Former Comanche teacher becomes instructor among the Indians
Vera Wooten, ex Co co Grammar School teacher, resigned at Christmas to take a civil service post with the United States Department of the Interior as an instructor at the San Carlos Apache Indian School. She describes her new work as intriguing yet very different from her Texas teaching, sharing insights on Apache life, customs, food, housing, and dances in a letter from San Carlos Arizona.
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Vera Wooten
Coco
Ted States Department of the Terror
Kent Indian School
San Carlos
Arizona
Ariz
U. S
Mass
Newak
Neb
Kentucky
Calif. Inn
New Mexico
South
Texas
Exas
Davis Couple Honored on Forty Seventh Anniversary
Children of Mr and Mrs Will Davis gathered at their home Sunday to celebrate their forty seventh wedding anniversary. Visits included Mrs Rudie Loggins of Peacock and Mr and Mrs J W Adams with son of Abilene. Charlotte Preston from De Leon stayed with grandmother Mrs Maud Grissom. Jock McGinnis and family from Electra spent the weekend with mothers Mrs W J McGinnis and Mrs Maud Grissom.
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Will Davis
Rudie Loggins
Peacock
J. W. Adams
Abilene
C. B. Garner
Charlotte Preston
de Leon
Maud Grissom
Jock McGinnis
Electra
W. J. McGinnis
Shrike Displays Unusual Hunting T behavior with Cardinal Load
Two State Game managers observed a shrike, known as the butcher bird, impaling prey on thorns and placing items in forks for future use. A biologist noted a shrike carrying a female cardinal as large as itself, staying within three feet of the ground due to the heavy load.
American Legion Backs Eight-Point War Posture Defense
The National Legionnaire publishes the American Legion eight point program urging adequate national defense and neutrality involved in European wars. It calls for universal service, non intervention, and opposition to participation, aiming for lasting peace and honest neutrality though conditions may change.
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American Legion
National Legionnaire
Foreign Relations Committee
National Executive Committee
Congress
United States
Life Sketch of J W Collins
James Walter Collins born July 9 1889 in this county died February 11 after sudden paralysis. Funeral at Gartmans View Church with Rev J K Warkentine and others officiating. Survived by widow Grace Brinson and three children Garden 21 Bonnie Belle 15 Fay died in infancy. Collins taught in county schools over twenty years then farmed near Indian Creek. He leaves two brothers two sisters and many relatives.
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James Walter Collins
J. R. Collins
Gartman’s View Church
J. K. Warkentine
First Freewill Baptist Church of
Fort Worth
J. C. Hodges
T. N. Carter
Grace Brinson
Garland
Bonnie Belle
Fay
Missionary Baptist Church
Free Will Baptist Church
Christ
Young Peoples
Bibb
Elm Grove
Democrat
Cotton Grove
Buffalo
Fairview
Downing
Cross Roads
Indian Creek
R. D. Collins
Winters
H. A. Collins
Comanche
A. M. Beaty
Abilene
J. D. Beaty
J. C. L. Brinson
Comanche Chief Semi-Weekly Offer Opens
The Comanche Chief announces a special subscription rate offering one year for $1.50 and a second year for the same price, inviting readers to subscribe through local agents and the post office.
Marshall Among 50 Arriving for San Marcos Football Drill
Tommy Marshall of Comanche joins 50 players reporting to Coach J B Cheaney at Southwest Texas State Teachers College San Marcos for spring football training. The junior earned a varsity letter last year and is expected to help in the backfield next season. In high school he won all district honors twice and captained his team. Cheaney aims to improve the 1948 Bobcats over the 1939 edition.
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Marshall
San Marcos
Tommy Marshall
Comanche
J. B. Cheaney
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Mar
Cheaney
Bobcats
Doctors Warn Against Coughs That Pound Resistance
A medical warning notes that coughs from colds weaken immunity and risk serious illness. The text mentions Men tho Mulsion, a long used treatment mix claimed to clear nasal congestion and expel phlegm, and advertises consulting a druggist for a dose.
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