Higgs Declines State Highway Commission Post
In a signed statement published in the Texas Press Messenger Higgs of the Stephenville Empire-Tribune declines to be a candidate for the vacancy on the State Highway Commission. He cites South Texas and current representatives as deserving consideration and urges friends to support the governor’s chosen candidate. He notes no desire for public office and endorses any suitable citizen the governor submits.
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Texas Press Messenger
Dallee
R. F. Higgs
Stephenvile Empire-Tribune
Texas
Heart of Texas
Alfred
State Highway Commission
Texas Press
Harry Hines
John Woods
Highway Commission
South Texas
Seventh Grade to Present Christmas Operetta Next Thursday
The seventh grade at Comanche Grammar School will present a Christmas operetta at the grammar school auditorium next Thursday night. The Comanche orchestra will provide music and other features are planned. The operetta is expected to surpass last year’s show. A small admission fee will benefit the school activity fund.
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Comanche Grammar School
Grammar School
Comanche Orchestra
Lincoln's Bearded Pact with Grace Bedell and Campaign Touch
Grace Bedell an eleven year old from Westfield New York urged Abraham Lincoln to grow whiskers to win votes during the 1860 campaign. Lincoln replied October 19 1860 noting the lack of daughters and asking if whiskers would seem real. The letters are on display at the Lincoln Museum. Burns Transfer moves Cyril Robersons household goods to a Comanche residence advising bonded firms to avoid damage.
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Lincoln
Washington, D. C
Grace Bedell
Westfield
Chautauqua County
New York
Capital
Goodby
A. Lincoln
Lincoln Museum
Cyril Roberson
Burks Transfer and Storge Company
Cali Burks
Going To School Now Aint What It Used To Be
Revelations at the State Teachers Association Convention in Fort Worth describe the unit plan replacing old methods. Students work in groups at tables applying knowledge to real subjects like mining and the coffee industry, with reading called Language Arts. The system blends arithmetics into integrated lessons and uses microphones to monitor classrooms, aiming to modernize education.
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State Teachers’ Association
Fort Worth
Johnny
Redmen
Teachers College of
Columbia University
Abraham Lincoln
We will wrap and label your Christmas packages for mailing
Sutton Dudley Drugs offers free wrapping and labeling of Christmas parcels for mailing. The service emphasizes convenient gift preparation and holiday ease for customers.
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Sutton Dudley
Christmas Gifts Display at Sutton Dudley Drugs
In 1917 Texas state control of John Tarleton Agricultural College set the combined chemistry and physics equipment value at 435.55 dollars. The current inventory value of the chemistry department alone is calculated at 13,842 dollars.
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State of Texas
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Mrs John E Bonser Returns Home From Visit
Mrs John E Bonser has returned home after visiting her children in Brownwood and other places. She spent time with family and traveled for the holiday season.
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John E. Bonser
Brownwood
Comanche High School Honors 10 Percent Honor Roll List
Seventy students at Comanche High School made the second six week honor roll released by Supt. J. D. Bramlette. The list shows 22 percent of Seniors, 14 percent of Juniors, 33 percent of Sophomores, 28 percent of Freshmen, and 17 percent of the High Seventh grade, with named students across all classes.
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Comanche High School
Supt. J. D. Bramlette
Ellen Anthony
Rita Isham
Rebecca Isham
Ruth Kinsey
Virginia Lacy
Joy McPherson
Othyne Phillips
Mary Louise Rayborn
Pollyanna Speed
Ruth White
Harold Hoffman
Todd Switzer
Ted Durham
Lorraine Bear
Nina Huse
Elsie Prater
John Beaty
Johnnie Clark
Tom Cox, Jr
Eldred Jones
John Milton Robertson
Melvin Bear
Robert Eaton
Quinton Guthrie
Collier Pope
James Slider
Nellie Brown
Catherine Cauley
Joy Jean Eaton
Louise Gore
Wilma Hemphill
Patricia Howard
Eva Lee McCorkle
James Martin Aaron Masters
James T. Pate
Juanita Renfro
Eva Lee Roberson
Leona Swartz
Frances Williams
Jean Wilson
Bernard Edwards
Ernest Rambo
Lillie Lou May
Emma
Louise McDonald
Mary Frances Miller
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Higgs
Sidney St
W. H. Huett
Pat Tupin
New Higginbotham Block
Comanche, Texas
Hoffman’s
San Saba Star
Jim Johnson
Texas Oranges
Ge Food Stores
Sunnyfield
White House
Wisconsin
A&p
Iona
Hershey's Cocoa
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MR. D. Hall
Frisco Lines
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