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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
4
Eotered at the Huet Office at Conmoch Tetna awe Record Dimes Mail Matter e C. WILKERSON W. H. CARPENTER Subscription Rate One Yeuepee olde Visitor Manager $1.50
Local residents and visitors frequent Comanche this weekend with many going to Dallas, Santa Anna, Coleman, Brownwood, Paris and Horatio. Attendees include Rev. R K Wagner and families. J Lloyd Winkey of Colorado. J B Hamilton and J H Huddleston among others as they visit relatives, markets, and churches across several Texas towns.
An inspector’s report to Comanche School outlines recommendations for the elementary and high school. Recommends two more elementary teachers, smaller class sizes, basement window guards, improved library facilities, expanded playground gear, new shades, and increased equipment including gas stoves and library materials.
Out-of-town attendees gathered in Comanche Friday for Captain J. A. Wright's funeral. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Callaway Brownwood, Mr. and Mrs. Wright Oplin, Miss Evelyn Holman, Archibald Adams, and several others from Brownwood Portales Amarillo Waco Norman and Jacksonville.
Local note indicates Hico Fee and Cold Storage Co. involved in selling dairy products with emphasis on milk and cream availability. The terse fragment suggests a marketing or notice item about sweet milk and cream offerings from the company.
A listing of businesses in Comanche Texas from 1884 including saloons general stores hardware grocers furniture jewelers druggists and mills. The ad array names J W Greene W R Dewitt Campbell Chilton Hamilton Dinewall and others with locations on the square or corners of Comanche.
Hilton Burks of the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce F Abney road committee chair County Judge P M Rice of Van Zandt County and County Commissioner Barton of Indian Gap met to discuss naming Highway 22 a state road The plan would extend from Shreveport through Marshall Athens Corsican Hillsboro Meridian to Hamilton and potentially to Brownwood connecting with Highway 1 near Zephyr Brownwood Bulletin
Court House News lists marriage licenses for Roger Magness with Leota Rudd, A D Horton with Belle Whitehead, Banders with Dorotha Baug, Perdue with Fay Moore, Holdridge with Ethel Vaughan. Deeds recorded include multiple transfers such as Joy Morris to Clara Watson for 2 13 acres in Comanche valued at 10 dollars plus, and other land exchanges with stated considerations. Births note Bettie Gene to R F Carter on February 14 and twins Carrie Josephine and Cherry Christine to G W Samuels Jr. and wife.
County Agent notes nearly all of the hundred Fat Stock Show 4 H Club Day tickets for Monday March 11 are spoken for. Leaders plan group attendance from Robinson Springs Beattie and Comanche with several cars and many club youths. The Dairy School in Beattie drew attendance. interest grows in the Sheep and Goat Show at Comanche on April 1. J A Barton, County Agent.
Mack Sprinkle a law student and Oklahoma City resident reports dramatic health gains from Sargon therapy. He credits improved digestion, weight gain, regular bowels, better sleep, and daily meals after two bottles. He also endorses Sargon Soft Mass Pills for gentle, natural action. Comanche Drug Co and Durham Pharmacy distribute Sargon locally.
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