County meet underway as Chamber names Burks secretary
Hilton Burks was reelected secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for another year at a Tuesday board meeting. The group also discussed future promotions funding, potential site for the Sandy Land Experiment Station, and a West Texas regional tax meeting to be held in Stephenville next Tuesday with local business leaders urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Burks
the Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Burks
S5&i
Méanche
Chamber of Commerce
Brownwood
State Highway Department
H. L. Stewart
Stewart
Ira Clemons
Joe Tupin
W. H. Thate
A. P. Cox
Walter Durham
Sandy Land Experiment Station
Regents
A. & M. College
College Station
Proctor
Stephenville
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Comanche
Sneer
Burns
County Board of Education
John Pogue
John Lightfoot
L. C. Macon
Hal Shockley
Walter Fritts
Empire
County Board
Small Schools Organize Separate League in Comanche County
The One and Two Teacher Schools of Comanche County form a distinct league from the Interscholastic League to tailor rules to their pupils. Events include number sense ready writer choral singing storytelling declamation one act play spelling playground ball and track. The meet at Comanche Grammar School on the 15th and 16th featured athletic events Friday and literary events Saturday with pennants awarded for overall points and event wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Downing
Grammar School
Comanche
Ollowing
W. Z. Compton
Dale Howard
M. Coleman
Baptist Church
Comanche High School
Tom L. Robinson Seeks Return as District Attorney
Tom L. Robinson announces his candidacy to serve again as District Attorney. He argues the office must protect citizens rights and live up to legal standards, urging voter support to secure two more years of fair, efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attoriney
Tom L. Robinson
Comanche High Wins Debate Preliminary
Comanche High School won the Class A division in the Inter scholastic League debates held Friday in the local Baptist Church. Debaters Billy Claude Everitt and John Shepard argued both sides against Sidney and Comyn, while the subject was Texas adopting a system of universal literacy. The event began at 2 30 o clock.
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Comanche County
Billy Claude Everitt
John Shepard
Comanche High School
Sidney
Comyn
Comanche
State of Texas
de Leon
Gustine
Baptist Church
Rura
Molly O Daniel Sets Campaign Tone For Texas Race
Molly O Daniel daughter of the Texas governor and University of Texas co ed says she is ready to help in her father’s re election campaign She describes life in the governor’s mansion as fun and notes thousands visit Austin and the people are grand She plans to visit towns across Texas to meet supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly O’daniel
University of Texas
Austin
Dad
Texas
Comanche and nearby towns compete in district event schedule
Directors and students join a district competition featuring events in debate, declamation, extemporaneous speaking, spelling, writing athletics, choral singing, music memory, arithmetic, picture memory, storytelling, one act play, typing and shorthand. Names include Lightfoot, Beattie, Dabney, Miller, Davis, Curb, Duster, Elliott, Cooper, Eargle, Tate, Hasse, Pinson, Jewell Halbrooks, Gunckel, Kay.
More State Aid Is Received For County Schools
The State Department of Education has paid the first half of Salary Aid on schedule, with Rural Aid for county schools totaling fifteen hundred dollars more than last year. Per capita funds are arriving faster than expected, despite a five dollar per capita deficit on September 1. A two dollar payment arrived last week and eleven of the twenty dollars has been received. The first half of transportation aid has not yet been received.
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State Department of Education
New Courthouse Progress at 29 Percent
The Comanche County courthouse project shows 29 percent completion with 24 percent of funds expended. Concrete for the first floor slab will begin in about three days. corner stone date targeted around April 15. Total cost set at 173,444 dollars with county paying 72,238. 182 workers on site. 107 working days completed.
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Comanche Coppty
R. McCharen
Bulid
Gustine PTA Presents Short Plays and Monologues Night
Gustine PTA sponsors Tuesday night program featuring a seventh grade playlet and humorous monologues. Students perform brief skits and musical bits in a community variety showcase.
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The
Gustine Pt.a
Teachers listed for Comanche County meet reveal staff roster
The Comanche County public schools publish a readable roster of faculty. Names cover numerous towns including Soda Springs Indian Mountain Newburg Fairview Duster Hazel Dell Oliver Springs Pettit Energy Trinity Cotton Grove Brysonville Downing Hasse Lamkin Wilson Van Dyke and eight large independent districts with dozens more, totaling fifty three teachers in common and small independent districts and extensive staff across eight large districts including Comyn Sidney Gustine and Comanche.
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Comanche County
Couuty
Comanche
Sabano
Horace Geye
Virginia Howard
Soda Springs
Cyril Irby
Montie Irby
Indian Mountain
Jodie Jordan
Jordan
Newburg
Ray Duren
Foster Cash
Elizabeth Tate
Dale Howard
Robert Eaton
Fairview
Joseph Cowan
Mary Nichols
Duster
E. L. Curb
Walter B. Davis
Florence Davis
Minnie Merle Vaughan
Katie Kuhn
Merle Huddleston
Hazel Dell
O. H. Moore
J. D. Lynch
Oliver Springs
R. V. Lesley
C. L. Mahon, Jr
van Dyke
Dee Burleson
Froh
Opal Thomas
Comanche Welcomes County Schools for April Trustee Elections
Comanche County lines up forty districts for trustee elections on April 6. Several districts contract with affiliated schools while Elm Grove consolidates with Sidney. County board structure and terms are noted alongside preparations for the 28th Annual Interscholastic League Meet.
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Comanche County
Briar Grove
Mercer Gap
Mercer Creek
Cross Roads
Harmony
Comanche
de Leon
Liberty
St. Joe
Robinson Springs
Pounds
Buffalo
Sidney High School
Elm Grove
Sidney
District Court April Jury List Released for Comanche Term
District Clerk Hugh White releases the spring term jury list for District Court in Comanche, set to convene April 15. Grand Jury names include Eaton, Fagan, Northcutt, Pettit, and Glover among others from De Leon, Gustine, Blanket, Sidney, and surrounding areas.
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Hugh White
Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Comanche
Robert Eaton
J. W Howard
de Leon
Eiland Fagan
C. R. Peterson
Gustine
W. S. Clark
Blanket
Wayne Dingus
Roeland Miller
R. Ka Northcutt
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C. OF
C. Secty
Comanche High
Molly
J. E. Lightfoot, Beattie
Miss Dabney
Homer Miller
H. F. Davis
Mr. Curb
Billye Elliott
J. B. Cooper
Mrs. Eargle, Gustine
Miss Tate
Newbury
Miller
Hasse
Miss Jewell Halbrooks
Beattie
Miss Gunckel
Sidney Mr. Kay
St Seabees
M. C. Kay
Norman Moore
Mollie Grissom
Hazel Johnston
Billye Elliot
Jewel Davis
Inez Boswell
Grace Brumbelow
Lee Ruth Graves
Lela Vaughan
W. A. Morgan
Cooper
W. L. Morris
T. W. Beard
N. A
Virgil Chaffin
Glenn Frazier
Minnie Cunningham
Hattie Brightman
W. H. Howard
Pattie R. Logan
Blanche Dabney
Jeanette Wood
Tom Joyce Cunningham
W. W. Logan
Ralph Moser
Otho Barbee
R. H. McCarley
W. D. Jenkins
Vera Beene
Nobia Dunn
Jewel Warner
Miss Simpkins
Vera Wooten
Margarette Ross
Ruth Odom
Dorcus Brown
Agness Graham
Berta’ Goodson
Joyce Williams
Eva Johnson
Ollie Sloan
Pearl Phipps
Berta Kelley
E. H. Boulter
Roger Mae Smith
Alda Morton Daniels
Frances Ellis
Charles Turner
Graham Smoot
Lymen Forrest
Tom Denman
Della Wall
Laucille Vaughan
C. G. Green
Gladys Green
Peggy Charnquist
Bertha A. Ross
Raymond van Zandt
Mildred Gardner
Lillian Mahon
Oma Ellis
Susan Schmidt
J. E. Lightfoot
Lightfoot
H. C. Dean
Royce Pope
Jewell Halbrooks
Miss Arthur
Perry Moring
Mrs. Boring
Marcelle Jouchoie
Harry Pinson
R. S. McCharen
Ball Park
Matinee
Clair Trevor and
John Wayne
Allegheny
Wes
Yarauaatoy
District Court
New Majestic Theatre
Clair Trevor
John Geagne
Jack Randall
Ronald Coleman
Ida Lupino
Rudyard Kipling
Kay Kyser
Edward A. Robinson
DR. Ehrlich
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