Local visitors and upcoming Methodist revival noted
Mrs A J Williford of Waco and Mrs Bill Clark of Winslow Arizona visit relatives here. John Dunn and son Edward visit the Dunn family. Clarence Craig calls on Big Spring. The Smallwood family, the Lane sisters, Mrs Myrtle Johnson and daughter Mary Kathryn visit J H Williford and family. George Wilkes and C E Huffman hosts. Lloyd Triddle and Max Greenwood plan to move to Monahans. Pete Stark and family visit. Ellesmere Island is identified as the northernmost part of the British empire in the Arctic.
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A. J. Williford
Waco
Bill Clark
Winslow
Arizona
John Dunn
Edward
Cransville Gap
A. D. Dunn
Clarence Craig
Big Spring
Karl Smallwood
Temple
Doris
Geneva Lane
Otho McGuire
Newburg
Myrtle Johnson
Mary Kathryn
McCune, Ansas
J. H. Williford
George Wilkes
Wink
C. E. Huffman
C. B. Skinner
Lloyd Triddle
McCune
Kansas
Max Greenwood
J. H. Wilford
Ralph Huffman
Monahans
Pete Stark
Future Farmer Chapter Organized at Blanket
A July meeting at Blanket gym drew many high school boys to plan a new Future Farmer of America chapter. Brownwood Chapter officers and advisor J. M. Binion led ceremonies and spoke on Future Farmer work. Blanket’s school board added Vocational Agriculture, enabling student membership under new teacher I. R. Adams who previously taught in Custer.
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Blanket
Future Farmer
I. R. Adams
Adams
Custer
Nabers Reunion Thanks Those Who Sent Fruit Baskets
The Nabers Reunion expresses sincere appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Wade Everidge for sending baskets of fruit to the gathering on Saturday July 4th. The fruit was enjoyed by attendees.
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Nabers
Wade Everidge
Luker Promises Tax Hike and Pension Funding
A political advertisement attacks opponent Luker for slow tax levies while urging voters to back a bold tax program. The message defends paying the Old Age Pension with taxes and calls for sensible, steady revenue, pledging continued tax collection and common sense legislation.
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R. A. Luker
Luker
Advertising Keeps Business Alive Says Thompson in Dallas
Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, warned Ad Club members that stopping advertising hurts business. He compared quitting ads to giving up fresh air, citing the Centennial exposition as proof that persistent promotion reveals a state’s resources and charm. The Comanche Chief Historical Edition due July 17 will feature messages from local candidates.
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Dallas
Ernest O. Thompson
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Ad Club
Tax Payment Of Frisco Road Listed
St. Louis Missouri July 1 More than 30 percent of the Frisco Railway tax payment for 1935 went to school taxes The railroad paid 3 009 797 4 in taxes to nine states Texas total 79 954 88 Of that amount Comanche County received 618 21 in general tax 851 76 in state tax 389 67 in road tax 1 365 05 in school tax and a city tax of 362 88 was paid to Comanche.
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St. Louis
Frisco Railway
Comanche County
Comanche
Bowman Family Reunion Held After Twenty Years
A Bowman reunion gathered Sunday for the J. H. Bowman clan's first meeting in two decades. The day mixed joy with sorrow over the deaths of three members since the prior gathering, including their mother described as the greatest. Rev. H. C. Bowman led morning preaching, the noon feast followed by afternoon singing, with attendees including Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Bowman of Killeen, Levi Bowman and family of Santa Barbara, and Andy Bowman and family.
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J. H. Bowman
H. C. Bowman
Killeen
Levi Bowman
Santa Barbara
California
Andy Bowman
R. L. Bow
Bowman Family Gatherings Across Texas and California
A Comanche group includes Mr and Mrs Arley Bowman and families along with Jim Bowman and family. Sid ney and Levelland relatives join Rev Frank Steele and John Steele families plus Nutalls from Amherst. One daughter Mrs M H Haynie of California could not attend. many relatives friends and neighbors visited.
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Man
Arley Bowman
Jim Bowman
Mrvyn Bowman
Comanche
Frank Steele
Sidney
John Steele
Levelland
Nutall
Amherst
M. H. Haynie
California
Negro College President Reports Six Months Lynching Data
A Tuskegee Institute report compiled for the Chief shows four lynchings in the first half of 1936, all of them Black victims. Offenses listed include rape, attempted rape, and murder, with Arkansas and Georgia each reporting incidents.
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F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee College For
Alabama
Tuskegee Institute
Department of Records and Research
Arkansas
Georgia
Birthday Party Honoring Thomas Hanes at Hasse
Mr and Mrs Herman Davis of Hasse hosted a June 30 birthday party for their son Thomas Hanes. Refreshments and games were enjoyed by numerous guests including Omega and Orana Elliott Cora Mae and Tarsie Greenlee Georgia Mae Hassey Billie Louise Swearengon Neva Stark Mula Mae Davis Mildred Ray Reed Ouita Toliver Bobbie Joyce Tubbs Mrs Ora Swearengton Edith Clark Bessie Cunningham Bertha Wilks Loya Tubbs Jimmie Smallwood Ernest McNutt Geo Cecil Hanes R C Haven Sonny Tubbs and others.
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Herman Davis
Hasse
Thomas Hanes
Omega
Orana Elliott
Gemetha
Lottie Black
Cora Mae
Tarsie Greenlee
Georgia Mae Hassey
Billie Louise Swearengon
Neva Stark
Mula Mae Davis
Mildred Ray Reed
Ouita Toliver
Bobbie Joyce Tubbs
Ora Swearengton
Edith Clark
Bessie Cunningham
Bertha Wilks
Loya Tubbs
Jimmie Smallwood
Ernest McNutt
Geo
Cecil Hanes
R. C. Haven
Sonny Tubbs
Daves
Melvin
Kenneth
Prank Fields
Clifton
Local figures named in incomplete crime notice
Neal Greenlee Edwin Hodge Leom Westfall Peege Roberson Cecil and Carroll Elliott Hobson Williford Cabbott Reed Achie Swearington and George Wilks appear in the readable fragment of a regional notice listing individuals connected to an unspecified event. Further details are unavailable in the surviving text.
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Neal Greenlee
Edwin Hodge
Leom Westfall
Peege Roberson
Cecil and
Carroll Elliott
Hobson Williford
Cabbott Reed
Achie Sweargenton
George Wilks
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Chevrolet
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Thompson
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