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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1923

Page

8

St Patrick Day Social Gathers Juniors and Seniors

A lively St Patrick’s Day party at the high school featured green booklet programs with games and prizes for word building and rhymes. Seniors and juniors shared treats, and shamrock favors and activities led to a stroll and refreshments in the decorated domestic science rooms.

Tha Dingus Junor Laura Warris Treloar Loyd Mackey Danforth Wilkerson Saint Patrick St. Patrick Trelow Guy Weob Marion Wilkerson P. K. Mackey Ola Cunningham

Woman's Auxiliary Officers Re-elected and Birthday Honor

Mrs. Chilton was re-elected president with Mrs Mollie Jack as vice president and Mrs R W Scurry as secretary and Mrs W B Poe as treasurer. The group celebrated Miss Whitpatrick's birthday with a book gift after 25 years of membership. Refreshments followed and games of 42 were played. Notable attendees included Mrs Welbourne Dunlap and several others from Ris ing Star.

Chilton Mollie Jack R. W. Scurry W. B. Poe W. W. Whitpatrick

Children entertain PT A program with prizes and health notes

The PT A meeting featured a children’s program with Sam Todd Jr. speaking, drills and songs, and notes on prize distribution for the music memory contest. The Child Welfare committee announced free medical examinations for ward schools, urged birth registration, and Japan’s lead in this area. Mrs. Dingus was named district delegate, with a nominating committee to propose officers for next month. April 12 named as a date, and local ads advertise coats, dresses, seed potatoes, and farming supplies.

Ward Kilpatrick Minerva Cunningham TI. M. Cochran W. G. Dingus Aivic Improvement PT. A Japan United States Dingus P.T. A Santa Anna J. Tt. Mayes John Jay A. M. T Lovernee

Local social notes from Comanche area visitors and moves

Mrs D Jennings spent the weekend in Coleman. F E Adams was in Dallas at week’s start. Dr Chastain moved his drug store to Blanket. Mrs Sallie Paine and daughter Dollie visited De Leon relatives. Burks and Miss Tolman visited Granbury by car. Mrs T O Moore and Mrs James Slack went to Waco to visit relatives. Mrs W Fr Carpenter visited Coleman with Cecil Gray. Mrs J W Graham and daughter left for Doole. F Adams left for Brownwood to visit Vernon Adams family. Ed Lane of Abilene spent time here with relatives. Carrie Childers visited Comanche from Sipe Springs with Mr Lightfoot. Mrs J Graham visited with her parents Stailey. Mr and Mrs J P Kearby left for LaGrange to be at Jerome’s bedside. K R Lacy and family with Tom House and W H Cox attended J W Graham’s funeral. Ben Lawson returned to Ft Worth after weekend here. Tl H Burnett of Comanche cared for Johnnie Jones. Miss Grace Campbell ill with bronchitis possibly pneumonia. Mrs W W Kilpatrick ill with acute indigestion. Brightman family weekend in Clifton with Glennie Thieff and Zora Layne. I P Graham, Hobart and W F Vancleave returned to Abilene after J W Graham funeral. Mr Phillips of Hillsboro viewed Burks Mercantile property with Oran and Kirkpatrick of Waco to locate here.

H. Burks Lottie Tolman Granbury T. O. Moore James DD. Slack Waco W. Fr. Carpenter Coleman Cecil Gray J. W. Graham Johnnie Windham Doole F. ©. Adams Brownwood Vernon Adams Ed Lane Abilene J. A. Lane Lady Francis Roberson Sisters Carrie Childers Comanche Sipe Springs Lightfoot Jerome K. R. Lacy Tom House W. H. Cox Ben Lawson Ft. Worth Tl. H. Burnett Johnnie Jones W. W. Kilpatrick Burks Mercantile Oran Kirkpatrick

Poultry Insect Remedies and Store Discounts

An ad touts Martin's Blue Bug Remedy to clean and bug proof chicken houses with TAROLINE guaranteed by Hamilton Drug Co. It also promotes Tate's store offering 25 percent off all ladies wear for ten days and 10 percent off everything in the house during that period. Meal flour cottonseed meal and Trico Nor rid Prater are listed.

Martin Hamilton. Drug Co Tate’s Purina Organization of Poultry and Feed Experts Purina Purina Mills St. Louis

Purina school visit aims to boost Texas dairy and egg output

D C Bailey of Comanche Produce Co returns from Fort Worth where Purina school educated feed merchants from 80 Texas towns. Experts outlined low Texas milk and egg yields and how balanced rations and better feeding can raise production toward European levels. Officials from Ralston Purina and Fort Worth mill discussed dairy and poultry nutrition and the role of feed merchants.

Purina Texas Ralston Purina Ralston Purina Company Westbrook William Sample St. Louis South Sample A. F. Seay Ward T. Hall G. F. McMillan Ralston Purina Company of Fort Worth R. E. Cowan Mernager H. Fef. Ritchey IT. B. White

Comanche Socials and Weather Hit by Cold Spell

Stag Creek C C Hogan J Z May and Misses Jessie and Artis Hood attended a gathering in Comanche Saturday. A party at Miss Virgie Drennan's in Bibb drew several locals. Leman Cagle and Mr Barnes from near Gorman visited the community Saturday. Charley Blackshire and family from near German spent weekend with the Masons. Jim Mason and family accompanied them home. A cold spell hit Saturday night and Sunday with the lowest temperature of the season killing all vegetation. Doyle Morrow of Gap visited his uncle J G Hood Saturday night and Sunday. Herbert LaRoque of Comanche visited J G Hood Monday.

Charley Blackshire Near German Mason Jim Mason Doyle Morrow Gap J. G. Hood

Making Money From Poultry How to Maximize Returns

A guide to profitable backyard poultry with emphasis on intelligent care and feeding. It notes low startup costs, steady egg demand, and potential earnings from a flock, suggesting a hundred hens can yield significant manure value and that egg production can be doubled with improved feeding practices.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Optometry J. H. Huff Comanche, Texas Texas College of Optometry Dollie Paine Ladies’ Auxiliary The Presbyterian Church PD. (. Clarke Joe Chilton Parent-Teachers Association Sam Todd, Jr Comanche Produce Co Oran Goodson Sidney Friday Big Lucey and Elmore Company Porto Rico J. Tk. Rogers Coamanche Norrid & Prater Fe & Co Grace Campbell Norrid Prater Moody’s Market South Side Square Avery Durham Brothers D. C. Bailey Purina School Comanche Pro First State Bank Guaranty Fond Bank Stag Creek C. C. Hogan J. Z. May Misses Jessie and Artis Hood Leman Cagle Mr. Barnes Near Gorman Herbert LaRoque Purina Poultry
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