Central Texas Highway Association Meets in Waco
More than two hundred delegates from twenty nine Central Texas counties gathered in Waco for a meeting of the Central Texas Highway Association. Judge Potts presented a county map showing highway status, with discussions led by Hines and the planning committee. The session adopted the group’s report, and leadership was chosen with Judge Ziegler elected president and A P Cox named Comanche County vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twente
Texas
Bertram
LeeRoy Sertrean
Gestion
St. Clair
H. L. Stewart
Em Burks
J. R. Eanes
Comanche
Burks
Aly
Spring Lake Club
Waco
Alexander
McLennan County
Hertel
Giddings
Lee County
Potts
Hannah
McLennan
Waco Chamber of Commerce
Harry Hines
Texas Highway Commission
Highway Department
Hines
Association
Ziegler
Gatesville
A. P. Cox
Comanche County
Central Texas Highway Association
W. H. Carpenter
Marriages Births and Deaths in Comanche County
Court house notices show marriages for Henry A. Warner and Alice Sims, Jesse Whitely and Violet Baugh, Vance Toliver and Juanita Wagner, W. W. Lester and Cecilia Adams, Paul Richards and Elaine Matthews, R. C. Redner and Edna Johnson, Leonard King and Eva Reed, Deron Thompson and Mildred Turney. Births list seven newborns with parents in Comanche and nearby towns. Deaths note Alford Matthews and Ransom Penner Moore with burial details. Deeds recorded include transfers to Haas, Kilpatrick, Nance, Biggs, Ross, Spencer with various acreages and prices.
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Henry A. Warner
Alice Mae Sims
Gustine
George C. Wetzel
Comanche
Jesse D. Whitely
Violet M. Baugh
Blanket
Rt. 2
R. S. McCharen
Vance Toliver
Jaunita Wagner
Hasse
M. R. Gaines
W. W. Lester
Cecilia Augusta Adams
E. T. Perkincon
Brownwood
Paul Richards
Eilean Matthews
W. D. Richards
R. C. Redner
Edna May Johnson
A. Edwin Wilson
Leonard King
Eva Reed
E. E. Anthony
John and
Gottfrey Haas
Howard Kilpatrick
W. H Slider
Walcott
City of
Mattie Blevins
R. E. Nance
J. B Nance
Co. V. Biggs
J. H. Ripley
Texasism and jokes light up editorials and farewells
The column riffs on Texas taxation boasts and satirical takes from Boyce House and Grantland Rice style verse. It notes the Texas Shoe Retailers Association gripe over tax burdens, mentions Mary Whatley Dunbar linking Palo Pinto Star to Nayier's, and lists local editors and publishers with playful quips and anecdotes.
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Texas
Mary Whatley Dunbar
Palo Pinto Star
Nayier’s
San Antonio
Charles F. Johnston
Mineral Wells Index
The
Star
Perry Brothers
V. S&s
Polytechnic Herald
Fort Worth
Francis
Davim Progress
Coy
Basie News
Nocena News
Luther
Arlington Journal
WN. H. Fierce
Menard News
Joe Thomas Cook
Mission Times
Funeral Rites Today for Silvester Hicks
Funeral services will be held for Sylvester Hicks today at the Comanche Funeral Home at 4 00 pm with Rev J D Smoot officiating Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery Mr Hicks died at his home in Comanche Thursday Carbon paper at Chief office
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Sylvester Hicks
Comanche Funeral Home
J. D. Smoot
Oaxwood Cemetery
Mr. Hicks
Comanche
Celebration Held in Baggett Community Event
Mr. and Mrs. George Stephen of Baggett community honored the birthdays of Mrs. T. V. Moore and Mrs. C. L. McCamey and niece Genevieve Ann Robertson with a sizable dinner at their home last Sunday. Attendees included W. P. Hunt and daughter, Wm. Robertson and daughters, Reid Miller and family, Grace and Thomas Witt Moore, Dock Master, Earl Ray McCamey. Comanche Chief $1.00 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephen
Baggett
T. V. Moore
C. L. McCamey
Genevieve Ann Robertson
A. M. McCamey
Proctor
W. P. Hunt
Brownwood
Wm. Robertson
Austin
Reid Miller
Grace
Thomas Witt Moore
Earl Ray McCamey
Never late for church but prompt for other events
A playful verse notes people are quick for movies, circus, trains, and processions, always on time for social outings and work, yet oddly late for church, ending with an aside about Chief of ice and memograph paper.
Hazel Dell Cemetery Work Day Planned with Community Dinner
An all day cemetery working set for July 26 invites public help with tools. A committee will furnish barbecued beef bread and iced tea while ladies are asked to bring cakes pies and other dishes. Community visits note relatives and locals meeting in Hazel Dell and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octavia Westmoreland
Dublin
T. O. Westmoreland
G. D. Haggard
Austin
Claud Trayweek
Whitney urges stronger Pan American air defense links
Cor nelius Vanderbilt Whitney, former World War flying instructor and aviation pioneer, urged President Roosevelt to forge strong ties between U S air defense plans and those of Pan American nations, expanding planes and air dromes for the defense of the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All the Americas
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Roosevelt
U. S
Record of Texas Rainstorms 1891 1920 at Taylor
Thirty nine great rainstorms dated 6 to 10 1920 at Taylor are noted as part of a Texas total of 117 storms since 1891. The record cites 30 inches in two days with 13 inches on the second day, marking a likely Texas record for a two day total.
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Taylor
Texas
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Groesbeee Journal
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