Comyn Wins High School Junior Track Championship
Comyn captures the high school junior title with 25 points led by Chandler who won the 50 and 100 yard dashes and contributed 11 points. Sidney finishes second with 17 points while Comanche trails. Rogers of Sidney tops scoring with 13 points and multiple event placings feature Comyn and Sidney athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comyn
Sidney
Dee
Poin Rogers
Chandler
Rogers
Barker
Smith
de Leon
Butt Smith
Loudermilx
Comanches
Coker
Comanche
Lawless
Bagley
Hardin
Hoges
Ward
Dedicated to T. L Collins Poem by John H. Garrett
A devotional poem praising T. L Collins as a Christian landmark aged eighty four. It extols his loving message and faith in Christ, inviting readers to prepare to meet him and God on the golden strand.
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Christ
Golden Strand
District Track Meet Kicks Off In Brownwood April 7
Howard Payne president Dr. Thomas H. Taylor announces all entries are received for the Texas Interscholastic League district meet in Brownwood. Events run April 7 and 8 at Brownwood High and Howard Payne facilities with prelims Friday morning and finals Saturday afternoon.
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Thomas H. Taylor
Howard Payne
Brownwood
Ferward Payne Auditorium
J. T. Runkle
Coleman
J. D. Bramlette
Comanche
Wata ‘ Uis i
Brownwood High School
Howard Payne Auditorium
Eula Haskew
Chief and Semi-Weekly One Year Price Note
An archival notice states the Chief newspaper offers a yearly subscription of $1.50 for its chief and semi weekly edition with typewriter practice paper.
Comanche County Schools Debate HB 9 and Meetings
House Bill 9 did not come up as scheduled and was postponed to Monday April 10. The article urges readers to contact legislators to oppose giving away 1 500 000 acres of school land while noting venue changes and racketeering concerns. It also reports on the County Interscholastic League activities and the upcoming picnic meeting at Lake Banes with sixty teachers present.
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Friend of Education
Texas
The
County Educational Association
Gustine
Glen
Trapp
Lake Banes
R. C. Carter
H. L. Kight
J. L. Jay
J. M. Gay
Hansford Survey
E. B. St. Clair
Gus L. Burks
City of
Comanche
J. J. Roberts
F. B
Clacr
Lamkin Independent School
K. O. Brittan
Carlton Public Road
J. H. Reese
Dale Howard
S. E. Todd
Harrison Street
F. Booker
J. E. Priddy
Millican
S. E. Graves
S. L. Myers
E.T. Ry. Co
Everett White
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
City of Comanche
E. W. Sullivan
Woman seeks info on cousin Wes Hardin and Texas outlaw era
Mrs Vera Sullivant of Phoenix asks Comanche Chief readers for facts about her cousin, Wes Hardin, who she says took part in a violent frontier period dating 1860 to 1885. She describes Hardin as a killer who may have encountered figures like Sam Bass and Bull Langley and requests memories, photographs, and documents to compile a possible pamphlet.
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East Adams St
Phoenix
Ariz
Comanche
Texas
Martha Hardin
Wes” Hardin
Wm. C. Benny
Ben Thompson
Bull Langley
Giddings
Wes
Tennessee
Hardin
Gustine
Mack Matthews
Gia
Hardi
Kissel
Fistida
Marriea
Postal Receipts Show 1939 Gain Over 1938
Post master J. R. Eanes reports postal receipts for the first quarter of 1939 rose four and a half percent from the same period in 1938. Savings Bonds sales reached 9 201 dollars, up from 2 056 dollars in the prior year.
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J. R. Eanes
United States Savings
Married in De Leon and Gustine Courthouse Notices
Court House News reports marriages of G A Reid with Blanche Kay and Cecil Chancellor with Annie Lee Young. It lists recorded marriages on March 25 and March 31 by local ministers. Deeds recorded include transfers in Gustine and Comanche with various consideration amounts and parcel details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Reid
Blanche Kay
Cecil Chancellor
Annie Lee Young
Blanche Kay, de Leon
D. D. Tidwell
J. L. Woolsey
Exhibits Deformed Calf At Comanche Fair Monday
J W Perkins of Comanche Route 1 displayed a month old Jersey heifer with an unusual facial feature likened to a bulldog or monkey and unusually large joints. The calf appeared otherwise healthy and drew notable spectator attention.
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J. W. Perkins
Comanche Rt. I
Comanche
Card of Thanks for Mrs. B. R. King
A note from B. R. King and children thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during Mrs. B. R. King’s illness and for flowers and expressions of sympathy at her death and burial. Such tokens bring comfort in sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. King
Local Folks Visit Relatives Across Towns
Fairview Joyce Williams of Brownwood spent Friday night with her cousin Mary Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Williams visited his sister in Gorman. C. A. Flanagan and sons called on Bud Wilson’s family at Board Church. John Brewton spent the weekend in Abilene. B. F. Scott of Downing visited their daughter and West Sledge’s family. Opal and John Beaty Jr. visited relatives in Winters.
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Joyce Williams
Brownwood
Mary Nichols
C. B. Williams
J. E. Cook
Gorman
C. A. Flanagan and
Bud Wilson
Board Church
John Brewton
Abilene
B. F. Scott
Downing
Opal
John Beaty, Jr
Jews Observing Passover Through Eight Days This Year
The Passover festival begins Monday at sundown and lasts eight days. It commemorates the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt in two stages and includes the Passover lamb sacrifice and the eating of unleavened bread. Orthodox families conduct seder evenings to recount the Exodus story and explain the rites to children.
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Brownwood
Egypt
FSA Loans Purchase of Grain Binder in Dublin
Farm Security Administration approves a community service loan for Thomas V. Moore of Dublin to buy a grain binder. The equipment will be shared by neighboring farmers who signed an act to participate, with Evans noting Texas lent more than twenty similar loans in March. Requests are directed to Woodrow R. Allen in Comanche.
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Dallas
Thomas V. Moore
Dublin
C. M. Evans
Texas
Evans
FSA
Woodrow R. Allen
Comanche
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T. L Collins
John H. Garrett
Conoco Gas
Conoco
Roy Yantis
Comanche County
Interscholastic League
Jno
Wesley Hardin
Court House News
Swift
MR. Farmer
Swift Fertilizer
L. R. Williams
LM. Vineyard
A. A. Hilley
Sidney Gustine Mercantile
Fairview
Brightman & Son
Egg
New
Kellogg’s
Kimbell
Carnes
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