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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1932
Page
1
A compact meditation by John Keats on escaping urban confinement. The speaker longs for open skies and prayer in a blue firmament, finding happiness in fresh air and grass where a gentle tale of love and languishment is read. Evening returns with birdsong and drifting clouds as the day passes like an angel's tear.
Grand jury and petit jury lists released for the spring term in Comanche with a light docket. District Court will convene Monday April 18, with most old criminal cases resolved and few defendants jailed.
Mayor J. R. Eanes proclaims April 3 to 9 as Spring Clean-Up Week urging all citizens and civic groups to join the effort. He cites mild winter increasing flies from rubbish, fire hazard penalties, and the value of cleanliness to health and town beauty.
The County Meet begins at Comanche with first round tennis as Beattie and Gustine lead. Beattie Gustine doubles win 6 1 6 1 and 6 3 6 2 over Newburg Comyn. Upcoming events include girls and boys singles and doubles, declamation singing and debates at local venues.
Mrs Talkalot laments lost opportunity as the pianists finish. Gosseppe quips about dying for an encore. A lampoon about Lawyer McFee notes he stays on the level rather than rise high in his profession.
Scottish kitchen notes present method for a Scotch apple tart with Sultana raisins and a top crust plus Scotch Tea Cakes. Ingredients include tart apples sugar lemon rind butter eggs and vanilla with steps for slow bake and quick bake variants. Also a Collope beef essence with pepper and browning hints.
A damaged OCR recipe describes making a suet and flour pudding with chocolate powder, baking powder, vanilla, and milk. It instructs mixing dry ingredients then liquids, shaping into greased moulds, and steaming for about a bag and a half, served with sweet sauce. The text also mentions embroidery tracing and colored advertisements.
Cotton Belt Railway plans a mixed train one day and a motor car the next between Stephenville Comanche Hamilton and Waco if approved. Daily mail and express would stay. freight would run every other day. Company officials including K M Post and W W Murray attended a Comanche business group meeting to gauge citizen objections.
Gustine teams win first place in four divisions at Comanche for Grammar School Girls and Boys and High School Girls and Boys. North end winners at Delcon include Comyn in high school girls and boys. Duster and Robinson Springs also claim Class A grammar titles as rural schools, with county meet next Friday featuring four Comanche versus four NeLeon matchups.
Beattie resident Uncle Sidney Bingham, an octogenarian, asserts he walked over 1000 miles from Mississippi to Texas in two months sixty five years ago and challenges the county to beat his walking record. He recalls marrying Queen Victoria Britt on May 1, 1869 and notes a long family history including Civil War service and descendants across Texas and beyond.
The final cotton report shows 6705 bales ginned in Comanche County this season versus 4149 last season, according to John H. Harris, Special Agent. At seven cents an average, the crop brought about 284675 dollars.
An ad pitches batter butter parchment paper branded as a genuine vegetable parchment that prevents sticking and rotting. It claims no extra costs and urges asking for Rate Certons from The Comanecae Charl.
Twenty one men in Comanche and nearby areas were put back to work through a local American Legion drive led by Post Commander J. B. Allcorn. A committee including W. B. Barrett W. Walker and Dr. L. F. Hill aids in the nationwide effort which has put 287000 men to work. The slogan Win the War Against Depression. The drive aims to encourage employers to hire more workers from the unemployed.
W. D. Carroll of Comanche was elected Grand Master of the 1.0.C.F. of Texas at the Grand Lodge session in Waco. He previously served as Century Grand Master and, years earlier, as Grand Patriarch of the 1.C.C.F. encampment. Installation is set for the next annual meeting in Greenville a year hence.
Among attendees from Comanche were Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Carroll Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis Mrs. J. C. Huse and John E. Bonser as the Grand Lodge convened in Waco this week.
Charle Curtiss Coffman was arrested at his home near German Friday and brought to Comanche by Sheriff Dwight Brightman and Deputy Turner Sanders. Theft charges were filed against him.
Jim Eanes Reese of Comanche appears on the University of Texas last Honor Roll, listed as the son of Mr. and Mrs. F J Reese.
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