Delegation for Experiment Station at Ras A. M. College
A large Erath Comanche delegation appeared at Ras A. M. College to discuss the Sandy Land Experiment Station to be established in this Texas region. Members from Erath, Comanche, and nearby counties urged site options including a Highway 10 location twelve miles north of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erath-Comanche Delon
Ras A. & M. College
Texas
Erath County
W. E. Weavohn
H. Smith
Ross R. Wolfe Seryman
Stephenville
Brown County
Brownwood Chain of Commerce
W. P. Haulk
Myrtis Robbins
John Culer
T. W. Williford
Fremanche County
Hilton Burss
Frank Howington
Z. Compton
Comanche
Ralph Moser
Nty
N. E. Scudder
Edi
J. C. Wilkerson
Cogher
Pecan
Pinson Ilton Burks
Dhe
Comce
Erath Coun
Urks
Anche County
Iks
Eastland
Callahan
Comanchero
Burks
Ame
Brownwood
Chester Harrison
Comanche County
Highway 10
County Book Audit Underway Led by Ian C Phillips
An extensive audit of Coman County records is being conducted under the direction of Ian C Phillips a certified public accountant from Waco. Clyde M Mace Berry Edemeyer Jarrett Hervey and Jer Cunningham have assisted for two weeks and the team will submit findings to the Commissioners for approval when complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian C. Phillips
Waco
Coman
Iillips
Clyde M. Mace
Berry Edemeyer
Jarrett Hervey
Jer J. Cunningham
Phillips
Local notices hint at Texas frontier life and political talk
A mixed frontier era notice mentions a prospectors find near Comanche and a desert Mexico homestead with cryptic directions. It notes H Rowand & Co opening a store selling drugs shoes and notions in a building once occupied by Chilton. It reports ex governor Lanham death in Weatherford and J R Helmsley cashing in after attending the Democratic National Convention. It mentions W D Jenkins residence addition and Governor Campbell plans to pursue San Jacinto battle ground. Myrtle Payne Ruby Grain and Mary Lee return from Fort Worth Polytechnic normal. Taft to visit Texas for speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Hell
Texas
H. Rowand & Co
Chilton Others
Lanham
Weatherford
Ek J. R. Helmsley
1St National Bank
Denver
Yan
W. D. Jenkins
T. M. Campbell
Sanpinto
Myrtle Payne
Ruby Grain
Mary Lee
Fort Worth
Polytechnic Ge
Taft
Twenty Motor Law Violations Filed In Wetzel Court
Twenty cases filed since August 15 in Justice George C. Wetzel's court allege motor law violations. Fines and costs range from 14.50 to 40.00 dollars for offenses including speeding without rear or clearance lights, operating without railroad permits, no registration receipt, overloading, and driving without front lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Wetzel
M. E. Flores
V. Pointer, Jr
Alva Ledbetter
Clye Beeman
J. O. West
Edward Layton
J. B. Skinner
Tommie Burleson
Mrs Kilpatrick Opens Piano Studio September 1
Mrs Howard Kilpatrick will start a piano studio September 1 at her home near the high school. She has taught there for years and produced pupils such as Frances Evelyn Durham who has gained state wide renown in concert and radio programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kilpatrick
Aged Women Win Life Subscriptions to Comanche Chief
Mrs. Hulda A. Cox age 92 years 3 months 3 days won a life time subscription for the oldest person to register at the Comanche Chief office. Mrs. K R Little 92 years 16 days was second oldest and also won a life time subscription. Mrs. Mattie Chambers 93 attended the reunion but address unknown for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda A. Cox
W. C. Cox
Comanche County
K. R. Little
Comanche
Leverett Little
Mattie Chambers
Local Athletes Leave for Colleges From Comanche High
Eleven former Comanche High School athletes depart within ten days to continue football and other sports at Daniel Baker Howard Payne A and I Southwest Texas Drake University and more. Key players include Tom Cox Pug McMillen Melvin Bear Nig Robertson Hollis Isham Todd Switzer Aubrey Wilhelm Q Caulley Egbert Pate and returning lettermen from Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche High Schol
Daniel Baker
Texas A. & I
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Howard Payne
Drake University
Tom Cox
San Marcos
Pug McMillen
Melvin Bear
Nig Robertson
Todd Switzer
Des Moines
Iowa
Switzer
Missouri
Chillicothe Business College
Soda Springs School Opens September 4
The Soda Springs School will open Monday morning September 4 with Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Irby as teachers. They plan to standardize the system to a nine month term this year, as last year was eight months. Forty four students are taught by the Irbys through the seventh grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soda Springs
Cyril Irby
Irby
First 139 Peanuts Marketed Here Bring $1.00 Per Bushel
Luther Sledge sold the first 139 bushels of peanuts this year to the Durham Pe can and Peanut Company at $1.00 per bushel. Walter Durham notes rain and acreage push Comanche County to lead in peanut production while pecan yields remain mixed with native crops poor but budded trees promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Pecan and Peanut Company
Luther Sledge
Comanche
Durham
Sledge
Walter Durham
Comanche County
Charlie Denny
Mr. Durham
More Than 5000 at Old Settlers Reunion in Lake Banes
More than five thousand people from Texas and beyond attended the Thirty-Second Old Settlers and Ex-Soldiers Reunion at Lake Banes on Aug 17. The event featured visits to the Old Cora Court House museum, honors for elderly pioneers, speeches by A B Dabney and local officials, and prize events including fiddling contests and historic costume demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Old Settlers
Lake Banes
Cora Court House
Cora
Mattie Chambers
Hulda Cox
Sidney
K. R. Little
Comanche
A. B. Dabney
Zephyr
Brown County
Comanches
Brown Counties
W. D. Jenkins
Association
Walter Fritts
van Dyke
Jenkins
R. A. Luker
Fritts
Hilton Burks
O. V. Loudermilk
Downing
Joan Pogue
Newbury
D. E. Nabers
Saxe Eanes
M. Coleman
Santa Anna
Straley Alsup
Gustine
E. H. Youngblood
D. W. Weeks
Proctor
Mart Sherrill
J. C. Wilkerson
More Contributors To Old Corn Fund
A list of 43 contributors adds to the Old Corn Fund since the last report, bringing total donors to 186 from 186 to date. Named individuals include Jesse H. Harris, Mrs. Jesse J. Harris, Mrs. J. A. Rock, R. T. Stevens, and Judge R. S. McCharen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Corn Fund
Jesse H. Harris
Jesse J. Harris
J. A. Rock
R. T. Stevens
Bess Dunn
Ben H. Lee
John Pogue
Lee J. Drennan
E. B. Gamel
M. J. Wilson
Bill Bagley
McGinty
J. N Boyd
Taft Houston
D. Nabers
W. D. Jenkins
Robi Reed
C. W. Isham
A. E. Cook
J. R. Rushing Ben Keith
J. S. Heathington
J. W. Poyner
P. A. Pettit
Joel Nabers Estate
Mary C. Wallace
R. S. McCharen
Best Cotton Prospects In Lamkin Area
Paul Neel of the Neel Brothers firm says Lamkin is set for the best cotton crop in ten years after recent rains. He notes bending stalks, plentiful bolls, and inactive pests as signs of good prospects. Gustine reports similar improvements, while C F Denny predicts a small acreage with up to 2000 bales ginned despite drought near Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamkin
Paul Neel
Neel Brothers
Comanche
Neel
C. F. Denny
Denny
Baptist Men Plan Jubilee at Lake Brownwood
Lake Brownwood hosts a Baptist Brotherhood Jubilee August 28 and 29 with speakers including A Woods state superintendent and R A Springer Lawson H Cook and others. Program begins 6 30 p m Monday and runs through Tuesday night with Rev A Edwin Wilson and several laymen in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Woods
Baptist Brotherhood
A. Edwin Wilson
The
Comanche Baptist Church
Gustine Rodeo Set for Second Free Showdown
The Gustine Rodeo Association schedules a free rodeo for Saturday September 2 at 3 00 pm. Citizens of Gustine and nearby towns anticipate another amateur event with goat and calf roping bull dogging steer riding steer wrestling and wild cow milking. Officers include President O D Johnston First VP Wayne Adams Second VP A L MacDonald Secretary Treasurer Tom Zack Bolton and publicity chair Worth Eargle with D A Swope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustine Rodeo Association
Gustine
Worth Eargle
Eargle
O. D. Johnston
Wayne Adams
A. L. MacDonald
Tom Zack Bolton
D. A. Swope
Seventeen Women Dropped From County Sewing Room
Seventeen women from Comanche and De Leon were released this week under a new rule after 18 months of service. They may apply for reinstatement after 31 days, with some on a waiting list pending vacancies. No new workers have been assigned yet, per Miss Ethel Wilson. Some on the waiting list may begin work soon per press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
de Leon
Ethel Wilson
Waco
Daily Press
UT Student Probes Diesel Fuel With Smoke Meter
A University of Texas student creates a portable smoke meter to gauge diesel fuel efficiency by measuring exhaust smoke density, aiming to compare performance across fuels and engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Plans For Opening Of School Announced By Supt Compton
Two men were arrested and charged with burglary in Comanche County as the school district announced plans to open public schools on Monday September 4. Superintendent W Z Compton released details including high school and grade registration times and a list of faculty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Compton
Karl Knox
Comanche
Wid Spivey
Knox
Ed Roberts
Ory McDonald
Spivey
Durant
Oklahoma
W. D. Honea
Gustine
McDonald
Pattie Ruth King
Cr. G. Logan
Brownwood
Pat Howard
North Texas Teachers College
W. Z. Compton
Virgil Chaffin
Glenn Frazier
Minnie Cunningham
Hattie Brightman
W. H. Howard
Blanche Dabney
Jeanette Woods
Tom Joyce Easley
W. W. Logan
Ralph Moser
C. C. Klingman
Otho Barbee
R. H. McCarley
W. D. Jenkins
Vera Beene
Nobia Dunn
Vera Weoten
Marguerite
Prizes At Highway Meet Here On August 30
The U S Highway 67 Association will award 75 in prizes next Wednesday August 30 inviting 75 delegates from across the state and county attendees. A 25 prize plus 50 in Bowen Bus tickets will go to the best highway name submitted in advance to Charlie Cotton Chamber of Commerce Fort Worth. Hilton Burks secretary of the local Chamber and acting secretary of the Highway 67 Association oversees arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Highway 67 Association
Bowen
Charlie Cotton
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Presidio
Comanche
Hilton Burks
Old Settlers Thank Public For Service
The Old Settlers Reunion committee extends gratitude to all participants and helpers who made the reunion and picnic a success. Special thanks go to Piggly Wiggly for coffee, Community Public Service Co for ice water, Higginbotham Bros & Co for lumber, seat owners from the open air grounds, A. P. Burks and Bob Cox for hauling seats, Comanche Chief for programs, Methodist Church for the organ, ladies who lent dresses for a style show, the City traffic officers, and others who contributed in any way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piggly Wiggly
Community Public Service Company
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
A. P. Burks
Bob Cox
Methodist Church
Indians Open Grid Season Against Rising Star
Comanche High School Indians, defending district champions, open the 1939 football season Friday night September 15 at home against Rising Star in a non conference game. Next, Stephenville visits September 22 in another non league clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indians
Rising Star
Glenn Frazier
Comanche High School Indians
Rising
J. M. Marshall
Stephenville Eleven
Stephenvile
Gorman
Comanche
Coleman
Hamilton
Eastland
Hico
Cemetery Work at Board Church Event
A cemetery working will be held at Board Church on Saturday morning August 26. Everyone is urged to attend. Plenty of lemonade will be served. Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board Church
Fire destroys 170 acres of grass north of Comanche
Fire believed started by a careless smoker burned about 170 acres of grass on Dr. J. O. Lane ranch and adjoining Barrett land north of Comanche last Friday. Lane lost about 90 acres and Barrett 89. Comanche Fire Department with 15 firefighters responded and brought the blaze under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Lane
Comanche
Walter Barrett
Lane
Barrett
Seven From Here To Get Degrees Monday From Daniel Baker
Comanche County teachers will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises at Daniel Baker College in Brownwood Monday night August 28. Recipients include Mrs. Vervin Everitt Comanche Mrs. Robert Eaton Comanche Robert Snead Hasse C B Allison Cotton Grove Jewell Halbrooks Beattie Mrs Grace Nichols Comanche and Hubert Kelley Beattie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Vervin Everitt
Comanche
Robert Eaton
Robert Snead
Hasse
C. B. Allison
Cotton Grove
Jewell Halbrooks
Beattie
Grace Nichols
Hubert Kelley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Church
Amarillo
Lake Brownwood
L. A. Woods
Old Settlers Reunion Committee
Dublin
Barbee
Houston
San Antonio
New Majestic Theatre
Robert Young
Florence Rice
Zane Grey
Desert
Donald Woods
Evelyn Venable
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Gloria Stuart
Tony Martin
Lane Sisters
John Garfield
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