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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1942
Page
5
Dale Howard county superintendent, injured in a motor accident weeks ago, was brought home Sunday from a Brownwood hospital. Doctors say he must stay in bed at least three more weeks. Mrs. Howard, a six year Newburg teacher re-elected for another term, remains at home. Mrs. Edwin A. Sartor substitutes at Newburg.
Eugene Ragsdale is now in charge of the Sinclair Service Station on Highway No. 10 East, succeeding J. H. Arthur who will soon join the bomber plant in Ft Worth. Ragsdale previously worked for the House Service Station and will be joined by Paul Patton who has driven the Pettit school bus and will continue working for Ragsdale.
Mary Louise Manning, injured in a car wreck six weeks ago, is back in school this week.
Mrs. Alton Kirkland spends this week in Waco with Mr. and Mrs. Osborn Kirkland as they visit.
Comanche County farmers answer the national call to enlarge peanut plantings in 1942 aiming for about 95 thousand acres, far surpassing past records. Whit Sides and Thomas Lee illustrate the surge. the War Board AAA and Soil Conservation Service push crop rotation and conservation to sustain soil health amid higher acreage.
The passage links Ed Delehanty dubbed the Babe Ruth of his era to a blunt hitting motto and General Nathan Bedford Forrest famed for cavalry prowess with the line about using the most troops. It presents two historical figures and their supposed battle or game mindset through pithy sayings.
The highway from Dublin to the Comanche County line toward De Leon has been completed and will be opened to traffic within a few days.
Lucinda Katherine Nelson 71 died last Thursday at her Gustine home after illness. Funeral at Gustine Methodist Church with Rev. J. D. Smoot officiating. Born July 38 1870 she married J. M. Nelson. eleven children survived with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Families listed include Ben Nelson Gustine J Nelson W N Nelson Walter Nelson Claude Nelson Fort Worth Ruben Nelson Corpus Christi D F Couch Carlton E V Baldwin Dublin Herbert Bumgarner Gustine Otts Sangster Spearman.
A humorous exchange unfolds in a church scene as a colored exhorter asks who in the congregation enjoys sin and a sister answers with a mistaken word, humorously conflating sin with gin. The moment captures dialect and comic miscommunication in a religious gathering.
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