Canning Plant Secured and City Gas Service Plan
The Comanche canning plant is secured and Southwest Gas Co plans to retain a local office in Comanche. District Manager L. M. Stricklin communicates that full time service will be provided in summer and with cold weather, a full time man will be placed here. Local plumbers will handle emergencies when the regular service man is away. The note expresses appreciation to Comanche citizens and outlines continued service for two towns if satisfactory. Comanche Produce Co advertises poultry buyers at top market rates.
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the Southwest Gas Camp
R. Eanes
Comanagor
L. M
Stricklin
J. R. Eanes
Comanche
Texas
Eanes
Southwest Gas Co
Comanry
L. M. Stricklin
Better Service at White Star Laundry
The White Star Laundry promises longer lasting clothes and healthier results with better work and service. Phone 62. Contact Bob Carpenter for details.
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White Star
Bob Carpenter
Comanche High School Debate Teams Hold Practice Debates
Comanche teams hosted Carbon for three practice debates this week. The boys team featured Jim Eanes Reese and Winfield Wagner, while the girls team included Elizabeth Anthony and Grace Brightman.
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Comanche High School
Jim Eanes Reese
Winfield Wagner
Elizabeth Anthony
Grace Brightman
Carbon
Comanche
Dublin High School
Virginia Littlepage
Elizabeth Herendon
Emmett Gore Injured When Car Turns Turtle In Texas
Emmett Gore sustained a broken hip and other injuries after a Ford he drove overturned on the Hamilton and Comanche road near Energy. He was taken to Central Texas Hospital at Brownwood by Elmer Gere, who accompanied him after the Tuesday afternoon crash at 6 pm. Wagner Magness and Wayne Dingus, passengers, escaped with minor bruises as their car suffered heavy damage.
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Emmett Gore
Central Texas
Brownwood
Hamilton and
Comanche
Elmer Gere
Emmett
Wagner Magness
Wayne Dingus
Myr. Gere
Comanche High One Act Team to Compete at Brownwood
The Comanche High Dramatic Club will enter the One Act Play contest at Brownwood Saturday March 25 performing Slave With Two Faces by Marion Carolyn Davies directed by Mrs Romeo Walker. The troupe includes Elizabeth Tate Fern Jackson and Frank Keeter with the play last in the lineup at the Howard Payne Auditorium.
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Comanche High School Dramatic Club
Brownwood
Marion Carolyn Davies
Romeo Walker
Comanche Club
Howard Payne Auditorium
Comanche
Elizabeth Tate
Fern Jackson
Frank Keeter
D C Dingus Appointed Justice of Peace in Precinct 1
The Commissioners Court appointed D C Dingus on Saturday to the office of Justice of Peace for Precinct No 1, succeeding the late J P Graham.
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D. C. Dingus
Commissioners Court
Office of Justice of Peace
Precinct No
J. P. Graham
Highway 10 Grading to Start This Week in Comanche
State Grading crew of four heavy engines begins grading Highway 10 from Comanche to Brown county line under Resident Engineer J. G. Irby. One month estimated for road bed completion. Work starts at Brown county line due to Indian Creek bridge delay. bridge concrete floor work to finish soon. Sixty-Seven: 14 men repair Highway 67 in De Leon by removing bad spots and reesphalting to restore road quality per County Foreman John Hart.
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Comanche
Brown County
J. G. Irby
Indian Creek
de Leon
John Hart
Chicken Thieves Steal 25 Hens and Rooster
Thelves report burglars entered G. R. Pratt's hen house on Wednesday night and took 25 Barred Rock hens and a rooster leaving white hens unharmed Tracks show two men carried birds in a coop to a small car bound for Comanche Pratt found tracks Thursday morning Also RB Patton in the same community lost several hens and five or six bushels of sweet potatoes last week
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G. R. Pratt
Hichway
Comanche
Mr. Pratt
RB. Patton
Comanche Business College Opens with Enrollment Discount
Comanche Business College opens Thursday April 11 with first 15 enrollees saving 15 dollars. See write or phone Misa Bly Hatley at Mrs Lizzie Hill’s Phone 299 or No 2. Ad on page 2. Ves' new Cafe three doors west of Brightman Whippet Station. Preston, Prop. Hens 20¢ and 22¢ Friday and Saturday at Farmers Produce Co.
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Comanche Business College
Misa Bly
Hatley
Lizzie Hill
Ves
Brightman Whippet Station
Preston, Prop
Hamilton and Mills Counties Seek Route Change for State Highway 22
A Hamilton and Mills County delegation met Brownwood Chamber of Commerce road officials to discuss rerouting State Highway 22 from Shreveport through Hamilton to Brownwood and then De Leon. The group planned a luncheon and agreed to postpone designation until state department conditions are settled.
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Hamilton
Comanche
de Leon
Brownwood
Brownwood Bulletin
Mills
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce
Southern Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Hilton Burks
State Highway Department
Shreveport
State Department
Rice
Comanche To Welcome New American Business College Branch
S P Bailey, president of American Business College Inc, announced a Comanche branch opening around April 10. The school will offer stenographic, secretarial, commercial, typing and teachers training courses plus other programs, with B Y Hatley in charge after recently opening Ballinger branch.
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Comanche
S. P. Bailey
American Business College, Inc
Bailey
The
South
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Virginia
Carolina
Bowie
Iss B. Y. Hatley
Ballinger
Schoo
Haggard to Jump at County Meet Exhibition High Jump Event
Rufus Haggard, holder of the Inter scholastic World Record in the high jump, will perform in an exhibition at the county track meet at the ballpark. The University of Texas representative, now with the New Orleans Athletic Club, competes against Class A and B school champions in hopes of breaking his record. Joe Bailey Cheaney, Howard Payne coach and former Olympian candidate, will start the meet.
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Ballpark
Rufus Haggard
Haggard
Geo. Burns
Chicago
University of Texas
New Orleans Athletic Club
Turns
Joe Bailey Cheaney
Howard Payne
Cheany
Stalin Emerges As Soviet Leader In Moscow Power Shift
Moscow reports indicate Joseph Stalin has replaced Trotsky as the dominant power in the Soviet Union, consolidating authority in the capital and unifying control over the party and state affairs.
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Moscow
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Trotsky
Soviet Union
Lower Gas Rates Effective Now Comanche Announcement
Comanche gas rates drop to 90 cents per thousand with a 10 percent discount if paid by the 10th, minimum charge one dollar. Meter readings in March bill at old rate. April 20 readings fall under the new rate, as meters were read for March. District Manager L. M. Stricklin announced the change.
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Comanche
L. M. Stricklin
Stricklin
Pan in America Glee Club Seeks Audience at High School
The High School Glee Club will present the operetta Pan in America directed by Mrs. W. D. Carroll on Friday evening March 29 in the High School Auditorium. Carl Venth wrote Pan in America for T W C and it won first prize in 1923 in a National Federation of Music Clubs contest. Other features will include songs by Mrs. Carrolls Music Class.
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High School Glee Club
W. D. Carroll
Carl Venth
National Federation of Music Clubs
Bowdoin Canning Company plans Comanche plant chartered
The Bowdoin Canning Company, Inc. of Comanche Texas seeks a charter to build a berry canning plant near the city on city property west of the Ice Plant. H A Bowdoin is president with W C Chilton vice president KE Anthony treasurer and W H Carpenter secretary forming the board.
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Comanche
Muchi
H. A. Bowdoin
Mineola
Bowdoin Canning Company, Inc
Texas
W. C. Chilton
KE. E. Anthony
Treas
W. H. Carpenter
Sec’y
T. J. Williams
H. L. Kight
Dublin
Kight
Bowdoin
Crowers
County Interscholastic Meet Starts Today
The county I league meet opens today featuring events in debate essay writing and speaking. Athletes include Winfield Wagner Jim Eanes Reese Janet Holmes Janet Olmes Janetha Dale Kearby Albert Greer and many others across tennis volleyball track and field disciplines.
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Winfield Wagner
Jim Eanes Reese
Janet Holmes
Janet Olmes
Janetha Dale Kearby
Albert Greer
Glee Club
Marian Lucille Donaho
Judith Clarke
Olene
Hazel McKinzie
Francis Cash
Margaret Ross
Vera Gore
Bertha Hart
Ethel Lucky
Helen Greenwoode
Thelma Randall
Ruth Hill
Beatrice Allen
Catharine Greene
Johnie Ruth Wallace
Nellie Mae
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Jiwenume' Co
Comanche County
Comanche Produce Co
King George V
Great Britain
George V
J. P
Majestic Theatre
Monte Blué
Atlantic
Douglas MaeLean
Willem Haines
Tate
J. T. Stark
Houston
Foster Dunn
Hasse
J. T. Gilbreath
Stark
Rhode Island
Proctor Road
Pete Stark
Palace
W. A. McGlothlin
Farmers Produce Co
Hamilton Road
Branch Business College
Distator
Pan
America
ROK Charter
Comanche High Schoo
Sealey Weathers
Nellie Mae Killian
Bonnie Elms
M. Meyers
J. Dutton
G. Story
F. Keeter
Dwalley
J. EB. Reese
E. Dodson
A. Greer
M Meyers
FE. Dudley
F. Waldrop
J King
KF. Dutton
Mevers
J. c. Mevers
R. Allien
EH. Dutton
R. Allen
Fa Geer
F Kite
Nur Hirth
J. King
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