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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
1
Fragment from a poem expressing unity through love and nature. The speaker declares oneness with song, life, wind, and stars, emphasizing eternal connection beyond years and perceptions.
A family handed recipe describes peeling and hollowing eggplants then mixing chopped insides with bread dressing to bake with basting. Other tips cover broom preparation, a helpful slate for chores, sewing tricks, window cleaning paste, and cucumber season notes with a Fort Worth connection to Mrs Earl Bean visiting her sister Mrs Ira Clemons.
Bowdoin Canning Plant will run Saturday and again Monday, according to local manager Paul Bowdoin. He noted the biggest output occurred Tuesday with 18,000 No. 2 cans and 6,000 gallon cans, and projected Saturday’s run would reach or exceed last year’s total production.
Carl Roberts sold the first oats of 1982 in Comanche to Higginbotham Bros and Co for 12.5 cents per bushel. The grain, harvested by a combine, is expected to yield forty to fifty bushels per acre, with the first car shipment leaving Comanche today per buyer C. P. St. Clair.
City officials led by Mayor J R Eanes and Health Officer Dr J O Lane urge residents to cooperate in a town wide effort to eradicate mosquitoes. The notice warns one tin can or bucket can breed many pests and calls for draining and oiling water holding containers and reporting breeding sites to Dr Lane.
Guaranteed battery as low as 3.75 with your old battery trade in. Harrison Smith Batteries promotes discounted automotive storage and power cells at Dudley's Distributors.
Hollis Burton of Newburg declares his candidacy for Tax Collector, contingent on Democratic Primaries. He thanks friends and pledges to meet voters before the primaries and to appreciate their support.
Revival plans are complete for the annual Methodist Revival at the local church. Rev J L Evans will preach and the local choir will lead music. Each evening features a devotional service with groups taking charge from Missionary Society to Young People’s Department. Services run daily at 10 am and 8 pm except Saturday.
Comanche's longstanding J. F. Tate & Son will close its retail grocery and hardware departments on Monday June 6, ending over thirty six years of local retail operation. The Tate brothers John and George opened in 1896 and built a wholesale business still in operation.
Real old fashioned Pit Barbecue advertised as tasty and quick to prepare. Market promotes a fast meal option with a homestyle flavor.
The U S Highway No 67 Association will hold its annual meeting in Alpine on Saturday June 18 announced by president Carl Hardie. A motorcade will depart Dallas at 7 50 a m Thursday June 16 and will be joined by delegations from various cities during the day.
Oliver Walker, 24, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of robbing R. R. Evans, cashier of the State Bank of Proctor of 403 dollars on April 9, 1932. The defense claimed he was not in Proctor that day, while witnesses tied him to the crime.
Governor Ross Sterling will headline the Brazos River Bridge Celebration in Granbury next Tuesday June 7 with speakers including State Highway Commissioner Ely Amon G. Carter Fort Worth Star Telegram editor Ex Attorney General Jewel P Lightfoot and Hon Henry Zweifel. Special amusement features are planned.
Mrs. J. S. Thompson of Mason spent the weekend in Comanche with her son, A. E. Thompson, visiting relatives and taking part in local social ties.
Eight cars of wool were shipped from Comanche Friday and Saturday of last week. O. O. Brightman, manager of Brightman Warehouse, said the consignment went to Boston and Philadelphia through the Co-Operative Association. An advance of six to nine cents was paid. Four cars remain in storage and a total of fifteen cars is forecast for the season, up from ten last year.
A petition driven by Whitville voters led the Commissioners Court to transfer Whitville from Justice of the Peace Precinct 7 to Precinct 1. Precinct 7, based at Mercer Gap, has not fielded a JP or constable for years. Precinct 1, headquartered at Comanche, has J. D. Bonner as Justice. Whitville residents will vote in Precinct 1's JP and constable races in the upcoming primaries.
W. W. Kilpatrick ends twenty year run on the Square and relocates his shoe shop to the Lindsey building near Marchel's Beauty Parlor on the East Side. The interior was remodeled to accommodate the shop.
Reeves Magness purchased The Limit Cafe from Chas. Dobbs and took charge of the business Wednesday. Magness, formerly an agent for Magnolia products, now operates the cafe.
Mrs. Cunningham recounts moving from Dekalb County Alabama to Collin then to Comanche County Texas in 1875. She and Mr. Cunningham, aged 18 and 16 at marriage, describe the growth of Comanche, the Newburg connection, the Chief newspaper, and the warm local welcome that helped them settle in a town lacking rail, churches, or utilities.
Jack Barcroft 21 of Route 1 Comanche is in serious condition at Central Texas Hospital with a fracture of the fifth thoracic vertebra after diving into Indian Creek and hitting his head. A. C. Davenport aided by pulling him from the water and calling for help. Barcroft was conscious but paralyzed below the injury. Doctors performed surgery and he remained at Brownwood hospital awaiting further recovery prospects.
Prof. J. B. Layne gathered 325 crates of berries from his six acre patch on Monday and sold them for 162 dollars, an average of 27 dollars per acre. He expects a total of 1000 crates this season and notes berries outperformed cotton even at ten cents per pound. Layne has a history of good crops, with one hail ruinous year yielding only two crates.
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