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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
2
Local column from Comanche reflects community life with notes on Father’s Day, street numbering, a renewed drug store interior, and a plan for the Possum Kingdom Dam development. Mentions include CHS graduates Hoff and Keaton, Lions Club district meeting, and a CCC camp barracks for a state park project.
The Chief releases a list of candidates for the Democratic Primary on July 27, 1940 across state and county offices including State Superintendent L. Woods, District 104 representative H. F. Howington, District Judge candidates, District Attorney contenders, County Attorney, County Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, and precinct officials in Precincts 1 2 and 3 with several names.
Jimmy Marshall, elevated from assistant to head coach two years ago, has been reelected to lead Stephenville High School football. The promotion followed his two seasons as an assistant before ascending to the current top post.
Miss Jo Reily of San Marcos spent the weekend in Comanche visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marshal.
Stephenville announces J E Fitzgerald's broad platform for governor including $30 weekly pensions for all over 65 and weekly staples, a ban on newspapers and radio ads, limits on trucks, and state tariff aims. He pledges to back Roosevelt and Garner while demanding teacher voting reports and state aid withholds if wrong. Bowman pursues a master’s in Boulder and mountaineering, with Lone Eagle Peak trip.
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