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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
12
The changes allow unemployed applicants not in need of family allotments to join on a deposit basis with proof of age and citizenship. Local workers must assess character and potential contribution to the Corps. Priority remains for enrollees from the relief group, with allotments continued to dependents.
Temporary rest rooms will be erected on the square east of the courthouse to be completed in time for the picnic. The A P Food Store will provide free ice water on the square all day during the event. Sunday guests include the Thompson and Ellois families of San Saba and the Collier and Paulkner families from Blanket and Eastland relations.
A singsong and concert mark the end of a singing school taught by Floyd Skaggs at Indian Mountain tonight. Local residents are invited to attend the closing event and hear students perform.
Message from the National Red Cross headquarters urges daily and weekly papers to publish donor lists. The Comanche roster shows many contributions, with names and small amounts, though the list is incomplete due to donors being out of town or interviewed.
Mrs. Ruby Rudd spent the weekend in Thwaite with relatives Mr and Mrs Walter Mr and Mrs W H Thate at the Barrette south of Comanche Sunday, then to the Hate farm in Coleman. Mrs Troy Wright and Mr and Mrs J D Pannell were in Brady Sunday. Albert Barnes and daughter Billie 19 with Miss Voncel Briscoe left for San Antonio Corpus Christi and other South Texas points. Mrs J R Eddy of Austin and Miss Frances Benson of Bryan spent the weekend in Comanche with Miss Hattie Brightman and friends.
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