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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
7
George G. Smith of Comanche among 17 freshmen named to the Howard Payne Honor Roll. He earned 23 credit points according to the college announcement.
W H Huett promotes Farmers Mill grinding all kinds of feed and selling starter feeds for baby chicks. Starter price listed as 3 1 2 cents per pound for starter and Scratch. Call and visit Farmers Mill.
Mrs. Claude George offers guidance on planting timing for 1 year old roses and tomato plants using choice varieties. Contact via telephone 04 for details.
The Comanche Circuit Methodist ladies plan a dinner on April 1 at an as yet unnamed venue to raise funds for the parsonage. Regular preaching at Sidney occurs March 24 with services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., followed by a church conference at 3:30 p.m. Pastor J. B. Weathers notes. C. A. Greene visits Brownwood Monday.
W. W. Kilpatrick learned his brother Calvin was alive in Alhambra California and connected with the Sheriff's department after J. L. Cockrell noticed a family likeness. Calvin's children Edna Rhodes and Albert Kilpatrick, an auditor of the Texas Hotel, recently relocated from Mobile Alabama to Fort Worth, visited Kilpatrick.
We thank those who were kind to Mrs. A. M. Bulay during her last illness and burial. Your floral offerings assistance and words of sympathy are a comfort to Walter Garner and Family A. W. Bulay and Mrs. T. M. Knatcher in their sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Eakins spent the weekend in Cisco with his father W. F. Elkins and their daughter Mrs. H. B. Allen.
Local laundry offers separate washing for each family with fresh water. Delivery and pickup available. Damp wash five cents per pound and rough dry seven cents per pound. Special: two quilts for thirty five cents this week and next. Satisfaction guaranteed. Telephone 478 Comanche Texas.
Smart and Isham shipped a mixed car from Gustine via Comanche to Fort Worth with 23 cattle and 28 hogs. Smart and Banner sent 82 hogs from Gustine to Fort Worth last week. Patterson moved 248 sheep in two cars from Lakin to Fort Worth on March 12. Isham sent 32 cattle and 32 sheep in a mixed car from Gustine via Comanche last week. Chilton bought 50 Angora goats from Mills County, totaling 500 head now on Round Mountain pasture. Howington Hodges shipped two cars of mixed cattle totaling 50 head from Comanche to Fort Worth. Also Howington Chilton Hodges shipped two cars of sheep totaling 257 head from Comanche to Fort Worth. Shankles sent one car of hogs from Comanche to Fort Worth on Tuesday.
Comanche County 4-H youths sold calves at the Fat Stock Show earning gross prices from 108 to 150 dollars per head, with weights 800 to 1000 pounds. Farmers increasingly plant certified seed, noting fewer diseases and higher yields. The Temple Experiment Station reports crop rotation boosts cotton, corn, wheat, and oats yields and profits. J A Barton, County Agent.
W. W. Kilpatricl visited Fort Worth and Dallas early this week to buy equipment for his electric shoe and harness shop. He plans to install the new gear soon, making his shop one of the most modern in the Ft. Worth area.
Miss Delma Bain of Fleming and Miss Delma McEntire spent Saturday night with Lola and Golda McEntire of Comanche. Mr and Mrs A G Miller and daughter Mary Francis visited near Merkel. Miss Delma Bain visiting Miss Denna McEntire. Miss Thelma Randle visited Miss Analee Glasgow. Stile McEntire visiting Mat Salters of Hico.
Comanche Business College opens Thursday April 11. First 15 to enroll save 15 dollars. See write or phone Miss B Y Hatley at Mrs Lizzie Hill's. Phone 228 or No 2. See our ad on page 2. (81 82 cents)
At a meeting in Comanche the Woodmen Circle elected Mrs. Alice West Guardian of Comanche Grove as delegate to the State Convention in Mineral Wells. Mrs Mae Cameron Secretary of the Grove was named as Alternate on March 9.
Alvin Mitchell, minister, invites attendees to regular worship with Bible study at 10 and preaching at 11 and 8 00. Lord's Supper at 11 45, young peoples meeting at 7 15, mid week service at 8 00, ladies Bible class Saturday 2 3. Sunday morning subject Chére Finance. Evening topic to be chosen later. We welcome you.
An advertisement touts a natural vegetable medicine course named Herbine claimed to clear up skin disfigurement. It promotes purchase at Wm. Reese Drug Co with Paris Smith and The
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