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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1940
Page
1
Reports describe ongoing work at Coe County courthouse with 2:30 PM ceremony planned. Crews labor through night to finish concrete and flooring begun earlier, as public comments echo anticipation for completion.
A ballot from Mercer Creek precinct shows J. W. Rollins winning the county school trustee election with a vote nearer to 179, while the opposing candidate’s tally and exact totals are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Comanche march 1920 notes Pe Springs rapid shift to oil leadership as Humble pipeline reaches 2000 barrels daily in shallow field. New wells prove productive with some under 300 feet yielding up to 190 barrels daily. Ben F Looney lecturer, Gustine connects to Cadmena Chau plant. Texas Power and Light cuts Comanche electric rate for first 5 months. Baylor Glee troupe to perform at Comanche High auditorium. Arlington burial record dated June 17, 1929.
William Reese, treasurer of the Comanche Baptist Association and Buckner Orphans Home committee chair, announces Buckner Orphans Home Egg Day on Sunday April 21. Churches are urged to donate eggs, aiming for fifty cases, to be delivered to Buckner Orphans Home Dallas. cash gifts welcomed.
Downing School ends its eight month term on Friday April 19. Students present a program on Thursday night April 18 in the auditorium and graduation exercises are set for 10 30 that morning with Rev E M Shepard of Comanche as speaker. Dinner at noon. Ball games in the afternoon. All patrons friends and candidates invited.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions A. H. Schreiber and Sunday work hours. Details are unclear but indicate a hiring or assignment context.
District Court convenes Monday at nine in the sheriff's office over Coleman's Grocery with grand jury impaneled. Judge R B Cross will charge the panel as civil cases proceed in the Smith Building. Defendants Sam Ash and Henry Haynes face murder charges. jury names include Eaton, Howard, Fagan, Peterson and others from De Leon, Comanche, Gustine, Blanket and nearby areas.
H H Lockridge, candidate for Comanche County Judge, releases qualifications letter to voters. He notes thirteen years in the county, teaching at Downing, and a small farm in Pettit community. Family details and educational/work background are outlined for voter consideration.
Despite heavy rain and showers, 365 voters chose two new trustees and re-elected one in the Comanche Independent School District. New members are Jack Moore of the State National Bank and Armstrong Cox of the Higginbotham firm. Ira Clemons was re-elected. Holdovers include Roy Brannan Robert Eaton and Walter Barrett. Superintendent W Z Compton and high school principal Virgil Chaffin were reappointed.
D C Dingus announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace Precinct No 1. He previously held the post and promises fair access to his office and impartial handling of cases. He urges support at the July primary.
Fragmented OCR text notes a renaming of a Van Dyke school and mentions a Pete re election. The readable parts lack clear dates places or full names to confirm details.
Trustees were elected in 31 county school districts last Saturday with results filed by County Clerk Mary Fields. The list includes two trustees for many districts such as W. F. Duke and F. M Billman in St. Joe and C. C. Fenter and J. R. Soloman in Trinity, among others.
Howard Payne College mile relay team consisting of Charlie Marshall Palmer King Waymond Wilson and Al Barcena set a new record at the Texas Relays in Austin with a time of 3 18 2 Marshall son of Mr and Mrs Troy Marshall of Comanche ran the opening leg as the Yellow Jacket 880 yard relay finished second to a Denton team, the Ping.
Comanche County members and entire citizenship invited to Monday April 15 ceremony at 2 30 PM for the new courthouse cornerstone laying. County Judge R S McCharen announces program with mayors, WPA officials, band concerts, prayers, songs and addresses by county and district officials.
Mrs. S. P. Smith of Comanche died Saturday April 6 in Hamilton where she visited her brother J W Hawes. Funeral at Comanche Baptist Church with Rev Gordon Barrett and Rev B E Shepard. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named. praised as a well read, persuasive neighbor. She shared her home with many siblings during her 44 years of marriage. Continued on Page 3.
Comanche High School begins work on its senior class play The Man With the Green Shirt a lighthearted comedy. The cast includes Jake Dave Hodges Jack Dillin James Martin Ory McKinzie Jennie Lou DeWitt Nancy Wilkerson Mary lyn Clark Frances Hampton Paula Cato and Frances Williams directed by Miss Blanche Dabney.
Carl Brandt, former resident engineer on Comanche County REA projects, is named engineer for project 46-B2. Seventy miles of new lines will run in Comanche County and extend into Brown County. Brandt has worked as an A.E.A. inspector on several projects recently.
The Gustine School board re elected the entire faculty this week. Teachers named include Homer Miller Gwendlyn Walker Leona Edmonston Nadine Eargle Worth Earele Mary Pogue BE. V. Mc Carty Dorothy Couch Cleone White Mrs. Swope D. A. Swope and Gayle Adams.
J B McDonald died at his parents home near Gustine on March 28 after five years of illness. He had endured two months bedridden and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gustine. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs B W McDonald and brothers and sisters.
Harris Lane announces his candidacy for Justice of Peace in Precinct No 1 in the regular announcements column. A native of the county he was born in the Newburg area, son of the late R R Lane, with 30 years in Board Church and two years in Comanche, now a farmers gin worker and bookkeeper. He has reared a large family of married children and seeks the office with confidence in qualifications.
Carroll Black, previously Cotton Belt agent at Comanche, is appointed commercial agent for the Cotton Belt lines with headquarters in Waco.
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