Comanche Chief notes cafe chatter and local politics
A Comanche Texas column includes cafe overheard remarks about meals and travel, local candidates entering Texas governor race opposition to pirate corporations, and praise for community leaders Armstrong Burks and others. It reports school board members Walter Barrett Clyde House Hip Arthur and Walter Durham, plus highway work on No. 36 West.
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Walter Barrett
Clyde House
Comanche School Board
Clyde
Comanche High School
Hip Arthur
Walter Durham
Walter
W. F. Rogers
Hip
R. F. Holloway
J. B. Layne
Comanche
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Armstrong Cox
Armstrong Burks
Burks
State Highway Department
Texas
Armstrong
Russell's Comments Wise And Otherwise
Russell's Comments Wise And Otherwise surveys local juror lists and family origins, noting old American stock in Comanche County. It cites names from Denny to Andrews with ancestral links to Revolutionary War figures, early New England settlers and Huguenots, and hints at regional social views.
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United States
Comanche County
Denny
William Denny
Carlisle
Ebenezer
Pittsburgh
Durham
John Durham
Maryland
Chilbury Hall
Trippe
Smiths
George Smith
England
New Hampshire
John Smith
Virginia
George Washington
Sir Henry Smith
Sir Hugh Smith
Somerset
New England
Gov. Winthrop
Nehemiah Smith
Massachusetts
Norwich
Conn
Samuel Smith
Watertown
Mass
Connecticut
Wethersfield
Hadley
John Russell
Philip
S. Gilder
Henry Gilder
Barbadoes
Cecil County
G. Luker
Jan Luquier
France
Amsterdam
L'Iscuyer
Luquier
Holland
America
Bushwick
N. Y
Rachel Dircks
Luquet
Luker
Lukers
Rudd
Jonathan Rudd
New Haven
Mary
Thomas Bingham
Dabney
Corneille DuAubigne
Wales
New Kent County
Robertson
William Robertson
Scotland
York River
Council of State
Robinson
Singleton
Col
Matthew Singleton
Isle of Wight
South Carolina
George II
Koonce
George Michael Kunz
Price
Starr
Jamestown
Anne Matthews
Hatley
Holmsley
Carolinas
Wilson
John Wilson
Arbella
Boston
Col. Starr
Elizabeth
Sir John Mansfield
William Wilson
Grindall
Windsor
Wilsons
Andrews
William Andrews
In the Shadow of the Capitol Cowboy Statue
Austin correspondent Byron Utecht recalls the Capitol grounds statue as a vivid, western scene with a realistic horse and cactus in a grassy hollow. He hints at Villa era experiences and mentions his political reportage and a potential book on legislature.
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Austin
Capitol Grounds
West Texas
Byron Utecht
The
Fort Worth
West Texas political buzz and hometown reminiscences follow
The chronicler recalls Vann Kennedy known as Congressmen for his suave talk and notes friends as constituents. He visits Brownwood Uvalde Alpine Taylor Brownsville Harlingen Fort Worth and Dallas, spotting civic figures such as Senator G H Nelson Coke Stevenson Ralph Yarborough and Wade Swift. Descriptions include landmarks, hats, and a store with no name.
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Vann Kennedy
Terade
Phil Baxter
Pete
Dumas
Brownsville
Jakey Atz
Fort Worth
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Wade Swift
Odessa
Roy Bean
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Natham
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Herbert Langford
Brownwood
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Shamrock
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McCulloch County
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Hosea
John
Jim
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L. B. Russell
Sherwin-Williams
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Hickinsot Ham Bros.& Co
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Taylor
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J. Prank Norris, Jr
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