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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
15
The piece recalls Joseph Weldon Bailey urging motorists to fund their own highways in early Congress. It notes Bailey later ran for governor, 1920, while critic Pat Neff mocked the speech. Now highways exist and motorists paid, validating Bailey’s idea in a modern, ironic twist.
Two Comanche County schools Van Dyke and Sabana received stand ardization certificates for the 1937 38 school year. State Superintendent Dr L A Woods notes accreditation recognizes the work of standard schools and tests are administered from grades one through seven with medians required to be standard. County superintendents file reports with the State Deputy Superintendent who submits the standardization report to the director of elementary education. Justice George C Wetzel was absent ill Monday.
The article extols farm livestock as nature’s machines turning crops into meat eggs milk and wool. It cites Lippe’s two truckloads of grass and fodder sold for $2000 and argues diverted cotton acreage can be profitably used for grazing silage and harvested crops.
The advertisement touts Ballard’s Snow Liniment as a favorite for sore muscles from overwork or strain. It promotes a 50c to 60c bottle and urges keeping it handy, from Wm. Kaezle Drug Company and other drug stores.
The Indian Creek young folks class spent the Fourth of July at Starkie Bridge on the Leon River. Part of the Indian Creek singing class attended Sunday night at Mt. Pleasant. Mr and Mrs Elmer Day of Mt Pleasant visited W A Langley on Sunday.
On July 5 Mr. and Mrs. J H Lloyd and family gathered at Lake Eanes for the seventy fifth birthday celebration of Mr. Lloyd and the annual reunion. Elders visited while youths swam and played. a noon lunch followed with gifts and a birthday cake presented by Mrs. R M McGinnis or Mrs. Ford Duffy. Family members from Comanche Merkel Knott and other nearby towns attended along with friends and relatives.
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