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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
2
A local notice outlines subscription rates for Comanche and nearby counties with a yearly price of $1.00 and neighboring areas at $1.50. The document stresses a statewide or regional pricing policy for the publication.
The article notes the Old Settlers Reunion at Lake Eanes with events on Thursday and Friday next week. It recalls past reunions at Fleming Park in 1909 and Comanche, mentions parade routes, speakers Judge Lee Stephenville and Hon Goodson, and lists organizing members W B Cunningham D O Smith W H Davis and W D Carroll.
Joe Yale, longtime Comanche resident, visits old friends while Joe Carter travels to Brady for a brief recuperation. Miss Buenie McGuire resigns Claude Public School and takes a position at Yorktown High. Roy Knight and Addie Biggs wed in Comanche. The Red Cross sells fruit and honey with local volunteers. Old Settlers Reunion planned today with speakers including Rev C L Carter and J B Wilson among others.
A noted Texas criminal lawyer defends a man accused of stealing an automobile. He pleads the client’s innocence passionately in court, then hurries to fetch his watch missing from the courtroom as spectators wait and the trial continues.
A courtroom session in Western allows unlimited argument time as lawyers spar. Tom King ends his term as State Auditor and returns to Dallas to resume accounting. E F Woodward, Houston oilman turned breeder, runs a major US thoroughbred operation at Hondo and excels as a marksman. Rep M Allison of Stephenville, a prolific lawmaker, champions measures for stock disease control, dormitories, Hood and Brath Counties, and roads taxes while supporting farmers carrier reforms.
A judge questions a waitress and a witness about age under oath. The waitress answers twenty something years and months while the witness claims one hundred and twelve months, highlighting confusion over precise ages.
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