Cudder Predicts Good Fruit Crop Prospects This Year
County agent N E Scudder says Comanche County remains a leading fruit area with many orchards in good shape. Cold weather helped buds and leaves. moisture in soil supports early growth. however last year's late April freeze hurt some growers and many orchards were neglected. Approximately 1000 acres of additional orchards planted this year, marking conservative but continued expansion in commercial planting.
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R. N. E. Scudder
Comanche County
Ding
Orards
Scudder
Scudder Timates
Band Mothers To Hold Benefit Sale Here Saturday
The Band Mothers Club sponsors a sale of dressed hens, cakes, pies, cookies, and windwy Saturday in front of the Old Majestic. Proceeds will help cover the band members expenses for the West Texas Convention at Abilene in April.
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Band Mothers To
Band Mothers Club
Old Majestic
Abilene
Pril
Goss Well No. 1 Produces in Comanche County Oil Field
Twenty years ago the Goss Well No 1 near Sipe Springs came in as a producer for Humble Company. Lone Star Oil Co hauls supplies to Cal ways ranch south of Comanche and plans to set the derrick. French casualty lists report 1 500 000 killed and equal wounded in four years of World War I. Mrs BE D Lane dies south of Comanche February 14. Funeral held at White Point. Luckie well resumes drilling after casing. city council to buy a Ford tractor for street work. F C Morse Austin opens law office after University of Texas 1910 graduation. Chuck Pitts seeks help for Chuckets delivery after return from Europe.
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Comanche County
Goss
Humble Company
Sipe Springs
Lone Star Oil Company
Callaway Ranch
Comanche
France
BE. D. Lane
White Point
Luckie
F. C. Morse
Austin
University of Exas
Credit Association Cuts Interest for Members
Stephenville Production Credit Association reduced member interest by half a percent on new loans starting February 24 1939 announced by Secretary-Treasurer Garland Eubank. The base rate drops from 5 to 4 percent while existing loans at 5 percent remain unchanged. last year the association handled about $597000 in agriculture loans with repayments tied to member cash flow.
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Stephenville Production Credit Association
Garland Eubank
Eubank
Stephenville
Grammar School Program Tuesday at 7:30 pm
The Grammar School will present a program Tuesday March 7 at 7:30 pm. The Grammar School Choral Club will sing several numbers and two plays Henrys Mail Order Wife and Orvilles Big Date will be performed with a mock demonstration by faculty and trustees. Admission is 10 or 15 cents.
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Grammar School
Henry
Orville
Mrs. Claude Cox Dies Suddenly at Home in Lometa
Mrs. Addie Zoe Herr Cox died suddenly at her Lometa home Monday at 7 30 p m after a brief heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ with Elder A C Nance officiating and interment in Santa Anna cemetery. She was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Texas as a child, lived in Dallas and Lampasas County, and married Mr. Cox in October 1936 after a previous marriage to W T Collins. She was an active Church of Christ worker.
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Claude Cox
Three Big Trade Days Coming Up For Comanche
Comanche schedules three major trade events in rapid succession. Saturday draws crowds from Comanche and nearby counties, followed by the regular First Monday market, and Tuesday auction day at Bailey Stock Yards with buyers from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and possibly beyond.
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Comanche
Bailey Stock Yards
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Proctor Faculty to Present Three Act Play
The Proctor schools faculty will stage three acts in the play His Best Investment on Friday night March 10 at 7 o clock. A small admission price will be charged.
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Proctor
Proctor Schools
Comanche Calves Win Prizes at Houston Fat Stock Show
Comanche County calves carried multiple prizes at the Houston Fat Stock Show led by Tyson Phillips with first and second in Aberdeen Angus. Dave Floyd Jr and E G Thomas won Shorthorn divisions, and Jack Lane placed fourth in Hereford. Caraway & Sons Shorthorns dominated divisions they showed, with other honors in San Antonio and plans to enter Fort Worth. Fort Worth Show opens next week.
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Houston
Bayou City
Tyson Phillips
Comanche Ffa
Phillips
Dave Floyd, Jr
Farmer of America
Comyn
Floyd
Jack Lane
Newbury
Lane
T. J. Williams
Comanche
E. G. Thomas
W. Z. Compton
Comanche F.F.A
Compton
Comanche County
R. E. Dutton, Jr
Harold Roberts
Gene Carter
Dale Shoemaker
O. B. Phillips
Harmony
C. M. Caraway & Sons
Dave Floyd
San Antonio
Robbie Simmons
Young Simmons
Willie Carruth
Caraway
Caraways
C. M. Caraway, Sr
Fort Worth
K P Lodge Receives Grand Honor Club Status
The Knights of Pythias local lodge earned Grand Lodge Honor Club by a net five member gain for the term ending 1938. B H Glover, district deputy, won the individual award and qualifies for the Honor Club. Vasco Lee, George Reeves, Gilmore Durham, Robert Allen noted for lodge-building efforts.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge
Weylon C. Frasier
Waco
Grand Lodge
B. H. Glover
Frasier
Grand Lodge Honor Club
Pythias
Vasco Lee
George Reeves
Gilmore Durham
Robert Allen
Glover
Pendergrass Cemetery Association to Meet at Sidney
A meeting of those interested in the Pendergrass Cemetery will be held in Sidney Saturday afternoon March 4 at 3 30 to select a committee and hire someone to work the cemetery this year.
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Pendergrass Cemetery Association
Sidney
Pendergrass Cemetery
Prowlers Flee After Station Operator Fires On Them
Burglars attempting a break in at the Panhandle Service Station on Highway 10 were driven off when operator R L Bowman fired from inside the station. Bowman heard intruders and fired as they reached their car, believing he hit the vehicle at least once. The thieves pinched a peanut vending machine and four bottles of soda while fleeing. one hat was dropped in the getaway. Local police hold one hat and search for two or three suspects.
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Panhandle
Highway 10
R. L. Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Bowman
Howington Describes Busy Texas House and Tax Efforts
Howington notes the House is busy with about seven hundred forty bills, many minor though some important, including Medical Act amendments to protect chiropractors and patent medicine sellers. He explains committee reporting rules, hopes for a tax program report, and mentions a forthcoming pension plan for the elderly funded by a yet undecided method. He expects the governor's tax plan may pass after study and amendments.
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House
Capitol
Attorney General’s Department
Rabbit drive scheduled at Van Dyke next Tuesday
A rabbit drive is planned at Van Dyke next Tuesday March ica according to a committee. Attendees are invited and asked to bring fat chickens and fat for stew.
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van Dyke
Beattie Girls Win Fifth Straight County Basketball Title
Beattie High School girls clinched their fifth consecutive county championship by edging Lamkin 25 24 Monday at Beattie Gym. Beattie beat Sidney 25 23 and Lamkin 35 25 in earlier games of the double round robin tournament. The Beattie sextet has won 33 of 36 games this year and nine of eleven tournaments entered.
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Beattie High School
Lamkin High School
Beattie
Sidney
Lamkin
Lamkin High Cagers
Beattie Sextet
Sipe Springs
Comanche Junior Livestock Show Receives Community Thanks
The Agricultural Committee of the Chamber of Commerce thanks stockmen businessmen and the public for support of the Junior Livestock Show in Comanche County. Calves shown to Fort Worth and Houston markets earned top placings and $185 in cash premiums were awarded.
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Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Comanche County
Fort Worth
Houston
Walter Barrett
Tom Helmssley
John Burton
A. H. Caraway
W. A. Cunningham
J. B. Alborn
C. M. Albin
Comanche School Board
Oscar Frazier
John Tarleton College
Lamkin Man Suffers Accidental Shot Wound
Lynch resident To be Lynch suffered a gunshot wound when a pistol resting on a car fender slipped and discharged nearly destroying his left thumb. He has endured the injury since Thursday of last week.
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Lynch
Lamkin
Starr Moves to Farm Near Comanche and Hints at Store
J. I. Starr, former variety store merchant of Comanche and Sweetwater, has relocated to a farm three miles north of Comanche. He was active in civic affairs here, including the Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club, and he may reopen a store in Comanche this fall.
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J. I. Starr
Sweetwater
Comanche
Starr
Chamber of Commerce and
Lions Club
District Girls Basketball Tournament Opens at Local Gym
The Girls District Championship for District Three starts Friday at 10 with Sidney vs Lingleville as the opener. Beattie, De Leon, Gustine, Jones, Rising Star, Lamkin, Milsap, Alexander, Sipe Springs, and Cross Plains also compete in a 12-team field with trophies, all-tournament honors, and a chance to reach the State Meet in Waco March 17-18.
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Sidney High School
Lingleville
Erath County
Heli
Waco
J. C. Lightfoot
Beattie High School
Sidney
Beattie
de Leon
Gustine
Joneer
Rising Star
Lamkin
Milsap
Alexander
Sipe Springs
Cross Plains
Parker County
Alexander Sextet
Sidney-Lingleville
J. B. Hargess
Eastland
Comanche County
Lam‘in
Sipe Springs Gustine
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Opens March 10
The Southwestern Ex position and Fat Stock Show begins March 10 in Fort Worth, running through March 19. A record 1,249 beef cattle are entered plus 4,500 animals overall from 16 states, with Paul Whiteman leading the opening parade and providing music for the rodeo and Roundup show.
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Fort Worth
Southwest
D. G. Talbot
Paul Whiteman
John B. Davis
Whiteman
W G Barrett Visits Comanche During Week
W G Barrett former Comanche Public Schools superintendent now Stamford insurer spent Wednesday and Thursday in Comanche. He previously led Tohoka Schools until last July and says he never liked a town more or had more friends.
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W. G. Barrett
Comanche
Stamford
Barrett
Tohoka
Singing Convention at Priddy Sunday
The Mills County Singing Convention will be held at Priddy on Sunday March 5. William B. Huggins the chairman invites all Comanche County singers to attend.
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Mills County
Priddy
William B. Huggins
Comanche County
Mrs Clarke Returns From Fort Worth Visit
Mrs D Chas Clarke has returned home after a week in Fort Worth. She accompanied Lilla Jordan Dublin who was taken to a Fort Worth hospital with a broken leg.
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D. Chas. Clarke
Fort Worth
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Cudder
Credit Association
K-P Lodge
C. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church
Howington
Frank Howington
J. R. Eanes
Cofc Agriculture Committee
Daniel
World
W. Lee Odaniel
O'Daniel
Coke Stevenson
O’daniel
James A. Fitzpatrick
Hollywood
Voice of the Globe Travelogue
Court of States
New Majestic
Tombstone
Harey Carey
King OF Alcatraz
Lloyd Nolan
Gail Patrick
O’conner
Dennis O'Keefe
Cecelia
Fred MacMurray
Ray Milland
Louise Campbell
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