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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1936

Page

5

Williams Prices Offer Bargains on Staples and Seed

C F Williams advertises guaranteed flour at 1.48 for 3 12 pound packages coffee at 50 cents Mrs Tucker’s 8 pound bucket 1 15 best grade dried apples 13c 5 gallon coal oil 40c large bars OK soap 25c and seed offerings including Black Diamond Watermelon seed 75c per pound plus recleaned millet seed red top cane seed maize hegari and chicken seed. He invites barter trading merchandise for yellow corn and 15c eggs. Attend Firemen Benefit Dance Monday Night April 27.

Tucker C. F. Williams

Judge Joiner Dies at 72 After Long District Judge Service

Plainview reports Judge R. C. Joiner age 72 died Friday of pneumonia. He served thirteen years as Sixty Fourth Judicial District judge, first appointed 1915, defeated 1927, elected again 1934. He practiced law, was a Populist leader, and lived in Comanche and Abilene before moving to Plainview.

Plainview R. C. Joiner Sixty-Fourth Judicial District Joiner L. S. Kinder Charlies Clements Clements T. D. Webb Canning Comanche Abilene

Miss Tate Elected to College Society

Miss Eliz abeth Tate of Comanche became a charter member of Pi Epsilon Delta, 29th chapter of the National Collegiate Players, at Texas State College for Women after installation of the organization. She is daughter of Mrs. G W Tate and active in dramatic presentations and Betsy Ross Literary Society. The orange note follows as a non sequitur.

Denton Elizabeth Tate Comanche Pi Epsilon Delta National Collegiate Players Texas State College For Women CSA Tate G. W. Tate Betsy Ross Literary Society

Card of Thanks for Mrs. J. H. Tate’s death

The family of Mrs. J. H. Tate expresses gratitude for kindness shown during her illness and after her death and burial. They acknowledge sympathy, floral offerings, and support from neighbors and friends. J. H. Tate and children.

J. H. Tate

Comanche Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Travels

Residents and visitors are listed in a social roundup with Mrs Coman Shear and child visiting Missouri relatives, McMurry student Marvin Smith returning home, and many weekend trips to De Leon Fort Worth Wichita Falls Austin Waco and Abilene.

Coman Shear Missouri T. J. Williams Marvin Smith McMurry College Abilene George Smith C. C. Coker Wade Kendrick de Leon J. D. Fonville C. G. Ribbens Fort Worth Hattie Brightman Austin C. F. Silvas Georges Clarke Corpus Grady Newsome San Antonio Pate Fagan San Saba Odell Atwood Comanche Tom F. Reese Dallas Cioda Wyche Mary E. Jones James Wilkerson Tarieton J. MM. Marsnail Howard Payne Walter Wagnon Muleshoe James Frank Thomas Fowler Jayton W. D. Jen- Knebb Jenkins Plainview Courtney of Dubin J. Bb. Merchant Marshall Tarcroft Jo Wyche M.s. Carter Ruth Lester J. E. Morris Womans Missionary Society Killsboro J. A. Gaye California L. KE. Blackette San Predato Charles Carter Morarland Jesse W. Emert Baby Wallas W. P. Duckett Sherman Lee Signor Z. Oswalt C. Ll Clair Whitten Abillene C. P St Clair

Tipton Latched Life Sentence for Prison Guard Murder

Reese Tipton received life imprisonment for the murder of Virgil Welch at Eastham State Prison Farm on May 10, 1935. The jury also recommended no parole or pardon. Tipton, said to be ring leader of a prison break, was serving prior life terms and had escaped with others recaptured.

Tipton McCulloch County Comanche District Court Pink Milton

How to Qualify For Soil Conserving Pay

Farmers may qualify for government soil conserving payments by shifting up to 35 percent of base cotton acreage to soil improving crops, with limits by crop. For corn and grain sorghum no payments unless produced beyond home needs. The program aims to help farmers adopt sound farming while maintaining income. Hitler comment appears as a separate note about his listening to the German people.

N. E. Scudder Texas Scudder

De Leon Trader C A Kiker Dies At Comanche Home

Charles A. Kiker longtime De Leon resident and former Higginbothams dry goods head died at 5 p m Monday April 13 at Dr C W Ory home in Comanche after three months illness He was born near Dublin married there and had one daughter Bernice Funeral services were at De Leon Methodist Church with Rev J B Curry and Rev R G Percival presiding, burial in Dublin cemetery.

Charles A. Kiker de Leon Inlaw C. W. Ory Comanche Dr. Ory Mr. Kiker Higginbothams Dublin Kiker Green’s Creek Bernice de Leon Methodist Church J. B. Curry Cisco Methodist Church R. G. Percival

Belton Man May Retire Governor Bid Says Georgetown Sun

The Georgetown Sun reports Roy Sanderford of Belton may retire his gubernatorial run. The paper also predicts Ma Ferguson will again be a candidate, shaping the 1930s Texas political scene.

Roy Sanderford Belton Georgetown Sun Ma Ferguson

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Kremel Libby Elie Williams Hollywood Hose Mrs. Shelton Vera Mae Edmondson Kilpatrick’s Electric Shoe Shop Miss Tate Pittsburgh Flormide Kilpatrick Atlantic Bond Hitler Rertintes United Plantfood lIncreases Jook Couch’s Beauty Shop Marshall's C. A. Kiker Top and Body Shop AND Etsiencu. Bros. & Co eSee Ee
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