Judge Declares Property Rights Sacred and Crimes Must Stop
Northwest Comanche reports a booming building period with paving on West Seventh Street. Judge R B Cross urges grand jury to enforce the penal code, condemns theft and burglary, notes only one murder in Comanche County, and assigns duties, oath guidance, and jury foreman J T Edmondson. Divorce and debt cases resolved include Ragland, Elliff, Essary, Caraway, Bryan, and Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Cross
Grand Jury
Comanche County
Cross
Texas
J. T. Edmondson
de Leon
Charles Hoffman
J. D. Narry
Joe Gaines
A. P. Cox
Viola Ragland
C. R. Ragland
Ida Elliff
J. E. Eliff
J. C. Essary
Lorie Essary
Co. WM. Caraway, Jr
Vera Caraway
Vera Hancock
W. H. Bryan
Zesta Bryan
R. A. McCulley
W. S. Porter
L. H. Brown
Tilda Brown
Ivin E. Jeffrey
Minnie Lea Jeffrey
N. R. Shelton
Dennison Peanut Company
F. L. Terrill
Bonnie Irvin
B. Gregory
C. A. Palatre
D. B. Short
N. G. Short
Comanche Dominates District Meet with Top Firsts
Comanche county students led in the district literary contests with 14 places, including 6 firsts, followed by Brown and Coleman. The district events at Howard Payne College crowned winners, who advance to the Region 1 meet in Abilene on April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Payne College
Brown
Coleman
Comanche
Mason
McCulloch
Mills
San Saba
Hamilton
Howard Payne Park
Howard Payne Courts
Comanche County
Brown County
College
Abilene
Comanche Indians Top Priddy Team 20 to 8
The Comanche Indian baseball team defeated Priddy here 20 to 8 to stay undefeated in the New Deal League. They travel to Dublin Sunday to face the league’s Dublin squad in the next game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IANS
Priddy
Dublin
Dublin Sun
Drone in a hive provokes sting warning
A concise note warns that a drone in a hive increases the risk of stings for workers and visitors. The advisory stresses caution around apiaries and emphasizes protective measures.
Firemen Ball Planned for Monday Night at Comanche
Elaborate preparations are underway for a Firemens Ball to be held in the Arch Adams building on West Main Street North between Brightman's and the Clarence Biggs buildings. The Musical Brownies of Fort Worth have been contracted to furnish music. The floor is being sanded and interior decorated for the dance. No invitations are being sent out as the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Arch Adams
West Main Street
Brightman’s
Clarence Biggs
Brownies of
Fort Worth
R. V. Leslie to Head The Downing School
R V Leslie, principal of Cotton Grove School, is elected principal of the Downing School for the next session. Miss Faye Stewart of Sidney is elected as intermediate teacher. Miss Opal Mae Howard of De Leon is re elected as teacher of the Buffalo School and the board transfers both pupils and teacher to Downing School for next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Leslie
Cotton Grove School
Downing School
Faye Stewart
Sidney
Opal Mae Howard
de Leon
Buffalo School
Hasse High School Play The Blue Bag Tonight
Eleven students from Hasse High School Senior Junior and Sophomore classes perform a three act farce comedy The Blue Bag at Hasse Friday evening April 24. The listed cast includes Anton McDonald Earnest McNutt George Reynolds Thomas Haynes Chattamooga Elviria Livermore Billy Louise Swearengin Cindy Macklyn Martha Cathey Obadiah Macklyn Morris L Kight Allen Ross Clifton Greenlee Enid Lanton Opal Cathey Jim Keefer Emery Rogers Molly Keefer Odessa Norwood Bill Harrington Gen Perdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasse High School
Hasse
Anton McDonald
Earnest McNutt
George Reynolds
Thomas Haynes
Chattamooga
Elviria Livermore
Billy Louise Swearengin
Cindy Macklyn
Martha Cathey
Obadiah Macklyn
Morris L. Kight
Allen Ross
Clifton Greenlee
Enid Lanton
Opal Cathey
Jim Keefer
Emery Rogers
Molly Keefer
Odessa Norwood
Bill Harrington
Gen Perdue
Miss Elizabeth Tate to Receive CSA Degree in Denton
Miss Elizabeth Tate daughter of Mrs. George W. Tate of Comanche will receive a degree from the Texas State College for Women in Denton in June. She has excelled in dramatics and appeared in the Senior play. She was elected a member of the Pi Epsilon Delta Chapter of the National Collegiate Players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Tate
George W. Tate
Comanche
Texas State College For Women
CSA
Denton
Tate
Pi Epsilon Delta
National Colleg
Fortune Again Heads Proctor School in Reelection
R L Fortune has been re elected as head of the Proctor School for another term after three years in the post. Mrs Fortune is re elected as a teacher alongside colleagues Jesse Purvis W J Bush Aliie King Eunice Latimer and Grace Nichols. The school closed a successful term about two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Fortune
Proctor School
Fortune
Blanket
Procto
Bluff Dale
Jesse E. Purvis
W. J. Bush
Aliie King
Eunice Latimer
Grace Nichols
Townsend Plan speaker to address court house crowd
L. H. Creamer announces a Townsend Plan speech by M. O. Harper from Oklahoma at the Court House Monday night April 27 at 8 PM. The note urges all residents to attend, including supporters and critics, to hear the state speaker and learn about the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
L. H. Creamer
M. O. Harper
Oklahoma
Texas
Townsend
Townsend Plan
Kiddos in Guessing Contest at Waismans Store
Sammy Waisman proprietor of Waisman’s Department Store announced a guessing contest at the store at nine o’clock Saturday morning for the kids. Two pairs of Keds will be given away and a Keds Hand Book of Sports will be offered as souvenirs. A photo of the children present will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Waisman
Waisman
McAnnally Chosen Principal for Van Dyke School
L. B. McAn nally, current principal of the Wilson School, is elected principal of the Van Dyke School for next session. Mrs. Garnet Froh and Miss Opal Thomas are re elected as teachers in the Van Dyke School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. McAnnalley
Wilson School
van Dyke School
Garnet Froh
Opal Thomas
Comanche ISD Census Shows Record Student Roster
The Comanche Independent School District reports 715 students ages 6 to 17, up 35 from last year’s 678. Superintendent J. D. Bramlette notes several names already added to the supplementary roll, with growth indicating a thriving district and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Independent
G. Allen Lee
J. D. Bramlette
Dr Power Honored on 90th Birthday in Brownwood
Rev. John Power LL D rector emeritus of St. John's Episcopal Church Brownwood celebrated his 90th birthday with a reception at the Parish House hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary. Attendees included longtime friends and civic leaders as well as faculty and students from Daniel Baker College. Power, born April 16 1846 in England, served Brownwood 30 years as rector and has taught history at Daniel Baker since. the event followed a chapel tribute at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
District Court
J. H. Arnold
Gib Callaway
Jack Cunningham
Eriff
W. D. Carroll
B. W. McKenzie
Jennings
E. Palmer
J. H. Goosby
B. Bowden
A. C Martin
M. B. Anderson
M. J.sparks
M. B. White
R. T. Jones
Errest Bolton
J. A. Thomps
Coman
Fort Worth
Comanche County
R. F. Loway
J. B. Layne
Ola Cunningham
C. Cathey
A. R. Jarrett
Oldie Smith
John Power
St. Matthews
J. A. Holeman
R. Eanes
W. H. Carort
Comancheith
New Oney
Brown- Bulletin
A. L. J0mas
Wallace Agner
Comanche Baptist Church
Merton Harris
Harris
Bill Burton
Amelia Scott
Hill Huhn
Wyly
Weldon Mills
Wilson Fielder
Baptist News
Comanche
Sveral
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Brownwood
Woman's Auxiliary
Episcopal Church
Power
Brownwood Episcopal Church
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood Bulletin
Civic Enterprises
St. John’s College
York
England
United States
New York
Nebraska
Brown County
Jones Heads Local School Board Faculty Is Chosen
Co man che Public Schools re elected H R Jones as president and R W Brannon as secretary at Tuesday night’s board meeting. New faculty members listed and approved subject to superintendent assignment. Harmon Howard’s election delayed for city understanding and salary adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Board of Trustees of
Comanche Public Schools
H. R. Jones
R. W. Brannon
Walter Durham
E. E. McNatt
Hilburn Arthur
Joe Marshall
C. C Hampton
J. D. Bramiette
Ter
Darious Brown
Vera Beene
Sarah Burton
Alban Bettis
Hattie Brightman
Ola Cunningham
Minnie Cunningham
Gaynelle Cauley
W. Z. Compton
Nobia Dunn
Glenn Frazier
Berta Goodson
Susan Gilmore
Cordin Lindsey
Agnes Graham
Jim E. Reese
Martha Wetzel
Jewel Werner
Harmon Howard
Bramlette
Fleming Oak Receives New Life In Texas Centennial Year
The old live oak near the square’s southwest corner, known as the Fleming Oak, gains a three foot stone wall and soil bed by the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Bob Cox plans to donate a marble inscribed slab. The tree, now around eighty two years old, has deep local lore dating to 1854 and Confederate era stories linked to Uncle Mart Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. V
Uncle Mart) Fleming
Comanche
Mr. Fleming
South Texas
Matt
Sidney FFA Boys to Compete In Contest
Three judging teams from Sidney High FFA depart Sunday April 26 for College Station to compete in the Smith Hughes contest against hundreds of Texas FFA boys in dairy cattle poultry and field crops with J B Cooper as chaperone. Team members include Thurston La Roque Theron Steele Lansing Pinkard Elwood Boyd Basil Allen J A Cox G H Hillin Wayne Merritt Myles Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Sidney High
College Station
Texas Ffa
Smith-Hughes
J. B. Cooper
Thurston la Roque
Theron Steele
Lansing Pinkard
Elwood Boyd
Basil Allen
J. A. Cox
G. H. Hillin
Wayne Merritt
Myles Franklin
Pensions Fund Expected To Reach 3 To 5 Million
Orville S. Carpenter of the Texas Old Age Pension Assistance Committee reported that by July 1 the pension fund should total between 3 million and 5 million dollars. The current balance is just over 2 million, with about 30 days needed to estimate eligibility. Twenty district offices are processing relief roll applications first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville S. Carpenter
Texas Old Age Pension Assistance Committee
Carpenter
Notice to Jurors Excused for April 27 District Court
Petit jurors summoned for service in the District Court for Monday April 27 are excused. No cases are set for that week. Jurors need not appear. R. B. Cross District Judge. Ben Wilhelm Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
R. B. Cross
Ben Wilhelm
Bradford Called as Pastor of Coggin Avenue Church
A unanimous call extended to Rev. J. M. Bradford, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dublin, to become pastor of Coggin Avenue Baptist Church at Brownwood following a congregational meeting Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bradford
Coggin Ave
Coggin Avenue Baptist Church
Brownwood
First Baptist Church of
Dublin
Business Men to Name Watchman in Comanche
Philip Dimgus resigns as nightwatchman after two years, effective May. A mass meeting of business men funding the salary is set for April 28 at 7:30 in the District Courtroom to elect a replacement. Candidates filed include Elmer Little A J Blevins T D Masters Sam A Boatman R E Doggett W E Kerley H E Mitchell and K M Mewborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Dimgus
Comanche
Elmer Little
A. J. Blevins
T. D. Masters
Sam A. Boatman
R. E. Doggett
W. E. Kerley
H. E. Mitchell, and
K. M. Mewborn
Hornberg to Head The Beattie School
Prof. Hornberg, head of the Shiloh School in Erath County, is elected superintendent of the Beattie School succeeding Vandergriff who did not seek re election. L. S. Williams is re elected principal with Mrs. Williams as teacher. other teachers include Hubert Kelley Jewel Halbrooks and Grady Green. Beattie School closes a successful term today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornberg
Shiloh
Erath County
Beattie School
Vandergriff
L. S. Wiliams
Williams
Hubert Kelley
Jewel Halbrooks
Grady Green
Comanche Prepares for Centennial Beautification
Comanche residents join a Home Beautification Contest as a committee of ladies works to improve properties along highways. Efforts include moss-stone fencing around the Fleming Oak and shrubbery near the square. City council offers reduced water rates to encourage lawn and flower care for the Centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
United States
Dallas
Texas
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Northwest
Northwest Comanche
W. D. Jenkins
West Seventh Street
J. B. Tatum
N. N. Durham
T. J. Williams
Herbert Goodson
J. W. Carter, Jr
J. F. Tate
Goodson
Iate
Kiddos
Waismans
L. B. McAnnally
van Dyke Plan
Mart Sherrill
Uncle Mart
M. V. Fleming
Sidney Ffa
Beattie
John Wayne
Ann Harding
Herbert Marshall
Miriam Hopkins
Joe McCrea
Francis Lederer
Francis Dee
Claudette Colbert and
Fred Mac Murray
Ritz Theater
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