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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1938
Page
8
A Patrons Day program will be held at Comyn School Friday with events from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. including a debate on unicameral legislature, shrub planting, class visits, a political candidates show, softball games, and a hardware store advertising section.
Sipe Springs and nearby towns report social visits as families from Overton Abilene Gorman and Comanche spent time with relatives. Mrs Arthur Littlefield joined her parents near Gorman while Mesdames Pittman Grizzell Dixon and Howard attended a Baptist Women's Missionary Society meeting in Comanche.
Local residents and visitors flocked to Comanche for Easter holidays with relatives in nearby towns. Notable arrivals included Johnson of Dallas and his son Don, along with Mrs. T. M. Rutherford in serious condition after a stroke. Numerous families from Brownwood, Stephenville, Hico, Winters and other towns enjoyed gatherings, while WMA District 16 hosted a Coleman event and Atwood's Hatchery promoted egg hatching services.
The document outlines Insured Mortgage Plan options for residential construction and loans. It covers Title II Section 203 grants for single family, duplexes, and up to four units with up to 90 percent loans and various term lengths. It also details combination loans for high value properties, existing construction loans, and large loans from 10,000 to 16,000 with specific insurance premiums and terms.
Brownwood City Council voted unanimously to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance repealing the parking meter ordinance. Gib Callaway, attorney for meter distributors McCammon & Thomas, announced the company may enforce its contract with the city for meter operation for 120 days, ending around July 1.
Soda Springs School will hold seventh grade graduation Thursday night in the school. A noon stew and a Friday night play are planned with a three act community production Aunt Samantha Rules The Roost. Principal Cyril Irby and his wife were re elected as teachers. board members include Lee Matthews M L Geye and W D Chapman.
The Sabano (New Hope) School board re elected Marshall Auten as principal and Miss Virginia Howard as primary teacher. Trustees are Gilder Chapp Ed Thornton and John Dupriest. Sabano is a nine months standard school located two and a half miles south of De Leon.
A local dress shop promotes a children's collection with prices described as very reasonable. Each dress is praised as increasingly prettier than the last to entice buyers seeking outfits for daughters.
Lamkin School dominated the Comane County Interscholastic Long Meet winning the literacup all round cup and the track and field banner with 319 points. Representing the district are John Weld Stevens Alda Stephens R B White Ali Lawson Neville Hamilton and Tamil's Neville Hamilton. Lamkin voters also approved bonds for a gymnasium and trustees D S Miller and Paul Hampton were elected. The district plans the gym construction and Lamkin students prepare plays for the remaining school term.
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