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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1935
Page
4
Reliable man wanted to call on farmers in Comanche County for steady work with good pay. No experience or capital needed. Write McNess Co. Dept. S Freenort Illinois.
The National Safety Council reports a sharp rise in drunken driving and more deaths and injuries due to alcohol and gasoline. A survey of 119 accidents found 60 percent involved alcohol, with as little as one ounce of whiskey affecting driving. Arrests for drunken driving also climbed 20 to 100 percent from the prior year.
An advertisement promotes quality cleaning and pressing with careful attention to delicate fabrics. It features contact by Howard Kilpatrick and notes special pricing for piecework and trace creaming per pair.
Belton dispatch reports 90 year old Jeff Hamilton, the last survivor of Houston’s slave group, has a stake in the 1986 Texas Centennial. He recalls serving General Sam Houston who bought him at age eight and thrashing him only once after he saved Nancy Elizabeth Houston from a dangerous horse.
Comanche Gustine Proctor Sid ney and De Leon home economic girls are expected to enter this year’s essay contest. Miss Benson received full details of a state wide and national contest sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Essays must cover meat topics with university scholarships as goals and national honors as the prize.
"Aunt Mary" Halbrooks celebrated her seventy eighth birthday Sunday at the Beattie home of her son H. S. Halbrooks with a noon dinner and an afternoon of singing. Fred Halbrooks preached at two o'clock as a large gathering of relatives and friends joined in the observance.
Local ad shows WILLIAMS offering feed priced at 1.50 per 100 pounds and Pure Ribbon Cane at 58 cents per gallon. Guaranteed Flour 48 pounds 1.65, Coffee 100 percent pure 19 cents per pound, Spuds 2 cents per pound, Kimble's Cream Meal 65 cents per pound, Full Headed Rice 25 cents per pound. Also promotes fertilizers and shoes for savings.
Rev. D. D. Tidwell notes that in 1872 the Comanche Baptist Church dissolved temporarily and united with the South Leon Newburg Church. Delegates to the Bosque River Baptist Association that year included F. H. Neely James Cunningham Janus K Berreteee. A district meeting at South Leon was planned with delegates R. D. Ross J. BR. Northcutt Round Grove and S. H. Powers Shiloh.
West Ward School P. T. A. meets Thursday February twenty first at 8 30 pm. Talk on the common cold by Mrs Richard Shelton and a talk on children’s future by Mrs Jack Moore plus a third grade China play. Attendance contest offers a pot plant prize. mothers urged to attend and boost their room.
The Mid-Texas Hereford Breeders Association holds its annual auction Monday February 18 at 1 o clock in Stephenville. Colonel Earl Gartem famed auctioneer directs the sale under Hal D. Hayes with 26 bulls and seven females offered, all choice bred and of high type. many leading cattlemen are members supporting the event.
On Monday evening the I O Q O F Rebekah Lodges held joint entertainment with Odd Fellows in America. Rev. M. S. Leaveridge spoke on Friendship Love and Truth at the Methodist Church. I M Vineyard performed with a Ververtette. Mercehl Horton Cecil Horton and T P Randall assisted by Mrs. Ammon played piano and the ladies served hot drinks and cake.
Draughon Training and Employment publishes a new booklet for young people aiming to improve education and secure entry level positions in business. The brochure explains how specialized business training boosts employability and outlines a proven plan to land a first job. Free postcard request available from Draughon’s Business Colleges in Dallas Wichita Falls Abilene or Lubbock Texas.
Miss Mary Holmes, a sophomore at Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, is on the honor roll for the semester ending January 23. She studies five subjects and earned two A grades and three B grades. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Y W Holmes of Comanche.
Measles in the community lead to two weeks of school dismissal in Soda Springs. Mrs. Reiffert Evans was carried to a Brownwood hospital Friday. Mrs. Claud Fisher and daughter Clara left for Snyder to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Beck and family visited A. N. Anderson at Suez. Jack Sledge spent the weekend with I. T. Sledge at Mercer Gap. Jack Vineyard and A. H. Gray with daughter Noma were in Brownwood Monday. J. M. Robertson and son visited Fisher County with ill Tom Cavitt.
A. L. Piper, long time fruit grower in the county, died at his Pecos home last week. He owned a 70 acre orchard and a potato curing plant near Downing. Interment was in Pecos. Survived by his widow and five children.
Emma Withers of Belmont, North Carolina says after a severe flu left her weak with no appetite, Milks Emulsion restored her digestion, appetite and strength within weeks. The ad touts a palatable solid emulsion, suitable for children, with a six bottle home trial guarantee.
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