The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1963 Page: 1 of 12
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Comanche County’s Oldest Business Institution - Published For and About Comanche County
NINETY-FIRST YEAJl—no. 16
COMANCHE, TEX AS.-OCTOBER 11. 1963
12 PAGES IN ONE SECTION
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COPY
HI&
HIT
HAT
Indians Welcome
Week of Rest
City Water To Be
Otf For 2 Hours
SETS ALL TIME HIGH MARK —
lit Date
18.84
I The Comanche Indiana get
I welcomed week ot rest this week,
j before launching into defense of
Uveir 8-AA title next week, when Ok g a Jama* a
™«,r r™October t4 Listed
Petit Jury For
BUYS.
Problem? if to
WATBR CON-
iS^ad’thS
Then on succesive Friday nights
they take on other 8-AA oppon-
ents. The remaining schedule:
Oct. 18— Granlmry, here
Oct. It— Cisco. There
Nov. 1— Hamilton, here
Ntv, 8— * Dublin, here
Nov. 15— De Leon, there
The extra week
Petit jurors drawn for service j
in 52nd District Court, Coman-1
che, for the week beginning Mon-
day. Oct. 14. include:
Mrs I^ee Feldman, Rt. 1, Gus-
tlne; Mrs. M O. Branum, De
Leon; Mrs. Plez Todd, Coman-
che; Mrs, B. C. Boen. De Leon!
. , °‘ re*t Kives Mrs Lot* Jackson, Rt 3, Co-
the Injury plagued Indian squad manche; Carl Slmpton De Leon;
«n«U1br few days to gain strength.....
•—-tBd most of the boys are ex-
Mark Munsell, Rt .1. Carlton;
Mrs A. F Cook, Gustlne; Al*
peeted to be ready for full time bert Frazier, Rt. 1, Gustlne- T.
action next week. j E. McGinnis, Rt. I, De Leon;
Bob Allen, regular end, will Tom Dudley, Comanche; Dorothy
uqt be ready but next week should Robertson, Comanche; Dorothy
the return to full time duty of
.Quarterback Don Fieri, Fullback
. . ^ j Jerry Foreman, Halfback Rlckv
■V.-X Henry and guard Billy Williams.
**oiir*v The Indians, still seeking their
V1® first victory, have dn>pped five
tty Ior non-conference games in a row—
t MNi • ’ A having' met defeat al the hands
_ ^ * of Eastland f2-7; Coleman 8-7;
I m OOmSO TO Lampasas 3#-0, Goldthwaite 38-0;
■a, OM and Llano 29-0.
. | RECALL *82 REASON
• Indian fans recall that after
S*to :?****•' ’I dropping all five non-district
gsmes last year. Comanche roll-
_ , . ... ♦ Sd back strong, and came hack ti
tlW ,rr- : win five straight games against
I g filin'* mouth of-; dint net
by JOHN JOLINK, City ot Comancbo
Director of Public Work*
The City Water Department
will he installing a modern fire
plug at the High School corner
on W. Walcott Friday night.
Bes-ause the urea has no '
valves, certain higher ureas In
the City will be out of water ,
from 7:15 to 9:80 o’clock.
The fire plugs that arc being
replaced are obsolete for school
protection, amt the City Is I
bringing Its system In line with
recommendations of the State
Fire Insurance Commission.
. -:— --
Grand Jury In
Recess Until Friday
Comanche County's 52nd Dist-
rict Corut grand Jury, busy all
week since being empaneled at
9 a.m. Monday, recessed late Wed-
nesday to meet again Friday
morning at 9 o'clock.
The present term of District
Court Is the busiest In Coman-
che County In many years, says
COUNTY BANK DEPOSITS
NEAR $13,000,000 MARK
----- -------. , LJViUUIJ
Blackwood, Comanche; Jake Mast,
Rt* 3, Comanche
Roy Turner, Comanche; Mrs.
R. C. Bumgarner, Gustlne; H. C.
Dean, Comanche; Louis Harellk,
Comanche; B. A. Th&ckerson, De
Leon; Edwin Sartor, Comanche; veteran District Clerk Ben Wil-
Bob W. Wofford Jr., De Leon; helm.
Mrs. H. R. Haynes, Gustlne; Mrs.
Keith Johnson, Rt .2, Comanche;
T. G. Frick, Comanche; Mre. Eu-
gene Perkins, Comanche; Mrs. H.
C. Lock, Rt. 1, Gustlne; R. G.
Prlddy, Rt. 1, Dublin; Mrs. O. D.
Bolton, Gustlne; Mrs. Floyd
Prather, Comanche; Mrs. W. L.
Carruth, De Leon.
Mrs R. E Adcock. Rt. 1, Gus-
tlne; Keith Lane. Rt. 3. Coman-
Mrs. J. E. Hansford De
foes, to win the 8-AA
*•; championship.
" ___!' No 8-AA team has compiledi ?*** _ , . _ . .
■W* KylJni, * an Impressive record this year, | *-<*on • Richards, Comanche;
orttotanth1 wth the exception of De Leon,'A E Comanche; Mrs. C.
who has won 3 and lost but one. *7 Wilson, Comanche; dBwand A.
their ad In this However. De Leon was soundly Rogers, De I^on, Mrs. J. C. Higgs,
beaten by Coleman 32-6, and won Comanch*: Mr*_0. T Seago Gus-
over a Class B and two Class ^ 1 tin*l Nonaelle O BHen, Rt. 2, Co-
manche; G. W. Hodges, De Leon;
Mrs. H. M. Cauley, Comanche;
William Wlllman, Comanche; A.
J. Crittenden, De Leon,
are !■ teams. Cisco is the district favor-
IRMOMAL | Re with Dublin now ranking
leak) lesttta- ' second
mm
n w,_________- KenncHi Evans
To Head Junior
£&&*.«£ Lamb Program
I a Msrehandlaing *
Me Ohapel Hm.' by ansim dmckson. j«.. (My a*m»
ly WMhhV M their Kenneth Evans of Gustlne will
head the 1863-84 Comanche Coun-
—♦ ty Junior Commercial Limb Feed-
^^Jiil|l(tng Program.
MWd 6W*- BUI Parker of Comanche Is
vice-president and J. A. Cox of
•88 Sidney will serve as secretary-
trea surer. 1
P.0. Says Mail
Early For Xmas
The Post Office Department
suggests to patrons making mail-
ings of parcel post to Armed
Forces personnel and other per-
sona In foreign countries for
Christmas delivery the following
mailing date*, with the first date
for regular surface mall, and the
last date for air mall:
South and Central America;
Nov. 10-Dec. 10.
4-H and FFa exhibitors usual-
to® — ly put their entries, consisting of
ninety f|Ve iambs o rmore on pasture o.
I feed from August through Nov-
--♦ amber — depending on size and
&A9CA«2e*?l£!£’hnmf
|MPp« va#y. The rive lamb or more entries
ktoto M6 at good must be turned la .to the Vooa- j
,1^0*. • tionsl Agriculture Instructor or
4.J1 Adult leader by December
lift* 1st. Also shearing must be 00m-
|8M— jpleted by December 1st for a boy
■jll or girl to be eligible far the pro-
HV gram.
MR A three day event ehow. lunch-
——♦ | «on and educational llveatock
market study on March 14. 18
| and 16.. 1884 will wind up the
18th annual program.
Europe: Nov. 10-Dec. IB.
Africa: Nov. 1-Dec. 10.
Near Blast: Nov. 1-Dec. 10.
Per East: Oct 16-Dec. 10.
Parcels mailed by these dales
should reach their destination in
foy delivery on 05 ijefo
- -x- IP?
Christmas These parcel* may he
marked "Do Not Open Until
Christmas" if desired.
Parcels must be well packag-
ed In order to withstand the long
trip and the Increased congeetMn
during the Christmas season.
Parcels which an not adequate-
ly packaged will be rejected as
unacceptable for mailing.
———*-
October 6-12 Is National Fire
Prevention Week.
Lhppoait* in the four tianks of Comanche County, at
the call <>f September 30, ^963, totaled $12,889,7!W)—an
all-time record high, showing a gain of nearly two million
dollars over the call of a year ago.
Deposits in the two Comanche banks were just shy
of the eight milli<ni dollar mark—totaling $7,909,641.04,
— ~ a gain- of a million dollars
Football
Forecasts
POPULAR NEW SPORT—Water skiinr at Comanche
Oount.v’a newest recreation site, I-ake Proctor, ia prov-
ing a papular new area s’port. Many high-powered
motor boats, with avid skiers being towed behind
them may be seen daily at the new I,ake Proctor.
PLANS SET FOR
UNITED EUND DRIVE
With most preliminary work
complete, Roy Dale Adame. Unit-
ed Fund Drive chairman for '63-
'64. announce* that October and
November will be United Fund
collection time.
A goal of some 17.000 hi being
raised.
United Fund officer* haVe Men
elected and are as follows:
Ben Cleveland, president
Roy Dale Adams, drive chair-
man
Hammy Marshall, secretary
Roy Bran nan Jr., treasurer
David Beene, Bill WUhnann,
Don La vender, Don Hall,
and William Kirkland,
team rap talas.
These are prominent young
businessmen of Obmanche
United Fund Drive over, and In
the usual Mg way,” say* Ban
Evridge, active In Unltad Fund
work for many years.
The United Fund Drive, the
one big job that does the work
for 11 different major causes,
lakes the place of many smaller
drives, and has been operated
successfully here for a number of
years.
Retiring directors are Ben Ev
ridge. Jerry wi
College Sludenl Wins Comanche
Chief's Football Guessing Contest
This week, the Big Chief pre-
dict* winners In the following
game*, with the winner* listed
In CAPS:
DUBLIN at Decatur
LA REVIEW at Hamilton
De Leon at EAST!-AND
GOLDTHWAITE at C. Cove
M. Wells at BROW'NW'OOD
STEPHEN VILLE at Rider
GUSTLNE Bt Gordon
LOHN at Sidney
TEXAS vs. Oklahoma
TCI’ at Texas Tech
ARKANSAN at Baylor
Stanford at RICE
AJM at Houston
I). Bayne at 8. HOUSTON
WEATHERFORD at B’ridge
Early at BURNET
FREDERICKSBURG at Mano
BRADY at Coleman
MASON at Han Saha
4 County 4-H'ers
Place In Record
Book Contest
over a year ago.
Total deposits In the Coman-
che National Bank were $4,267,-
593.26 ami loan* and discounts
totaled $1,368,939 29
At the State National Bank,
deposit* were $3,642,080.58 Loans
and discounts were $865,437A3
Deposit* in the Farmer* and
Merchant* National Bank, De
Leon, as of .September 30, total-
ed $4,270,154 40. wthh loans and
discounts totaling $1,829,666 66
This compares to deposits of Sep-
tember 28. 1962 of $3,466,005
At the First State Bank, Gus-
tine. deposits totaled $710,171.80,
with loans and discounts being
$612,141.31. This compares with
$719,074 53 deposits for the last
call. June 29. 1963 and to $475.-
195 a year ago.
At the last call, June 30, 198.'’,
deposit* in the Comanche Nat-
ional Bank were $4,387,570.10;
State National Bank. Comanche,
$3,643,991.47; and First State
•Bank. Gustlne. $719,074 53.
Sidney Eagles
Face Lohn
ESA Chapter
Holds Meeting
Johnny Llghtfoot. ex-CHS grid-
der, who now live* In Dublin and
attends Tarleton State College,
won first hi tha Football contest
this week.
Johnny called al] the games
correctly, as did Hab Cottrell, and
John D. Hicks. Johnny won first Delta Lambda chapter met Sep-
by guessing closer to the correct tember 18 In the home of Mrs.
Comanche - Llano game score Jack King for tha first business
Hab Cottrell, aacond ' place meeting of the year
winner and John D. Hicks, thirl Mr* King, president, conduot-
The Sidney Eaglea, with a sea-
son record of three wins against
a single defeat, will host Lohn,
of McCulloch County, In a slx-
J man football contest tonight,
bv ANftUS DMCKSON, JK.. Cwmty *«•■>* Thursday, October 10.
Four Comanche County youth I "T? ■
placed In the 1983 statewide 4-H **•
r-i.iK rrenrd hook ludstns- at Tex- 8-m*nners won their fourth
straight game of tha asaaon by
clobbering the Star Junior High
youngsters 40-14.
Negt Tuesday night, the Jun-|
Club rceord book judging at Tex-
as AIM University. --J
Sarah Lou McCullough, Home
■ Economics major at Texaa Tech
In Lubbock, won one of the hlgn-
I ly coveted Santa Fe Educational
t Awards, provided by Santa Fe
‘ Railroad.
lor Eagles will taka an Caifcon.
are sura to put Mm Comanche place winner will aaoh ractlvc a cd the business meeting A let-
year’s subscription to the Chief, ter from Baylor University was
Interest clniinues Do Increase resd bv Mrs. Glenn Fritts, treas-
esoh week In the Football Gueslnq urer. thanking the chapter for the
Contest. - , '-eholsrshlp sent to them for Ruth
Thirteen fonsdhsters- nh**e I Csttle*
only one game — Jim Bob Ba.*- It was announced that the
ham, Brantley d. Smith. Mary chapter scrapbook received hon-
Ruth Rosf<* John WUson, Mrs W orahle mention and jlra Jack
I Dixon, Dr. Sharp. De Leon, Gore wa* elected- .State -Record-
Gray Joltnk, Dwaln Cottrell, F *n4s Secretary at the State Con-
F. Rons, Mrs. F. J. Smith of ventlon held <n May at Houston,
re oen Brownwood. Mrs. M. E. Elliott of Also a certificate wa* received
right Dale Now*1 Brown wood and Mr. and Mr* E which wa* presented by Inter-
Un.Jlm Webb, and Ben Sudderth.'i J. Llghtfoot of Dublin. , natFng^for outstanding Bduca-
..-..................... | Last week's contest proved non? tlonal piiograms: “Religions of
YTelthi gta California Jtoo hard for the experts, but this ’he World" was the theme used.
Mrs. Mary Florence TownesJweek is a different story Turn Mrs. Weldon Turner, Ways and
M Rt. 1, Mft Mon-1 to the football page in this issue M»a-s Chairman, presented her
day tor CaUf^4o vlalt h*HandT.tT^5Tn emitter'* cakmdar for th.
■later who la 88 years old. Shol Widespread Interest Is being year -Edudatlonal Directors
mode tha trip by car with napiv nhown in th# football contest ^T's James Mafcer, program of
ewi from Waoo. Ifnit wmW miIHm from ont-of- “Woman’s Role In tha Wortd
Local Taachara Attend;
.Mrs. Sandra Hobby, Miss Mar-
guerite Ross, and Mrs. Joyce
Rowe, a senior In Howard Payne
CpR%e
Walter McCullough, of Newburg hi - -mi__a* aLii___
4-H Oub, topped the state with, N»66Tmg Mi ADIWHt
his Garden Record Book and la
now entered in national compe-
tition. Donor for the garden pro-
gram Is Farm Equipment Divi-
sion of AlUa-OhalmSra Mfg. Com-
pany.
Both Walter and Sarah Lou
will represent Comanche County
and ^exaa at the week-long 1963
National 4-H Club Congress In
Chicago. Illinois, during early
December. They are the son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oayie
McCullough of the Newburg com-
munity.
Nancy O’Brien Of Sodg Springe
4
. and a student teacher In
Comanche High School, attended
e meeting - at McMurry College
on Tuesday evening, October R.
This meeting wa* apenaored by
the Buslnea* Education Teacher*
of the AbUsn# area,
an opportunity for
one of the leading ousmess edu-
cator* In America, Dr. Alan
Llyod.
Dr. LJoyd Is outstanding in the,
i a|Muav«m> .
itlon Teachers
m, to provide!
a visit with
business edu-
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Cub Scoub To
OigaRtee 0cU5
Th# Cub SOMtts win
organlaatfonel (nesting
Vstsraaa Hulldbig on
j night. Q6L 1» at 7 ofata
I for Um mr^boy. g to U are
■ion. John s parents art Mr. end
pC-tfM tractor program.
LaM week entries from ont-of- "Woman’* Role In the World To-
the county earn# from Mr. and d*'’’ W*r*CC,ept#d/ by rro'fp’ in the Tractor1 Racwd B86k dtvV
James Johnson Austin* Herbert Donsid Spivey, Mrs. Bay MUrph-j
German, Tort Worth; Johnny i Richard Armstrong. Mrs. Thelma
Llghtfoot had Mr. and Mra J. E-i^ ^
Llghtfoot, Bahtin; TOd Masters, i **[•■ ttlft'. ? . ^ jOw
El Paso; a A. Bold and Blanene! Jf*' p>rburn’ ****-
Reid, Orahma. , i Mercer, Mrs. Frltta,
From out-cf-state, predictions' and Mr® °or*-
came from Burton Weems and1
ltomle Humphrey, HdMba, N.M. I
hara*«
spiritual
on the rapid
4-H wa* named first alternate 'n, business educalteo field and is a
the Roll. Water and Range Con-looted author. The subject dte-
servetion Division. Naney is Jra cussed wm on "Trends, Techat-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Methods la Buatowal
Obrien, Jr. of 8oda Springs com-1 Education." „ £ I
munity. The Port worm Pram*
sponsors the program.
John Cunningham of NewbcWg
4-H took first alternate '
Mmnbtrtbip Driva X,
Ooenaneha Lions have a special
nMmbepNh drive on through the
month at October, Any lion who
brings. ta a aaw member or a
Win have Ms
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1963, newspaper, October 11, 1963; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904135/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.