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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
8
A local notice invites drivers in Comanche to visit a service station for Geed Sinclair Gasoline. The brief ad emphasizes fueling up with the popular brand and mentions nearby cer service options.
Natalea McKinzie travels to Ozona on Friday to visit Johnnye Boyd, in a short personal trip.
The Fairview school will begin in September. Miss LaVelle Keith has been elected as primary teacher. It is her first year to teach but the college recommends her highly and her practice teaching was well above average.
Personal notice reports Mr and Mrs Elwyn Lane welcomed a daughter, Saundra Gaye, born August 5 at the German hospital. Visitors during the weekend included Mr and Mrs Herbert Fagan and daughter Katheryn, Mrs Alice Lee of Fort Worth, and Mrs Mary Hall of Rockport, who visited Mr and Mrs Pate Fagan and Mr and Mrs Eiland Fagan.
Pettit School will open September 8 with a hot lunch program and first class instruction. Mr Willis has served the Pettit community thirteen years, among the longest rural tenures. Miss Clodah Pettit will fill in for five years. Miss Odon arrives from Prarie Mills County to teach as intermediate instructor.
Robert M. Sills announces Lamkin School will begin September 8. Mr. and Mrs. Sills will teach this year marking their first Lamkin positions. They arrive from Montague County after teaching in Hamilton and Cook Counties.
Mrs Catherine Keith and Mrs Ray Keith with daughter Alma Jean and son George Ray, all of Wichita Falls, are visiting Mrs George W Tate and Misses Maude and Leve Roberson.
Five teachers are listed at the Hasse school including Robert Sneed as superintendent Paul Jones as principal Hattie Harris Ann Dry and Charlotte Miller as staff within the school system ready for the new term starting September 1.
Miss Thelma Barrett of Marshall spends vacation in Comanche with Rev and Mrs Gordon Barrett. Miss Frances Evelyn Durham returns from visits with friends and colleges at Overton and Gonzales. Miss Mollie Jo Wells weekend in San Antonio.
Van Dyke School opens September 8 with Mrs. Froh as intermediate teacher. The affiliated elementary school continues the High School tradition through its program.
Mr and Mrs Bill Dudney spent the week end in Waco and attended the Lee Hicks reunion with Mr and Mrs Willis Steward of Houston. Clarence Keith and Pvt Bill Gassham of Fort Sam Houston spent the weekend visiting Miss Marie Nell Grigsby and Natalou McKinzie.
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