Regents weigh Sandy Land Experiment Station site
The Board of Regents meets in College Station to pick the Sandy Land Experiment Station site with Comanche County around the Proctor farm among top contenders. Proctor and Stephenville backers push, soil experts favor Proctor, and county residents anticipate large economic gains from the station’s location.
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College Station
Board 1 Regents
Comanche County
Pin‘son
Proctor
Comanche
de Leon
Dublin
Stephenville
A. & M. College
Board of Regents
Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh White
Brady
Joe Utay
Dallas
Proctor 1As
Omanche
Clarence Albin
American Legion To Meet Tonight at Woodman Hall
Members of the American Legion and Ex-Service men will meet tonight at Woodman Hall per Post Commander J. H Thur who appeals for full attendance. A meal is being prepared for attendees and new members are welcomed.
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Woodman Hall
J. H Jhur
Arthur States
Legion
Yohn Travis Mohon Receives Army Promotion
John Travis Mohon of Comanche reports his son Yohn Travis Mohon advanced from Private First Class to Corporal last week. He has served eighteen months and is stationed at Fort Leavenworth. He becomes the first in his rank to enter the Army within eighteen months to attain Corporal.
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John Travis Mohon
John Mohon
Comanche
Arivate
Young Mohon
Fort Leavenworth
Sas
Thermy
Twenty Years Ago in Louisville Democratic Club Formed
W J Bryan tariff plank heads Democratic platform amid bets by Louisville Courier Journal. Precinct No meeting at opera house organizes Bryan Bailey Democratic Club with A S Harris president and J W Reese secretary. Dr J J Eargle of Proctor dies. Comai ned schools enroll 780 under Supt D P Parker. Presbyterians elect Parker superintendent and other officers. Mable Emmerson narrowly escapes clothing fire at A C Cathey home. Texas has 152 very dry, 66 partially dry, 25 entirely wet counties. San Angelo reports a 12 500 population city directory. New York Supreme Court jury fined $50 each for verdict by coin flip. Democratic primary candidates listed for district judge, tax assessor, superintendent, county attorney, sheriff, clerk, district clerk, and county treasurer.
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W. J. Bryan
Louisville Courier Journal
Bryan
Opera House
A. S. Harris
J. W. Reese
J. J. Eargle
Proctor
D. P. Parker
Presbyterian Sunday School
R. B. Leecretary
Emily Wilcoxon
Isla Wyatt
R. B
Minnie Cunningham
I. . Gage
Gaines B. Hall
Va Carruthers
W. Wilpatrick
Mable Emmerson
J. H. Arld
Morgan Hall
S. Coley
A. G. Vesoy
W. R. Harris
D. E. Renfro
8. Bell
W. D. Farr
J. B
Deen Oil Test Near De Leon To Start Soon
Work on a slush pit began last week at J. B. Mills ranch five miles east of De Leon. A 3,500 foot deep oil test well is to be drilled within three weeks after permit obtained by E. H. Young and associates of Eastland. The 3,000 acre Mills block, formerly W. E. Lowe ranch, marks Comanche County's first deep oil test of the year.
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J. B. Mills
de Leon
E. H. Young
Jenkins Explains Taste of City Lake Water
City water workers reduce chlorine to half for treatment. Water from the small pool below the dam is clearer and needs less disinfectant, while lake proper water requires more chlorine due to turbidity from winds. Conservation buys time until spring rains. lake cleaning improves future supply.
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Jenkins
City Lake
Lake
Eanes
Gridders To Report Monday For Spring Practice
About forty men are due to report to Coaches Frazier and Barbee for the opening of spring football practice Monday afternoon. Comanche High School’s 1940 Indians will rely on jettermen Hormel Gilliam A J Coker and Thomas Marshall as the nucleus with returning lettermen Roy Rains Hubert Eoff Weldon Edwards John David Milton and J Albin also in the mix. Several regulars will be lost to graduation and the eighteen year old rule, while coach Frazier plans player switching during practice to test new positions.
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Frazier
Barbee
Comanche High School
Nucelus
Hormel Gilliam
A. J. Coker
Thomas Marshall
Roy Rains
Hubert Eoff
Weldon Edwards
John David Milton
Joe Clare Carnes
Johnsie Pate
Comanche
Indians
Fletcher
Mahon
Wetzel
T. Pate
B. Edwards
Kemp
Loudermilk
Davis
Edwards
Hicks
Gilliam
Big
Marshall
Coker
Hoffman Debates University Of Iowa Team In Roosevelt Question
Hoffman and Jack Love of Texas faced State University of Iowa in a non decision debate over the third term for Roosevelt. Leo Hoffman, a law student from Comanche, is a third year letterman and active in Phi Delta Phi Pi Sigma Alpha Phi Eta Sigma Athanaeum and the Longhorn Band. The Ames team will travel to Iowa City to join Julius Goldberg and Guilford Jones for the Iowa Invitation Tournament debating isolationism in wartime.
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University of Texas
Leo J. Hoffman
Jack Love
State University of Iowa
Roosevelt
Hoffman
Love
Leo Hoffman
Comanche
Law Delta Phi
Pi Sigma Alpha
Phi Eta Sigma
Athanaeum Literary Society
Longhorn Band
Boulder
Colorado
Ames
Iowa City
Texas
Julius Goldberg
Guilford Jones
Iowa
United States
Fairview Wins One Act Play Contest
Dale Howard announces the One and Two Teacher School League held a One-Act Play Contest at Downing Auditorium on March 1. Seven schools competed with Fairview third Sabano fourth Downing first Trinity fourth. Fairview earned the pennant. Best actor and actress received one dollar each.
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Dale Howard
Downing Auditorium
Howard
Fairview
Downing
Sabano Tird
Trinity
Fairview School
Joe Cowan
Faye Stewart
Sixteen Real Estate Pieces Sold for Taxes at Sheriff Sale
Sixteen parcels were sold Tuesday at 2 PM under a Sheriff Sale in front of the courthouse for delinquent taxes. Most went to taxing units, especially Comanche and De Leon Independent School Districts. a few went to individuals. Taxes date back to 1928. owners have two years to redeem with costs plus 25 percent in year one or 50 percent in year two. Writ of possession issued after the second year. Additional properties, including town lots in Comanche and De Leon, scheduled for tax sale next April first Tuesday.
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Comanche
de Leon
Caraway Seeks Support for County Soil Conservation District
C M Caraway of Comyn and De Leon appeared before the Comanche Chamber of Commerce to back the soil conservation program. He, a State Board of Directors member with supervision in fifty two counties, urged farmers to form a local district and noted voting boxes will be placed in Comanche De Leon Custine Proctor Sidney and Sipe Springs.
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C. M. Caraway
Comyn and
de Leon
Comanche
Chamber of Commerce
Caraway
Comanche County
Custine
Proctor
Sidney
Sipe Springs
Loans For Real Estate Available At FSA Office
The Farm Security Administration announces limited Special Real Estate Loans for farm owners with indebtedness under 1000 dollars secured by land and those willing to follow a supervised plan who live on and operate the farm. A meeting at De Leon City Hall on Wednesday March 13 at 9:30 a.m. will provide further information and applications.
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Real Tate
de Leon
Lions Club Red Hot Jamboree at C H S Auditorium
Tonight at 7 45 the Lions Club stages a Red Hot Jamboree at the C H S Auditorium. The Negro Chorus amateur hour features a one string fiddle solo Columbia tunes magic tricks tap dancing brain teaser and a medicine show with songs jokes and a masked magician act. Prizes for correct solutions are offered as diverse acts including a sermon and censored chorus numbers entertain.
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Negro Chorus
Columbia
Clyde House
Cyril Greene
Cagle outlines precinct one candidacy and pledges
Jack Cagle declares his bid for Comanche County Commissioner Precinct No 1. He pledges economical administration, budget adherence, opposition to indiscriminate warrants, support for WPA projects, development of school bus and rural roads, fair tax equalization, and impartial road care without favoritism. He plans to meet voters and seeks their support.
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State of Texas
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners’ Courts of
Texas
W.P.A
Comanche County
Jack Cagle
Mrs J H Lewis to Continue Work of Deceased Husband
Mrs J H Lewis announces she will carry on the work of her late husband Dr J H Lewis a well known massuer. She has aided him for years and will continue the work at her Brownwood Street residence with Dr Scott coming from De Leon to assist.
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J. H. Lewis
Massucr
Lewis
Brownwood Street
Scott
Comanche
de Leon
Purves Farmer Found Dead in Barn Near Home
John McCarty a Purves area farmer about fifty five was found dead in his barn hanging from a rafter at noon Wednesday His funeral was held in Purves and interment followed at Siloam Cemetery
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John McCarty
Purves
McCarty
Siloam Cemetery
Auto Accessory Thieves Busy Here
Thieves stripped two Comanche cars Monday night taking the battery and clock from Coach Glenn Frazier’s car. They tried to steal the radio but failed. They also broke into Clarence Huett’s garage and took a generator battery and fan from his car. Local officers are investigating.
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Glenn Frazier
Clarence Huett
Hamilton Singing Convention Sunday
The Hamilton County Semi-Annual and Fifth Sunday Convention join for a sing ing at the Hamilton courthouse Sunday March 10 at 1 PM. Officers invite Comanche County singers to attend this joint session.
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Hamilton County
Hamilton
Court House
Comanche Junior Livestock Show Draws Largest Entries
About 2000 people attended the Fifth Annual Comanche County Junior Livestock Show at the Comanche ballpark. The event featured its finest calf display with more than $200 in cash prizes and champions in beef, poultry, lambs, and hogs. Grand Champion went to Bob Simmons De Leon for a Senior Shorthorn. Reserve Champion to Bill Lane Comanche. poultry judged by Tarleton staff marked the first poultry exhibit. Many champions plan to enter Fort Worth and Houston Fat Stock Shows. about fifty Comanche FFA members will attend Fort Worth.
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Comanche County
Comanche
Bob Simmons
de Leon
Simmons
San Antonio
Bill Lane
Oscar Frazier
John Tarleton Agricultural College
T. A. Hensarling
Poultry
Tarleton
Fort Worth
Houston
Ralph Moser
Comanche Ffa
Betty Joe Lane
Joe Carnes
Jack Lane
Gene Carter
G. O. Fletcher
Willie Carruth
Dave Floyd
Comyn
C. M. Swanner
Jack Gains
Erwin Barnett
Ranchers Urged to File 1940 Range Program Applications
The Comanche County ACA office opens 1940 range program applications. Ranchers must file a county office form detailing desired practices, with county range inspectors available Wednesdays in March to assist. Applications must be approved by the county committee before any range building work can begin, with a May 1 1940 closing date.
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Comanche County Aca
J. W. Roberson, Jr
Roberson
Texas Exes Celebrate Annual Reunion in De Leon
About two University of Texas ex-students from Comanche County held their annual banquet and reunion at the Travelers Hotel in De Leon on Saturday night March 2. Attorney F. G. Harmon presided as toastmaster and Dr. Byron Short delivered an illustrated engineering lecture. Short is an alum of De Leon.
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Univresity
Comanche County
Travelers Hotel
de Leon
Texas
F. G. Harmon
Byron Short
University
Short
Elder
S. W. Short
Mrs G A McNeill Dies At Home In Comanche
Mrs. G. A. McNeill 78 died at her Comanche home after a five day illness. Funeral services were held at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. H. J. Sanders officiating. Surviving children include Mrs. John Guthrie Sidney Mrs L Samuels Comanche Miss Gertrude McNeill Austin and O. J. McNeill San Angelo. Mrs McNeill born Mary Charlotte Potts January 26 1866 in Madison County Alabama moved to Texas in 1893.
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G. A. McNeill
Comanche
Oakwood Cemetery
H. J. Sanders
Johnnie Mae Guthrie
Geraldine Guthrie
Ruby Mae Guthrie
McNeill
Mary Charlotte Potts
Madison County
Alabama
George A. McNeill
Texas
Parker County
Weatherford
Comanche County
Newbury
John Guthrie
Sidney
L. Samuels
Gertrude McNeill
Austin
O. J. McNeill
San Angelo
Methodist Church
NYA Supervisor to Address C H S Students Tuesday
E Terrill Coleman area supervisor of the National Youth Administration will speak to the High School assembly at 10 30 Tuesday morning March 12. The event will interest pastors teachers and other leaders of young people and the public is invited.
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E. Terrill Coleman
National Youth Administration
Miss Charlotte Durem Suffers Injury After Party Mishap
Miss Charlotte Durem fell and severely cut her wife return ing home from party with a number of her sch mates as week and since been confined to her room.
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Charlotte Durem
Sch
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A. & 1 College Regents
Pick Experiment Station
American Legion
Yohn Travis Mohon
ARMY
Deen
M. E. Jenkins
FSA
Woodrow R. Allen
Lions Club
C.H.S. Auditorium
Comanche Lions
Howard Ernest Wells
John E. Hoff
Joe Tupin
Karl Shock Cecil Horton
Joe Marshall
Dr. I. Q. Fagan Vash
Ernest Wells
Doc Lionel Slider
and Walter Barret
Ira Clemons
Hamilton Singing Convention
Baby Reeves
Rober Loudermilk
Doyle Rushing
Archie Beard
Tommy Ma
Zurek
James Edwards
Jake Hodges
C. W. Murphree
Dalton Morphew
Wayne Wilhelm
Tommy Mazurek
Bertis Ritchey
Tyson, Phillips
Texas Exes
NYA
C.H.S
New Majestic Theatre
Richard Dix
Gail Patrick
Jene “Reno
Tex Ritter
Wallace Beery
Dolores del Rio
the Man From
Dakota
Spencer Tracy
Hedy la Mair
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