Chamber of Commerce Banquet Set for Tuesday Night
Hilton Burks reports the Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held at Cochise High School Gymnasium Tuesday night with about 300 attendees including over 100 farmers and their wives. Judge R B Cross is invited for a principal talk. speeches will be brief. Members meet at 6 30 pm and arrive by seven for the program. Farmers are urged to respond by Monday night with attendance plans.
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Chamber of Comce
Coche High School
Cording
Hilton Burks
Secre
R. B. Cross
Burks
Chamber of Comrce
Gmnasium
Chamber of Comerce
County Meet Songs Selected By Committee
The Interscholastic League met and selected songs for the county meet as prepared by Mrs Worth le, director of Glee and Clubs. Class A includes Slumber, Fairies, Magic Ball. Class B offers Slumber, Spring in the Valley, Skating. Class C features The Little U, Spring, On the Bay. Only two verses per song and unison singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nitt Interscholastic League
Worthle
Little
Girls Green Club
B. F. Woodsusic Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Charles Fanney
Price
T. B. Harms Company O
Rockefeller Center
Newark City
Scots On Ice
Omens
Jeniis Music Company
Kansas City
Issouri
A. Parks
T. B. Harms Company
RKO
Boys Glee Club
Colester
T. B. Harrsmpany
New York City
Irving Ilin
Irving Ber- Publishers
Seventh Ave
Elass
Volga
Har- CK
Tragic Hanging Death Of Bangs Boy Reported
The Brownwood Bulletin says 12 year old William Melvin Tucker of Bangs died Sunday by suicide. Justice C. Ginte of Banas ruled death by his own hands from hanging after an inquest. The body was found in the family garage by his mother, Mrs. W. M. Tucker, Sr. No motive was found. Neighbors and officials investigated.
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Bangs
Brownwood Bulletin
C. Ginte
Banas
William Melvin Tucker
Makewater Farm
W. M Tucker
Brown County
Tucker
Powell
Cagle Announces Candidacy for Commissioner Precinct No 1
Sidney resident Jack Cagle announces his bid for Commissioner of Precinct No 1 as a Democrat. A 29 year old native of the area living 21 years in Sidney, he says a further statement will follow for voters.
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Jack Cagle
Sidney Star
Mr. Cagle
Gap
Sidney
T. G. Cagle
Cagle
Independent Boys Cage Play Begins At Hasse Tonight
An independent boys basketball tournament brings all star teams from fifteen communities to Hasse for a multi day event. Opening games feature Hasse versus Proctor and Comanche versus Gustine with Lamkin facing De Leon and Duster meeting Pottsville. Other teams include Energy Priddy Blanket Desdemona Comyn Altama and Gorman.
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Hasse
Proctor
Comanche
Gustine
Lamkin
de Leon
Duster
Pottsville
Energy
Priddy
Blanket
Desdemona
Comyn
Almeta
Gorman
Comanche High Invites Only February 2 3 Basketball Meet
The second Comanche High School invitation tournament will be at Comanche Gymnasium on Friday and Saturday February 2 and 3. Coach Glenn Frazier sent invitations to county schools and some nearby districts. Teams entered include Comanche De Leon Gustine Sidney Beattie Pettit Newburg Proctor Sipe Springs Dublin Gorman Eastland Blanket and Hico with Evans and Pottsville invited but pending. Dublin winner of the Hico tournament is among favorites to win the event.
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Comanche Gymnasium
Glenn Frazier
Comanche
de Leon
Gustine
Sidney
Beattie
Pettit
Newburg
Proctor
Sipe Springs
Pate announce birth of daughter Mary Ellen
Mr and Mrs R W Pate of Comanche announce the arrival of a six pound daughter at a German hospital Tuesday January 23 The newborn has been named Mary Ellen.
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R. W. Pate
Comanche
Mary Ellen
Baptist Revival Begins February 11 at Comanche Church
The Comanche Baptist Church announces its annual revival starting Sunday February 11 led by Rev Bradley Allison arriving February 12. The First Baptist Church will host a winter revival February 11 to 25 with two daily services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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Comanche Baptist Church
Edwin Wilson
Bradley Allison
First Baptist Church
Bro Bradley Allison
Bro
Allison
Comanche Farmer Gives First Donation to Finnish Relief Fund
A Comanche County farmer donated 2.00 to The Comanche Chief for the Finnish Relief Fund and asked for anonymity. No personal solicitation will be made, and the Chief welcomed contributions as people feel inspired to give.
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Comanche County
Comanche County soil needs attention says county agent
The County Agent reports soil fertility decline and urges terracing for conservation. In 1939 farmers received about 25000 dollars under the Agricultural Conservation Program for adopting soil building practices. terracing projects supported 43 farmers on 846 acres, with county workers using county machinery. A summer survey shows 38207 acres terraced prior to 1939 and 64498 more acres needing terracing to maintain productivity, prompting a 1940 emphasis on soil conservation and government assistance to fund terrace work.
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Comanche County
Extension Service
County Council of Agriculture
County Oil Wells Rise in 1939 Across West-Central Texas
Comanche County completed 35 wells in 1939 with 18 producers, 16 dry holes, and one gas well, up from 12 tests in 1938. Brown, Eastland and Erath counties also reported varying totals, with Brown showing 84 completions and 20 producers, Eastland 34 completions and 6 producers, and Erath 2 completions.
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Comanche County
J. C. Watson
Texas Oil and Gas Association
Brown County
Eastland County
Erath County
Massingill Child Dies After Brief Illness
Sue Massingill seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Aaron Massingill of Comanche died suddenly Friday en route to a Brownwood hospital after a brief illness. Born April 4 1932 she was a West Ward School pupil and active in Sunday School. Funeral services at Comanche Baptist Church with Rev A Edwin Wilson officiating. Pallbearers were Porter McCarroll John Reese Roy Brannon and George Bonser. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Sue Massingill
Aaron Massingill
Comanche
Brownwood Hospital
Sue
West Ward
Comanche Baptist Church
A. Edwin Wilson
Look Out There Are Wildcats In Comanche City
A thirty pound bobcat was trapped and killed in Comanche city limits by Tom Preston in his Southeast Comanche hen house following disappearances of Mrs. Preston’s chickens. A forty pound wild cat trapped near Sidney was sold to taxidermist Ernest Wells who plans to display it at a Comanche store.
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Comanche
Sidney
Tom Preston
Preston
Carruth
Ernest Wells
Wells
Poll tax payments lag among voters in early deadline drive
Only 1916 of 4805 assessed had paid poll tax by Wednesday as the January 31 deadline looms. Assessor-Collector P A Pettit cites cold weather slowing receipts while urging eligible adults 21 on January 1 1939 to pay the $1.75 poll tax to qualify for the 140 electoral elections.
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P. A. Pettit
FFA Father Son Banquet Draws Nearly Hundred
The Comanche FFA Chapter hosted its annual Father Son Banquet at Comanche High School with about 42 FFA boys and equal number of fathers. Vocational Agriculture teacher Ralph Moser led the program with speaker Ross Wolfe of Stephenville and reports by Pat Dutton and Cecil Jack Cox.
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Comanche
FFA
Ralph Moser
CHS Future Homemakers Club
Robert Cunningham
Ross Wolfe
Stephenville
Future Farmers
E. M. Shepard
Pat Dutton
Tommy Zz
Joe Clare Carnes
W. Z. Compton
Cecil Jack Cox
Thomas Marshall
G. ©. Fletcher
Roger Loudermilk
Robert Hammack
Sherrill Easley
Billie Harbour
Tommy Mazurek
Wes Hammack
Jessie Wood
Wayne Wilhelm
Jack Smith
R. S. Moser
Higginbotham Firm Holds Annual Meeting in Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. & Co. held its annual stockholders and directors meeting at the company office on January 18. Attendees from out of town included O S Boggess J M Higginbotham Jr and others from Dallas Waco and Stephenville. Directors and officers elected for the year include T J Williams president R W Higginbotham Jr vice president and J M Higginbotham as board chairman. The group noted a fairly good year despite market ups and downs.
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Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Corporation
O. S. Boggess
J. M. Higginbotham, Jr
R. Wilson Higginbotham, Jr
Alice Lang
A. H. Bailey
Rufus Higginbotham
J. Lanham Higginbotham
D. Chas. Clarke
A. P. Cox
J. M. Higginbotham
Paul Higginbotham
T. H. Williams
C. E. Williams
Harris Earns Civil Service Post With Soil Conservation
Joe L. Harris of Comanche has received Civil Service appointment with the Soil Conservation Program in Amarillo Texas. He has served as Assistant Engineer to Engineer Carl Brandt of the Comanche County REA Project.
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Joe L. Harris
Comanche
Amarillo
Texas
Mr. Harris
Carl Brandt
Comanche County
Comanche Coaches Call Howard Payne Austin College Game
Glenn Frazier and Otho Barber of Comanche High School led the coverage of the Howard Payne versus Austin College basketball game played Monday night.
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Glenn Frazier
Otho Barber
Comanche
Howard Payne-Austin
Body of Man Found Near Roch Sunday
Riley Foley about 50 was found dead Sunday morning on a roadside near his Roch farm home between Proctor and Comyn. Deputy Perry St. Clair said a verdict of death by exposure was likely. Foley had been seen in Dublin on Saturday and last seen alive near the Roch homes with a neighbor youth and two men. Funeral services were held Thursday. he is survived by his widow and several children.
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Riley Foley
Roch
Proctor
Comyn
Perry St. Clair
Foley
St. Clair
Justice of
Dublin
Roch Mens
Guy Ruth to Fight in Golden Gloves at Brownwood
Amateur boxers from Central West Texas will compete in the district Golden Gloves tournament in Brownwood on Monday and Tuesday January 29-30. Guy Ruth of Comanche is among the entrants as fighters vie for an all-expense trip to the state tournament in Fort Worth February 15-19 and the Chicago Tournament of Champions.
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Brownwood
Guy Ruth
Comanche
West Texas
Fort Worth
Chicago
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W. G
Gles
Bangs Bay
Independent Boys
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N. E. Scudder
City of
Higginbotham
Joe Harris
Joe
Roch Sunday
New Majestic Theatre
Tracy
Virginia Weidler
Fixer Dugan
Bill
Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd —Jr
Santa FE
Priscilla Lane
Wayne Morris
Anne Shirley
James Ellison
Olivia de Havilland
David Niven
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