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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1935
Page
4
True economy in binder twine is to use Plymouth twine, for sale by Howard Kilpatrick. The ad lists items including steel garden plow, rubber hose, cast range, batteries, Joyce cultivator sweeps, canvas tacks, straight shank hoe and other hardware, pricing noted.
Farrett and Albin announce the re opened warehouse on Depot Street and invite buyers to sell wool, urging customers to see them before selling.
See me for cotton seed four choice varieties Harper Mebane one Star and Mars Rose. Also chick feed starter growing mash egg mash and horse and cow feed. Hand threshed Federita and Hegari seed wash boards 35c Baby Lima or Great Northern beans 2 lbs for 25c 1 lb pure Cocoa 1c 100 percent pure coffee 17c per lb Wear A Well Shoes for the whole family. We pay 19c for eggs. See W. W. Kilpatrick for Binder Canvas Repair National Burpee and Automatic Seeders and Cookers at Howard Kilpatrick's.
Sutton Dudley plans to relocate his drug store to the new corner building being erected by Higginbotham Bros. & Company on the southwest corner of the square around July 1. He intends to enlarge the business and install modern furniture and fixtures. Dudley succeeds the late Paris Smith who ran the store for over forty years and is a graduate pharmacist.
De Leon School Board elected the entire grammar school staff for 1935 36 and re elected Supt E H Boulter for a fifth year. Grammar teachers include Della Wall Lucile Vaughn Willie Mae Jetton Bernice Riker Janice Kee Lillian Mahon Loyce Bowers and Lloyd Halbrooks Ambros Morgan Jimmie Greenway who plans to study next year. High school staff chosen are W Z Compton Harley F Davis C M Allen Roger Mace Smith and Bertha Ross.
Energy Mr and Mrs Lee Tate and son of Creamer spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W P Massey and family. Vernon Knapp and Misses Dora and Roberta George of Lamkin were weekend guests of Mrs Myrtle Knapp and family. Gus and Bill Rudd plus their children visited Goldthwaite relatives. Joe Middleton and children called on the O’Dells at Cross Roads. Gertrude Magness stayed with W Henson and daughter at Carlton. Elsie Boynton returned to Blanket after visiting her daughter Mrs Russell McGlothlin. Purney Dunn and children spent the weekend with relatives in Indian Gap. Leroy Morgan and Mrs Robert Blue visited their parents W Peterson. George Garrett and family from Gustine spent Sunday with Jim Trimble.
C E Peeples notes Rev John W Donaho Millery Church Houston preached twice daily after Easter with strong revival impact in Livingston Texas The two services left lasting memories as fourteen joined the church and five adults plus others sought spiritual commitment amid wide attendance and praise from local pastor.
An old advertisement touts LETO'S PYORRHEA REMEDY for sore gums and pyorrhea claiming guaranteed results. It urges readers to buy a bottle from Wm. Reese Drug Co and follow directions without delay.
Stagg Creek Jim Morrow visits his son J. D. Morrow and family. Dallas couple H. J. Rachel spend weekend with J. G. Hood family. Ruth Dunlap of Sipe Springs visits Mrs. O. V. Jaynes. Rev. Tom Moore preached here last weekend. George Neely Ruth Chapman of Salt Mountain visit Sunday. Lamar Howell Soda Springs visits Henry Drennan. Will and Bedt Frazier Beattie and Lloyd Little families visit J. G. Hood. Theron Morrow Brownwood visiting parents. Mrs. J. H. Jaynes visits Fairview. Della Clayton and family De Leon visit J. D. Morrow. Shorty Rush moves here from asse.
The Brady Standard reports R. C. Tipton, one of three escapees from a bloody breakout, faces multiple West Texas court sentences. Tipton, once president of Menard, has a 12 year term for burglary in Schleicher County and a life sentence for murder in Comanche County, with prior Gillespie and McCulloch County convictions. Officers statewide hunted him, fearing he would strike back if captured. He allegedly threatened witness C. E. Frost after being linked to Pink Milton’s murder.
County Tax Assessor-Collector E R Ostrone notes paying delinquent taxes in May or June yields sizable savings. May penalties are four percent with higher charges later, and July 1st raises penalties to five percent plus six percent annual interest. Many taxpayers have used the relief to clear back taxes this year.
A cemetery work day at Buffalo will take place Saturday May 25. Volunteers should bring tools and a dinner. The event is organized by the committee seeking neighborhood assistance.
Mrs McCollum of Bee Ming Men R A Allen and Mees W Stewart listed in an apparent local notice or roster with fragmented names and initials from a historical page segment.
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