Comanche County Narrowly Defeats Cal laway in 20 Year Election Return
The district votes show Oscar Callaway losing to James C. Wilson for Congress, with Cr of several county and state offices listed. County results include Morris for Governor, Woods for Attorney General, and Louder for Representative, among others. A Gustine widow Mrs P H Hutson is noted, plus local farewells and a twelve day singing school set to begin in Cotton Grove.
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U. S. Senate
Colquitt
J. W. Davis
Henry
Culberson
S. P. Brooks
T. M. Campbell
Morris
Ferguson
Woods
Looney
Rowland
Congress
Callaway
Wilson
Swayne
State Senate
Conner
Woodward
Louder
Cadenhead
McMillan
White
Haworth
McPherson
McCampbell
Jenkins
Deely
Jackson Hog Jaynes
Jaye
Egbert
Stailey
Smith
Huse
Lloyd
Burks
Littlefield
Findley
Stark
Peters
Stagner
Queen
Cox
Hall
Harrison
Depriest
Cunningham
Dodson
N. N. Durham
Chaney
Nabers
Ward
Fielder
Seay
Seago
Hicks
Shockley
Lee
Wyatt
Tarrant
Parker
Comanche County
Oscar Callaway
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
P. H. Hutson
Gustine
Throckmorton
Wit Levisay
Ernest Y. Good
Viva E. Morris
Vnward Dodd
Ulah Morrison
E. S. Horner
Pearl Ina Poynor
J.S. Owens
Nora Dobbs
William F. Hicks
Marietta Aaron
Noah Steele
Dora Stephens
T. R. Dandal
Cotton Grove
Bernice
Bonnie Ferguson
Lena
Lucille Langston
Nina McCarty
Ellen Gill
Hubbard Bryson
Della Stailey
Pearl Boyd
Lon McCarty
Comanche
Sidney
Coleman’s Store Moves to New Comanche Location
M Coleman veteran grocerman relocates from the Masonic building to the Ritz Theatre building on the north side of the square. The inside is completely remodeled to house a modern grocery operation.
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M. Coleman
Masonic
Ritz Theatre
Comanche Man Turns Yard Into Fig Orchard
Gus Meyers of Comanche orchards his yard with about 30 bearing fig trees. Though only one or two years old, his figs have yielded 50 gallons already and he expects about 30 more gallons from the trees.
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Gus Meyers
Comanche
Mr. Meyers
Highway 36 to Open Soon Near Comanche
Work on 4.5 miles of Highway 36 east of Comanche is nearly complete. concrete and a new Indian Creek bridge finished, caliche applied, finishing touches underway. PWA crew hours under contract remain, road to be opened within ten days and accepted about August 15.
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Comanche
Park Huntington
Indian Creek
PWA
Creamer
Lake Eanes Drowns West Texas Youth in Second Death This Month
Lawrence Trammell, 16, a Whitharrell FFA student, drowned at Lake Eanes after an FFA meeting at John Tarleton College. Witnesses searched the pool while efforts by Chief Bob Graham and a physician failed to revive him. The body was taken to Brownwood and sent to his home near Lubbock. The crowd at the park swelled as election returns drew on.
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Lawrence Trammell
Whithharal
FFA
Lake Eanes
Trammell
West Texas
John Tarleton College
Dallas
Comanche
Everett Breedlove
Little Diving Board
Albert Lee
Lee
Bob Graham
Graham
Wood
Aubrey Wilhelm
Higginbotham Undertaking Department
Tramimell
Brownwood
Whitharrell
Hockley
Lubbock
Lake Eanes Park
Court House
August Sth To Be Jack Garner Day
Centennial headquarters in Dallas proclaims August 5 as John Garner Day at the Texas Centennial Exposition with Vice President John Garner as guest of honor. The letter urges communities to promote an automobile caravan in his honor and to publish editorial support to mobilize statewide participation.
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Centennial
Dallas
John Garner
Lone Star
Texas
Texas’ Magnificent Exposition
Comanche School Set To Open September Seventh
The Comanche City Schools announce the new term begins Monday September 7 with Superintendent J D Bramlette directing preparations. Bramlette oversees readiness as classrooms and staff gear up for the fall start.
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Comanche City
J. D. Bramlette
Bramilette
Comanche Softball Falls to Mullin in Extra Innings
The Comanche softball team lost at Mullin 4 to 3 after two extra innings. The game was tied 3-3 after nine innings. Kenneth Carnes and Paul Litue shared pitching duties for Comanche.
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Comanche
Mullin
Kenneth Carnes
Paul Litue
County Schools To Get $95,000
The State Board of Education set per capita aid at 19 for next school year, raising county totals to about 95,000 for Comanche County. If tax rates stay at 20 cents, a surplus may occur. the board projects a 19 figure aligns with a near 20 apportionment when considering supplementary allocations and textbook funds.
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Comanche County
State Board of Education
Comptroller
Ben F. Tisinger
Dallas
Comptroller’s Department
J. O. Guicke
Amarillo
Ernest Alexander
Board of Education
State Teachers Association
Tisinger
Mills County Officials Return Incomplete Election Results
In Mills County the governor candidate Alfred led with 892 votes out of 1997 totals. Hunter followed with 491. Representative race figures show Patterson 1337 Luker 175 Rollins 174 Cadenhead 114. All county and precinct officers were returned except Commissioner L B Burnham of Precinct No 1 who faces a run off with O H Shaw. Burnham has served 14 years. County Clerk L B Porter seeks a sixth term and won 51 2 to 1 over Mrs R Armstrong.
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Mills County
Patterson
Luker
Rollins
Cadenhead
L. B. Burnham
O. H. Shaw
Burnham
L. B. Porter
R. L. Armstrong
Alfred
Hunter
Election Bureau
Tom Hunter
F. W. Fischer
East Texas
Roy Sanderford
Pierce Brooks
Dallas
Ernest O. Thompson
Frank Morris
Carl Hardin
H. O. Johnson
Rieger
Sanderford
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Joe Eagle
Tom Blanton
Congress
Clyde L. Garrett
Garrett
Blanton
Jane
Bush
Eagle
Pisher
Glenn
Pierce
Sheppard
Covington
Terrell
Hawkins
McDonald
Adair
Hopkins
Lockhart
Bullock
Woods
H. W. Scott
L. F. Little
E. A. Williams
Little
Scott
Williams
Lightfoot
Ed Lightfoot
Emmett Rippetoe
Lewis Cunningham
Comanche County
Sam Lewis
Cunningham
Lewis
Brandt
Graham
Fr. T. Brandt
Lamkin
R. L. Graham
Baggett
Brand
Proctor
Clemens Luker
Bruner
R. A. Luker
Tolbert Patterson
Mullin
Comanche
Laker
Flentge
Harry Fientvge
Gatesville
H. W
Bill) Allen
Hamilton
Allen
Coryell County
Hamilton County
McCharen
Judge County
R. L. McCharen
W. T. House
H. L. Stewart
Miss McLane Named Home Economic Instructor At Comanche
Ina Claire McLane of Taft has been elected Home Economic Instructor for Comanche High School. She is a CIA graduate and has four years teaching experience at Raymondville High.
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Ina Claire McLane
Taft
Comanche High School
Miss McLane
Raymondville High School
Federal Officers Raid Still Near Comanche
Federal Revenue Officers of the liquor division destroyed a still six miles southwest of Comanche on Tuesday. J. H. Taylor was arrested for manufacturing liquor without a license and released on his own recognizance. Taylor is to appear before the Federal Court when summoned.
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Federal Revenue
Comanche
J. H. Taylor
Taylor
Brightman Opens Grist Mill Here
Brightman and Son installed a new grist mill at the northwest corner of the square to grind corn toll or cash. The mill complements their feed grinding and feed store, following strong demand after they already added a grinding mill months ago.
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Brightman
Seven Taken From Comanche County To Huntsville Prison
Seven men from Comanche County were moved to the Texas State Prison in Huntsville by prison agent Bud Russell. The group includes Belton May serving one year for chicken theft. Waymon Osborn one year for chicken theft. Clarence Dikes one year for chicken theft. Ira Carter eight months for chicken theft. Paul Hadlin nine years for burglary. Gilbert Cleary two years for burglary. Clea Echols two years for theft of automobile.
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Comanche
Huntsville
Bud Russell
Belton May
Waymon Osborn
Clarence Dikes
Ira Carter
Paul Hadlin
Gilbert Cleary
Clea Echols
Denny Clears $100 Acre On Peaches
Co. F. Denny of Comanche cleared $506 on a five acre E berta peach orchard in the Bibbe community. He sold 506 bushels at an average net price of one dollar per bushel. Last year the same orchard brought about $750.
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F. Denny
Comanche
Bibbe
Denny
Blanket Detour Underway for Highway Ten West
A telegram from the State Highway Department shows E. F. Bucy and Son and C. T. Childs as low bidders to hard surface Highway No. 10 west from Comanche to the Brown County line. A Comanche to Blanket detour is under construction to handle heavy traffic when work starts on the western highway within about a month, with White Point as the main detour and $12,000 planned for an all weather road. Traffic will be detoured at Logan's Gap via the old Blanket road.
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State Highway Department
E. F. Bucy
Comanche
Brown County
White Point
Fount Wood Farm
Brown County Line
Logan’s Gap
Old Blanket Road
Historian of Goliad Recounts Denton Legacy in City Edition
Hon L B Russell notes Clark Denton oldest Corpus Christi native living in San Angelo at 88. Denton praises The Chief Historical Edition and Comanche paper quality. Russell shares life of Denton linked to Texas history including Maj Lteven Rogers and Lopez era adventures. He died Oct 30 1888 after two marriages and Refugio ties.
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L. B. Russell
Goliad
Clark Denton
Corpus Christi
Denton
San Angelo
Comanche
Russell
Can Lady
San Diego
Lopez
Cuba
Annette Brightman
Refugio County
Emma Stribling
Texas
Refugio
Texas Family War Tragedy Recorded in Local Lineage
Mr. Clark Denton of San Angelo, 88, recalls a Texas family with roots in the U S Mexican War. The Rogers clan suffered a massacre May 1, 1846 as Mexican bandits killed Anderson Rogers and others at Arroyo Colorado, while William Long Rogers survived with a near fatal throat wound and later lived in Corpus Christi.
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Clark Denton
San Angelo
Texas
United States
Mexico
Rogers
Patterson Rogers
Anderson Rogers
Corpus Christi
Fort Jessup
2Nd
U. S. Dragoons
Point Isabel
Fort Brown
Anderson
William Long Rogers
Atwater
Lafferty
Atwaters
Arroyo Colorado
Colorado River
William Rogers
Matamoros
Blanton Challenges Garrett for Debates Across District
Congressman Thomas L. Blanton challenges Clyde Garrett to a debate in each of the district's 12 county seats as they contest the nomination runoff. Garrett will decide this week whether to accept the proposals.
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Thomas L. Blanton
Congress
Clyde Garrett
Garrett
Ladies To Organize Softball League Here
The Comanche ladies and girls plan a softball league with Mrs. A. P. Burks as captain. All interested are urged to meet at the High School campus on Monday August 3 at 6 30 p m.
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Comanche
A. P. Burks
Softball Schedule Snapshot From Local League
Friday July 31 Gulf versus T P follows with no Friday game on August 7 Court House meets Higginbotham next Friday Tuesday Court House plays T P Wednesday hosts out of town all star game Thursday Gulf duels Higginbotham Monday blank week schedule details show team pairings and dates for the season.
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Gulf
T-P
Court House
Comanche County Primary Yields Multiple Runoffs
Comanche County voters polled over 4800 Saturday, signaling six runoff contests for state and county offices including Congress, Representative, County Judge, Tax Assessor Collector, and precinct posts. Gov Allred leads in Democratic returns, with scattered results across statewide races and local offices.
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Comanche County
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coleman’s
Jack Garner
H. E
Highway No. 36 East
City Paper
Texas Election Bureau
James V. Allred
House
Hick Creamer
Harmon
D. P. Parker
Frederick G. Harmon
University of Texas Law
de Leon
Spivey
Reese
Davis
Mrs. Sadler
Paul Davis
Justice of Peace
Tennie Sadler
Sadler
Wetzel
George C. Wetzel
Majestic Theatre
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
Shark Island
Bob Steele
Man From
Guntown
Joe E. Brown
Joan Blondell
Sons O’ Guns
Warren Williams
Times Square
Playboy
John Arledge
Henry Travers
Frances Farmer
Marion Davies and
Dick Powell
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