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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1939
Page
10
Comptroller George Sheppard explains changes effective September 1 1939 affecting gasoline tax refunds. Buyers must prove fuel came from licensed dealers and dealers must be licensed banners invoices numbered kept two year records and refunds require proper exemption documents issued at delivery.
Dallas August 3 The Texas Breeder-Feeder Association will ensure wide attendance at the largest livestock show in the South at the State Fair of Texas October 7 to 22 Harry L Seay president says the American Hereford Association moved its 1939 show from Kansas City to Dallas making the event one of the biggest Hereford displays in America.
Mrs. J. H. McEntire of Cotton Grove brought to The Chief a dozen Hale peaches averaging three quarters of a round with nearly perfect shape and very few flaws. Avery Moore of the Downing section sold two bushels of Hale peaches in Comanche Tuesday to Lewis Bowers, drawing favorable comment.
Gilmore Durham a Comanche grocery firm member wed Miss Nina Beth Terrell a Comanche Grammar School teacher in Eastland on Sunday. The bride's parents reside in DeLeon and Durham is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Durham of Comanche. The couple had not yet returned from a wedding trip when reports reached Comanche.
One of Texas largest peach shows, The Texas Peach and Fruit Show, will be held at City Park Stephenville on August 16. Sponsored by Erath County nurserymen and Stephenville Chamber of Commerce, registration opens 9 a.m. at the Recreation Building. Fruit growers from across Texas are expected.
Dallas Morning News reports bay rum consumed as a beverage has grown into a police concern. Officers say about 10 percent of jailed drunks are bay rum addicts, showing effects akin to insanity and leaving users disheveled and incoherent. Bay rum, 61 percent alcohol with quinine, now sold widely at 17 cents a bottle, with no drug law regulating its sale.
Fort Worth reports Kenny Baker, top tenor in three major radio polls, headlines the second Casa Manana show this season. The act list includes Abe Lyman and his band, Trixie the juggler, the Gracella adagio dancers, and 70 Texas beauties with updated acts, costumes, and scenery for the Fort Worth engagement starting tonight.
J L Cockrell returns to Comanche after five week visit in California. He visited his sons Otho Sam and Cecil Cockrell in San Gabriel and Los Angeles. Mrs Cecil Cockrell came for a few weeks visit here and at Zephyr.
The Chief and the Semi-Weekly Farm News are offered together at a combined rate of one year for 1.50 dollars. This special deal targets readers seeking agricultural news and market insights from two established papers.
Miss Mary E Jones of Comanche is notified by McCall Publishing as a winner in Red Book magazine Our Readers Speak contest. She receives a five dollar prize and her winning letter will appear in the September Red Book issue.
Mrs J B Rudd plans to reopen her piano studio on September 1 after a summer in Raymondville Texas with her parents. Her studio will be near both schools and she concluded a summer class this week. About 1 800 000 needy elderly receive cash allowances under the Federal State old age assistance program. benefits depend on individual need and are not tied to old age insurance.
Mr and Mrs Herschel Reynolds of Kilgore visited her mother Mrs Nora Gordon recently, bringing familial greetings and updating kin on cabin plans.
State Game Warden notes new laws banning fishing from state maintained bridge structures after a recent legislative move aimed at reducing bridge accidents. It also marks a continuous open season for a new bird species and reports on quail-restocking efforts in Bexar County. The Social Security Board recommends amendments to extend survivors benefits to widows and orphans.
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lana Turner and Lynne Carver star in a Western film titled Breed of the Border shown on Tue Wed Thu 8 9 10. The program notes also reference Calling Dr Kildare with actor Lew Ayres.
The Game, Fish and Oyster Commission with the U S Soil Conservation Service and the U S Farm Administration tests a semi natural turkey enclosure near Bonham in Fannin County. Forty eight trapped Southwest Texas birds are released in a fifty acre tract with clipped wings. Hens have nested and juveniles are expected to fly the fence as they mature.
The report notes experiments to grow wild turkey populations in multiple state regions. If successful the program will extend to additional zones with suitable environments, aiming to support hunting and natural ecology.
Charley Lockhart the state treasurer paid a planned visit here this Wednesday, meeting with friends and longtime supporters. The Austin official, elected several years ago, has close ties in Comanche.
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