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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1935
Page
2
The Future Farmers of Sidney High School present Rosetime a musical comedy at 8 o clock in the Key High School Auditorium. Seventy five local talents perform with 16 girls in 12 choruses and 8 basketball heroes in three numbers plus a Sleepy Head chorus featuring child performers.
Mrs B L Gore hosted a quilting session at her Mercer Gap area home with attendees including Brown Walter Gmy Wallace Dutton T N Williams J E Gore John Gore and Bill Glasgow Z R Rogers M E Owen and Miss Rena Owen Also present were Mrs W E Boyd and children visiting from Brookesmith. Mrs Carl Thomas gave a Saturday party for her son Don turning eight. Miss Rena Owen visited Mercer Creek with Mrs J T Luker last week.
Mrs E D Cox entertained the Tuesday Club and guests on January 15 with four tables of bridge. Winter flowers decorated the room. High score went to Mrs Jack Moore. guest high was Mrs Jake Durham and average prize to Mrs Joe Tupin. Mince pie whipped cream and coffee were served.
Mrs Ira Clemons hosted the Friday Club with a Valentine Bridge. Four tables competed with high scores awarded to Mrs John D Waring Jr and Mrs John Reese. guest high went to Mrs William Co Chilton. Guests included Mesdames Bob Stanton, William Chilton, W H Carpenter, Tom F Reese, Herbert Williams, A P Cox, E B Cox and Howard Kilpatrick.
A Collin County resident offers to swap a five room house and store building valued at 2000 dollars for a small farm near Comanche Texas. The property sits in Wylie 27 miles northeast of Dallas in onion country with planting crops between rows. Maude Condron's Second Hand in Wylie handles inquiries.
The rear portion of the C W A building at De Leon has been turned into a sewing laboratory with six machines and nine workers. Mrs. Clara Murray serves as forewoman, bringing total employment to ten. Garments are being produced for distribution to the needy. Frank E. Jackson of Hollis, Oklahoma, visited this week with H. Jones and family.
Brownwood men Martin and Scoggin spudded a well Saturday on H. L. Cravens land in the Mercury area. They leased 600 acres of Cravens ranch and contracted Caldwell Bros. to drill. Test location is about 900 yards from the west line and 400 yards from the south line of Cravens 900 acre tract, two and a half miles from the White well.
At the De Leon High football banquet in the Travelers Hotel dining room, 26 players and 5 guests attended. Fifteen players and the student manager received letter sweaters, including Eldon Boulter Rush Lock Jack Wheat Carroll Howard George Terrill Ralph Terrill Willis Lightfoot Wilfred Bagwell Funderbaugh Paul Corby Gayle Smith W D Gulder Atlas Irving Bud Nabors Stedman Strickland and Hiram Locke. Nine letter men plan to return next season.
The Newburg School announces its honor roll with students named by grade. First graders include Nannie Belle Bent ly and Bobby Joyce Burkes. other listed names cover grades two through eleven, highlighting academic distinction across classes.
Stagg Creek residents report visits and illnesses this weekend with Mrs. George Michael and daughter hosting in May. Mrs. Julian Steele has been ill at home. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Broom of Indiana Mountain visited relatives here. Mrs. Benna Roe recently hospital to home in Brownwood. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Weaver of Sidney visited Reuna Roe. Miss Mary Lou Hall left for Eastland for a beauty parlor position.
Mrs J M Childers and her daughter Miss Faye of Santa Anns spent the weekend with Mrs Tom Moore, sharing time at a local residence.
Plans for the annual invitation tournament at Rising Star High School on Jan 25 and 26 include 14 invited boys and girls teams led by defending champions Cottonwood and Beattie. Prizes feature trophy cups for winners and runners up, plus all tournament teams with gold basketballs. Play starts at 9 am with finals set for Saturday night under director F E Dawson.
I R Adams and Verda Mae Griffin unite in marriage at the bride’s parents’ home in Baird at 6 30 o’clock Saturday evening January 19th The bride a John Tarleton College graduate The groom son of Gus tine residents A M College graduate and Tarleton alum both will reside in Duster where Adams teaches vocational agriculture at Duster school
Brownwood High School captured the 1935 Daniel Baker College invitation tournament championship at Brownwood by defeating Cottonwood High of Callahan County 14 to 11. Thomason led scoring with six points for Brownwood as Strahan and others earned all tournament honors.
Public notice requests the return of clip boards borrowed from the County Assessor's office and signs off by E. R. Armstrong as Assessor and Collector. It also mentions Mr and Mrs Howard Kilpatrick in Houston for a hardware dealers convention and promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment with pricing.
The White family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and flowers after the death of their son and brother J. L. White. They extend prayers for blessings on those who offered support.
Mrs. J. B. Stoker of Fort Worth Texas writes that Black-Draught helps her family. She notes adults have used Thedford's powder for biliousness headaches and that Syrup of Black-Draught cleanses children age six and four. Drugstores carry both forms and children like the syrup.
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