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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1931
Page
1
Austin Dobson presents four seasonal stanzas praising nature and love. Each season prompts a festive chorus of birds blossoms harvest and hearth as the speaker vows to sing of his Love's eyes lips and heart through spring summer autumn and winter.
The Girls Service League of America reports 12 0 missing girls still unfound, with January records down from 18. March and September remain peak months for runaways, average age 16, many from Pennsylvania. Auto salvage on the Brooklyn pier faces debate as 124 unclaimed cars await disposition.
E. J. Light, in Comanche on Wednesday, announced a Canada to Canal route. The highway would run from northern Canada, cross the Red River into Texas at Burkburnett on a new bridge, follow highway 81 via Wichita Falls Breckenridge and Comanche, into San Antonio, and enter Mexico at Laredo.
Ex service men in the county are invited to attend J B Allcorns meeting this Friday March 2 to discuss matters of interest to ex service men Feed J B Allcorn
Ewell Parsons and Julian Steele of the Sidney community were arrested by Sheriff Dwight Brightman Friday and jailed on turkey theft charges. Parsons posted a 1250 bond to await the grand jury, Steele remained jailed on the same amount bond as of Monday.
Caraway and Son of Comyn swept the Shorthorn class noting two first prizes and several seconds and thirds at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show meeting top entries from Amer ica. Singleton Farm of Midlothian earned the only other Texas first prizes with multiple placings across bulls and heifers.
B H Hat Baxter president of Baxter Flour and Feed Company Brownwood buys the Gressom Robertson Dry Goods Company Brownwood stock and fixtures and re opens the store on Friday. Baxter previously operated a dry goods store in this area.
Comanche girl Elsie Nadine Prater, nine, earned the junior poultry championship at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. She exhibited Rhode Island Reds, raising a flock from a dozen birds in her family's chick house and run yard.
Jim Sandford was arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Turner Sanders on charges of unlawful sale of liquor and transportation of liquor. An examining trial Friday before Justice J. D. Bonner set bonds at 750 for sale and 500 for transportation. Sandford posted bonds with attorney Oscar Callaway.
Gladys de Silva Bates presents a three act comedy drama in a dramatic reading Friday night at 8 p m. The event is at the High School Auditorium with admission 25 and 35 cents.
W. G. Barrett, superintendent of Comanche public schools, was elected President of the Mid Texas Teachers Association at Brownwood. The next meeting is set for San Angelo in 1982. The association will pursue the Brownwood theme Training Youth to Live Properly in Society and consider continuing this line of thought with proposed recommendations for future work.
E B Billingslea of Gustine and Jack Pittman of Fort Worth were arrested Friday by Sheriff Dwight R Bright on cattle theft and fence cutting charges. They were moved to Comanche County Jail awaiting grand jury action after Monday exams before Justice Paul Davis. Bond set at $1600 each. lawyers included Oscar Callaway for defendants and F O Jaye along with Tom H Robinson for the State.
Three Comanche County men are serving on the Federal Grand Jury empaneled at Fort Worth. They are W. F. Flatt of Rucker Allen Bibby of De Leon and J. M. Jackson of Lamkin.
The article outlines benefits of vocational guidance, student self government, assembly programs, literary awards, GPA use in high schools, safety programs, publicity, newspapers, annuals, and state entrance exams for unaffiliated schools. It notes future work will reflect these suggestions while naming Comanche honorees.
County Agent J A Barton reports about twenty Dreuth Relief Fund checks received in Comanche this week through the Fort Worth office. Small loans pay full amount. larger loans may be partial. Instructions on food loans issued. blanks yet to arrive. Existing seed and feed loan applicants may add food loan requests.
Gilbert Amos was arrested Friday at Comanche and jailed on a charge of auto theft. He is accused of stealing a car owned by the Comanche Marble and Granite Co. several months ago.
Miss Elsie Prater nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Prater of Comanche won a silver loving cup at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Southwestern Exposition for her Rhode Island Reds pen of a cock and four pullets. Her pen topped many entries in a popular breed class.
Estimates of cold damage to fruit crops range from near total to minimal. Orchard locations affect impact with lowlands, especially plums, hit hardest while upland orchards fare better. Individual owners report varied percentages for peaches, plums, apricots, and overall yields.
Flsie Mrs Prater entered twenty birds and took first prizes in the cockrell ass and regard on young pen, hen and eress. She reported an unusually good season for chicks with lighter losses despite cold weather and notes she now maintains 1100 chickens from day old to fryers.
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