Landrum Sees Comanche as Logical Wool Plant Site
Dallas News columnist Lynn Landrum argues Comanche is a logical location for wool carding and spinning as part of a statewide Texas wool industry plan. He cites San Angelo for scouring, Brownwood Eastland and Comanche for carding and spinning, with weaving in other towns and dyeing farther east near Dallas and Fort Worth.
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Comanche
Lynn Landrum
Dallas News
Dallas Morning News
Texas
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Brownwood
Eastland
Worth
Dal- Dallas
Waco
South Texas
Texas Wool
Tarleton College Accepts C H S Student Owen Mason
Comanche high school student Owen Mason has been accepted by John Tarleton College Stephenville for 1939 40. Registrar Charlie S Wilkins confirms Mason's transcript and credits. Mason plans to major in Agricultural Administration. Tarleton lists a student body over 1200 and prides itself as a leading co educational junior college.
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Owen Mason
Comanche
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Texas
Charlie S. Wilkins
Mason
John Tarleton
Social Security funds disbursed 1936 to 1938 totals
From February 1936 when Congress first appropriated money to implement the social security program to December 31, 1938, over 800 million dollars had been spent on old age assistance, more than 176 million on aid to dependent children, and nearly 28 million for aid to the blind, with funds from federal, state, and local sources.
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Congress
Dunlap Family Reunion Held At Lake Eanes Park
Descendants of Thomas Jefferson Dunlap gathered at Lake Eanes Park on Thursday June 15 for the seventh annual reunion. Seventy five relatives attended despite two absences, with officers re elected. a graves fund for Alabama ancestors and ten dollar donation for moving the Old Corn Court House to Lake Banes were collected. The next reunion is set for June 13 1940.
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Thomas Jefferson Dunlap
Lake Eanes
J. T. Dunlap
Thomas D. Butler
Corpus Christi
Alabama
Corn Court House
Lake Banes
Court House
Comanche County
M. L. Doggett
Junior Doggett
Minnie Johnson
Waldene Johnson
Claud Dunlap
G. H. Johnson
D. E. Parsley
Sam Willis
Roch
Wade George
de Leon
Maud Willis
Earline Ritchie
Smithville
Mattie Scarborough
Petersburg
Corene
Hubert
B. O
Grey Taylor
Loraine
E. D. Dunlap
Mexia
Roland King
Oklahoma
T. J. Dunlap
San Angelo
Mattie Dunlap Butler
Isla Hicks
Comanche
Cotton Council Sounds Alarm Over Cotton Shortfall
The National Cotton Council of America warns that demand must rise to curb a decade of dwindling U.S. cotton use. Compared with 1928 figures, American cotton imports and production lag while rayon and foreign output climb, prompting a call to action for growth in consumption and sales.
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National Cotton Council of America
Cao
Goodwill Band Tours to Promote July Fourth Rodeo
About 40 members of the Comanche Band under Nelson Williams toured 120 miles to advertise the Comanche Fourth of July Picnic and Rodeo. Accompanied by Coach Glenn Frazier and others, they played concerts and handed out circulars in Van Dyke Downing De Leon Sipe Springs Blanket Zephyr Mullin Goldthwaite Priddy and again in Creamer Gustine Energy Lamkin Proctor and Hasse on a second trip Thursday with Hilton Burks as spokesman.
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Nelson William
A& Goodwill
Glenn Frazier
A. G. Miller
J. C. Wilkerson
van Dyke, Downing
de Leon
Sipe Springs
Blanket
Zephyr
Mullin
Goldthwaite
Priddy
Zephyr Lodge Elects New Officers for 591
Zephyr Lodge No. 591 installs new officers led by W R Van Zandt as Worshipful Master J R Priest Sr as Senior Warden L W Couch serves as Treasurer D F Betty as Secretary C R Boase Sr as a Director R H Petty Jr as a Director W F Timmins Sr as a Director C C Petty Jr as a Director M N McBurney named Tiler.
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Zephyr — Lodge No
Felows
W. R. van Zandt
W. M
J. R. Priest
L. W. Couch
Treas
D. F. Betty
Secy
C. R. Boase
R. H. Petty, Jr
W. F. Timmins
C. C. Petty, Jr
M. N. McBurney
Tiler
Blanket Lodge Elects Officers
Blanket Masonic Lodge No. 645 recently elected new officers for the ensuing year. They are Charles Switzer W M Roy Fisher Sr W J Switzer Jr W W J Richmond Treas James N Bailey Secy Roy Chapman Gr . 28 4 ee Jr D Jess Head Iler.
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Blanket Masonic Lodge
Charles Switzer
W. M
Roy Fisher
J. W
Switzer, Jr
W. J. Richmond
Treas
James N. Bailey
Roy Chapman
Ee Jr. D
Jess Head
Iler
May Masonic Lodge Names New Officers
May Masonic Lodge No. 574 announces new officers for May led by J. H. Gray as W M and O. T. Jarvis Sr W with A. H. Turpin Jr W. H. V. Glenn is treasurer and W. P. Vanderveer becomes secretary. C. C. Robason serves as chap. Other named officers include O. D. Vanderveer Sr D and J. G. McBride Jr D. H. W. Harlowe Sr & O. Co Alien Jr S Ewell Brewer listed among new appointees.
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J. H. Gray
W. M
O. T. Jarvis
A. H. Turpin
H. V. Glenn
Treas
W. P. Vanderveer
Secy
C. C. Robason
O. D. Vanderveer
J. G. McBride
H. W. Harlowe
O. Co. Alien, Jr. S
Ewell Brewer, Tiler
Homecoming at Bibb and Stag Creek Sunday July 2
The Bibb and Stag Creek homecoming will be held at Stag Creek on Sunday July 2. Everyone is invited to bring well filled baskets and vessels for stew and tea. A large crowd is expected and singing will be the feature of the day.
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Bibb
Stag Creek
States Begin Unemployment Benefits in July for Illinois Montana
All but two states now pay benefits to workers covered by state unemployment laws. Illinois and Montana will start payments next July under their own unemployment compensation statutes.
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I Ilinois
Montana
Memorial Planned For Rev Sam Steele At Amity Church
Citizens led by Rev L D Barnes and Aubrey Kennedy plan a memorial for Rev Sam Steele pioneer Baptist minister who served Amity and Brown County churches He died March 1934 aged 81 and will be honored with a grave marker and memorial service in Amity Cemetery The Brownwood Bulletin notes his life including organizing Amity in 1878 and long pastorates in nearby communities
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Sam Steele
Amity
L. D. Barnes
Methodist Church
May
Aubrey Kennedy
Barnes
Kennedy
Amnity
Steele
Brownwood Bulletin
Pleasant Valley
Brown
Hempstead County
Ark
Texas
Hunt County
Charity Lindley
Georgia
Brownwood
Steel
Rising Star
Eli Cox
Joe Cone
Amity Baptist Church
Rev. Steel
Brown County
Fort Worth
T. C. Yantis
Clio
Rent House Underway For Mrs Grace Roberson
Work began Tuesday morning on a five room frame rental house for Mrs Grace Roberson. The structure rises on the Highway 10 lot west of her residence, directly opposite Roy Brannon’s two new homes.
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Grace Roberson
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Stewart-Warner
Tod
Wm Reese Drug Co
Landrum
Jenkins
C.H.S
Tarleton
Bree Cosmetics
BREE
Mrs. McKinzie
Beauty Shop
North Side Square
Lake Eanes Park
Cotton Council
Wm. Rhea Blake
National Cotton Council
Blanket Lodge
May Masonic Lodge
Bibb and Stag Creek
Rev
Amity Church
Peervice Drug Store
Jack Holt
DPD
Costello
Clair Trevor
John Wayne
Andy Devine
Lyric Theatre
Brownwood, Texas
Bing Crosby
Joan Blondell
Claudette Colbert
James Stewart
Ann Sherridan, Dick Powell
Comanche’s Big
Van’s
Comanche, Texas
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