Daddy's Day Reflections on a Family Staple
A nostalgic portrait applauds the father figure as a necessary household anchor. The piece defends his faults and boasts his quiet sacrifices from paying the rent to keeping coffee perking, ending with a paternal image of a man who guards his family's welfare in everyday life.
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Austin Callan
Daddy
Sonny Boy
Attend Firemen's Benefit Dance May 11
A firemen's benefit dance is scheduled for Monday night May 11. Proceeds support the local fire department and community aid funds. Tickets are available at the firehouse and from volunteers.
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Piremen
J. B. Allcorn
Allcorn
Local School Honors List 192 Students Under Supt Bramiette
Superintendent J. D. Bramiette lists 192 students on the honor roll across three local schools. The eighth grade leads with 28, seniors total 24, and the roster includes names from high and grammar grades across multiple classes.
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J. D. Bramiette
James Martin
Aaron Masters
Frances Beard
Frances Browne
Marilyn Clark
Dorothy Faye Coker
Mary Elizabeth Everitt
Frances Hampton
Eunice Huett
Grace Isham
Eva Lee McCorkle
Eva Lee Roberson
Frances Williams
Ava Wilson
Melvin Bear
L. T. Coker
Robert Eaton
Jimmy Gore
Jim Gray
Hollis Isham
McEwan Palmer
Collier Pope
James T. Pate
Nellie Brown
Catherine Cauley
Joy Jean Eaton
Wilma Hemphill
Patricia Howard
Nina Huse
Marjorie Littlejohn
Maidee Marshall
Verdell Marshall
Elsie Prater
Dorothy Jean Sanders
Naomi Sullivan
Juliet Wray
Sally Ruth Barkley
Frances Durham
Maxine George
Bettie Lee Lester
Ruth Sullivan
Mary Lou Thomas
John Beaty
Johnnie Clark
Howard Cleere
Robert Faulkner
Eldred Jones
R. G. Jones
Jim Bob Lee
Nathan Mehaffey
Todd Switzer
Jack Walker
Oleta Bowers
Billie Lou Cameron
Lottye Grigsby
Elizabeth Jean Littlejohn
Nona Lee Marshall
Lilly Belle McPherson
Nellie Mae Patton
Louise Stevenson
Roy Esmond Wallace
Ruby Wilson
Alma Jean Wilkerson
Quentin Cauiey
Harold Hoffman
Tom Clyde Marshall
Harold Rambo
Ellen Anthony
Rebecca Isham
Rita Isham
Virginia Lacy
Sammie Lewis
Olene Lloyd
Muriel Matthews
Rebecca Masters
Joy
Personal Mention Ties Comanche to Nearby Cities
Local notes show residents visiting relatives and undergoing medical care, with many trips between Comanche and Brownwood Dallas Fort Worth Ranger Denton and Waco. Notable items include hospital stays for appendicitis and transfers for clergy and business moves involving the Texas Power and Light Company and Fagan Chevrolet. Family reunions and travel to see relatives in Philadelphia Los Angeles and Los Angeles are also recorded along with visits from former residents.
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Wichita
Clarke
Oran Clark
Granbury
Roy Little
Duster
A. Little
Thurston Atwood
Texas Power and Light Company
Lufkin
Edward Atwood
Dallas
J. L. Evans
Comanche Methodist Church
Grandview
Smackover
Arkansas
Joe Tupin
Gaynelle Cauley
Dorothy Cauley
Waco
William Cauley
Leverett Hill
Brownwood Hospital
Harry Gano
Brownwood
Jim Tucker
Hamilton
Sherwood McDonald
O.J. Light
Big Foot
Comanche
C. M. Moore
Mrs. Moore
L. S. Ike Moore
Philadelphia
Chas. Moore
Linton
T. R. Moore
Stephenville
Laura Lu Waring
Arlington McGinnins
Cisco
John D. Waring
John D. Jr
R. E. Daniel
Healer Chevrolet Co
Fagan Chevrolet Company
Daniel
Brownwood Auto
Maurice Durham
Henry Durham
Vera Mae Edmondson
Russell Howell
Ranger
D. C. Bailey
Buster Carnes
Pat Carnes
Faye Belle Dudley
Fort Worth
R. G. Halden
Margaret
San Saba
E. E. McNatt
George W. Tate
Denton
Elizabeth
Alma Grainger
Mary Lou MclIlhaney
Arlie Carner
Magnolia
East Main Street
A. K. Bender
de Leon
John A. Mahon
Tauline Blevins
Wek
A. J. Blevins
Sammy Waisman
Glen Rose
J E. White
Pettit
B. W. Speed
Nina Mooney
Los Angeles
California
H. P. Hinton
H. P. Hinton, Jr
R. L. Ratliff
R. L. Jr
Dorothy Louise Ratliff
Katie Lee Dupuy
George Emert
Gillintine
W. G. Botts
Plainview
William Ferguson
Malcolm
Billy
Austin
Ferguson
W. W. Harvey
A. L. Mills
Sidney FFA News Judges Grain Contest at College Station
Sidney FFA notes 228 boys entered the small grains judging contest at College Station part of the Smith Hughes series. Wayne Merritt, Sidney FFA president, tied for first place. The contest occurred April 27. Sidney High Vocational Agriculture classes have begun shop work making household items and leather goods, to continue until school ends.
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Smith-Hughes
College Station
Wayne Merritt
Sidney F. F. A
First Ee
Sidney High
Honor Graduate Listed From Stephenville College Honors
Mary E. Jones of Comanche, a student at John Tarleton College, is named among the ten honor graduates for 1936. The announcement came Tuesday from registrar Charlie S. Wilkins. Honors based on two years of graded coursework.
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Stephenville
Mary E. Jones
Comanche
John Tarleton College
Charlie S. Wilkins
Wheat Hay Insight From Comanche Tex Letter
Ike Albin of Comanche Texas notes in a letter that much wheat will be too short to bind this season. He recalls two years in Eastern Washington where wheat was used for hay and contrasts it with rice or milk grains. He urges sharing practical farming lessons learned.
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Ike Phifer
Aliso
Paul J. Cato
Proctor
Texas
Washington
Ike
Albin
Comanche, Tex
Good Meals at McKinzie Hotel
A notice promoting meals at the McKinzie Hotel describes served family style meals with varied, well cooked dishes at a reasonable price. Guests may dine without advance notice and rooms are advertised as clean and affordable near the square.
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McKinzie
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George F. Walker
Carl McClendon
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Fritz Self
Anna Laura Wilson
Idelle Morphew
Joyce Lee McGlothlin
Mildred Duke
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Richard Allen
Thomas Stark
Lee Roy Sammons
Helen Hicks
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Edward Keen
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Mary Slider
Harold Gene McGlothlin
Ray Butler
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William Guthrie
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la Velle
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Dixie Evans
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