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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
1
Fragmentary verse describes springtime scenes with birds singing and lovers meeting. It references rustic countryside joys, music from shepherds, and carefree outdoor life. The lines appear as a partial lyric about the season.
Mayor J. R. Eanes announces the largest city wide cleanup in Comanche to run Monday through Saturday. Residents urged to pile debris in alleys while trucks and workers haul rubbish starting Thursday, with work extending to business districts and vacant lots. Banes notes temporary job opportunities for yard and garden help during the week.
A fragment notes cranberry mousse as a meat course option served in cups or paper molds. It discusses making cranberry jelly, adding milk and juices, chilling, whipping, and serving, plus a brief aside on tomato juice labeling and a recipe for a sweet loaf with raisins and spices. The text also mentions Luker of Proctor and a weekend in Comanche with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Brightman.
Comanche leads in Class A high school with 287 points and wins nine of eleven literary firsts, dominating Senior track events and broadcasted by DeLeon and Comyn as other winners. Comyn takes Class B with 296 points to Gustine 265, while DeLeon claims multiple tennis and volleyball titles and Downing wins Rural School.
Comanche High School One Act Play team under Mrs. Romeo S. Walker won first place at the District Meet in Brownwood, with Coleman second and Goldthwaite third. Leo Hoffman named best individual performer. The win earns a regional meet spot in Abilene. the group plans a fundraiser showing of Sounding Brass at the high school next week.
Two elections will be held next Saturday in Comanche County for local school trustees and County Trustees. County Trustee-at-Large candidates include Will Robinson and J Frank Redwine. Precinct No 2 nominees are T H Beene and Neely Burton. Precinct No 4 nominees are John Lightfoot and L B Morton. In Comanche, election is at the Court House Annex with four local trustees to be chosen. Terms expiring are Hoffman, Barnes, Lee, and Goosby. City voters choose three at Tuesday city election at City Hall.
J B Alborne reported his Ford Coupe stolen from his residence. The car, stripped of tires battery and carburetor, was found roadside near Fleming and brought to Comanche by the Sheriff, returned to Mr Alcorn along with a missing shotgun and slicker suit.
The East Side School building, oldest in Comanche, was razed this week after two years of leasing to First National Bank. Built in 1901 under W. F. Rogers, it hosted twenty five terms of classes until 1925, with principal Mrs. Lovelace. The Rock building, dating to 1872, preceded it as the town’s sole school.
Bernice Warren and Luther Harmon were arrested at their DeLeon area homes by Sheriff Dwight Bright City Marshal W A Pate and City Marshal Kimble. They are bound over on cattle theft charges with $1900 bonds each. Two white faced yearlings linked to Mack Hale of DeLeon were reported recovered at Albany.
The East Side High School grew from four grades to a consolidated district with West Ward by 1925. Built on a large campus in Comanche’s populous eastern area, it drew rural students and fostered a vibrant school culture with a Parent Teachers group, literary society, and athletic teams. Rivalry with West Side and other schools featured interschool leagues since 1912 with football baseball and track competitions.
Duard Williford 1 year old son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Williford was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a horse frightened ran into a tree crushing his skull. Taken to Brownwood hospital an x ray showed the skull crushed in two places and fractured. Local notables and faculty history items follow in this page.
The Caliche surface project on Highway 10 advances with six miles completed and another mile prepped. With fair weather, finish is targeted for July or August, and plans call to extend gravel work into Dublin once Comanche County is finished. Deeds and right of way efforts proceed as landowners sign, and paving across Comanche is expected by August.
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