Daug gists Pick New Directors For Chamber of Commerce
N N Durham chosen head of Comanche Chamber of Commerce after June 14 board vote. Hart Shoemaker named Vice President while W H Carpenter remains Secretary and W C Chilton Treasurer. Weekly director meetings set Tuesdays at 10 A M in District Court room with monthly full-membership sessions to discuss community welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. N. Durham
Comanche
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Hart Shoemaker
W. H. Carpenter
W. C. Chilton
J. R. Kanes
Eanes
Mr. Durham
Preston Tate
M. Coleman
J. R. Eanes
Wm. C. Chilton
Hart C. Shoemaker
J. B. Allcorn
J. A. Barton
P. L. Burks
Rev
Gordon Barrett
City Bakery
Butler's Cafe
Reichtman Bros
Coker's Grocery
Miss Clyde Coan
Cunningham Barber Shop
Colonial Water
Comanche National Bank
Comanche Motor Co
Jack Cauley
A. P. Cox
I. T. Clemens
T. J. Collins
Comanche Produce Co
Comanche Chief
Frisco Railway
First State Bank
Clay Frost
Farmer's Produce Co
E. R. Green
W. H. Gore
Jim Guthrie
George Goosby
J. C. Greer
Godfrey’s Tailor Shop
H. N. Goodson
C. A. Green
Dora Greene
A. J. Gray
J.T. Gilbreath
Iva Hart
Healer Chevrolet Co
Dr. J. O. Lane
A. M. Love
Raid Nabs Beer Loot in Comanche County
Sheriff J T Gilbreath and deputies arrested J Emory after a raid at a Gorman area farm residence. About sixty gallons of beer and five to six hundred empties were reportedly seized. Emory is jailed in Comanche with bond set at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Gilbreath
Comanche
Lee Bills
John Nabors
DeLeon
J. T. Todd
Gorman
J. Emory
Comanche County
Mr. Emory
Peach Growers Plan Shipment Effort In Comanche County
Comanche peach growers consider shipping fruit in car lots after the Chamber of Commerce promotes Comanche County fruit in West Texas. No steps yet taken at the meeting due to possible trucker involvement. A car load of packing baskets has been ordered near De Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
de Leon
DeLeon Student Named Distinguished at John Tarleton College
Carl Brumbelow of DeLeon ranks first among 22 students named Distinguished Student at John Tarleton College for the year just closed. He led Eliza beth Zant of Aspermont who scored 80 1 2 grade points amid an enrollment over 1000.
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Carl Brumbelow
DeLeon
John Tarleton College
Mr. Brumbelow
Elizabeth Zant
Aspermont
Local Business Directory Snips From A Past Era
A list of numerous local names and businesses appears, including cafes, barbers, markets, shops, hotels, and utilities. The compilation exposes aSnapshot of community commerce with firms such as Midget Cafe Renfro's Market Reese Drug Co Ridgeway Hotel and Southwest Gas Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner Alvis Co
W. H. Rowland
Slider and
Dudley Opens Two New Tire Stores in Coleman and Brady
Dudley plans two new branch stores next week to expand his tire business. Coleman store will be led by Curtis Montgomery and Brady by Lewis Burns. Both outlets will serve as territorial distributors for Federal Tire, boosting volume purchasing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley,s the Exchange
G. P. Dudley
Coleman
Curtis Montgomery
Brady
Lewis Burns
Federal Tire
Dudley
Brady and
Comanche Youth Confesses to Twin Car Thefts
City and county officers traced two cars stolen from the Comanche Motor Company to Lester Layman a sixteen year old boy living near Comanche. Layman confessed to stealing both vehicles and one was recovered in storage at Waco. He was jailed with bonds set at $1000 each.
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Comanche
Comanche Motor Company
W. A. Pate
Sheriff's Department
Pate
Gilbreath
Hillsboro
Lester Layman
Waco
First License Application Filed in County Under New Law
Alton Cobern of Brownwood filed the first license application Friday at the County Clerk's office to wed Mae Hatcomb of Brownwood. Dr. J. L. Clemons, who examined Cobern, certified the required health certificate for the marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Cobern
Brownwood
Mae Hatcomb
JL. T Clemons
Cobern
Snake loses in unequal fight near creek
Young Hamilton, while walking in high weeds to the creek to fish, was bitten by a copperhead on an artificial limb. He struck back and killed the snake after it bit him, ending the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snake
Colquitt Hamilton
Young Hamilton
Hamilton
McNatt Buys Tailor Shop From Godfrey in Lometa
McNatt of Lometa closed a deal Friday to purchase the Godfrey Tailor Shop from Jack Godfrey and take charge Saturday. He ordered a full set of new machinery to enable modern tailor work and plans to remodel the interior by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. McNatt
Lometa
Godfrey Tailor Shop
Jack Godfrey
Coleman Announces Open Grocery in Masonic Building
M Coleman reveals plans to open a Serry Selly Store in the Masonic Building privately owned but affiliated with a large national chain. Remodeling began Friday to install fixtures. Coleman has long operated a Comanche grocery from 1912 to 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Coleman
Walton and wife tour musk rat ranch in Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. H. A Walton of Kansas City visit Mrs. Jim Cunningham and showcase a 640 acre musk rat ranch in Nebraska. They describe iron and net wire fencing, swamp land, and crops for feeding rats. Skins fetch two to seven dollars and demand from New York cafes for rat flesh also exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A Walton
Kansas City
Missouri
Jim Cunningham
Nebraska
Walton
Comanche
Mis
Claude Dabney
Temple
New York
Plans for Highway 10 Dublin to Comanche Completed
Plans and specifications for Highway No. 10 from Comanche to Dublin were completed Tuesday by Resident Engineer J. G. Irby who then left for Waco to hand over the plans for department checking. He hopes the department will approve them in time for a July contract letting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Dublin
J. G. Irby
Waco
Department
Irby
Blanton hints at 1930 bid after Washington visit
Former congressman Thomas L. Blanton, now in a Texas courthouse, mingled with House colleagues in Washington yesterday. He praised the city and suggested he may seek his old seat in 1930, though he declined to commit, citing a strong law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Blanton
Abilene Texas
Washington
Congress
Hesse
Burlingame
Fenning
Coue
Blanton
Edwin Hesse
Guy F. Burlingame
Helen Blalock
Fredrick A. Fenninge
Washington Post
Bailey Memorial Committee Heads Fund Drive Plans Monument
Hon Oscar Calloway will chair the Comanche County group raising funds for the J W Bailey Memorial. Rice Maxey announces the committee as it seeks $100000 for a monument to be placed at the Capitol or grounds with Legislature permission. Contributions are urged to come to Calloway or his office. Milk coolers, pans and ice boxes advertised at Elkins Tin Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Calloway
Comanche County
J W. Bailey
Rice Maxey
Calloway
Capitol
Elkins Tin Shop
July First Fruit Show Awards Celebrate Variety
County Agent J A Barton announces the July 1 fruit show on Court House Lawn with blue red and white ribbons for top entries. Judging begins at 10 30 A M and exhibits may be removed at 4 30 P M A grand champion prize rewards the greatest variety from any single farm with separate classes for apples pears peaches plums and grapes Each display and basket size receives judging on form size color and quality and exhibits must be in place by 4 30 P M July 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
A. M. Hubbon
Revival at Fellowship Begins July 13
Rev. Ben Boen and Rev. J. M. Haynes lead a ten day Bag us Revival near the Old Fellowship School starting Saturday July 13. Local congregants are invited to attend morning and evening services at the Arbor site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Boen
J. M. Haynes
Old Fellowship School
Poultry Specialist to Visit Comanche County Next Week
Mrs. Elizabeth Temple, Poultry Specialist of the Frisco Lines, will tour Comanche County next week to assist with turkey and chicken production. County Agent J A Barton lists numerous community meetings with exact hours at specific farms and towns, inviting poultry raisers to attend and bring disease or marketing questions for expert guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Temple
Frisco Lines
Comanche County
J. A. Barton
Barton
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Dauggist
Majestic Theatre
Alice Joyce
Vitaphone
Rin Tin Tin
Dog of the Regiment
Our Gang
Tim McCoy
The
Lupino Lane
Mollie Jo Wells
Romeo S. Walker
Ernest G. Wells
W. Joel Nabers
Star Telegram
McNatt
J. W Royles
Rd Boswells
C. A. Greene
C. C
Hampton’s
City Hall
Sandy Glover
Clemons Laker Poutry Farm
Proctor
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