Comanche Girls Win At State Clothing Contest In Houston
The State Clothing Contest grand event in Houston on April 28 30 featured 58 high schools and 250 contestants. Comanche was represented by Rita Eanes Thelma McDonald and teacher Viona Lawson with both girls earning high mention and Eanes winning first place in class A.
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Yiouston
Lillian Peek
Comanche
Rita Eanes
Thelma McDonald
Viona Lawson
Comanche High School
Ensign
Parent-Teachers Associations of
Houston
Federated Clubs
Houston High
Granger, High
Lawson
Spent Teachers Association
Oldtown
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Buffalo Bayou
Wharf
Ernest McAshan
Eanes
Annie McAshan
Miss Lawson
Galyveston
Oleander
Indian Track Team Heads to State Meet
Comanche High School principal Mr. W. H. Carpenter leads the Indian track squad traveling by Cotton Belt to Waco then Austin for the Inter scholastic League Track Meet at the University of Texas campus. Student committees are mobilized to manage events for what is described as the league’s most successful meet.
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W. H. Carpenter
Comanche High School
Wedprey
Cotton Belt
Waco
Baylor University
Austin
State University
Austin Statesman
Congress
League
Peach twig with eight peaches amazes town
Mr. J. D. Mason brought a twig from a peach tree showing eight well developed peaches. Witnesses called it the biggest curiosity they had seen. Mason notes several trees at his place are heavily loaded with fruit, with bunches bearing two to three peaches each.
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J. D. Mason
Rain drenches Comanche County leaves fields ready for spring
Comanche County reports heavy soaking rainfall from April beginning with at least fifteen inches. Farmers hope for drying weather to allow planting and replanting while noting washed fields and needed replanting of feed stuffs. Boll weevil decline could bring a good cotton crop. bridges fared well but roads remain bad with Rush Creek Bottom impassable and culverts washed out beyond Hasse.
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Comanche County
Hasse
Sermon for Seniors At First Baptist May Seventh
The 11 o'clock Sunday service at First Baptist Church will target older members with a special invitation. Transportation will be arranged by Geo. Fe Smith, and members should help shut in neighbors attend. A revival starts August 20 at the tabernacle with Pastor Maddox and his brother from Waco assisting. A song leader will be provided.
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First Baptist Church
Geo. FE. Smith
Tabernacle
Maddox
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Waco
High School Clothes Line Event At Houston
State Clothing Contest features the High School Fashion Book with exhibits from across the state. Miss Lawson and sewing classes will reproduce the exhibit Friday at the High school auditorium. The program includes the High School Clothes Line one act play and several musical numbers. Admission 10 and 20 cents.
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Houston
Lawson
Near Tragedy in Newburg Ends with Arrests
A serious altercation occurred in Newburg last Saturday when Joe Mills was badly cut by Scofield, a farm tenant. Fights over a settlement or supplies led to arrests of Scofield father and son, held in the county jail pending grand jury action.
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Newburg
Joe Mills
Scofield
Mill
Newbury
Mills
Comanche
Scofields
Orville Bullington Seeks 13th District Ballot
Secretary of State Staples has received a petition to place Orville Bullington of Wichita Falls on the official ballot for the thirteenth district congressional race to succeed the late Lucian W. Parrish. The May 15 election date is noted and Bullington’s name will appear on the ballot. Ex students Association members at the University praise Bullington for his service and leadership, including his wife Sadie Kell, daughter of Frank Kell of Wichita Falls.
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Trict
Lucian W. Parrish
Staples
Bullington
Austin
University Ex-Students Association
Orville Bullington
Sadie Kell
Daugster
Frank Kell
Wichita Falls
Ex-Students Association
Radio fad prompts new fire regulations for wireless installs
New York April 20 Thousands of amateur Marconis and Edisons experimenting with radio gear prompted the national fire underwriters to issue rules for wireless sending and receiving apparatus. The measures address outdoor high voltage wire contact lightning protection and indoor wire insulation to prevent short circuits in receiving stations. Miss Louise Roberson visited Brownwood Wednesday with her aunt Mrs R E Dudly.
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New York
Marconis
Edisons
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Louise Roberson
Brownwood
R. E. Dudly
Pioneer Texas Gets New Post Office Completion
A new Pioneer post office is completed and will transfer soon. Located near Main Drag and Avenue A, the facility doubles capacity with about 500 mail boxes, easing daily congestion as current lines form each afternoon and mail distribution takes hours under the old system.
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Main Drag
Avenue A
How Did We Get Our Bible Lecture Series
Dr Klingman leads a May 7 session for the Adult Bible Class at Central Christian Church starting at 10 o clock. All are invited to attend. Also promoting a stylish graduation day hat at the Style Shop.
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Style Shop
Central Christian Church Teaches Bible Origins Lectures
The Central Christian Church and Sunday School announce a lecture series by Dr. C C Klingman on where the Bible came from and how God guided its transmission. Sunday school starts at 9 45 AM and lectures at 10 AM each Sunday, rain or shine.
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Central Christian Church
C. C. Klingman
God
Boy Washed Down Crossing the Leon River
Homer Gray eighteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Noley Gray was washed down the Leon while attempting to cross the river with garments torn from his trousers to borrow clothing. He struggled ashore near a railroad dump half a mile below and sought shelter with Roe Walker before returning home wet and cold. Ruby Bettis of Maytown visits Mrs H H Gibbs this week.
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Homer Gray
Noley Gray
Young Gray
Harris and Powell
Armstrong
Gray
Leon
Jim Holland
J. F. Clopp
Roe Walker
Roe
North Ward School
Careful Engineer Navigates Frisco Bridge Sinking
An early Wednesday Frisco passenger train near Dublin faced peril as a submerged trestle failed beneath the engine. Engineer Freeman reversed steam and backed safely, while crew and pilots guided the train away from disaster with calm, measured action.
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Brady
Brownwood
Dublin
Freeman
Public notice bars hunting in Knutsen pasture
C A Knut son issues a public notice forbidding hunting and shooting on his pasture due to danger to stock. The advisory is addressed to all potential trespassers and remains in effect.
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C. A. Knutson
State Clothing Meet Returners From Houston
Misses Viona Lawson Thelma Mc Donald and Rita Eanes returned Tuesday from Houston where they attended the State Clothing Meet.
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Viona Lawson
Thelma McDonald
Rita Eanes
Houston
New Navy Device Measures Ocean Depths
Washington April 11 A new device developed by the Navy enables accurate measurement of any ocean depth. Hydrographers expect it will chart spots never measured due to extreme depths. It uses submarine-detection sound methods and times the echo from the sea bottom to determine depth.
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Washington
Navy Department
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High Schol Clothes Line
Mrs
Homer Lee
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Orville Bulington
Secretary of State
Orville Mul
Lington
Pioneer
Texas
W. H. Rowland
de Leon Free Press
Ruby Bettis of
Maytown
H. H. Gibbs
Dubin Progress
Frank Emery
Stephenville
City
St. Louis
Anti-Centralization League
Thomas L. Anderson
Sterling E. Edmonds
Raymond McNally
the National Bank
Thomas
Colorado
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Taft
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