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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
8
The De Leon Cross Plains area in Duster Rankine shows a 32 square mile district with strong farming yields and high educational achievement. Reports cite 1926 peanut and hay harvests, 4 H club activity, and a public school system delivering solid returns in dollars and community progress.
L L Norwood longtime Comanche resident died Wednesday morning in Borger from pneumonia at 7 30 funeral set for Oakwood Cemetery Friday and services at his north Comanche home A Woodmen of the World member Slim Norwood was linked to the local Telephone Company and Courthouse past years
The Jan mooy P T A met in the Grammar School Auditorium with invocations and musical offerings. Committees on playground equipment and West Ward victrola purchases reported progress and a new instrument was secured at low cost. Members discussed memory records for an interscholastic contest and organized sales of old records. Next meeting slated for February 17 at the High School Auditorium during Child Welfare Week. News mentions poultry prices and a Breckenridge trip after a family generator accident.
The court of preparation urges all residents to install telephones at once to be included in the new Comanche Telephone Co directory. Names will be listed once installations are completed.
The County Agent reports 1926 efforts in Comanche County include visits to 335 farms, 130 information cases, 276 phone contacts, 7 field days, 560 demonstrations with 4 665 in attendance, 7 district meetings with 1 465 attendees, and 7 383 miles traveled. It details terracing demonstrations on 52 farms, seed and crop tests, 4-H club results with 108 boys and 16 girls, and profit figures from poultry, potatoes, and tomatoes. It credits local leaders and notes improvements from terracing and sweet clover programs and a county fair exhibit.
A banquet will honor Dr Robert T Pill geologist at the University Club on Friday January 17 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his paper on the Cretaceous of Texas. The event, under Beamer Club auspices, celebrates the first proof of the lower Cretaceous in the United States and his published works.
Local ad notes a price of 2.25 for a voney mash offered by Slider and Lacy. The brief spot emphasizes a simple sale and low-cost feature. No further details provided.
Karl F. Tate Fancier announces availability of Reds and pedigree stock. Eggs incubated starting February with room for several hundred eggs at 3.50 per hundred. Baby chicks arriving around March first at 30 cents each. Pricing for single eggs 3 and 5 dollars per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Health holds steady with a few dreary days noted. Families attend funerals in Procter, and Opal McNutt visits with Cleo McNutt. Beaty family joins Mt. Pleasant church service. local poultry bed line advertised by Slider and Lacy.
We seek to thank friends for assistance and kindness during the sickness and death of our wife mother and daughter sister Earl McElroy and children R J Burton and wife Oscar Thornton and wife.
Weather tally reports .04 inches Saturday and Sunday .27 Monday .08 Tuesday .61 Wednesday totaling .40 inch. Despite light totals the rain was highly efficient, soaking into the ground almost entirely.
A new cafe operates in the building long used by Dad Lofton on Depot Street and invites the public and friends to visit, signed by Vf. Fack Lofton.
Mrs T J Williams and Miss Maidee honor Mrs Paul Williams on a Bridge party held Friday afternoon. The event featured six tables with prizes for high score and guest prize. The decorated house displayed potted plants as about 25 guests enjoyed fruitcake salted nuts coffee and Paradisco Pudding.
Miss Flossie Tate of Brownwood spent the week end with home folks.
Tom Levisay proprietor of the Corner Restaurant plans moving to the Lindsey building on the east side of the square after February 1. He is a pioneer cafe man of Comanche. the new stand was once occupied by Bob and Rog.
Newburg School teachers surpass optical exams with 30 perfect eyes and 2 with mild defects while 19 show subnormal vision. Principal notes pupil esteem may rise due to exemplary results as the "Blue Ribbon Bee Mash" price is cited at 2.85 with Slider and Lacey.
The Lions Club hosts a Ladies Night next Monday January 81 with the ladies as guests and a program of music and dinner. A Comanche Milling Company feed offer promotes local spending with 80 percent of purchases returned to Comanche.
The Comanche Chief advertises a shop offering all kinds of rubber stamps with prompt service and the lowest prices.
An advertisement urges workers to treat sluggishness with Melaine to purify the system and restore vim and ambition. It cautions neglect may lead to a sick spell and promotes the 60 cent remedy sold by Paris Smith Druggist and Wm Reese Drug Co.
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