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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1942
Page
3
Harmony Goodwill Home Demonstration Club met March 26 with nine members present. Miss Mayfield demonstrated peanuts in the diet and peanut bread. Next meeting April 9 at the clubhouse will cover garden insect control. Roy Little took a warehouse job at Camp Bowie. Charlie Jean Day stayed with her grandparents.
Sugar rationing may aid health as consumption has surged from 10 to 75 100 pounds yearly per person. Extension specialists urge homemakers to save sugar for canning season, use honey or syrups, and rely on drying to reduce sugar needs. Canning preserves flavor and nutrients while drying requires no sugar.
Funeral services for Mrs W M Rippetoe 88 were held Tuesday at Round Grove Baptist Church in Northwest Erath County. She died Monday in Dublin after visiting her son there. Interment followed at Round Grove Cemetery beside her late husband. She was a longtime church member and mother of ministers Rippetoe family members. Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
The community hosts a ten night singing school led by Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Gillup while Mrs. O L Howard, the teacher, is hospitalized in German Hospital with pneumonia. Visitors include Noah Underwood, Jodie of O'Brien, Herman Williams of Rochester, and local families. Several mumps cases reported locally.
A three act Western theater production by twelve boys from Sumor High airs Friday night April 3 at Van Dyke School. Homer plays deaf and numb as the plot unfolds with three kid nappers. Admission is free.
Public notice cites Roy Chandler Clarence Chandler and wife Lillie Chandler Joe Chandler Iva Chandler Herman Chandler Alvin McGilvray Effie Lee McGilvray and Minerva Chandler heirs to appear before the Comanche County District Court by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance to answer Pink Scott’s petition filed March 4 1942 in case 8622. Suit seeks title and possession to NE quarter of Section 26 H and T C Ry Co Survey 156 acres with oil and gas reservation dispute and damages for costs and relief.
The 1942 election is ordered for the first Saturday of April in all school districts within Commissioners Precincts No 2 and No 4 in Comanche County Texas. Voters will elect one County Trustee from Precinct 2 and one from Precinct 4. Dated March 6 1942.
Notice from the City Council of Comanche Texas schedules a city election for April 7 1942 at City Hall to select three Aldermen W B Barret A Massingill and C W Williams. Polls open 8 AM close 5 PM prospective candidates must file by March 28 with J A Burt as election manager.
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