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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
1
The Texas Power and Light Co lowers Comanche city rates to a flat 1 cent per kWh replacing 2 tier pricing. City officials announce an estimated yearly saving of about 453 dollars, roughly 40 dollars per month, with May or Coleman and City Secretary Hardie Jones noting the example bill drop from 68.37 to 39.70.
Comanche prepares for the summer City Softball League with afternoon practices starting Monday at 6 30 at the Comanche field. Glenn Frazier will direct the league with Ira Clemons assisting. four teams sponsored by W O W Lodge Higginbotham Bros Dudley Bros Garage and Fan Chevrolet will compete in day and night play.
Farmers from Precincts 1 and 2 meet at Comanche district court room at 2 30 PM Monday May 15 to form a permanent county soil conservation body under a new state law. Precinct 3 gathers at Havel Dell Monday 8 AM and Precinct 4 meets Saturday at De Leon. elected committeemen must be landowners and active farmers. The County Committee will pick a delegate for the State District Convention in Stephenville on May 22.
The Wallace and Vickers No 1 test eighteen miles southeast of Comanche near Energy produced oil on a 1000 gallon acid treatment under 600 pounds pressure. Initial swabbing Saturday yielded 38.6 gravity oil with water as the well bottomed at 3 378 feet in the Marble Falls formation. The test shows oil shows at depths 3350 to 3378 feet with multiple swab pulls indicating oil and water in alternating runs.
Elaborate plans mark the De Leon dedication of the new City Hall today. The program starts at 3:00 with a band concert. Hon Lee Smith of Throckmorton will give the principal address. A dinner for speakers and guests follows at 7:00 at the Travelers Hotel. The auditorium dedication program features Jack Amlung and his orchestra.
Comanche and Brownwood resident Miss Dess Rock travels to San Francisco California for the Golden Gate Exposition. The item lists 500 sheets of butter paper printed for 1.75 dollars.
Higginbotham Brothers plans a two story brick Comanche Funeral Home on Sidney Street. The lower floor will host a chapel, display room, embalming room, and offices. the upper floor will be Porter Franks residence. New firm to be a separate corporation, possibly named The Comanche Funeral Home.
The regular third Tuesday auction sale will be held at the Comanche Livestock Yards on Tuesday May 16. Tom McDonald manager says he looks forward to another big sale. Mont Thomas of Stephenville, auctioneers, expect 25 to 30 out of town buyers. The sale has been strong recently with prices often topping Fort Worth markets. This is an open sale and buyers pay no charge unless stock sells.
City council slashed water prices for June to September, raising the minimum charge to 1.00 for 5 000 gallons. Rates above 5 000 gallons cost 0.15 per 1 000. Under the old plan 3 000 gallons priced at 1 00, with higher tiers up to 20 000 at 0.25 0.20 and 0.15. Ten thousand gallons cost 1.75 versus 2.75 before, and 20 000 gallons about 3.00. Nearby cities Dublin Stephenville Goldthwaite charge 9.00 to 10.00 per month.
CHS announces next week’s edition of The Comanche Chief led by 69 seniors with an editor in chief and staff. The issue will include student life photos, larger format, and extra copies. Advertisers and news items should be submitted to The Chief Office promptly.
Mr and Mrs W H Ragsdale of Santa Anna formerly Comanche residents were killed instantly when a tire blew out and the car overturned four times near Goldthwaite Sunday. J C Scarborough Santa Anna school superintendent died later from injuries. Mrs Scarborough critical. Dr T R Sealy aided victims. Surviving sons include G A Ragsdale and a son at Abilene Christian College. Funeral attended by W H Thate of Comanche.
A new oil well by R. C. McCarter in the shallow Shrum field near Comanche County was shot with ten quarts of nitro and yields about 10 barrels daily. Located on the Boenicke tract half a mile south of the previous deep test, the pay zone at 620 feet extends eight to ten feet of hard sand in the south extension.
Mr and Mrs J H Arthur O L Arthur Mrs Frank Ross and Mrs J B Arthur left Wednesday to attend the funeral of R M Lewis of Greenville brother of Mrs J B Arthur.
A three member tax equalization board appointed by the City Council is at work. Members are Homer Palmer C M Moore and A E Thompson.
Emmett House left this week for New York to visit the World's Fair. He is believed to be the first Comanche to attend the fair, though others plan trips later in the summer.
The Gustine school closes May 5 after a year highlighted by 22 senior graduates and 36 seventh graders. Principal address by John Tarleton College Registrar Charlie Wilkins. Superintendent Homer L. Miller notes credit gains in bookkeeping and public speaking and a 24.5 total credits for the high school.
Local blackberries are on the market in Comanche County as the Durham Berry Plant prepares to start canning operations around May 25. The county's crop is projected at about 50 000 crates with yields from patches ranging up to 200 crates per acre.
Byron Duane Moore of Brown County, a former Tarleton College student, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by a district court jury for forgery and passing. The check for 11.25 written on a Stephenville bank bore the forged name of B. B. Fowler to Charles Hoffman, a local merchant, on November 26. The trial showed prior burglary conviction in Coleman County and theft in Erath County. Mark Callaway of Brownwood defended Moore.
A WPA project in Comanche County earns approval as the sole county project in the area. It calls for 43 workers to clear fence drainage grading and gravel 218 miles of farm to market roads near Comyn with federal funds of 5189 dollars and sponsor funds of 3334 dollars.
County supervisor Miss Ethel Wilson reports eleven workers dismissed on May 8 from Comanche County sewing rooms. Six from Comanche and five from De Leon, leaving 52 county workers. She notes a statewide drop and another cut planned for June 8.
District Judge R. B. Cross ordered a special venire of sixty men for Thursday May 18 as C. Gray, a Comanche resident, faces trial for a reported incident involving a thirteen year old Comanche Grammar School student, Reta Mae Davenport. Gray has been jailed since arrest around April 6. The list of venire members includes North Carter, Charley Hoffman, A. T. Albin, Avery Moore and others.
Vernon Welch, longtime principal and coach at Proctor School, has been elected head of Okra School in Eastland County. Okra School comprises four teachers and serves the local community.
A four room boxed and framed residence is being erected for Mr and Mrs Carrol Loudermilk on the lot immediately west of the Pate Fagan residence. Chuck Whitlock has the contract for the erection of the building.
W W Jones longtime Blanket superintendent resigns to become head of Roby schools in Fisher County. A May Brown County native, he built 14 years of teaching and 11 years in Blanket administration. Jones holds a 1932 degree from Howard Payne and will earn an MA from Texas Tech this summer. Roby, county seat of Fisher County, runs a 24 teacher system while Blanket operates with ten teachers.
Bob Baker, manager of the Perry Brother Store for two years and three months, accepts a position with Wilson Drygoods Store in Midland. He will work in the gents furnishings department and leave Perry Brothers after Saturday with Mrs. Baker, traveling to Midland Sunday.
J B E Gist appointed manager of Perry Brothers Store in Comanche succeeding Bob Baker who resigned to take a Midland position. Gist comes from Perry Brothers Beeville and has worked with the firm in Georgetown and Clarksville. He and his wife and their year old son reside at the Mrs A G Miller residence.
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