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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1937
Page
9
Fragmentary notes recount community efforts in Comanche with praise for Chief leadership and Chinese helpers. Mentions fundraising to keep a boy in school, a vow to support a young worker, and lists of local deaths and social events including food conservation measures and meatless days.
Eanes notes Agriculture Department report showing hog production 3 percent below 1937 levels with prices high. He urges Comanche County to expect increased hog numbers as feed and grain sorghum crops hold steady or rise, suggesting potential for more hogs fed.
A note announces a Wednesday service at Eck Church Cemetery with an invitation for all to attend and stay for lunch afterward.
Will Dupuy, Santa Fe agent, announced that seventeen cars of wheat were shipped from Comanche this season. Each car carried about 80,000 pounds, totaling 23,000 bushels sold at $1 to $1.07 per bushel, earning farmers roughly $25,000.
Work began this week on the Joe Tupin Service Station remodeling including decorating modernization a new room and additional improvements. The building will face west on Main Street after changes are completed.
The Comanche Chief dedicates this issue to early settlers who built Comanche County Texas a thriving region praised as milk and honey. It salutes pioneers such as Captain James Cunningham Uncle Jack Wright and Uncle Matt Fleming and recalls their hardships and contributions. The paper also honors L B Russell a founder of the Old Settlers Reunion and a steadfast community figure. It calls on all old settlers to enjoy the upcoming reunion.
The annual Indian Gap Picnic lists rodeo boxing contests and Negro baseball games as headliners. Other features include carnival attractions, a buck dance, airplane rides, a stock show, and a daily changing program with a big nightly dance near Indian Gap in Lester Harris pasture.
Connor, proprietor of Comanche Hatchery in Comanche and owner of Con nor’s Poultry Farm in De Leon, runs about 5,000 pullets expected to begin laying soon. He says the flock is a premier laying breed, bought at a high price, with good feed promising solid profits this fall. He was in Comanche last week managing the Texas operations.
Two members of the State Highway Commission, Harry Hines and John W. Woods, will attend the annual Highway No. 36 Association meeting at Hamilton on August 10, per letters to Hilton Burks, Comanche secretary of the association.
County bank deposits total nearly a million and a quarter, with two Comanche banks holding 807,648.46 dollars. F. M. Bank of De Leon shows 371,929.28 dollars and First State Bank of Gustine 38,837.12, summing to 1,218,414.86 dollars. Loans in the De Leon bank amount to 186,940.30 dollars.
The new bowling alley in the Mrs. George W. Tate building on the northeast square offers four alleys and various bowling games. Two alleys are ten pin. Plans are underway for matches with Brownwood and nearby towns. The facility uses special cooling equipment and is led by Speck Henry and Gene Young.
Mrs. R. C. Stanford wife of Arizona Governor R C Stanford visited in the Anthony home Monday with her son Sharon and daughters Mary and Lois. Accompanying her were her mother Mrs J A Butcher and sisters Mrs Verna Edmison Mrs Ava Bilberry of Buffalo Gap and Mrs Maggie Hensley of Winters. Gov Stanford and family had beenin Buffalo Gap but he was recalled to Arizona on official business.
John A. Eanes of Sidney reports his Jersey heifer gave birth at one year and nine days old, a calf born June 29 1937 after a June 20 1936 birth. The calf was described as about the size of a grown jack rabbit at birth. Both mother and calf are reported healthy and thriving.
A concise claim asserts education as the sole path to lasting happiness, emphasizing superior quality and boundless abundance through learning.
President Judge R. A. Luker of Proctor names W. D. Jenkins master of ceremonies as Comanche County Old Settlers Reunion expects a record turnout today.
Comanche County hosts its annual Ole Settlers Reunion at Lake Banes with an extensive program of music singing and 4 round table discussions. The event encourages all residents to attend with families and reconnect with old timers and neighbors from across the county. If unable to attend in the morning, attendees are urged to come this afternoon.
At a Comanche Fair Committee meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Tuesday night the group voted to seek public input before launching a county fair. They estimate a permanent building and sheds for county exhibits would cost about 1000 dollars and would be financed by Comanche city funds and local farmers, with two to three year payments. A questionnaire will be mailed Monday to local firms asking support and willingness to cover building costs, with results to be published in The Comanche Chief.
Sheriff Spivey Deputy St Clair and city marshal Jim Cunningham with state officials led raids in Comanche and De Leon over the weekend. Authorities report seizures including 44 pints of whiskey 2 cases of beer and 1 pint of corn liquor at three De Leon sites and 149 one half pints 181 pints and 8 quarts of whiskey at Maggie James place in Comanche Saturday.
Joe Wagner announces the opening of his tourist camp adjoining the suburban grocery on Highway 10 East. Cottages offer modern conveniences including hot and cold water and a bath, each with an adjoining garage. Rents are $1.25 per night, touted as comparable to higher priced lodgings.
A fragment lists Friday July 16 Biggs 7 Dudley, Monday July 19 Higginbothams 7 Bakery 2, Tuesday July 20 Dudleys 14 W. W. 3. Upcoming July 22 Bakery vs Biggs, July 23 Higginbothams vs Fagan, July 27 Higginbothams vs Biggs, July 29 Dudleys vs Pagan with open July 28.
The Biggs softball team, winner of the first half and undefeated in the second half, meets the Baker Boys at 6 30 this Thursday on the House Service Station lot to defend their lead and record.
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