Landowners to vote on new soil district in Comanche
County Agent N. E. Scudder explains a December 14 vote by landowners in northeastern Comanche County on joining parts of Erath and Eastland Counties to form a Soil and Water Conservation District. The plan covers lands drained by the North Leon River and its tributaries with polling at Comanche De Leon Proctor Sidney Beattie and Duster during regular hours.
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NEW Soil Conservation District
N. E. Scudder
Comanche County
Erath
Eastland
Leon
Dublin and
Gustine
Santa Fe
City of
Comanche
Sidney Independent School District
Beattie
School House
Sabana Creek
Eastland County
de Leon
Proctor
Sidney
Duster
Christmas Shopping Edition Next Week
The Comanche Chief announces a Christmas Shopping Edition next week with extra copies to reach every county family. Subscriptions welcome. non-subscribers can request a sample copy. Local firms encouraged to place holiday advertisements highlighting merchandise. Stores are stocked with holiday goods and varied value offers.
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Comanche
Gustine Gridders Battle Italy For District Title
Gustine High School Tigers meet Italy for the District 21-B 22-B title in Waxahachie Friday night. Gustine seeks a perfect season as Italy up 327 points to 25 against opponents. Coach D A Swope relies on Fred Delmasso and Merida Barnett to spark the attack.
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Waxahachie
Gustine High School Tigers
Italy
D. A. Swope
Tigers
Fred Delmasso
Merida Barnett
Tiger
Comanche High School Honor Roll Students Named
The Comanche High School honor roll for the second six weeks lists all A seniors Billie Black Mattie Lou Layman Emma Louise McDonald. juniors John Manning Arthur Velda Burdette Annie Belle Goosby Joan Jenkins Ruth Marshall Mary Katherine Ory Bernice Rushing. sophomores David Compton Cleve B. Denny Thelma Hasley Lois Ann Lam Bobbie Perkins Nadine Stone Bobby Joyce Tubbs. freshmen Doyle Burdette June Cunningham Weldon Lacy Irma Lee McPherson Ruth Adele Moore Roger Welles. Also named are those not making below a B in seniors Nina Beaty Virginia Boyd Myrlen Brinson Jo Briscoe Dena Cox Charlotte Durham Peggy Durham Bernard Edwards Marie Hicks Glenn Hicks Dorothy Kemp Ruth McCorkle Billie J. McGuire Natalea McKinzie J B Moody Dalton Perkins Robert Skinner Helen Syder Elaine Wagoner Nanza Yantis Juniors Jerrelldine Coker Dolph Spinks Yerbenia Thorpe Sophomores Dorothy Armstrong Patsy Ruth Bumpas Billy Charles Flippo James Gill Christine Godfrey Mary Ruth Hicks Denny Jackson Wanda Jones Billa Jane Shankle Freshmen J C Fails Ruby Layman LaVerne Spears Stanford Taylor Louise Welch Moody Johnson.
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Comanche High School
Virgil Chaffin
Billie Black
Mattie Lou Layman
Emma Louise McDonald
John Manning Arthur
Velda Jean Burdette
Annie Belle Goosby
Joan Jenkins
Ruth Marshall
Mary Katherine Ory
Berynice Rushing
David Compton
Cleve B. Denny
Thelma J. Hasley
Lois Ann Lam
Bobbie A. Perkins
Nadine Stone
Bobby Joyce Tubbs
Doyle Burdette
June Cunningham
Weldon Lacy
Irma Lee McPherson
Ruth Adele Moore
Roger B. Welles
Nina Beaty
Virginia Boyd
Myrlen Brinson
Jo Briscoe
Dena Lou Cox
Charlotte Durham
Peggy Durham
Bernard Edwards
Marie Hicks
Glenn Hicks
Dorothy Kemp
Ruth McCorkle
Billie J. McGuire
Natalea Mcc
Inzie
J. B. Moody
Dalton Perkins
Robert Skinner
Helen Sjider
Elaine Wagoner
Nanza Yantis
Jerrelldine Coker
Dalpha Spinks
Yerbenia Thorpe
Dorothy Armstrong
Patsy Ruth Bumpas
Billy Charles Flippo
James Gill
Christine Godfrey
Mary Ruth Hicks
Denny Jackson
Wanda Jones
Billa Jane Shankle
J. C. Fails
Ruby Layman
la Verne Spears
Stanford Taylor
Louise Welch
Moody Johnson
Comanche Grammar School Honor Roll Listed
Comanche Grammar School released the second six weeks honor roll in two divisions. First Honor Roll includes Lavera Purvis Vanceil Briscoe Bobby Marshall Betty L Willis Dorothy Payne and others. Second Honor Roll names Lillie Pearl Stone Sara Shepard Edwina Duke Herman Rains Willie P Rushing Maurine Warren and more.
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Comanche Grammar School
B. G. Combs
Lavera Purvis
Vanceil Briscoe
Bobby Marshall
Betty L. Willis
Dorothy Payne
Dorothy Spiver
Jan Franks
Betty Stewart
Ina B. Burks
Patsy F. Jenkins
Laura J. Johnston
Jessie M. Bear
Sara McCarrol
Peggy Edmonson
Bobbye Jean Carpenter
Lillie Pearl Stone
Sara
Joyce Willis
J. C. Morphew
Eloise Marshall
Willie Ripley
Mary B. Kinsey
Joyce Stark
Virginia Ligon
Daylene Gillette
Wanda Wilhelm
Dixie Evans
Marvin Brooks
Gemetha Gilliam
Marilyn Wilhelm
Wayne May
Nitza McKinzie
Bobbie Murphree
Frankie Ray Wall
Thieves Loot Dudley Drug Store for 200 Dollars
The Sutton Dudley Drug Store was burglarized early Thursday last week and about 200 dollars in cash was taken. Thieves pried the front door, forced the safe knob, and escaped with the money. A separate break in at Service Drug Store failed due to an alarm. Sheriff Wid Spivey is leading the investigation with several crews.
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Sutton Dudley
Dudley
Wid Spivey
Waldo Swindle Killed in Early Morning Crash Near Comanche
A seven mile west of Comanche collision on Highway 10 killed Waldo Swindle 29 a Creamer community farmer en route to Camp Bowie Brownwood. Mor rison Ewing drove a Fort Worth oil truck and survived with minor injuries to others. Swindle survived by wife and three children. funeral held Friday at Indian Gap with Rev. Gordon Barrett officiating.
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Comanche
Waldo Swindle
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Swindle
Fort Worth
Ed Swindle
Tater Hill Mountain
Indian Gap
Gordon Barrett
Grand Chancellor of K P Lodge Visits Here
E. Fred Meek Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Texas spoke at the Comanche lodge on Tuesday. He makes his home in Tyler.
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K-P Lodge
E. Fred Meek
Knights of Pythias Lodge of Texas
Comanche
Mr. Meek
Tyler
Dutch Meyer To Speak At Lions Banquet For Comanche
Texas Christian University coach Dutch Meyer will headline the Comanche Lions Club banquet next Thursday honoring the Comanche High School football team. Meyer notes TCU’s Sugar Bowl titles, a national crown, and a Southwest Conference title in five years and plans to share football clips. Charlies Marshall says Meyer will bring motion picture equipment for the squad and Lions members. Eighteen Comanche lettermen for 1940 were named by Coach Glenn Frazier and John Dyer, with seven returning next season. Co captains were Thomas Marshall and Toby Davis.
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Leo
Dutch) Meyer
Texas Christian University
Lions Club
Comanche
Meyer
Horned Frogs
TCU
Sammy Baugh
Devy O’brien
Charlies Marshall
Comanche Lions Club
Lions
Glenn Frazier
John Dyer
A. J. Coker
Thomas Mershall
John David Milton
J. L. Albin
Billie Munroe
Bernard Edwards
Donald Spears
Lertis Ritchie
Weldon Edwards
Roger Loudermilk
Hubert Koff
Roy Rains
Gene Carter
Jackie Laughlin
Garland Bear
Toby Davis
George Ollie Fletcher
Coker
Munroe
Spears
W. Edwards
Koff
Carter
Thomas Marshall
Basketball Tourney Underway At Hasse High
Hasse High hosts a multi school basketball tournament with ten girls teams and eight boys teams. The event runs through Friday and Saturday with finals expected Saturday night. Participating schools include Beattie Lamkin Proctor Priddy Sidney Fairie Oliver Springs Duster De Leon and Hasse. Lamkin and De Leon enter only girls teams.
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Hasse
Hasse High School
Beattie
Lamkin
Proctor
Priddy
Sidney
Fairie
Oliver Springs
Duster
de Leon
Services Sunday at St Matthews Church
Services will be held at St Matthews Episcopal Church Sunday night at 7 30 o clock according to church officials.
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ST. Matthews Church
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Night prowler attacks Comanche High senior
The 18 year old Thelma Ruth Graham was assaulted by a prowler after he tried to enter the Harris home. Cleo Graham heard the disturbance and the sisters summoned help as deputies tracked foot prints near the ball park. Thelma Ruth remains in bed with bruises and shock.
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Thelma Ruth Graham
John Harris
Miss Graham
Cleo Graham
Thelma Ruth
Wid Spivey
Spivey
Second Arrest Made In Couch Murder Case
A second man faces indictment in the J. D. Couch death near Gustine. Clifford Brook, 20, was arrested in Claremore and held for Comanche County on murder charges tied to the August 16 slaying. Brook, who previously served time at McAlester, waived extradi tion. Frank Barton, 19, already indicted for murder, remains jailed while awaiting trial.
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J. D. Couch
Gustine
Claremore
Oklahoma
Clifford Brook
Comanche
Brook
Couch
Wid Spivey
Spivey
Siloam Springs
Arkansas
Siloam
Young Brook
McAlester
Okla
Bill Allen
Frank Barton
Barton
AAA Committee Election At Boxes Sets Next Friday
Noted explorer Rev. Roy E. Curtis of Brownwood Texas will lecture at Comanche High School Auditorium Tuesday night Dec. 10 at 7 30 under the Junior Class auspices. Curtis aided the Will Rogers Wiley Post Memorial Expedition that erected Barrow Alaska memorial in 1938 and arrives with a Eskimo sledge dog puppy gift from Barrow missionaries.
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Roy E. Curtis
Brownwood
Texas
Barrow
Alaska
Curtis
Comanche
Comanche High School
Arctic Explorer Lecture Promises Insightful Evening
The Comanche High School Junior Class will host Rev. Roy E. Curtis of Brownwood Texas for a Tuesday night lecture at the school auditorium. Curtis co directed the 1988 Pan Dora expedition that built a 12 foot memorial at Barrow Alaska honoring Will Rogers and Wiley Post with motion pictures and curios. Curtis will discuss Arctic adventures and bring Eskimo artifacts to the Lions Club luncheon following the talk.
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Comanche
Roy E. Curtis
Brownwood
Texas
James V. Allred
Barrow
Alaska
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Arctic
Curtis
Oklahoma
Kansas
Pacific
Bering
Wallakpa Lagoon
America
Lions Club
Postal receipts rise ten percent from 1939 to 1940
Local Post Office receipts for January through November 1940 total $15,123.22, up from $13,813.33 in the same period of 1939. Postmaster J. R. Eanes reports a $1,309.89 increase, representing a ten percent rise for the year.
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J. R. Eanes
Grammar School PTA Meets December 12
The Parent Teachers Association of Comanche Grammar School will meet Thursday evening December 12 at 7 30. Officials urge everyone to be present.
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Parent-Teachers Association of
The
Comanche Grammar School
Hoffs Attend Texas A and M Game in Austin
Mr and Mrs John E Hoff attended the Texas A and M game in Austin on Thursday.
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John E. Hoff
Texas A. & M
Austin
County AAA delegates named at December meetings
Whit Sides urges careful selection of county AAA leaders as six community meetings on December 13 elect delegates and alternates to the county convention. The meetings cover Comanche Over Coleman's, De Leon City Hall, Gustine School, Sidney School, Sipe Springs School and Proctor School.
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AAA
Comanche County
Whit Sides
ACA
Threeman
Sides
Comanche
Coleman
de Leon
Gustine
Sidney
Sipe Springs
Proctor
Quartet Singing Convention Tonight at Mt Pleasant
The Comanche County Quartet Singing Convention will be held at Mount Pleasant tonight. Organizers expect a large crowd and urge singers to arrive early with song books.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Graham Couple Announce Birth of Son in Comanche
Mr and Mrs Jake Graham of Comanche announce the birth of a son on November 27. The infant weighs eight and a half pounds.
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Mrs. Graham
Jake Graham
Comanche
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gustine Gridders
By Worth Eargle
Comanche Highchool
Leo R
Dutch Meyer
Lions Grid
Grammar School
PTA
J. W. Roberson, Jr
County
ACA Committee
NEW Majestic Theatre
Maggie
Wendy Barrie
John Hubbard
Don
Red
Barry -In
Frontier Vengeance
Jane Withers
Annie
Marjorie Rambeau
Alan Hale
Robert Taylor
Norma Shearer
OLD Majestic
Barry —_in
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