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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1936
Page
8
The State Health Department cautions against tuberculosis and stresses personal responsibility. It notes infection spreads through repeated contact, urges protection of infants, removal of contact cases, and prompt professional advice if symptoms arise to reduce deaths. Officials say the problem is largely personal, beyond official control.
Texas pasture specialist R. R. Lancaster urged improving pastures to cut livestock costs during a visit to Comanche County on January 17. He cited De Leon area farmer R. Nabors showing 17 grasses improving a three acre pasture to support 100 to 150 head yearly, with weed control and brush removal boosting turf and profits.
Newburg Miss Jecia Simpson sent the in San Angelo. T. C. Graves spent the week end in Dallas. Keith Lane Jr of Carlsbad NM has been visiting his Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gandy and childcer of Loo Angeles have been visiting his sister, Mrs Lula Gandy. Several roads in this commun iny are under construction. Rev Frinna of st Payne sets his re A play The Wild Oats Boy be presented at the High cool Saturday night. Charac ter Lucille Gandy Walling ham Velcha Keating Dorothy a Harris. Mar o drel Ander Weldon Vines.
Comyn High School with 142 students applies for Class A classification in county league events. The district reports strong basketball results with girls earning medals at Carbon and Rising Star tournaments, and team success at Roby and West Texas meets. Superintendent Culpepper touts the home economics department as among the state’s best.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Nelson longtime Beatty area resident died February 2 at her daughter’s home in Fort Worth after a brief illness. Funeral services were held February 4 in De Leon with burial in De Leon cemetery. Born January 30 1855 in Saline County Arkansas she married G W Nelson and had twelve children. Surviving children include M H Nelson Votore W M Nelson S L Nelson and more with several grandchildren. She joined the Missionary Baptist Church in 1892 and remained active in faith all her life.
A Chicago hospital may imitate Russian practice by draining blood from accidentally killed prisoners and storing it for transfusion. The blood would stay usable for three to four weeks.
A student left college due to poor eyesight after a misunderstanding led Veer to mistake the Dean of Women for a coed. The incident underscores campus misperceptions and the social friction that followed.
A meeting reviewed John Burton's calf creep feeding method. Benefits include quicker market readiness, higher gains, and efficient feed use. Speakers described self feeders, trench silos, and practical results from Texas experiments. Also noted are local livestock options and a Woodmen Circle obituary for Mrs. Etta Davidson.
Fairview residents hosted relatives with Carl McNutt and Jay McNutt visiting Coleman. Brownwood and Downing Loudermilk relatives visited Houston Lowthermilk and family. Dallas guests included Bob Walker and D T Reed Jr. Mrs. Henry Johnson saw her ill sister-in-law in Van Dyke. A proverb notes that a person pays for what he says when angry.
The Santa Fe seeks to acquire a West Texas line to shorten routes to Lubbock and San Angelo and then to the Pacific coast. The move promises faster mail and freight, new steel and rebuilt beds, and revised schedules once service begins. Officials expect the change to offset truck competition and boost livestock and freight traffic.
State Health Department warns of poisoned ground meat and illegal preservatives after inspections show offenders fined and prosecuted. Eight inspectors monitor food and drug establishments to remove unfit items and ensure proper labeling and sanitary conditions.
Mrs Henry Kemp widow of the local Texas Power and Light manager died in a Brownwood hospital after a illness that began as a cold and developed pneumonia. Funeral services were at the family home with Rev Charles H Cole and Rev A Edwin Wilen officiating, burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Born in Comanche on April 8 1889 she married Henry Kemp December 28 1907 and leaves three daughters a son in law and grandchildren, plus her mother and three sisters. Her church and community roles, including years as a loyal Clark for the TVerran Power and Light Company, are noted.
Mrs. T. J. Collins 80 a Comanche resident for 31 years died at her daughter's Fort Worth home February 11 after an injury from a fall. She was buried in a Fort Worth cemetery beside her son Arthur, with son Claude and others attending. A Baptist Church member since childhood, she and her husband moved from Texas communities before settling in Comanche.
Dan Hurt of Elm Grove was in Brownwood Thursday. Mrs. J. L. Woolsey and son from Taylor visited Mr and Mrs. Hurt over the weekend.
Ki Patrick Hardware Store offers 22 piece dinner ware sets in two new designs at 8.45 dollars per set. Only 12 sets available at this price.
Senator Connally voted to sustain the President and Senator Sheppard voted to override his veto on the bonus question. Both lawmakers acted in the Senate, shaping the outcome of a key entitlement measure.
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