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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1936
Page
2
A collage of Comanche area items notes subscription prices and local prices indirect about ranch wool and mohair, street names and a Centennial cleanup request, auto license deadlines, amusing quotes on marriage and credit, jail meal billing by county, and church etiquette. It highlights local chatter and civic reminders from nearby counties.
State National Bank in Comanche Texas swears the condition report is true. It lists assets totaling 411837.13 and deposits of 332675.81 with details on secured and unsecured deposits, capital accounts, and liabilities. The document includes signatures of cashier J. W. Moore and notary G. E. Smith, dated March 24, 1936. It also contains pecan sales notice requesting pecans on hand to be brought in before April 1.
Two Comanche High School runners advance to finals at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show track event. Charlies Marshall and Aubrey Wilhelm qualified for the final rounds, with coach Gien Pra guiding the team.
Mary Slider a high second grade pupil at West Ward School was entitled to have her name listed in the recently published honor roll.
Mr and Mrs H M Woolsey and daughter Mrs Alice Lander and son spent last week with Willis Woolsey at Valley Mills. Mrs Mollie Newby has moved back home awaiting remodeling. Clyde Abernathy and family of Hamilton visited Walter Abernathy and family. Mr and Mrs T M Blake announce the birth of twins a son and daughter on March 20. Lettie Rackley of Greens Creek spent the weekend with her parents Fate and Miss Lettie Rackley. Mrs Laura Miller returns from Altamoma where she visited her daughter. Walter Ross of Stamford visits Mrs R W Gray. Mrs Walter Foust of Adquilla and Mr and Mrs C G Foust of Dublin visited Jesse Purvis Sr here last week. B L Partain of Odessa Travis Partain of Gladewater and Miss Lewis Kight of Dublin visited G L Kight here last week.
The Foreman family thanks friends and neighbors for love and sympathy shown during the illness and burial of their mother and sister. They acknowledge nurses and physicians, ministers and floral offerings, and pray for God's blessings on all. The Children and her sisters and brothers.
A dental tonic advertised as a cure for sore gums claims to restore smiles with use and is backed by dentist recommendations. The ad offers a money back guarantee through Wm. Reese Drug Co.
Twenty six members traveled to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show as part of the Newburg 4-H Club’s activities. Leaders H. G. Dowdy and Mrs Ellis McDonald supervised the trip with Ellis McDonald driving the school bus. The club has 31 members and plans to attend the Texas Centennial in Dallas.
We thank friends for sympathy and acts of kindness in the loss of our barn and feed by fire and for help during sickness. We appreciate everything done and wish God’s richest blessings on each of you. Mrs. E. D. Boyd Romeo A. E. Boyd J. W. Bartlett A. F. Brock J. G. Bruce L. G. Stewart Bige Cox and spouses.
City Council of Comanche passes a resolution ordering a city election at City Hall on April 7 1936 to elect three aldermen for two year terms. A. J. Cunningham is named Election Manager. Mayor MO E Hoff and City Secretary Hill Huddleston sign the notice.
Bible Louis Fagan of Carbon visited here Monday. Mr and Mrs Alf Summers announce the birth of a son on March 18. Mr and Mrs Jess Fagan spent the weekend at the bedside of her brother Jim Cunningham ill at Hazel Dell. The Bible Class will meet with Mr and Mrs John Hilley each Tuesday night. Several from Bibb attended the funeral of E E Denny at Comanche last Thursday.
Mrs Perry Hicks of Belton Texas praises Thedford s Black Draught as a useful family laxative for billousness constipation and other symptoms. She notes 21 years of use and recommends keeping it at home. Sold in 25 cent packages.
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