tb. .d in n» Chief I. eSrrect. l3»7«eiwsjecl.l
1970 Indian Football Schedule
8th T h e contention was that
ess .‘4S.W a?f!ra *•now * ^b- *- - - pa“
_ . , - ten number agencies Stephenville 8th Grade
lish Bible,New Testament, a w.j-vc greater Comanche and
copy of Today s English Version evCry segment of our
New Tcstami*nt ftSccntty Jfwj* youofl ami olcft*-
lifthrri by tllC AlUffKfil BJOlO
Society, and finally, an old copy
JUlr S. v"sl”'1 One Gift Works
Church bulletins of today, a
copy of the Zion Newsletter and
other items of interest will be
irciuded. It is hoped that in
years to come men might look
back and find it worthy and
meaningful fo their lives, ac-
cording to the pastor. Rev R.
Winkelmann. Who invites all in-
terested persons to be present
for the day’s activities, begin-
ning with the 10:30 a m service
ol re-dedication.
election were illegal.
Coach Don Hodges B-team Alcoholic b c v e r ages have
will play the Coleman li team the area since
In the final action of the even-
ing.
October 30.
and will continue until rush.
Many Wonders
ID!
i the UNITED
WAY
No Experts In
Last Week's
Grid Contest
Jo>'ce« T«"
^c°a“c.Sl*r»‘o Asiocio.ion
Clyde passed 30 times last
»e*lc and the Indians ween un-—
able to get to the quarterback
until after the ball was thrown.
Injuries continue to plague
Comanche Ends Richard Pal-
vado and Ray Dudley arc out
of the contest. Starting f u II-
Oct.
sell all
beer, wine
stores which sell beer and wine
and three stores which sell Sta"lfy R- Swindle, Reporter ____________
beer only. After some special thought back Rusty Brightman reinjur-
The hearing on the case be- and consideration the Jaycees ed his back in the Clyde game,
gan Thursday morning, Octo- of Comanche have decided to and played only one play the
her 23. „... — affimritive answer in favor of second half. He mav not suit-
--- ball here in Comanche with the up for the contest Friday.
Texas Teen Age Baseball As- Brightman’s substitute, Ron-
sociation This is a statewide nie Shaw, who did a fine job in
organization that not only in- the second half, didn't suit up
eludes Little Leage teams but for the practice Wednesday,
also Junior and Senior Leagues an(j many see only limited ac-
ot which those in Comanche tion due to a knee injury. Shaw
TK. la.. > a -*■ * - * ah rlofancn
Rural United
Fund Drive
11—DUBLIN
IK—DE LEON
r.K . .
There
Here
ll/lil/I n W A11 b
2—COLEMAN*
ttfrf
Here
9—EASTLAND*
There
16—HAMILTON*
There
2:i—WINTERS*
Here
.TO—CISCO*
There
6—CLYDE*
Here
l.J—BALLINGER*
There
Nov.
• District 8AA Games
Church Supper Set
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts .
The First United Methodist
Church will have a covered dish Campfire Girls
supper in the fcllowshin hall of Livcstock show
Ihe church Sunday night, Octo t. ... ...
her 26 at 5 .30 p m 1 ubl,c Llbrary
The theme of the church wide Summer Youth Program
mission study, which begins at L S O
Guessing was hard this week,
end the Chief football contest
had only one contestant who
J1.".^ 'of" fornan- Very ,»«1 p-r— l» M. I" '■JSS1' SOLAS’
chf. ,, , 74*uNlV><El>r7uND''Ic™ri!™ '»•' -*1 ^ “< "■> Mki?yC^«n«n
>1 4iio ,.Thrcc contcstan,s m ilss1ed ffre«irsR^^.raTcam* ?easo«'s gate them an fag Indian tackle has a baipd-
■mo L /aTeS_v“ W° rt'S^lrl tn naign dirrcSr rTv DraniTn a«innHive answer in favor ot and will likely see only
Mm he tie breaking score between the mer*er bmited action.
430 ' oma^b’' vs. Clyde to deter- ‘tWorkers are With the affilation of the Ut- Starters Derwin Isham and
"2 S!T. S ■■« ‘>Z^fTp.r.Sr TliSS AH SfSlr"Ll!n^ Th,. dtf. h Snlurday nr.b h.„ lor .h, childr..
Hk* Comanche Chief goes to oMhe Jun^r S sin£ iST arm wrapped in foam rutv twr'IS. and .ill the members of will be a special feature Each
200 caL workers have r e p d r t cd ‘but Roes An example of this would her. due to broken thumb and the First United Methodist hag will contain a surprise that
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Harvest Festival Set
Here For Nov. 15tii
canned goods and jellies wi 11
Harvest Festival lime again! be offered.
6 45 in the sanctuary, is "Re- Texas I'nited F'und —. imimw mis is wm j»*r. —~r~ ,—- -----. .----.. . ______ ,
conception in a Broken World." Contingency Fund «». Hicks and Mr. NirthWtt's nee- co^"‘lio" fnr ■ and wW^aiW m2v aSo^kk diina"on offense will ho Travis come ond join into the many coffee, cold drinks, sandwiches
l£52?f! d . r,,;''h °”r *08 r,‘sp7*f Stanton Reese, a last week's Harmony and Brushy Gap, $74. home teams to help play the and Randy Nelmv halfback;,. This is the second Harvest freshmen s through the after-
* ■ Jr™ e%rry citizen is needed. winncr |0S( 0ut with the score--‘G* Tarfilcv worked in district game. Thus if t grdGp Max Parker, quarterback; Jer- Festival Celebration for t h c noon while you browse.
, Welcome the volunteer workers prediction. the DMvmng Community a n d of boys on one team win the ry Gore and Marion Kirkland. Comanche church, and plans The big barbocue supper will
Sodo Springs Home, ■I'1 as/<,s, “,1I*ny *av you More and more are entering reports $2L From the Sidney championship here in Coman- ends; Jimmy Bingham and arc for it to become an annual be served from 5:00 until 7:00
ih.n loro'^iMrri.'n w'liMi^ r each week, and it appears that School Mrs*- Donna Moore, $26; che that same group has won Bay Lancaster, tackles, Ray- event. Through the l.ord’s Acre p m.
me IMS UNI 1M) U NI), |he guying Rc.ts nuK.h harder, and from Stag Creek Commun- the right to represent Coman- mond Hyatt and Ronnie I-an- program, the members dedi- The Auction will climax the
Try your skill this week We ity, Mrs. Sheldon Braeutigan che in the district playoffs,
would like to give away a $10 reports a ^collection of ,$48 for After the Little League is
Proctor Bait House
Destroyed By Fir. Cag|e Ncw part, _____________________________ ______________________ __________ _
Mpnager ot Clemons SSSL™"“ “ 5
Continued on Back Page
George Ripley farm home In
the Soda Springs community ' Max r , K formerlv of
Friday afternoon, Oet 17 Too, has been named the
practically all Ihe Ripley houae- nPW pjrt# Managrr c,emons
hold Items were lost
Motor Co.
his^LdaJsp^ffa^plop^rtv ^
planned to’more last SMurday P«-rirnced parts min. starting
to a newly acquired home in ^°rk P«rt m.e Wfen be was
Comanche 14 o!d-
A Friday night fire destroyed He is married, and be and
a bait house at Proctor. The his wife, Carolyn Jf.m have
U0lnleaale-retail minnow distri- two sons, Jimmy Don 2'i and
bution business serves a wide Michael Dean 5. They rre
arej, end is owned by Bob members of the Church of
Arms. The building and some Christ.
fixtures were a complete loss. Bill and Ira Clemons, owners
Comanche Volunteer Fire De- ot the local Ford Dealership
pari merit dispatched trucks to invite all Comcnchcans to drop
both blazes.Lby and meet Mr. Cagle.
Attendance Report
COMANCHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FIRST SIX WEEKS, 1969-70
Avg. Daily Percentage
to 18 will be playing under the
affiliation and the rules of the
Texas Teenage Baseball Asso-
ciation. It is hoped that t h i a.
move will provide the Littfe
A l-o-o-k At
The Weather
The following weather report
cate a portion of their crops or day with many unusual items
labors for the church. This spe- offered Live stock and ranch
cial day is set aside to bring gates will be auctioned again
our gifts together The event this year. .Also in the auction
promises to be bigger and bet- will be an antique striking
ter than before. clock, a TV set, a Urge bird
Booths will open at 10 am, house, oil paintings,, artificial
with many kinds ot hand work, church windows. There will be
needlework and crafts — suit- P'«x-es of antiqued furniture, a
fur doll with a complete wardrobe.
Membership
Attendance
Attendar
HIGH SCHOOL
910
329.67
96.96
JUNOR HIGH
313
302.86
96.64
ELELMFNTARY
512
492.60
96.22
SPECIAL roUC.
32
30.98
98.07
TOTAL
1197
1156.11
96.59
League player, with more in- u TTtheProctor Be£ ablr' and j"sl in timc f,r d , W'lh 8 COmpl7
5351 r.Tf.T SS “ - £ T “X “ SZTJZL
•**!in"«*- ,V3 E'Vh ‘Ji fr.!^ Jsfii^r
fessional basis. If a team wins TEMPERATURES
the members on it will continue )fi”
to play together on into district Qct 17
as well as state playoffs. ]8 —•* »
The Jaycees will be required Oct. 19
tc pay dues of $5.50 per team Oct. 20
prior to May 15, 1970, in order Oct. 2t
to complete the merger. Just Oct. 22
a few of towns already affilat- RAINFALL -
ed in this organization In this Rainfall this week
state are Dallas, Euless, Con- Oct. 17
roe, Mesquite, Kermit, Fort Oct. 18
Worth, and many others. Rainfall to date
Comanche Countians Pay Federal
Government $20,000 Daily
(Special to The Chief)
peanuts. Other booths will fea- an invitation to everyone t® at-
,, lure baked goods—cakes', pics, tend and share in the fun and
^ cookies breads snd candy, .also fellowship.
;; Hill Case Private Investigator
M Is Charged With Illegal Entry
*r8n9 Under a Brcckenridge date- fcr 8 home.
97 ni h™’' new^piiH'rs Wednesday car-. Howl testified in the trials at
27 03 ried stories saying a charge of Brcckenridge and Comanche
1 breaking end entering jhed Been that the back door to the Mabel
filed bv Mrs. Lillie Mae Uenm It HtH home was open .when he
ot F«ot Worth against a private entered to serrch the house,
invest.igrtor who testified in the Two ottwr witnesses said tbs
trials of her brother, J. M. Hill, (oor was locked at all times.
en'?chWarre,o('!.s.snaultTffK", ”obd arr*i»ne} “aijay
r"nt .« murder bis sbter. Mm. ^th^ * Jc7^"D^d^nd
Bennett. A Ce mar che County ' lbt *ta'1 ^
to in the Sen* bond. The bond
. ui3c ci'ltitxl Ku AI l/irnuti Rava
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FOOTBALL SWEETHEART — Hetli liunn, daughter Of Mr. and. Mrs.
Irvin Dunn of the Proctor Community, was^crowned 1G:19 Football Sweet-
heart Friday night Pictured with the CHS senior are (left right)
tftraa of the football captains, Ronnie Lancaster, Rust.v Rrightlman and
bandy >felms, - - L b* n<>rnn
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tions Some people, with above- programs and activities upon ,JUmhir'l|r!-il°(>f' Mil'l '^ind* with- W3S siR"cd by Attorney Roye
average incomes. Mid more to- the inter relationships df all 'ir| mnprr 0f minutes Hill cnd J ^ Marchnm
New "York - What has the ward 'h« c08' « government other levels of government " ,i 0f guilty before Hi»‘8 "«me also appeared in
Federal government's s(»cnding lhan others, because their taxes He cited, as an instance that District Judge Tinman E Rote Stephens County public records
program in the past year Wl're larger. ' < a special stwly by his staff dis- ,.rjs .,r,| w .;i (<iven a probated this week when he filed suit for
amounted to, in terms of Co- The average, throughout the closed the f(ict that, in eduen- gcnt(*nce. of f* ycats. - uivorcc iuun his wife. Matte,
manche County and its taxpay* West South Central States, was tion alone, there are nearly 500 Tlie investigator, James E. '^,0 Spends considerable time in
ers? $2.21 per capita per day. It was overlapping and duplic a t i n g Hood of Houston, formerly of Comanche with relatives. Rove
With an outlay of nearly $190 $2.32 in the State of Texas. • Federal programs. Wichita Falls, testified he found a|*o is representing Hill in the
billion for national defense, The tremendous sums of With regard to the Govern- a spent cartridge in the home divorce suit,
public health; welfare, cduea- money disbursed by Washing- ment’s expenditures in the past of Mrs. Mi Ik > HiH, mother of
tion, space research and the ton each year have led a con- year, a Tax Foundation tnbulg-, fiill and Mrs. Bennett, after
rest, this spending was at the pressman, William V. Roth, Jr. t-on indicates where the money Mrs, jiill "died of a Runshot
. rate of $6,000 per second, or of Delaware, to call for the went. wourid and Mrs. Bennett was _
$21,600 000 every hours creation of a modern Hoover- As an example, for every wounded, Dec. 7, 1967, in a On Standard Tim#
On tha basis of local figures type commission to seek ways $1,000 that a Comanche County shooting at Mrs. Mabel Hill’s » , . .
and a state-by-state breakdown and means of analyzing and family psid In Federal taxes, Stephens^ County home, near 9UnaQy# Wt. 40 ,
made by the Tax Foundation, controlling this vast spending, directly or indirectly, some KHasvlIEr
it represented expenditures of "The time has come," he $400 of it was allocated for na- Hill w'Sts tried for murder at , ('nmancheans arc re-
approximately $2.38 a day for said, "for an objective analysis tional defense. That was the Brcckenridge in the death of mjn(je(| H e t their
each man, woman and child to find out how the central biggest item. his mother. A jury lound him- ..i,h.ls |.aci. . hour
living in Comanche C QHi n^ y. government can operate more Next came health and wel- not guilty. , . , ,_, 1
For the entire community, it e f f e« t i vely. Anciently and fare, which totaled $280. Third; ‘Hill's altorneyt Payne Hovd ■7* r* tnev M> to bed
totaled $20,000 per day. ____ creatively. largest was interest on the na- of Graham, contended in the Saturday night, ua w«
8 That was their share of the "SucK a commission should tional debt, $70, followed by trials that both HiH and Mrs. go hack on Central
burden, evejy day of the year, be charged with studying the commeire and transportation, Bennett Bred shots duripg the
baaed upon their lax contirbu- impact ami effect of Federal $44, and veterans benefits, £4% aLoottug iuuUenl at their moth-
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1969, newspaper, October 24, 1969; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth903924/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.