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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1931
Page
1
A poem urging lovers to show their best, temper jealousy, and remain gentle. It portrays patience, tenderness, and enduring kindness beneath tempests, comparing enduring love to a steady blue sky. It stresses that true gentleness strengthens love beyond storms.
Comanche Chamber of Commerce plans another effort to raise potato acreage this spring. H A Bowdoin and Paul Bowdoin organize seed sweet potatoes and slips, with price set at 1.75 per bushel. Last year a short crop moved potatoes by truck at better prices than carload markets.
New York faces a surge of indiscriminate begging aided by relief programs as a famous 87 year old beggar woman earns up to 70 dollars daily and accumulates over 206000 in banks. Meanwhile a cat show at the Hotel McAlpin raises funds for a home for stray animals and debuts Alley Cat Alley to reward mixed lineage cats.
A store offers a hat free with every silk dress purchased on Saturday and Monday. The text notes Shelton and Jackson along with the Hoffman family spent the weekend in Fort Worth.
Friday blaze of unknown origin razed the five room frame house and contents at 4 am in East Comanche. Mrs. Withers spotted the fire and the building collapsed on arrival of firefighters. Mr. Withers was in Fort Worth. family saved only clothes and bedding. Insurance carried was 1500 on the building and 500 on household goods. The dwelling was long known as the A. C. Cathy home.
County Agent J A Barton announces a 1 30 p m Thursday February 5 orchard care demonstration at C F Dennys farm to aid local fruit growers. J B Rosborough of A and M College will attend with plans for a second meeting at A Le Pins orchard near DeLeon for growers in that area. Route 1 Gustine family pass recipients to the Majestic on Thursday February 5.
Rector Cunningham Post American Legion aims to beautify Lake Eanes and the park with a new swimming pool and more playground equipment. The group names Romeo S. Walker as committee chair with N. N. Durham of the Lions Club Homer Wilhelm of the City Council and Wader Everiddge as members.
D and C Hatchery opened for its second season with Tom Pate as manager. The first setting of 2000 eggs was made Monday in a bio incubator. The plant will follow last year’s schedule of Monday and Thursday settings and will offer custom hatching and day old chicks for sale. Last year 125000 chicks hatched in four months.
The Girls County championship will be held at Comanche February 6 and 7 with an elimination format. Captains will draw schedules at the high school at nine and play follows at the park. Contenders include Sidney, Comyn, and a field of teams from Enerey to Nowet.
S. Huse reports profits from selling sweet milk to the Goldthwaite Cheese Factory double what sour cream brings. George Pate runs the local milk route, daily trips on Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday from Brightman’s Service Station at 8:00 am. He welcomes any amount of surplus milk and notes rising interest from dairy men.
On January 22, 193?, R S Thomas was arrested at his home near Dublin and jailed in Comanche. His wife Mrs Thomas was arrested next day. both charged with pandering. Bond set at 8500 for Thomas and 2000 for Mrs Thomas. Additional notices list family passes and peach prices in Comanche Texas.
Unclear OCR text references Mise Helyn Fielder and Miss Jewel Taylor in Brownwood related items. No verifiable events, dates, or details detected to form a complete news item.
Legislature approves a 1930 bill allowing taxes paid by October 15 1931 to avoid delinquent penalties with 10 percent annual interest from February. After October 15 the standard delinquent penalty applies. The law does not affect district tax schedules or taxes due February 1 1931.
Seventy thousand more berry cuttings were brought to Coman che by H. A. Bowdoin on Tuesday completing the spring quota of two hundred fifty thousand plants under a Bowdoin Chamber of Commerce financing plan. Bowdoin estimates about eighty farmers took advantage of the program to plant berries.
J. W. Thorp was arrested in Abilene on Tuesday and brought to Comanche by Deputy Sheriff Turmed Sanders on charges of removing mortgaged property. Bond was set at $500.00.
Federal drought relief plans pour over Comanche County as a 45 million dollar loan fund details are outlined. A county committee led by W B Lowe De Leon and J A Karon Comanche coordinates applications to St Louis with local committees passing on farmer loans.
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