Texas Highway Contract Bid Due June 21 1928 in Comanche County
Notice to contractors for FP project in Comanche County Texas bids due 9:00 AM June 21 1928 at the State Highway Department Austin. Specifies wage rates for skilled intermediate and unskilled labor plus HB 54 compliance and overtime rules. Plans available from P R Huntington in Comanche and at the State Highway Department office in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
State Highway Department
Austin
Texas
P. R. Huntington
Comanche
Marine openings attract young men seeking enlistment details
An appeal invites males aged 18 to 25 to enlist in the Marine Corps and obtain full information on educational advantages by writing Major Peter Canachy at the Allen Building Dallas address. The note adds Frank Broaker of New York as a benchmark of professional achievement, noting he became the first certified public accountant in 1896.
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Marine Corps
Corps
Peter Canachy
Allen Building
Commerce Street
Dallas
Texas
Frank Broaker
New York
R. A. Luker Enters Politics With Budget Plan
A letter from UNCLE BOB urges readers to support R A Luker for governor proposing a fifteen million dollar spending cut. The note argues agencies must accept cuts to avoid new taxes and promises Luker would veto any appropriation that fails to reduce the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Bob
Denton Students Fund Chapel Gains Nears $2000
Two Texas State College for Women students Patsy Childers and Nita Hinds have raised nearly 2000 dollars for the campus chapel through a year of benefit events including soda sales rummage cleanups and waffle breakfasts. The Chapel Fund now sits at 1904 dollars with gifts from individuals and organizations. Managers for 1938 39 foresee further growth opening chapel doors. The piece also notes rural power and gas use and widespread air conditioning in department stores.
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Denton
Texas State College For
Campus Chapel
Patsy Childers
Tyler
Nita Hinds
Abilene
Texas
Couple Write Up in State Paper
Mr and Mrs 8 D Kuykendall of Proctor Route 2 received a favorable write up in the Semi-Weekly Farm News about their life on a Texas fruit farm. Mrs Kuykendall recalls moving from canyon near Canyon to Proc tor and plans to plant 200 fruit trees. She notes good water neighbors school and church nearby and cherishes visits from mail carriers and the gate schoolie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kuykendall
Proctor
Route 2
Salado
Texas
Abbie Minix
Suttons Visit Harris in Comanche on Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sutton of Fort Worth spent Saturday night and Sunday in Comanche visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jess H. Harris. The ferris wheel was invented in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Sutton
Fort Worth
Comanche
Jess H. Harris
Dean Whitmore says South as chemical frontier for 25 years
Dean Frank C. Whitmore of Pennsylvania State College states the South will lead the chemical frontier for the next quarter century, highlighting its proximity to essential materials such as sugar, petroleum, sulfur, natural gas, cellulose, starch and vegetables.
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Frank C. Whitmore
Pennsylvania State College
Miss Louise Chance Visits Comanche With Aunt
Miss Louise Chance of Lubbock spent part of this week in Comanche with her aunt Mrs. Gordon Barrett and family.
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Louise Chance
Lubbock
Comanche
Gordon Barrett
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Gutton Dudley Drugs
Claude George
E. R. Wright
Jeweler
Comanche, Texas
Dudney
J. A. Comanche
Earnest Smith
Blatherwick
Bob Cox
E. H. Jones Grocery and
Ajax
Sudan
E. H. Jones & Son
Clark Motor Co
J. B. Allcorn
Sipe Springs
F. E. Barnes
Weston McDonald
Comanche, Ae
Roberson Sisters
Pecan & Peanut Co
Marchel
Beauty
Sidney Street
Phifer's
Jess Atwood
Wim
Reese Drug Co
Russell
Federal
L. B. Russell
J. A. Rauhut
Will Martin
W. A. Meyers
E. H. Rauhut
Herman Rauhut
Thos. Stark
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Neel Bros
Lamkin, Juanes
Highway No. 10
Leon Bridge
J. L. Wilson
Itp
B. J. Wyche
Epsom
Cardus
Thedford
Howard Motor Co
Freeman’s Shoe Shop
Comanche Milling Co
John Deere
Western Auto Associate Store
Frank Phifer
Melvin Gore
Phifer
W. D. Carroll
Browwood
Fagan Chevrolet Co
Wright
West Side of
Nanere
Service Drug Store
B. R. King
Depot Street
Marvin Hunt
Merlin Jenkins, Jr
Ite
Texas Highway Construction
Jim
Fagan
Chevrolet Co
R. A. Luker
Denton Clear
Charley Izard
Lorena
Kuykendall
Kay
Daile
Farm News
Reliable Bailey
Bain’s Produce
John George
Mennen Lather
West Texas
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