County Trustees Meet On Rural School Plans Tomorrow
County superintendent TH L Gantz says at least 100 trustees from common school districts will attend a med conference at the grammar school building tomorrow. A state education official will speak. topics include guiding teacher hiring, rural school classification, and promoting the educational program.
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Med
TH. L. Gantz
State Department of Education
Gantz
Department
President County Board
H. L. Gantz
H. IL. Gantz
Comanche County Trustees to Meet in Comanche Tomorrow
The Comanche county school trustees will convene in Comanche to discuss educational problems and ideas to improve common schools. The community welcomes trustees teachers and school children to the Comanche County Fair on the first of November.
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HE County
Comanche
Comanche County
Descendants of W. O. Coker Hold Reunion
Descendants of Rev and Mrs. M. O. Coker met at Indian Creek camp grounds with about 300 present, including 115 Coker descendants. The group formed an association to make the event annual, electing J. A. Jones president Miss Bessie Jones secretary Dec Stewart treasurer and naming an executive committee.
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M. O. Coker
Indian Creek
Church and Tabernacle
Coker
J. A. Jones
Bessie Jones
Dec Stewart
Jim Bowman
Dave Coker, Jr
J. M. Holcomb
R. L. Bowman
Six murders lead to execution in Waco Texas
Roy Mitchell was executed for the January murder of Mrs. Ethel Denecamp. The trap dropped at 11 02 and Mitchell died at 11 24. He uttered take me home then good bye everybody. The report also notes a Comanche county M O Coker centennial reunion with many descendants attending and speakers detailing his early service and county offices.
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Waco
Texas
Roy Mitchell
Ethel Denecamp
Mitchell
De Leon Youth Stabbed in Fight Over Slur
In De Leon on Tuesday night a knife attack left 17 year old Bill Denby critically wounded with a long abdominal gash and severed intestines. Naubry Gentry, 17, is jailed in Comanche on a $1500 bond after the melee sparked by alleged improper language toward the wife of confectioner Numa Young. Denby, a widowed mother’s sole support, remained alive at a German hospital with possible recovery reported later. Gentry claimed a frame up and said he fought to escape with several others surrounding him. Sheriff Marshall and Deputy Edwards rushed to the scene.
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Denby
German
Dendy
Marshall
Young Gentry
de Leon
Gentry
Legion for Development of Better Americans
Indianapolis report on Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, outlining a national educational program to foster a higher type of citizen beyond hyphenism and biology. He cites wide public approval of Legion policies, support for disabled veterans, immigration holiday opposition to radicals, and a universal draft concept. He notes Legionnaires hold offices and political influence across states.
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Indianapolis
Alvin Owsley
The
American Legion
Owsley
Legion
Citizens of America
America
Ruhr
United States
Congress
Former Texas A. and M. President Milner Dies at 70
Henderson Texas July 30 Colonel Robert Teague Milner former president of A M College of Texas and a representative in the twentieth twenty first and twenty second Texas legislatures died today at his home after a long illness. He recently was brought from Galveston hospital.
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Henderson
Texas
Robert Teague Milner
A. & M. College of Texas
Milner
Galveston Hospital
Eastland gathering draws Billy Stewart and Blanket locals
Billy Stewart gathered with residents of Eastland and several from Blanket and nearby areas for a local event. The attendance shows community ties across nearby towns.
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Billy Stewart
Eastland
Comanche Melon Growers Ship First Car of Season
The Comanche Melon Growers Association loaded its first car of watermelons for the season supervised by Frank Cunnizharee. Melons weighed about 30 pounds on average with some up to 40 pounds. Shipment to Texas Farm Bureau Melon Growers Exchange in Dallas was valued near 26 dollars per ton.
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Texas Farm Bureau
Comanche
St. Paul
Minn
Comanche County
United States
T:hat
Comanche Association
Gustine
Proctor
Arm Fracture After Bettis Gibbs Auto Collision
Mrs Emma Marshall employed at Bettis Gibbs store suffered a broken arm with a serious elbow fracture when two cars collided on East Main Street Monday evening. Other occupants escaped injury. Miss Leona Gibbs and Mr Finkelstein of De Leon drove opposite. Gibbs swerved left as Finkelstein veered, causing the wreck.
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Eima Marshall
Bettis & Gibbs
East Main Street
George Montgomery
Leona Gibbs
Finkelstein
de Leon
City Marshall warns against sweeping papers onto square
J Is. Arthur the City Marshal urges business firms to refrain from sweeping door and sidewalk litter onto the public square. An ordinance bans the practice and all citizens are asked to help enforce it. 49c
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J. Is. Arthur
City Marshall
Prayer meetings draw growing attendance at Methodist tabernacle
An unusual interest is shown in union prayer meetings at the Methodist tabernacle every Wednesday night. Attendance exceeded fifty last week despite the hot summer. Services involve Presbyterian, Christian, and Methodist churches with laymen leading encuentros each week.
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Methodist Tabernacle
Eggs and poultry shipments surge from Comanche
G W Jes sup reports Frisco lines moving fifteen cars of eggs and nine cars of Moe poultry from Comanche since January. Each egg car holds 400 cases at 80 dozen per case, poultry weighs about 18 000 pounds per car. Additional shipments run on Cotton Belt and by express or truck to De Leon and other points. Cream shipments reach about 350 cans per month.
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G. W. Jessup
Frisco
Comanche
Moe
Cotton Belt
Express
de Leon
Trinity Quartet to Sing at Presbyterian Church August 10
Amusement lovers and music devotees of Comanche will hear the Trinity University Male Quartet at the Presbyterian church next Friday night August 10. No admission. a free will offering to defray expenses. The program lasts about an hour with quartet numbers solos duets piano readings and a short play. The group recently toured south and east Texas drawing large crowds including 1200 in San Marcos and four programs in San Antonio. They are on a West Texas NM tour with over forty towns to visit before school opens. The cool Presbyterian church is expected to attract a large crowd.
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Comanche
Trinity Unniversity
Presbyterian Church
Suburban Clerk Kills Four Foot Rattlesnake
District Clerk John H. Reese killed a four foot rattlesnake at his suburban home last Saturday afternoon. Seven rattles were counted after the slaying, and the incident was described as a routine reptile removal.
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John H. Reese
Grapevine on McCrary Farm Yields Big Grape Juice
A mustang grape vine planted years ago by Sid Rowe on the Leon river bottom is now on J. M. McCrary’s farm. This year the vine yielded 35 gallons of thick juice, which when diluted would make 400 gallons for serving.
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Leon River
Sid Rowe
J. M. McCrary
Large Crowd Attends Sacred Harp Singing at Hebron
Several hundred people gathered at Hebron for a Sacred Harp singing last Sunday. Attendees came from Hamilton, Prath and other counties, enjoying a sunny day and communal music.
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Hebron
Hamilton
Prath
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W. D. Jenkins
W. R. Slider
L. B. Russell
A. ©. Coker
William Green
Winfield Wagner
James Albin
Dana Bates
Manson
Elizabeth Coker
Legion For Development OF
Texas A. & M
Sandy Land Cotton Ships
Comanche Melon Growers
Sociation
Cunnin Zhar
Asso
Jupe Pluvius
Comanche Noy
Emma Marshall
Lael
Trinity Quartet
Mccrary
Klingman
Central Christian Church
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