Pioneer Settlers Reunion to Draw Hundreds at Lake Eanes
The Comanche County Old Settlers Reunion plans a July 22 gathering at Lake Eanes with Judge R A Luker urging all old settlers to attend. A noon picnic will feature a round table discussion and music as the event returns after last year’s inaugural turnout.
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Lake Eanes
Comanche County
Old Settlers
Lake Eanes Tigursday
Charlie Iny
Comanche
R. A. Luker
Gustine
Board Church
Century tale of a near death revival and the Poe device
A bizarre historical tale recounts a man presumed dead in Virginia City revived after burial when a voice was heard in the family vault. Mrs. Le’s later recovery is noted, and the story references a supposed life restoring machine using pumped air and gases. The piece likens experiments to a morphine assisted revival on creatures and hints at scientific controversy.
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J. R Or
Robert Alls
Virginia
Ston
Ned
Mrs. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Singing At Creek Sunday At Stag Creek
The Community Club led by R F Maddox invites residents to an all day singing at Stag Creek Sunday with dinner and songbooks provided. District residents are urged to attend for communal entertainment and fellowship.
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Stag Creek
R. F. Maddox
Senator E. M. Davis Receives Senate Confidence Vote
Open letter from State Senator E. M. Davis defends his work on soil conservation and shows a Senate resolution granting him full confidence. Davis, Brownwood resident, notes Governor’s supposed stance and cites a July 18 1937 letter by Representative Bailey B. Ragsdale as misinforming supporters.
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E. M. Davis
Davis
Senate
Small and Cotten
Brownwood
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Bailey B. Ragsdale
Senatorial District
Ragsdale
House
Priddy Picnic Set For July 15 16 17
Priddy hosts a summer picnic festival July 15 16 17 at the grounds two miles east on Indian Gap road. Attractions include carnival activities goat roping ball games saddie races guinea catching fat man's contest picture shows and valley shows from Kilgore. Taylor Bros aerial acts feature Buddy Gordon parachute death slide and airplane stunts with band music and dances each night concessions manager Ww. J. Marwitz.
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Priddy
Indian Gap
Kilgore
Taylor Bros
Daredevil
Buddy Gordon
J. Marwitz
New Type of Service for Comanche Offered
E. R. Wright, jeweler at the William Reese Drug Co., is now doing typewriter repairing in connection with his jewelry work. This is a new service for Comanche as no local person has offered such repairs before. Residents previously relied on friends with limited skills or traveling mechanics for broken machines.
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E. R. Wright
William Reese Drug Co
Comanche
Glorious Fourth Celebration Across Comanche County
Comanche County joins with the nation in celebrating the glorious Fourth marking the birth of the United States. The article recalls the drafting of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson and committee members Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, noting key events from 1776 to 1912 and reflecting on American liberty and union.
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America
Great Britain
Thomasson
Benjamin Franklinohn Adama
Comanche County
Casa Mana Shines At Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta
Fort Worth crowds of 12 000 fill the Casa Mana cafe theater on opening night as critics fly in from New York to praise the Casa Mana Revue part of the Frontier Fiesta. President Roosevelt opens grounds with a lariat while stars like Paul Whiteman perform.
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Fort Worth
Billy Rose
Melody Lane
Firefly Garden
Pioneer Palace
Roosevelt
Paul Whiteman
Harriet Hector
Everett Marshall
Casa Manana
Longtime Chief Subscriber R L McCorkle Remembered
R L McCorkle aged 72 and father of County Superintendent B Ray McCorkle renewed his Comanche Chief subscription in Sidney on Tuesday. He moved with his parents to Brown County in 1875 and married Fammie Pitchcock in 1886, later farming near Beattie and Sidney.
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R. L. McCorkle
B. Ray McCorkle
Comanche
Sidney
Mr. McCorkle
Brown County
Blanket
Fammie Pitchcock
Proposed U of T Band Hall Aims for $54,000 Drive
The University of Texas, praised for a top education complex, did not include a band hall in its recent building program. The pictured plan shows a proposed band hall costing $54,000, with Geo. E. Hurt directing a statewide fundraising drive to fund the hall for the Longhorn Band, including Maurice and Leo Hoffman of Comanche as members.
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University of Texas
Geo. E. Hurt
Longhorn Band
Maurice and
Leo Hoffman
Comanche
Mack Henson Fatally Shot in Newbury Farmstead Tragedy
Mack Henson, 59, a respected Newbury farmer, was found fatally shot at his home Wednesday morning. The 16 gauge double barrel shotgun was the apparent weapon. He had just returned from San Angelo for medical care and died from a stomach wound. Funeral services were held at Newburg Thursday.
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Mack Henson
Newbury
Mr. Henson
San Angelo
May Get Canning Plant Here Soon
Prospects for a Comanche canning plant by the 1938 berry season look good says Hilton Burks secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. A locally managed plant is favored and at least one Comanche businessman may participate. Those interested should visit the Chamber to discuss with Burks. The facility would can berries and corn peas tomatoes and other vegetables as well as fruit.
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Comanche
Hilton Burks
Chamber of Commerce
Burks
Energy Defeats Indian Gap In Tight Baseball Clash
A hard fought baseball game Sunday at Indian Gap saw Energy edge Indian Gap 4 to 3. Bob Burton of Newbury played for Indian Gap. A return game between Energy and Indian Gap is being arranged at Energy. Both teams are described as strong.
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Energy
Indian Gap
Bob Burton
Newbure
Cooking School Presented By Higginbothams In Comanche
Higginbotham Bros. & Co. host a pressure cooker cooking and canning school led by Miss Eugenia French, noting Comanche women may attend today and tomorrow at 2 PM. Ball Brothers sponsors as instruction covers meal prep and all canning types. Asphalt work on Comanche streets to resume around July 9 per Mayor Hoff. PWA schedules paused the project.
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Comanche
Jno. FE. Hoff
PWA
Comanche County
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Ball Brothers Company
Eugenia French
French
Higginbotham Firmew
Harmony couple kill five foot rattlesnake while turkey hunting
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith of Harmony killed a large rattlesnake Friday during turkey hunting. The snake measured over five feet in length and was as thick as Mr. Smith's arm.
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J. L. Smith
Harmony
Mr. Smith
Services at Creamer Church Sunday Afternoon
Services will be conducted at the Creamer church Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock according to Rev. R W Call. A full attendance is urged by the pastor. Mrs B O Twaddell is visiting her mother Mrs Etta Roberson.
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Creamer
R. W. Call
Mrs. B. O. Twaddell
Mrs
Etta Roberson
Stores To Close Here Monday In Comanche
Thirty six Comanche stores will remain closed Monday to celebrate Independence Day. Banks and the Post Office joined in with those who signed to close. A list of signatories appears elsewhere in this issue. The usual Trades Day crowd is expected Tuesday instead of Monday.
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Comanche
Board Church Quartet Takes Second in KFPL Contest
Six quartets competed as the Board Church Quartet consisting of Mr and Mrs R C Luker Dean Davis and Elvin Lane earned second place while the Blanket Quartet captured first in the KFPL singing event held this week.
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Board Church Quartet
KFPL
Board Church
R. C. Luker
Dean Davis
Elvin Lane
Blanket
Rippetoe To Begin Singing School At Blanket Monday
Ernest Rippetoe will begin singing school at Blanket Monday according to an announcement. Several Comanche County people plan to attend, according to I M Davis who is in touch with singers of the county.
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Rippetoe
Ernest Rippetoe
Blanket Monday
Comanche County
I. M. Davis
441 Receive Aid At Local Relief Office
Eighty one families representing 441 people received aid at the local relief office during June. Food and clothing were distributed. garments numbered 811 were made in county sewing rooms at a cost of 1.93 per garment totaling 835.33. Groceries included 187 pounds of rice 62 cans of fruit 28 pounds of prunes 315 pounds of oatmeal 930 cans of vegetables 716 cans of evaporated milk and 994 cans of grapefruit juice. Forty one women work in the sewing rooms at Comanche and De Leon plus supervisors. New food from district headquarters at Waco includes 1750 pounds prunes 2100 pounds onions and 00 pounds rice.
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Comanche
de Leon
Waco
Durham elected Chancellor Commander of local K of P lodge
Gilmore Durham was elected Chancellor Commander at the semi annual K of P lodge election. Other officers chosen include Vice-Chancellor D P P Parker, Prelate Robert Cunningham, Master-At-Arms Gordon Barrett, Master-of-Work C 4 Super, Inner Guard Robert Allen, Outer Guard Ben Wilhelm, Master of Finance Carl Stewart, Keeper of Records Sam F. Todd. Trustees are H. J. R. Gille, J V. Lee, and J. V. Carter, Sr.
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Gilmore Durham
D P P. Parker
Robert Cunningham
Gordon Barrett
Super
Robert Allen
Ben Wilhelm
Carl Stewart
Sam F. Todd
H. J. R. Gille
J V. Lee
J. V. Carter
Workers Conference at Sipe Springs Baptist Church
The Comanche County Baptist Association announces a workers conference at Sipe Springs Baptist Church next Wednesday July 7. Rev. John W. Henderson will preside, with Rev. A Edwin Wilson delivering the sermon on the theme We Are Workers Together.
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Sipe Springs Baptist Church
Comanche
Comanche Youth to Lead HSU Band Tour Across U S and Mexico
Comanche youth Don Howington joins the Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band for a three week Middle West tour opening at Mangum Oklahoma June 25 26 27. The group performs at Minot North Dakota during the state fair then heads to Mexico for a two month goodwill touring by permit from the federal government.
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Abilene
Hardin- Simmons University Musical Organization
Middle West
Cowboy and Pioneer
Mangum
Okla
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minot
N. Dak
Cowboys
North Dakota
Don Howington
Hardin-Simmons University
Mexico
Hardin- Simmons
Communion Services At M E Church Here Sunday Morning
Rev Charles H Cole reports morning communion at the local Methodist Church on Sunday. A note against the church was paid off last week, reducing indebtedness to 8500. Prayer meeting continues each Wednesday on the parsonage lawn.
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Charles H. Cole
Comanche Mill Dominates Chief Advertising Sway
John E Hoff manager of The Comanche Milling Company reports wide readership of The Comanche Chief ads. On June 30 he received an order for a 24 pound sack of whole wheat flour from J C Howle Hardware Company in Tyler Texas, to be shipped.
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John E. Hoff
Comanche Milling Company
Two More Notaries for Comanche County
L. B. Russell of Comanche and Mrs. Tennie Sadler of Gustine are reappointed Notaries Public for Comanche County.
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Comanche CO
L. B. Russell
Comanche
Tennie Sadler
Gustine
Comanche County
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