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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1952
Page
9
The Amity Progress Contest schedules meetings on July 12 and July 26 to avoid conflict with Macedonia Brooks School Homecoming. July 12 will be a program and business session, July 26 will feature social activities and refreshments. meetings at Amity Church. Come early.
Retail buying has slowed in most areas except near defense plants while the public holds savings in accounts and bonds. Prices dropped mainly for clothing and appliances, but government needs keep metal machines and motor vehicles rising. Labor costs and transport keep sale prices high. hoarding during the Korean War boosted prices earlier, now easing as buyers shop only for essentials.
Native grasses prove resilient in Texas as Leonard Garner manages 239 acres southwest of Dublin. For years he collaborated with the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District, clearing brush, using goats to control sprouts, and applying soil and water conservation practices to improve native pasture conditions for sheep and cattle through 1948 to 1950.
Thomas Albert Barnes long served the Comanche Route 3 mail route from 1908 until his upcoming July 5 retirement at age 70. More than 250 patrons attended a Lake Panes Park picnic and basket supper held June 13 to honor him and his wife.
During the summer of 195 a study notes native grasses such as Little bluestem Sideoats grama Indian grass and Texas wintergrass increased to improve pasture quality.
The Comanche Study Club wrapped its 1952 year with a dinner featuring peanuts as the theme. Mrs. E. E. Anthony gave the invocation, Mrs. John Pogue welcomed guests, and Miss Jean Wilson entertained with Nine Note Nuts. Fred Gipson, author of Hound-Dog Man, spoke and received peanuts and a nutcracker. Guests included J. C. Wilkerson, Ossie Greene, Effie Kitchens, and George Hamilton.
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