Texas Congressmen Represent Eighteen in Washington
The Texas delegation includes eighteen representatives seated in Washington. Each district lists county makeup, 1920 population, and area. names include Black Jacksonville Box Canton Rayburn Snumners Johnson Briggs Galveston Connally Williams Wurzbach Garner Hudspeth Blanton Jones Jones Amarillo and others with their districts and counts.
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Texas
House of Representatives
Washington
Fenugene Black
Clarksville
Bowie
Camp
Cass
Delta
Franklin
Hopkins
Tamar
Marion
Morris
Red River
Titus
John €. Box
Jacksonville
Angeline
Cherokee
Hardin, Harrison
Jasper
Jefferson
Nacogdoches
Newton
Orange
Panola
Sabine
San Augustine
Shelby
Tyler
Morgan Sanders
Canton
Gregg
Henderson
Kaufman, Rusk, Smith, Upshuh
van Zandt
Wood
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Rains
Hatton W. Snumners
Dallas
Ellis
Rockwall
Luther A. Johnson
Corsicana
Brazos
Freestone
Hill, Leon Limestone
Madison
Milam
Navarr Robertson
Timm
Clay Stone Briggs
Galvest
Anderson
Galveston
Houston
Liberty
Montgomery Park
San
Guinn Williams
Decatur
Archer, Taylor, Clay, Cooke
Denton
Park
Montague
Throckmorton
Wichita
Witbarger
Wise, Young
Harry MecLeary Wurzbach
San Antonio
Aransas
Bee
Bexar
Blanco
Comal Guadalupe
Karnes
Kendall
Nueces
San Patricio
Wilson
John Nanace Garner
Uvalde
Atascosa
Trooks
Cameron
Dimmit
Duval
Frio
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Kinney
Kleberg
la Sallae
Live Oak
Maverick
McMullen
Medina
Starr
Webb
Willacy
Zapata
Zavalla
Claude B. Hudspeth
el Pause
Andrews
Bandera
Trewster
Coke
Crane, Crockett
Culherseen
Eetor
Edwards
Paso
Gillespie
Glasscock
Howard
Hudspeth
Irion
Jeff Davis
Kerr
Kimble
Loving
Martin
Mason
Menard
Midland
Mitchell
Pecos
Presidio
Reagan
Real
Kreeves
Schleicher
Sterling
Sutton
Terrel
Tom Green
Upton
Val Verde
Ward
Wingler
Thomas Lindsey Blanton
Abilene
Brown, Burnet
Callahan
Coleman
Comanche
Concho
Eastland
Jones, Lampasas
Liane
McCunloch
Mills
Nolan
Palo Pinto
Runnels
San Saba
Shackelford
Stephens
Taylor
Renare Mailes
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress
Tochran
Collingsworth
Cottle
Cross Dallam
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Donley
Fisher
Floyd
Feardines
Garza
Hale
Hall
Hansford
Ardeman
Hartley
Haskell
Hem- Hockley
Hutchinson
Kent
Lamb
Lubbock
Lynn
Motley
Ochiltree
Oldham
Par- Randall
Scurry
Stonewall
Terry
Comanche Fair Committee Sets October Dates and Plans
The Fair committee led by J. P. Hoff chose October 9 to 11 for the Comanche Fair with a goal of a free Fall fair. Advertising will begin June 10 at the Pope & Wilson oil well spudding, with the American Legion band, visits to Gustine, and a Sidney picnic on June 27 to enlist community support. The finance group aims to raise 1500 dollars. officers include Hoff president Barton secretary Pettit VP Doss Miller VP and directors J B R Fanes Hicks Lacy Durham White plus two appointees. A June 16 meeting will finalize arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Hoff
J. L. White
Gustine
S. C Findley
TD. K. Doyle
Pope & Wilson
Proctor
Armerican Legion
Sidney
Comanche
White
P. K. Mackey
W. H. Rowland
Walter Durham
S&. J. Hicks
J. R. Eanes
W. G. Dingus
J. P Hoff
J. A. Barton
P. A. Pettit
J. Doss Miller
J. BR. Fanes
J. Hicks
H. R. Lacy
Longtime Comanche County Residents Traced in Fifty Year List
The article catalogs residents with fifty years in Comanche County including PG Burks J J Miller TD B Miller William Miller W B Cottrell and numerous Lamkin and Comanche locals. It notes births arrivals in 1870s 1871 1872 and stories of early schooling and community life. It includes Mrs J B Burton and J I Neel among longer-tenured natives with reminiscences of early Texas settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PG Burks
Comanche
Coomar
Abilene
J. J Miller
Miller
Lawkin
Comanche County
William Miller
Lamkin
Ewell
Bill Dooley
W. B. Cottrell
Dora Greene
E. L. Todd
Fannie Vernon
Minta Helmsley
R. T. Cunningham
J. J. Bonner
R. M. Garner
Tom Levisay
Whit Levsay
T. M. Edwards
M. P. Sanders
Coman County
Coppera
Mitrary
Sipes Springs
McCrary
Mag
Clint
Pink
John
Joe Hardin
Dick Kiser
M. J. Dooley
Dick Sheckley
E. I. Hart
Proctor
Bell Hambrick
A. J. Isham
W. Isham
Gustine
J. H. Isham
M. H.coker
M. H. Coker
D. V. Coker
C. H. Isham
First Grand Jury
George Coker
George Jones
Vandyke
Downing
J. D. Neel
Tennessee
Texas
Tyler
Valley Mills
Bosque County
Comanche Eggs Favorite In West Virginia Tale
Winston Scurry recalls craving hearty meals in West Virginia winter. He found a crate of eggs from Comanche Poultry Farm in a restaurant kitchen and felt nostalgia as the eggs tasted notably different from Virginia eggs. The anecdote ties to Marion Wilkerson’s remark about sending Comanche chickens to Dallas.
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Marion Wilkerson
Dallas
Ted
Winston Scurry
West Virginia
Comanche Poultry Farm
Virginia
Fight on The Grasshopper Described as Texas Farmers Laughing
Farmers in multiple counties describe a grasshopper killing machine featured in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. A 40 by 48 inch oil-cloth screen on eight foot runners uses a kerosene water mix to drown grasshoppers as it moves through cotton rows, reportedly capable of covering 50 to 75 acres daily.
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T. J. Williams
Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas
S. C. Thorne
Brownwood
Dtrady
Deole
McCulloch County
Star-Telegram
Thorne
Tam
Fred Shields
Toole
Howard Payne Sprinter Ties World 100m Record in New Orleans
Howard Payne student Cheney Cheaney ran the 100 meters in 11 seconds on a wet Tulane track, tying the world record set by Charles Paddock. UT Austin/University of Texas racer Jim Reese won the 1500 and 500 meters, boosting Texas Republic hopes for Paris 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Talley
Cheaney
Howard Payne
New Orleans
Charles Paddock
California
Cheney
J. H. “Cap” Shelton
Ed Herbert
Jim Reese
Comanche
Texas University
Bailey Chaeney
Howard Payne College
Tulane
Birmingham
Chaeney
Monk” Simons
Worl
Aubrey Jackson
University of Texas
Fritz Oakes
Oakes
Alfred Brown
Earl Frazier
Baylor
Frazier
Texas
Chaener
Jimmy Draper
Poths
Jimmy Reese
Reese
Tulane Stadium
Craters
Mhaeney Frazier
Stancliff
Ward
Draper
Curtis
Dixie
Antwerp
Paris
Horned Frog dedicates annual to Gayle Scott Fort Worth geologist and war hero
The 1924 Texas Christian University Horned Frog annual is dedicated to Prof. Gayle Scott of Fort Worth, WWI hero and geology professor. Dedication took place in the TCU chapel with senior leaders and students present. Scott departs Aug 1 for a year of study in Grenoble toward a Doctorate. He earned a masters at TCU and studied in Chicago, Colorado, and Oklahoma. He was decorated by King Albert of Belgium and received multiple army citations for gallantry and conduct in the second battle of the Marne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Scott
Dallas News
Mose Scott
Fort Forth
Texas
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Texas Chistian University
Wilbern Page
William Shirley
Anna
Roy Mack
Ballinger
Morris W. Parker
Dallas
Millicent Keeble
Vrof
Scott
France
University of Grenoble
Chicago
Colorado
Oklahoma
King Albert
Belgium
Ordre de la Courrone
Aix Apieds
la Saccarie Farm
Marne
Fadwards
John J. Pershing
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AEESE
Brownwood Bulletin
W. W. Kilpatrick
Howard Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Comanche National Bank
J. B. Chilton
MO. D. Waring
T. B. Chilton, Jr
W. C. Chilton
E. G. Neely
First State Bank
Comanche, Texas
A Guaranty Fund Bank
T. R. Holmsley
J. F. Tate
Karl Tate
Jack Moore
W.L. Randall
W. B. Luckie
Jas. Dewitt
H. E. Moore
J. H. Tate