Comanche County Livestock Group Forms for Unified Grow Plan
A meeting in Comanche gathered eighty to ninety cattle hogs and poultry interests to form a permanent county wide livestock organization. A provisional committee including M Caraway De Leon and J R Eanes drafted a constitution and planned a full county meeting to finalize the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Oisce
Punty
Comanche
M. Caraway
de Leon
R. E
Earl) Seay
A. H. Caraway
John Burton
Walter Barrett
E. C
Ernest) Seay
John Ogue
Sandy Glover
C. M. Caraway
J. R. Eanes
A. H
Dean
Comanche Couny
Comanche Band Sponsors Saturday Cake Walk and Concert
The Comanche High School Band will sponsor a cake walk Saturday at 3 o clock on the square. The band will give a free concert with plenty of home made cakes and music. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High School
City of No Regrets adopts Comanche slogan winner named
The Chamber of Commerce awarded Miss Lizzie Carwile a cash prize for the best slogan for Comanche now dubbed City of No Regrets. Local oil activity includes a fifty million cubic feet gasser at Coldenwell and a rich casing head gas at Cosden well. Captain Lindsey Brown, former local lawyer, seeks the Twelfth District Congress seat. Ferad Stock Co of Dallas begins a three month Comanche run. Wilson Abstract and Home Abstract and Title Co incorporate for 10000 dollars. War Department allows discharged soldiers to keep specified personal items including uniforms and gear. Mrs. Victor Booth hosted the ladies auxiliary and guests Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of No Regrets
Comanche
Chamber of Commerce
Lizzie Carwile
Colden
Cosden
Lindsey Brown
Congress
James C. Wilson
Ferad Stock Company
Dallas
Harry Simon
Wilson Abstract Company
Home Abstract and Title Company
War Department
Victor Booth
Baptist Revival Extends Into Second Week At Local Church
Rev. A Edwin Wilson announces the revival will continue through Sunday at the Baptist Church. Services occur twice daily with large crowds attending and many seeking membership. E S Fagan leads the singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Edwin Wilson
E.S. Fagan
Comanche Public School census shows growth to 802 students
Local counts for 1939 place Comanche Public School enrollment at 802, up from 751 last year. Mrs. Vervin Everett completed the county scholastic survey and figures will be filed with County Superintendent Dale Howard soon. If state per capita apportionment stays at 22 dollars, the Comanche Independent School District will receive 17,644 for 1939 40, up from 16,544 this term, a net rise of 1,100. Transfers push total enrollment beyond 1,000 for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Vervin Everett
Dale Howard
Comanche Independent
Four Year Quail Hunting Ban in Comanche County
Texas bill authored by Rep. Frank Howington declares a four year closed season on pheasants blue quail and bobwhite in Comanche County. Violation carries a misdemeanor with fines from twenty to two hundred dollars and the act takes effect upon passage due to emergency provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howington
Comanche
Comanche County
House
Senate
State of
Texas
Walter Loudermilk Dies At Downing
Walter Loudermilk, 176, longtime merchant at Downing and prominent county resident, died suddenly at his Downing home. Funeral services were tentatively planned for Thursday afternoon at Downing.
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Walter Loudermilk
Downing
Organizing Meeting Planned for Central Texas Chamber
A meeting is set in Waco today at 10 o clock to organize a Central Texas Chamber of Commerce. Delegation led by Hilton Burks, secretary of the local chamber, will attend. Key figures H L Stewart and J R Eanes helped draft today’s program after a Monday precall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Central Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hilton Burks
Chamber of Commerce
Burks
H. L. Stewart
Pension law gains eligibility as clause removed
Representative Frank Howington announced in Comanche that the pension bill eliminates the clause denying pensions to elderly with high earning children or family funds. The change could add about 30,000 retirees to Texas rolls, including roughly fifty in Comanche County, with the law taking effect 90 days after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howington
Comanche
Howington
House
Senate
Texas
Comanche County
Twenty Youths Of Comanche County Sent To CCC Camp
Twenty youths from Comanche County were sent to CCC camps on April 5 with 21 additional applicants placed on a waiting list. Nine came from WPA families, four from the FSA group, one from Old Age Assistance, and six from eligible families not now receiving aid. The list includes Mason Byron Barcroft and 19 others: Arthur Neal Bryson, Mack Olan Carson, Franklin Carlisle, Denver Lee Durham, Melvin Dale Edwards, Garland Stanley Fair, Edward Norris Gilder, Ralph Gilliam, Allen Wayne Gregory, Francis Ray Guill, George Edward Hatley, Fred Alexander Hunter, David Euell Isham, Harold Kenneth Kuhn, Charles Orville Mathews, Carer Adolphus Parsons, Glenn Newton Robertson, Travis Luther Stagner, Gerald Gwene Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Comanche County
WPA
FSA
Mason Byron Barcroft
Arthur Neal Bryson
Mack Olan Carson
Franklin Carlisle
Denver Lee Durham
Melvin Dale Edwards
Garland Stanley Fair
Edward Norris Gilder
Ralph Gilliam
Allen Wayne Gregory
Free Canning Demonstration At Higginbothams
Miss Lois Thompson, home economist for Ball Brothers Glass, will give a free canning demonstration at Higginbothams & Co in the hardware department at two o clock Friday afternoon April 21. The first demonstration was held yesterday afternoon and shows correct economical methods for preserving meats fruits and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Thompson
Ball Brothers Glass Company
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Higginbotham
Cemetery Work at Siloam April 28
A cemetery work day is planned Friday April 28 at Siloam. Volunteers are urged to attend. Committee notes all interested parties should come ready to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siloam
Kilpatrick Returns Home From South America
Oscar Kilpatrick son of W W Kilpatrick came to Comanche for a three month vacation from Columbia where he is an executive in a South American gold mine. He notes the rainy season lasts about three months and he plans to return to Columbia around July first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kilpatrick
W. W. Kilpatrick
Comanche
Columbia
South America
Mr. Kilpatrick
Weatherford College Students Host Free Sunday Program at Methodist Church
Weatherford College students present a 7 45 pm program at the local Methodist Church. The program includes a prelude, congregational song, readings, solos by Frances Hitt and Jane Milliken, a boys choir, violin solo by Louise Mund, and a medley of hymns. Director is Mrs. Knox Childress with accompanists Ray Haney and Virginia Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford College
Jane Milliken
There's
Green Hill
Frances Hitt
Goa
Dickson Boys Choir
Louise Mund
Handel
Mrs. Knox Childress
Ray Haney
Virginia Pearson
Six WPA Workers Cut From Comanche County Rolls
W. W. Stevens of Hamilton area engineer for the Works Progress Administration says six men were dropped from the Comanche County WPA roll. The national directive requires reductions. the six counties in the area lost 93 workers in total, with Coryell 50 Mills 13 Erath 6 and Hamilton 18 among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
W. W. Stevens
Hamilton
Works Progress Administration
Stevens
Washington, D. C
Coryell County
Mills
Erath
Lowest bidders named for Star Rural mail routes
Jim Lacy of Comanche and Ernest Nelm of Comanche were notified this week by U S Post Office officials that their bids are the lowest for the Sidney Sipe Springs and Gustine star routes. No appointments yet, but the lowest bidders are usually hired. current carriers are W E McKeever on Sidney Sipe Springs and B C Holden on Gustine. The Democrat Star Route bid remains unreleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lacy
Comanche
Ernest Nels
United States Post Office
Sidney-Sipe Springs
Mr. Lacy
W. E. McKeever
Ernest Nelm
B. C. Holden
Indian Burial Ground Found Near Comanche
An old Indian burial ground is reported near Comanche by W. H. Hart. Four miles north of Comanche Fred Ellis unearthed three skulls and skeletal remains while plowing the Ellis field. Skulls lay atop a clay formation beneath a foot of sand. A nearby search recovered a bow twenty arrows and a grinding rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
W. H
Bill) Hart
Hart
Fred Ellis
Ellis Field
Harts Erect New Home On Farm Near Comanche
A four room bungalow nearing completion on the W. H. Hart farm four miles north of Comanche. Mr and Mrs Hart plan to move into the new residence upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HARTS
W. H
Bill) Hart
Comanche
Election Judges Named for 1939-40 in Court List
The Commissioners Court selected election officers for 1939-40 with the first name in each precinct serving as presiding officer. Listings cover Comanche No. 1 and 2, Hasse, Soda Springs, Dingler, Gustine, Fleming, Energy, Macksville, Hazel Dell, Wilson, Proctor, Comyn, De Leon No. 15, Downing, Duster, Rucker, Sipe Springs, Shrum, Bibb, Sidney, Whitville, Mercer Gap, Brushy Gap, Newburg, Indian Mountain, Roberson Springs, Suez, Van Dyke, Gap, and De Leon No. 33 with paired officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Comanche No. 1
A. S. Harris
S. W. Switzer
Comanche No. 2
Ed Sanders
Hasse
H. Snead
C. C. Craig
Soda Springs
W. D. Chapman
J. L. Woolsey
Dingler
M. R. Stanton
Flair Northcutt
Gustine
Paris Isham
J. S. Stripling
Fleming
Eric Seay
Homer Lockridge
Don Miller
Jim Baskin
Macksville
P. T. Couch
N. W. Hayes
Hazel Dell
D. G. Haggard
R. M. Alexander
Wilson
L. W. Fine
Frank Roberson
Proctor
H. Gaines
de Leon
W. G. Barker
Mose Blitch
Downing
H. L. Beaty
W H. Loudermilk
Duster
Ed Foote
A. L. Jenkins
Rucker
Lige Grisham
W S. Allgood
Sipe Springs
Earl Morris
Ed Milwee
Shrum
O. H. Stephens
H. R. Smith
Bibb
T. C. Summers
Tom Armstrong
Sidney
R. L. Weaver
Ed Andress
Aaron Reed
van Dyke
Roger Smith
Walter Grigsby
Gap
J. A. Rogers
Reed. de Leon
D. C. (Dalt) Gilder
Sid Brumbelow
New Residence Erected for Mr and Mrs Jacobs
Mr and Mrs J C Jacobs are having a new four room frame residence built on West Main Street South. They recently purchased the lot from Mrs Jesse Huse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Jacobs
West Main Street
Jesse Huse
Grand Jury In Session As Court Handles Civil Docket
Comanche County District Court begins spring term with grand jury in session and civil docket work. Foreman H L Beaty and members list include Sam Lewis, J W Moore, Carlton Route 1, Herman Jones and others. Bailiffs appointed to support court activities. Multiple divorce and custody cases filed or resolved this week with dismissals, settlements, or judgments for plaintiffs. Over 200 headed to a free barbecue at the opening bridge ceremony nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
H. L. Beaty
Downing
R. B. Cross
Sam Lewiscrat
J. W. Moore
Carlton
Route 1
Herman Jones
Comanche
C. W. Pittman
Rucker
Earl
Morris
Live Springs
J. B. Lynch
Whitville
Jewel Cox
Energy
A. H. Caraway
Comyn
J. D. Gardner
de Leon
Lon Evers
Seattle
J. W. Carter
H. 8. Halbrooks
George Matthews
Grady Howell
Lee May
Carroll Magners
Juanita Breck
D. M. Breck
Julia Roberts
W. W. Roberts
Sipe Springs School
B. Ray McCorkle
Opal Brownlee
Bud Brownlee
Retta Lowe
Edgar Leon Lowe
Ada Houck
Carl Houck
Proctor Farmer Plans Large Melon Planting Again
Proctor farmer Buster McDonald, a decade in watermelon raising, will plant over fifty acres in melons this year. He already set 25 acres for early market and plans another 25 to 30 acres around May. McDonald reports no complete failures in ten years and up to 40 dollars per acre, selling most watermelons to West Texas, Fort Worth, and Dallas truckers, exclusively growing the Black Diamond variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster McDonald
Proctor
McDonald
Play to Be Given At Soda Springs
A three act comedy titled When A Woman Decides will be presented in Soda Springs tonight by community adults with no admission fee. International evening and local talent highlight the event as a solo community performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soda Springs
Van Dyke and Downing Win Class C Playground Ball Titles
The Van Dyke boys beat Trinity in the Class C finals with Pettit finishing third. The Downing girls defeated Van Dyke in the finals with Pettit again placing third in the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dyke
Downing
Trinity
Pettit
School Bonds Vote Passed In Proctor District
In the Proctor School District election held last Saturday, voters approved bonds totaling 7050 to match a WPA grant for improving school property. The plan converts the old building into a new structure housing a gymnasium auditorium and three classrooms with 61 votes for and 11 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Brownwood Officers Arrest Man on Mortgage Property Charge
Edward Cahill was arrested Friday afternoon by Brownwood officers Chester Avincer and Howard Becker on a charge of removing and disposing of mortgaged property. He is held to await grand jury action after being charged in justice court with removing an International truck from Texas and selling it to Dudley Motor Company of Lajara, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cahill
Brownwood
Chester Avincer
Howard Becker
Cahill
Justice Court
Texas
S. L. Walters
Dudley Motor Company
Lajara
Colorado
Horace Geyer to Teach at Sabano School
Tarieton College student Horace Geyer elected teacher for Sabano School next term. Miss Virginia Howard re elected primary teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Geyer
Sabano School
Horace Geye
Tarieton College
Virginia Howard
New Pastor John Donaho Takes Oak Lawn Church Post
Rev. John W. Donaho formerly of Mineola will serve as pastor of the Oak Lawn Methodist Church in Dallas. He and his wife and children will move this week so he can preach his first sermon at his new pulpit Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donaho
Oak Lawn Church
Dallas
John W. Donaho
O. H. Donaho
Comanche
First Methodist Church of
Mineola
Oak Lawn Methodist Church
Donaho
Dee Burleson Elected Head of Van Dyke School
Dee Burleson to lead Van Dyke School next term after being head chosen. He currently teaches at Trinity. Other elected teachers include Mrs Garnet Froh and Miss Opa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Burleson
van Dyke
van Dyke School
Burleson
Trinity
Garnet Froh
Opa Thomas
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Chopin
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Hkee
Comanche Co
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New Bridge
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Goldthwaite
San Saba
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Coke Stevenson
Annie Coleman
Freet M. Coleman
Christine Penson Watson
Ll. A. Watson
Modelie Ragan
T. G. Ragan
F. & M. Bank
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Lillian Heftin
J. W. Turpin
Opal Turpin
Deward Burke
J. W. Wallace
A. J. Sparks
Carson Evans
R. S. Carret al
W. L. Connell
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Irvin Thomas
New Majestic
George O’brien
den Ameche
Rits Brothers
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King OF the Underworld
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