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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
9
County Agent Calvin Holcom urges sheep and goat owners to begin worm drenching between May 15 and June 1 and to repeat every 18 to 21 days through summer. He stresses using a reliable drench to reduce stomach worm infestation and to promote healthy lambing or kidding. Visit the Comanche County Agent's Office for details.
Lester Boone of Fort Worth announces his candidacy for the Texas Railroad Commission pledging an all-out war effort and attendance at all commission meetings. He notes his legislative work on the Omnibus Tax Bill and the Texas Defense Guard Bill while serving in the House Military Affairs Committee.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Belle Reed Phelps on Saturday at the De Leon Methodist Church with interment in De Leon Cemetery. Died suddenly May 27 at her home near Comanche she had lived in Texas Oklahoma and Mississippi and leaves five daughters six sons and several siblings along with grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Guy T. Smith, former superintendent of Colony School in Eastland County, becomes superintendent of Zephyr Consolidated School after J. P. Gullion resigns to join the Air Corps. He holds degrees from Abilene Christian College and Hardin-Simmons University and moved his wife and son Harold to Zephyr.
About 128 people gathered at Code Murphree's Sunday to celebrate Corporal Layton Rogers home coming. Rogers is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Rogers. Local families from Brownwood Comanche Fort Worth and nearby areas attended visits by relatives over the weekend.
Memorial Day observances sponsored by the Cemetery Association at Proctor drew many travelers from nearby towns. The procession included multiple families and individuals from Brownwood De Leon Brownfield Roscoe Abilene Wichita Falls Fort Worth and beyond, returning for the community event.
Bibb Mr. and Mrs. Collin Flippo and Billie Summers of Pelly visit friends here. Uncle Billy Steward had his Odessa son and De Leon daughter with him last week. Pat Scott and others attended memorial services at Concord. Mrs. Russell Jones and son Lynn visited the Coxs. Mrs. Pat Scott attended a foundation garment school at Comanche on June 8 9.
T. J. Coan celebrated his 86th birthday with a family reunion and dinner. Relatives from Brownwood De Leon and nearby areas attended including children and married grandchildren. The gathering honored life milestones amid family illness challenges and a note of gratitude for life in America.
Sipe Springs residents and relatives gathered for a week end visit and Sunday events. Mrs. H D Gallion and children from Albany spent time with her parents Mr. and Mrs J O Jones. Brownwood visitors Emmitt Whiteside joined the group for a Sunday gathering. Curtis Alford hosted friends as Jack Almand and family spent the weekend with his daughter. Memorial services at Stag Creek drew Ted Barton Newman Jones Ortis Jones and others.
When biliousness headache flatulence or gas and listless tiredness signal temporary constipation a laxative relief is offered by Herbine a strictly vegetable medicine priced at 60c a bottle from Durhams Rx Pharmacy.
Eight-year-old J. Russell Boldebuck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boldebuck, nearly stepped on a five-foot rattlesnake near his home in the Tater Hill Mountain community while checking calves. He alerted his father, who shot the snake with a .22 rifle. nine rattlers were counted on the reptile, which drew attention when shown in Comanche.
Jake Mast and Joe Roy Gaines of the Board Church community caught a fourteen pound catfish Monday morning in the North Leon River near the Baggett Bridge. It was the largest among fifteen fish caught on the trip.
A columnist notes truth may be stranger than fiction yet less appealing to markets. The piece argues creative outputs struggle when based on rotten foundations, warning against unmarketable ideas built from flawed material.
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