AUML To Speak At Farm Bureau County Meeting
J W Hall of Dallas field service manager of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association will address the Comanche County Farm Bureau Cot ton Association meeting Monday March 16 at 2 p m. The public meeting aims to attract five or six hundred members from the county to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hall
Dallas
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Comanche
Comanche County Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Hebron School To Present Play An Arizona Cowboy
Hebron principal Mrs J M Riordan announces the Hebron school will present the play An Arizona Cowboy on Saturday night March 7 at the Methodist church in Creamer. A large attendance is hoped for and expected.
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Hebron School
J. M. Riordan
Arizona
Creamer
Pupils Lead Egg Campaign for School Library Books
Grammar School launches an egg and money drive to fund reference books per Department of Education goals. Pupils donated 11.85 in cash and a 24.00 set of Pupil's Reference Books for the High 7th grade, creating an overall total of 85.5. The Honor Roll lists numerous contributors with varied amounts in eggs or money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Education
Grammar School
Judith Clarke
Editha Williams
Frank Mackey
Kyle Payne
Jim Eanes Reese
Grace Brightman
Maurice Durham
Jesse Mewborne
Myrlene Franklin
Harris Long
Mary Lee
Weston McDonald
Noveline George
Nina Lou Stephens
Jack Satterfield
Ancel Arnold
Elizabeth Anthony
Robert Allen
Helen Batten
Johnnie Butler
Faye Dixon
Vera Gore
Janet Holmes
West Hudson
James Huffman
Hattie Mae Hampton
Frank Keeter
Charles Marshall
Stella Sanford
Elvise Tupin
Opal Wallace
Mabel Walling
Harry Wylie
Hazel Warner
Marshall Myers
Albert Greer
Ralph Carnes
Clarence Edwards
Wayman Garner
Jerome Ray
Sallie Coleman
Odessa Edmondson
Joe Gray
Willie Gore
Irene Huett
Geraldine Kilpatrick
Katherine Rape
Ruby Sanford
Villa Thomas
Walter Arnold
Geddes Black
Jack Campbell
Winston
Durham
Earl Ellis
Allen Hamilton
Aubrey Jones
Tom Masters
Dean Martin
Orville Roberson
Olita Couch
Tressie Denny
Claudia Fisher
Viola Price
Thelma Randall
la Faye Adams
A. J. Blevins
Beatrice Cameron
Bob Carpenter
Dorothy Garner
Clyde Horner
Sylva Huse
Raceb Huff
Mary D. Long
J. C C. Myers
Eunice Rogers
Mina Gene Shankles
Sam F. Todd
Johnnie Ruth Wallace
Gladys Cuthbertson
Helen Montgomery
Ruth Rowland
Elizabeth Tate
Helen Greenwade
Elizabeth Jo Doyle
Helen Goosby
Glen Moore
Catherine Dudley
Ronnie Elms
Franklin Stewart
Donnie Little
Eunice Adams
Claude Mewborn
Ory Smith
Mattie May Gafford
D. Cuthbertson
Wynona Huff
J. B. Carnes
Thrasher, Jr
Neva Tete
Katherine Eanes
Naomi Brown
Star
Maud Roberson
Fay Hicks
Seth Moore
Jack Miller
Imogene Ray
Bettie Guthrie
Lillian Walling
Kathleen Greene
Reba Coffman
Jack Dingus
Ira Warren
Gene Rauhut
Geneva Webb
Jimmie Johnson
Grady McDonald
Robert King
Linda Sherrill
Aubrey Lewis
Elton McCullough
Jamita Roberson
Gladys Ellis
M. Franklin
Arlie Caver
Bob Masters
Cochran Captures Greatest Number of Puppy Stakes
Dr. I. M. Cochran of Comanche leads in puppy stake wins in U S field trials over the past two years. His dogs under Fielding names include Jane Fielding, who won the Betterson trophy and placed in Dixie trials. Bill Fielding, Lou Fielding, and Ferris Topsy Crest, a top shooting dog. Lou Fielding has two trials with second places and is headed to the Dixie puppy trial in Alabama. Jane Fielding dominates his kennel with six placements.
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Fielding
Dr. Cochran
Jane
John
May Fielding
Jane Fielding
Dixie
Union Springs
Ala
United States
Cochran
Bill Fielding
Bill
Weatherford
Texas
Tenant Buys Farm in Comanche Co After Five Years
Zep Solly, a ex serviceman, and his wife paid cash 1740 for 43 1/2 acres near De Leon after five years as tenants. They grew peanuts corn cotton peas and maize and used cotton and peanut money for the bank. The couple now own the land free of debt in the famed Comanche county sands.
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Waco Times-Herald
de Leon
Zep Solly
J. Doss Miller
Solly
Comanche County
Sisters’ Brady Visit Ends with Home Return
Mrs. R. W. Turner and Mrs. W. J. Yuntis returned to their Brady homes after visiting their sisters Mrs. W. T. House and Mrs. P. H. Chilton this week.
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R. W. Turner
W. J. Yuntis
Brady
W. T. House
P. H. Chilton
Sweet Potato Meeting Set For March 12 In Comanche County
Lions Club advances a plan to plant 250 acres of sweet potatoes for commercial use in Comanche County. A committee led by Rev J C Boyvd, Walter Durham, and J P Hoff will explore cultivation strategies and coordination with farmers. Agronomist F E Miller will conduct a March 12 session with County Agent Barton to confirm the date.
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Comanche County
Lions Club
J. C. Boyvd
Walter Durham
J. P. Hoff
FE. A. Miller
Brownwood
Barton
Miller
T. O. Walton
Meeting on sweet potato growth and curing plant in Comanche
All those interested in sweet potato growth for commercial purposes and a possible curing plant are asked to meet in the district court room in Comanche on Thursday March 12 at 2 50 p m F A Miller sweet potato specialist of A and M College will be present and address the meeting Lions Committee J C Boyd W M Durham J P Hoff
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Comanche
Parents Urged to Read Report Cards at School
Harry T. Broad the high school principal says pupils will receive report cards this week. The faculty urges that all parents read and sign the cards and then have the pupils return them to their teachers.
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Harry T. Broad
Rest Room Improvements Praised by County Court
County Judge R A Luker and commissioners are praised for improving the ladies rest room on the court house first floor. New linoleum table chairs settee and furnishings make the area attractive for shoppers and visitors spending time in the city.
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R. A. Luker
Commissioners’ Court
Court House
Comanche
Pleasure’s Abiding Place Poem by B. K. D
A brief poem asks where pleasure resides and answers that true joy comes from well done work. It suggests pleasure is found not in hills or streams but in diligent, meaningful effort.
Majestic Theater Week Program March 9 to 14
The Majestic Theater presents a week of films and a cartoon. Harold Lloyd stars in Girl Shy Monday and Tuesday, William Farnum in The Man Who Fights Alone Wednesday, Peter Pan on Thursday and Friday, Buck Jones in The Man Who Played Square Saturday, with a French Pastry feature noted.
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Harold Lloyd
William Farnum
James M. Barries
Peter Pan
Buck Jones
Comanche Contest Promises Big Prizes For Five Acre Cotton
A Comanche initiative offers substantial prizes to the farmer raising the most cotton on five acres within Comanche territory this year. The committee, hindered by a sick leader, plans full details soon and issues an early notice for entrants to prepare.
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Comance
Rural School News in Comanche County Praised
Fort Worth Record lauds Comanche County Rural School News sponsor H L Gantz for showcasing every rural school. The first edition highlights prize money spent on equipment, six month terms biased by teacher counts and salaries, and calls for a five year plan to reach nine months of schooling countywide.
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Comanche County
H. L. Gantz
Comanche
Texas
New Express Rates Go Into Effect March First
New express rates took effect March first with widespread changes to interstate tariffs. Agent Vaughan notes most basic per hundred pound rates moved downward, especially in the west and south, while a few eastern rates rise. He lists comparisons from the city to New York St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Kansas City and Memphis showing reductions from old levels.
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Vaughan
Mr. Vaughan
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Memphis
Firemen Hold Meeting and Enjoy Comanche Stew
The Fire Company met at the fire station for its regular monthly session. Social committee arranged a Comanche Stew as a feature. W. D. Carroll J. B. Arthur and Jim Slack spoke. Proposal to add a pump to the fire truck was discussed and regarded as a good investment to raise water pressure and lower insurance rates.
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W. D. Carroll
Fire Dept
J. B. Arthur
Jim Slack
Fire Company
Barn Destroyed by Fire on Jim T Jones Farm
A fine barn on the farm of Jim T Jones eight miles north of town burned last Monday about ten in the morning. Origin of the fire is unknown. Tenant L H Rinehart lost a year’s supply of corn and feed. barn valued around $2,000 with no insurance.
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Jim T. Jones
L. H. Rinehart
Mr. Jones
Senate Conferees Restore Fletcher Rider for U.S. Buildings
The Senate and House conferees agreed to restore the Fletcher rider, ensuring funding for federal buildings for which appropriations were previously made will be provided this year. If approved, new public buildings would be erected in Comanche Gilmer Mount Pleasant Orange and Pittsburg Texas. The move followed Senator Fletcher of Florida warning of a possible filibuster against the deficit bill.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
Fletcher
Comanche
Gilmer
Mount Pleasant
Orange
Pittsburg
Texas
Florida
Singing at Fleming Sunday Afternoon
R L Lane says a large singing will be held at Fleming Sunday afternoon starting at 2 oclock. Local and visiting singers, including Vineyard Waldrop Mercer and Mrs Mercer from Comanche, are expected to perform and provide good music and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming
R. L. Lane
Messrs
Vineyard
Waldrop
Mercer
Comanche
Death of Well Known Comanche Citizen in Abilene
B F Wagner a longtime Comanche County resident died at 81 in Abilene after brief illness of acute indigestion He served in the Confederate army and was buried in Indian Creek with services led by Rev J L Ray He leaves a widow Dora Owens and nine children with multiple grandchildren in Texas and New Mexico
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B. F. Wagner
Abilnen
Abilene
Winfield Wagner
Indian Creek
Comanche
Mr. Wagner
Alabama
Martha J. Ware
Texas
Camp
Navarro
Comache County
Dora Owens
B. R. Wagner
Blooming Grove
Pitt Wagner
Clyde
Charlie Wagner
Logan
N. M
Frances Tunnell
Hico
Florence Wagner
el Paso
Alma
Hester
Ruth Wagner
R. B. Wagner
B. W. Wagner
Madge
Faith Wagner
Rolf Wagner
G. A Tunnell
J. A. Johnson
Ranger
Wagner
J. L. Ray
Methodist Church
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Auml
Farm Bureau County
Calvin Coolidge
I. M. Cochran
Fertile
Comanche Co
Boyd
T. ©. Walton
A. & M. College
J. C. Boyd, W. M. Durham
Majestic Theater
Bang
Poebe K. Warner
Fort Worth
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