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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1949
Page
2
The Comanche Chief notes state school election changes to November 8 under the Gilmer Akin law, contemplates a new State medical college with Dallas or San Antonio as top sites, and recalls local figures Edna Wilks and Joe A. Jones. It includes a safety plea on courtesy driving and historical reprints from 1876.
Denton campus notes the 1907 Woman's Dormitory at Texas State College for Women will be torn down to make way for a new upper class dormitory. The report references local plans and campus housing changes, with broader remarks on construction durability versus older European and Asian buildings.
A reader from Comanche asks for a housewife column in the paper, praising the paper and town. Mrs. J. G. Bunnell writes about family budgeting and cooking, noting Comanche as a welcoming, friendly community and thanking merchants and neighbors.
Column notes Sonny Boston eight of Mission Texas visiting grandmother Mrs Mollie Mulligan in Comanche displayed a huge cucumber from her garden. The fruit weighed about three pounds and measured 13 inches long.
Gospel singers and quartets are invited to sing at Free Will Baptist Church in Comanche Sunday at 2 30 p m Charley Marshall will lead the singing and bring their old and new books to share.
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