Floors Resurfaced at Small Cost by Hardin Lamp Yard
Floors finished and resurfaced to new condition at Conley and Cook Hardin Tamber Yard. Telephone 2ft.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
4
Floors finished and resurfaced to new condition at Conley and Cook Hardin Tamber Yard. Telephone 2ft.
Mrs. John A. Moteon will teach piano at Pond Hall beginning Tuesday June 2 and continuing through June July and August. Lessons available on Tuesdays and Fridays with reasonable prices. Phone 255. Gustine Route 2 lists residents receiving a family pass to the Ritz on Monday June 15.
Bol Seale of Home Produce Co advertises top prices for produce cream chickens and eggs. Miss Glennie Hoff attends summer term at I A to complete her degree this season.
Five hundred sheets of letter size paper, ruled on both sides, offered for 1.00 in a Comanche Chief advertisement, promising cheaper than tablets and inviting readers to learn more about the deal.
Mrs. Thomas W. Fowler and her children from Jayton are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D., during a family trip.
Mrs. G A Chilton of Anatin plans a visit to relatives in Comanche. She will travel by train and stay several weeks, visiting family members and local sites during the trip.
Carle visits a Yankee toolmaker who stays calm amid global gloom. A cranberry producer recalls wartime sugar shortages and choosing to focus on his own business, hoping a silent majority will solve world problems while he works out his own salvation.
Mr and Mrs Jewell Cox the 4 H Club leaders will entertain members with a picnic Friday June 12. Miss Lena Boydston recently returned home from John Tarleton College. Mrs Fred Brannon underwent an operation at Hamilton Monday. Mrs Baxter and her son Dick of near Hamilton visited Mr and Mrs J K Thompson Sunday. Mrs Rhodes of Memphis Tenn is visiting relatives here.
Services at Mount Pleasant will be led by Rev. Scott of Abilene at 1 oclock Sunday June 14. Miss Maudie Buckmaster visits Dimmit relatives. Hugh Williams left Friday for Abilene for a job. Paul Jones of Sidney traveled through Comanche en route to Tarleton College in Stephenville for graduation. his brother Will H. attends.
Miss Camille Switzer returned Friday from Dallas where she had been teaching.
Silas H. Strawn, a prominent Chicago business leader, appointed as the new president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. His selection signals a shift in top leadership at the national business lobby.
Miss Faye Stark, student at North Texas State Teachers College Denton, spent the weekend in Comanche with her parents Mr and Mrs J M Stark. Local ads list embroidery tracing sheets at 10c each and colored sheets at 15c, fresh meat and produce, poultry and eggs buyers, cold storage for rent, and trucking services.
We want your cream produce poultry and eggs. Bob Seale at Home Produce Co. H N Gantz and family of Pallas are visiting relatives in Comanche.
Mrs. C. R. Collins and her Odessa son Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pate and daughter from Duster, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. McNeil and family from Fairview, Mr. and Mrs. Jeorge Vate and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pate and children from Comanche visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Vate and family at Shilo.
Fire Chief R. C. Graham Fire Marshal W. A. Pate and Frank and Shorty Vineyard attend the State Firemen’s Convention in Bryan.
A long list of local residents and visitors from Aquilla, German, Lubbock, Mason, Fort Worth, Dallas, Brownwood, and other towns converged on Comanche for weekends and visits. Individuals include John M. Vaughan and J. M. Vaughan, Mrs. T. C. Mehaffey, Miss Maurine Eanes, Webb Jenkins, Mrs. A. E. Thompson, Clinton Thompson, and many others visiting relatives, attending events, or touring.
County Superintendent R S Walker explains the Rural Raid Law of 5 million dollars mirrors current rules with bonuses for consolidations by district valuation levels. Bonuses range from 400 to 1000 dollars plus up to 400 dollars transportation aid per bus, contingent on county grouping and state approval.
Gustine residents H L Willingham C C Walker and J L West will receive a family pass to the Ritz this Thursday June 18th.
Advertisement urges farmers to bring wheat to Comanche Milling Co for flour exchange with no freight. It promises higher value for wheat and fresh flour, claiming purchases support neighbors by enabling more wheat value. Signed Jno P Hoff.
Edith J Marriott of Baltimore reports dropping from 200 to 145 pounds after using Kruschen Salts. She credits the daily half teaspoon in hot water and diet changes for thinning, noting friends’ praise and a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
Miss Bernice Hensler daughter of Mrs A A Hensler arrived in Comanche from New York where she studied at Columbia University. She was awarded the Master of Arts degree in music at the recent commencement. She previously earned degrees at Baylor University and Simmons and will resume teaching in Baylor Universitys Fine Arts Department in Waco.
The article lists numerous residents and visitors including Mrs Hattie Bradley visiting relatives, Mrs Vandiver and Blanche returning from Dublin, Miss Ruth Gray off to summer school, Miss Bessie Michael at John Tarleton, Miss Coy Lee Smith at home, Paul Gray visiting, Mrs Bell Norton and Florence from Fort Worth, Miss Alice Woolsey in McCamey, P E Smith family with Bert LeGuire, Mrs Dicey Stanley in Temple, Miss Marcy Lee McCurdy visiting, Rue Pinson of Nacogdoches visiting, Pleas Carter of Comanche, Grace Nichols and Linda Sears heading to Denton for summer school, D Chisholm and family visiting, Shirley Pinson at Denton, Miss Lena Merl Walker, and Lena Walker bound for Houston and Europe.
About 1000 bushels of oats offered at 58 cents per bushel at the Brightman Warehouse in Comenche. Local buyers urged to act quickly as availability is limited.
Twenty six children from the Methodist Home at Waco with Superintendent and Mrs. W R B Barnett will present a free program at the Methodist Church on Wednesday June 17. The program will include music readings and miscellaneous numbers.
An advertisement touts 666 as relieving a headache or neuralgia in 30 minutes, curing a cold in a day, and treating malaria in three days. It also promotes 666 Salve for a baby's cold, presenting bold health claims with limited details.
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