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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1964
Page
3
The piece traces Texas public school salaries from 1947 2000 per year minimum to 1961 4014 per year under the Hale Aiken plan with state share 80 Local share 20 and notes later Hale Aiken reforms. It credits reforms for funding public education and cites Texas ranking 29th in teacher pay and 35th in per pupil expenditures. It ends by remarking on Stone Age toolmaking.
J C Helm Sr 88 longtime White Point resident died Monday May 11 in a Stephenville hospital. Funeral services were held at 10 am Wednesday May 13 at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Plez Todd and Rev Jack Oglesby officiating. Interment in White Point Cemetery. He was a retired school superintendent and a Mason of over 50 years, an early Sam Houston State Normal Institute graduate honored for outstanding education work in Texas.
For years he served as superintendent at Charleston Sulphur Bluff Stiles Loraine Eldorado Mertzon Moran in Texas and Bochita Oklahoma. At Sterling City he consolidated county schools into one large unit and used motor buses for transport. Survived by wife from Gomanche a son J C Helm Stephenville a daughter in law Laverne Helm Stephenville two grandchildren a brother Newman Helm Findlay Oklahoma and a sister Mrs Tom Harrgraves Antlers Oklahoma. Social visit details follow.
William Arthur Bill Crews re time resident of Comanche County died May 12 at 3 27 am in a local hospital He was a farmer and married to Ruby Lee Durham since August 27 1946 with 13 children born to the union He was preceded in death by three children Services were held at Comanche Funeral Home Chapel May 13 Interment in Union Cemetery S J Isham in charge Pallbearers Frank Like Clyde Steele Raymond Barnett Jess Sliger Bill McNutt Odis Cottrell Survived by his wife five sons and five daughters and three brothers Earl Jess and Oscar of nearby locations.
Ancient belief linked clouds to cattle sent by Apollo to graze in the sky. The tale reflects mythic explanations for weather and celestial phenomena.
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